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Chun-Hua Yan

Chun-Hua Yan

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Chemistry
China
2026
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Materials Science
China
2026

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Materials Science

D-Index
135
Citations
59660
World Ranking
284
National Ranking
81

Chemistry

D-Index
133
Citations
59233
World Ranking
286
National Ranking
41

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Chun-Hua Yan is affiliated with Lanzhou University in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science, Engineering, and Energy, with notable subfields including Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrochemistry.

Their work focuses on several main topics related to advanced materials and energy conversion. These topics include:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications

Chun-Hua Yan has contributed to various scientific publications. Frequently publishing in journals such as:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Small
  • Advanced Materials
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Recent Development of Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts in Acidic Environment," 2021, Advanced Materials
  • "Iridium Single Atoms Coupling with Oxygen Vacancies Boosts Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Acid Media," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Engineering of Upconverted Metal-Organic Frameworks for Near-Infrared Light-Triggered Combinational Photodynamic/Chemo-/Immunotherapy against Hypoxic Tumors," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Rare-earth-containing perovskite nanomaterials: design, synthesis, properties and applications," 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Surface Activation and Ni-S Stabilization in NiO/NiS2 for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction," 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Pinxian Xi
  • Yaping Du
  • Bolong Huang
  • Yang Hu
  • Ling-Dong Sun

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Chun-Hua Yan was named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2012.

Best Publications

  • High-Quality Sodium Rare-Earth Fluoride Nanocrystals: Controlled Synthesis and Optical Properties

    Hao-Xin Mai;Ya-Wen Zhang;Rui Si;Zheng-Guang Yan

  • Shape-selective synthesis and oxygen storage behavior of ceria nanopolyhedra, nanorods, and nanocubes.

    Hao-Xin Mai;Ling-Dong Sun;Ya-Wen Zhang;Rui Si

  • Control of ZnO Morphology via a Simple Solution Route

    Jun Zhang;Lingdong Sun;Jialu Yin;Huilan Su

  • Nd3+-Sensitized Upconversion Nanophosphors: Efficient In Vivo Bioimaging Probes with Minimized Heating Effect

    Ye-Fu Wang;Gao-Yuan Liu;Ling-Dong Sun;Jia-Wen Xiao

  • Lanthanide Nanoparticles: From Design toward Bioimaging and Therapy

    Hailiang Dong;Shuo-Ren Du;Xiao-Yu Zheng;Guang-Ming Lyu

  • Energy transfer in lanthanide upconversion studies for extended optical applications

    Hao Dong;Ling-Dong Sun;Chun-Hua Yan

  • Low-Temperature CO2 Methanation over CeO2-Supported Ru Single Atoms, Nanoclusters, and Nanoparticles Competitively Tuned by Strong Metal–Support Interactions and H-Spillover Effect

    Yu Guo;Sheng Mei;Kun Yuan;De-Jiu Wang

  • A Eu3+-Eu2+ ion redox shuttle imparts operational durability to Pb-I perovskite solar cells.

    Ligang Wang;Huanping Zhou;Junnan Hu;Bolong Huang

  • Promoting nitrogen electroreduction to ammonia with bismuth nanocrystals and potassium cations in water

    Yu-Chen Hao;Yu Guo;Li-Wei Chen;Miao Shu

  • Recent Development of Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts in Acidic Environment.

    Li An;Chao Wei;Min Lu;Hanwen Liu

  • Facile synthesis for ordered mesoporous gamma-aluminas with high thermal stability

    Quan Yuan;An-Xiang Yin;Chen Luo;Ling-Dong Sun

  • Plasmonic Harvesting of Light Energy for Suzuki Coupling Reactions

    Feng Wang;Chuanhao Li;Chuanhao Li;Huanjun Chen;Ruibin Jiang

  • Single-crystalline iron oxide nanotubes.

    Chun-Jiang Jia;Ling-Dong Sun;Zheng-Guang Yan;Li-Ping You

  • Single-crystalline and monodisperse LaF3 triangular nanoplates from a single-source precursor.

    Ya-Wen Zhang;Xiao Sun;Rui Si;Li-Ping You

  • From achiral ligands to chiral coordination polymers: spontaneous resolution, weak ferromagnetism, and topological ferrimagnetism.

    En-Qing Gao;Yan-Feng Yue;Shi-Qiang Bai;Zheng He

  • Rare-earth oxide nanopolyhedra, nanoplates, and nanodisks

    Rui Si;Ya-Wen Zhang;Li-Ping You;Chun-Hua Yan

  • Iridium Single Atoms Coupling with Oxygen Vacancies Boosts Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Acid Media

    Jie Yin;Jing Jin;Min Lu;Bolong Huang

  • Strong polarization dependence of plasmon-enhanced fluorescence on single gold nanorods.

    Tian Ming;Lei Zhao;Zhi Yang;Huanjun Chen

  • Shape-selective synthesis and facet-dependent enhanced electrocatalytic activity and durability of monodisperse sub-10 nm Pt-Pd tetrahedrons and cubes

    An-Xiang Yin;Xiao-Quan Min;Ya-Wen Zhang;Chun-Hua Yan

  • Paradigms and challenges for bioapplication of rare earth upconversion luminescent nanoparticles: small size and tunable emission/excitation spectra.

    Ling-Dong Sun;Ye-Fu Wang;Chun-Hua Yan

  • Copper Catalyzing Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Substrates

    Weiwei Zhou;Zuoyan Han;Jinyong Wang;Yan Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Ling-Dong Sun
Ling-Dong Sun Peking University
Chunsheng Liao
Chunsheng Liao Peking University
Zhe-Ming Wang
Zhe-Ming Wang Peking University
Ya-Wen Zhang
Ya-Wen Zhang Peking University
En-Qing Gao
En-Qing Gao East China Normal University
Rui Si
Rui Si Brookhaven National Laboratory
Song Gao
Song Gao Sun Yat-sen University
Yaping Du
Yaping Du Nankai University
Bolong Huang
Bolong Huang City University of Hong Kong
Quan Yuan
Quan Yuan Wuhan University

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