Yan Yang

9.2k citations

207 papers · 8.0k · 2 hit papers · h-index 47

Impact in

Inorganic Chemistry top 0.5%
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.5%
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Papers in

Materials Chemistry 101
- Covalent Organic Framework Applications 28
- Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials 13
Inorganic Chemistry 75
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications 62

Co-authors: Jian‐Fang Ma (16 shared papers)Qihua Yang (11 shared papers)Fengming Zhang (11 shared papers)Jin Yang (12 shared papers)Peng Du (10 shared papers)Shulan Ma (6 shared papers)Maochun Hong (11 shared papers)Huiqin Yao (4 shared papers)
Journals: Crystal Growth & Design (13 papers)Inorganic Chemistry (11 papers)CrystEngComm (9 papers)Chemical Communications (7 papers)Chemical Engineering Journal (5 papers)
Partner nations: China United States United Kingdom

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Yan Yang

197 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Yan Yang's Hit Papers

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Engineering β-ketoamine covalent organic frameworks for photocatalytic overall water splitting 2023 · 226 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Nature Communications
2019 Journal of the American Chemical Society

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1	Hierarchical Nanoassembly of MoS₂/Co₉S₈/Ni₃S₂/Ni as a Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting in a Wide pH Range Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Yan Yang, Huiqin Yao, Zihuan Yu, Saiful M. Islam, Haiying He, Mengwei Yuan, Yonghai Yue, Kang Xu, Weichang Hao, Genban Sun, Huifeng Li, Shulan Ma, Peter Zapol, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis Hit paper breakdown →	2019	824
2	Fluorescent carbon nanoparticles for the fluorescent detection of metal ions Biosensors and Bioelectronics ·Yongming Guo, Lianfeng Zhang, Shushen Zhang, Yan Yang, Xihan Chen, Mingchao Zhang	2014	340
3	The fluorination effect of fluoroamphiphiles in cytosolic protein delivery Nature Communications ·Zhenjing Zhang, Wanwan Shen, Jing Ling, Yan Yang, Jingjing Hu, Yiyun Cheng	2018	290
4	Competitive adsorption and selectivity of benzene and water vapor on the microporous metal organic frameworks (HKUST-1) Chemical Engineering Journal ·Zhenxia Zhao, Sha Wang, Yan Yang, Xuemei Li, Jing Li, Zhong Li	2014	244
5	Engineering β-ketoamine covalent organic frameworks for photocatalytic overall water splitting Nature Communications ·Yan Yang, Xiaoyu Chu, Hongyu Zhang, Rui Zhang, Yuhan Liu, Fengming Zhang, Meng Lu, Zhao‐Di Yang, Ya‐Qian Lan Hit paper breakdown →	2023	226
6	Regulation of metal ions in smart metal-cluster nodes of metal-organic frameworks with open metal sites for improved photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Hong Dong, Xin Zhang, Lu Yang, Yan Yang, Yang-Peng Zhang, Hongliang Tang, Fengming Zhang, Zhao‐Di Yang, Xiaojun Sun, Yujie Feng	2020	204
7	Non-activated peroxymonosulfate oxidation of sulfonamide antibiotics in water: Kinetics, mechanisms, and implications for water treatment Water Research ·Yuefei Ji, Junhe Lu, Lu Wang, Mengdi Jiang, Yan Yang, Peizeng Yang, Lei Zhou, Corinne Ferronato, Jean-Marc Chovelon	2018	169
8	Self-supported NiFe-LDH@CoSx nanosheet arrays grown on nickel foam as efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting Chemical Engineering Journal ·Yan Yang, Yuchen Xie, Zihuan Yu, Shaoshi Guo, Mengwei Yuan, Huiqin Yao, Zu-Pei Liang, Ying Rui Lu, Ting‐Shan Chan, Cheng Li, Hongliang Dong, Shulan Ma	2021	153
9	Highly Efficient Removal of Cu(II) from Aqueous Solution by Using Graphene Oxide Water Air & Soil Pollution ·Wenqin Wu, Yan Yang, Haihui Zhou, Tingting Ye, Zhongyuan Huang, Rui Liu, Yafei Kuang	2012	138
