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D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
69
Citations
13853
World Ranking
4729
National Ranking
1248

Chemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
13771
World Ranking
6346
National Ranking
1925

Yang Yang 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 Yang Yang sits on this spectrum.

50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 161 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yang Yang 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 Yang Yang sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For extraordinary contributions in organic and hybrid electronic materials, interfacial engineering, and novel device design that have led to highly efficient organic and hybrid solar cells, digital memory devices, vertical transistors, and organic LEDs
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society For extraordinary contributions to organic electronic materials, interface processing, and novel devices, which have led to highly efficient solar cells, digital memory devices, and organic displays.  

Overview

Yang Yang is affiliated with the University of Central Florida in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focused on engineering, materials science, and energy. Within these broad domains, their specific subfields of study include electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and catalysis.

The main topics of their research reflect a concentration on energy conversion and advanced materials, with notable emphasis on electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced battery technologies, and advanced photocatalysis techniques. Their work also encompasses advancements in battery materials, catalytic processes in materials science, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, and technological developments in battery materials and technologies.

Yang Yang has contributed numerous publications across various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Small

Their recent papers include:

  • Recent advances in application of graphitic carbon nitride-based catalysts for degrading organic contaminants in water through advanced oxidation processes beyond photocatalysis: A critical review (2020, Water Research)
  • Molecular engineering of polymeric carbon nitride for highly efficient photocatalytic oxytetracycline degradation and H2O2 production (2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental)

Yang Yang has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Jinfa Chang
  • Donggang Guo
  • Lu Liu
  • Xiaodong Zhang
  • Guanzhi Wang

Their contributions to scientific knowledge have been recognized with fellowship honors. They were named a Fellow of the Materials Research Society in 2015, noted for contributions to organic electronic materials, interface processing, and novel devices such as solar cells, digital memory devices, and organic displays. The same year, they were also named a Fellow of the American Physical Society for significant work in organic and hybrid electronic materials, interfacial engineering, and device design covering organic and hybrid solar cells, digital memory devices, vertical transistors, and organic LEDs.

Best Publications

  • Edge-oriented MoS2 nanoporous films as flexible electrodes for hydrogen evolution reactions and supercapacitor devices.

    Yang Yang;Huilong Fei;Gedeng Ruan;Changsheng Xiang

  • High-Performance Pseudocapacitive Microsupercapacitors from Laser-Induced Graphene

    Lei Li;Jibo Zhang;Zhiwei Peng;Yilun Li

  • Porous Cobalt‐Based Thin Film as a Bifunctional Catalyst for Hydrogen Generation and Oxygen Generation

    Yang Yang;Huilong Fei;Gedeng Ruan;James M. Tour

  • Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution on Amorphous Nickel–Cobalt Binary Oxide Nanoporous Layers

    Yang Yang;Huilong Fei;Gedeng Ruan;Changsheng Xiang

  • Designing CO2 reduction electrode materials by morphology and interface engineering

    Fuping Pan;Yang Yang

  • MoS2/TiO2 heterostructures as nonmetal plasmonic photocatalysts for highly efficient hydrogen evolution

    Limin Guo;Zhenzhong Yang;Kyle Marcus;Zhao Li

  • Dual-Doping and Synergism toward High-Performance Seawater Electrolysis.

    Jinfa Chang;Guanzhi Wang;Zhenzhong Yang;Boyang Li

  • Stable, high-performance, dendrite-free, seawater-based aqueous batteries.

    Huajun Tian;Zhao Li;Guangxia Feng;Zhenzhong Yang

  • Three-dimensional Zn-based alloys for dendrite-free aqueous Zn battery in dual-cation electrolytes

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  • Vertically aligned mixed V2O5-TiO2 nanotube arrays for supercapacitor applications

    Yang Yang;Doohun Kim;Min Yang;Patrik Schmuki

  • Improving Pd–N–C fuel cell electrocatalysts through fluorination-driven rearrangements of local coordination environment

    Jinfa Chang;Guanzhi Wang;Maoyu Wang;Qi Wang

  • Enhancing Electron Transfer and Electrocatalytic Activity on Crystalline Carbon-Conjugated g-C3N4

    Wenhan Niu;Kyle Marcus;Le Zhou;Zhao Li

  • Nanocomposite of Polyaniline Nanorods Grown on Graphene Nanoribbons for Highly Capacitive Pseudocapacitors

    Lei Li;Abdul-Rahman O. Raji;Huilong Fei;Yang Yang

  • S-Doped MoP Nanoporous Layer Toward High-Efficiency Hydrogen Evolution in pH-Universal Electrolyte

    Kun Liang;Srimanta Pakhira;Zhenzhong Yang;A. Nijamudheen

  • Cobalt nanoparticles embedded in nitrogen-doped carbon for the hydrogen evolution reaction.

    Huilong Fei;Yang Yang;Zhiwei Peng;Gedeng Ruan

  • Surface-Modified Porous Carbon Nitride Composites as Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Zn-Air Batteries

    Wenhan Niu;Zhao Li;Kyle Marcus;Le Zhou

  • Apically Dominant Mechanism for Improving Catalytic Activities of N-Doped Carbon Nanotube Arrays in Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery

    Wenhan Niu;Srimanta Pakhira;Kyle Marcus;Zhao Li

  • Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage

    Wenhan Niu;Yang Yang

  • Interface synergism and engineering of Pd/Co@N-C for direct ethanol fuel cells

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  • Three-dimensional nanoporous Fe2O3/Fe3C-graphene heterogeneous thin films for lithium-ion batteries

    Yang Yang;Xiujun Fan;Xiujun Fan;Gilberto Casillas;Zhiwei Peng

  • Hydrothermally Formed Three-Dimensional Nanoporous Ni(OH)2 Thin-Film Supercapacitors

    Yang Yang;Lei Li;Gedeng Ruan;Huilong Fei

  • Enhanced Cycling Stability of Lithium‐Ion Batteries Using Graphene‐Wrapped Fe3O4‐Graphene Nanoribbons as Anode Materials

    Lei Li;Anton Kovalchuk;Huilong Fei;Zhiwei Peng

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Tour
James M. Tour Rice University
Xiaohui Wang
Xiaohui Wang Tsinghua University
Huilong Fei
Huilong Fei Hunan University
Longtu Li
Longtu Li Tsinghua University
Yingge Du
Yingge Du Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Zhenzhong Yang
Zhenzhong Yang Tsinghua University
Patrik Schmuki
Patrik Schmuki University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Zhiwei Peng
Zhiwei Peng City University of Hong Kong
Gunuk Wang
Gunuk Wang Korea University
Yongho Sohn
Yongho Sohn University of Central Florida

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