Yu Wu

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
52 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Yu Wu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Wu has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 12 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 11 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Yu Wu's work include Flame retardant materials and properties (10 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (8 papers) and Ionic liquids properties and applications (8 papers). Yu Wu is often cited by papers focused on Flame retardant materials and properties (10 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (8 papers) and Ionic liquids properties and applications (8 papers). Yu Wu collaborates with scholars based in China, Taiwan and United States. Yu Wu's co-authors include Chuanxin He, Qianling Zhang, Hengpan Yang, Jianhong Liu, Lin Qing, Qi Hu, Guodong Li, Yuan Hu, Xiaoyan Chai and Shi‐Zhang Qiao 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 Wu

50 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Scalable Production of Efficient Single-Atom Copper Decorated Carbon Membranes for CO₂ Electroreduction to Methanol

2019 688 citations Hengpan Yang, Yu Wu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Boosting electrocatalytic CO2–to–ethanol production via asymmetric C–C coupling

2022 421 citations Pengtang Wang, Hao Yang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yu Wu China	20	1.6k	842	720	481	410	52	2.5k
Ihab N. Odeh United States	16	603 0.4×	311 0.4×	539 0.7×	409 0.9×	166 0.4×	22	1.4k
Juncheng Zhu China	29	911 0.6×	194 0.2×	1.0k 1.4×	569 1.2×	135 0.3×	79	2.4k
Yibo Wang China	22	2.0k 1.2×	393 0.5×	655 0.9×	1.4k 2.8×	54 0.1×	61	2.5k
Kunmei Su China	28	470 0.3×	88 0.1×	572 0.8×	555 1.2×	123 0.3×	87	2.0k
Catia Cannilla Italy	34	366 0.2×	1.6k 1.9×	1.5k 2.1×	252 0.5×	104 0.3×	62	3.2k
Xueqing Gao China	21	828 0.5×	202 0.2×	637 0.9×	730 1.5×	118 0.3×	57	1.6k
Qingxia Chen China	15	641 0.4×	90 0.1×	476 0.7×	253 0.5×	116 0.3×	29	1.5k
Yuan Yang China	28	523 0.3×	200 0.2×	540 0.8×	1.2k 2.4×	352 0.9×	66	2.4k
Xiaowen Yu China	26	1.9k 1.2×	158 0.2×	1.4k 1.9×	1.6k 3.4×	517 1.3×	47	3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Wu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yu Wu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yu Wu 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 Wu. Yu Wu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Li, Huanhuan, et al.. (2025). A dual-recognition UCNPs sensor for sensitive detection of tetracycline in food using computer-designed silica-grafted paper microfluidic strategy. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 438. 137799–137799. 4 indexed citations

Li, Huanhuan, et al.. (2025). On-Site AFB1 detection in food via dual-equipped NH2-ZIF-8@Cu2+ and core-shell UCNPs embedded in SA-PAM hydrogel. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 445. 138594–138594.

Zhang, Qilin, Yu Wu, Hao Sun, et al.. (2025). Boosting the oxygen reduction activity on metal surfaces by fine-tuning interfacial water with midinfrared stimulation. The Innovation. 6(1). 100754–100754. 4 indexed citations

Li, Huanhuan, et al.. (2025). Lanthanide-Doped Upconversion Luminescence: A New Frontier in Pathogenic Bacteria and Metabolite Detection from Design to Point-of-Care Application. Chemosensors. 13(2). 60–60. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Pengtang, Hao Yang, Cheng Tang, et al.. (2022). Boosting electrocatalytic CO2–to–ethanol production via asymmetric C–C coupling. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3754–3754. 421 indexed citations breakdown →

Gao, Zhenyu, et al.. (2021). Planning and Evaluation of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Considering the Service Range. 953–957. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Hengpan, Yu Wu, Guodong Li, et al.. (2020). Highly efficient utilization of single atoms via constructing 3D and free-standing electrodes for CO2 reduction with ultrahigh current density. Nano Energy. 70. 104454–104454. 121 indexed citations

Deng, Xin, et al.. (2020). Nitrogen-Doped Unusually Superwetting, Thermally Insulating, and Elastic Graphene Aerogel for Efficient Solar Steam Generation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(23). 26200–26212. 68 indexed citations

Yang, Hengpan, Yu Wu, Guodong Li, et al.. (2019). Scalable Production of Efficient Single-Atom Copper Decorated Carbon Membranes for CO₂ Electroreduction to Methanol. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(32). 12717–12723. 688 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Guodong, Pei Lei, Yu Wu, et al.. (2019). Facile synthesis of polyacrylonitrile-based N/S-codoped porous carbon as an efficient oxygen reduction electrocatalyst for zinc–air batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(18). 11223–11233. 39 indexed citations

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Yang, Hengpan, Hanwen Zhang, Yu Wu, et al.. (2018). A Core–Shell‐Structured Silver Nanowire/Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Catalyst for Enhanced and Multifunctional Electrofixation of CO₂. ChemSusChem. 11(22). 3905–3910. 42 indexed citations

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Zhang, Linlin, Yiwei Weng, Yu Wu, et al.. (2018). H-NS is an activator of exopolysaccharide biosynthesis genes transcription in Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Microbial Pathogenesis. 116. 164–167. 32 indexed citations

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Tang, Hui, Yu Wu, Haixiang Wu, et al.. (2013). Functional analysis of a survivin-like gene in Bombyx mori. Cytotechnology. 66(1). 181–191. 4 indexed citations

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Wu, Yejun, Yu Wu, Yan Wu, et al.. (2013). Screening of candidate proteins interacting with IE-2 of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus. Molecular Biology Reports. 40(10). 5797–5804. 7 indexed citations

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Zhao, Li, et al.. (2013). Study on the Removal of Mercury in the Simulated Flue Gas by Biomass Activated Carbon. Advanced materials research. 864-867. 1519–1524. 2 indexed citations

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Gu, Zhiya, Yijun Zhou, Yi Xie, et al.. (2013). The adverse effects of phoxim exposure in the midgut of silkworm, Bombyx mori. Chemosphere. 96. 33–38. 58 indexed citations

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Dong, Yangyang, Zhou Gui, Yuan Hu, Yu Wu, & Saihua Jiang. (2012). The influence of titanate nanotube on the improved thermal properties and the smoke suppression in poly(methyl methacrylate). Journal of Hazardous Materials. 209-210. 34–39. 125 indexed citations

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Yang, Yingwu, Zhiqiang Xian, Yu Wu, Ji Li, & Wei Deng. (2012). Molecular Cloning and Expression Analysis of a Putative 5′-3′ EXORIBONUCLEASE4 (XRN4) Gene from Tomato. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter. 30(6). 1348–1356. 2 indexed citations

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Wu, Yu, Jie Yu, Hongmei Liu, & Bo‐Qing Xu. (2010). One-Dimensional TiO₂ Nanomaterials: Preparation and Catalytic Applications. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 10(10). 6707–6719. 17 indexed citations

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Deng, Wei, Keming Luo, Zhengguo Li, et al.. (2009). Overexpression of Citrus junos mitochondrial citrate synthase gene in Nicotiana benthamiana confers aluminum tolerance. Planta. 230(2). 355–365. 54 indexed citations

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