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Yi Hu is affiliated with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Condensed Matter Physics, and Organic Chemistry.

Their work covers a range of topics that include:

  • Theoretical and Computational Physics
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Material Dynamics and Properties

Yi Hu has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Nanocapillarity and Nanoconfinement Effects of Pipet-like Bismuth@Carbon Nanotubes for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction, 2021, Nano Letters
  • In Situ Structure Refactoring of Bismuth Nanoflowers for Highly Selective Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Formate, 2023, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Quasi-Phthalocyanine Conjugated Covalent Organic Frameworks with Nitrogen-Coordinated Transition Metal Centers for High-Efficiency Electrocatalytic Ammonia Synthesis, 2021, Nano Letters
  • Crystalline Modulation Engineering of Ru Nanoclusters for Boosting Ammonia Electrosynthesis from Dinitrogen or Nitrate, 2022, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Electronic and geometric structure engineering of bicontinuous porous Ag-Cu nanoarchitectures for realizing selectivity-tunable electrochemical CO2 reduction, 2020, Nano Energy

Yi Hu frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, including Zhong Jin, Patrick Charbonneau, Zuoxiu Tie, Minghang Jiang, and Junchuan Liang.

The scientist's work has been published in various venues, with notable frequent publications in:

  • Research Data Repository, Duke University
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nano Letters
  • Physical review. E
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

  • All-Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells.

    Jia Liang;Caixing Wang;Yanrong Wang;Zhaoran Xu

  • Progress and Perspective of Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction for Renewable Carbonaceous Fuels and Chemicals.

    Wenjun Zhang;Yi Hu;Lianbo Ma;Guoyin Zhu

  • CsPb0.9Sn0.1IBr2 Based All-Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells with Exceptional Efficiency and Stability

    Jia Liang;Peiyang Zhao;Caixing Wang;Yanrong Wang

  • Self-Templated Formation of Interlaced Carbon Nanotubes Threaded Hollow Co3S4 Nanoboxes for High-Rate and Heat-Resistant Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

    Tao Chen;Zewen Zhang;Baorui Cheng;Renpeng Chen

  • Oxygen Vacancy Engineering Promoted Photocatalytic Ammonia Synthesis on Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Bismuth Oxybromide Nanosheets

    Xiaolan Xue;Renpeng Chen;Hongwei Chen;Yi Hu

  • Review on photocatalytic and electrocatalytic artificial nitrogen fixation for ammonia synthesis at mild conditions: Advances, challenges and perspectives

    Xiaolan Xue;Renpeng Chen;Changzeng Yan;Peiyang Zhao

  • Metallic and polar Co9S8 inlaid carbon hollow nanopolyhedra as efficient polysulfide mediator for lithium−sulfur batteries

    Tao Chen;Lianbo Ma;Baorui Cheng;Renpeng Chen

  • Self-assembled ultrathin NiCo2S4 nanoflakes grown on Ni foam as high-performance flexible electrodes for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline solution

    Lianbo Ma;Yi Hu;Renpeng Chen;Guoyin Zhu

  • Liquid-phase exfoliated ultrathin Bi nanosheets: Uncovering the origins of enhanced electrocatalytic CO2 reduction on two-dimensional metal nanostructure

    Wenjun Zhang;Yi Hu;Lianbo Ma;Guoyin Zhu

  • Effect of brookite phase on the anatase–rutile transition in titania nanoparticles

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  • The effects of Al substitution and partial dissolution on ultrathin NiFeAl trinary layered double hydroxide nanosheets for oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline solution

    Haixia Liu;Yanrong Wang;Xinyao Lu;Yi Hu

  • Cerium Oxide Nanocrystal Embedded Bimodal Micromesoporous Nitrogen-Rich Carbon Nanospheres as Effective Sulfur Host for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

    Lianbo Ma;Renpeng Chen;Guoyin Zhu;Yi Hu

  • Highly Branched VS4 Nanodendrites with 1D Atomic-Chain Structure as a Promising Cathode Material for Long-Cycling Magnesium Batteries

    Yanrong Wang;Ziteng Liu;Caixing Wang;Xu Yi

  • Highly Efficient Retention of Polysulfides in "Sea Urchin"-Like Carbon Nanotube/Nanopolyhedra Superstructures as Cathode Material for Ultralong-Life Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

    Tao Chen;Baorui Cheng;Guoyin Zhu;Renpeng Chen

  • Strong Capillarity, Chemisorption, and Electrocatalytic Capability of Crisscrossed Nanostraws Enabled Flexible, High-Rate, and Long-Cycling Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

    Lianbo Ma;Wenjun Zhang;Lei Wang;Yi Hu

  • Porous-Shell Vanadium Nitride Nanobubbles with Ultrahigh Areal Sulfur Loading for High-Capacity and Long-Life Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

    Lianbo Ma;Hao Yuan;Wenjun Zhang;Guoyin Zhu

  • Walnut-Like Multicore–Shell MnO Encapsulated Nitrogen-Rich Carbon Nanocapsules as Anode Material for Long-Cycling and Soft-Packed Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Guoyin Zhu;Lei Wang;Huinan Lin;Liaobo Ma

  • Ionic liquid-immobilized polymer gel electrolyte with self-healing capability, high ionic conductivity and heat resistance for dendrite-free lithium metal batteries

    Tao Chen;Weihua Kong;Zewen Zhang;Lei Wang

  • Efficient photocatalytic nitrogen fixation under ambient conditions enabled by the heterojunctions of n-type Bi2MoO6 and oxygen-vacancy-rich p-type BiOBr.

    Xiaolan Xue;Renpeng Chen;Changzeng Yan;Yi Hu

  • Phase transformation of precipitated TiO2 nanoparticles

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  • Pine needle-derived microporous nitrogen-doped carbon frameworks exhibit high performances in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction and supercapacitors

    Guoyin Zhu;Lianbo Ma;Hongling Lv;Yi Hu

  • In Situ Thermal Synthesis of Inlaid Ultrathin MoS2/Graphene Nanosheets as Electrocatalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

    Lianbo Ma;Yi Hu;Guoyin Zhu;Renpeng Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jie Liu
Jie Liu Duke University
Zhong Jin
Zhong Jin Nanjing University
Renpeng Chen
Renpeng Chen Nanjing University
Lianbo Ma
Lianbo Ma Anhui University of Technology
Guoyin Zhu
Guoyin Zhu Nanjing University
Zuoxiu Tie
Zuoxiu Tie Nanjing University
Lei Wang
Lei Wang University of Wollongong
Wenjun Zhang
Wenjun Zhang City University of Hong Kong
Wenjun Zhang
Wenjun Zhang University of California, Los Angeles
Xiao Li Zhang
Xiao Li Zhang Xiamen University

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