Yunchao Li

12.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
179 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Yunchao Li is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yunchao Li has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Materials Chemistry, 54 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 52 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yunchao Li's work include Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications (47 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (38 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (33 papers). Yunchao Li is often cited by papers focused on Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications (47 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (38 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (33 papers). Yunchao Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Hong Kong. Yunchao Li's co-authors include Xiaohong Li, Shihe Yang, Louzhen Fan, Louzhen Fan, Fanglong Yuan, Ting Yuan, Zhan’ao Tan, Haizheng Zhong, Yongfang Li and Shixin Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yunchao Li

172 papers receiving 9.9k 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.

Engineering triangular carbon quantum dots with unprecedented narrow bandwidth emission for multicolored LEDs

2018 866 citations Fanglong Yuan, Ting Yuan et al. Nature Communications profile →
Bright Multicolor Bandgap Fluorescent Carbon Quantum Dots for Electroluminescent Light‐Emitting Diodes

2016 803 citations Fanglong Yuan, Xiaohong Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →
53% Efficient Red Emissive Carbon Quantum Dots for High Color Rendering and Stable Warm White‐Light‐Emitting Diodes

2017 726 citations Xiaohong Li, Yunchao Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Sulfur-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots as a Novel Fluorescent Probe for Highly Selective and Sensitive Detection of Fe³⁺

2014 522 citations Yunchao Li, Louzhen Fan et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yunchao Li China	48	7.7k	2.6k	1.8k	1.7k	880	179	10.1k
Xiaohong Li China	46	7.2k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	2.2k 1.2×	1.7k 1.0×	765 0.9×	174	9.4k
Hao Li China	54	5.9k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	2.5k 1.4×	1.5k 0.9×	2.1k 2.3×	272	9.6k
Libo Li China	50	3.6k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	2.8k 1.5×	2.5k 1.4×	886 1.0×	216	8.7k
Shuai Chen China	42	3.2k 0.4×	1.3k 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	733 0.8×	170	5.8k
Yongqiang Dong China	39	7.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	2.6k 1.4×	1.6k 0.9×	541 0.6×	106	9.0k
Chaofan Hu China	52	7.7k 1.0×	1.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	590 0.7×	152	8.9k
Huan‐Ming Xiong China	46	7.3k 0.9×	2.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	974 1.1×	98	10.0k
Yubin Song China	33	11.8k 1.5×	1.6k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	45	12.6k
Yilin Wang China	40	3.6k 0.5×	2.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	970 0.6×	774 0.9×	214	6.0k

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Han, Yuyi, Xianzhi Song, Shuyan Wei, et al.. (2025). Deep‐Blue Electroluminescent Light‐Emitting Diodes with Efficient Hot‐Exciton Emission from Carbon Quantum Gear Rack. Advanced Materials. 37(40). e10604–e10604. 2 indexed citations

Yuan, Ting, Guimin Zhao, Xianzhi Song, et al.. (2025). Symmetric Boron-Bridged Carbon Quantum Frameworks for Light-Emitting Diodes with over 20% External Quantum Efficiency. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(31). 28504–28512. 3 indexed citations

Song, Xianzhi, Chen Zhang, Yang Zhang, et al.. (2025). Pure-violet oxygen-doped carbon quantum rings with near-unity quantum yield and a full-width at half-maximum of 18 nm. Nature Synthesis. 5(2). 262–271. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Yang, et al.. (2025). Specific Peroxidase-like Nanozyme with Boosted Activity at Neutral pH for Antibacterial Application. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 8(29). 14547–14555.

Shi, Yuxin, Yongshuai Gong, Yang Zhang, et al.. (2024). Axially Growing Carbon Quantum Ribbon with 2D Stacking Control for High‐Stability Solar Cell. Advanced Science. 11(35). e2400817–e2400817. 4 indexed citations

Shi, Yuxin, Yang Zhang, Zhibin Wang, et al.. (2024). Onion-like multicolor thermally activated delayed fluorescent carbon quantum dots for efficient electroluminescent light-emitting diodes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3043–3043. 46 indexed citations

Shi, Yuxin, Wen Su, Fanglong Yuan, et al.. (2023). Carbon Dots for Electroluminescent Light‐Emitting Diodes: Recent Progress and Future Prospects (Adv. Mater. 44/2023). Advanced Materials. 35(44). 12 indexed citations

Gao, Na, Jingjing Chen, Yunchao Li, et al.. (2023). The CYP2E1 inhibitor Q11 ameliorates LPS-induced sepsis in mice by suppressing oxidative stress and NLRP3 activation. Biochemical Pharmacology. 214. 115638–115638. 18 indexed citations

Shi, Yuxin, Wen Su, Qian Teng, et al.. (2023). Opportunity and application of chiral carbon dots. Matter. 6(9). 2776–2806. 43 indexed citations

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Xu, Huimin, Jianqiao Chang, Hao Wu, et al.. (2023). Carbon Dots with Guanidinium and Amino Acid Functional Groups for Targeted Small Interfering RNA Delivery toward Tumor Gene Therapy. Small. 19(31). e2207204–e2207204. 30 indexed citations

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Yuan, Ting, Qian Teng, Chenhao Li, et al.. (2023). The emergence and prospects of carbon dots with solid-state photoluminescence for light-emitting diodes. Materials Horizons. 11(1). 102–112. 21 indexed citations

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Bourghli, Anouar, Yunchao Li, Lei Li, et al.. (2023). Predicting thoracic kyphosis morphology and the thoracolumbar inflection point determined by individual lumbar lordosis in asymptomatic adults. European Spine Journal. 33(5). 1830–1839. 1 indexed citations

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Shi, Yuxin, Wen Su, Fanglong Yuan, et al.. (2023). Carbon Dots for Electroluminescent Light‐Emitting Diodes: Recent Progress and Future Prospects. Advanced Materials. 35(44). e2210699–e2210699. 93 indexed citations

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Li, Yunchao, Zhentao Wang, Bin Li, Jiameng Tian, & Kai Yu. (2023). Molecular dynamics simulation of the cone-jet electrospray: Role of surfactants. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 214. 124388–124388. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Guodong, et al.. (2021). Predictive model of global tilt (GT) determined by individual thoracic kyphosis, lumbar lordosis and pelvic incidence in the human degenerative spine. European Spine Journal. 30(11). 3191–3199. 8 indexed citations

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Wu, Hao, Wen Su, Huimin Xu, et al.. (2021). Applications of carbon dots on tumour theranostics. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 38 indexed citations

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Wu, Hao, Huimin Xu, Yuxin Shi, et al.. (2020). Recent Advance in Carbon Dots: From Properties to Applications. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 39(5). 1364–1388. 36 indexed citations

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Yuan, Fanglong, Ping He, Xiaohong Li, et al.. (2019). Highly efficient and stable white LEDs based on pure red narrow bandwidth emission triangular carbon quantum dots for wide-color gamut backlight displays. Nano Research. 12(7). 1669–1674. 135 indexed citations

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Li, Yunchao. (2011). Globally exponentially sets of Lorenz-like system and its application. Computer Engineering and Applications Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Zihui, et al.. (2005). Function of Ca~(2+)/CaM on transduction of stress signal. Zuo wu xue bao. 31(8). 1001–1006. 2 indexed citations

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