Zheng Yan

460 total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 295 citations indexed

About

Zheng Yan is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zheng Yan has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 295 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 8 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zheng Yan's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (8 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (5 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (5 papers). Zheng Yan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (8 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (5 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (5 papers). Zheng Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Mexico. Zheng Yan's co-authors include Jingde Luan, Yiqian Xu, Jun Zhang, Wei‐Ping Pan, Kunlei Liu, Changdong Sheng, Ronald DeVore, Ying Wang, Wengang Liu and Zhen Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental and Carbon.

In The Last Decade

Zheng Yan

26 papers receiving 284 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.

A review of efficient photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen production

2024 92 citations Jingde Luan, Zheng Yan et al. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zheng Yan China	8	90	84	82	82	49	32	295
Shozo Kaneko Japan	11	47 0.5×	115 1.4×	7 0.1×	152 1.9×	59 1.2×	33	380
Wajid Khan Pakistan	12	25 0.3×	63 0.8×	4 0.0×	25 0.3×	45 0.9×	28	528
Shirley C. Tsai United States	12	19 0.2×	47 0.6×	13 0.2×	197 2.4×	98 2.0×	24	381
D. Gangacharyulu India	14	165 1.8×	38 0.5×	10 0.1×	258 3.1×	28 0.6×	39	455
Xiangmei Meng Netherlands	9	20 0.2×	184 2.2×	23 0.3×	393 4.8×	51 1.0×	13	614
Yejian Qian China	13	20 0.2×	120 1.4×	6 0.1×	273 3.3×	79 1.6×	39	608
Guofeng Lou China	12	77 0.9×	66 0.8×	4 0.0×	94 1.1×	176 3.6×	32	422
Yan Wei China	7	10 0.1×	35 0.4×	10 0.1×	182 2.2×	94 1.9×	12	361
S.S. Mallick India	14	38 0.4×	46 0.5×	6 0.1×	156 1.9×	62 1.3×	59	587
Liyun Zhu China	13	8 0.1×	37 0.4×	10 0.1×	138 1.7×	102 2.1×	33	349

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zheng Yan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zheng Yan

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Luan, Jingde, et al.. (2025). Construction of highly stable multifunctional hydrogels by tungstenization engineering: Built-in electric field-driven adsorption-dark degradation-photocatalysis triple synergistic mechanism for efficient removal of organic pollutants. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1037. 182328–182328. 1 indexed citations

Luan, Jingde, et al.. (2025). Graphitic carbon nitride electronic structure evolution caused by niacin-derived carbon bridging benefits for Na+ adsorption to enhance the photocatalytic H2 production from artificial seawater splitting. Renewable Energy. 247. 123037–123037.

Luan, Jingde, et al.. (2025). Ti-O-C interfacial bonding-induced electron transport channels and structural distortions enhance the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity of anatase-TiO2/carbon nitride heterojunction. Renewable Energy. 256. 124310–124310. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Sicheng, Feng Zhang, Zehua Chen, et al.. (2025). Wearable Ultrasound Devices for Therapeutic Applications. Nano-Micro Letters. 18(1). 45–45. 1 indexed citations

Luan, Jingde, et al.. (2024). A review of efficient photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen production. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 206. 114863–114863. 92 indexed citations breakdown →

Luan, Jingde, et al.. (2024). The interference mechanism of Na+ and Cl- on photocatalytic properties of phosphate-oxygen co-doped graphite carbon nitride for hydrogen production from water splitting: Experimental and theoretical calculations. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1002. 175480–175480. 7 indexed citations

Yan, Zheng, Jixin Chen, Zhe Chen, et al.. (2024). A 278-348 GHz 6^th Harmonic Injection Locking Frequency Multiplier based on 3^rd Harmonic Injection Locking Oscillator in 130 nm SiGe Process. 155–158.

Luan, Jingde, et al.. (2024). Carbon doping and bridging oxygen benefit for g-C3N4 to photocatalytic H2 production from methanol/water splitting: Experiments and theoretical calculations. Carbon. 228. 119430–119430. 8 indexed citations

Luan, Jingde, Haowei Zhang, Yu Bai, et al.. (2024). Interference mechanism of electrolyte cations on vanadium-oxygen binary doped carbon nitride for hydrogen evolution from artificial seawater splitting: Coupling experiments, DFT calculations and machine learning. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 362. 124781–124781. 3 indexed citations

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Luan, Jingde, et al.. (2024). Coupled surface-internal structural engineering in the skeleton of graphite carbon nitride for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 90. 1151–1161. 2 indexed citations

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Tian, Yiran, Zheng Yan, Jingwei Xie, et al.. (2024). Numerical modeling of ultrasound-triggered microneedle-mediated delivery of drug particles into bacterial biofilms. Ultrasonics. 141. 107344–107344. 2 indexed citations

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Hu, Zhiqiang, Shuangxi Li, Lei Yue, et al.. (2023). Infection characteristics of porcine circovirus type 2 in different herds from intensive farms in China, 2022. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 10. 1187753–1187753. 9 indexed citations

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Hu, Wentao, et al.. (2017). The Properties of Epoxy Resins Modified by Tetrapod-like Zinc Oxide Whiskers under Powerful Shear Force Field. Polymer Korea. 41(6). 944–954. 1 indexed citations

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Yan, Zheng, et al.. (2013). Research Status and Development Trend of Electromagnetic Defect Detection Logging. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 325-326. 856–860.

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Yan, Zheng, et al.. (2011). The Design of C-Language Graphics Library Functions Based on JRD320240B. Advanced materials research. 271-273. 417–422.

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Yan, Zheng, et al.. (2011). Image Compression and Transmission System for Digital Down-Hole Television. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 130-134. 3068–3071. 1 indexed citations

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Yan, Zheng, et al.. (2010). Reliability Optimization for Cylindrical Gear Reducer based on Simulate Anneal Particle Swarm Optimization. 34(10). 43–47. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jianjun, Haixia Wang, Yongchang Ma, & Zheng Yan. (2008). Experimental research on hot-air drying properties of capsicum. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 2008(3). 3 indexed citations

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Tong, Xiaojiao, Felix F. Wu, Yongping Zhang, Zheng Yan, & Yixin Ni. (2007). A semismooth Newton method for solving optimal power flow. Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization. 3(3). 553–567. 7 indexed citations

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Yan, Zheng. (2006). RESEARCH ON HOLE-EDGE STRESS DISTRIBUTION OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS PLATE WITH COMPLEX HOLES BY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS METHOD. Jixie qiangdu. 1 indexed citations

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