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Yuan Yang is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in engineering and materials science. Their work primarily spans the fields of electrical and electronic engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, biomaterials, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's research topics focus on advancements in battery materials, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, advanced battery technologies, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced photocatalysis techniques, and advanced cellulose research studies.

Some of Yuan Yang's recent papers include:

  • Bifunctional and Self-Supported NiFeP-Layer-Coated NiP Rods for Electrochemical Water Splitting in Alkaline Solution, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Comparison of acidic deep eutectic solvents in production of chitin nanocrystals, 2020, Carbohydrate Polymers
  • Enhancement of the nanofibrillation of birch cellulose pretreated with natural deep eutectic solvent, 2020, Industrial Crops and Products
  • Cellulose nanocrystals reinforced highly stretchable thermal-sensitive hydrogel with ultra-high drug loading, 2021, Carbohydrate Polymers
  • In-situ formation of MOFs derivatives CoSe2/Ni3Se4 nanosheets on MXene nanosheets for hybrid supercapacitor with enhanced electrochemical performance, 2022, Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Key frequent co-authors include:

  • Pengchao Si
  • Xiuhua Wang
  • Yaoyao Pan
  • Shu Hong
  • Hailan Lian

Yuan Yang publishes regularly in several venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Electrochimica Acta
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Carbohydrate Polymers
  • Materials Letters

The breadth of Yuan Yang's publications underscores a focus on electrochemical and materials research, with frequent exploration of battery and supercapacitor technologies, as well as biopolymer and cellulose-based materials. Their research also extends to catalytic processes relevant to energy conversion and environmental sustainability.

Best Publications

  • Stable cycling of double-walled silicon nanotube battery anodes through solid-electrolyte interphase control

    Hui Wu;Gerentt Chan;Jang Wook Choi;Jang Wook Choi;Ill Ryu

  • Graphene-Wrapped Sulfur Particles as a Rechargeable Lithium–Sulfur Battery Cathode Material with High Capacity and Cycling Stability

    Hailiang Wang;Yuan Yang;Yongye Liang;Joshua Tucker Robinson

  • Sulphur–TiO2 yolk–shell nanoarchitecture with internal void space for long-cycle lithium–sulphur batteries

    Zhi Wei Seh;Weiyang Li;Judy J. Cha;Guangyuan Zheng

  • Mn3O4−Graphene Hybrid as a High-Capacity Anode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries

    Hailiang Wang;Li-Feng Cui;Yuan Yang;Hernan Sanchez Casalongue

  • Nanostructured sulfur cathodes

    Yuan Yang;Guangyuan Zheng;Yi Cui;Yi Cui

  • Hierarchically porous polymer coatings for highly efficient passive daytime radiative cooling

    Jyotirmoy Mandal;Yanke Fu;Adam C. Overvig;Mingxin Jia

  • Hollow Carbon Nanofiber-Encapsulated Sulfur Cathodes for High Specific Capacity Rechargeable Lithium Batteries

    Guangyuan Zheng;Yuan Yang;Judy J. Cha;Seung Sae Hong

  • Highly conductive paper for energy-storage devices

    Liangbing Hu;Jang Wook Choi;Yuan Yang;Sangmoo Jeong

  • Carbon-silicon core-shell nanowires as high capacity electrode for lithium ion batteries.

    Li-Feng Cui;Yuan Yang;Ching-Mei Hsu;Yi Cui

  • Enhancing the Supercapacitor Performance of Graphene/MnO2 Nanostructured Electrodes by Conductive Wrapping

    Guihua Yu;Liangbing Hu;Nian Liu;Huiliang Wang

  • Thin, flexible secondary Li-ion paper batteries.

    Liangbing Hu;Hui Wu;Fabio La Mantia;Yuan Yang

  • Improving the Performance of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries by Conductive Polymer Coating

    Yuan Yang;Guihua Yu;Judy J. Cha;Hui Wu

  • Electrospun metal nanofiber webs as high-performance transparent electrode.

    Hui Wu;Liangbing Hu;Michael W. Rowell;Desheng Kong

  • Engineering empty space between Si nanoparticles for lithium-ion battery anodes

    Hui Wu;Guangyuan Zheng;Nian Liu;Thomas J. Carney

  • Amphiphilic surface modification of hollow carbon nanofibers for improved cycle life of lithium sulfur batteries

    Guangyuan Zheng;Qianfan Zhang;Judy J. Cha;Yuan Yang

  • New nanostructured Li2S/silicon rechargeable battery with high specific energy.

    Yuan Yang;Matthew T. McDowell;Ariel Jackson;Judy J. Cha

  • High-Capacity Micrometer-Sized Li2S Particles as Cathode Materials for Advanced Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Yuan Yang;Guangyuan Zheng;Sumohan Misra;Johanna Nelson

  • Spinel LiMn2O4 nanorods as lithium ion battery cathodes

    Do Kyung Kim;P. Muralidharan;Hyun Wook Lee;Riccardo Ruffo

  • Symmetrical MnO2–Carbon Nanotube–Textile Nanostructures for Wearable Pseudocapacitors with High Mass Loading

    Liangbing Hu;Wei Chen;Xing Xie;Nian Liu

  • In Operando X-ray Diffraction and Transmission X-ray Microscopy of Lithium Sulfur Batteries

    Johanna Nelson;Johanna Nelson;Sumohan Misra;Sumohan Misra;Yuan Yang;Yuan Yang;Ariel Jackson;Ariel Jackson

Frequent Co-Authors

Yi Cui
Yi Cui Stanford University
Andrew M. Herring
Andrew M. Herring Colorado School of Mines
Alfred C. Schouten
Alfred C. Schouten Delft University of Technology
Nanfang Yu
Nanfang Yu Columbia University
Guangyuan Zheng
Guangyuan Zheng National University of Singapore
Yang Shi
Yang Shi University of Victoria
Liangbing Hu
Liangbing Hu Yale University
Hongjie Dai
Hongjie Dai University of Hong Kong
Hailiang Wang
Hailiang Wang Yale University
Hui Wu
Hui Wu Tsinghua University

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