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Yafei Li is affiliated with Nanjing Normal University in China. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on engineering, materials science, and energy. Within these broader disciplines, Li concentrates on specific subfields such as materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, catalysis, and mechanical engineering.

The topics that dominate Li's research portfolio include advanced photocatalysis techniques, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, catalytic processes in materials science, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, advanced battery technologies research, ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, and MXene and MAX phase materials.

Li has contributed to several scientific journals and publication venues, frequently publishing in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Advanced Materials

Their recent academic papers include:

  • Uncovering near-free platinum single-atom dynamics during electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Single Ru Atoms Stabilized by Hybrid Amorphous/Crystalline FeCoNi Layered Double Hydroxide for Ultraefficient Oxygen Evolution (2020, Advanced Energy Materials)
  • Atomically Precise Dinuclear Site Active toward Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Integrated Catalytic Sites for Highly Efficient Electrochemical Oxidation of the Aldehyde and Hydroxyl Groups in 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (2022, ACS Catalysis)
  • Mesoporous PdAg Nanospheres for Stable Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to Formate (2020, Advanced Materials)

Collaborations form a significant part of Li's research activities, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Xiaorong Zhu
  • Tianyang Liu
  • Shihai Cui
  • Yu Wang
  • Jing Yang

Best Publications

  • Atomically Thin Arsenene and Antimonene: Semimetal-Semiconductor and Indirect-Direct Band-Gap Transitions

    Shengli Zhang;Zhong Yan;Yafei Li;Zhongfang Chen

  • Filling the oxygen vacancies in Co3O4 with phosphorus: an ultra-efficient electrocatalyst for overall water splitting

    Zhaohui Xiao;Yu Wang;Yu-Cheng Huang;Zengxi Wei

  • MoS2 nanoribbons: high stability and unusual electronic and magnetic properties.

    Yafei Li;Zhen Zhou;Shengbai Zhang;Zhongfang Chen

  • Coupled molybdenum carbide and reduced graphene oxide electrocatalysts for efficient hydrogen evolution

    Ji-Sen Li;Yu Wang;Chun-Hui Liu;Shun-Li Li

  • Coupling N2 and CO2 in H2O to synthesize urea under ambient conditions

    Chen Chen;Xiaorong Zhu;Xiaojian Wen;Yangyang Zhou

  • Semiconducting Group 15 Monolayers: A Broad Range of Band Gaps and High Carrier Mobilities

    Shengli Zhang;Meiqiu Xie;Fengyu Li;Zhong Yan

  • Ultrathin bismuth nanosheets from in situ topotactic transformation for selective electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to formate.

    Na Han;Yu Wang;Hui Yang;Jun Deng

  • Synergistic effect of well-defined dual sites boosting the oxygen reduction reaction

    Jing Wang;Wei Liu;Gan Luo;Zhijun Li

  • Single Pt Atoms Confined into a Metal-Organic Framework for Efficient Photocatalysis.

    Xinzuo Fang;Qichao Shang;Yu Wang;Long Jiao

  • Ultrastable Polymolybdate-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks as Highly Active Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Generation from Water

    Jun-Sheng Qin;Dong-Ying Du;Wei Guan;Xiang-Jie Bo

  • Structural defects on converted bismuth oxide nanotubes enable highly active electrocatalysis of carbon dioxide reduction.

    Qiufang Gong;Pan Ding;Mingquan Xu;Xiaorong Zhu

  • Tuning Surface Electronic Configuration of NiFe LDHs Nanosheets by Introducing Cation Vacancies (Fe or Ni) as Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Yanyong Wang;Man Qiao;Yafei Li;Shuangyin Wang

  • Spin gapless semiconductor-metal-half-metal properties in nitrogen-doped zigzag graphene nanoribbons.

    Yafei Li;Zhen Zhou;Panwen Shen;Zhongfang Chen

  • Molybdenum Disulfide/Nitrogen‐Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite with Enlarged Interlayer Spacing for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

    Yu-Jia Tang;Yu Wang;Xiao-Li Wang;Shun-Li Li

  • Uncovering near-free platinum single-atom dynamics during electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction.

    Shi Fang;Xiaorong Zhu;Xiaokang Liu;Jian Gu

  • Supported Cobalt Polyphthalocyanine for High-Performance Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction

    Na Han;Yu Wang;Lu Ma;Jianguo Wen

  • CO Catalytic Oxidation on Iron-Embedded Graphene: Computational Quest for Low-Cost Nanocatalysts

    Yafei Li;Zhen Zhou;Guangtao Yu;Wei Chen

  • Distinctive defects engineering in graphitic carbon nitride for greatly extended visible light photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

    Ping Niu;Man Qiao;Yafei Li;Liang Huang

  • Deciphering the alternating synergy between interlayer Pt single-atom and NiFe layered double hydroxide for overall water splitting

    Wei Chen;Binbin Wu;Yanyong Wang;Wang Zhou

  • Enhanced Li Adsorption and Diffusion on MoS2 Zigzag Nanoribbons by Edge Effects: A Computational Study.

    Yafei Li;Yafei Li;Dihua Wu;Zhen Zhou;Carlos R. Cabrera

  • Exploring the Performance Improvement of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction in a Stable Bimetal-Organic Framework System.

    Xiao-Li Wang;Long-Zhang Dong;Man Qiao;Yu-Jia Tang

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhongfang Chen
Zhongfang Chen University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
Zhen Zhou
Zhen Zhou Zhengzhou University
Shuangyin Wang
Shuangyin Wang Hunan University
Jianchun Bao
Jianchun Bao Nanjing Normal University
Yuen Wu
Yuen Wu University of Science and Technology of China
Zhihui Dai
Zhihui Dai Nanjing Normal University
Guangheng Wu
Guangheng Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ya-Qian Lan
Ya-Qian Lan South China Normal University
Yanguang Li
Yanguang Li Soochow University
Tao Yao
Tao Yao University of Science and Technology of China

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