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Yi-Jun Xu is affiliated with Fuzhou University in China and conducts research primarily in the fields of Energy and Materials Science. Their work spans several subfields including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Organic Chemistry, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research focuses on advanced photocatalysis techniques, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, copper-based nanomaterials and applications, covalent organic framework applications, quantum dots synthesis and properties, and ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction.

Frequently collaborating coauthors include Ming-Yu Qi, Zi-Rong Tang, Yue-Hua Li, Jingyu Li, and Chang-Long Tan.

Yi-Jun Xu publishes extensively in several scientific venues. The most common journals include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ACS Catalysis
  • CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION)

Recent notable papers by Yi-Jun Xu include:

  • Cooperative Coupling of Oxidative Organic Synthesis and Hydrogen Production over Semiconductor-Based Photocatalysts (2021, Chemical Reviews)
  • Rationally designed transition metal hydroxide nanosheet arrays on graphene for artificial CO2 reduction (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Coupling Strategy for CO2 Valorization Integrated with Organic Synthesis by Heterogeneous Photocatalysis (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Selectivity Organic Transformations over Cadmium Sulfide-Based Photocatalysts (2020, ACS Catalysis)
  • Nanostructured metal phosphides: from controllable synthesis to sustainable catalysis (2021, Chemical Society Reviews)

Best Publications

  • Electrocatalysis for the oxygen evolution reaction: recent development and future perspectives

    Nian Tzu Suen;Sung Fu Hung;Quan Quan;Nan Zhang

  • TiO2−Graphene Nanocomposites for Gas-Phase Photocatalytic Degradation of Volatile Aromatic Pollutant: Is TiO2−Graphene Truly Different from Other TiO2−Carbon Composite Materials?

    Yanhui Zhang;Zi-Rong Tang;Xianzhi Fu;Yi-Jun Xu

  • Defective TiO2 with oxygen vacancies: synthesis, properties and photocatalytic applications

    Xiaoyang Pan;Min-Quan Yang;Xianzhi Fu;Nan Zhang

  • Recent progress on graphene-based photocatalysts: current status and future perspectives

    Nan Zhang;Yanhui Zhang;Yi-Jun Xu

  • Recent progress in carbon quantum dots: synthesis, properties and applications in photocatalysis

    Ru Wang;Kang-Qiang Lu;Zi-Rong Tang;Yi-Jun Xu

  • Tunable gold catalysts for selective hydrocarbon oxidation under mild conditions

    Mathew D Hughes;Yi-Jun Xu;Patrick Jenkins;Paul McMorn

  • Waltzing with the Versatile Platform of Graphene to Synthesize Composite Photocatalysts.

    Nan Zhang;Min-Quan Yang;Siqi Liu;Yugang Sun

  • Engineering the unique 2D mat of graphene to achieve graphene-TiO2 nanocomposite for photocatalytic selective transformation: what advantage does graphene have over its forebear carbon nanotube?

    Yanhui Zhang;Zi-Rong Tang;Xianzhi Fu;Yi-Jun Xu

  • Graphene Transforms Wide Band Gap ZnS to a Visible Light Photocatalyst. The New Role of Graphene as a Macromolecular Photosensitizer

    Yanhui Zhang;Nan Zhang;Zi-Rong Tang;Yi-Jun Xu

  • Cooperative Coupling of Oxidative Organic Synthesis and Hydrogen Production over Semiconductor-Based Photocatalysts.

    Ming-Yu Qi;Marco Conte;Masakazu Anpo;Zi-Rong Tang

  • Synthesis of M@TiO2 (M = Au, Pd, Pt) Core–Shell Nanocomposites with Tunable Photoreactivity

    Nan Zhang;Siqi Liu;Xianzhi Fu;Yi-Jun Xu

  • New Insight for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of TiO2 by Doping Carbon Nanotubes: A Case Study on Degradation of Benzene and Methyl Orange

    Yi-Jun Xu;Yangbin Zhuang;Xianzhi Fu

  • Photocorrosion Inhibition of Semiconductor-Based Photocatalysts: Basic Principle, Current Development, and Future Perspective

    Bo Weng;Ming-Yu Qi;Chuang Han;Zi-Rong Tang

  • Artificial photosynthesis over graphene–semiconductor composites. Are we getting better?

    Min-Quan Yang;Nan Zhang;Mario Pagliaro;Yi-Jun Xu

  • Nickel Metal–Organic Framework Monolayers for Photoreduction of Diluted CO2: Metal-Node-Dependent Activity and Selectivity

    Bin Han;Xinwen Ou;Ziqi Deng;Yao Song

  • Recent progress on metal core@semiconductor shell nanocomposites as a promising type of photocatalyst

    Nan Zhang;Siqi Liu;Yi-Jun Xu

  • Nanochemistry-derived Bi2WO6 nanostructures: towards production of sustainable chemicals and fuels induced by visible light

    Nan Zhang;Rosaria Ciriminna;Mario Pagliaro;Yi-Jun Xu

  • Photocatalytic conversion of CO2 into value-added and renewable fuels

    Lan Yuan;Yi-Jun Xu

  • One-dimensional CdS@MoS2 core-shell nanowires for boosted photocatalytic hydrogen evolution under visible light

    Bin Han;Siqi Liu;Nan Zhang;Yi-Jun Xu

  • Assembly of CdS Nanoparticles on the Two-Dimensional Graphene Scaffold as Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalyst for Selective Organic Transformation under Ambient Conditions

    Nan Zhang;Yanhui Zhang;Xiaoyang Pan;Xianzhi Fu

Frequent Co-Authors

Nan Zhang
Nan Zhang Hunan University
Zi-Rong Tang
Zi-Rong Tang Fuzhou University
Xianzhi Fu
Xianzhi Fu Fuzhou University
Rosaria Ciriminna
Rosaria Ciriminna National Research Council (CNR)
Mario Pagliaro
Mario Pagliaro National Research Council (CNR)
Yugang Sun
Yugang Sun Temple University
Hao Ming Chen
Hao Ming Chen National Taiwan University
Xiuqiang Xie
Xiuqiang Xie Hunan University
Dang Sheng Su
Dang Sheng Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jinlong Gong
Jinlong Gong Tianjin Normal University

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