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Materials Science

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Citations
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World Ranking
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Physics

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Citations
50573
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2011 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his original and outstanding contributions to singlemolecule phenomena at surfaces, firstprinciples design of functional materials, and his efforts in promoting international scientific collaborations

Overview

Jinlong Yang is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China in China. Their research spans multiple fields, with a concentration on materials science and engineering. Within these broad domains, they have focused on materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics and optics, electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, the environment, and artificial intelligence.

Their research topics include advanced photocatalysis techniques, 2D materials and applications, graphene research and applications, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, quantum and electron transport phenomena, advanced chemical physics studies, and molecular junctions and nanostructures.

Jinlong Yang has published extensively in a variety of scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nano Letters
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • Nature Communications

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Jinlong Yang include:

  • A Simple Molecular Design Strategy for Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework Capable of Visible-Light-Driven Water Splitting, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ICON: Implicit Clothed humans Obtained from Normals, 2022, 2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)
  • Sub-nanometre resolution in single-molecule photoluminescence imaging, 2020, Nature Photonics
  • High-performance photocatalytic nonoxidative conversion of methane to ethane and hydrogen by heteroatoms-engineered TiO2, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Understanding Single-Atom Catalysis in View of Theory, 2021, JACS Au

Frequent collaborators with whom Jinlong Yang has coauthored work include:

  • Wei Hu
  • Xingxing Li
  • Zhenyu Li
  • Jie Liu
  • Xinming Qin

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) since 2011, with a citation noting contributions to single-molecule phenomena at surfaces, first-principles design of functional materials, and efforts in promoting international scientific collaborations.

Best Publications

  • Chemical mapping of a single molecule by plasmon-enhanced Raman scattering

    R. Zhang;Y. Zhang;Z. C. Dong;S. Jiang

  • Partially oxidized atomic cobalt layers for carbon dioxide electroreduction to liquid fuel

    Shan Gao;Yue Lin;Xingchen Jiao;Yongfu Sun

  • Metallic Few-Layered VS2 Ultrathin Nanosheets: High Two-Dimensional Conductivity for In-Plane Supercapacitors

    Jun Feng;Xu Sun;Changzheng Wu;Lele Peng

  • Regulation of Coordination Number over Single Co Sites: Triggering the Efficient Electroreduction of CO2.

    Xiaoqian Wang;Zhao Chen;Xuyan Zhao;Tao Yao

  • Two-Dimensional Boron Monolayer Sheets

    Xiaojun Wu;Jun Dai;Yu Zhao;Zhiwen Zhuo

  • Identification of single-atom active sites in carbon-based cobalt catalysts during electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

    Linlin Cao;Qiquan Luo;Wei Liu;Yue Lin

  • Controlling the Kondo effect of an adsorbed magnetic ion through its chemical bonding.

    Aidi Zhao;Qunxiang Li;Lan Chen;Hongjun Xiang

  • Half-metallicity in edge-modified zigzag graphene nanoribbons.

    Er-jun Kan;Zhenyu Li;Jinlong Yang;J. G. Hou

  • Intrinsic Electric Fields in Two-dimensional Materials Boost the Solar-to-Hydrogen Efficiency for Photocatalytic Water Splitting

    Cen-Feng Fu;Jiuyu Sun;Qiquan Luo;Xingxing Li

  • Dynamic oxygen adsorption on single-atomic Ruthenium catalyst with high performance for acidic oxygen evolution reaction.

    Linlin Cao;Qiquan Luo;Jiajia Chen;Lan Wang

  • Bottom-up precise synthesis of stable platinum dimers on graphene.

    Huan Yan;Yue Lin;Hong Wu;Wenhua Zhang

  • Atomically dispersed iron hydroxide anchored on Pt for preferential oxidation of CO in H-2

    Lina Cao;Wei Liu;Qiquan Luo;Ruoting Yin

  • How graphene is cut upon oxidation

    Zhenyu Li;Wenhua Zhang;Yi Luo;Jinlong Yang

  • First principles design of spintronics materials

    Xingxing Li;Jinlong Yang

  • Enhanced photocatalytic mechanism for the hybrid g-C3N4/MoS2 nanocomposite

    Jiajun Wang;Zhaoyong Guan;Jing Huang;Qunxiang Li

  • Low-temperature growth of graphene by chemical vapor deposition using solid and liquid carbon sources.

    Zhancheng Li;Ping Wu;Chenxi Wang;Xiaodong Fan

  • First-Principles Thermodynamics of Graphene Growth on Cu Surface

    Wenhua Zhang;Ping Wu;Zhenyu Li;Jinlong Yang

  • Giant moisture responsiveness of VS2 ultrathin nanosheets for novel touchless positioning interface.

    Jun Feng;Lele Peng;Changzheng Wu;Xu Sun

  • Will zigzag graphene nanoribbon turn to half metal under electric field

    Er-Jun Kan;Zhenyu Li;Jinlong Yang;J. G. Hou

  • Proposed photosynthesis method for producing hydrogen from dissociated water molecules using incident near-infrared light.

    Xingxing Li;Zhenyu Li;Jinlong Yang

  • Half-metallicity in MnPSe₃ exfoliated nanosheet with carrier doping.

    Xingxing Li;Xiaojun Wu;Jinlong Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianguo Hou
Jianguo Hou University of Science and Technology of China
Qunxiang Li
Qunxiang Li University of Science and Technology of China
Xiaojun Wu
Xiaojun Wu University of Science and Technology of China
Yi Luo
Yi Luo University of Science and Technology of China
Jin Zhao
Jin Zhao University of Science and Technology of China
Xiao Cheng Zeng
Xiao Cheng Zeng City University of Hong Kong
Yi Xie
Yi Xie University of Science and Technology of China
Wenhua Zhang
Wenhua Zhang University of Science and Technology of China
Hongjun Xiang
Hongjun Xiang Fudan University
Changzheng Wu
Changzheng Wu University of Science and Technology of China

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