Youai Qiu

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
111 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Youai Qiu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Youai Qiu has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Organic Chemistry, 23 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 21 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Youai Qiu's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (65 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (47 papers) and Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (25 papers). Youai Qiu is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (65 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (47 papers) and Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (25 papers). Youai Qiu collaborates with scholars based in China, Sweden and Germany. Youai Qiu's co-authors include Lutz Ackermann, Tjark H. Meyer, Nicolas Sauermann, Cuiju Zhu, Jan‐E. Bäckvall, Nate W. J. Ang, Can Zhu, Alexej Scheremetjew, Shengming Ma and Chunling Fu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Youai Qiu

102 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Organic Electrochemistry: Molecular Syntheses with Potential

2021 615 citations Youai Qiu et al. profile →
Electrocatalytic C–H Activation

2018 592 citations Youai Qiu et al. profile →

Peers

Youai Qiu

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Niankai Fu China

Tjark H. Meyer Germany

Ke‐Yin Ye China

Shengchun Wang China

Tianning Diao United States

Lei Jiao China

Zhiwei Zuo China

Zachary K. Wickens United States

Li‐Li Liao China

Niankai Fu China

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644 ×0.8

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633 ×0.8

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407 ×1.0

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Countries citing papers authored by Youai Qiu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Youai Qiu

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Wang, Qingjie, et al.. (2025). BiVO ₄ /BiOCl heterostructure photoanodes for highly selective photoelectrochemical oxidation of benzylic C(sp ³ )–H bonds. Chemical Science. 16(36). 16659–16667.

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Liu, Yaowen, Yanfei Sun, Yuan Deng, & Youai Qiu. (2025). Electrochemical Amination of Aryl Halides with NH ₃. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(24). e202504459–e202504459. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Min, et al.. (2025). Electroreductive C(sp ³ )–C(sp ³ ) Cross-Coupling Reactions. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 90(46). 16291–16300.

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Chen, Yujia, et al.. (2025). Electroreduction of Aromatic Carboxylic Derivatives to Aldehydes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(47). 43737–43744.

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Xie, Pengfei, et al.. (2025). Photoelectrocatalytic Cl-mediated C(sp3)–H aminomethylation of hydrocarbons by BiVO4 photoanodes. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2322–2322. 6 indexed citations

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Xie, Pengfei, et al.. (2025). Electrochemical β-selective silylcarboxylation of styrenes with CO2. Science Bulletin. 70(15). 2411–2415. 1 indexed citations

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Du, Kai, Yifan Chen, Zihan He, et al.. (2025). Recent Advances on Nickel-Catalyzed Electrochemical Couplings. CCS Chemistry. 8(3). 1204–1225.

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Li, Xinling, Jianfeng Zhou, Ziliang Wang, et al.. (2024). Electroreductive deuteroarylation of alkenes enabled by an organo-mediator. Chemical Science. 15(29). 11418–11427. 9 indexed citations

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Zhu, Zile, Pengfei Li, & Youai Qiu. (2024). Recent Advance in Electrochemical C(sp²)—H Amination of Arenes. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 44(3). 871–871. 5 indexed citations

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Qiu, Youai & Pengfei Li. (2024). Reductive Electrophilic Cross-Coupling for Constructing C(sp3)–C(sp3) Bonds. Synlett. 36(5). 438–444.

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Li, Pengfei, Zile Zhu, Siyi Wang, et al.. (2024). Nickel-electrocatalysed C(sp3)–C(sp3) cross-coupling of unactivated alkyl halides. Nature Catalysis. 7(4). 412–421. 55 indexed citations

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Liu, Yaowen, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical C−H deuteration of pyridine derivatives with D2O. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3832–3832. 26 indexed citations

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Wang, Yanwei, et al.. (2024). Electroreduction of unactivated alkenes using water as hydrogen source. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2780–2780. 37 indexed citations

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Chen, Suming, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical demethoxyl-cyanation of methoxyarenes via SNAr. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(9). 110810–110810. 3 indexed citations

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Yin, Liu, et al.. (2023). Electrochemical nickel-catalysed defluoroalkylation ofgem-difluoroalkenes with alkyl halides. Green Chemistry. 25(20). 7952–7958. 14 indexed citations

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Feng, Tian, Zile Zhu, Dongmei Zhang, et al.. (2023). Electrochemical dual α,β-C(sp³)–H functionalization of cyclic N-aryl amines. Green Chemistry. 25(7). 2681–2689. 17 indexed citations

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Li, Pengfei, et al.. (2023). Electrochemical NiH‐Catalyzed C(sp³)−C(sp³) Coupling of Alkyl Halides and Alkyl Alkenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(44). e202311941–e202311941. 38 indexed citations

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Li, Pengfei, Siyi Wang, Dengke Ma, et al.. (2022). Facile and general electrochemical deuteration of unactivated alkyl halides. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3774–3774. 118 indexed citations

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Qiu, Youai, Jing Zhou, Junzhao Li, et al.. (2015). Asymmetric Construction of Six‐Membered Rings by Cyclization of Allenes with Dinuclear Gold Catalysis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(45). 15939–15943. 13 indexed citations

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Qiu, Youai, Jing Zhou, Chunling Fu, & Shengming Ma. (2014). A General Diversified Synthesis of Carbazoles and the First Synthesis of Karapinchamine A. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(45). 14589–14593. 59 indexed citations

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