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Yagang Yao is affiliated with Nanjing University in China and has an extensive research portfolio spanning engineering and materials science. Their work primarily focuses on electrical and electronic engineering as well as materials chemistry. The subfields represented in their research include electronic, optical and magnetic materials, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, and automotive engineering.

The scientist's research encompasses several main topics, with significant contributions to advanced battery technologies research, advanced battery materials and technologies, and supercapacitor materials and fabrication. Other key topics include advancements in battery materials, graphene research and applications, thermal properties of materials, and MXene and MAX phase materials.

Yagang Yao's frequent coauthors include Chaowei Li, Kai Zhang, Qichong Zhang, Hong Guo, and Kaiping Zhu. These collaborations reflect a consistent pattern of joint research in related fields.

The scientist has published multiple recent papers, including:

  • Epitaxial growth of wafer-scale molybdenum disulfide semiconductor single crystals on sapphire, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Realizing an All-Round Hydrogel Electrolyte toward Environmentally Adaptive Dendrite-Free Aqueous Zn-MnO2 Batteries, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Ultrahigh-Aspect-Ratio Boron Nitride Nanosheets Leading to Superhigh In-Plane Thermal Conductivity of Foldable Heat Spreader, 2021, ACS Nano
  • Freestanding Metal-Organic Frameworks and Their Derivatives: An Emerging Platform for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion, 2022, Chemical Reviews
  • Multiscale Structural Modulation of Anisotropic Graphene Framework for Polymer Composites Achieving Highly Efficient Thermal Energy Management, 2021, Advanced Science

Yao frequently publishes in several scientific journals, including Advanced Functional Materials, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, and Energy Storage Materials. The distribution of publications shows a strong focus on materials science and functional materials related to energy storage and conversion.

Best Publications

  • Epitaxial growth of wafer-scale molybdenum disulfide semiconductor single crystals on sapphire

    Taotao Li;Wei Guo;Liang Ma;Weisheng Li

  • Determination of the diffusion coefficient of lithium ions in nano-Si

    N. Ding;J. Xu;Y. X. Yao;Gerhard Wegner

  • Large-scale production of two-dimensional nanosheets

    Yagang Yao;Ziyin Lin;Zhuo Li;Xiaojuan Song

  • Freestanding Metal–Organic Frameworks and Their Derivatives: An Emerging Platform for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion

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  • Doping-Free Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube Based Ballistic CMOS Devices and Circuits

    Zhiyong Zhang;Xuelei Liang;Sheng Wang;Kun Yao

  • Superior Capacitance of Functionalized Graphene

    Ziyin Lin;Yan Liu;Yagang Yao;Owen J. Hildreth

  • Realizing an All‐Round Hydrogel Electrolyte toward Environmentally Adaptive Dendrite‐Free Aqueous Zn–MnO 2 Batteries

    Minfeng Chen;Jizhang Chen;Weijun Zhou;Xiang Han

  • Metal-Organic Framework Derived Spindle-like Carbon Incorporated α-Fe2O3 Grown on Carbon Nanotube Fiber as Anodes for High-Performance Wearable Asymmetric Supercapacitors.

    Zhenyu Zhou;Zhenyu Zhou;Qichong Zhang;Juan Sun;Bing He

  • Ultrahigh-Aspect-Ratio Boron Nitride Nanosheets Leading to Superhigh In-Plane Thermal Conductivity of Foldable Heat Spreader.

    Qingwei Yan;Qingwei Yan;Wen Dai;Jingyao Gao;Xue Tan

  • High-Concentration Aqueous Dispersions of MoS2

    Yagang Yao;Yagang Yao;Lorenzo Tolentino;Zhongzheng Yang;Zhongzheng Yang;Xiaojuan Song

  • Constructing Ultrahigh-Capacity Zinc-Nickel-Cobalt Oxide@Ni(OH)2 Core-Shell Nanowire Arrays for High-Performance Coaxial Fiber-Shaped Asymmetric Supercapacitors.

