Yafeng Cai

ORCID: 0000-0003-0423-7569
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Research Areas
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • ZnO doping and properties
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Hydrogen Storage and Materials
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Caching and Content Delivery
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
  • nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
2022-2025

Chinese Academy of Sciences
2022-2025

Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials
2022-2024

East China University of Science and Technology
2014-2022

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2022

Arizona State University
2017-2019

Tempe Union High School District
2019

Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry
2018

The doping of In2O3 significantly promoted the catalytic performance Co3O4 for CO oxidation. activities In2O3–Co3O4 increased with an increase in content, form a volcano curve. Twenty-five wt % (25 InCo) showed highest oxidation activity, which could completely convert to CO2 at temperature as low −105 °C, whereas it was only −40 °C over pure Co3O4. induced expansion unit cell and structural distortion Co3O4, confirmed by slight elongation Co–O bond obtained from EXAFS data. red shift UV–vis...

10.1021/cs501049r article EN ACS Catalysis 2014-10-06

Electrocatalytic NO reduction reaction (NORR) offers a promising route for sustainable NH3 synthesis along with removal of pollutant. However, it remains great challenge to accomplish both high production rate and long duration satisfy industrial application demands. Here, we report an in situ-formed hierarchical porous Cu nanowire array monolithic electrode ensembled pressurized electrolyzer regulate NORR kinetics thermodynamics, which delivers industrial-level partial current density 1007...

10.1038/s41467-025-56548-9 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Nature Communications 2025-02-01

Free-standing, hierarchical, ultrathin, and two-dimensional (2D) polycrystalline Co3O4 flowers were synthesized by a hydrothermal topotactic transformation process. Aberration-corrected electron microscopy study of both the CoOx precursor structure subsequent processes revealed nucleation growth mechanisms 2D nanosheets. The free-standing flower-shaped powders (1–5 μm) consist numerous self-assembled nanocrystallites (average size ∼1.8 nm). After transformation, via rapid calcination...

10.1021/acscatal.8b04064 article EN ACS Catalysis 2019-02-04

Identifying the activity origin of noble-metal-based catalysts is extremely important for fundamental research and practical application. We report that single Au atoms on Co3O4 (Au1/Co3O4 single-atom (SAC)) exhibit excellent stability CO oxidation Au1/Co3O4 SAC an active area centered by Au1 atom with one nearby Co O (and/or vacancy). The turnover frequency 3.1 s–1 at −75 °C, to our knowledge, which makes most oxidation. can be maintained after 10 cycles temperature-programmed reaction from...

10.1021/acscatal.0c01303 article EN ACS Catalysis 2020-05-04

Three Pd/CeO<sub>2</sub> catalysts are synthesized by reduction-deposition and an impregnation method (IMP) to clarify how the chemical state of Pd influences catalytic performance for CH<sub>4</sub> combustion.

10.1039/c8cy00208h article EN Catalysis Science & Technology 2018-01-01

CO adsorption and O<sub>2</sub> activation played important roles in oxidation on a supported Pd catalyst, which was dependent the chemical state of Pd.

10.1039/c4cy00552j article EN Catalysis Science & Technology 2014-01-01

Piezotronic transistors (PTs) that utilize inner crystal potential generated by interface piezoelectric polarization charges as the gate voltage have great applications in force/pressure-triggered or controlled electronic devices, sensors, human–machine communication, and microelectromechanical systems. Although performance of PTs has been partially enhanced exploring special materials with different geometries high piezoelectricity, few studies focused on structure design PT itself to more...

10.1021/acsnano.7b08447 article EN ACS Nano 2018-01-12

Catalytic oxidation is believed to be the most efficient method for indoor formaldehyde purification. Herein, we reported that Pt/Na-ZSM-5 catalyst with low Pt loading (0.16 wt %) prepared by depositing on Na+ ion-exchanged ZSM-5 could completely oxidize 300 ppm in 2.5 vol % H2O at 32 °C and maintain its activity during 62 h-long stability test. Multiple characterizations revealed presence of Na species significantly enhanced adsorption ability made tend exist form metal through electron...

10.1021/acs.iecr.1c00732 article EN Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2021-04-28

We report the effect of in situ transforming ZnO supported single Au atoms to 3-dimensional clusters (Au3D) on room temperature CO oxidation activity. discovered that an intermediate, highly distorted 2-dimensional layer species is much more active than both Au3D and atoms. The geometric arrangement their interactions with support surfaces play a pivotal role determining catalytic performance catalysts.

10.1039/c9cc08381b article EN Chemical Communications 2019-12-02

Abstract Enabling high‐efficiency solar thermal conversion (STC) at catalytic active site is critical but challenging for harnessing energy to boost reactions. Herein, we report the direct integration of full‐spectrum STC and high electrocatalytic oxygen evolution activity by fabricating a hierarchical nanocage architecture composed graphene‐encapsulated CoNi nanoparticle. This catalyst exhibits near‐complete 98 % absorptivity spectrum efficiency 97 %, which superior than previous materials....

10.1002/ange.202412049 article EN Angewandte Chemie 2024-09-05

Abstract Enabling high‐efficiency solar thermal conversion (STC) at catalytic active site is critical but challenging for harnessing energy to boost reactions. Herein, we report the direct integration of full‐spectrum STC and high electrocatalytic oxygen evolution activity by fabricating a hierarchical nanocage architecture composed graphene‐encapsulated CoNi nanoparticle. This catalyst exhibits near‐complete 98 % absorptivity spectrum efficiency 97 %, which superior than previous materials....

10.1002/anie.202412049 article EN Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024-09-05

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10.1017/s1431927618000594 article EN Microscopy and Microanalysis 2018-08-01
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