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2026

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D-Index
144
Citations
77411
World Ranking
204
National Ranking
85

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Guihua Yu is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States and specializes in engineering and energy fields. Their research primarily focuses on electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, and materials chemistry. They have also contributed to automotive engineering and the study of electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their work covers advanced battery materials and technologies, with particular attention to advancements and research in battery materials. They also explore solar-powered water purification methods, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, and electrocatalysts for energy conversion.

Guihua Yu has collaborated extensively with frequent co-authors, including Zhengyu Ju, Weixin Guan, Kenneth J. Takeuchi, Esther S. Takeuchi, and Amy C. Marschilok.

Their research has been published in various scientific venues. Some of the primary outlets for their work include:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ACS Nano
  • Nature Communications

Selected recent papers by Guihua Yu showcase a range of topics:

  • Materials for solar-powered water evaporation (2020, Nature Reviews Materials)
  • Hydrogels and Hydrogel-Derived Materials for Energy and Water Sustainability (2020, Chemical Reviews)
  • Biomass-Derived Hybrid Hydrogel Evaporators for Cost-Effective Solar Water Purification (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • Selective electrocatalytic synthesis of urea with nitrate and carbon dioxide (2021, Nature Sustainability)
  • Extra storage capacity in transition metal oxide lithium-ion batteries revealed by in situ magnetometry (2020, Nature Materials)

Guihua Yu's scientific contributions have been recognized through awards, including the distinction of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation received in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Graphene, related two-dimensional crystals, and hybrid systems for energy conversion and storage

    Francesco Bonaccorso;Francesco Bonaccorso;Luigi Colombo;Guihua Yu;Meryl Stoller

  • Coaxial silicon nanowires as solar cells and nanoelectronic power sources

    Bozhi Tian;Xiaolin Zheng;Thomas J. Kempa;Ying Fang

  • Highly efficient solar vapour generation via hierarchically nanostructured gels

    Fei Zhao;Xingyi Zhou;Ye Shi;Xin Qian

  • An ultra-sensitive resistive pressure sensor based on hollow-sphere microstructure induced elasticity in conducting polymer film

    Lijia Pan;Alex Chortos;Guihua Yu;Yaqun Wang

  • Stable Li-ion battery anodes by in-situ polymerization of conducting hydrogel to conformally coat silicon nanoparticles

    Hui Wu;Guihua Yu;Lijia Pan;Lijia Pan;Nian Liu

  • Solution-processed graphene/MnO2 nanostructured textiles for high-performance electrochemical capacitors.

    Guihua Yu;Liangbing Hu;Michael Vosgueritchian;Huiliang Wang

  • Materials for solar-powered water evaporation

    Fei Zhao;Youhong Guo;Xingyi Zhou;Wen Shi

  • Enhancing the Supercapacitor Performance of Graphene/MnO2 Nanostructured Electrodes by Conductive Wrapping

    Guihua Yu;Liangbing Hu;Nian Liu;Huiliang Wang

  • Hierarchical nanostructured conducting polymer hydrogel with high electrochemical activity

    Lijia Pan;Guihua Yu;Dongyuan Zhai;Hye Ryoung Lee

  • Hybrid nanostructured materials for high-performance electrochemical capacitors

    Guihua Yu;Xing Xie;Lijia Pan;Zhenan Bao

  • Hydrogels and Hydrogel-Derived Materials for Energy and Water Sustainability.

    Youhong Guo;Jiwoong Bae;Zhiwei Fang;Panpan Li

  • Detection, Stimulation, and Inhibition of Neuronal Signals with High-Density Nanowire Transistor Arrays

    Fernando Patolsky;Brian P. Timko;Guihua Yu;Ying Fang

  • Architecting highly hydratable polymer networks to tune the water state for solar water purification

    Xingyi Zhou;Fei Zhao;Youhong Guo;Brian Rosenberger

  • Improving the Performance of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries by Conductive Polymer Coating

    Yuan Yang;Guihua Yu;Judy J. Cha;Hui Wu

  • A hydrogel-based antifouling solar evaporator for highly efficient water desalination

    Xingyi Zhou;Fei Zhao;Youhong Guo;Yi Zhang

  • Nanostructured conductive polymers for advanced energy storage

    Ye Shi;Lele Peng;Yu Ding;Yu Zhao

  • Ultrathin Two-Dimensional MnO2/Graphene Hybrid Nanostructures for High-Performance, Flexible Planar Supercapacitors

    Lele Peng;Xu Peng;Borui Liu;Changzheng Wu

  • Highly Sensitive Glucose Sensor Based on Pt Nanoparticle/Polyaniline Hydrogel Heterostructures

    Dongyuan Zhai;Borui Liu;Yi Shi;Lijia Pan

  • Conductive MXene Nanocomposite Organohydrogel for Flexible, Healable, Low‐Temperature Tolerant Strain Sensors

    Hui Liao;Xuelin Guo;Pengbo Wan;Guihua Yu

  • Nanostructured conductive polypyrrole hydrogels as high-performance, flexible supercapacitor electrodes

    Ye Shi;Lijia Pan;Lijia Pan;Borui Liu;Yaqun Wang

  • Biomass‐Derived Hybrid Hydrogel Evaporators for Cost‐Effective Solar Water Purification

    Youhong Guo;Hengyi Lu;Fei Zhao;Xingyi Zhou

  • Defect Engineering Metal‐Free Polymeric Carbon Nitride Electrocatalyst for Effective Nitrogen Fixation under Ambient Conditions

    Chade Lv;Chade Lv;Yumin Qian;Chunshuang Yan;Chunshuang Yan;Yu Ding

Frequent Co-Authors

Yu Ding
Yu Ding Georgia Institute of Technology
Lele Peng
Lele Peng Tsinghua University
Fei Zhao
Fei Zhao Beijing Institute of Technology
Lijia Pan
Lijia Pan Nanjing University
Amy C. Marschilok
Amy C. Marschilok Stony Brook University
Esther S. Takeuchi
Esther S. Takeuchi Stony Brook University
John B. Goodenough
John B. Goodenough The University of Texas at Austin
Chade Lv
Chade Lv Harbin Institute of Technology
Yi Cui
Yi Cui Stanford University
Yi Shi
Yi Shi Nanjing University

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