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Overview

Yifu Yu is affiliated with Tianjin University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Energy and Chemical Engineering, with a focus on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, and Materials Chemistry. Their research interests encompass advanced catalytic processes, particularly in ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, as well as electrocatalysts for energy conversion and CO2 reduction techniques.

Their recent publications include a series of highly cited papers, illustrating an active role in studying nitrate electroreduction and ammonia synthesis mechanisms. Selected papers by Yifu Yu and collaborators are as follows:

  • Unveiling the Activity Origin of a Copper-based Electrocatalyst for Selective Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Nitrate electroreduction: mechanism insight, in situ characterization, performance evaluation, and challenges (2021, Chemical Society Reviews)
  • Ultralow overpotential nitrate reduction to ammonia via a three-step relay mechanism (2023, Nature Catalysis)
  • Boosting Selective Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonium by Constructing Oxygen Vacancies in TiO2 (2020, ACS Catalysis)
  • Recent advances in non-noble metal electrocatalysts for nitrate reduction (2020, Chemical Engineering Journal)

Frequent co-authors working with Yifu Yu include Bin Zhang, Yuting Wang, Shuhe Han, Chuanqi Cheng, and Cuibo Liu. This network of collaborators reflects a sustained research focus and partnership in catalysis and energy-related studies.

Yifu Yu has published multiple works in several key scientific journals and venues. The most frequent publication outlets for their research are:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Nature Communications
  • Transactions of Tianjin University
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Their main fields of study are Energy and Chemical Engineering, with subdivisions emphasizing Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Catalysis, and Materials Chemistry. These specializations correlate closely with their research topics, which cover ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, advanced photocatalysis techniques, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, catalytic processes in materials science, and CO2 reduction technologies.

  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Caching and Content Delivery
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions

Best Publications

  • Unveiling the Activity Origin of a Copper-based Electrocatalyst for Selective Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia.

    Yuting Wang;Wei Zhou;Ranran Jia;Yifu Yu

  • 2D Transition‐Metal‐Dichalcogenide‐Nanosheet‐Based Composites for Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reactions

    Qipeng Lu;Yifu Yu;Qinglang Ma;Bo Chen

  • Ultrathin 2D Metal–Organic Framework Nanosheets

    Meiting Zhao;Yixian Wang;Yixian Wang;Qinglang Ma;Ying Huang

  • Nitrate electroreduction: mechanism insight, in situ characterization, performance evaluation, and challenges.

    Yuting Wang;Changhong Wang;Mengyang Li;Mengyang Li;Yifu Yu

  • High phase-purity 1T′-MoS 2 - and 1T′-MoSe 2 -layered crystals

    Yifu Yu;Yifu Yu;Gwang-Hyeon Nam;Qiyuan He;Xue-Jun Wu

  • Single-Atom Au/NiFe Layered Double Hydroxide Electrocatalyst: Probing the Origin of Activity for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Jingfang Zhang;Jieyu Liu;Lifei Xi;Yifu Yu

  • Synthesis of Two-Dimensional CoS1.097/Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanocomposites Using Metal-Organic Framework Nanosheets as Precursors for Supercapacitor Application.

    Feifei Cao;Meiting Zhao;Yifu Yu;Bo Chen

  • Boosting Selective Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonium by Constructing Oxygen Vacancies in TiO2

    Ranran Jia;Yuting Wang;Changhong Wang;Yangfang Ling

  • Recent advances in non-noble metal electrocatalysts for nitrate reduction

    Xi Zhang;Yuting Wang;Cuibo Liu;Yifu Yu

  • Bioinspired Design of Ultrathin 2D Bimetallic Metal-Organic-Framework Nanosheets Used as Biomimetic Enzymes.

    Yixian Wang;Meiting Zhao;Jianfeng Ping;Jianfeng Ping;Bo Chen

  • Electrochemical synthesis of nitric acid from air and ammonia through waste utilization.

    Yuting Wang;Yifu Yu;Ranran Jia;Chao Zhang

  • Unveiling the In Situ Dissolution and Polymerization of Mo in Ni 4 Mo Alloy for Promoting the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction.

    Wei Du;Yanmei Shi;Wei Zhou;Yifu Yu

  • Recent advances in nanostructured transition metal phosphides: synthesis and energy-related applications

    Yanmei Shi;Mengyang Li;Mengyang Li;Yifu Yu;Bin Zhang

  • Carbon-Based Functional Materials Derived from Waste for Water Remediation and Energy Storage.

    Qinglang Ma;Yifu Yu;Melinda Sindoro;Anthony G. Fane

  • Oxygen Vacancy Engineering in Photocatalysis

    Yanmei Huang;Yu Yu;Yifu Yu;Bin Zhang

  • Photoluminescence and photocatalysis of the flower-like nano-ZnO photocatalysts prepared by a facile hydrothermal method with or without ultrasonic assistance

    Youlei Lai;Ming Meng;Yifu Yu;Xitao Wang

  • MOF-Based Hierarchical Structures for Solar-Thermal Clean Water Production.

    Qinglang Ma;Pengfei Yin;Meiting Zhao;Zhiyong Luo

  • Crystal phase-based epitaxial growth of hybrid noble metal nanostructures on 4H/fcc Au nanowires.

    Qipeng Lu;An-Liang Wang;Yue Gong;Wei Hao

  • Anchoring CoO Domains on CoSe 2 Nanobelts as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting in Neutral Media.

    Kaidan Li;Jingfang Zhang;Rui Wu;Yifu Yu

  • Engineering Sulfur Defects, Atomic Thickness, and Porous Structures into Cobalt Sulfide Nanosheets for Efficient Electrocatalytic Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution

    Chao Zhang;Yanmei Shi;Yifu Yu;Yonghua Du

  • Sub-1.1 nm ultrathin porous CoP nanosheets with dominant reactive {200} facets: a high mass activity and efficient electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction.

    Chao Zhang;Yi Huang;Yifu Yu;Jingfang Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Bin Zhang
Bin Zhang Tianjin University
Hua Zhang
Hua Zhang City University of Hong Kong
Siyu Lu
Siyu Lu Zhengzhou University
Zhicheng Zhang
Zhicheng Zhang Tianjin University
Jianfeng Ping
Jianfeng Ping Zhejiang University
Bing Li
Bing Li Jiangsu University
Lin Gu
Lin Gu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiehong Cao
Xiehong Cao Zhejiang University of Technology
Qiyuan He
Qiyuan He City University of Hong Kong
Jianzhou Gui
Jianzhou Gui Tianjin Polytechnic University

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