School of Mechanical Engineering
Professor
yanyin@tju.edu.cn
92 Weijin road, Nankai district, Tianjin, China
Dr. Yan Yin is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tianjin University, China. She received her Ph.D. in 2003 in Symbiotic Environmental Systems Engineering from Yamaguchi University, Japan. She is working at the State Key Laboratory of Engines and has a wide range of research interests, including polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, electrolyzers, membrane separation and energy conversion devices. Dr. Yin has published over 150 papers in international Journals such as Nature Energy, Energy Environ. Sci. and Angew. Chem., with 10,000+ citations and an H-index of 54. She has been included in the list of the top 2% of scientists worldwide in terms of both "Annual Impact" and "Lifetime Scientific Impact". Her research is both fundamental and application oriented, involving structure-morphology-property relationships of materials and performance. Yin’s current research interests include developing new ionic membranes, catalysts for fuel cells/electrolyzers towards low carbon energy conversion systems.
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- fuel cells and electrolyzers
- membrane electrode assembly
- ionic electrolyte membranes, including both acid and alkaline membranes
- functional polymer membranes for separation
- heat and mass transfer in fuel cells
- Associate editor of the international Journal "Frontiers in Membrane Science and Technology"
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2007.12-2025.11
School of Mechanical Engineering | Tianjin University 
- Papers
- [1] Fast current-driven synthesis of ZIF-derived gas diffusion electrode for high-performance Zn-air battery
- [2] Magnetic-field-oriented mixed-valence-stabilized ferrocenium anion exchange membrane
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- [3] Single solution-phase synthesis of charged covalent organic framework nanosheets with high volume yield
- [4] Conformational distortion of the ionomer backbone for reinforcing the catalyst layer under dynamic operation
- [5] High-temperature anion-exchange membrane fuel cells with balanced water management and enhanced stability
- [6] Modulating Built‐In Electric Field Strength in Ru/RuO2 Interfaces through Ni Doping to Enhance Hydrogen Conversion at Ampere‐level Current
- [7] A defective 2D Fe–N–C nanofilm embedded with porous carbon derived from dicyandiamide as an effective oxygen reduction catalyst for PEMFCs
- [8] Stretching Metal─Oxygen Bonds to Decouple Activity and Stability of Water Electrolysis.
- [9] Microphase water control utilizing highly hydrophilic anion-exchange ionomers.
- [10] Ion-exchange membranes based on framework materials for hydrogen-electrical energy interconversion




