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heterogeneous photocatalysis

Professional Education

  • Bachelor of Science, Nanjing University, Chemistry (2019)
  • Master of Arts, Rice University (2021)
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Rice University (2024)

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    yy71@stanford.edu
    University - Scholar Department: Materials Science and Engineering Position: Postdoctoral Scholar

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  • Steam methane reforming using a regenerable antenna-reactor plasmonic photocatalyst NATURE CATALYSIS Yuan, Y., Zhou, J., Bayles, A., Robatjazi, H., Nordlander, P., Halas, N. J. 2024; 7 (12): 1339-1349

    View details for DOI 10.1038/s41929-024-01248-8

    View details for Web of Science ID 001345891800001

  • Earth-abundant photocatalyst for H2 generation from NH3 with light-emitting diode illumination. Science (New York, N.Y.) Yuan, Y., Zhou, L., Robatjazi, H., Bao, J. L., Zhou, J., Bayles, A., Yuan, L., Lou, M., Lou, M., Khatiwada, S., Carter, E. A., Nordlander, P., Halas, N. J. 2022; 378 (6622): 889-893

    Abstract

    Catalysts based on platinum group metals have been a major focus of the chemical industry for decades. We show that plasmonic photocatalysis can transform a thermally unreactive, earth-abundant transition metal into a catalytically active site under illumination. Fe active sites in a Cu-Fe antenna-reactor complex achieve efficiencies very similar to Ru for the photocatalytic decomposition of ammonia under ultrafast pulsed illumination. When illuminated with light-emitting diodes rather than lasers, the photocatalytic efficiencies remain comparable, even when the scale of reaction increases by nearly three orders of magnitude. This result demonstrates the potential for highly efficient, electrically driven production of hydrogen from an ammonia carrier with earth-abundant transition metals.

    View details for DOI 10.1126/science.abn5636

    View details for PubMedID 36423268

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