Yuyan Shao

46.9k total citations · 31 hit papers
179 papers, 40.9k citations indexed

About

Yuyan Shao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuyan Shao has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 40.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 84 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 33 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yuyan Shao's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (84 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (73 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (64 papers). Yuyan Shao is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (84 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (73 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (64 papers). Yuyan Shao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Yuyan Shao's co-authors include Yuehe Lin, Geping Yin, Jun Liu, Mark Engelhard, Chongmin Wang, Yunzhi Gao, Jun Liu, Jie Xiao, İlhan A. Aksay and Ji‐Guang Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Yuyan Shao

176 papers receiving 40.3k 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.

Reversible aqueous zinc/manganese oxide energy storage from conversion reactions

2016 2.7k citations Huilin Pan, Yuyan Shao et al. Nature Energy profile →
Graphene Based Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors: A Review

2010 2.6k citations Yuyan Shao, Jun Liu et al. profile →
Dendrite-Free Lithium Deposition via Self-Healing Electrostatic Shield Mechanism

2013 1.9k citations Wu Xu, Xilin Chen et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Nitrogen-Doped Graphene and Its Application in Electrochemical Biosensing

2010 1.9k citations Yuyan Shao et al. profile →
Single Atomic Iron Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Acidic Media: Particle Size Control and Thermal Activation

2017 1.4k citations Hanguang Zhang, Sooyeon Hwang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Water‐Lubricated Intercalation in V₂O₅·nH₂O for High‐Capacity and High‐Rate Aqueous Rechargeable Zinc Batteries

2017 1.3k citations Ying Chen, Yuyan Shao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Understanding and approaches for the durability issues of Pt-based catalysts for PEM fuel cell

2007 1.0k citations Yuyan Shao et al. profile →
Nitrogen‐Coordinated Single Cobalt Atom Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

2018 1.0k citations Sooyeon Hwang, Maoyu Wang et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Nitrogen-doped graphene and its electrochemical applications

2010 964 citations Yuyan Shao, Mark Engelhard et al. profile →
Manipulating Adsorption–Insertion Mechanisms in Nanostructured Carbon Materials for High‐Efficiency Sodium Ion Storage

2017 862 citations Lifen Xiao, Kee Sung Han et al. profile →
Carbon‐Based Metal‐Free ORR Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cells: Past, Present, and Future

2019 859 citations Lijun Yang, Jianglan Shui et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Nanostructured carbon for energy storage and conversion

2011 841 citations Yuyan Shao, Ji‐Guang Zhang et al. profile →
Facile and controllable electrochemical reduction of graphene oxide and its applications

2009 751 citations Yuyan Shao, Mark Engelhard et al. profile →
Nitrogen-doped carbon nanostructures and their composites as catalytic materials for proton exchange membrane fuel cell

2007 673 citations Yuyan Shao et al. profile →
Failure Mechanism for Fast‐Charged Lithium Metal Batteries with Liquid Electrolytes

2014 649 citations Yuyan Shao, Ji‐Guang Zhang et al. profile →
Materials Science and Materials Chemistry for Large Scale Electrochemical Energy Storage: From Transportation to Electrical Grid

2012 621 citations Ji‐Guang Zhang, Jian Zhi Hu et al. profile →
Novel catalyst support materials for PEMfuelcells: current status and future prospects

2008 568 citations Yuyan Shao, Yong Wang et al. profile →
Oxygen electrocatalysts for water electrolyzers and reversible fuel cells: status and perspective

2012 528 citations Yuyan Shao, Jun Liu et al. profile →
Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Environment: Material Challenges and Solutions

2022 527 citations Xiaohong Xie, Lei Du et al. profile →
Enhanced activity and stability of Pt catalysts on functionalized graphene sheets for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction

2009 520 citations Yuyan Shao, Mark Engelhard et al. profile →
PGM‐Free Cathode Catalysts for PEM Fuel Cells: A Mini‐Review on Stability Challenges

2019 485 citations Yuyan Shao, Gang Wu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Making Li‐Air Batteries Rechargeable: Material Challenges

2012 483 citations Yuyan Shao, Wu Xu et al. profile →
Controlling SEI Formation on SnSb‐Porous Carbon Nanofibers for Improved Na Ion Storage

2014 455 citations Meng Gu, Yuyan Shao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Bismuth Nanoparticle Decorating Graphite Felt as a High-Performance Electrode for an All-Vanadium Redox Flow Battery

