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Yang Zhao

Energy · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1999Rising activity
Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsAdvanced battery technologies researchAdvancements in Battery MaterialsSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication

Publications

239

Citations

6,990

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

28

Publishing since 1999

Research summary
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This name appears to be associated with a highly diverse set of publications spanning electrocatalysis, battery and supercapacitor materials, liquid crystals, photocatalysis, and even unrelated fields like software engineering and soil science, which suggests the bibliographic record may combine work from multiple distinct researchers sharing the same name. The energy-related work concentrates on electrocatalytic materials for reactions like CO2 reduction, oxygen evolution, and hydrogen peroxide production, as well as battery and supercapacitor materials development. Prospective students should verify which specific subset of this output corresponds to the PI they are considering, given the unusually broad topical spread.

Electrocatalysis for energy conversion (CO2 reduction, oxygen evolution)Battery and supercapacitor materialsPhotocatalysis and photoelectrochemical cellsLiquid crystal materialsMiscellaneous/unrelated topics (possible name overlap with other authors)

Publication output has grown substantially over the last decade, rising from single digits in 2017 to a peak of 37 in 2024, with recent years (2021-2025) averaging about 24 publications per year.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 24.2/year recently
2017: 7 publications172018: 14 publications182019: 12 publications192020: 13 publications202021: 28 publications212022: 29 publications222023: 22 publications232024: 37 publications37242025: 30 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×15
  • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals×11
  • Chemical Engineering Journal×9
  • Liquid Crystals×7
  • Small×5
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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