Yulan Han

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Yulan Han is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Yulan Han has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Materials Chemistry, 17 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 7 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Yulan Han's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (9 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (8 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (8 papers). Yulan Han is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (9 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (8 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (8 papers). Yulan Han collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Yulan Han's co-authors include Yunyang Qian, Hai‐Long Jiang, Dandan Li, Guozhen Zhang, Ge Yang, Xiyuan Zhang, Jun Jiang, P. Hu, Qin-Kun Li and Jiayan Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yulan Han

25 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Photocatalytic Molecular Oxygen Activation by Regulating Excitonic Effects in Covalent Organic Frameworks

2020 538 citations Yunyang Qian, Dandan Li et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Computation-based regulation of excitonic effects in donor-acceptor covalent organic frameworks for enhanced photocatalysis

2023 317 citations Yunyang Qian, Yulan Han et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Yulan Han

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Feixue Gao China

Libin Zeng China

Zhenjun Song China

Stavroula Kampouri Switzerland

Shinya Mine Japan

Lili Li China

Zixiao Hong China

Xianzhao Shao China

Jiangnan Li United Kingdom

Geng Sun United States

Feixue Gao China

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442 ×0.5

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435 ×1.0

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Countries citing papers authored by Yulan Han

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yulan Han

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Han, Yulan, et al.. (2026). Solution and Active Site Speciation Drive Selectivity for Electrocatalytic Reactive Carbon Capture in Diethanolamine over Ni–N–C Catalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 148(4). 3962–3975.

Han, Yulan, Fan Wu, Zhiyao Duan, et al.. (2025). How Cation Size Modulates the Anion Effect in CO ₂ Electroreduction: Insights from Multiscale Modeling of Electrochemical Interfaces. ACS Catalysis. 15(21). 17672–17677.

Han, Yulan, et al.. (2025). Uncovering the True Active Sites in Ni–N–C Catalysts for CO ₂ Electroreduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(42). 38636–38646. 1 indexed citations

Ye, Ke, Yulan Han, Min Hu, et al.. (2025). Secondary Coordination Effects of Adjacent Metal Center in Metal–Nitrogen-Carbon Improve Scaling Relation of Oxygen Electrocatalysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 16(4). 909–916. 3 indexed citations

Xu, Jiayan, et al.. (2024). Leveraging Machine Learning Potentials for In-Situ Searching of Active sites in Heterogeneous Catalysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(11). 570–586. 13 indexed citations

Han, Yulan, et al.. (2023). A stable radiochromic semiconductive viologen-based metal–organic framework for dual-mode direct X-ray detection. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(9). 109233–109233. 11 indexed citations

Qian, Yunyang, Yulan Han, Xiyuan Zhang, et al.. (2023). Computation-based regulation of excitonic effects in donor-acceptor covalent organic frameworks for enhanced photocatalysis. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3083–3083. 317 indexed citations breakdown →

Han, Yulan, et al.. (2023). Leveraging Interlayer Interaction in M–N–C Catalysts for Enhanced Activity in Oxygen Reduction Reactions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 14(44). 9900–9908. 9 indexed citations

Han, Yulan, et al.. (2023). Comprehensive Study of Oxygen Vacancies on the Catalytic Performance of ZnO for CO/H₂ Activation Using Machine Learning-Accelerated First-Principles Simulations. ACS Catalysis. 13(8). 5104–5113. 30 indexed citations

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Yang, Weijie, Zhenhe Jia, Liugang Chen, et al.. (2023). Effects of intermetal distance on the electrochemistry-induced surface coverage of M–N–C dual-atom catalysts. Chemical Communications. 59(72). 10761–10764. 14 indexed citations

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Qiu, Jun, Yulan Han, Kefu Zhang, et al.. (2022). 3D Pt/2D-NiMOF/rGO-Supported Subsized Pt Nanoparticles for Excellent CO Tolerance and Improved Methanol Oxidation in Both Alkaline and Acidic Media. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 5(4). 4439–4447. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kefu, Yulan Han, Jun Qiu, et al.. (2022). Interface engineering of Ni/NiO heterostructures with abundant catalytic active sites for enhanced methanol oxidation electrocatalysis. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 630(Pt B). 570–579. 39 indexed citations

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Wei, Chengbiao, Yulan Han, Hao Liu, et al.. (2022). Enhancing conversion of polysulfides via porous carbon nanofiber interlayer with dual-active sites for lithium-sulfur batteries. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 625. 946–955. 14 indexed citations

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Xu, Jiayan, Wenbo Xie, Yulan Han, & P. Hu. (2022). Atomistic Insights into the Oxidation of Flat and Stepped Platinum Surfaces Using Large-Scale Machine Learning Potential-Based Grand-Canonical Monte Carlo. ACS Catalysis. 12(24). 14812–14824. 29 indexed citations

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Li, Chong, Xiaoshuo Liu, Yulan Han, et al.. (2021). Ultra-stable anti-counterfeiting materials inspired by water stains. Cell Reports Physical Science. 2(9). 100571–100571. 17 indexed citations

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Qian, Yunyang, Dandan Li, Yulan Han, & Hai‐Long Jiang. (2020). Photocatalytic Molecular Oxygen Activation by Regulating Excitonic Effects in Covalent Organic Frameworks. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(49). 20763–20771. 538 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ye, Ke, Min Hu, Qin-Kun Li, et al.. (2020). Cooperative Nitrogen Activation and Ammonia Synthesis on Densely Monodispersed Mo–N–C Sites. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 11(10). 3962–3968. 30 indexed citations

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Li, Jing, Yulan Han, Han Lin, et al.. (2019). Cobalt–Salen-Based Porous Ionic Polymer: The Role of Valence on Cooperative Conversion of CO₂ to Cyclic Carbonate. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(1). 609–618. 62 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhi, Yulan Han, Ping Liu, et al.. (2019). Electronic transport and optoelectronic applications of a new layered semiconductor CuTaS3. Applied Surface Science. 499. 143932–143932. 10 indexed citations

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Chen, Cuicui, et al.. (2011). Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution in Soil and Plants from Dunhua Sewage Irrigation Area. International Journal of Electrochemical Science. 6(11). 5314–5324. 58 indexed citations

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