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8813
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Overview

Rong Yu is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a particular focus on Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Their research work has evolved to cover many related subfields, including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's main areas of study encompass various topics, specifically:

  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
  • Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
  • ZnO doping and properties
  • Multiferroics and related materials
  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
  • Magnetic properties of thin films

Several of Rong Yu's recent papers show the breadth of their research interests and collaborations. Notable publications include:

  • "Rare-Earth Single Erbium Atoms for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Angewandte Chemie
  • "Unveiling the charge transfer dynamics steered by built-in electric fields in BiOBr photocatalysts" (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • "Deep sub-angstrom resolution imaging by electron ptychography with misorientation correction" (2022), published in Science Advances
  • "Enhanced electric resistivity and dielectric energy storage by vacancy defect complex" (2021), published in Energy Storage Materials

Rong Yu frequently publishes in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Nature Communications, Nano Research, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Acta Materialia.

The scientist collaborates regularly with several researchers, including Wandong Xing, Haozhi Sha, Jizhe Cui, Jing Zhu, and Wenfeng Yang, with whom they have multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • The superconductivity at 18 K in LiFeAs system

    X.C. Wang;Q.Q. Liu;Y.X. Lv;W.B. Gao

  • Tuning defects in oxides at room temperature by lithium reduction.

    Gang Ou;Yushuai Xu;Bo Wen;Rui Lin

  • Single-atom tailoring of platinum nanocatalysts for high-performance multifunctional electrocatalysis

    Mufan Li;Kaining Duanmu;Chengzhang Wan;Tao Cheng;Tao Cheng

  • Ultrathin rhodium nanosheets

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

  • Isolated Single-Atom Pd Sites in Intermetallic Nanostructures: High Catalytic Selectivity for Semihydrogenation of Alkynes

    Quanchen Feng;Shu Zhao;Yu Wang;Juncai Dong

  • Rare-Earth Single Erbium Atoms for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction.

    Shufang Ji;Yang Qu;Tao Wang;Yuanjun Chen

  • Strain control and spontaneous phase ordering in vertical nanocomposite heteroepitaxial thin films

    Judith L. MacManus-Driscoll;Patrick Zerrer;Haiyan Wang;Hao Yang

  • Single-atomic cobalt sites embedded in hierarchically ordered porous nitrogen-doped carbon as a superior bifunctional electrocatalyst.

    Tingting Sun;Shu Zhao;Wenxing Chen;Dong Zhai

  • Carbon nitride supported Fe 2 cluster catalysts with superior performance for alkene epoxidation

    Shubo Tian;Qiang Fu;Qiang Fu;Wenxing Chen;Wenxing Chen;Quanchen Feng

  • Three-dimensional open nano-netcage electrocatalysts for efficient pH-universal overall water splitting

    Zewen Zhuang;Yu Wang;Cong-Qiao Xu;Shoujie Liu

  • Pressure-induced superconductivity in topological parent compound Bi2Te3

    J. L. Zhang;S. J. Zhang;H. M. Weng;W. Zhang

  • Sophisticated Construction of Au Islands on Pt–Ni: An Ideal Trimetallic Nanoframe Catalyst

    Yuen Wu;Dingsheng Wang;Gang Zhou;Rong Yu

  • A seed-based diffusion route to monodisperse intermetallic CuAu nanocrystals.

    Wei Chen;Rong Yu;Lingling Li;Annan Wang

  • Li(Zn,Mn)As as a new generation ferromagnet based on a I–II–V semiconductor

    Z. Deng;C. Q. Jin;Q. Q. Liu;X. C. Wang

  • Platinum-nickel frame within metal-organic framework fabricated in situ for hydrogen enrichment and molecular sieving.

    Zhi Li;Rong Yu;Jinglu Huang;Yusheng Shi

  • Superconductivity in Topological Insulator Sb2Te3 Induced by Pressure

    J. Zhu;J. L. Zhang;P. P. Kong;S. J. Zhang

  • Elastic stability and electronic structure of pyrite type PtN2: A hard semiconductor

    Rong Yu;Qian Zhan;Xiao-Feng Zhang

  • Crystal Structures of and Displacive Transitions in OsN2, IrN2, RuN2, and RhN2

    Rong Yu;Qian Zhan;Lutgard C. De Jonghe

  • Highly branched Pt–Ni nanocrystals enclosed by stepped surface for methanol oxidation

    Zhiqiang Niu;Dingsheng Wang;Rong Yu;Qing Peng

  • Structure and interface chemistry of perovskite-spinel nanocomposite thin films

    Q. Zhan;R. Yu;S. P. Crane;H. Zheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Jing Zhu
Jing Zhu Tsinghua University
Yadong Li
Yadong Li Tsinghua University
Elbio Dagotto
Elbio Dagotto University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Dingsheng Wang
Dingsheng Wang Tsinghua University
Pengcheng Dai
Pengcheng Dai Rice University
Hengqiang Ye
Hengqiang Ye Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lutgard C. De Jonghe
Lutgard C. De Jonghe University of California, Berkeley
Frank Steglich
Frank Steglich Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
Ying-Hao Chu
Ying-Hao Chu National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Judith L. MacManus-Driscoll
Judith L. MacManus-Driscoll University of Cambridge

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