Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
YU Jiafeng
Title: Associate Professor
Subject: Catalytic Chemistry
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Email: yujf@dicp.ac.cn
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Research Interests
Heterogeneous catalysis, catalytic conversion of C1 molecules, in-situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy, advanced catalytic materals synthesized by flame spray prolysis and sputtering methods, carbides catalysts
1. Design and synthesis of novel metals and metastable oxides for catalysis via sputtering (SP) and flame spray pyrolysis (FSP) methods to regulate the electron structure of metal atoms and lattice oxygen properties of oxide support.
1. Design and synthesis of novel metals and metastable oxides for catalysis via sputtering (SP) and flame spray pyrolysis (FSP) methods to regulate the electron structure of metal atoms and lattice oxygen properties of oxide support.
2. Investigations on catalytic conversion of small carbon molecules, including carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methanol, ethanol, esters, hydrogen, oxygen, water and methane on the espect of lowering noble metal utilization, enrichment of specific product, enhancemant of stability and discovery of new active species.
3. Analysis and modelling of the catalytic mechnisim during the process of adsorption, activation and conversion of small carbon molecules on the surface of catalysts, mainly by in situ/operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy.
Biography
1. Associate Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 2014/06 – present
2. Visiting Scholar, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, 2020/01 - 2021/01
3. Assistant professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 2011/11 – 2014/05
4. Ph.D. in Industry Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 2006/09 - 2011/08
5. B.S., Dalian University of Technology, 2001/09 - 2005/08
Honors and Awards
Publications
1. Jiafeng Yu, Yuefeng Liu*, Noritatsu Tsubaki*, Jian Sun* et al., Ultra-high thermal stability of sputtering reconstructed Cu-based catalysts. Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 7209.
2. Xingtao Sun, Jiafeng Yu*, Jian Sun* et al., Controlling phase transfer of molybdenum carbides by various metals for highly efficient hydrogen production. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2021, 62, 191-197.
3. Jiafeng Yu, Anna Zimina*, Jian Sun* et al., Stabilizing Cu+ in Cu/SiO2 Catalysts with a Shattuckite-Like Structure Boosts CO2 Hydrogenation into Methanol, ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 14694-14706.
4. Jian Sun,#,* Jiafeng Yu,# Xiaoxuan Wei* et al., Freezing copper as a noble metal-like catalyst for preliminary hydrogenation, Science Advances 2018, 4, eaau3275.
5. Zhe Zhang#, Jiafeng Yu#*, Jian Sun* et al., Tailored Metastable Ce-Zr Oxides with Highly Distorted Lattice Oxygen for Accelerating Redox Cycle, Chemical Science 2018, 9, 3386-3394.
6. Jiafeng Yu, Andreas Goldbach*, Roland Dittmeyer* et al., Facile synthesis of highly active Rh/Al2O3 steam reforming catalysts with preformed support by flame spray pyrolysis, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2016, 198, 171-179.
7. Jiafeng Yu, Hengyong Xu* et al., Synthesis of a zeolite membrane as a protective layer on a metallic Pd composite membrane for hydrogen purification，Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3, 5000-5006