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  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
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  • 2023 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award

Overview

Jiaguo Yu is affiliated with China University of Geosciences in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of materials science, energy, and engineering. Their research prominently focuses on renewable energy, sustainability, materials chemistry, and electrical and electronic engineering, with significant attention to biomedical engineering.

The scientist's recent publications include works on photocatalysis and nanomaterials. Notable papers feature:

  • S-Scheme Heterojunction Photocatalyst, 2020, Chem
  • Emerging S-Scheme Photocatalyst, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Designing a 0D/2D S-Scheme Heterojunction over Polymeric Carbon Nitride for Visible-Light Photocatalytic Inactivation of Bacteria, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • 2D/2D/0D TiO2/C3N4/Ti3C2 MXene composite S-scheme photocatalyst with enhanced CO2 reduction activity, 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • An Inorganic/Organic S-Scheme Heterojunction H2-Production Photocatalyst and its Charge Transfer Mechanism, 2021, Advanced Materials

Their research topics cover advanced photocatalysis techniques, copper-based nanomaterials and applications, covalent organic framework applications, perovskite materials and applications, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, gas sensing nanomaterials and sensors, and quantum dots synthesis and properties.

Frequent publication venues for Jiaguo Yu include:

  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Small
  • Advanced Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Co-authorship collaborations are notable with the following researchers:

  • Liuyang Zhang
  • Bei Cheng
  • Bicheng Zhu
  • Huogen Yu
  • Shaowen Cao

This profile presents Jiaguo Yu as an active contributor to multiple disciplines intersecting materials science and energy, working extensively on the development and application of photocatalytic materials and nanotechnology within environmental and sustainability contexts.

Best Publications

  • Heterojunction Photocatalysts

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  • Polymeric Photocatalysts Based on Graphitic Carbon Nitride

    Shaowen Cao;Jingxiang Low;Jiaguo Yu;Jiaguo Yu;Mietek Jaroniec

  • S-Scheme Heterojunction Photocatalyst

    Quanlong Xu;Quanlong Xu;Liuyang Zhang;Bei Cheng;Jiajie Fan

  • Graphene-based semiconductor photocatalysts

    Quanjun Xiang;Jiaguo Yu;Mietek Jaroniec

  • Effects of F- Doping on the Photocatalytic Activity and Microstructures of Nanocrystalline TiO2 Powders

    Jimmy C. Yu;Jiaguo Yu;Wingkei Ho;and Zitao Jiang

  • Highly efficient visible-light-driven photocatalytic hydrogen production of CdS-cluster-decorated graphene nanosheets.

    Qin Li;Beidou Guo;Jiaguo Yu;Jingrun Ran

  • Ultrathin 2D/2D WO3/g-C3N4 step-scheme H2-production photocatalyst

    Junwei Fu;Quanlong Xu;Jingxiang Low;Chuanjia Jiang

  • Emerging S‐Scheme Photocatalyst

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  • g-C3N4-Based Heterostructured Photocatalysts

    Junwei Fu;Jiaguo Yu;Jiaguo Yu;Chuanjia Jiang;Bei Cheng

  • Earth-abundant cocatalysts for semiconductor-based photocatalytic water splitting

    Jingrun Ran;Jun Zhang;Jun Zhang;Jiaguo Yu;Mietek Jaroniec

  • Synergetic Effect of MoS2 and Graphene as Cocatalysts for Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Production Activity of TiO2 Nanoparticles

    Quanjun Xiang;Jiaguo Yu;Mietek Jaroniec

  • All-Solid-State Z-Scheme Photocatalytic Systems

    Peng Zhou;Jiaguo Yu;Mietek Jaroniec

  • Cocatalysts for Selective Photoreduction of CO2 into Solar Fuels.

    Xin Li;Jiaguo Yu;Mietek Jaroniec;Xiaobo Chen

  • Preparation and Enhanced Visible-Light Photocatalytic H2-Production Activity of Graphene/C3N4 Composites

    Quanjun Xiang;Jiaguo Yu;Mietek Jaroniec

  • Enhanced Photocatalytic CO2-Reduction Activity of Anatase TiO2 by Coexposed {001} and {101} Facets

    Jiaguo Yu;Jingxiang Low;Wei Xiao;Peng Zhou

  • Engineering heterogeneous semiconductors for solar water splitting

    Xin Li;Jiaguo Yu;Jiaguo Yu;Jingxiang Low;Yueping Fang

  • Enhanced photocatalytic performance of direct Z-scheme g-C3N4–TiO2 photocatalysts for the decomposition of formaldehyde in air

    Jiaguo Yu;Shuhan Wang;Jingxiang Low;Wei Xiao

  • Direct Z-scheme photocatalysts: Principles, synthesis, and applications

    Quanlong Xu;Liuyang Zhang;Jiaguo Yu;Jiaguo Yu;Swelm Wageh

  • New understanding of the difference of photocatalytic activity among anatase, rutile and brookite TiO2

    Jinfeng Zhang;Peng Zhou;Jianjun Liu;Jiaguo Yu

  • 2D/2D Heterojunction of Ultrathin MXene/Bi2WO6 Nanosheets for Improved Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

    Shaowen Cao;Baojia Shen;Tong Tong;Junwei Fu

  • Hierarchical photocatalysts.

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  • The Effect of Calcination Temperature on the Surface Microstructure and Photocatalytic Activity of TiO2 Thin Films Prepared by Liquid Phase Deposition

    Jia-Guo Yu;Huo-Gen Yu;Bei Cheng;Xiu-Jian Zhao

  • Sulfur-doped g-C3N4 with enhanced photocatalytic CO2-reduction performance

    Ke Wang;Qin Li;Baoshun Liu;Bei Cheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Bei Cheng
Bei Cheng Wuhan University of Technology
Huogen Yu
Huogen Yu China University of Geosciences
Mietek Jaroniec
Mietek Jaroniec Kent State University
Shaowen Cao
Shaowen Cao Wuhan University of Technology
Bicheng Zhu
Bicheng Zhu China University of Geosciences
Shengwei Liu
Shengwei Liu Sun Yat-sen University
Wingkei Ho
Wingkei Ho Education University of Hong Kong
Chuanjia Jiang
Chuanjia Jiang Nankai University
Xiujian Zhao
Xiujian Zhao Wuhan University of Technology
Jiajie Fan
Jiajie Fan Zhengzhou University

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