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Yi-Fan Han is affiliated with East China University of Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily focuses on chemical engineering and materials science, with a particular emphasis on catalysis and materials chemistry. Their work spans related subfields including renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, process chemistry and technology, as well as mechanical engineering.

The scientist's research interests are reflected in their main topics of work, which include:

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies

Yi-Fan Han has contributed to numerous publications in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Journal of Catalysis
  • Applied Catalysis A General
  • ChemCatChem

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Yi-Fan Han are:

  • Essential Role of the Support for Nickel-Based CO2 Methanation Catalysts, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Vacancy engineering of the nickel-based catalysts for enhanced CO2 methanation, 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • A self-healing catalyst for electrocatalytic and photoelectrochemical oxygen evolution in highly alkaline conditions, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Unraveling the Role of Zinc on Bimetallic Fe5C2-ZnO Catalysts for Highly Selective Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to High Carbon α-Olefins, 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • The dual-active-site tandem catalyst containing Ru single atoms and Ni nanoparticles boosts CO2 methanation, 2022, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Minghui Zhu
  • Weifeng Tu
  • Zixu Yang
  • Jing Xu
  • Zhenzhou Zhang

Best Publications

  • Iron Oxychloride (FeOCl): An Efficient Fenton-Like Catalyst for Producing Hydroxyl Radicals in Degradation of Organic Contaminants

    Xue-jing Yang;Xi-meng Xu;Jing Xu;Yi-fan Han

  • Re-investigating the CO oxidation mechanism over unsupported MnO, Mn2O3 and MnO2 catalysts

    Kanaparthi Ramesh;Luwei Chen;Fengxi Chen;Yan Liu

  • Biphasic Pd−Au Alloy Catalyst for Low-Temperature CO Oxidation

    Jing Xu;Timothy White;Ping Li;Chongheng He

  • Controlled Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Properties of Mn2O3 and Mn3O4 Nanoparticles Supported on Mesoporous Silica SBA-15

    Yi-Fan Han;Fengxi Chen;Ziyi Zhong;Kanaparthi Ramesh

  • Essential Role of the Support for Nickel-Based CO2 Methanation Catalysts

    Liang Shen;Jing Xu;Minghui Zhu;Yi-Fan Han

  • Oxidative degradation of nitrobenzene by a Fenton-like reaction with Fe-Cu bimetallic catalysts

    Yang Sun;Zixu Yang;Pengfei Tian;Yiyi Sheng

  • Hydrogenated Blue Titania for Efficient Solar to Chemical Conversions: Preparation, Characterization, and Reaction Mechanism of CO2 Reduction

    Guoheng Yin;Xieyi Huang;Tianyuan Chen;Wei Zhao

  • Covalently Grafting Cobalt Porphyrin onto Carbon Nanotubes for Efficient CO 2 Electroreduction

    Minghui Zhu;Jiacheng Chen;Libei Huang;Ruquan Ye

  • Unraveling Highly Tunable Selectivity in CO 2 Hydrogenation over Bimetallic In-Zr Oxide Catalysts

    Tian-yuan Chen;Chenxi Cao;Tian-bao Chen;Xiaoxu Ding

  • Direct formation of H2O2 from H2 and O2 over a Pd/SiO2 catalyst: the roles of the acid and the liquid phase

    Yi-Fan Han;Jack H. Lunsford

  • Metallurgy in a Beaker: Nanoparticle Toolkit for the Rapid Low-Temperature Solution Synthesis of Functional Multimetallic Solid-State Materials

    Raymond E. Schaak;Amandeep K. Sra;Brian M. Leonard;Robert E. Cable

  • A self-healing catalyst for electrocatalytic and photoelectrochemical oxygen evolution in highly alkaline conditions.

    Chao Feng;Faze Wang;Faze Wang;Zhi Liu;Mamiko Nakabayashi

  • Vacancy engineering of the nickel-based catalysts for enhanced CO2 methanation

    Minghui Zhu;Pengfei Tian;Xinyu Cao;Jiacheng Chen

  • Cobalt phthalocyanine coordinated to pyridine-functionalized carbon nanotubes with enhanced CO2 electroreduction

    Minghui Zhu;Jiacheng Chen;Rong Guo;Jing Xu

  • Dynamic active sites over binary oxide catalysts: In situ/operando spectroscopic study of low-temperature CO oxidation over MnOx-CeO2 catalysts

    Xiao-man Zhang;Ya-Qing Deng;Pengfei Tian;Huan-huan Shang

  • Operando and Kinetic Study of Low-Temperature, Lean-Burn Methane Combustion over a Pd/γ-Al2O3 Catalyst

    Jing Xu;Like Ouyang;Wei Mao;Xue-Jing Yang

  • A kinetic study of vinyl acetate synthesis over Pd-based catalysts: kinetics of vinyl acetate synthesis over Pd–Au/SiO2 and Pd/SiO2 catalysts

    Y.-F. Han;J.-H. Wang;D. Kumar;Z. Yan

  • Revealing the active species of Cu-based catalysts for heterogeneous Fenton reaction

    Yang Sun;Pengfei Tian;Doudou Ding;Zixu Yang

  • Structure and reactivity of phosphorous modified H-ZSM-5 catalysts for ethanol dehydration

    Kanaparthi Ramesh;Lau Mei Hui;Yi-Fan Han;Armando Borgna

  • Hydroxyapatite foam as a catalyst for formaldehyde combustion at room temperature.

    Jing Xu;Timothy White;Ping Li;Chongheng He

  • The Formation of PdCx over Pd-Based Catalysts in Vapor-Phase Vinyl Acetate Synthesis: Does a Pd–Au Alloy Catalyst Resist Carbide Formation?

    Y.-F. Han;D. Kumar;C. Sivadinarayana;A. Clearfield

  • Insight into active sites of Pd–Au/TiO2 catalysts in hydrogen peroxide synthesis directly from H2 and O2

    Like Ouyang;Guo-jin Da;Peng-fei Tian;Tian-yuan Chen

  • Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Activity of Phosphorus Modified H-ZSM-5 Catalysts in Selective Ethanol Dehydration

    Kanaparthi Ramesh;Chang Jie;Yi-Fan Han;Armando Borgna

Frequent Co-Authors

Luwei Chen
Luwei Chen Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Ziyi Zhong
Ziyi Zhong Guangdong Technion Israel Institute of Technology
Fuqiang Huang
Fuqiang Huang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Rui Si
Rui Si Brookhaven National Laboratory
D. W. Goodman
D. W. Goodman Texas A&M University
Wei-Kang Yuan
Wei-Kang Yuan East China University of Science and Technology
Israel E. Wachs
Israel E. Wachs Lehigh University
Timothy J. White
Timothy J. White University of Colorado Boulder
Wei Ma
Wei Ma Xi'an Jiaotong University
Fabing Su
Fabing Su Chinese Academy of Sciences

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