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Materials Science
Singapore
2026

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Materials Science

D-Index
134
Citations
62273
World Ranking
291
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Singapore Leader Award

Overview

Qingyu Yan is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and specializes in research primarily within the fields of engineering and materials science. Their work extensively covers subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and catalysis.

The scientist has contributed significantly to several key research topics, including:

  • Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

Qingyu Yan has published research in multiple scientific venues, with frequent contributions appearing in:

  • Small
  • ACS Nano
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Advanced Materials

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their research activities, working regularly with coauthors such as Jianwei Xu, Qiang Zhu, Ady Suwardi, Xian Yi Tan, and Jiawei Liu.

Among their recent research outputs are several papers that have gained citations and visibility in the scientific community. These include:

  • "Selective electrocatalytic synthesis of urea with nitrate and carbon dioxide," published in 2021 in Nature Sustainability
  • "High-performance thermoelectrics and challenges for practical devices," published in 2021 in Nature Materials
  • "Predicting the state of charge and health of batteries using data-driven machine learning," published in 2020 in Nature Machine Intelligence
  • "Green Recycling Methods to Treat Lithium-Ion Batteries E-Waste: A Circular Approach to Sustainability," published in 2021 in Advanced Materials
  • "Defect engineering in thermoelectric materials: what have we learned?," published in 2021 in Chemical Society Reviews

Best Publications

  • Graphene-Based Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, Properties, and Applications

    Xiao Huang;Zongyou Yin;Shixin Wu;Xiaoying Qi

  • Preparation of novel 3D graphene networks for supercapacitor applications

    Xiehong Cao;Yumeng Shi;Wenhui Shi;Gang Lu

  • Nanostructured metal sulfides for energy storage

    Xianhong Rui;Xianhong Rui;Huiteng Tan;Qingyu Yan

  • Nonaqueous Hybrid Lithium-Ion and Sodium-Ion Capacitors

    Huanwen Wang;Huanwen Wang;Changrong Zhu;Dongliang Chao;Qingyu Yan

  • Graphene and graphene-based materials for energy storage applications.

    Jixin Zhu;Dan Yang;Zongyou Yin;Qingyu Yan

  • In Situ Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles on Single-Layer Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide Surfaces

    Xiaozhu Zhou;Xiao Huang;Xiaoying Qi;Shixin Wu

  • Alloy-Based Anode Materials toward Advanced Sodium-Ion Batteries

    Mengmeng Lao;Yu Zhang;Yu Zhang;Wenbin Luo;Qingyu Yan

  • High-performance thermoelectrics and challenges for practical devices.

    Qingyu Yan;Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

  • Selective electrocatalytic synthesis of urea with nitrate and carbon dioxide

    Chade Lv;Lixiang Zhong;Hengjie Liu;Zhiwei Fang

  • Predicting the state of charge and health of batteries using data-driven machine learning

    Man-Fai Ng;Jin Zhao;Qingyu Yan;Gareth J. Conduit

  • In‐Situ Formation of Hollow Hybrids Composed of Cobalt Sulfides Embedded within Porous Carbon Polyhedra/Carbon Nanotubes for High‐Performance Lithium‐Ion Batteries

    Renbing Wu;Dan Ping Wang;Xianhong Rui;Bo Liu

  • An Effective Method for the Fabrication of Few‐Layer‐Thick Inorganic Nanosheets

    Zhiyuan Zeng;Ting Sun;Jixin Zhu;Xiao Huang

  • Synthesis of porous NiO nanocrystals with controllable surface area and their application as supercapacitor electrodes

    Xiaojun Zhang;Xiaojun Zhang;Wenhui Shi;Jixin Zhu;Weiyun Zhao

  • Achieving high specific charge capacitances in Fe3O4/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites

    Wenhui Shi;Jixin Zhu;Daohao Sim;Yee Yan Tay

  • Preparation of MoS2‐Coated Three‐Dimensional Graphene Networks for High‐Performance Anode Material in Lithium‐Ion Batteries

    Xiehong Cao;Yumeng Shi;Wenhui Shi;Xianhong Rui

  • Hierarchical hollow spheres composed of ultrathin Fe2O3 nanosheets for lithium storage and photocatalytic water oxidation

    Jixin Zhu;Zongyou Yin;Dan Yang;Ting Sun

  • One-step synthesis of Ni3S2 nanorod@Ni(OH)2nanosheet core–shell nanostructures on a three-dimensional graphene network for high-performance supercapacitors

    Weijia Zhou;Weijia Zhou;Weijia Zhou;Xiehong Cao;Zhiyuan Zeng;Wenhui Shi

  • Graphene-Based Materials for Solar Cell Applications

    Zongyou Yin;Jixin Zhu;Qiyuan He;Xiehong Cao

  • An Advanced Sodium‐Ion Battery Composed of Carbon Coated Na3V2(PO4)3 in a Porous Graphene Network

    Xianhong Rui;Xianhong Rui;Wenping Sun;Chao Wu;Yan Yu;Yan Yu

  • Recent Advancements in All-Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries

    Mani Ulaganathan;Vanchiappan Aravindan;Qingyu Yan;Srinivasan Madhavi

  • Cobalt sulfide nanosheet/graphene/carbon nanotube nanocomposites as flexible electrodes for hydrogen evolution.

    Shengjie Peng;Linlin Li;Xiaopeng Han;Wenping Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Huey Hoon Hng
Huey Hoon Hng Nanyang Technological University
Xianhong Rui
Xianhong Rui Guangdong University of Technology
Jixin Zhu
Jixin Zhu University of Science and Technology of China
Huiteng Tan
Huiteng Tan Nanyang Technological University
Hua Zhang
Hua Zhang City University of Hong Kong
Yun Zheng
Yun Zheng Jianghan University
Tuti Mariana Lim
Tuti Mariana Lim Nanyang Technological University
Jan Ma
Jan Ma Nanyang Technological University
Zhengfei Dai
Zhengfei Dai Xi'an Jiaotong University
Qinghua Liang
Qinghua Liang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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