Yuan Yao

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Yuan Yao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuan Yao has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Materials Chemistry, 23 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yuan Yao's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (16 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (10 papers) and TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (5 papers). Yuan Yao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (16 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (10 papers) and TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (5 papers). Yuan Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, India and United States. Yuan Yao's co-authors include Minghui Yang, Jiacheng Wang, Tiju Thomas, Samira Adimi, J. Paul Attfield, Mingxuan Sun, Hangjia Shen, Ruguang Ma, Sambandam Anandan and Fengdong Qu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yuan Yao

50 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

Zirconium nitride catalysts surpass platinum for oxygen reduction

2019 385 citations Yuan Yao, Jiacheng Wang et al. Nature Materials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuan Yao China	20	1.0k	826	786	194	131	57	1.7k
Leith Samad United States	8	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.5×	118 0.6×	108 0.8×	8	2.0k
Xiaochun Gao China	25	625 0.6×	1.7k 2.1×	839 1.1×	299 1.5×	119 0.9×	42	2.2k
Wenjie Wang China	26	1.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	1.4k 1.8×	357 1.8×	200 1.5×	93	2.4k
Pengru Huang China	22	774 0.7×	922 1.1×	883 1.1×	242 1.2×	108 0.8×	53	1.7k
Liang Luo China	20	979 0.9×	951 1.2×	504 0.6×	312 1.6×	146 1.1×	46	1.6k
Jan Michalička Czechia	21	552 0.5×	554 0.7×	614 0.8×	184 0.9×	198 1.5×	68	1.3k
Diego C. B. Alves Brazil	12	1.8k 1.7×	1.4k 1.7×	1.6k 2.1×	185 1.0×	213 1.6×	20	2.8k
Zhaojun Qin China	10	1.4k 1.4×	1.3k 1.6×	685 0.9×	98 0.5×	51 0.4×	16	1.8k
Junfeng Liu China	23	918 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	640 0.8×	211 1.1×	162 1.2×	64	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuan Yao

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Turygin, A. P., Li Jin, V. Ya. Shur, et al.. (2025). Evolution of the polar phase across morphotropic phase boundary in 0.65BiFeO3–0.35BaTiO3–SrTiO3 solid solutions. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics. 36(4). 1 indexed citations

Yang, Fei, Yuan Yao, Chao Su, Beibei Xiao, & Daifen Chen. (2025). Tetragonal transition metal sulfides for hydrogen evolution: a density functional theory study. Surfaces and Interfaces. 75. 107819–107819.

Yan, Yu, Xiaoxiao Li, Jiaqi Chen, Yuan Yao, & Yang Liu. (2025). Spin-mediated electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia on two-dimensional transition metal borides. Chemical Engineering Journal. 505. 159775–159775. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Zhuo, et al.. (2025). Activated oxygen species in CeO2 nanorod supported MnOX from metal oxide-support interaction to boost Hg0 removal from flue gas. Journal of the Energy Institute. 123. 102249–102249.

Karpinsky, D. V., Maxim V. Silibin, N. Tran, et al.. (2024). Evolution of magnetization of Bi1-ySmyFe1-xTixO3 ceramics at the morphotropic phase boundary attested by multistep magnetization measurements, time aging and electric field. Ceramics International. 50(22). 44806–44813. 1 indexed citations

Yao, Yuan, et al.. (2024). Single-Site Pd Regulated by π−π Stacking for High-Selectivity Cyclopropanation Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(45). 31053–31061. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Jiaqi, Yuan Yao, Yan Yu, Xiaoxiao Li, & Yang Liu. (2024). Self-Recycled electron donor resists disfavored oxidation reconstruction of Cu(I)-based electrocatalyst for nitrate removal by charge compensation. Water Research. 272. 122959–122959.

Li, Zhijian, et al.. (2024). Semi-analytical modeling of thermo-metallurgical-induced wave propagation for titanium alloy parts in laser powder bed fusion. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 215. 111425–111425. 3 indexed citations

Yao, Yuan, et al.. (2024). Tension ring-functionalized bicyclic ammonium ionic liquids as hypergolic fuels with superior energy density. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 416. 126445–126445. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Zhijian, Hong‐Liang Dai, Yuan Yao, Weifeng Luo, & Peng Xiao. (2024). Semi-analytical modeling columnar-to-equiaxed transition during metal powder bed fusion. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 140. 115900–115900. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Lixian, Fen Xu, Sheng Wei, et al.. (2023). Highly active bimetallic MOF derivatives for improving the dehydrogenation performance of LiAlH4. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 961. 170897–170897. 11 indexed citations

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Yao, Yuan, et al.. (2023). 1-Methyl-4-R-1,2,4-triazolium (R = −CH₂CH₂OCH₃, −CH₂COOCH₂CH₃)-Based Ionic Liquids as Plasticizers for Solid Propellants. ACS Omega. 8(19). 16738–16747. 6 indexed citations

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Yao, Yuan, et al.. (2023). Directed synthesis of nylon 5X key monomer cadaverine with alkaline metal modified Ru@FAU catalysts. Applied Catalysis A General. 658. 119172–119172. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Yue, et al.. (2023). Hypergolic behavior of methylimidazolium borane and H2O2 promoted by 1-methyl-4,5-diiodoimidazolium iodide. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 148(17). 8849–8859.

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Liu, Jun, Hang Li, Bei Ding, et al.. (2022). On the magnetic-structure origin of giant magnetostrictive effect in MnCoSi-based metallic helimagnets. Materials Today Physics. 30. 100930–100930. 4 indexed citations

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Sun, Mingxuan, et al.. (2020). Flame-assisted pyrolysis formation of Cu2O/Cu/TiO2 nanotube arrays to boost superior photo-electrochemical response. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 45(41). 21493–21501. 11 indexed citations

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Yao, Yuan, Jiacheng Wang, Samira Adimi, et al.. (2019). Zirconium nitride catalysts surpass platinum for oxygen reduction. Nature Materials. 19(3). 282–286. 385 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yao, Yuan, Ying Zhou, Hangjia Shen, et al.. (2018). Holey Sheets of Interconnected Carbon-Coated Nickel Nitride Nanoparticles as Highly Active and Durable Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 1(12). 6774–6780. 30 indexed citations

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Hou, Zhipeng, Wenhong Wang, Guizhou Xu, et al.. (2015). High electron mobility and large magnetoresistance in the half-Heusler semimetal LuPtBi. Physical Review B. 92(23). 56 indexed citations

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Yao, Yuan. (2012). Research on Improving Decomposition Rate of Ammonium Persulfate in Condition of Low Temperature. Drilling Fluid & Completion Fluid. 2 indexed citations

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