Yuanyuan Kan

3.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
45 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Yuanyuan Kan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuanyuan Kan has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 37 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 6 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yuanyuan Kan's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (44 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (36 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (25 papers). Yuanyuan Kan is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (44 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (36 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (25 papers). Yuanyuan Kan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yuanyuan Kan's co-authors include Ke Gao, Alex K.‐Y. Jen, Feng Liu, Xiaobin Peng, Li Nian, Yong Cao, Thomas P. Russell, Yanna Sun, Yuliang Li and Bin Kan and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yuanyuan Kan

43 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Graphdiyne Derivative as Multifunctional Solid Additive in Binary Organic Solar Cells with 17.3% Efficiency and High Reproductivity

2020 372 citations Yuanyuan Kan, Ke Gao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Achieving high efficiency and well-kept ductility in ternary all-polymer organic photovoltaic blends thanks to two well miscible donors

2022 198 citations Ruijie Ma, Kangkang Zhou et al. Matter profile →
Rational control of sequential morphology evolution and vertical distribution toward 17.18% efficiency all-small-molecule organic solar cells

2022 174 citations Yanna Sun, Li Nian et al. profile →

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Jianqiang Qin China

Xunfan Liao China

Marios Neophytou Saudi Arabia

Yunfei Zu China

Song Yi Park South Korea

Junzhen Ren China

Wanyuan Deng China

Yecheng Zou China

Martin Helgesen Denmark

Jingming Xin China

Jianqiang Qin China

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Countries citing papers authored by Yuanyuan Kan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuanyuan Kan

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

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Sun, Lei, Xu Zhang, Xunchang Wang, et al.. (2025). Green pathway to 14.51% efficiency in all-small-molecule organic solar cells: Apigenin-mediated morphology control with halogen-free processing. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 108. 819–826. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Yixuan, Wenqing Zhang, Huajun Xu, et al.. (2025). A highly crystalline small molecule donor based on bithiazole units enabling efficient ternary all-small-molecule organic solar cells. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 104. 789–794. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Caiyue, Jie Liu, Mai Xu, et al.. (2025). Organic Solar Cells With 19.66% Efficiency Enabled by an Amorphous Three‐Dimensional Guest Acceptor. Advanced Functional Materials.

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Jiang, Xinyue, Huajun Xu, Xu Zhang, et al.. (2025). Functional graphdiyne based on perylene diimide units facilitating boosted performance of photothermal catalytic hydrogen evolution. Science China Materials. 68(11). 4097–4106.

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Zhang, Xu, Huanhuan Gao, Yuanyuan Kan, et al.. (2024). End‐Extended Conjugation Strategy to Reduce the Efficiency‐Stability‐Mechanical Robustness Gap in Binary All‐Polymer Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(3). e202415583–e202415583. 13 indexed citations

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Gao, Huanhuan, Yanna Sun, Yuanyuan Kan, et al.. (2024). Enhancing efficiency and stability of organic solar cells through a simplified four-step synthesis of fully non-fused ring electron acceptor. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 93. 601–608. 7 indexed citations

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Kan, Yuanyuan, Yanna Sun, Yi Ren, et al.. (2024). Amino‐Functionalized Graphdiyne Derivative as a Cathode Interface Layer with High Thickness Tolerance for Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Materials. 36(16). e2312635–e2312635. 63 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xu, Huanhuan Gao, Yuanyuan Kan, et al.. (2024). End‐Extended Conjugation Strategy to Reduce the Efficiency‐Stability‐Mechanical Robustness Gap in Binary All‐Polymer Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie. 137(3). 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Chunyan, Nailiang Qiu, Haonan Liu, et al.. (2024). A Low‐Cost 3D Spirobifluorene‐Based Acceptor for High‐Performance Ternary Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(4). 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xu, Yawei Miao, Xinyue Jiang, et al.. (2024). Synergy Effect of Symmetry-Breaking and End-Group Engineering Enables 16.06% Efficiency for All-Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells. ACS Materials Letters. 6(2). 713–719. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Qian, Xu Zhang, Huajun Xu, et al.. (2023). Silane or Siloxane‐Side‐Chain Engineering of Photovoltaic Materials for Organic Solar Cells^†. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 41(24). 3703–3713. 8 indexed citations

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Xu, Yixuan, Qian Wang, Xu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Recent Progress in All‐Solution‐Processed Organic Solar Cells. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 42(2). 190–198. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xu, Jiawei Qiao, Jifa Yu, et al.. (2023). A Bithiazole‐Substituted Donor for High‐Efficiency Thick Ternary Organic Solar Cells via Regulation of Crystallinity and Miscibility. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(23). 59 indexed citations

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Xu, Yixuan, Wenqing Zhang, Jianfeng Li, et al.. (2023). Porphyrin-based donor with asymmetric ending groups enables 16.31% efficiency for ternary all-small-molecule organic solar cells. Chemical Engineering Journal. 469. 144063–144063. 14 indexed citations

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Xu, Huajun, Yanna Sun, Yuanyuan Kan, & Ke Gao. (2022). Recent Progress in Design of Organic Electro‐optic Materials with Ultrahigh Electro‐optic Activities^†. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 40(24). 3001–3012. 12 indexed citations

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Ren, Yi, Jianfeng Li, Yixuan Xu, et al.. (2022). Enhanced Performance via π‐Bridge Alteration of Porphyrin‐Based Donors for All‐Small‐Molecule Organic Solar Cells. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 41(6). 644–650. 23 indexed citations

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Ma, Ruijie, Kangkang Zhou, Yanna Sun, et al.. (2022). Achieving high efficiency and well-kept ductility in ternary all-polymer organic photovoltaic blends thanks to two well miscible donors. Matter. 5(2). 725–734. 198 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Zaiyu, Ke Gao, Yuanyuan Kan, et al.. (2021). The coupling and competition of crystallization and phase separation, correlating thermodynamics and kinetics in OPV morphology and performances. Nature Communications. 12(1). 332–332. 197 indexed citations

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Nian, Li, Yuanyuan Kan, Haitao Wang, et al.. (2018). Ternary non-fullerene polymer solar cells with 13.51% efficiency and a record-high fill factor of 78.13%. Energy & Environmental Science. 11(12). 3392–3399. 144 indexed citations

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Kan, Yuanyuan, Chang Liu, Lianjie Zhang, et al.. (2016). Solution-processed small molecules with ethynylene bridges for highly efficient organic solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 4(38). 14720–14728. 14 indexed citations

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