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Overview

Wangyu Hu is affiliated with Hunan University in China and has a significant body of research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their academic work focuses on the intersections of materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, and electronic engineering, with extensions into aerospace engineering and sustainability topics.

The scholar's research interests encompass key areas including Nuclear Materials and Properties, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties, Fusion Materials and Technologies, 2D Materials and Applications, Metal and Thin Film Mechanics, High Entropy Alloys Studies, and MXene and MAX Phase Materials.

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include Huiqiu Deng, Wei-Qing Huang, Gui-Fang Huang, Yangchun Chen, and Tao Huang. Collaborative publications have appeared extensively in several established scientific journals and repositories.

Among the primary venues for Wangyu Hu's publications are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Nuclear Materials
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • Journal of Applied Physics

Selected representative papers highlight the range and focus of research contributions:

  • Enhanced radiation tolerance of the Ni-Co-Cr-Fe high-entropy alloy as revealed from primary damage, 2020, Acta Materialia
  • Oxygen Defect Engineering Promotes Synergy Between Adsorbate Evolution and Single Lattice Oxygen Mechanisms of OER in Transition Metal-Based (oxy)Hydroxide, 2023, Advanced Science
  • Generalized Synthetic Strategy for Amorphous Transition Metal Oxides-Based 2D Heterojunctions with Superb Photocatalytic Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • High-Throughput One-Photon Excitation Pathway in 0D/3D Heterojunctions for Visible-Light Driven Hydrogen Evolution, 2021, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Structural damage and phase stability of Al0.3CoCrFeNi high entropy alloy under high temperature ion irradiation, 2020, Acta Materialia

The focus on high-entropy alloys and transition metal oxides reflects an engagement with advanced materials designed for radiation tolerance, photocatalytic activity, and structural stability under extreme conditions. The publications reveal an emphasis on experimental and theoretical approaches to understanding material behaviors relevant to nuclear applications and energy technologies.

Wangyu Hu's comprehensive research profile spans over 300 publications, contributing significantly to materials chemistry and engineering disciplines with a multidisciplinary approach that includes sustainability and advanced energy materials.

Best Publications

  • Size Effect on the Thermodynamic Properties of Silver Nanoparticles

    Wenhua Luo;Wangyu Hu;Shifang Xiao

  • Insights into Enhanced Visible-Light Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution of g-C3N4 and Highly Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite: The Role of Oxygen

    Liang Xu;Wei-Qing Huang;Ling-Ling Wang;Ze-An Tian

  • Hydroxyapatite/titania sol-gel coatings on titanium-zirconium alloy for biomedical applications.

    Cui`e Wen;W. Xu;W. Hu;Peter Hodgson

  • Enhanced radiation tolerance of the Ni-Co-Cr-Fe high-entropy alloy as revealed from primary damage

    Yeping Lin;Tengfei Yang;Lin Lang;Chang Shan

  • Analytic modified embedded atom potentials for HCP metals

    Wangyu Hu;Wangyu Hu;Bangwei Zhang;Baiyun Huang;Fei Gao;Fei Gao

  • Size effect on alloying ability and phase stability of immiscible bimetallic nanoparticles

    S. Xiao;W. Hu;W. Luo;Y. Wu

  • Point-defect properties in body-centered cubic transition metals with analytic EAM interatomic potentials

    Wangyu Hu;Xiaolin Shu;Bangwei Zhang

  • Generalized Synthetic Strategy for Amorphous Transition Metal Oxides‐Based 2D Heterojunctions with Superb Photocatalytic Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution

    Bing‐Xin Zhou;Shuang‐Shuang Ding;Kang‐Xin Yang;Jing Zhang

  • Construction of g-C 3 N 4 /CeO 2 /ZnO ternary photocatalysts with enhanced photocatalytic performance

    Yuan Yuan;Gui-Fang Huang;Wang-Yu Hu;Dan-Ni Xiong

  • Two-Dimensional MoS2-Graphene-Based Multilayer van der Waals Heterostructures: Enhanced Charge Transfer and Optical Absorption, and Electric-Field Tunable Dirac Point and Band Gap

    Liang Xu;Liang Xu;Wei-Qing Huang;Wangyu Hu;Ke Yang

  • Doping-induced enhancement of crystallinity in polymeric carbon nitride nanosheets to improve their visible-light photocatalytic activity.

    Yuan-Yuan Li;Bing-Xin Zhou;Hua-Wei Zhang;Shao-Fang Ma

  • High-Throughput One-Photon Excitation Pathway in 0D/3D Heterojunctions for Visible-Light Driven Hydrogen Evolution

    Bo Li;Wei Peng;Jing Zhang;Ji-Chun Lian

  • Elastic and brittle properties of the B2-MgRE (RE = Sc, Y, Ce, Pr, Nd, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er) intermetallics

    Y. Wu;W. Hu

  • Surface Segregation and Structural Features of Bimetallic Au−Pt Nanoparticles

    Lei Deng;Wangyu Hu;Huiqiu Deng;Shifang Xiao

  • Structural damage and phase stability of Al0.3CoCrFeNi high entropy alloy under high temperature ion irradiation

    Tengfei Yang;Tengfei Yang;Wei Guo;Jonathan D. Poplawsky;Dongyue Li

  • Au–Ag Bimetallic Nanoparticles: Surface Segregation and Atomic-Scale Structure

    Lei Deng;Wangyu Hu;Huiqiu Deng;Shifang Xiao

  • Facile in situ construction of mediator-free direct Z-scheme g-C3N4/CeO2 heterojunctions with highly efficient photocatalytic activity

    Qing Qiao;Ke Yang;Li-Li Ma;Wei-Qing Huang

  • An atomic study on the shock-induced plasticity and phase transition for iron-based single crystals

    Kun Wang;Shifang Xiao;Huiqiu Deng;Wenjun Zhu

  • Effects of Sr and Sn on microstructure and corrosion resistance of Mg–Zr–Ca magnesium alloy for biomedical applications

    Wenjin Zhang;Meiheng Li;Qian Chen;Wangyu Hu

  • Surface-area-difference model for thermodynamic properties of metallic nanocrystals

    W H Qi;W H Qi;M P Wang;M Zhou;W Y Hu

  • Calculation of formation enthalpies and phase stability for Ru–Al alloys using an analytic embedded atom model

    Wangyu Hu;Wangyu Hu;Bangwei Zhang;Bangwei Zhang;Xiaolin Shu;Baiyun Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Wei-Qing Huang
Wei-Qing Huang Hunan University
Gui-Fang Huang
Gui-Fang Huang Hunan University
Fei Gao
Fei Gao University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Anlian Pan
Anlian Pan Hunan University
Jun Chen
Jun Chen Nankai University
Cuie Wen
Cuie Wen RMIT University
Lixian Sun
Lixian Sun Guilin University of Electronic Technology
Peter Hodgson
Peter Hodgson Deakin University
Yuncang Li
Yuncang Li RMIT University
Zhigang Shuai
Zhigang Shuai Tsinghua University

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