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D-Index
89
Citations
35708
World Ranking
1749
National Ranking
562

Wensheng Yan publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wensheng Yan sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 311 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Wensheng Yan D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Wensheng Yan is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within Materials Science, Engineering, and Energy, with a focused interest in subfields such as Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Catalysis.

The scientist's work covers a variety of main topics, including:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • 2D Materials and Applications

Wensheng Yan has authored several recent papers, notable among them are:

  • "Engineering unsymmetrically coordinated Cu-S1N3 single atom sites with enhanced oxygen reduction activity," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Black phosphorus composites with engineered interfaces for high-rate high-capacity lithium storage," 2020, Science
  • "Engineering a local acid-like environment in alkaline medium for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Cobalt single atom site catalysts with ultrahigh metal loading for enhanced aerobic oxidation of ethylbenzene," 2021, Nano Research
  • "Cation-Vacancy-Enriched Nickel Phosphide for Efficient Electrosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxides," 2022, Advanced Materials

The frequent co-authors involved in their research include:

  • Hengli Duan
  • Chao Wang
  • Qianqian Ji
  • Junfa Zhu
  • Yi Xie

Publication venues where Wensheng Yan has regularly contributed are:

  • Nature Communications
  • Advanced Materials
  • Nano Letters
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Nano Research

Best Publications

  • Cobalt in Nitrogen-Doped Graphene as Single-Atom Catalyst for High-Sulfur Content Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

    Zhenzhen Du;Xingjia Chen;Wei Hu;Chenghao Chuang

  • Fe–N–C electrocatalyst with dense active sites and efficient mass transport for high-performance proton exchange membrane fuel cells

    Xin Wan;Xiaofang Liu;Yongcheng Li;Ronghai Yu

  • Atomically Dispersed Iron–Nitrogen Species as Electrocatalysts for Bifunctional Oxygen Evolution and Reduction Reactions

    Pengzuo Chen;Tianpei Zhou;Lili Xing;Kun Xu

  • Defect Effects on TiO2 Nanosheets: Stabilizing Single Atomic Site Au and Promoting Catalytic Properties.

    Jiawei Wan;Wenxing Chen;Chuanyi Jia;Lirong Zheng

  • Defect-Mediated Electron–Hole Separation in One-Unit-Cell ZnIn2S4 Layers for Boosted Solar-Driven CO2 Reduction

    Xingchen Jiao;Zongwei Chen;Xiaodong Li;Yongfu Sun

  • Atomic-level insight into super-efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution on iron and vanadium co-doped nickel (oxy)hydroxide.

    Jian Jiang;Fanfei Sun;Si Zhou;Wei Hu

  • Exclusive Ni-N4 Sites Realize Near-Unity CO Selectivity for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction.

    Xiaogang Li;Wentuan Bi;Minglong Chen;Yuexiang Sun

  • Engineering unsymmetrically coordinated Cu-S 1 N 3 single atom sites with enhanced oxygen reduction activity

    Huishan Shang;Xiangyi Zhou;Juncai Dong;Ang Li

  • Oxygen-Vacancy-Mediated Exciton Dissociation in BiOBr for Boosting Charge-Carrier-Involved Molecular Oxygen Activation

    Hui Wang;Dingyu Yong;Shichuan Chen;Shenlong Jiang

  • Vacancy-Induced Ferromagnetism of MoS2 Nanosheets

    Liang Cai;Jingfu He;Qinghua Liu;Tao Yao

  • Single-atom dispersed Co–N–C catalyst: structure identification and performance for hydrogenative coupling of nitroarenes

    Wengang Liu;Wengang Liu;Leilei Zhang;Wensheng Yan;Xiaoyan Liu

  • Fe Isolated Single Atoms on S, N Codoped Carbon by Copolymer Pyrolysis Strategy for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Qiheng Li;Wenxing Chen;Hai Xiao;Yue Gong

  • Uncoordinated Amine Groups of Metal–Organic Frameworks to Anchor Single Ru Sites as Chemoselective Catalysts toward the Hydrogenation of Quinoline

    Xin Wang;Wenxing Chen;Lei Zhang;Tao Yao

  • Efficient Visible-Light-Driven CO 2 Reduction Mediated by Defect-Engineered BiOBr Atomic Layers

    Ju Wu;Xiaodong Li;Wen Shi;Peiquan Ling

  • Single Tungsten Atoms Supported on MOF-Derived N-Doped Carbon for Robust Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution

    Wenxing Chen;Wenxing Chen;Jiajing Pei;Chun-Ting He;Jiawei Wan

  • Rational Design of Single Molybdenum Atoms Anchored on N-Doped Carbon for Effective Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

    Wenxing Chen;Jiajing Pei;Chun-Ting He;Jiawei Wan

  • Black phosphorus composites with engineered interfaces for high-rate high-capacity lithium storage.

    Hongchang Jin;Sen Xin;Sen Xin;Chenghao Chuang;Wangda Li

  • Low-Cost Synthesis of Flowerlike α-Fe2O3 Nanostructures for Heavy Metal Ion Removal: Adsorption Property and Mechanism

    Chang-Yan Cao;Jin Qu;Wen-Sheng Yan;Jun-Fa Zhu

  • Efficient oxygen evolution electrocatalysis in acid by a perovskite with face-sharing IrO 6 octahedral dimers

    Lan Yang;Guangtao Yu;Xuan Ai;Wensheng Yan

  • Partially Oxidized SnS2 Atomic Layers Achieving Efficient Visible-Light-Driven CO2 Reduction

    Xingchen Jiao;Xiaodong Li;Xiuyu Jin;Yongfu Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Shiqiang Wei
Shiqiang Wei University of Science and Technology of China
Qinghua Liu
Qinghua Liu University of Science and Technology of China
Tao Yao
Tao Yao University of Science and Technology of China
Yi Xie
Yi Xie University of Science and Technology of China
Yadong Li
Yadong Li Tsinghua University
Ziyu Wu
Ziyu Wu University of Science and Technology of China
Wenxing Chen
Wenxing Chen Beijing Institute of Technology
Xusheng Zheng
Xusheng Zheng University of Science and Technology of China
Lirong Zheng
Lirong Zheng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dingsheng Wang
Dingsheng Wang Tsinghua University

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