Ze Yu

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Ze Yu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ze Yu has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 62 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 44 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ze Yu's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (37 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (36 papers) and TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (33 papers). Ze Yu is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (37 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (36 papers) and TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (33 papers). Ze Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, Sweden and United States. Ze Yu's co-authors include Licheng Sun, Anders Hagfeldt, K. P. Rajurkar, Xichuan Yang, Lars Kloo, Fei Li, Qingjie Hou, Haoxin Wang, Wenming Zhang and Masahisa Fujino and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Ze Yu

131 papers receiving 6.5k 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.

Recent Progress on Hole‐Transporting Materials for Emerging Organometal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

2015 435 citations Ze Yu, Licheng Sun profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ze Yu China	43	3.8k	3.0k	2.3k	1.6k	986	134	6.6k
Heng Zhao China	53	3.8k 1.0×	3.5k 1.2×	3.3k 1.4×	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	161	7.8k
Su Ha United States	41	2.6k 0.7×	3.3k 1.1×	3.1k 1.3×	597 0.4×	780 0.8×	140	6.3k
P.J. Sebastián Mexico	44	3.8k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	3.1k 1.3×	653 0.4×	1.2k 1.2×	283	6.6k
Jia Zhang China	41	2.5k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	2.6k 1.1×	317 0.2×	910 0.9×	206	5.5k
Fang He China	37	1.7k 0.5×	2.8k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	385 0.2×	1.1k 1.1×	95	5.7k
Mu Pan China	58	8.8k 2.3×	6.7k 2.2×	2.8k 1.2×	874 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	301	10.7k
Yang Tang China	38	2.5k 0.7×	2.9k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	465 0.3×	546 0.6×	148	5.3k
Rui Song China	42	1.6k 0.4×	1.9k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	838 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	152	4.9k
Yi Xia China	39	2.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	2.4k 1.0×	387 0.2×	1.2k 1.2×	113	4.7k
Xiao Li China	51	4.2k 1.1×	4.3k 1.4×	2.0k 0.8×	438 0.3×	496 0.5×	178	6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Ze Yu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ze Yu

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Liu, Na, Lei Chen, Wenbao Yan, et al.. (2025). The growth and nutrient removal properties of heterotrophic microalgae using volatile fatty acids under different nitrogen forms and its application in actual acid-producing wastewater. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(1). 115347–115347. 3 indexed citations

Wei, Yi, Ying Ding, Yufeng Liu, et al.. (2025). Quantum well engineering in quasi-2D perovskites unlocks efficiency-stability synergy for photovoltaics. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 111. 1042–1051.

Wang, Futian, et al.. (2024). Minimizing durations in repetitive projects through adaptive large neighborhood search. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 199. 110751–110751. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Meng, Liqun Jiang, Mingyan Liu, et al.. (2024). Phosphorus-supplemented seawater–wastewater cyclic system for microalgal cultivation: Production of high-lipid and high-protein algae. Bioresource Technology. 398. 130512–130512. 7 indexed citations

Yue, Qiang, et al.. (2024). Copper naphthalocyanine-based hole-transport material for high-performance and thermally stable perovskite solar cells. Science China Chemistry. 67(8). 2701–2709. 13 indexed citations

Yu, Ze, et al.. (2024). The anti-dispersion mechanism of polyacrylamide on alkali-activated cementitious materials poured underwater. Construction and Building Materials. 414. 134958–134958. 13 indexed citations

Zhao, Yang, et al.. (2024). Enhanced Production of Microalgal Metabolites Through Aeration Coupled with Stirring. Sustainability. 16(20). 9001–9001. 4 indexed citations

Yu, Ze, et al.. (2024). Comparative Transcriptome and sRNAome Analysis Suggest Coordinated Citrus Immune Responses against Huanglongbing Disease. Plants. 13(11). 1496–1496. 5 indexed citations

Sharmoukh, Walid, Yulong Chen, Yuxin Li, et al.. (2024). Pure-phase two-dimensional perovskite capping layer enables high-performance and durable carbon-based photovoltaics. Chemical Engineering Journal. 497. 154611–154611. 7 indexed citations

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Ma, Meng, Ze Yu, Liqun Jiang, et al.. (2023). Alga-based dairy wastewater treatment scheme: Candidates screening, process advancement, and economic analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production. 390. 136105–136105. 30 indexed citations

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Yu, Ze, Qingjie Hou, Mingyan Liu, et al.. (2022). From lab to application: Cultivating limnetic microalgae in seawater coupled with wastewater for biodiesel production on a pilot scale. Water Research. 229. 119471–119471. 34 indexed citations

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Yu, Ze, et al.. (2022). Seawater with Added Monosodium Glutamate Residue (MSGR) Is a Promising Medium for the Cultivation of Two Commercial Marine Microalgae. Water. 14(6). 975–975. 3 indexed citations

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Song, Mingming, et al.. (2021). The effect of volatile fatty acids on the growth and lipid properties of two microalgae strains during batch heterotrophic cultivation. Chemosphere. 283. 131204–131204. 21 indexed citations

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Han, Siyuan, Xiaoqing Jiang, Ze Yu, et al.. (2020). Side-chain engineering of PEDOT derivatives as dopant-free hole-transporting materials for efficient and stable n–i–p structured perovskite solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 8(27). 9236–9242. 15 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yawei, Junyu Shen, Ze Yu, et al.. (2019). Fine-tuning the coordination atoms of copper redox mediators: an effective strategy for boosting the photovoltage of dye-sensitized solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(20). 12808–12814. 12 indexed citations

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Cai, Bin, Xichuan Yang, Xiaoqing Jiang, et al.. (2019). Boosting the power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells to 17.7% with an indolo[3,2-b]carbazole dopant-free hole transporting material by improving its spatial configuration. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(24). 14835–14841. 39 indexed citations

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Wang, Haoxin, Ze Yu, Jianbo Lai, et al.. (2018). One plus one greater than two: high-performance inverted planar perovskite solar cells based on a composite CuI/CuSCN hole-transporting layer. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(43). 21435–21444. 78 indexed citations

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Jiang, Xiaoqing, Ze Yu, Hai‐Bei Li, et al.. (2017). A solution-processable copper(ii) phthalocyanine derivative as a dopant-free hole-transporting material for efficient and stable carbon counter electrode-based perovskite solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(34). 17862–17866. 67 indexed citations

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Hu, Maowei, Ze Yu, Jiajia Li, et al.. (2017). Low-cost solution-processed digenite Cu₉S₅ counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells. RSC Advances. 7(61). 38452–38457. 6 indexed citations

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Yu, Ze, Yuchen Zhang, Xiaoqing Jiang, et al.. (2017). High-efficiency perovskite solar cells employing a conjugated donor–acceptor co-polymer as a hole-transporting material. RSC Advances. 7(44). 27189–27197. 25 indexed citations

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