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Overview

Yan Yao is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their research portfolio spans broadly within the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Mechanical Engineering, and Automotive Engineering.

The scientist has contributed to several main topics of research including:

  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication

Yan Yao's publication record includes notable recent papers such as:

  • Current status and future directions of multivalent metal-ion batteries, 2020, Nature Energy
  • Opportunities and Challenges for Organic Electrodes in Electrochemical Energy Storage, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Designing modern aqueous batteries, 2022, Nature Reviews Materials
  • Efficient Alkaline Water/Seawater Hydrogen Evolution by a Nanorod-Nanoparticle-Structured Ni-MoN Catalyst with Fast Water-Dissociation Kinetics, 2022, Advanced Materials
  • High-power Mg batteries enabled by heterogeneous enolization redox chemistry and weakly coordinating electrolytes, 2020, Nature Energy

Frequent publication venues for Yan Yao's work include:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Materials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Energy Letters
  • Advanced Energy Materials

Their collaborative network involves regular co-authorship with the following researchers:

  • Yanliang Liang
  • Ye Zhang
  • Lihong Zhao
  • Zheng Fan
  • Jun Lou

Yan Yao's research contributions mostly center around energy storage technologies, specifically advanced battery materials and aqueous battery designs, with a consistent engagement in catalytic processes and conducting polymers in material science contexts.

Best Publications

  • High-efficiency solution processable polymer photovoltaic cells by self-organization of polymer blends

    Gang Li;Vishal Shrotriya;Jinsong Huang;Yan Yao

  • Stable cycling of double-walled silicon nanotube battery anodes through solid-electrolyte interphase control

    Hui Wu;Gerentt Chan;Jang Wook Choi;Jang Wook Choi;Ill Ryu

  • A yolk-shell design for stabilized and scalable li-ion battery alloy anodes.

    Nian Liu;Hui Wu;Matthew T. McDowell;Yan Yao

  • Interconnected Silicon Hollow Nanospheres for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes with Long Cycle Life

    Yan Yao;Matthew T. McDowell;Ill Ryu;Hui Wu

  • “Solvent Annealing” Effect in Polymer Solar Cells Based on Poly(3‐hexylthiophene) and Methanofullerenes

    Gang Li;Yan Yao;Hoichang Yang;Vishal Shrotriya

  • Current status and future directions of multivalent metal-ion batteries

    Yanliang Liang;Yanliang Liang;Hui Dong;Hui Dong;Doron Aurbach;Yan Yao;Yan Yao

  • Transition metal oxides as the buffer layer for polymer photovoltaic cells

    Vishal Shrotriya;Gang Li;Yan Yao;Chih-Wei Chu

  • Investigation of annealing effects and film thickness dependence of polymer solar cells based on poly(3-hexylthiophene)

    Gang Li;Vishal Shrotriya;Yan Yao;Yang Yang

  • Improving the Performance of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries by Conductive Polymer Coating

    Yuan Yang;Guihua Yu;Judy J. Cha;Hui Wu

  • Bandgap and Molecular Energy Level Control of Conjugated Polymer Photovoltaic Materials Based on Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene

    Jianhui Hou;Mi-Hyae Park;Shaoqing Zhang;Yan Yao

  • Opportunities and Challenges for Organic Electrodes in Electrochemical Energy Storage.

    Philippe Poizot;Joël Gaubicher;Stéven Renault;Lionel Dubois

  • Effects of Solvent Mixtures on the Nanoscale Phase Separation in Polymer Solar Cells

    Yan Yao;Jianhui Hou;Zheng Xu;Gang Li

  • Universal quinone electrodes for long cycle life aqueous rechargeable batteries

    Yanliang Liang;Yan Jing;Saman Gheytani;Kuan-Yi Lee

  • Designing modern aqueous batteries

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  • Accurate Measurement and Characterization of Organic Solar Cells

    Vishal Shrotriya;Gang Li;Yan Yao;Tom Moriarty

  • Symmetrical MnO2–Carbon Nanotube–Textile Nanostructures for Wearable Pseudocapacitors with High Mass Loading

    Liangbing Hu;Wei Chen;Xing Xie;Nian Liu

  • Manipulating regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) : [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester blends—route towards high efficiency polymer solar cells

    Gang Li;Vishal Shrotriya;Yan Yao;Jinsong Huang

  • Efficient Alkaline Water/Seawater Hydrogen Evolution by a Nanorod‐Nanoparticle‐Structured Ni‐MoN Catalyst with Fast Water‐Dissociation Kinetics

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  • Interlayer-expanded molybdenum disulfide nanocomposites for electrochemical magnesium storage

    Yanliang Liang;Hyun Deog Yoo;Yifei Li;Jing Shuai

  • Positioning Organic Electrode Materials in the Battery Landscape

    Yanliang Liang;Yan Yao;Yan Yao

  • Highly Efficient Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells with Antireflection and Self-Cleaning Nanostructures.

    Mohammad Mahdi Tavakoli;Kwong-Hoi Tsui;Qianpeng Zhang;Jin He

  • Effect of self-organization in polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunctions on solar cell performance

    Vishal Shrotriya;Yan Yao;Gang Li;Yang Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yi Cui
Yi Cui Stanford University
Gang Li
Gang Li Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Zhiyong Fan
Zhiyong Fan Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Qinyou An
Qinyou An Wuhan University of Technology
Jiming Bao
Jiming Bao University of Houston
Antonio Facchetti
Antonio Facchetti Northwestern University
Hui Wu
Hui Wu Tsinghua University
Nian Liu
Nian Liu Georgia Institute of Technology
Yaoguang Rong
Yaoguang Rong Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Matthew T. McDowell
Matthew T. McDowell Georgia Institute of Technology

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