Publications


To date, I have published over 30+ papers, including 10+ as first author, with 6 in CAS 1st Quartile and 2 in Nature sub-journals (Nature Communications and Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering). 

Tackling wind theft through interdisciplinary collaboration


Yunfei Du, Xiaochi Ding, Peng Hou, Hongxing Yang, Hongbin Sun, Xinwei Shen

Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering, vol. 3, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2026, pp. 268–269


Optimal Sizing for Large-Scale In-Situ Direct Seawater Electrolysis System to Minimize Levelized Cost of Hydrogen


Yunfei Du, Xinwei Shen, Xiaochi Ding

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 16, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2025, pp. 4635–4647


Joint Optimization of Layout and Electrolyzer Capacity for Decentralized Offshore Wind-Powered Hydrogen Production


Yunfei Du, Xinwei Shen, Boan Lu, Xiaochi Ding

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 21, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2025, pp. 4158–4168


Cost-competitive offshore wind-powered green methanol production for maritime transport decarbonization


Yunfei Du, Xinwei Shen, Daniel M. Kammen, Xiaochi Ding

Nature Communications, vol. 16, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2025


A Generic Acceleration Framework for Grid-based Wind Farm Layout Optimization


Yunfei Du, Xinwei Shen, Yangfan Luo, Zehai Huang, Boan Lu

IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 17, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2026, pp. 1941–1944


A generation and transmission expansion planning model for the electricity market with decarbonization policies


Yunfei Du, Xinwei Shen, Daniel M. Kammen, Chaopeng Hong, Jinfeng Nie, Bo Zheng, Shangheng Yao

Advances in Applied Energy, vol. 13, Elsevier BV, 2024, p. 100162