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Ning Yan is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore and has a research profile heavily oriented towards engineering with a focus on materials chemistry and renewable energy. Their work spans several interconnected subfields including materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, biomedical engineering, catalysis, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of catalytic processes and energy-related applications. Major themes include catalytic processes in materials science, catalysis for biomass conversion, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies, ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, advanced photocatalysis techniques, and nanomaterials for catalytic reactions.

Ning Yan has contributed to multiple recent publications, such as:

  • Catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into chemicals and fuels, 2022, Green Energy & Environment
  • Downstream processing of lignin derived feedstock into end products, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • A unified view on catalytic conversion of biomass and waste plastics, 2022, Nature Reviews Chemistry
  • Expanding the Boundary of Biorefinery: Organonitrogen Chemicals from Biomass, 2021, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Self-assembled iron-containing mordenite monolith for carbon dioxide sieving, 2021, Science

The scientist frequently publishes in selected premier journals, often contributing to:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Nature Communications
  • Green Chemistry
  • ACS Catalysis

Collaboration is also a notable aspect of their work, with frequent coauthors including Max J. Hülsey, Sikai Wang, Qian He, Xinbin Ma, and Phuc T.T. Nguyen. These collaborations reflect a sustained research network in catalytic processes and materials science.

Best Publications

  • Sustainability: Don't waste seafood waste.

    Ning Yan;Xi Chen

  • Catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into chemicals and fuels

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  • Thermally stable single atom Pt/m-Al2O3 for selective hydrogenation and CO oxidation.

    Zailei Zhang;Yihan Zhu;Hiroyuki Asakura;Bing Zhang

  • Ni-based bimetallic heterogeneous catalysts for energy and environmental applications

    Sudipta De;Jiaguang Zhang;Rafael Luque;Ning Yan

  • Selective degradation of wood lignin over noble-metal catalysts in a two-step process.

    Ning Yan;Ning Yan;Chen Zhao;Paul J. Dyson;Chen Wang

  • Ultrathin rhodium nanosheets

    Haohong Duan;Ning Yan;Rong Yu;Chun-Ran Chang

  • A series of NiM (M = Ru, Rh, and Pd) bimetallic catalysts for effective lignin hydrogenolysis in water

    Jiaguang Zhang;Jason Teo;Xi Chen;Hiroyuki Asakura

  • A unified view on catalytic conversion of biomass and waste plastics

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  • Transition metal nanoparticle catalysis in green solvents

    Ning Yan;Chaoxian Xiao;Yuan Kou

  • Downstream processing of lignin derived feedstock into end products.

    Sie Shing Wong;Riyang Shu;Riyang Shu;Jiaguang Zhang;Haichao Liu

  • Stabilizing a Platinum1 Single-Atom Catalyst on Supported Phosphomolybdic Acid without Compromising Hydrogenation Activity.

    Bing Zhang;Hiroyuki Asakura;Jia Zhang;Jiaguang Zhang

  • Hydrodeoxygenation of lignin-derived phenols into alkanes by using nanoparticle catalysts combined with Bronsted acidic ionic liquids

    Ning Yan;Yuan Yuan;Ryan Dykeman;Yuan Kou

  • Balancing the rate of cluster growth and etching for gram-scale synthesis of thiolate-protected Au(25) nanoclusters with atomic precision.

    Xun Yuan;Bin Zhang;Zhentao Luo;Qiaofeng Yao

  • One-Step Conversion of Cellobiose to C6-Alcohols Using a Ruthenium Nanocluster Catalyst

    Ning Yan;Chen Zhao;Chen Luo;Paul J. Dyson

  • Toward Understanding the Growth Mechanism: Tracing All Stable Intermediate Species from Reduction of Au(I)–Thiolate Complexes to Evolution of Au25 Nanoclusters

    Zhentao Luo;Vairavan Nachammai;Bin Zhang;Ning Yan

  • Recent advances in the synthesis and catalytic applications of ligand-protected, atomically precise metal nanoclusters

    Jun Fang;Jun Fang;Bin Zhang;Qiaofeng Yao;Yang Yang

  • Production of Primary Amines by Reductive Amination of Biomass-Derived Aldehydes/Ketones

    Guanfeng Liang;Aiqin Wang;Lin Li;Gang Xu

  • Self-assembled iron-containing mordenite monolith for carbon dioxide sieving

    Yu Zhou;Jianlin Zhang;Lei Wang;Xili Cui

  • Expanding the Boundary of Biorefinery: Organonitrogen Chemicals from Biomass.

    Xi Chen;Xi Chen;Song Song;Song Song;Haoyue Li;Gökalp Gözaydın

  • Transforming Energy with Single-Atom Catalysts

    Shipeng Ding;Max J. Hülsey;Javier Pérez-Ramírez;Javier Pérez-Ramírez;Ning Yan

  • Scalable and Precise Synthesis of Thiolated Au10–12, Au15, Au18, and Au25 Nanoclusters via pH Controlled CO Reduction

    Yong Yu;Xi Chen;Qiaofeng Yao;Yue Yu

  • Highly efficient, NiAu-catalyzed hydrogenolysis of lignin into phenolic chemicals

    Jiaguang Zhang;Hiroyuki Asakura;Jeaphianne van Rijn;Jun Yang

  • A novel platinum nanocatalyst for the oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural into 2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid under mild conditions

    Sviatlana Siankevich;Georgios Savoglidis;Zhaofu Fei;Gabor Laurenczy

  • Direct conversion of chitin into a N-containing furan derivative

    Xi Chen;Shu Ling Chew;Francesca M. Kerton;Ning Yan

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Dyson
Paul J. Dyson École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Zhaofu Fei
Zhaofu Fei École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Gábor Laurenczy
Gábor Laurenczy École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Kentaro Teramura
Kentaro Teramura Kyoto University
Feng Wu
Feng Wu University of Science and Technology of China
Jianping Xie
Jianping Xie National University of Singapore
Houqiang Li
Houqiang Li University of Science and Technology of China
Dong Liu
Dong Liu University of Science and Technology of China
Ding Ma
Ding Ma Peking University
Hui Ying Yang
Hui Ying Yang National University of Singapore

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