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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award

Overview

Yadong Li is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China, focusing on research primarily within the fields of Energy, Engineering, and Materials Science. Their work emphasizes Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Organic Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering as key subfields.

The scientist's publication record features prominent research venues, including:

  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Nano Research
  • Nature Communications

Frequent collaboration partners include:

  • Dingsheng Wang
  • Wenxing Chen
  • Chen Chen
  • Yu Wang
  • Lirong Zheng

Yadong Li's recent papers demonstrate a focus on catalytic materials and electrocatalysis processes. Selected publications include:

  • Chemical Synthesis of Single Atomic Site Catalysts, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Matching the kinetics of natural enzymes with a single-atom iron nanozyme, 2021, Nature Catalysis
  • Engineering unsymmetrically coordinated Cu-S1N3 single atom sites with enhanced oxygen reduction activity, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Atomic site electrocatalysts for water splitting, oxygen reduction and selective oxidation, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Modulating the local coordination environment of single-atom catalysts for enhanced catalytic performance, 2020, Nano Research

Their main research topics cover:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions

Best Publications

  • A general strategy for nanocrystal synthesis

    Xun Wang;Jing Zhuang;Qing Peng;Yadong Li

  • Highly Crystalline Multimetallic Nanoframes with Three-Dimensional Electrocatalytic Surfaces

    Chen Chen;Yijin Kang;Ziyang Huo;Ziyang Huo;Zhongwei Zhu;Zhongwei Zhu

  • Colloidal carbon spheres and their core/shell structures with noble-metal nanoparticles.

    Xiaoming Sun;Yadong Li

  • Monodisperse magnetic single-crystal ferrite microspheres.

    Hong Deng;Xiaolin Li;Qing Peng;Xun Wang

  • Single Cobalt Atoms with Precise N-Coordination as Superior Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts

    Peiqun Yin;Tao Yao;Yuen Wu;Yuen Wu;Lirong Zheng

  • Single-Atom Catalysts: Synthetic Strategies and Electrochemical Applications

    Yuanjun Chen;Shufang Ji;Chen Chen;Qing Peng

  • Isolated Single Iron Atoms Anchored on N-Doped Porous Carbon as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Yuanjun Chen;Shufang Ji;Yanggang Wang;Juncai Dong

  • Core–Shell ZIF-8@ZIF-67-Derived CoP Nanoparticle-Embedded N-Doped Carbon Nanotube Hollow Polyhedron for Efficient Overall Water Splitting

    Yuan Pan;Yuan Pan;Kaian Sun;Shoujie Liu;Shoujie Liu;Xing Cao

  • General synthesis and definitive structural identification of MN4C4 single-atom catalysts with tunable electrocatalytic activities

    Huilong Fei;Juncai Dong;Yexin Feng;Christopher S. Allen

  • Single platinum atoms immobilized on an MXene as an efficient catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction

    Jinqiang Zhang;Yufei Zhao;Xin Guo;Chen Chen

  • Bimetallic Nanocrystals: Liquid‐Phase Synthesis and Catalytic Applications

    Dingsheng Wang;Yadong Li

  • Design of N-Coordinated Dual-Metal Sites: A Stable and Active Pt-Free Catalyst for Acidic Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Jing Wang;Zhengqing Huang;Wei Liu;Chunran Chang

  • Selected-Control Hydrothermal Synthesis of α- and β-MnO2 Single Crystal Nanowires

    Xun Wang;Yadong Li

  • Chemical Synthesis of Single Atomic Site Catalysts.

    Shufang Ji;Yuanjun Chen;Xiaolu Wang;Zedong Zhang

  • Ionic Exchange of Metal–Organic Frameworks to Access Single Nickel Sites for Efficient Electroreduction of CO2

    Changming Zhao;Xinyao Dai;Tao Yao;Wenxing Chen

  • Nearly Monodisperse Cu2O and CuO Nanospheres: Preparation and Applications for Sensitive Gas Sensors

    Jiatao Zhang;Junfeng Liu;Qing Peng;Xun Wang

  • Oxygen Vacancy Clusters Promoting Reducibility and Activity of Ceria Nanorods

    Xiangwen Liu;Kebin Zhou;Lei Wang;Baoyi Wang

  • Enhanced catalytic activity of ceria nanorods from well-defined reactive crystal planes

    Kebin Zhou;Xun Wang;Xiaoming Sun;Qing Peng

  • Green chemistry for nanoparticle synthesis

    Haohong Duan;Dingsheng Wang;Yadong Li

  • Synthesis and characterization of ion-exchangeable titanate nanotubes.

    Xiaoming Sun;Yadong Li

  • Design of Single-Atom Co–N5 Catalytic Site: A Robust Electrocatalyst for CO2 Reduction with Nearly 100% CO Selectivity and Remarkable Stability

    Yuan Pan;Rui Lin;Yinjuan Chen;Yinjuan Chen;Shoujie Liu;Shoujie Liu

  • Lanthanide-doped nanocrystals: synthesis, optical-magnetic properties, and applications.

    Guofeng Wang;Qing Peng;Yadong Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Dingsheng Wang
Dingsheng Wang Tsinghua University
Qing Peng
Qing Peng Tsinghua University
Wenxing Chen
Wenxing Chen Beijing Institute of Technology
Yuen Wu
Yuen Wu University of Science and Technology of China
Chen Chen
Chen Chen Xi'an Jiaotong University
Lirong Zheng
Lirong Zheng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xun Hong
Xun Hong University of Science and Technology of China
Juncai Dong
Juncai Dong Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xun Wang
Xun Wang Tsinghua University
Zhongbin Zhuang
Zhongbin Zhuang Beijing University of Chemical Technology

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