    Qichong Zhang;Weiwei Xu;Juan Sun;Juan Sun;Zhenghui Pan

  • Metal-Level Thermally Conductive yet Soft Graphene Thermal Interface Materials.

    Wen Dai;Tengfei Ma;Qingwei Yan;Jingyao Gao

  • Temperature-mediated growth of single-walled carbon-nanotube intramolecular junctions.

    Yagang Yao;Qingwen Li;Jin Zhang;Ran Liu

  • Solvent-Assisted Thermal Reduction of Graphite Oxide

    Ziyin Lin;Yagang Yao;Zhuo Li;Yan Liu

  • Enhanced through-plane thermal conductivity of boron nitride/epoxy composites

    Cuiping Yu;Cuiping Yu;Jun Zhang;Zhuo Li;Wei Tian

  • Wrapping Aligned Carbon Nanotube Composite Sheets around Vanadium Nitride Nanowire Arrays for Asymmetric Coaxial Fiber-Shaped Supercapacitors with Ultrahigh Energy Density

    Qichong Zhang;Xiaona Wang;Zhenghui Pan;Juan Sun

  • Hot-pressing induced alignment of boron nitride in polyurethane for composite films with thermal conductivity over 50 Wm −1 K −1

    Cuiping Yu;Cuiping Yu;Wenbin Gong;Wei Tian;Qichong Zhang

  • "Cloning" of single-walled carbon nanotubes via open-end growth mechanism.

    Yagang Yao;Chaoqun Feng;Jin Zhang;Zhongfan Liu

  • Flexible and High-Voltage Coaxial-Fiber Aqueous Rechargeable Zinc-Ion Battery.

    Qichong Zhang;Chaowei Li;Qiulong Li;Zhenghui Pan

  • “One Stone Two Birds” Design for Dual‐Functional TiO2‐TiN Heterostructures Enabled Dendrite‐Free and Kinetics‐Enhanced Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

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  • Stretchable fiber-shaped asymmetric supercapacitors with ultrahigh energy density

    Qichong Zhang;Qichong Zhang;Juan Sun;Zhenghui Pan;Jun Zhang

  • Self-sacrificed synthesis of conductive vanadium-based Metal–Organic framework nanowire-bundle arrays as binder-free cathodes for high-rate and high-energy-density wearable Zn-Ion batteries

    Bing He;Qichong Zhang;Qichong Zhang;Ping Man;Ping Man;Ping Man;Zhenyu Zhou;Zhenyu Zhou;Zhenyu Zhou

  • Multiscale Structural Modulation of Anisotropic Graphene Framework for Polymer Composites Achieving Highly Efficient Thermal Energy Management.

    Wen Dai;Le Lv;Tengfei Ma;Xiangze Wang

  • A facile method to prepare flexible boron nitride/poly(vinyl alcohol) composites with enhanced thermal conductivity

    Jun Zhang;Jun Zhang;Xiaona Wang;Cuiping Yu;Qiulong Li

  • One-step synthesis of fluorescent smart thermo-responsive copper clusters: A potential nanothermometer in living cells

    Chan Wang;Chan Wang;Lin Ling;Lin Ling;Yagang Yao;Qijun Song

Frequent Co-Authors

Ching-Ping Wong
Ching-Ping Wong Georgia Institute of Technology
Qichong Zhang
Qichong Zhang Nanyang Technological University
Weibang Lu
Weibang Lu University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qingwen Li
Qingwen Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kyoung-Sik Moon
Kyoung-Sik Moon Georgia Institute of Technology
Ziyin Lin
Ziyin Lin Georgia Institute of Technology
Zhongfan Liu
Zhongfan Liu Peking University
Jin Zhang
Jin Zhang Peking University
Yuegang Zhang
Yuegang Zhang Tsinghua University
Ming Hu
Ming Hu University of South Carolina

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