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2026
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Materials Science
Saudi Arabia
2026

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Materials Science

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126
Citations
58006
World Ranking
396
National Ranking
4

Chemistry

D-Index
127
Citations
58401
World Ranking
374
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Saudi Arabia Leader Award

Overview

Yu Han is affiliated with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. Their research spans materials science and engineering, with a focus on specific subfields that include materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and environment, inorganic chemistry, and biomedical engineering.

Their work addresses several main topics, among which are:

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications

Yu Han has coauthored research extensively with several frequent collaborators. These include Cailing Chen, Xinglong Dong, Lingmei Liu, Guanxing Li, and Ingo Pinnau.

Publication venues where Yu Han's research has appeared with notable frequency are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Among recent significant papers are:

  • Managing grains and interfaces via ligand anchoring enables 22.3%-efficiency inverted perovskite solar cells, 2020, Nature Energy
  • Full-color fluorescent carbon quantum dots, 2020, Science Advances
  • Short-Range Ordered Iridium Single Atoms Integrated into Cobalt Oxide Spinel Structure for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Artificial channels for confined mass transport at the sub-nanometre scale, 2021, Nature Reviews Materials
  • A nitrogen-rich covalent organic framework for simultaneous dynamic capture of iodine and methyl iodide, 2020, Chem

Yu Han has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by World Scientific:

  • Handbook of Synthetic Methodologies and Protocols of Nanomaterials, 2020

Best Publications

  • Simultaneous phase and size control of upconversion nanocrystals through lanthanide doping

    Feng Wang;Yu Han;Chin Seong Lim;Yunhao Lu

  • Hydrogen evolution by a metal-free electrocatalyst

    Yao Zheng;Yan Jiao;Yihan Zhu;Lu Hua Li

  • Tuning upconversion through energy migration in core–shell nanoparticles

    Feng Wang;Renren Deng;Juan Wang;Qingxiao Wang

  • Pore chemistry and size control in hybrid porous materials for acetylene capture from ethylene

    Xili Cui;Kaijie Chen;Huabin Xing;Qiwei Yang

  • Molecule-Level g-C3N4 Coordinated Transition Metals as a New Class of Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Electrode Reactions

    Yao Zheng;Yan Jiao;Yihan Zhu;Qiran Cai

  • Managing grains and interfaces via ligand anchoring enables 22.3%-efficiency inverted perovskite solar cells

    Xiaopeng Zheng;Yi Hou;Chunxiong Bao;Jun Yin

  • Ordered macro-microporous metal-organic framework single crystals

    Kui Shen;Lei Zhang;Xiaodong Chen;Lingmei Liu

  • High Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Activity of an Anomalous Ruthenium Catalyst

    Yao Zheng;Yan Jiao;Yihan Zhu;Lu Hua Li

  • Out-of-Plane Piezoelectricity and Ferroelectricity in Layered α-In2Se3 Nanoflakes

    Yu Zhou;Di Wu;Yihan Zhu;Yujin Cho

  • Thermally stable single atom Pt/m-Al2O3 for selective hydrogenation and CO oxidation.

    Zailei Zhang;Yihan Zhu;Hiroyuki Asakura;Bing Zhang

  • Monolayer MoSe2 grown by chemical vapor deposition for fast photodetection.

    Yung Huang Chang;Wenjing Zhang;Yihan Zhu;Yu Han

  • Sub-10 nm Fe3O4@Cu2-xS Core-Shell Nanoparticles for Dual-Modal Imaging and Photothermal Therapy

    Qiwei Tian;Junqing Hu;Yihan Zhu;Rujia Zou

  • A perfluorinated covalent triazine-based framework for highly selective and water–tolerant CO2 capture

    Yunfeng Zhao;Yunfeng Zhao;Ke Xin Yao;Baiyang Teng;Tong Zhang

  • Enhancing multiphoton upconversion through energy clustering at sublattice level

    Juan Wang;Renren Deng;Mark A. MacDonald;Bolei Chen

  • UTSA-74: A MOF-74 Isomer with Two Accessible Binding Sites per Metal Center for Highly Selective Gas Separation

    Feng Luo;Changsheng Yan;Lilong Dang;Rajamani Krishna

  • Two-dimensional semiconducting covalent organic frameworks via condensation at arylmethyl carbon atoms.

    Shuai Bi;Can Yang;Wenbei Zhang;Junsong Xu

  • Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework Nanosheets: Preparation and Application in Highly Sensitive and Selective DNA Detection.

    Yongwu Peng;Ying Huang;Yihan Zhu;Bo Chen

  • Imaging defects and their evolution in a metal–organic framework at sub-unit-cell resolution

    Lingmei Liu;Zhijie Chen;Jianjian Wang;Jianjian Wang;Daliang Zhang

  • Atomic-resolution transmission electron microscopy of electron beam-sensitive crystalline materials.

    Daliang Zhang;Yihan Zhu;Lingmei Liu;Xiangrong Ying

  • Mesoporous Aluminosilicates with Ordered Hexagonal Structure, Strong Acidity, and Extraordinary Hydrothermal Stability at High Temperatures

    Zhang Z;Han Y;Xiao Fs;Qiu S

  • Enhanced binding affinity, remarkable selectivity, and high capacity of CO 2 by dual functionalization of a rht-type metal-organic framework

    Baiyan Li;Zhijuan Zhang;Yi Li;Kexin Yao

  • Strongly acidic and high-temperature hydrothermally stable mesoporous aluminosilicates with ordered hexagonal structure

    Zongtao Zhang;Yu Han;Lei Zhu;Runwei Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yihan Zhu
Yihan Zhu Zhejiang University of Technology
Feng-Shou Xiao
Feng-Shou Xiao Zhejiang University
Xin Liu
Xin Liu Dalian University of Technology
Daliang Zhang
Daliang Zhang Chongqing University
Jing Li
Jing Li Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jackie Y. Ying
Jackie Y. Ying King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Ingo Pinnau
Ingo Pinnau King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Changgong Meng
Changgong Meng Dalian University of Technology
Zhan Shi
Zhan Shi Jilin University
Hua Zhang
Hua Zhang City University of Hong Kong

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