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Overview

Yijin Kang is affiliated with the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Their research primarily focuses on areas within energy and engineering, with significant contributions to renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, catalysis, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The scientist's work spans several key topics related to energy conversion and catalysis, including:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction

Yijin Kang has published extensively in prominent scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • ACS Catalysis
  • Nano Letters
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Nano Research
  • Nature Materials

Notable recent papers include:

  • Alternative route for electrochemical ammonia synthesis by reduction of nitrate on copper nanosheets, 2020, Applied Materials Today
  • Promoting Formation of Oxygen Vacancies in Two-Dimensional Cobalt-Doped Ceria Nanosheets for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Atomic Fe Dispersed Hierarchical Mesoporous Fe-N-C Nanostructures for an Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Hierarchical Mesoporous MXene-NiCoP Electrocatalyst for Water-Splitting, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Eliminating dissolution of platinum-based electrocatalysts at the atomic scale, 2020, Nature Materials

The scientist collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Qin Yue
  • Xianbiao Fu
  • Yanan Yu
  • Xiaofei Hu
  • Jiahao Zhang

Best Publications

  • Highly Crystalline Multimetallic Nanoframes with Three-Dimensional Electrocatalytic Surfaces

    Chen Chen;Yijin Kang;Ziyang Huo;Ziyang Huo;Zhongwei Zhu;Zhongwei Zhu

  • A generalized ligand-exchange strategy enabling sequential surface functionalization of colloidal nanocrystals.

    Angang Dong;Xingchen Ye;Jun Chen;Yijin Kang

  • Improved Size-Tunable Synthesis of Monodisperse Gold Nanorods through the Use of Aromatic Additives

    Xingchen Ye;Linghua Jin;Humeyra Caglayan;Jun Chen

  • Activity–Stability Trends for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction on Monometallic Oxides in Acidic Environments

    Nemanja Danilovic;Ramachandran Subbaraman;Kee-Chul Chang;Seo Hyoung Chang

  • Two-dimensional copper nanosheets for electrochemical reduction of carbon monoxide to acetate

    Wesley Luc;Wesley Luc;Xianbiao Fu;Jianjian Shi;Jing Jing Lv

  • Ag–Sn Bimetallic Catalyst with a Core–Shell Structure for CO2 Reduction

    Wesley Luc;Charles Collins;Siwen Wang;Hongliang Xin

  • Morphologically controlled synthesis of colloidal upconversion nanophosphors and their shape-directed self-assembly.

    Xingchen Ye;Joshua E. Collins;Yijin Kang;Jun Chen

  • Using Surface Segregation To Design Stable Ru‐Ir Oxides for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Acidic Environments

    Nemanja Danilovic;Ramachandran Subbaraman;Kee Chul Chang;Seo Hyoung Chang

  • Synthesis and Electrocatalytic Properties of Cubic Mn−Pt Nanocrystals (Nanocubes)

    Yijin Kang;Christopher B. Murray

  • Alternative route for electrochemical ammonia synthesis by reduction of nitrate on copper nanosheets

    Xianbiao Fu;Xianbiao Fu;Xingang Zhao;Xiaobing Hu;Kun He

  • Synthesis, Shape Control, and Methanol Electro-oxidation Properties of Pt–Zn Alloy and Pt3Zn Intermetallic Nanocrystals

    Yijin Kang;Jun Beom Pyo;Xingchen Ye;Thomas R Gordon

  • Enhanced Thermopower via Carrier Energy Filtering in Solution-Processable Pt–Sb2Te3 Nanocomposites

    Dong Kyun Ko;Yijin Kang;Christopher B. Murray

  • Tantalum-stabilized ruthenium oxide electrocatalysts for industrial water electrolysis

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  • Promoting Formation of Oxygen Vacancies in Two-Dimensional Cobalt-Doped Ceria Nanosheets for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution

    Shuaihu Jiang;Ruya Zhang;Hongxian Liu;Yuan Rao

  • Functional links between Pt single crystal morphology and nanoparticles with different size and shape: the oxygen reduction reaction case

    Dongguo Li;Dongguo Li;Chao Wang;Dusan S. Strmcnik;Dusan V. Tripkovic

  • Design of Pt–Pd Binary Superlattices Exploiting Shape Effects and Synergistic Effects for Oxygen Reduction Reactions

    Yijin Kang;Yijin Kang;Xingchen Ye;Xingchen Ye;Jun Chen;Jun Chen;Yun Cai;Yun Cai

  • Atomic Structure of Pt3Ni Nanoframe Electrocatalysts by in Situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy.

    Nigel Becknell;Yijin Kang;Chen Chen;Joaquin Resasco

  • Size‐ and Shape‐Selective Synthesis of Metal Nanocrystals and Nanowires Using CO as a Reducing Agent

    Yijin Kang;Xingchen Ye;Christopher B. Murray

  • Atomic Fe Dispersed Hierarchical Mesoporous Fe–N–C Nanostructures for an Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Yu Zhou;Yanan Yu;Dongsheng Ma;Alexandre C. Foucher

  • Synthesis and Oxygen Storage Capacity of Two‐Dimensional Ceria Nanocrystals

    Dianyuan Wang;Yijin Kang;Vicky Doan-Nguyen;Jun Chen

  • Highly active Pt3Pb and core-shell Pt3Pb-Pt electrocatalysts for formic acid oxidation.

    Yijin Kang;Liang Qi;Meng Li;Rosa E. Diaz

  • Hierarchical Mesoporous MXene-NiCoP Electrocatalyst for Water-Splitting.

    Qin Yue;Jiao Sun;Shan Chen;Yu Zhou

  • Multimetallic Core/Interlayer/Shell Nanostructures as Advanced Electrocatalysts

    Yijin Kang;Joshua Snyder;Miaofang Chi;Dongguo Li

  • Eliminating dissolution of platinum-based electrocatalysts at the atomic scale

    Pietro P. Lopes;Dongguo Li;Haifeng Lv;Chao Wang

  • Best Practices and Testing Protocols for Benchmarking ORR Activities of Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts Using Rotating Disk Electrode

    Shyam S. Kocha;Kazuma Shinozaki;Jason W. Zack;Deborah J. Myers

Frequent Co-Authors

Vojislav R. Stamenkovic
Vojislav R. Stamenkovic University of California, Irvine
Nenad M. Markovic
Nenad M. Markovic Argonne National Laboratory
Christopher B. Murray
Christopher B. Murray University of Pennsylvania
Xingchen Ye
Xingchen Ye Indiana University
Eric A. Stach
Eric A. Stach University of Pennsylvania
Peidong Yang
Peidong Yang University of California, Berkeley
Gabor A. Somorjai
Gabor A. Somorjai University of California, Berkeley
Karren L. More
Karren L. More Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Chen Chen
Chen Chen Chongqing University
Chao Wang
Chao Wang Johns Hopkins University

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