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Overview

Nianjun Yang is affiliated with the University of Siegen in Germany, with extensive research contributions primarily focused on engineering, materials science, and energy. Their work addresses critical aspects of electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and electrochemistry. These fields collectively reflect a broad engagement with both fundamental and applied scientific problems.

Their publication record includes a significant number of contributions to respected scientific venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Carbon
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Small
  • Analytica Chimica Acta

Among their recent papers, notable titles include:

  • Ni-Activated Transition Metal Carbides for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution in Acidic and Alkaline Solutions, 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • Strain Engineering in Electrocatalysts: Fundamentals, Progress, and Perspectives, 2021, Advanced Energy Materials
  • An Overall Reaction Integrated with Highly Selective Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural and Efficient Hydrogen Evolution, 2021, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Freeze-Tolerant Hydrogel Electrolyte with High Strength for Stable Operation of Flexible Zinc-Ion Hybrid Supercapacitors, 2022, Small
  • Design and Fabrication of Hierarchical NiCoP-MOF Heterostructure with Enhanced Pseudocapacitive Properties, 2021, Small

Yang frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Xuanke Li
  • Xin Jiang
  • Ting Zeng
  • Rong Zhao
  • Yuanyuan Zhang

Their research primarily concentrates on topics such as:

  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors

Best Publications

  • Conductive diamond: synthesis, properties, and electrochemical applications

    Nianjun Yang;Siyu Yu;Julie V Macpherson;Yasuaki Einaga

  • Diamond for bio-sensor applications

    Christoph E Nebel;Bohuslav Rezek;Dongchan Shin;Hiroshi Uetsuka

  • Strain Engineering in Electrocatalysts: Fundamentals, Progress, and Perspectives

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  • Ni-Activated Transition Metal Carbides for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution in Acidic and Alkaline Solutions

    Chenfan Yang;Rong Zhao;Hui Xiang;Jing Wu

  • Diamond electrochemistry at the nanoscale: A review

    Nianjun Yang;John S. Foord;Xin Jiang

  • Recent Advances of Porous Graphene: Synthesis, Functionalization, and Electrochemical Applications.

    Yuanyuan Zhang;Qijin Wan;Nianjun Yang;Nianjun Yang

  • Freeze-Tolerant Hydrogel Electrolyte with High Strength for Stable Operation of Flexible Zinc-Ion Hybrid Supercapacitors.

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  • Electrochemically Reconstructed Cu‐FeOOH/Fe3O4 Catalyst for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution in Alkaline Media

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  • Hydrogen Evolution Reaction on Hybrid Catalysts of Vertical MoS2 Nanosheets and Hydrogenated Graphene

    Xiuxiu Han;Xili Tong;Xingchen Liu;Ai Chen

  • Trifunctional of Phosphorus-Doped NiCo2O4 Nanowire Materials for Asymmetric Supercapacitor, Oxygen Evolution Reaction, and Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

    Wenjing Chu;Zijun Shi;Yongdan Hou;Dongni Ma

  • Recent progress on carbon nanomaterials for the electrochemical detection and removal of environmental pollutants

    Ya-nan Zhang;Qiongyan Niu;Xiaotong Gu;Nianjun Yang

  • A Co 3 O 4 -CDots-C 3 N 4 three component electrocatalyst design concept for efficient and tunable CO 2 reduction to syngas

    Sijie Guo;Siqi Zhao;Xiuqin Wu;Hao Li

  • An Overall Reaction Integrated with Highly Selective Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural and Efficient Hydrogen Evolution

    Yanan Xie;Zhaoyu Zhou;Nianjun Yang;Guohua Zhao

  • Electrochemistry of Carbon Dioxide on Carbon Electrodes

    Nianjun Yang;Siegfried R. Waldvogel;Xin Jiang

  • Design and Fabrication of Hierarchical NiCoP-MOF Heterostructure with Enhanced Pseudocapacitive Properties.

    Shixue He;Fengjiao Guo;Qi Yang;Hongyu Mi

  • Vertically aligned diamond nanowires for DNA sensing.

    Nianjun Yang;Hiroshi Uetsuka;Eiji Osawa;Christoph E. Nebel

  • A CO2 adsorption-enhanced semiconductor/metal-complex hybrid photoelectrocatalytic interface for efficient formate production

    Xiaofeng Huang;Qi Shen;Jibo Liu;Nianjun Yang

  • Vertically aligned nanowires from boron-doped diamond.

    Nianjun Yang;Hiroshi Uetsuka;Eiji Osawa;Christoph E. Nebel

  • Tunable Electrochemistry of Electrosynthesized Copper Metal–Organic Frameworks

    Liudi Ji;Juan Wang;Kangbing Wu;Nianjun Yang

  • A pM leveled photoelectrochemical sensor for microcystin-LR based on surface molecularly imprinted TiO2@CNTs nanostructure.

    Meichuan Liu;Xue Ding;Qiwei Yang;Yu Wang

  • Aligned diamond nano-wires: Fabrication and characterisation for advanced applications in bio- and electrochemistry

    W. Smirnov;A. Kriele;N. Yang;C.E. Nebel

  • Electrochemical hydrogen termination of boron-doped diamond

    René Hoffmann;Armin Kriele;Harald Obloh;Jakob Hees

  • Diamond for biosensor applications

    Christoph E. Nebel;Bohuslav Rezek;Dongchan Shin;Hiroshi Uetsuka

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph E. Nebel
Christoph E. Nebel Diamond and Carbon Applications
Holger Schönherr
Holger Schönherr University of Siegen
Guohua Zhao
Guohua Zhao Tongji University
Oliver Aneurin Williams
Oliver Aneurin Williams Cardiff University
Xuanke Li
Xuanke Li Wuhan University of Science and Technology
Xiang-Yun Guo
Xiang-Yun Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Greg M. Swain
Greg M. Swain Michigan State University
Wenjun Zhang
Wenjun Zhang City University of Hong Kong
Yasuaki Einaga
Yasuaki Einaga Keio University
Xin Jiang
Xin Jiang University of Siegen

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