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Yu-Peng Yuan

Yu-Peng Yuan

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
58
Citations
14751
World Ranking
7593
National Ranking
2211

Chemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
14663
World Ranking
10492
National Ranking
1719

Overview

Yu-Peng Yuan is affiliated with Anhui University in China and has an extensive publication record in the fields of materials science, energy, and engineering. Their research focuses on renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment, along with materials chemistry and various engineering subfields, including electrical, electronic, mechanical, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist has contributed significantly to topics such as advanced photocatalysis techniques, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, covalent organic framework applications, gas sensing nanomaterials and sensors, perovskite materials and their applications, copper-based nanomaterials, and advanced nanomaterials in catalysis.

Recent significant publications include:

  • CdS/ethylenediamine nanowires 3D photocatalyst with rich sulfur vacancies for efficient syngas production from CO2 photoreduction, 2022, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Lowering the schottky barrier of g-C3N4/Carbon graphite heterostructure by N-doping for increased photocatalytic hydrogen generation, 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Microwave awakening the n-π* electronic transition in highly crystalline polymeric carbon nitride nanosheets for photocatalytic hydrogen generation, 2021, Journal of Energy Chemistry
  • Awakening n → π* electronic transition by breaking hydrogen bonds in graphitic carbon nitride for increased photocatalytic hydrogen generation, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Unravelling intramolecular charge transfer in donor-acceptor structured g-C3N4 for superior photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues including Daochuan Jiang, Chuhong Zhu, Haiwei Du, Yingqiang Sun, and Gengsheng Xu.

Yu-Peng Yuan has published repeatedly in several prominent venues such as Chemical Engineering Journal, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Advanced Functional Materials, and Small, reflecting a focused engagement in energy and catalysis-related research.

Best Publications

  • A review on g-C3N4 for photocatalytic water splitting and CO2 reduction

    Sheng Ye;Sheng Ye;Rong Wang;Ming-Zai Wu;Yu-Peng Yuan

  • Fabrication of composite photocatalyst g-C3N4–ZnO and enhancement of photocatalytic activity under visible light

    Jia-Xin Sun;Yu-Peng Yuan;Ling-Guang Qiu;Xia Jiang

  • Thiol-functionalization of metal-organic framework by a facile coordination-based postsynthetic strategy and enhanced removal of Hg2+ from water.

    Fei Ke;Ling-Guang Qiu;Yu-Peng Yuan;Fu-Min Peng

  • Hetero-nanostructured suspended photocatalysts for solar-to-fuel conversion

    Yu-Peng Yuan;Lin-Wei Ruan;James Barber;James Barber;Say Chye Joachim Loo

  • A novel magnetic recyclable photocatalyst based on a core–shell metal–organic framework Fe3O4@MIL-100(Fe) for the decolorization of methylene blue dye

    Chao-Feng Zhang;Ling-Guang Qiu;Fei Ke;Yu-Jun Zhu

  • New photocatalysts based on MIL-53 metal-organic frameworks for the decolorization of methylene blue dye.

    Jing-Jing Du;Yu-Peng Yuan;Jia-Xin Sun;Fu-Min Peng

  • Solar-to-fuels conversion over In2O3/g-C3N4 hybrid photocatalysts

    Shao-Wen Cao;Xin-Feng Liu;Yu-Peng Yuan;Yu-Peng Yuan;Zhen-Yi Zhang

  • Facile fabrication of magnetic metal–organic framework nanocomposites for potential targeted drug delivery

    Fei Ke;Yu Peng Yuan;Ling Guang Qiu;Yu Hua Shen

  • Magnetic Fe3O4@C/Cu and Fe3O4@CuO core–shell composites constructed from MOF-based materials and their photocatalytic properties under visible light

    Yong-Fei Zhang;Ling-Guang Qiu;Yu-Peng Yuan;Yu-Jun Zhu

  • In-situ growth of CdS quantum dots on g-C3N4 nanosheets for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen generation under visible light irradiation

    Shao-Wen Cao;Yu-Peng Yuan;Yu-Peng Yuan;Jun Fang;Mohammad Mehdi Shahjamali

  • A Rapid Microwave-Assisted Thermolysis Route to Highly Crystalline Carbon Nitrides for Efficient Hydrogen Generation

    Yufei Guo;Jing Li;Yupeng Yuan;Yupeng Yuan;Lu Li

  • Fe3O4@MOF core–shell magnetic microspheres with a designable metal–organic framework shell

    Fei Ke;Ling-Guang Qiu;Yu-Peng Yuan;Xia Jiang

  • Quasi‐Polymeric Metal–Organic Framework UiO‐66/g‐C3N4 Heterojunctions for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution under Visible Light Irradiation

    Rong Wang;Lina Gu;Jianjian Zhou;Xinling Liu

  • Improving photocatalytic hydrogen production of metal–organic framework UiO-66 octahedrons by dye-sensitization

    Yu-Peng Yuan;Yu-Peng Yuan;Li-Sha Yin;Shao-Wen Cao;Geng-Sheng Xu

  • Metal-organic frameworks MIL-88A hexagonal microrods as a new photocatalyst for efficient decolorization of methylene blue dye

    Wen-Tao Xu;Lin Ma;Fei Ke;Fu-Min Peng

  • Achieving Efficient Incorporation of π-Electrons into Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Markedly Improved Hydrogen Generation

    Jing Li;Dandan Wu;James Iocozzia;Haiwei Du

  • Facile fabrication of magnetically separable graphitic carbon nitride photocatalysts with enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light

    Sheng Ye;Ling-Guang Qiu;Yu-Peng Yuan;Yu-Jun Zhu

  • Red phosphor/g-C3N4 heterojunction with enhanced photocatalytic activities for solar fuels production

    Yu-Peng Yuan;Yu-Peng Yuan;Shao-Wen Cao;Yu-Sen Liao;Li-Sha Yin

  • A highly stable non-noble metal Ni2P co-catalyst for increased H2 generation by g-C3N4 under visible light irradiation

    Ping Ye;Xinling Liu;James Iocozzia;Yupeng Yuan;Yupeng Yuan

  • Microwave-assisted heating synthesis: a general and rapid strategy for large-scale production of highly crystalline g-C3N4 with enhanced photocatalytic H2 production

    Yu-Peng Yuan;Yu-Peng Yuan;Li-Sha Yin;Shao-Wen Cao;Li-Na Gu

  • Hierarchically mesostructured MIL-101 metal–organic frameworks: supramolecular template-directed synthesis and accelerated adsorption kinetics for dye removal

    Xiao-Xian Huang;Ling-Guang Qiu;Wang Zhang;Yu-Peng Yuan

Frequent Co-Authors

Ling-Guang Qiu
Ling-Guang Qiu Anhui University
Yuhua Shen
Yuhua Shen Anhui University
Anjian Xie
Anjian Xie Anhui University
Can Xue
Can Xue Nanyang Technological University
Junfa Zhu
Junfa Zhu University of Science and Technology of China
Shaowen Cao
Shaowen Cao Wuhan University of Technology
James Barber
James Barber Imperial College London
Zhenyi Zhang
Zhenyi Zhang State Ethnic Affairs Commission
Zhiqun Lin
Zhiqun Lin Georgia Institute of Technology
Say Chye Joachim Loo
Say Chye Joachim Loo Nanyang Technological University

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