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Yong Pei is affiliated with Xiangtan University in China. Their research spans multiple fields within materials science and engineering, with a significant focus on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering. Their work also touches on electronic, optical, and magnetic materials, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, as well as biomedical engineering.

Pei's research topics cover a range of advanced materials and technologies, concentrating particularly on nanocluster synthesis and applications and advanced battery materials and technologies. Other key areas of focus include advancements in battery materials, advanced nanomaterials in catalysis, gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications, advanced battery technologies research, and advanced photocatalysis techniques.

The scientist has a strong publication record in several journals and venues. Frequent publication venues for Pei include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Nanoscale
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

Yong Pei has collaborated regularly with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Xianyou Wang
  • Bei Long
  • Manzhou Zhu
  • Pu Wang
  • Ting Song

Recent papers by Pei illustrate the scientist's focus on catalysis, battery technology, and nanomaterials. Notable publications include:

  • NiMoO4 Nanosheets Anchored on NS Doped Carbon Clothes with Hierarchical Structure as a Bidirectional Catalyst toward Accelerating Polysulfides Conversion for LiS Battery (2021, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • Ligand Modification of Au25 Nanoclusters for Near-Infrared Photocatalytic Oxidative Functionalization (2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Oxygen Defect-Rich WO3−x-W3N4 Mott-Schottky Heterojunctions Enabling Bidirectional Catalysis for Sulfur Cathode (2023, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • Fluorescence or Phosphorescence? The Metallic Composition of the Nanocluster Kernel Does Matter (2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Promoting "Strong Adsorption" and "Fast Conversion" of Polysulfides in Li-S batteries Based on Conductive Sulfides Host with Hollow Prism Structure and Surface Defects (2022, Advanced Functional Materials)

Best Publications

  • MoS2 Quantum Dot Growth Induced by S Vacancies in a ZnIn2S4 Monolayer: Atomic-Level Heterostructure for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

    Shuqu Zhang;Xia Liu;Chengbin Liu;Shenglian Luo

  • Photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants coupled with simultaneous photocatalytic H2 evolution over graphene quantum dots/Mn-N-TiO2/g-C3N4 composite catalysts: Performance and mechanism

    Yu-Chun Nie;Fan Yu;Lai-Chun Wang;Qiu-Ju Xing

  • Metal Exchange Method Using Au25 Nanoclusters as Templates for Alloy Nanoclusters with Atomic Precision

    Shuxin Wang;Yongbo Song;Shan Jin;Xia Liu

  • Scalable one-step production of porous oxygen-doped g-C3N4 nanorods with effective electron separation for excellent visible-light photocatalytic activity

    Yunxiong Zeng;Xia Liu;Chengbin Liu;Longlu Wang

  • Structural prediction of thiolate-protected Au38: a face-fused bi-icosahedral Au core.

    Yong Pei;Yi Gao;Xiao Cheng Zeng

  • Positioning cyanamide defects in g-C3N4: Engineering energy levels and active sites for superior photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

    Jili Yuan;Xia Liu;Yanhong Tang;Yunxiong Zeng

  • The Structure and Optical Properties of the [Au18(SR)14] Nanocluster

    Shuang Chen;Shuxin Wang;Juan Zhong;Yongbo Song

  • Investigating the structural evolution of thiolate protected gold clusters from first-principles

    Yong Pei;Xiao Cheng Zeng

  • Self-Optimization of the Active Site of Molybdenum Disulfide by an Irreversible Phase Transition during Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

    Longlu Wang;Xia Liu;Jinming Luo;Xidong Duan

  • A Theoretical Study of Single-Atom Catalysis of CO Oxidation Using Au Embedded 2D h-BN Monolayer: A CO-Promoted O2 Activation

    Keke Mao;Lei Li;Wenhua Zhang;Yong Pei

  • Thiol Ligand-Induced Transformation of Au38(SC2H4Ph)24 to Au36(SPh-t-Bu)24

    Chenjie Zeng;Chunyan Liu;Yong Pei;Rongchao Jin

  • Photocatalytic wastewater purification with simultaneous hydrogen production using MoS2 QD-decorated hierarchical assembly of ZnIn2S4 on reduced graphene oxide photocatalyst.

    Shuqu Zhang;Longlu Wang;Chengbin Liu;Jinming Luo

  • Total Structure Determination of Au21(S-Adm)15 and Geometrical/Electronic Structure Evolution of Thiolated Gold Nanoclusters

    Shuang Chen;Lin Xiong;Shuxin Wang;Zhongyun Ma

  • Catalytic Activities of Subnanometer Gold Clusters (Au16–Au18, Au20, and Au27–Au35) for CO Oxidation

    Yi Gao;Nan Shao;Yong Pei;Zhongfang Chen

  • Planar Pentacoordinate Carbon in CAl5+ : A Global Minimum

    Yong Pei;Wei An;Keigo Ito;Paul von Ragué Schleyer

  • Ag50(Dppm)6(SR)30 and Its Homologue AuxAg50-x(Dppm)6(SR)30 Alloy Nanocluster: Seeded Growth, Structure Determination, and Differences in Properties.

    Wenjun Du;Shan Jin;Lin Xiong;Man Chen

  • CO Self-Promoting Oxidation on Nanosized Gold Clusters: Triangular Au3 Active Site and CO Induced O–O Scission

    Chunyan Liu;Yingzi Tan;Sisi Lin;Hui Li

  • Monolayer MoS2 with S vacancies from interlayer spacing expanded counterparts for highly efficient electrochemical hydrogen production

    Yuzi Xu;Longlu Wang;Xia Liu;Shuqu Zhang

  • Hydroxyl group modification improves the electrocatalytic ORR and OER activity of graphene supported single and bi-metal atomic catalysts (Ni, Co, and Fe)

    Xiaomei Zhao;Xia Liu;Baoyu Huang;Pu Wang

  • Crystal Structure and Optical Properties of the [Ag62S12(SBut)32]2+ Nanocluster with a Complete Face-Centered Cubic Kernel

    Shan Jin;Shuxin Wang;Yongbo Song;Meng Zhou

  • Interlocked Catenane-Like Structure Predicted in Au24(SR)20: Implication to Structural Evolution of Thiolated Gold Clusters from Homoleptic Gold(I) Thiolates to Core-Stacked Nanoparticles

    Yong Pei;Rhitankar Pal;Chunyan Liu;Yi Gao

  • Active Site Self‐optimization by Irreversible Phase Transition of 1T‐MoS2 in Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

    Longlu Wang;Xia Liu;Jinming Luo;Xidong Duan

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiao Cheng Zeng
Xiao Cheng Zeng City University of Hong Kong
Manzhou Zhu
Manzhou Zhu Anhui University
Shuxin Wang
Shuxin Wang Qingdao University of Science and Technology
Xianyou Wang
Xianyou Wang Xiangtan University
Yi Gao
Yi Gao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Longlu Wang
Longlu Wang Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Chengbin Liu
Chengbin Liu Hunan University
Xiaojun Wu
Xiaojun Wu University of Science and Technology of China
John C. Crittenden
John C. Crittenden Georgia Institute of Technology
Jinming Luo
Jinming Luo Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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