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Yingwei Li is affiliated with the South China University of Technology in China, focusing on research primarily within the fields of Materials Science and Energy. Their work spans several key subfields including Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, and Catalysis.

Their research topics cover catalytic processes in materials science, advanced photocatalysis techniques, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, metal-organic frameworks synthesis and applications, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, catalysis and oxidation reactions, and catalysis for biomass conversion.

Among the recent scientific contributions by Yingwei Li are the following papers:

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks as a Good Platform for the Fabrication of Single-Atom Catalysts, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Metal organic frameworks for biomass conversion, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Gallic Acid Alleviates Gouty Arthritis by Inhibiting NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation and Pyroptosis Through Enhancing Nrf2 Signaling, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Ordered Macroporous Carbonous Frameworks Implanted with CdS Quantum Dots for Efficient Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Dual-Metal Hetero-Single-Atoms with Different Coordination for Efficient Synergistic Catalysis, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent collaborators in their work include Kui Shen, Liyu Chen, Ruiqi Fang, Fengliang Wang, and Jianmin Chen. Their publishing activity is notably present in venues such as Angewandte Chemie, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Small, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, and ACS Catalysis.

  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Small
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • ACS Catalysis

Their work contributes extensively to the understanding and development of catalytic and photocatalytic materials, particularly those based on metal-organic frameworks and their applications in energy conversion and environmental sustainability.

Best Publications

  • Development of MOF-Derived Carbon-Based Nanomaterials for Efficient Catalysis

    Kui Shen;Xiaodong Chen;Junying Chen;Yingwei Li

  • Ordered macro-microporous metal-organic framework single crystals

    Kui Shen;Lei Zhang;Xiaodong Chen;Lingmei Liu

  • Gas adsorption and storage in metal-organic framework MOF-177.

    Yingwei Li;Ralph T Yang

  • Controllable design of tunable nanostructures inside metal-organic frameworks.

    Liyu Chen;Rafael Luque;Yingwei Li

  • Significantly enhanced hydrogen storage in metal-organic frameworks via spillover.

    Yingwei Li;Ralph T Yang

  • Hydrogen storage in metal-organic frameworks by bridged hydrogen spillover

    Yingwei Li;Ralph T Yang

  • A Highly Active Heterogeneous Palladium Catalyst for the Suzuki–Miyaura and Ullmann Coupling Reactions of Aryl Chlorides in Aqueous Media

    Bizhen Yuan;Yingyi Pan;Yingwei Li;Biaolin Yin

  • Adsorptive and photocatalytic removal of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in water by metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)

    Yunhong Pi;Xiyi Li;Qibin Xia;Junliang Wu

  • Multi-Level Architecture Optimization of MOF-Templated Co-Based Nanoparticles Embedded in Hollow N-Doped Carbon Polyhedra for Efficient OER and ORR

    Danni Ding;Kui Shen;Xiaodong Chen;Huirong Chen

  • Transition Metal Nitride Coated with Atomic Layers of Pt as a Low-Cost, Highly Stable Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Xinlong Tian;Junming Luo;Haoxiong Nan;Haobin Zou

  • Metal–Organic Frameworks as a Good Platform for the Fabrication of Single-Atom Catalysts

    Haigen Huang;Kui Shen;Fengfeng Chen;Yingwei Li

  • Hydrogen storage in metal‐organic and covalent‐organic frameworks by spillover

    Yingwei Li;Ralph T. Yang

  • Hierarchically porous nitrogen-doped carbon derived from the activation of agriculture waste by potassium hydroxide and urea for high-performance supercapacitors

    Kaixiang Zou;Yuanfu Deng;Juping Chen;Yunqian Qian

  • Metal−Organic Framework Supported Gold Nanoparticles as a Highly Active Heterogeneous Catalyst for Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols

    Hongli Liu;Yaling Liu;Yingwei Li;Zhiyong Tang

  • Synthesis and adsorption performance of MIL-101(Cr)/graphite oxide composites with high capacities of n-hexane

    Xuejiao Sun;Qibin Xia;Zhenxia Zhao;Yingwei Li

  • Functional metal–organic frameworks for catalytic applications

    Chunping Xu;Ruiqi Fang;Rafael Luque;Rafael Luque;Liyu Chen

  • Nanoreactor of MOF-Derived Yolk–Shell Co@C–N: Precisely Controllable Structure and Enhanced Catalytic Activity

    Huirong Chen;Kui Shen;Qing Mao;Junying Chen

  • Base-Free Oxidation of Alcohols to Esters at Room Temperature and Atmospheric Conditions using Nanoscale Co-Based Catalysts

    Wei Zhong;Hongli Liu;Cuihua Bai;Shijun Liao

  • Metal organic frameworks for biomass conversion

    Ruiqi Fang;Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy;Yingwei Li;Hermenegildo Garcia;Hermenegildo Garcia

  • Tuning the moisture stability of metal–organic frameworks by incorporating hydrophobic functional groups at different positions of ligands

    Deyun Ma;Yingwei Li;Zhong Li

  • MOFs-Templated Co@Pd Core–Shell NPs Embedded in N-Doped Carbon Matrix with Superior Hydrogenation Activities

    Kui Shen;Liang Chen;Jilan Long;Wei Zhong

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhong Li
Zhong Li South China University of Technology
Rafael Luque
Rafael Luque King Saud University
Shijun Liao
Shijun Liao South China University of Technology
Ralph T. Yang
Ralph T. Yang University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Qibin Xia
Qibin Xia South China University of Technology
Guohua Chen
Guohua Chen Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Haihui Wang
Haihui Wang Tsinghua University
Xinlong Tian
Xinlong Tian Hainan University
Lei Zhang
Lei Zhang South China University of Technology
Liming Wang
Liming Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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