2026 Yanfa Yan: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	136	273	262	115	106	746	69757

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Materials Science

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Overview

Yanfa Yan is a researcher affiliated with the University of Toledo in the United States. Their work mainly focuses on the fields of engineering and materials science, with significant contributions particularly in electrical and electronic engineering and materials chemistry. The research also extends to subfields such as polymers and plastics, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The main topics of Yanfa Yan's research encompass:

Perovskite materials and applications
Chalcogenide semiconductor thin films
Quantum dots synthesis and properties
Conducting polymers and applications
Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
Solar cell performance optimization
Copper-based nanomaterials and applications

Yanfa Yan has coauthored extensively with several researchers, including:

Zhaoning Song
Randy J. Ellingson
Michael J. Heben
Xiaoming Wang
Adam B. Phillips

Their work has been featured across multiple publication venues. The most frequent include:

2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC)
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
ACS Applied Energy Materials
The Cambridge Structural Database
Science

Among Yanfa Yan's recent notable papers are:

"Surface reaction for efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells" (2022), published in Nature
"Regulating surface potential maximizes voltage in all-perovskite tandems" (2022), published in Nature
"Rational design of Lewis base molecules for stable and efficient inverted perovskite solar cells" (2023), published in Science
"Metastable Dion-Jacobson 2D structure enables efficient and stable perovskite solar cells" (2022), published in Science
"The 2020 photovoltaic technologies roadmap" (2020), published in Journal of Physics D Applied Physics

Best Publications

Unusual defect physics in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cell absorber

Wan-Jian Yin;Tingting Shi;Yanfa Yan

2844
Citations
Unique Properties of Halide Perovskites as Possible Origins of the Superior Solar Cell Performance

Wan-Jian Yin;Tingting Shi;Yanfa Yan

2407
Citations
Efficient and stable emission of warm-white light from lead-free halide double perovskites

Jiajun Luo;Xiaoming Wang;Shunran Li;Jing Liu

2115
Citations
Halide perovskite materials for solar cells: a theoretical review

Wan-Jian Yin;Wan-Jian Yin;Ji-Hui Yang;Joongoo Kang;Yanfa Yan

1501
Citations
Surface reaction for efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells

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1326
Citations
Understanding the physical properties of hybrid perovskites for photovoltaic applications

Jinsong Huang;Jinsong Huang;Yongbo Yuan;Yongbo Yuan;Yuchuan Shao;Yanfa Yan

1247
Citations
Low-Temperature Solution-Processed Tin Oxide as an Alternative Electron Transporting Layer for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

Weijun Ke;Guojia Fang;Qin Liu;Liangbin Xiong

1234
Citations
An organic-inorganic perovskite ferroelectric with large piezoelectric response

Yu-Meng You;Wei-Qiang Liao;Dewei Zhao;Heng-Yun Ye

1033
Citations
From Lead Halide Perovskites to Lead-Free Metal Halide Perovskites and Perovskite Derivatives

Zewen Xiao;Zhaoning Song;Yanfa Yan

980
Citations
Carrier lifetimes of >1 μs in Sn-Pb perovskites enable efficient all-perovskite tandem solar cells

Jinhui Tong;Jinhui Tong;Zhaoning Song;Dong Hoe Kim;Xihan Chen

964
Citations
Thin-film preparation and characterization of Cs3Sb2I9: A lead-free layered perovskite semiconductor

Bayrammurad Saparov;Feng Hong;Feng Hong;Jon Paul Sun;Hsin Sheng Duan

814
Citations
Band Edge Electronic Structure of BiVO4: Elucidating the Role of the Bi s and V d Orbitals

Aron Walsh;Yanfa Yan;Muhammad N. Huda;Mowafak M. Al-Jassim

795
Citations
Lead-Free Inverted Planar Formamidinium Tin Triiodide Perovskite Solar Cells Achieving Power Conversion Efficiencies up to 6.22.

Weiqiang Liao;Weiqiang Liao;Dewei Zhao;Yue Yu;Corey R. Grice

787
Citations
Low-bandgap mixed tin-lead iodide perovskite absorbers with long carrier lifetimes for all-perovskite tandem solar cells

Dewei Zhao;Yue Yu;Changlei Wang;Changlei Wang;Weiqiang Liao;Weiqiang Liao

786
Citations
Searching for promising new perovskite-based photovoltaic absorbers: the importance of electronic dimensionality

Zewen Xiao;Weiwei Meng;Jianbo Wang;David B. Mitzi

726
Citations
Oxide perovskites, double perovskites and derivatives for electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, and photovoltaics

Wan-Jian Yin;Baicheng Weng;Jie Ge;Jie Ge;Qingde Sun

699
Citations
Nanostructured Fe3O4/SWNT Electrode: Binder-Free and High-Rate Li-Ion Anode

Chunmei Ban;Zhuangchun Wu;Dane T. Gillaspie;Le Chen

678
Citations
Parity-Forbidden Transitions and Their Impact on the Optical Absorption Properties of Lead-Free Metal Halide Perovskites and Double Perovskites.

Weiwei Meng;Xiaoming Wang;Zewen Xiao;Jianbo Wang

625
Citations
Regulating surface potential maximizes voltage in all-perovskite tandems

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625
Citations
Rational design of Lewis base molecules for stable and efficient inverted perovskite solar cells

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614
Citations
Employing Lead Thiocyanate Additive to Reduce the Hysteresis and Boost the Fill Factor of Planar Perovskite Solar Cells.

Weijun Ke;Weijun Ke;Weijun Ke;Chuanxiao Xiao;Changlei Wang;Bayrammurad Saparov

581
Citations
Perovskite ink with wide processing window for scalable high-efficiency solar cells

Mengjin Yang;Zhen Li;Matthew O. Reese;Obadiah G. Reid

561
Citations
Efficient two-terminal all-perovskite tandem solar cells enabled by high-quality low-bandgap absorber layers

Dewei Zhao;Cong Chen;Cong Chen;Changlei Wang;Changlei Wang;Maxwell M. Junda

535
Citations