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Weiwei Yang is affiliated with the Harbin Institute of Technology in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research spans several interconnected subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's publication record reflects an emphasis on advanced techniques and applications in materials science. Main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Electromagnetic wave absorption materials
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications

Weiwei Yang has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably Yongsheng Yu, with whom they have published 60 papers. Other frequent coauthors include Fenyang Tian (20 publications), Yequn Liu (19 publications), Longyu Qiu (19 publications), and Shuangyou Bao (15 publications).

The scientist's research has appeared predominantly in several publication venues, including:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal (7 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (7 publications)
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (6 publications)
  • Separation and Purification Technology (5 publications)
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials (4 publications)

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Weiwei Yang comprise:

  • PEI grafted amino-functionalized graphene oxide nanosheets for ultrafast and high selectivity removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions by adsorption combined with reduction: Behaviors and mechanisms, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Building P-doped MoS2/g-C3N4 layered heterojunction with a dual-internal electric field for efficient photocatalytic sterilization, 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Three-dimensional (Fe3O4/ZnO)@C Double-core@shell porous nanocomposites with enhanced broadband microwave absorption, 2020, Carbon
  • Single-atom Mo-tailored high-entropy-alloy ultrathin nanosheets with intrinsic tensile strain enhance electrocatalysis, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Highly efficient recovery of heavy rare earth elements by using an amino-functionalized magnetic graphene oxide with acid and base resistance, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials

Best Publications

  • Exclusive Strain Effect Boosts Overall Water Splitting in PdCu/Ir Core/Shell Nanocrystals

    Menggang Li;Menggang Li;Zhonglong Zhao;Zhonghong Xia;Mingchuan Luo

  • PEI grafted amino-functionalized graphene oxide nanosheets for ultrafast and high selectivity removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions by adsorption combined with reduction: Behaviors and mechanisms

    Shuangyou Bao;Weiwei Yang;Yingjun Wang;Yongsheng Yu

  • Building P-doped MoS2/g-C3N4 layered heterojunction with a dual-internal electric field for efficient photocatalytic sterilization

    Xin Zhang;Fenyang Tian;Xiao Lan;Yequn Liu

  • Monodisperse MPt (M = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) Nanoparticles Prepared from a Facile Oleylamine Reduction of Metal Salts

    Yongsheng Yu;Weiwei Yang;Weiwei Yang;Xiaolian Sun;Wenlei Zhu

  • One-pot synthesis of magnetic graphene oxide composites as an efficient and recoverable adsorbent for Cd(II) and Pb(II) removal from aqueous solution

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  • Single-atom Mo-tailored high-entropy-alloy ultrathin nanosheets with intrinsic tensile strain enhance electrocatalysis

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  • Three-dimensional (Fe3O4/ZnO)@C Double-core@shell porous nanocomposites with enhanced broadband microwave absorption

    Xun Meng;Yequn Liu;Guanghui Han;Weiwei Yang

  • Photocatalytic dehydrogenation of formic acid promoted by a superior PdAg@g-C3N4 Mott–Schottky heterojunction

    Hu Liu;Xinyang Liu;Weiwei Yang;Mengqi Shen

  • Efficient photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI) in aqueous solution over CoS2/g-C3N4-rGO nanocomposites under visible light

    Yingjun Wang;Shuangyou Bao;Yequn Liu;Weiwei Yang

  • Hierarchical core-shell electrode with NiWO4 nanoparticles wrapped MnCo2O4 nanowire arrays on Ni foam for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors.

    Xin Guo;Menggang Li;Yequn Liu;Yarong Huang

  • Highly efficient recovery of heavy rare earth elements by using an amino-functionalized magnetic graphene oxide with acid and base resistance

    Shuangyou Bao;Shuangyou Bao;Yingjun Wang;Zongsu Wei;Weiwei Yang

  • Fe3O4 nanoparticles coated with ultra-thin carbon layer for polarization-controlled microwave absorption performance.

    Xun Meng;Wenjuan Lei;Weiwei Yang;Yequn Liu

  • Activating interfacial S sites of MoS2 boosts hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis

    Shuo Geng;Fenyang Tian;Menggang Li;Yequn Liu

  • Porous layered stacked MnCo2O4 cubes with enhanced electrochemical capacitive performance

    Menggang Li;Weiwei Yang;Ji Li;Ming Feng

  • High-performance asymmetric supercapacitors based on monodisperse MnO nanocrystals with high energy densities

    Menggang Li;Menggang Li;Wenjuan Lei;Wenjuan Lei;Yongsheng Yu;Weiwei Yang

  • Cationic vacancies and interface engineering on crystalline–amorphous gamma-phase Ni–Co oxyhydroxides achieve ultrahigh mass/areal/volumetric energy density flexible all-solid-state asymmetric supercapacitor

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  • Sub-Monolayer YO x /MoO x on Ultrathin Pt Nanowires Boosts Alcohol Oxidation Electrocatalysis

    Menggang Li;Menggang Li;Zhonglong Zhao;Zhonglong Zhao;Weiyu Zhang;Mingchuan Luo

  • Highly efficient and ultrafast removal of Cr(VI)in aqueous solution to ppb level by poly(allylamine hydrochloride) covalently cross-linked amino-modified graphene oxide.

    Shuangyou Bao;Weiwei Yang;Yingjun Wang;Yongsheng Yu

  • L-Cysteine capped Mo2C/Zn0.67Cd0.33S heterojunction with intimate covalent bonds enables efficient and stable H2-Releasing photocatalysis

    Xin Zhang;Fenyang Tian;Manyi Gao;Weiwei Yang

  • Comparison of the stem-loop and linear probe-based electrochemical DNA sensors by alternating current voltammetry and cyclic voltammetry.

    Weiwei Yang;Rebecca Y. Lai

  • Sulfur vacancies-induced “Electron Bridge” in Ni4Mo/Sv-Zn Cd1-S regulates electron transfer for efficient H2-releasing photocatalysis

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  • Ni nanoparticles supported on graphitic carbon nitride as visible light catalysts for hydrolytic dehydrogenation of ammonia borane

    Manyi Gao;Yongsheng Yu;Yongsheng Yu;Weiwei Yang;Ji Li

  • Hole-rich CoP nanosheets with an optimized d-band center for enhancing pH-universal hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis

    Shuo Geng;Fenyang Tian;Menggang Li;Xin Guo

  • Visible-light enhanced peroxymonosulfate activation on Co3O4/MnO2 for the degradation of tetracycline: Cooperation of radical and non-radical mechanisms

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  • Lavender-Like Ga-Doped Pt3Co Nanowires for Highly Stable and Active Electrocatalysis

    Menggang Li;Menggang Li;Zhonglong Zhao;Zhonghong Xia;Yong Yang

  • Interface engineering: PSS-PPy wrapping amorphous Ni-Co-P for enhancing neutral-pH hydrogen evolution reaction performance

    Fenyang Tian;Shuo Geng;Lin He;Yarong Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Shaojun Guo
Shaojun Guo Peking University
Mingchuan Luo
Mingchuan Luo Peking University
Shouheng Sun
Shouheng Sun Brown University
Yanglong Hou
Yanglong Hou Sun Yat-sen University
Hu Liu
Hu Liu Zhengzhou University
Qinghua Zhang
Qinghua Zhang Southwest Jiaotong University
Gang Lu
Gang Lu California State University, Northridge
Lin Gu
Lin Gu Chinese Academy of Sciences
David J. Sellmyer
David J. Sellmyer University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Geping Yin
Geping Yin Harbin Institute of Technology

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