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D-Index
78
Citations
21882
World Ranking
2975
National Ranking
951

Yanfeng Gao publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yanfeng Gao sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 345 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Yanfeng Gao D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yanfeng Gao sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yanfeng Gao is affiliated with Shanghai University in China and has an extensive research portfolio primarily situated in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their scholarly work focuses on several specialized subfields, including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's research encompasses a diverse range of main topics, reflecting focused expertise in areas such as Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials, Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Aerogels and Thermal Insulation, Advancements in Battery Materials, and MXene and MAX Phase Materials.

Yanfeng Gao has contributed to a significant number of scholarly publications. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Ceramics International
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Collaborations with fellow researchers have been a notable aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including Yuanyuan Cui, Zhang Chen, Zongtao Zhang, Guang Yang, and Lanli Chen.

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Yanfeng Gao include:

  • Thermochromic Energy Efficient Windows: Fundamentals, Recent Advances, and Perspectives (2023, Chemical Reviews)
  • Composition and phase engineering of metal chalcogenides and phosphorous chalcogenides (2022, Nature Materials)
  • Scalable and Flexible Electrospun Film for Daytime Subambient Radiative Cooling (2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)
  • Heterodimensional superlattice with in-plane anomalous Hall effect (2022, Nature)
  • An Al2O3-cellulose acetate-coated textile for human body cooling (2020, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells)

Best Publications

  • Nanoporous CaCO3 Coatings Enabled Uniform Zn Stripping/Plating for Long-Life Zinc Rechargeable Aqueous Batteries

    Litao Kang;Mangwei Cui;Fuyi Jiang;Yanfeng Gao

  • Thermochromic VO2 for Energy-Efficient Smart Windows

    Yuanyuan Cui;Yujie Ke;Chang Liu;Zhang Chen

  • Nanoceramic VO2 thermochromic smart glass: A review on progress in solution processing

    Yanfeng Gao;Hongjie Luo;Zongtao Zhang;Litao Kang

  • Enhanced chemical stability of VO2 nanoparticles by the formation of SiO2/VO2 core/shell structures and the application to transparent and flexible VO2-based composite foils with excellent thermochromic properties for solar heat control

    Yanfeng Gao;Shaobo Wang;Hongjie Luo;Lei Dai

  • Advances on strategies for searching for next generation thermal barrier coating materials

    Bin Liu;Yuchen Liu;Changhua Zhu;Huimin Xiang

  • Room temperature deposition of a TiO2 thin film from aqueous peroxotitanate solution

    Yanfeng Gao;Yoshitake Masuda;Zifei Peng;Tetsu Yonezawa

  • Hydrothermal Synthesis of VO2 Polymorphs: Advantages, Challenges and Prospects for the Application of Energy Efficient Smart Windows

    Ming Li;Shlomo Magdassi;Yanfeng Gao;Yi Long

  • Quasi-Isolated Au Particles as Heterogeneous Seeds To Guide Uniform Zn Deposition for Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries

    Mangwei Cui;Yan Xiao;Litao Kang;Wei Du

  • Thermochromic VO2 thin films: solution-based processing, improved optical properties, and lowered phase transformation temperature.

    Zongtao Zhang;Yanfeng Gao;Zhang Chen;Jing Du

  • VO2 thermochromic smart window for energy savings and generation

    Jiadong Zhou;Yanfeng Gao;Yanfeng Gao;Zongtao Zhang;Hongjie Luo;Hongjie Luo

  • Fine crystalline VO2 nanoparticles: synthesis, abnormal phase transition temperatures and excellent optical properties of a derived VO2 nanocomposite foil

    Zhang Chen;Yanfeng Gao;Yanfeng Gao;Litao Kang;Chuanxiang Cao

  • Nanoporous Thermochromic VO2 Films with Low Optical Constants, Enhanced Luminous Transmittance and Thermochromic Properties

    Litao Kang;Yanfeng Gao;Hongjie Luo;Zhang Chen

  • VO2–Sb:SnO2 composite thermochromic smart glass foil

    Yanfeng Gao;Shaobo Wang;Litao Kang;Zhang Chen

  • VO2-based double-layered films for smart windows: Optical design, all-solution preparation and improved properties

    Zhang Chen;Zhang Chen;Yanfeng Gao;Litao Kang;Jing Du

  • Recent Progress in the Applications of Vanadium-Based Oxides on Energy Storage: from Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials Synthesis to 3D Micro/Nano-Structures and Free-Standing Electrodes Fabrication

    Pengcheng Liu;Kongjun Zhu;Yanfeng Gao;Hongjie Luo

  • Mg-doped VO2 nanoparticles: hydrothermal synthesis, enhanced visible transmittance and decreased metal–insulator transition temperature

    Jiadong Zhou;Yanfeng Gao;Yanfeng Gao;Xinling Liu;Zhang Chen

  • Transparent wood containing CsxWO3 nanoparticles for heat-shielding window applications

    Ziya Yu;Yongji Yao;Jianing Yao;Liangmiao Zhang

  • Core-shell VO2@TiO2 nanorods that combine thermochromic and photocatalytic properties for application as energy-saving smart coatings.

    Yamei Li;Shidong Ji;Yanfeng Gao;Yanfeng Gao;Hongjie Luo;Hongjie Luo

  • Phase and shape controlled VO2 nanostructures by antimony doping

    Yanfeng Gao;Chuanxiang Cao;Lei Dai;Hongjie Luo

  • F-doped VO2 nanoparticles for thermochromic energy-saving foils with modified color and enhanced solar-heat shielding ability.

    Lei Dai;Shi Chen;Jianjun Liu;Yanfeng Gao;Yanfeng Gao

  • Light-excited superhydrophilicity of amorphous TiO2 thin films deposited in an aqueous peroxotitanate solution.

    Yanfeng Gao;Yoshitake Masuda;Kunihito Koumoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongjie Luo
Hongjie Luo Shanghai University
Bin Liu
Bin Liu Shanghai University
Yoshitake Masuda
Yoshitake Masuda National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Kunihito Koumoto
Kunihito Koumoto Nagoya University
Ping Jin
Ping Jin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Siqi Shi
Siqi Shi Shanghai University
Xuhong Guo
Xuhong Guo Soochow University
Jiadong Zhou
Jiadong Zhou Beijing Institute of Technology
Li Lu
Li Lu National University of Singapore
Tetsu Yonezawa
Tetsu Yonezawa Hokkaido University

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