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Yayuan Liu 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 Yayuan Liu sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 81 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yayuan Liu 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 Yayuan Liu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Yayuan Liu is a researcher affiliated with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their scholarly work is primarily situated within the broader field of Engineering, focusing on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, and Mechanical Engineering.

The research output of Yayuan Liu concentrates on multiple interrelated areas, including:

  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Advancements in Battery Materials

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Yayuan Liu include:

  • Electrochemically mediated carbon dioxide separation with quinone chemistry in salt-concentrated aqueous media, 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • Ultralight and fire-extinguishing current collectors for high-energy and high-safety lithium-ion batteries, 2020, published in Nature Energy
  • Synergistic enhancement of electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to C2 oxygenates at nitrogen-doped nanodiamonds/Cu interface, 2020, published in Nature Nanotechnology
  • Underpotential lithium plating on graphite anodes caused by temperature heterogeneity, 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Redox-tunable Lewis bases for electrochemical carbon dioxide capture, 2022, published in Nature Energy

Frequent collaborators in Yayuan Liu's work include researchers such as Xing Li, Andong Liu, T. Alan Hatton, Lingyu Zhang, and He Ni, reflecting recurrent partnerships in advancing the scientific themes in the related fields.

Their publications are distributed among several scientific journals and venues, notable for multiple contributions in:

  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Energy
  • Journal of Controlled Release
  • iScience
  • Science Advances

The focus on CO2 reduction and capture technologies links closely to sustainability and environmental engineering, while the work on advanced battery materials ties into the development of energy storage systems. The interdisciplinary nature integrates materials chemistry and catalysis to address challenges in energy efficiency and carbon management.

Best Publications

  • Reviving the lithium metal anode for high-energy batteries

    Dingchang Lin;Yayuan Liu;Yi Cui;Yi Cui

  • Layered reduced graphene oxide with nanoscale interlayer gaps as a stable host for lithium metal anodes.

    Dingchang Lin;Yayuan Liu;Zheng Liang;Hyun-Wook Lee

  • High-efficiency oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide catalysed by oxidized carbon materials

    Zhiyi Lu;Guangxu Chen;Samira Siahrostami;Zhihua Chen

  • Challenges and opportunities towards fast-charging battery materials

    Yayuan Liu;Yangying Zhu;Yi Cui;Yi Cui

  • Materials for lithium-ion battery safety

    Kai Liu;Yayuan Liu;Dingchang Lin;Allen Pei

  • Bifunctional non-noble metal oxide/chalcogenide nanoparticle electrocatalysts through lithium-induced conversion for overall water-splitting

    Yi Cui;Haotian Wang

  • Catalytic oxidation of Li2S on the surface of metal sulfides for Li−S batteries

    Guangmin Zhou;Hongzhen Tian;Yang Jin;Xinyong Tao

  • An Artificial Solid Electrolyte Interphase with High Li-Ion Conductivity, Mechanical Strength, and Flexibility for Stable Lithium Metal Anodes.

    Yayuan Liu;Dingchang Lin;Pak Yan Yuen;Kai Liu

  • High Ionic Conductivity of Composite Solid Polymer Electrolyte via In Situ Synthesis of Monodispersed SiO2 Nanospheres in Poly(ethylene oxide).

    Dingchang Lin;Wei Liu;Yayuan Liu;Hye Ryoung Lee

  • Lithium-coated polymeric matrix as a minimum volume-change and dendrite-free lithium metal anode.

    Yayuan Liu;Dingchang Lin;Zheng Liang;Jie Zhao

  • Composite lithium metal anode by melt infusion of lithium into a 3D conducting scaffold with lithiophilic coating.

    Zheng Liang;Dingchang Lin;Jie Zhao;Zhenda Lu

  • Rapid water disinfection using vertically aligned MoS2 nanofilms and visible light

    Chong Liu;Desheng Kong;Po Chun Hsu;Hongtao Yuan

  • Direct and continuous strain control of catalysts with tunable battery electrode materials

    Haotian Wang;Shicheng Xu;Charlie Tsai;Charlie Tsai;Yuzhang Li

  • Spectrally Selective Nanocomposite Textile for Outdoor Personal Cooling

    Lili Cai;Alex Y. Song;Wei Li;Po Chun Hsu

  • A Silica-Aerogel-Reinforced Composite Polymer Electrolyte with High Ionic Conductivity and High Modulus.

    Dingchang Lin;Pak Yan Yuen;Yayuan Liu;Wei Liu

  • Lithium Metal Anodes with an Adaptive "Solid-Liquid" Interfacial Protective Layer.

    Kai Liu;Allen Pei;Hye Ryoung Lee;Biao Kong

  • Solubility-mediated sustained release enabling nitrate additive in carbonate electrolytes for stable lithium metal anode.

    Yayuan Liu;Dingchang Lin;Yuzhang Li;Guangxu Chen

  • A family of metal-organic frameworks exhibiting size-selective catalysis with encapsulated noble-metal nanoparticles.

    Weina Zhang;Guang Lu;Chenlong Cui;Yayuan Liu

  • Conformal Lithium Fluoride Protection Layer on Three-Dimensional Lithium by Nonhazardous Gaseous Reagent Freon

    Dingchang Lin;Yayuan Liu;Wei Chen;Guangmin Zhou

  • Solid-State Lithium–Sulfur Batteries Operated at 37 °C with Composites of Nanostructured Li7La3Zr2O12/Carbon Foam and Polymer

    Xinyong Tao;Xinyong Tao;Yayuan Liu;Wei Liu;Guangmin Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Yi Cui
Yi Cui Stanford University
Dingchang Lin
Dingchang Lin Johns Hopkins University
Guangmin Zhou
Guangmin Zhou Tsinghua University
Allen Pei
Allen Pei Tesla (United States)
Fengwei Huo
Fengwei Huo Nanjing Tech University
Po-Chun Hsu
Po-Chun Hsu Duke University
Kai Yan
Kai Yan Stanford University
Haotian Wang
Haotian Wang Rice University
Yuzhang Li
Yuzhang Li University of California, Los Angeles
Weina Zhang
Weina Zhang Nanjing Tech University

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