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Overview

Yan Yu is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China and has a research focus concentrated in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work primarily spans the subfields of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Automotive Engineering.

The scientist's research topics highlight extensive engagement with advancements in battery-related materials and technologies. Key themes include:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity

Yan Yu has coauthored numerous papers with frequent collaborators including Xianhong Rui, Yu Yao, Yuezhan Feng, Xiaojun Wu, and Hai Yang. Their publication record includes contributions to several prominent scientific journals. The venues where the scientist has most frequently published include:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • ACS Nano
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Advanced Energy Materials

Representative recent publications reflect a focus on battery technology and materials science:

  • "Guidelines and trends for next-generation rechargeable lithium and lithium-ion batteries" (2020) in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Sodium/Potassium-Ion Batteries: Boosting the Rate Capability and Cycle Life by Combining Morphology, Defect and Structure Engineering" (2020) in Advanced Materials
  • "Advances in the Development of Single-Atom Catalysts for High-Energy-Density Lithium-Sulfur Batteries" (2022) in Advanced Materials
  • "Transition metal chalcogenide anodes for sodium storage" (2020) in Materials Today
  • "Heterostructures of 2D Molybdenum Dichalcogenide on 2D Nitrogen-Doped Carbon: Superior Potassium-Ion Storage and Insight into Potassium Storage Mechanism" (2020) in Advanced Materials

The scientist's work involves multidisciplinary approaches to enhance energy storage solutions, particularly focusing on lithium, sodium, and potassium ion batteries, as well as catalyst development for lithium-sulfur battery systems.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines and trends for next-generation rechargeable lithium and lithium-ion batteries.

    Feixiang Wu;Joachim Maier;Yan Yu;Yan Yu

  • Single-layered ultrasmall nanoplates of MoS2 embedded in carbon nanofibers with excellent electrochemical performance for lithium and sodium storage.

    Changbao Zhu;Xiaoke Mu;Peter A. van Aken;Yan Yu

  • Progress of enhancing the safety of lithium ion battery from the electrolyte aspect

    Qingsong Wang;Lihua Jiang;Yan Yu;Jinhua Sun

  • A Review on Lithium-Ion Batteries Safety Issues: Existing Problems and Possible Solutions

    Jianwu Wen;Yan Yu;Chunhua Chen

  • 3D Amorphous Carbon with Controlled Porous and Disordered Structures as a High-Rate Anode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries

    Peng Lu;Yi Sun;Hongfa Xiang;Xin Liang

  • Solid-State Sodium Batteries

    Chenglong Zhao;Lilu Liu;Xingguo Qi;Yaxiang Lu

  • Challenges and Perspectives for NASICON-Type Electrode Materials for Advanced Sodium-Ion Batteries

    Shuangqiang Chen;Chao Wu;Laifa Shen;Changbao Zhu

  • Reversible storage of lithium in silver-coated three-dimensional macroporous silicon

    Yan Yu;Lin Gu;Lin Gu;Changbao Zhu;Susumu Tsukimoto

  • Encapsulation of Sn@carbon Nanoparticles in Bamboo‐like Hollow Carbon Nanofibers as an Anode Material in Lithium‐Based Batteries

    Yan Yu;Lin Gu;Chunlei Wang;Abirami Dhanabalan

  • Nitrogen doped porous carbon fibres as anode materials for sodium ion batteries with excellent rate performance

    Lijun Fu;Kun Tang;Kepeng Song;Peter A. van Aken

  • Tin nanoparticles encapsulated in porous multichannel carbon microtubes: Preparation by single-nozzle electrospinning and application as anode material for high-performance Li-based batteries

    Yan Yu;Lin Gu;Changbao Zhu;Peter A van Aken

  • Advances in the Development of Single‐Atom Catalysts for High‐Energy‐Density Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

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  • Dual-Functionalized Double Carbon Shells Coated Silicon Nanoparticles for High Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries.

    Shuangqiang Chen;Laifa Shen;Peter A. van Aken;Joachim Maier

  • Uniform yolk–shell Sn4P3@C nanospheres as high-capacity and cycle-stable anode materials for sodium-ion batteries

    Jun Liu;Jun Liu;Peter Kopold;Chao Wu;Peter A. van Aken

  • Electrospinning synthesis of C/Fe3O4 composite nanofibers and their application for high performance lithium-ion batteries

    L. Wang;Y. Yu;P.C. Chen;D.W. Zhang

  • An Advanced Sodium‐Ion Battery Composed of Carbon Coated Na3V2(PO4)3 in a Porous Graphene Network

    Xianhong Rui;Xianhong Rui;Wenping Sun;Chao Wu;Yan Yu;Yan Yu

  • Suppression of Dendrite Formation and Corrosion on Zinc Anode of Secondary Aqueous Batteries

    Kyung E. K. Sun;Tuan K. A. Hoang;Yan Yu

  • Carbon-coated Na3V2(PO4)3 embedded in porous carbon matrix: An ultrafast Na-storage cathode with the potential of outperforming Li cathodes

    Changbao Zhu;Kepeng Song;Peter A. van Aken;Joachim Maier

  • Confined Amorphous Red Phosphorus in MOF-Derived N-Doped Microporous Carbon as a Superior Anode for Sodium-Ion Battery

    Weihan Li;Shuhe Hu;Xiangyu Luo;Zhongling Li

  • Self-Supported Nanotube Arrays of Sulfur-Doped TiO2 Enabling Ultrastable and Robust Sodium Storage.

    Jiangfeng Ni;Shidong Fu;Chao Wu;Joachim Maier

  • Sodium/Potassium-Ion Batteries: Boosting the Rate Capability and Cycle Life by Combining Morphology, Defect and Structure Engineering.

    Huijuan Huang;Rui Xu;Yuezhan Feng;Sifan Zeng

  • MoS2-Based Nanocomposites for Electrochemical Energy Storage

    Tianyi Wang;Shuangqiang Chen;Huan Pang;Huan Pang;Huaiguo Xue

Frequent Co-Authors

Joachim Maier
Joachim Maier Max Planck Society
Weihan Li
Weihan Li University of Western Ontario
Lin Gu
Lin Gu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xianhong Rui
Xianhong Rui Guangdong University of Technology
Yuezhan Feng
Yuezhan Feng Zhengzhou University
Peter A. van Aken
Peter A. van Aken Max Planck Society
Jun Liu
Jun Liu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Zhenzhong Yang
Zhenzhong Yang Tsinghua University
Chunlei Wang
Chunlei Wang Florida International University
Shuangqiang Chen
Shuangqiang Chen Shanghai University

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