Ze‐Cheng Yao

941 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 753 citations indexed

About

Ze‐Cheng Yao is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Ze‐Cheng Yao has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 753 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 10 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 2 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Ze‐Cheng Yao's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (12 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (8 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (7 papers). Ze‐Cheng Yao is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (12 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (8 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (7 papers). Ze‐Cheng Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, Czechia and United States. Ze‐Cheng Yao's co-authors include Jin‐Song Hu, Tang Tang, Li‐Jun Wan, Zhe Jiang, Hairui Pan, Liang Ding, Jianan Zhang, Lirong Zheng, Xiaozhi Liu and Jiaju Fu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ze‐Cheng Yao

13 papers receiving 742 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.

Interfacial assembly of binary atomic metal-Nx sites for high-performance energy devices

2023 195 citations Zhe Jiang, Xuerui Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ze‐Cheng Yao China	11	666	473	256	86	80	13	753
Guowei Xiong China	10	566 0.8×	425 0.9×	226 0.9×	71 0.8×	71 0.9×	15	696
Xingkai Huang China	8	682 1.0×	567 1.2×	235 0.9×	64 0.7×	102 1.3×	8	825
Jinxiang Diao China	12	758 1.1×	588 1.2×	255 1.0×	129 1.5×	80 1.0×	23	893
Qi‐Ni Zhan China	14	721 1.1×	489 1.0×	324 1.3×	97 1.1×	134 1.7×	19	837
Bomin Feng China	13	765 1.1×	621 1.3×	211 0.8×	95 1.1×	122 1.5×	26	886
Guanchao He China	10	609 0.9×	425 0.9×	272 1.1×	67 0.8×	88 1.1×	12	707
Yiyue Zhai China	8	733 1.1×	498 1.1×	310 1.2×	63 0.7×	121 1.5×	11	847
Shize Geng China	14	743 1.1×	553 1.2×	303 1.2×	77 0.9×	112 1.4×	21	863
Bo‐Qiang Miao China	12	595 0.9×	392 0.8×	203 0.8×	96 1.1×	90 1.1×	20	657
Suyu Jiang China	11	456 0.7×	367 0.8×	229 0.9×	87 1.0×	53 0.7×	21	647

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Lü, Xiaoying, Ze‐Cheng Yao, Liang Ding, et al.. (2025). Multiple Secondary Bond-Mediated C–N Coupling over N-Doped Carbon Electrocatalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(22). 19342–19352. 16 indexed citations

Yao, Ze‐Cheng, Tang Tang, Liang Ding, et al.. (2025). Manipulating hydrogenation pathways enables economically viable electrocatalytic aldehyde-to-alcohol valorization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(8). e2423542122–e2423542122. 16 indexed citations

Wang, Shuqi, Ze‐Cheng Yao, Xuerui Liu, et al.. (2025). Pd₁Ni₂ Trimer Sites Drive Efficient and Durable Hydrogen Oxidation in Alkaline Media. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(6). 5398–5407. 11 indexed citations

Jiang, Zhe, Xiaozhi Liu, Jiaju Fu, et al.. (2024). Micro/Nano‐Structured Superhydrophobic Gas Diffusion Electrode for Boosting the Stability of Industrial‐Compatible Electrochemical CO Production in Flow Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(21). 8 indexed citations

Yao, Ze‐Cheng, et al.. (2024). Advanced In Situ Spectroscopic Techniques for Probing the Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(41). 17219–17239. 6 indexed citations

Jiang, Zhe, Xuerui Liu, Xiaozhi Liu, et al.. (2023). Interfacial assembly of binary atomic metal-Nx sites for high-performance energy devices. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1822–1822. 195 indexed citations breakdown →

Chen, Fanrong, et al.. (2023). Recent advances in p-block metal chalcogenide electrocatalysts for high-efficiency CO2 reduction. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 100172–100172. 47 indexed citations

Tang, Tang, Xiaozhi Liu, Xuan Luo, et al.. (2023). Unconventional Bilateral Compressive Strained Ni–Ir Interface Synergistically Accelerates Alkaline Hydrogen Oxidation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(25). 13805–13815. 104 indexed citations

Yao, Ze‐Cheng, Tang Tang, Zhe Jiang, et al.. (2022). Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Oxidation in Alkaline Media: From Mechanistic Insights to Catalyst Design. ACS Nano. 16(4). 5153–5183. 109 indexed citations

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Dong, Zihao, Zhe Jiang, Tang Tang, et al.. (2022). Rational design of integrated electrodes for advancing high-rate alkaline electrolytic hydrogen production. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(24). 12764–12787. 19 indexed citations

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Tang, Tang, Zhe Jiang, Jun Deng, et al.. (2022). Constructing hierarchical nanosheet-on-microwire FeCo LDH@Co3O4 arrays for high-rate water oxidation. Nano Research. 15(12). 10021–10028. 24 indexed citations

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Tang, Tang, Liang Ding, Ze‐Cheng Yao, et al.. (2021). Synergistic Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Hydrogen Oxidation and Evolution Reactions. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(2). 135 indexed citations

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Yao, Ze‐Cheng, Tang Tang, Jin‐Song Hu, & Li‐Jun Wan. (2021). Recent Advances on Nonprecious-Metal-Based Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysts for Zinc–Air Batteries. Energy & Fuels. 35(8). 6380–6401. 63 indexed citations

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