2013 419 citations Meng Gu, Zimin Nie et al. Nano Letters profile →
Electrocatalysts for Nonaqueous Lithium–Air Batteries: Status, Challenges, and Perspective

2012 413 citations Yuyan Shao, Ji‐Guang Zhang et al. ACS Catalysis profile →
3D printing technologies for electrochemical energy storage

2017 412 citations Yuyan Shao, Gang Wu et al. profile →
Joint Charge Storage for High‐Rate Aqueous Zinc–Manganese Dioxide Batteries

2019 379 citations Mark Engelhard, Zimin Nie et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Design strategies for nonaqueous multivalent-ion and monovalent-ion battery anodes

2020 378 citations Yuyan Shao et al. profile →
A Highly Reversible Zn Anode with Intrinsically Safe Organic Electrolyte for Long‐Cycle‐Life Batteries

2019 327 citations Yuyan Shao, Jun Liu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Stabilizing Zinc Anode Reactions by Polyethylene Oxide Polymer in Mild Aqueous Electrolytes

2020 311 citations Kee Sung Han, Yuyan Shao et al. profile →
Ta–TiOx nanoparticles as radical scavengers to improve the durability of Fe–N–C oxygen reduction catalysts

2022 214 citations Hua Xie, Xiaohong Xie et al. Nature Energy profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Porous transport electrodes for oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis -cells: Materials, designs, and diagnoses 2025 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), Sang‐Jun Lee, (unknown), Segeun Jang, Yuyan Shao, Taekeun Kim, Sehkyu Park	7
2	Weakly solvating electrolytes: a solvation-centric paradigm for rechargeable metal batteries 2025 ·Chemical Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Ying Shirley Meng, Yuyan Shao, Wu Xu	0
3	Molybdenum‐Enriched Mo _0.5 Ru _0.5 O ₂ Nanoparticles for Efficient and Stable Oxygen Evolution Reaction 2025 ·Advanced Materials ·Kaizhu Zeng, (unknown), (unknown), Peiyuan Gao, Litao Yan, (unknown), Thomas Wietsma, Yiheng Du, Qian Zhang, Yang Chong, Yang Hu, Tangyuan Li, Shu Hu, Yuyan Shao, Liangbing Hu	0
4	Nano Scale Poly(vinylidene chloride-co-acrylonitrile) Protection for Reversible and Stable Mg Anode Interface 2024 ·Journal of The Electrochemical Society ·Minyung Song, Jaegeon Ryu, (unknown), Peng Zuo, Chongmin Wang, Vijay Murugesan, Yuyan Shao	1
5	Redox Activity Modulation in Extended Fluorenone-Based Flow Battery Electrolytes with π-π Stacking Effect 2024 ·Journal of The Electrochemical Society ·Ruozhu Feng, Xueyun Zheng, Peter S. Rice, David Bazak, Aaron Hollas, Yuyan Shao, Yangang Liang, Wei Wang	2
6	A Hydrogen Iron Flow Battery with High Current Density and Long Cyclability Enabled Through Circular Water Management 2023 ·Energy & environment materials ·Litao Yan, Yuyan Shao, Wei Wang	3
7	Proton Relay for the Rate Enhancement of Electrochemical Hydrogen Reactions at Heterogeneous Interfaces 2023 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Yang Qiu, Debmalya Ray, Litao Yan, Xiaohong Li, Miao Song, Mark Engelhard, Junming Sun, Mal‐Soon Lee, Xin Zhang, Manh‐Thuong Nguyen, Vassiliki‐Alexandra Glezakou, Yong Wang, Roger Rousseau, Yuyan Shao	16
8	Ta–TiOx nanoparticles as radical scavengers to improve the durability of Fe–N–C oxygen reduction catalysts breakdown → 2022 ·Nature Energy ·Hua Xie, Xiaohong Xie, Guoxiang Hu, Venkateshkumar Prabhakaran, Sulay Saha, (unknown), Abhijit H. Phakatkar, Min Hong, Meiling Wu, Reza Shahbazian‐Yassar, Vijay Ramani, Mohamad Al‐Sheikhly, De‐en Jiang, Yuyan Shao, Liangbing Hu	214
