Yanfa Yan

67.5k citations
647 papers · 52.3k · 32 hit papers · h-index 118

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Papers in

    • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films 328
    • Perovskite Materials and Applications 264
    • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties 282
    • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications 94
    • ZnO doping and properties 80
    • Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography 51

Yanfa Yan

629 papers receiving 51.7k citations

Yanfa Yan's Hit Papers

Aqueous-based recycling of perovskite photovoltaics 2025 · 57 citations
570+2+5Years since publication250500750

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Yanfa Yan
Comparison fields: 5 of 149
  • Polymers and Plastics 12.9k
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering 45.0k
  • Materials Chemistry 35.6k
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5.6k
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 5.6k
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Unusual defect physics in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cell absorber
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20142326
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Unique Properties of Halide Perovskites as Possible Origins of the Superior Solar Cell Performance
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20141998
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Halide perovskite materials for solar cells: a theoretical review
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20141195
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Understanding the physical properties of hybrid perovskites for photovoltaic applications
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20171112
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Low-Temperature Solution-Processed Tin Oxide as an Alternative Electron Transporting Layer for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells
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20151099
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Surface reaction for efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells
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2022942
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An organic-inorganic perovskite ferroelectric with large piezoelectric response
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2017933
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From Lead Halide Perovskites to Lead‐Free Metal Halide Perovskites and Perovskite Derivatives
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2019904
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Thin-Film Preparation and Characterization of Cs3Sb2I9: A Lead-Free Layered Perovskite Semiconductor
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2015713
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Lead‐Free Inverted Planar Formamidinium Tin Triiodide Perovskite Solar Cells Achieving Power Conversion Efficiencies up to 6.22%
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2016694
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Low-bandgap mixed tin–lead iodide perovskite absorbers with long carrier lifetimes for all-perovskite tandem solar cells
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2017682
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Band Edge Electronic Structure of BiVO4: Elucidating the Role of the Bi s and V d Orbitals
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2009652
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Searching for promising new perovskite-based photovoltaic absorbers: the importance of electronic dimensionality
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2016642
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Oxide perovskites, double perovskites and derivatives for electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, and photovoltaics
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2018614
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Parity-Forbidden Transitions and Their Impact on the Optical Absorption Properties of Lead-Free Metal Halide Perovskites and Double Perovskites
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2017563
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Nanostructured Fe3O4/SWNT Electrode: Binder‐Free and High‐Rate Li‐Ion Anode
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2010548
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Perovskite ink with wide processing window for scalable high-efficiency solar cells
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2017543
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Employing Lead Thiocyanate Additive to Reduce the Hysteresis and Boost the Fill Factor of Planar Perovskite Solar Cells
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2016516
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Bandgap Engineering of Lead‐Free Double Perovskite Cs2AgBiBr6 through Trivalent Metal Alloying
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2017502
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Efficient two-terminal all-perovskite tandem solar cells enabled by high-quality low-bandgap absorber layers
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2018475

About Yanfa Yan

Yanfa Yan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, having authored 647 papers that have together received 52.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (328 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (282 papers), Perovskite Materials and Applications (264 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (94 papers), ZnO doping and properties (80 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (66 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (52 papers) and Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography (51 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Polymers and Plastics (12.9k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (45.0k citations), Materials Chemistry (35.6k citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (5.6k citations) and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (5.6k citations). Yanfa Yan has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Frequent co-authors include Wan‐Jian Yin, Tingting Shi, Mowafak Al‐Jassim, Su‐Huai Wei, Weiwei Meng, Zewen Xiao, Zhaoning Song, David B. Mitzi, Dewei Zhao and Kai Zhu. Their work appears in journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Physical Review B, ACS Energy Letters and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

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