10	A family of doped lanthanide metal–organic frameworks for wide-range temperature sensing and tunable white light emission Journal of Materials Chemistry C ·Yan Yang, Lian Chen, Feilong Jiang, Muxin Yu, Xiuyan Wan, Bo Zhang, Maochun Hong	2017	136
11	Assembly of ZIF nanostructures around free Pt nanoparticles: efficient size-selective catalysts for hydrogenation of alkenes under mild conditions Chemical Communications ·Peng Wang, Jiao Zhao, Xiaobo Li, Yan Yang, Qihua Yang, Can Li	2013	132
12	A new strategy for constructing covalently connected MOF@COF core–shell heterostructures for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Hongyu Zhang, Yan Yang, Changcheng Li, Hongliang Tang, Fengming Zhang, Guiling Zhang, Hong Yan	2021	123
13	Integrating Enrichment, Reduction, and Oxidation Sites in One System for Artificial Photosynthetic Diluted CO₂ Reduction Advanced Materials ·Yan Yang, Hong‐Yu Zhang, Ya Wang, Luhua Shao, Liang Fang, Hong Dong, Meng Lu, Long‐Zhang Dong, Ya‐Qian Lan, Fengming Zhang	2023	122
14	Polystyrene sulphonic acid resins with enhanced acid strength via macromolecular self-assembly within confined nanospace Nature Communications ·Xiaomin Zhang, Yaopeng Zhao, Shutao Xu, Yan Yang, Jia Liu, Yingxu Wei, Qihua Yang	2014	122
15	Dual‐Sites Coordination Engineering of Single Atom Catalysts for Full‐Temperature Adaptive Flexible Ultralong‐Life Solid‐State Zn−Air Batteries Advanced Functional Materials ·Tengteng Gu, Dantong Zhang, Yan Yang, Chao Peng, Dongfeng Xue, Chunyi Zhi, Min Zhu, Jun Liu	2022	115
16	S-scheme heterojunction of black TiO2 and covalent-organic framework for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution Chemical Engineering Journal ·Yang-Peng Zhang, Wei Han, Yan Yang, Hongyu Zhang, Ya Wang, Long Wang, Xiaojun Sun, Fengming Zhang	2022	114
17	Organo-functionalized silica hollow nanospheres: synthesis and catalytic application Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Xiaobo Li, Yan Yang, Qihua Yang	2012	99
18	A Series of Metal–Organic Frameworks Based on Different Salicylic Derivatives and 1,1′-(1,4-Butanediyl)bis(imidazole) Ligand: Syntheses, Structures, and Luminescent Properties Crystal Growth & Design ·Yan Yang, Peng Du, Jian‐Fang Ma, Wei‐Qiu Kan, Bo Liu, Jin Yang	2011	95
19	An unusual bifunctional Tb-MOF for highly sensitive sensing of Ba²⁺ ions and with remarkable selectivities for CO₂–N₂ and CO₂–CH₄ Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Yan Yang, Feilong Jiang, Lian Chen, Jiandong Pang, Mingyan Wu, Xiuyan Wan, Jie Pan, Jinjie Qian, Maochun Hong	2015	94
20	Fabrication of a Robust Lanthanide Metal–Organic Framework as a Multifunctional Material for Fe(III) Detection, CO₂ Capture, and Utilization Crystal Growth & Design ·Tan Jing, Lian Chen, Feilong Jiang, Yan Yang, Kang Zhou, Muxin Yu, Zhen Cao, Shengchang Li, Maochun Hong	2018	92

About Yan Yang

Yan Yang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Molecular Biology, having authored 207 papers that have together received 8.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (62 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (28 papers), Magnetism in coordination complexes (24 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (21 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (18 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (18 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (13 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Inorganic Chemistry (2.6k citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (2.4k citations), Materials Chemistry (4.0k citations), Electrochemistry (328 citations) and Spectroscopy (870 citations). Yan Yang has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Jian‐Fang Ma, Qihua Yang, Fengming Zhang, Jin Yang, Peng Du, Shulan Ma, Maochun Hong, Huiqin Yao, Mengwei Yuan and Zihuan Yu. Their work appears in journals such as Crystal Growth & Design, Inorganic Chemistry, CrystEngComm, Chemical Communications and Chemical Engineering Journal.

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