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Shenglai Yao

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Chemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
10608
World Ranking
7515
National Ranking
541

Shenglai Yao publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shenglai Yao sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 145 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Shenglai Yao D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shenglai Yao sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Shenglai Yao is affiliated with the Technical University of Berlin in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science. Their research spans several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their work covers a range of topics such as:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions

Yao has published in various high-impact journals, with frequent publications in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chemical Science

Selected recent papers include:

  • Redox Noninnocent Monoatomic Silicon(0) Complex ("Silylone"): Its One-Electron-Reduction Induces an Intramolecular One-Electron-Oxidation of Silicon(0) to Silicon(I), 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Changing the Reactivity of Zero- and Mono-Valent Germanium with a Redox Non-Innocent Bis(silylenyl)carborane Ligand, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Other notable recent papers co-authored by researchers associated with Yao include:

  • Where silylene-silicon centres matter in the activation of small molecules, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Facile Access to an Active γ-NiOOH Electrocatalyst for Durable Water Oxidation Derived From an Intermetallic Nickel Germanide Precursor, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • A bis(silylene)-stabilized diphosphorus compound and its reactivity as a monophosphorus anion transfer reagent, 2020, Nature Chemistry

Frequent collaborators in Yao's research network include:

  • Matthias Drieß
  • Arseni Kostenko
  • Marcel-Philip Luecke
  • Yun Xiong
  • Jun Zhu

Best Publications

  • Zwitterionic and Donor-Stabilized N-Heterocyclic Silylenes (NHSis) for Metal-Free Activation of Small Molecules

    Shenglai Yao;Yun Xiong;Matthias Driess

  • A new type of N-heterocyclic silylene with ambivalent reactivity.

    Matthias Driess;Shenglai Yao;Markus Brym;Christoph van Wüllen

  • A cyclic silylone ("siladicarbene") with an electron-rich silicon(0) atom.

    Yun Xiong;Shenglai Yao;Shigeyoshi Inoue;Jan Dirk Epping

  • An isolable NHC-supported silanone.

    Yun Xiong;Shenglai Yao;Matthias Driess

  • A cyclic germadicarbene ("germylone") from germyliumylidene.

    Yun Xiong;Shenglai Yao;Gengwen Tan;Shigeyoshi Inoue

  • A Heterofulvene‐Like Germylene with a Betain Reactivity

    Matthias Driess;Shenglai Yao;Markus Brym;Christoph van Wüllen

  • From a Stable Silylene to a Mixed‐Valent Disiloxane and an Isolable Silaformamide–Borane Complex with Considerable Silicon–Oxygen Double‐Bond Character

    Shenglai Yao;Markus Brym;Christoph van Wüllen;Matthias Driess

  • Consecutive insertion of a silylene into the P4 tetrahedron: facile access to strained SiP4 and Si2P4 cage compounds.

    Yun Xiong;Shenglai Yao;Markus Brym;Matthias Driess

  • Facile Access to an Active γ-NiOOH Electrocatalyst for Durable Water Oxidation Derived From an Intermetallic Nickel Germanide Precursor.

    Prashanth W. Menezes;Shenglai Yao;Rodrigo Beltrán-Suito;J. Niklas Hausmann

  • Where silylene-silicon centres matter in the activation of small molecules.

    Changkai Shan;Shenglai Yao;Matthias Driess

  • Low-valent silicon cations with two-coordinate silicon and aromatic character.

    Matthias Driess;Shenglai Yao;Markus Brym;Christoph van Wüllen

  • From a Molecular 2Fe-2Se Precursor to a Highly Efficient Iron Diselenide Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting.

    Chakadola Panda;Prashanth W. Menezes;Carsten Walter;Shenglai Yao

  • An Isolable Silanoic Ester by Oxygenation of a Stable Silylene

    Shenglai Yao;Yun Xiong;Markus Brym;Matthias Driess

  • Chemical Tricks To Stabilize Silanones and Their Heavier Homologues with EO Bonds (E=Si–Pb): From Elusive Species to Isolable Building Blocks

    Yun Xiong;Shenglai Yao;Matthias Driess

  • N‐Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC)‐Stabilized Silanechalcogenones: NHC→Si(R2)E (E=O, S, Se, Te)

    Shenglai Yao;Yun Xiong;Matthias Driess

  • From silicon(II)-based dioxygen activation to adducts of elusive dioxasiliranes and sila-ureas stable at room temperature

    Yun Xiong;Shenglai Yao;Robert Müller;Martin Kaupp

  • Lessons from isolable nickel(I) precursor complexes for small molecule activation.

    Shenglai Yao;Matthias Driess

  • Divalent Silicon-Assisted Activation of Dihydrogen in a Bis(N-heterocyclic silylene)xanthene Nickel(0) Complex for Efficient Catalytic Hydrogenation of Olefins.

    Yuwen Wang;Arseni Kostenko;Shenglai Yao;Matthias Driess

  • A “Side-on” Superoxonickel Complex [LNi(O2)] with a Square-Planar Tetracoordinate Nickel(II) Center and Its Conversion into [LNi(μ-OH)2NiL]†

    Shenglai Yao;Eckhard Bill;Carsten Milsmann;Karl Wieghardt

  • Activation of ammonia by a Si=O double bond and formation of a unique pair of sila-hemiaminal and silanoic amide tautomers.

    Yun Xiong;Shenglai Yao;Robert Müller;Martin Kaupp

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Driess
Matthias Driess Technical University of Berlin
Yun Xiong
Yun Xiong Technical University of Berlin
Shigeyoshi Inoue
Shigeyoshi Inoue Technical University of Munich
Eckhard Bill
Eckhard Bill Max Planck Society
Martin Kaupp
Martin Kaupp Technical University of Berlin
Peter Hildebrandt
Peter Hildebrandt Technical University of Berlin
Karsten Meyer
Karsten Meyer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Yitzhak Apeloig
Yitzhak Apeloig Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Kallol Ray
Kallol Ray Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Michael Haumann
Michael Haumann Freie Universität Berlin

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