(1) Theoretical studies for regulating the catalytic activity and selectivity of 2D materials for the conversion of inert small molecules under mild conditions.
(2) Development of the r-scaling method for highly efficient calculation of transition state energy.
(3) AI and machine learning-driven theoretical prediction of activity and selectivity and high-throughput screening of 2D catalysts.
2024/07-present: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Professor
2018/06-2024/06: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Associate Professor
2017/04-2018/03: Virginia Tech, USA, Postdoctoral Fellow
2015/02-2017/03: Stanford University, USA, Postdoctoral Fellow
2014/02-2015/01: Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA, Postdoctoral Fellow
2012/11-2014/01: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Research Associate
2006/09-2012/10: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Ph.D, Physical Chemistry
2001/09-2005/07: Shandong Normal University, B.S., Applied Chemistry
(1) Talent for Revitalizing Liaoning Program, Top-notch Youth Talent
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[2] Rui Huang, Meihan Xia, Liang Yu*, Dehui Deng*, et al. Acetylene hydrogenation to ethylene by water at low temperature on a Au/α-MoC catalyst. Nat. Catal. 2023, 6, 1005.
[3] Jingting Hu#, Liang Yu#, Ye Wang*, Dehui Deng*, et al. Sulphur vacancy-rich MoS2 as a catalyst for the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol. Nat. Catal. 2021, 4, 242.
[4] Shiming Chen, Suxia Liang, Liang Yu*, Dehui Deng*, et al. Direct electro-conversion of air to nitric acid under mild conditions. Nat. Synth. 2024, 3, 76.
[5] Jingting Hu, Zeyu Wei, Liang Yu*, Ye Wang*, Dehui Deng*, et al. Edge-rich molybdenum disulfide tailors carbon-chain growth for selective hydrogenation of carbon monoxide to higher alcohols. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 6808.
[6] Yao Song, Xiao Yang, Huan Liu, Liang Yu*, Xiaoju Cui*, Dehui Deng*, et al. High-pressure electro-Fenton driving CH4 conversion by O2 at room temperature. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 5834.
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[12] Xiaomin Ren, Miao Guo, Liang Yu*, Jian Liu*, and Qihua Yang*, et al. Microenvironment Engineering of Ruthenium Nanoparticles Incorporated into Silica Nanoreactors for Enhanced Hydrogenations. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 14483.