Yu Cao

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Yu Cao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Cao has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Materials Chemistry, 22 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 21 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Yu Cao's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (22 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (14 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (9 papers). Yu Cao is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (22 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (14 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (9 papers). Yu Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Yu Cao's co-authors include Leyong Wang, Xiao‐Yu Hu, Lin Chen, Qisheng Huo, Yunling Liu, Xiu Dai, Xinlong Wang, Qunpeng Duan, Yi Pan and Yan Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yu Cao

90 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

pH-Responsive Supramolecular Vesicles Based on Water-Soluble Pillar[6]arene and Ferrocene Derivative for Drug Delivery

2013 600 citations Yu Cao, Xiao‐Yu Hu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yu Cao China	31	1.7k	1.1k	932	897	529	98	3.6k
Lili Tan China	34	2.1k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	924 1.0×	950 1.1×	761 1.4×	83	4.0k
Lu Jiang China	37	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	892 1.0×	173 0.3×	155	4.3k
Wenru Zhao China	35	3.4k 2.0×	771 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	925 1.0×	313 0.6×	67	5.2k
Ming‐Xue Wu China	22	2.1k 1.3×	394 0.4×	567 0.6×	1.9k 2.2×	377 0.7×	39	3.7k
Wayne E. Jones United States	38	2.0k 1.2×	718 0.7×	530 0.6×	447 0.5×	806 1.5×	114	4.5k
Xiaolin Liu China	38	2.4k 1.4×	575 0.5×	462 0.5×	331 0.4×	225 0.4×	168	4.1k
Hongkun He United States	29	2.6k 1.6×	1.3k 1.2×	454 0.5×	722 0.8×	142 0.3×	55	4.9k
Sandy Budi Hartono Indonesia	23	1.7k 1.0×	431 0.4×	705 0.8×	325 0.4×	173 0.3×	49	3.8k
Gang He China	43	3.6k 2.1×	2.1k 1.9×	888 1.0×	998 1.1×	1.3k 2.5×	210	7.1k
Chia‐Min Yang Taiwan	36	3.3k 2.0×	634 0.6×	446 0.5×	767 0.9×	228 0.4×	133	4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Yu Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu Cao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yu Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yu Cao based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Yu Cao. Yu Cao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lin, Yu-Ting, Xuan Zhou, Yirong Wang, et al.. (2025). Progress of MOFs composites in the field of microwave absorption. Carbon. 238. 120241–120241. 14 indexed citations

Cao, Yu, et al.. (2025). Entropy-Motivated Solvation Design for Low-Temperature Ether-Based Electrolyte of Sodium-Ion Batteries. ACS Energy Letters. 11(1). 764–773. 1 indexed citations

Yin, Hong, Yu Cao, İhsan Çaha, Sitaramanjaneya Mouli Thalluri, & Zhipeng Yu. (2025). Single-Atom Catalysts Toward Application in Electrochemical Energy Conversion. 3(6). 441–448.

Yin, Hong, Yu Cao, Yaru Wang, et al.. (2025). Artificial Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Sodium Metal Batteries: Mechanistic Insights and Design Strategies. Energy & environment materials. 8(6). 2 indexed citations

Cao, Yu, et al.. (2025). Hierarchical porous structured SiOx derived from diatomite as high performance anode for Li-ion batteries. Journal of Energy Storage. 134. 118141–118141. 1 indexed citations

Yao, Hang, Xiaofei Yang, Zhonglian Wu, et al.. (2025). Antibacterial Nanozyme Sustained-Release System Based on Arginine Carbon Dots within Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 8(11). 5337–5346. 2 indexed citations

Zhu, Xiao‐Wei, et al.. (2024). Laser preparation of dual Z-scheme heterojunctions PDI/WO3/α-Fe2O3 to enhance adsorption-photocatalytic synergistic degradation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1011. 178195–178195. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Wenwen, et al.. (2024). Selective laser texturing of dual-functional CTO/rGO film to enhance photocatalytic activity and self-cleaning capability. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 701. 134861–134861. 1 indexed citations

Jiang, Renyan, et al.. (2024). Five 2-parameter Variants of Folded-normal Distribution and Their Application in Reliability Modeling. 32–37.

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Gong, Haochen, Yu Cao, Baoshan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Noninvasive rejuvenation strategy of nickel-rich layered positive electrode for Li-ion battery through magneto-electrochemical synergistic activation. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10243–10243. 21 indexed citations

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Cao, Yu, Shi Nee Lou, & Teruhisa Ohno. (2023). Photocatalytic reforming of acetic acid into methane over platinized TiO2 mediated by carbonate radical anion. Materials Letters. 347. 134552–134552. 2 indexed citations

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You, Jinmao, Yue Zhang, Yu Cao, et al.. (2023). Flame-retardant electrolyte enables sodium metal batteries to limit dendrites and stabilize cycling. Materials Today Nano. 23. 100366–100366. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, Xuechun, Xuan Zhou, Hao Chen, et al.. (2023). Recyclable thiol-modified Zr-based MOFs/hydrogel composite beads for effective removal of Hg (II). Progress in Natural Science Materials International. 33(5). 644–651. 11 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaobing, Yihao Zhang, Yu Cao, et al.. (2022). Design and synthesis of an S-scheme TiO₂homojunction with an adjusted, well-defined phase for directional carrier transfer in solar water splitting. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 7(3). 451–463. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Lin, Yu Cao, Ping Song, et al.. (2020). Simultaneously Improved Thermal and Dielectric Performance of Epoxy Composites Containing Ti3C2Tx Platelet Fillers. Polymers. 12(7). 1608–1608. 14 indexed citations

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Hinman, Samuel S., Yu Cao, Jingjie Tang, et al.. (2016). Mix and Match: Coassembly of Amphiphilic Dendrimers and Phospholipids Creates Robust, Modular, and Controllable Interfaces. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(1). 1029–1035. 18 indexed citations

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Wang, Xue, Buyuan Guan, Yapeng He, et al.. (2015). Synthesis of Janus Mesoporous Silica Nanostructures with Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Components through a Sprout‐Like Growth Method. ChemNanoMat. 1(8). 562–566. 23 indexed citations

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Jian, Xian, Yu Cao, Guozhang Chen, et al.. (2014). High-purity Cu nanocrystal synthesis by a dynamic decomposition method. Nanoscale Research Letters. 9(1). 2499–2499. 9 indexed citations

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Hu, Xiao‐Yu, Keke Jia, Yu Cao, et al.. (2014). Dual Photo‐ and pH‐Responsive Supramolecular Nanocarriers Based on Water‐Soluble Pillar[6]arene and Different Azobenzene Derivatives for Intracellular Anticancer Drug Delivery. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(3). 1208–1220. 93 indexed citations

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Cao, Yu, et al.. (1999). TGF-β1 mediates 70-kDa heat shock protein induction due to ultraviolet irradiation in human skin fibroblasts. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 438(3). 239–244. 59 indexed citations

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