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Yan Shen is affiliated with Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a focus on subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Polymers and Plastics, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their work covers a range of topics such as Perovskite Materials and Applications, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, Conducting Polymers and Applications, CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, and Advanced Battery Technologies Research.

Yan Shen has published extensively in several venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • ACS Energy Letters

They have worked closely with a number of co-authors who have contributed to multiple publications with them. Frequent collaborators are Mingkui Wang, Haixuan Yu, Zhirong Liu, Xiongjie Li, and Zhiguo Zhang.

Yan Shen's recent papers demonstrate a strong research focus on materials related to solar cells, photocatalysis, and catalytic processes. Notable recent publications include:

  • Advances in design engineering and merits of electron transporting layers in perovskite solar cells, 2020, Materials Horizons
  • Black phosphorus quantum dots in inorganic perovskite thin films for efficient photovoltaic application, 2020, Science Advances
  • In Situ Growth of Ru Nanoparticles on (Fe,Ni)(OH)2 to Boost Hydrogen Evolution Activity at High Current Density in Alkaline Media, 2020, Small Methods
  • Efficient CsSnI3-based inorganic perovskite solar cells based on a mesoscopic metal oxide framework via incorporating a donor element, 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • A thioether-decorated triazine-based covalent organic framework towards overall H2O2 photosynthesis without sacrificial agents, 2023, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Best Publications

  • Hole Selective NiO Contact for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells with Carbon Electrode

    Xiaobao Xu;Zonghao Liu;Zhixiang Zuo;Meng Zhang

  • Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy for Direct Imaging of Reaction Rates

    Gunther Wittstock;Malte Burchardt;Sascha E. Pust;Yan Shen

  • Engineering NiS/Ni2P Heterostructures for Efficient Electrocatalytic Water Splitting

    Xin Xiao;Dekang Huang;Yong Qing Fu;Ming Wen

  • Amino-Functionalized Conjugated Polymer as an Efficient Electron Transport Layer for High-Performance Planar-Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells

    Chen Sun;Zhihong Wu;Hin-Lap Yip;Hua Zhang

  • Efficient screen printed perovskite solar cells based on mesoscopic TiO2/Al2O3/NiO/carbon architecture

    Kun Cao;Zhixiang Zuo;Jin Cui;Yan Shen

  • Flexible Supercapacitors Based on Bacterial Cellulose Paper Electrodes

    Shaohui Li;Dekang Huang;Bingyan Zhang;Xiaobao Xu

  • Carbon Quantum Dots/TiOx Electron Transport Layer Boosts Efficiency of Planar Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells to 19%

    Hao Li;Weina Shi;Wenchao Huang;En-Ping Yao;En-Ping Yao

  • A power pack based on organometallic perovskite solar cell and supercapacitor

    Xiaobao Xu;Shaohui Li;Hua Zhang;Yan Shen

  • Efficient Planar Perovskite Solar Cells with Improved Fill Factor via Interface Engineering with Graphene

    Xiaojuan Zhao;Leiming Tao;Hao Li;Wenchao Huang

  • Electronic modulation of transition metal phosphide via doping as efficient and pH-universal electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction

    Xin Xiao;Leiming Tao;Man Li;Xiaowei Lv

  • Freestanding bacterial cellulose–polypyrrole nanofibres paper electrodes for advanced energy storage devices

    Shaohui Li;Dekang Huang;Junchuan Yang;Bingyan Zhang

  • 14.7% efficient mesoscopic perovskite solar cells using single walled carbon nanotubes/carbon composite counter electrodes

    Hao Li;Kun Cao;Jin Cui;Shuangshuang Liu

  • Subtle Balance Between Length Scale of Phase Separation and Domain Purification in Small‐Molecule Bulk‐Heterojunction Blends under Solvent Vapor Treatment

    Miaomiao Li;Feng Liu;Xiangjian Wan;Wang Ni

  • A New Method for Fitting Current–Voltage Curves of Planar Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells

    Peizhe Liao;Xiaojuan Zhao;Guolong Li;Yan Shen

  • Will organic–inorganic hybrid halide lead perovskites be eliminated from optoelectronic applications?

    Zijun Yi;Najib Haji Ladi;Xuxia Shai;Hao Li

  • Artificial photosynthesis of ethanol using type-II g-C3N4/ZnTe heterojunction in photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction system

    Qinglong Wang;Xikui Wang;Zehui Yu;Xingxing Jiang

  • Photovoltaic behaviour of lead methylammonium triiodide perovskite solar cells down to 80 K

    Hua Zhang;Xianfeng Qiao;Yan Shen;Thomas Moehl

  • Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells with Gradient Bilayer Electron Transport Materials.

    Xiu Gong;Qiang Sun;Shuangshuang Liu;Peizhe Liao

  • A perovskite solar cell-TiO2@BiVO4 photoelectrochemical system for direct solar water splitting

    Xiaofan Zhang;Bingyan Zhang;Kun Cao;Jérémie Brillet

  • Recent progress in efficient hybrid lead halide perovskite solar cells

    Jin Cui;Huailiang Yuan;Junpeng Li;Xiaobao Xu

  • Promises and challenges of alloy-type and conversion-type anode materials for sodium–ion batteries

    Lichuan Wang;Jolanta Światowska;Jolanta Światowska;Sirui Dai;Minglei Cao

Frequent Co-Authors

Mingkui Wang
Mingkui Wang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Yi-Bing Cheng
Yi-Bing Cheng Wuhan University of Technology
Qiang Sun
Qiang Sun Peking University
Wenchao Huang
Wenchao Huang Monash University
Xiao Li Zhang
Xiao Li Zhang Xiamen University
Yong Qing Fu
Yong Qing Fu Northumbria University
Junbo Han
Junbo Han Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Guang Yang
Guang Yang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Shaik M. Zakeeruddin
Shaik M. Zakeeruddin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Bin Hu
Bin Hu University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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