Zhiyang Yu

5.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
116 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Zhiyang Yu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhiyang Yu has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Materials Chemistry, 38 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 30 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhiyang Yu's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (33 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (14 papers) and Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (12 papers). Zhiyang Yu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (33 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (14 papers) and Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (12 papers). Zhiyang Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Zhiyang Yu's co-authors include Lihua Lin, Xinchen Wang, Wei Lin, Jian Zhang, Xu Cai, Yidong Hou, Xiaocong Liang, Sikang Xue, Wandong Xing and Guigang Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Zhiyang Yu

110 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

Crystalline Carbon Nitride Semiconductors for Photocataly... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2020 2022 2024 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Crystalline Carbon Nitride Semiconductors for Photocatalytic Water Splitting
    2018 583 citations Zhiyang Yu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Molecular-level insights on the reactive facet of carbon nitride single crystals photocatalysing overall water splitting
    2020 575 citations Wei Lin, Zhiyang Yu et al. Nature Catalysis profile →
  3. Unveiling the charge transfer dynamics steered by built-in electric fields in BiOBr photocatalysts
    2022 248 citations Xiaoyuan Ye, Sikang Xue et al. Nature Communications profile →
  4. Superstructure-Assisted Single-Atom Catalysis on Tungsten Carbides for Bifunctional Oxygen Reactions
    2024 90 citations Sikang Xue, Zhiyang Yu et al. profile →

Peers

Zhiyang Yu
Byungchan Han South Korea
Haowei Huang China
Cheng He China
Yuanmin Zhu China
Hongdong Li China
Hyun You Kim South Korea
Haibo Li China
Yuzheng Guo China
Hongyan Liang China
Li‐Yong Gan China
Byungchan Han South Korea
Zhiyang Yu
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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhiyang Yu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhiyang Yu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhao, Jiwu, Yuchun Liu, Sung‐Fu Hung, et al.. (2025). Photocatalytic ethylene production over defective NiO through lattice oxygen participation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6586–6586. 7 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yang, Ruizhang Xu, Huilin Tao, et al.. (2024). Crystal facet and oxygen vacancies synergistically mediate photocatalytic ozonation for organic pollutants removal over CeO2. Journal of Catalysis. 438. 115714–115714. 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Jian, Jiahao Lu, Gang Fu, et al.. (2024). Effects of annealing processes on properties and microstructure of sintered Nd-Fe-B magnet with gallium and copper additions. Journal of Rare Earths. 43(11). 2433–2441. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Zhiyang, et al.. (2024). Towards a Sustainable Environment:Understanding Chinese Farmers’Adoption of Renewable Energy SourcesThrough Green Intentions. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 34(2). 1425–1437.
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Lai, Wei, Xiaoyuan Ye, Congying Xiang, et al.. (2024). More microscopic interfacial segregation slowers macroscopic grain growth: A case in WC-Co cemented carbides. Ceramics International. 50(15). 26654–26662. 9 indexed citations
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Xue, Sikang, Min Shen, Xiaocong Liang, et al.. (2024). Establishing Multiple‐Order Built‐In Electric Fields Within Heterojunctions to Achieve Photocarrier Spatial Separation. Advanced Materials. 36(16). e2311937–e2311937. 52 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yangyu, Xuanbei Peng, Han‐Rui Tian, et al.. (2024). Fullerene on non-iron cluster-matrix co-catalysts promotes collaborative H2 and N2 activation for ammonia synthesis. Nature Chemistry. 16(11). 1781–1787. 46 indexed citations
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Xu, Shengwei, Yan Chen, Zhiyang Yu, et al.. (2023). Fate and transformation of uniformly 14C-ring-labeled bisphenol S in different aerobic soils. The Science of The Total Environment. 905. 167166–167166. 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Cheng, Chaoran Dong, Sungsoon Kim, et al.. (2023). Photo‐Electrochemical Glycerol Conversion over a Mie Scattering Effect Enhanced Porous BiVO 4 Photoanode. Advanced Materials. 35(15). 2209955–2209955. 78 indexed citations
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Zhang, Weiwei, Xin Zhou, Qingfu Ye, et al.. (2023). Nonenantioselective environmental behavior of a chiral antiviral pesticide dufulin in aerobic soils. The Science of The Total Environment. 880. 163312–163312. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Xue, Jian Huang, Shuiying Gao, et al.. (2023). Solution‐Processed Hydrogen‐Bonded Organic Framework Nanofilms for High‐Performance Resistive Memory Devices. Advanced Materials. 35(47). e2305344–e2305344. 38 indexed citations
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Zhou, Pan‐Ke, Hongling Yu, Weiguo Huang, et al.. (2023). Photoelectric Multilevel Memory Device based on Covalent Organic Polymer Film with Keto–Enol Tautomerism for Harsh Environments Applications. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(1). 32 indexed citations
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Wang, Sikai, Victor Fung, Max J. Hülsey, et al.. (2023). H2-reduced phosphomolybdate promotes room-temperature aerobic oxidation of methane to methanol. Nature Catalysis. 6(10). 895–905. 66 indexed citations
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Liu, Minghui, Guigang Zhang, Xiaocong Liang, et al.. (2023). Rh/Cr2O3 and CoOx Cocatalysts for Efficient Photocatalytic Water Splitting by Poly (Triazine Imide) Crystals. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(37). e202304694–e202304694. 100 indexed citations
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Ye, Xiaoyuan, Changgeng Wei, Sikang Xue, et al.. (2021). Atomistic Observation of Temperature-Dependent Defect Evolution within Sub-stoichiometric WO3–x Catalysts. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(1). 2194–2201. 24 indexed citations
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Shen, Min, Yanwen Li, Chongze Hu, et al.. (2021). The interfacial structure underpinning the Al-Ga liquid metal embrittlement: disorder vs. order gradients. Scripta Materialia. 204. 114149–114149. 18 indexed citations
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Liu, Minghui, Changgeng Wei, Hangyu Zhuzhang, et al.. (2021). Fully Condensed Poly (Triazine Imide) Crystals: Extended π‐Conjugation and Structural Defects for Overall Water Splitting. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(2). e202113389–e202113389. 175 indexed citations
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Liu, Minghui, Changgeng Wei, Hangyu Zhuzhang, et al.. (2021). Fully Condensed Poly (Triazine Imide) Crystals: Extended π‐Conjugation and Structural Defects for Overall Water Splitting. Angewandte Chemie. 134(2). 16 indexed citations
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Zhou, Qian, Xiaowei Yin, Hailong Xu, et al.. (2019). Design and fabrication of silicon carbides reinforced composite with excellent radar absorption property in X and Ku band. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 52(43). 435102–435102. 14 indexed citations

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