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Youzhu Yuan

Youzhu Yuan

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Chemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
9351
World Ranking
11835
National Ranking
1882

Overview

Youzhu Yuan is affiliated with Xiamen University in China and has an active research profile centered on chemistry, chemical engineering, and materials science. Their scholarly output covers diverse subfields including materials chemistry, organic chemistry, catalysis, inorganic chemistry, and process chemistry and technology.

The areas of focus in their research encompass catalytic processes in materials science, nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, catalysts for methane reforming, catalysis and oxidation reactions, and catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies.

The scientist has contributed to several publications, including the following recent papers:

  • Ambient-pressure synthesis of ethylene glycol catalyzed by C 60 -buffered Cu/SiO 2, 2022, Science
  • Selective methylation of toluene using CO 2 and H 2 to para -xylene, 2020, Science Advances
  • A Bifunctional Iron Nanocomposite Catalyst for Efficient Oxidation of Alkenes to Ketones and 1,2-Diketones, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Identifying the activity origin of silver catalysts induced by interfacial electron localization for regioselective C O bond hydrogenation, 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Highly dispersed Ni2P nanoparticles on N,P-codoped carbon for efficient cross-dehydrogenative coupling to access alkynyl thioethers, 2020, Green Chemistry

The researcher frequently collaborates with others including Linmin Ye, Jiachang Zuo, Xinping Duan, Weikun Chen, and Lele Huang.

The primary venues where their work has been published include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Journal of Catalysis
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Catalysis Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • Effect of boric oxide doping on the stability and activity of a Cu-SiO2 catalyst for vapor-phase hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate to ethylene glycol

    Zhe He;Haiqiang Lin;Ping He;Youzhu Yuan

  • Ambient-pressure synthesis of ethylene glycol catalyzed by C60-buffered Cu/SiO2

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  • Lanthanum Oxide-Modified Cu/SiO2 as a High-Performance Catalyst for Chemoselective Hydrogenation of Dimethyl Oxalate to Ethylene Glycol

    Xinlei Zheng;Haiqiang Lin;Jianwei Zheng;Xinping Duan

  • Supported Au catalysts prepared from Au phosphine complexes and As-precipitated metal hydroxides: Characterization and low-temperature CO oxidation

    Youzhu Yuan;Youzhu Yuan;Anguelina P. Kozlova;Kiyotaka Asakura;Huilin Wan

  • Interfacing with silica boosts the catalysis of copper

    Chaofa Xu;Guangxu Chen;Yun Zhao;Pengxin Liu

  • Nanoporous Lanthanide–Copper(II) Coordination Polymers: Syntheses and Crystal Structures of [{M2(Cu3(iminodiacetate)6)}⋅8 H2O]n (M=La, Nd, Eu)†

    Yan-Ping Ren;La-Sheng Long;Bing-Wei Mao;You-Zhu Yuan

  • Preparation, characterization and catalytic hydroformylation properties of carbon nanotubes-supported Rh–phosphine catalyst

    Yu Zhang;Hong-Bin Zhang;Guo-Dong Lin;Ping Chen

  • Product tunable behavior of carbon nanotubes-supported Ni?Fe catalysts for guaiacol hydrodeoxygenation

    Huihuang Fang;Jianwei Zheng;Xiaolin Luo;Junmou Du

  • CO2 hydrogenation to methanol over Cu catalysts supported on La-modified SBA-15: The crucial role of Cu–LaOx interfaces

    Kun Chen;Huihuang Fang;Simson Wu;Xi Liu

  • Self- regeneration of Au/CeO2 based catalysts with enhanced activity and ultra-stability for acetylene hydrochlorination.

    Lin Ye;Xinping Duan;Simson Wu;Tai-Sing Wu

  • Silver-modulated SiO2-supported copper catalysts for selective hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate to ethylene glycol

    Ying Huang;Hiroko Ariga;Xinlei Zheng;Xinping Duan

  • Catalysis and Reactivation of Ordered Mesoporous Carbon-Supported Gold Nanoparticles for the Base-Free Oxidation of Glucose to Gluconic Acid

    Puyu Qi;Shasha Chen;Jin Chen;Jianwei Zheng

  • Robust and Recyclable Nonprecious Bimetallic Nanoparticles on Carbon Nanotubes for the Hydrogenation and Hydrogenolysis of 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural

    Lili Yu;Le He;Jin Chen;Jianwei Zheng

  • Efficient low-temperature selective hydrogenation of esters on bimetallic Au-Ag/SBA-15 catalyst

    Jianwei Zheng;Haiqiang Lin;Ya-nan Wang;Xinlei Zheng

  • Performance and characterization of supported rhenium oxide catalysts for selective oxidation of methanol to methylal

    Youzhu Yuan;Yasuhiro Iwasawa

  • Highly active CNT-promoted Cu-ZnO-Al2O3 catalyst for methanol synthesis from H2/CO/CO2

    Xin Dong;Hong-Bin Zhang;Guo-Dong Lin;You-Zhu Yuan

  • Remarkable enhancement of Cu catalyst activity in hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate to ethylene glycol using gold

    Ya-nan Wang;Xinping Duan;Jianwei Zheng;Haiqiang Lin

  • Carbon Nanotube-Supported RuFe Bimetallic Nanoparticles as Efficient and Robust Catalysts for Aqueous-Phase Selective Hydrogenolysis of Glycerol to Glycols

    Bodong Li;Juan Wang;Youzhu Yuan;Hiroko Ariga

  • Synergistic catalysis on Fe–N<sub>x</sub> sites and Fe nanoparticles for efficient synthesis of quinolines and quinazolinones <i>via</i> oxidative coupling of amines and aldehydes

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  • Morphology effects of nanocrystalline CeO2 on the preferential CO oxidation in H-2-rich gas over Au/CeO2 catalyst

    Guangquan Yi;Zhongning Xu;Guocong Guo;Ken-ichi Tanaka

  • Preparation of supported gold catalysts from gold complexes and their catalytic activities for CO oxidation

    Youzhu Yuan;Youzhu Yuan;Kiyotaka Asakura;Huilin Wan;Khirui Tsai

  • The new catalytic property of supported rhenium oxides for selective oxidation of methanol to methylal

    Youzhu Yuan;Takafumi Shido;Yasuhiro Iwasawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasuhiro Iwasawa
Yasuhiro Iwasawa University of Electro-Communications
Kiyotaka Asakura
Kiyotaka Asakura Hokkaido University
Shik Chi Tsang
Shik Chi Tsang University of Oxford
Huilin Wan
Huilin Wan Xiamen University
Yong Yang
Yong Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yanhui Yang
Yanhui Yang Nanjing Tech University
Yong Yang
Yong Yang Xiamen University
Haichao Liu
Haichao Liu Peking University
S. Ted Oyama
S. Ted Oyama National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Jianliang Xiao
Jianliang Xiao University of Liverpool

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