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Overview

Keyou Yan is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions focused on Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. Among their notable subfields are Polymers and Plastics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Catalysis.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Keyou Yan has published extensively, with frequent contributions to several academic journals and publication venues. The venues with the most publications include:

  • Small
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

A selection of recent papers by Keyou Yan includes:

  • "Advances in the Application of Perovskite Materials," 2023, Nano-Micro Letters
  • "Precise Control of Perovskite Crystallization Kinetics via Sequential A-Site Doping," 2020, Advanced Materials
  • "Nanograin-Boundary-Abundant Cu2O-Cu Nanocubes with High C2+ Selectivity and Good Stability during Electrochemical CO2 Reduction at a Current Density of 500 mA/cm2," 2023, ACS Nano
  • "Flexible SnSe Photodetectors with Ultrabroad Spectral Response up to 10.6 μm Enabled by Photobolometric Effect," 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Wafer-size growth of 2D layered SnSe films for UV-Visible-NIR photodetector arrays with high responsitivity," 2020, Nanoscale

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Keyou Yan's research activities. Frequent co-authors include Ligang Yuan, Chenghao Duan, Liming Ding, Shibing Zou, and Kam Sing Wong, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • A Strongly Coupled Graphene and FeNi Double Hydroxide Hybrid as an Excellent Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Xia Long;Jinkai Li;Shuang Xiao;Keyou Yan

  • Hybrid halide perovskite solar cell precursors: colloidal chemistry and coordination engineering behind device processing for high efficiency.

    Keyou Yan;Keyou Yan;Mingzhu Long;Tiankai Zhang;Zhanhua Wei

  • Space-Confined Growth of MoS2 Nanosheets within Graphite: The Layered Hybrid of MoS2 and Graphene as an Active Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

    Xiaoli Zheng;Jianbo Xu;Keyou Yan;Hong Wang

  • Inkjet Printing and Instant Chemical Transformation of a CH3NH3PbI3/Nanocarbon Electrode and Interface for Planar Perovskite Solar Cells

    Zhanhua Wei;Haining Chen;Keyou Yan;Shihe Yang

  • All-solid-state hybrid solar cells based on a new organometal halide perovskite sensitizer and one-dimensional TiO2 nanowire arrays

    Jianhang Qiu;Yongcai Qiu;Keyou Yan;Min Zhong

  • Secondary branching and nitrogen doping of ZnO nanotetrapods: building a highly active network for photoelectrochemical water splitting.

    Yongcai Qiu;Keyou Yan;Hong Deng;Shihe Yang

  • Advances in the Application of Perovskite Materials

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  • Synthesis of Size-Tunable Anatase TiO2 Nanospindles and Their Assembly into Anatase@Titanium Oxynitride/Titanium Nitride−Graphene Nanocomposites for Rechargeable Lithium Ion Batteries with High Cycling Performance

    Yongcai Qiu;Keyou Yan;Shihe Yang;Limin Jin

  • Cost-efficient clamping solar cells using candle soot for hole extraction from ambipolar perovskites

    Zhanhua Wei;Keyou Yan;Haining Chen;Ya Yi

  • High-Performance Graphene-Based Hole Conductor-Free Perovskite Solar Cells: Schottky Junction Enhanced Hole Extraction and Electron Blocking

    Keyou Yan;Keyou Yan;Zhanhua Wei;Jinkai Li;Haining Chen

  • Hysteresis-free multi-walled carbon nanotube-based perovskite solar cells with a high fill factor

    Zhanhua Wei;Haining Chen;Keyou Yan;Xiaoli Zheng

  • Investigation of Molecular Interactions between SWNT and Polyethylene/Polypropylene/Polystyrene/Polyaniline Molecules

    Qingbin Zheng;Qingzhong Xue;Keyou Yan;Lanzhong Hao

  • Precise Control of Perovskite Crystallization Kinetics via Sequential A-Site Doping.

    Minchao Qin;Haibo Xue;Hengkai Zhang;Hanlin Hu

  • Morphology-conserved transformation: synthesis of hierarchical mesoporous nanostructures of Mn2O3 and the nanostructural effects on Li-ion insertion/deinsertion properties

    Yongcai Qiu;Gui-Liang Xu;Keyou Yan;Hui Sun

  • Graphene controlled Brewster angle device for ultra broadband terahertz modulation

    Zefeng Chen;Xuequan Chen;Li Tao;Kun Chen

  • Computational analysis of effect of modification on the interfacial characteristics of a carbon nanotube–polyethylene composite system

    Qingbin Zheng;Qingbin Zheng;Dan Xia;Qingzhong Xue;Keyou Yan

  • A double layered photoanode made of highly crystalline TiO2 nanooctahedra and agglutinated mesoporous TiO2 microspheres for high efficiency dye sensitized solar cells

    Keyou Yan;Yongcai Qiu;Wei Chen;Min Zhang

  • Nanograin-Boundary-Abundant Cu2O-Cu Nanocubes with High C2+ Selectivity and Good Stability during Electrochemical CO2 Reduction at a Current Density of 500 mA/cm2.

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  • The interface effect of the effective electrical conductivity of carbon nanotube composites

    Keyou Yan;Qingzhong Xue;Qingbin Zheng;Lanzhong Hao

  • A three-dimensional hexagonal fluorine-doped tin oxide nanocone array: a superior light harvesting electrode for high performance photoelectrochemical water splitting

    Jinkai Li;Yongcai Qiu;Yongcai Qiu;Zhanhua Wei;Qingfeng Lin

  • Dithiafulvenyl unit as a new donor for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells : synthesis and demonstration of a family of metal-free organic sensitizers

    Kunpeng Guo;Keyou Yan;Xiaoqing Lu;Yongcai Qiu

  • Mesoporous TiO2 Single Crystals: Facile Shape-, Size-, and Phase-Controlled Growth and Efficient Photocatalytic Performance

    Xiaoli Zheng;Qin Kuang;Keyou Yan;Yongcai Qiu

Frequent Co-Authors

Shihe Yang
Shihe Yang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Jianbin Xu
Jianbin Xu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yongcai Qiu
Yongcai Qiu South China University of Technology
Qingzhong Xue
Qingzhong Xue China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Haining Chen
Haining Chen Beihang University
Qingbin Zheng
Qingbin Zheng Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Kam Sing Wong
Kam Sing Wong Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Xinhui Lu
Xinhui Lu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jiannong Wang
Jiannong Wang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Zegao Wang
Zegao Wang Sichuan University

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