Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
QI Yu
Title: Associate Professor
Subject: Catalytic Chemistry
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Email: yqi@dicp.ac.cn
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Research Interests
Photocatalysis, cocatalyst, z-scheme, water splitting, reduction of nitrate
1. Design and synthesis of wide-visible-light responsive photocatalyst and novel cocatalyst, as well as modulating their surfaces and interfaces to realize water splitting or nitrate reduction.
1. Design and synthesis of wide-visible-light responsive photocatalyst and novel cocatalyst, as well as modulating their surfaces and interfaces to realize water splitting or nitrate reduction.
2. Construction Z-scheme system to achieve efficient conversion of solar energy.
3. Characterization of photocatalyst to provide a fundamental understanding of the catalytic activity, selectivity, and reaction mechanisms.
Biography
1. Associate Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 2020/07 - present
2. Assistant Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 2018/01 - 2020/06
3. Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical , CAS, 2012/09 - 2018/01
4. B.S. in College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2008/09 - 2012/06
Honors and Awards
Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, 2018
"Merit Student" by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2017
Publications
1.Yu Qi, Can Li*, Kazunari Domen, Fuxiang Zhang*, et al., Unraveling of cocatalysts photodeposited selectively on facets of BiVO4 to boost solar water splitting, Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 484
2.Yu Qi, Fuxiang Zhang*, Photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen production, Acta Chimica Sinica, 2022, 80, 827
3.Hai Zou#, Yu Qi#, Fuxiang Zhang*, et al., Pyrochlore-structural Nd2Ta2O5N2 photocatalyst with absorption edge of over 600 nm for Z-scheme overall water splitting, Chemical Communications, 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D2CC02903K
4.Nengcong Yang, Yu Qi*, Fuxiang Zhang*, et al., Understanding the morphology evolution of 1D BiVO4 nanoarrays from nanorods to nanocones with enhanced photocatalytic performance, CrystEngComm, 2022, 24, 3297
5.Yu Qi, Fuxiang Zhang*, Overall water splitting over conjugated polymer photocatalysts with crystal facets modulated, Science China Chemistry, 2020, 63, 1582
6.Yu Qi, Can Li*, Fuxiang Zhang*, et al., Redox-based visible-light-driven Z-scheme overall water splitting with apparent quantum efficiency exceeding 10%, Joule, 2018, 2, 2393
7.Yu Qi, Can Li*, Fuxiang Zhang*, et al., Inhibiting competing reactions of iodate/iodide redox mediators by surface modification of photocatalysts to enable Z-scheme overall water splitting, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2018, 224, 579
8.Yu Qi, Can Li*, Fuxiang Zhang*, et al., Achievement of visible-light-driven Z-scheme overall water splitting using barium-modified Ta3N5 as a H2-evolving photocatalyst, Chemical Science, 2017, 8, 437