Yu Yao

8.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
155 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Yu Yao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Yao has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 46 papers in Materials Chemistry and 27 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Yu Yao's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (105 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (102 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (29 papers). Yu Yao is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (105 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (102 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (29 papers). Yu Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and United States. Yu Yao's co-authors include Yan Yu, Xiaojun Wu, Hai Yang, Rui Xu, Xianhong Rui, Yu Jiang, Xuefeng Zhou, Shufen Ye, Fanfan Liu and Lifeng Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yu Yao

142 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

A Dual‐Functional Conductive Framework Embedded with TiN‐VN Heterostructures for Highly Efficient Polysulfide and Lithium Regulation toward Stable Li–S Full Batteries

2019 376 citations Yu Yao, Hai Yang et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Multicore–Shell Bi@N‐doped Carbon Nanospheres for High Power Density and Long Cycle Life Sodium‐ and Potassium‐Ion Anodes

2019 365 citations Hai Yang, Yu Yao et al. profile →
Molecular Engineering on Solvation Structure of Carbonate Electrolyte toward Durable Sodium Metal Battery at −40 °C

2023 128 citations Yu Yao, Lifeng Wang et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Inhibiting the Jahn–Teller Effect of Manganese Hexacyanoferrate via Ni and Cu Codoping for Advanced Sodium‐Ion Batteries

2024 85 citations Jialong Shen, Yu Yao et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yu Yao China	48	6.2k	1.7k	1.5k	1.2k	480	155	6.9k
Hua Huo China	40	4.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	527 1.1×	136	5.3k
Zhaohui Wang China	33	4.7k 0.8×	870 0.5×	2.3k 1.6×	1.4k 1.2×	624 1.3×	68	5.5k
Baihua Qu China	46	6.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	3.0k 2.0×	992 0.8×	527 1.1×	126	6.7k
Yingze Song China	41	4.6k 0.7×	2.2k 1.3×	1.0k 0.7×	845 0.7×	351 0.7×	137	6.1k
Shigang Lu China	33	3.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	473 1.0×	106	4.3k
Tianyu Lei China	35	6.4k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 1.6×	232 0.5×	85	7.2k
Shuting Yang China	38	4.7k 0.8×	805 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	2.1k 1.8×	493 1.0×	185	5.3k
Yunhui Gong United States	36	8.8k 1.4×	2.4k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	4.5k 3.8×	341 0.7×	62	9.7k
Zhicong Shi China	52	6.5k 1.1×	1.8k 1.1×	2.1k 1.5×	2.1k 1.8×	678 1.4×	181	7.9k

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Yuan, Zhaoyang, et al.. (2025). Improving the efficiency of a CO2 heat pump for simultaneous heating and cooling coupled with an ambient source. International Journal of Refrigeration. 175. 128–145. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Yang, Congcong Liu, Yu Yao, et al.. (2025). Dual‐Conduction Polymer Electrolyte and Stable Interphase Engineering for Room‐/Subzero‐Temperature, Long‐Cycling All‐Solid‐State Sodium Batteries. Advanced Materials. 38(9). e19121–e19121.

Liu, Congcong, Yang Yang, Hai Yang, et al.. (2025). Tailored Heterogeneous Interphase Layer Promotes Low‐Temperature Desolvation Toward Durable Sodium Metal Batteries. Advanced Materials. 37(39). e2507735–e2507735. 1 indexed citations

Li, Junjian, et al.. (2025). Reaction mechanism and sensitivity enhancement of energetic materials doped with carbon nanotubes under electric fields by molecular dynamics simulations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 27(9). 4814–4825. 1 indexed citations

Shi, Lingfeng, et al.. (2024). Experimental investigation on CO2-based zeotropic mixture composition-adjustable system. Energy. 300. 131455–131455. 1 indexed citations

Shi, Lingfeng, Yonghao Zhang, Yu Yao, et al.. (2024). Study on electric vehicle thermal management system using phase change materials and CO2 heat pump waste heat recovery under cold conditions. Applied Thermal Engineering. 252. 123669–123669. 13 indexed citations

Wang, Lifeng, Naiqing Ren, Wei Jiang, et al.. (2024). Tailoring Na⁺ Solvation Environment and Electrode‐Electrolyte Interphases with Sn(OTf)₂ Additive in Non‐flammable Phosphate Electrolytes towards Safe and Efficient Na‐S Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(12). e202320060–e202320060. 25 indexed citations

Shi, Lingfeng, et al.. (2024). Supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle for space exploration: New perspectives base on power density analysis. Energy. 313. 133772–133772. 8 indexed citations

Yao, Yu, et al.. (2024). Investigation on part-load operation characteristics and adaptability of the GT-CO2 composited multi-generation system for distributed applications. Energy. 314. 134151–134151. 1 indexed citations

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Shen, Jialong, Yu Yao, Junyi Dai, et al.. (2024). Inhibiting the Jahn–Teller Effect of Manganese Hexacyanoferrate via Ni and Cu Codoping for Advanced Sodium‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Materials. 36(32). e2405458–e2405458. 85 indexed citations breakdown →

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He, Xu, Bi‐Cheng Wang, Wenting Hong, et al.. (2024). Van der Waals Heterojunction Based Self‐Powered Biomimetic Dual‐Mode Sensor for Precise Object Identification. Advanced Materials. 36(49). e2411121–e2411121. 8 indexed citations

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Pei, Gang, et al.. (2023). Thermodynamic analysis of combined heating and power system with In-Situ resource utilization for lunar base. Energy. 284. 129230–129230. 13 indexed citations

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Yao, Yu, Lingfeng Shi, Bowen Lu, et al.. (2023). Revealing the specificity of map method to predict the performance of a combined cooling and power cycle under operating conditions. Journal of Cleaner Production. 429. 139544–139544.

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Yang, Yangyang, Kunsheng Hu, Zhong‐Shuai Zhu, et al.. (2023). Catalytic Pollutant Upgrading to Dual‐Asymmetric MnO ₂ @polymer Nanotubes as Self‐Propelled and Controlled Micromotors for H ₂ O ₂ Decomposition. Small Methods. 7(10). e2300588–e2300588. 12 indexed citations

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Chen, Yanping, Yu Yao, Wantong Zhao, et al.. (2023). Precise solid-phase synthesis of CoFe@FeOx nanoparticles for efficient polysulfide regulation in lithium/sodium-sulfur batteries. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7487–7487. 70 indexed citations

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Ren, Haoling, et al.. (2023). Research on an Intelligent Agricultural Machinery Unmanned Driving System. Agriculture. 13(10). 1907–1907. 14 indexed citations

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Yang, Yaxiong, Xianghua Zhang, Qifei Li, et al.. (2023). Inorganic All‐Solid‐State Sodium Batteries: Electrolyte Designing and Interface Engineering. Advanced Materials. 36(1). e2308332–e2308332. 72 indexed citations

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Yao, Yu, et al.. (2022). Laser Fabricated Cu ₂ O‐CuO/Ag Nanocomposite Films for SERS Application**. ChemistrySelect. 7(6). 4 indexed citations

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Li, Dongjun, Lifeng Wang, Xiaolong Cheng, et al.. (2021). Manipulating selenium molecular configuration in N/O dual-doped porous carbon for high performance potassium-ion storage. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 62. 581–589. 19 indexed citations

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Zeng, Sifan, Yu Yao, Wanlin Feng, Haibin Zhang, & Shuming Peng. (2019). Constructing a 3D interconnected Fe@graphitic carbon structure for a highly efficient microwave absorber. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 8(4). 1326–1334. 21 indexed citations

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