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Yanyan Du

Materials Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2008

Publications

103

Citations

5,310

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

19

Publishing since 2008

Research summary
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This researcher's publication record centers on materials science topics such as battery electrode materials, catalysis, and metal-organic-framework-derived nanomaterials, with applications in energy storage (zinc-ion, lithium-sulfur, aluminum-ion batteries) and catalytic processes like hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions. Note that the publication list also includes several unrelated biomedical papers (e.g., on cardiac metabolism and prenatal diagnosis), suggesting the name may be shared across multiple distinct researchers or the record includes mismatched entries. Prospective students should verify which specific papers and topics belong to this particular Yanyan Du before drawing conclusions.

Battery materials (zinc, lithium-sulfur, aluminum-ion)Catalysis and hydroisomerizationMetal-organic framework (MOF)-derived nanomaterialsElectrocatalysis (hydrogen/oxygen evolution reactions)Porous carbon and biochar composites

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, rising to a peak of 14 in 2020 and 13 in 2022, but has generally declined since then, dropping to just 2 in 2025.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.0/year recently
2017: 8 publications172018: 8 publications182019: 10 publications192020: 14 publications14202021: 5 publications212022: 13 publications222023: 8 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 2 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Research Square×6
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×4
  • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects×3
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental×2
  • Chemical Communications×2
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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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