9	Highlights of the 2021–2022 Award-Winning Research Accomplishments in the ACS Energy and Fuels Division 2022 ·ACS Energy Letters ·Chunshan Song, Stanislaus S. Wong, Randall E. Winans, Yun Hang Hu, Yuyan Shao, David J. Heldebrant, Alan L. Chaffee, Jinxia Fu, Sajid Bashir, Jingbo Louise Liu	1
10	Reversible ketone hydrogenation and dehydrogenation for aqueous organic redox flow batteries 2021 ·Science ·Ruozhu Feng, Xin Zhang, Vijayakumar Murugesan, Aaron Hollas, Ying Chen, Yuyan Shao, Éric Walter, (unknown), Litao Yan, Kevin M. Rosso, Wei Wang	211
11	Continuous Fly-Through High-Temperature Synthesis of Nanocatalysts 2021 ·Nano Letters ·Yun Qiao, Chaoji Chen, Yang Liu, Yifan Liu, Qi Dong, Yonggang Yao, Xizheng Wang, Yuyan Shao, Chao Wang, Liangbing Hu	24
12	Decomposition pathways and mitigation strategies for highly-stable hydroxyphenazine flow battery anolytes 2021 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·(unknown), Aaron Hollas, Kaining Duanmu, Vijayakumar Murugesan, Xin Zhang, Ruozhu Feng, Yuyan Shao, Wei Wang	36
13	Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution in Neutral pH Solutions: Dual-Phase Synergy 2019 ·ACS Catalysis ·Xiaohong Xie, Miao Song, Luguang Wang, Mark Engelhard, Langli Luo, Andy Miller, Yayun Zhang, Lei Du, Huilin Pan, Zimin Nie, Yuanyuan Chu, Luis Estevez, Zidong Wei, Hong Liu, Chongmin Wang, Dongsheng Li, Yuyan Shao	125
14	Carbon‐Based Metal‐Free ORR Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cells: Past, Present, and Future breakdown → 2019 ·Advanced Materials ·Lijun Yang, Jianglan Shui, Lei Du, Yuyan Shao, Jun Liu, Liming Dai, Zheng Hu	859
15	Stable Li Metal Anode with “Ion–Solvent-Coordinated” Nonflammable Electrolyte for Safe Li Metal Batteries 2019 ·ACS Energy Letters ·Lifen Xiao, Ziqi Zeng, Xuemei Liu, Yongjin Fang, Xiaoyu Jiang, Yuyan Shao, Lin Zhuang, Xinping Ai, Hanxi Yang, Yuliang Cao, Jun Liu	188
16	Non-encapsulation approach for high-performance Li–S batteries through controlled nucleation and growth 2017 ·Nature Energy ·Huilin Pan, Junzheng Chen, Ruiguo Cao, Vijay Murugesan, Nav Nidhi Rajput, Kee Sung Han, Kristin A. Persson, Luis Estevez, Mark Engelhard, Ji‐Guang Zhang, Karl T. Mueller, Yi Cui, Yuyan Shao, Jun Liu	373
17	Improving Lithium–Sulfur Battery Performance under Lean Electrolyte through Nanoscale Confinement in Soft Swellable Gels 2017 ·Nano Letters ·Junzheng Chen, Wesley A. Henderson, Huilin Pan, Brian Perdue, Ruiguo Cao, Jian Zhi Hu, Chuan Wan, Kee Sung Han, Karl T. Mueller, Ji‐Guang Zhang, Yuyan Shao, Jun Liu	128
18	Revealing the Dynamics of Platinum Nanoparticle Catalysts on Carbon in Oxygen and Water Using Environmental TEM 2017 ·ACS Catalysis ·Langli Luo, Mark Engelhard, Yuyan Shao, Chongmin Wang	42
19	Single Atomic Iron Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Acidic Media: Particle Size Control and Thermal Activation breakdown → 2017 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Hanguang Zhang, Sooyeon Hwang, Maoyu Wang, Zhenxing Feng, S. Karakalos, Langli Luo, Zhi Qiao, Xiaohong Xie, Chongmin Wang, Dong Su, Yuyan Shao, Gang Wu	1364
20	A facile approach using MgCl2 to formulate high performance Mg2+ electrolytes for rechargeable Mg batteries 2013 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Tianbiao Liu, Yuyan Shao, Guosheng Li, Meng Gu, Jian Zhi Hu, Suochang Xu, Zimin Nie, Xilin Chen, Chongmin Wang, Jun Liu	202

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