Yusuf Shi

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Yusuf Shi is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Water Science and Technology and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, Yusuf Shi has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 13 papers in Water Science and Technology and 10 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in Yusuf Shi's work include Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (22 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (13 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (11 papers). Yusuf Shi is often cited by papers focused on Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (22 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (13 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (11 papers). Yusuf Shi collaborates with scholars based in Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and China. Yusuf Shi's co-authors include Peng Wang, Renyuan Li, Seung‐Hyun Hong, Le Shi, Mengchun Wu, Yong Jin, Sifei Zhuo, Jian Chang, Chenlin Zhang and Mossab K. Alsaedi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nano Letters and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Yusuf Shi

36 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

A 3D Photothermal Structure toward Improved Energy Efficiency in Solar Steam Generation

2018 639 citations Yusuf Shi, Renyuan Li et al. Joule profile →

Peers

Yusuf Shi

RESE

WST

SCF

Le Shi China

Minmin Gao Singapore

George Ni United States

Jinlei Li China

Ran Niu China

Weixin Guan United States

Xingyi Zhou United States

Zhangxin Wang China

Xuejiao Hu China

Le Shi China

Yusuf Shi

4.2k ×1.1

RESE

2.1k ×1.0

WST

804 ×0.8

768 ×0.8

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1.1k ×1.3

Citations per year, relative to Yusuf Shi Yusuf Shi (= 1×) peers Le Shi

Countries citing papers authored by Yusuf Shi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yusuf Shi

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yusuf Shi

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Chenlin, et al.. (2025). Multi-functional solar evaporator towards integrated zero liquid discharge desalination and potassium extraction. Chemical Engineering Journal. 518. 164561–164561. 1 indexed citations

Li, Jingze, Yusuf Shi, Lin Yuan, et al.. (2024). Improving tribological performance of metallic coatings: A synergy of gradient structure and solid lubricant modification. Surface and Coatings Technology. 477. 130366–130366. 6 indexed citations

Wu, Mengchun, Renyuan Li, Yusuf Shi, et al.. (2021). Metal- and halide-free, solid-state polymeric water vapor sorbents for efficient water-sorption-driven cooling and atmospheric water harvesting. Materials Horizons. 8(5). 1518–1527. 102 indexed citations

Wang, Wenbin, Yusuf Shi, Chenlin Zhang, et al.. (2021). Conversion and storage of solar energy for cooling. Energy & Environmental Science. 15(1). 136–145. 29 indexed citations

Wang, Wenbin, Yusuf Shi, Chenlin Zhang, et al.. (2021). Solar Seawater Distillation by Flexible and Fully Passive Multistage Membrane Distillation. Nano Letters. 21(12). 5068–5074. 111 indexed citations

Wang, Wenbin, Wu Chen, Kai Zhu, et al.. (2021). Real-Time Personal Fever Alert Monitoring by Wearable Detector Based on Thermoresponsive Hydrogel. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 3(4). 1747–1755. 20 indexed citations

Li, Renyuan, Mengchun Wu, Yusuf Shi, et al.. (2021). Hybrid water vapor sorbent design with pollution shielding properties: extracting clean water from polluted bulk water sources. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(26). 14731–14740. 39 indexed citations

Zhang, Chenlin, Yusuf Shi, Le Shi, et al.. (2021). Designing a next generation solar crystallizer for real seawater brine treatment with zero liquid discharge. Nature Communications. 12(1). 998–998. 269 indexed citations

Li, Renyuan, Yusuf Shi, Mengchun Wu, Seung‐Hyun Hong, & Peng Wang. (2020). Photovoltaic panel cooling by atmospheric water sorption–evaporation cycle. Nature Sustainability. 3(8). 636–643. 271 indexed citations

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Yang, Kaijie, Yusuf Shi, Mengchun Wu, et al.. (2019). Hollow spherical SiO₂ micro-container encapsulation of LiCl for high-performance simultaneous heat reallocation and seawater desalination. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(4). 1887–1895. 68 indexed citations

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Li, Renyuan, Yusuf Shi, Mengchun Wu, Seung‐Hyun Hong, & Peng Wang. (2019). Improving atmospheric water production yield: Enabling multiple water harvesting cycles with nano sorbent. Nano Energy. 67. 104255–104255. 310 indexed citations

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Wang, Wenbin, Yusuf Shi, Chenlin Zhang, et al.. (2019). Simultaneous production of fresh water and electricity via multistage solar photovoltaic membrane distillation. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3012–3012. 379 indexed citations

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Hong, Seung‐Hyun, Fangwang Ming, Yusuf Shi, et al.. (2019). Two-Dimensional Ti₃C₂T_x MXene Membranes as Nanofluidic Osmotic Power Generators. ACS Nano. 13(8). 8917–8925. 285 indexed citations

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Jin, Yong, et al.. (2019). Tuning substrate geometry for enhancing water condensation. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 144. 118627–118627. 8 indexed citations

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Ong, Chi Siang, Yusuf Shi, Jian Chang, et al.. (2019). Tannin-inspired robust fabrication of superwettability membranes for highly efficient separation of oil-in-water emulsions and immiscible oil/water mixtures. Separation and Purification Technology. 227. 115657–115657. 66 indexed citations

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Shi, Yusuf, Renyuan Li, Yong Jin, et al.. (2018). A 3D Photothermal Structure toward Improved Energy Efficiency in Solar Steam Generation. Joule. 2(6). 1171–1186. 639 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhuo, Sifei, Yusuf Shi, Lingmei Liu, et al.. (2018). Dual-template engineering of triple-layered nanoarray electrode of metal chalcogenides sandwiched with hydrogen-substituted graphdiyne. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3132–3132. 98 indexed citations

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Shi, Le, Yusuf Shi, Renyuan Li, et al.. (2018). SiC–C Composite as a Highly Stable and Easily Regenerable Photothermal Material for Practical Water Evaporation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 6(7). 8192–8200. 46 indexed citations

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Wu, Mengchun, Yusuf Shi, Renyuan Li, & Peng Wang. (2018). Spectrally Selective Smart Window with High Near-Infrared Light Shielding and Controllable Visible Light Transmittance. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(46). 39819–39827. 173 indexed citations

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Gao, Ming, et al.. (2007). The Fractal Dimension of the Fractal Model of Dropwise Condensation and Its Experimental Study. International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation. 8(2). 30 indexed citations

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