Yadong Li

Research interests

Publications

• Matching the kinetics of natural enzymes with a single-atom iron nanozyme

  Nature Catalysis · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-021-00609-x

• Engineering unsymmetrically coordinated Cu-S1N3 single atom sites with enhanced oxygen reduction activity

  Nature Communications · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16848-8

• Chemical Synthesis of Single Atomic Site Catalysts

  Chemical Reviews · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00818

• Iridium single-atom catalyst on nitrogen-doped carbon for formic acid oxidation synthesized using a general host–guest strategy

  Nature Chemistry · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-020-0473-9

• Electronic Metal–Support Interaction of Single‐Atom Catalysts and Applications in Electrocatalysis

  Advanced Materials · 2020 · 10.1002/adma.202003300

• Modulating the local coordination environment of single-atom catalysts for enhanced catalytic performance

  Nano Research · 2020 · 10.1007/s12274-020-2755-3

• Engineering the electronic structure of single atom Ru sites via compressive strain boosts acidic water oxidation electrocatalysis

  Nature Catalysis · 2019 · 10.1038/s41929-019-0246-2

• Well-Defined Materials for Heterogeneous Catalysis: From Nanoparticles to Isolated Single-Atom Sites

  Chemical Reviews · 2019 · 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00311

• Bismuth Single Atoms Resulting from Transformation of Metal–Organic Frameworks and Their Use as Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2019 · 10.1021/jacs.9b08259

• Tuning the Coordination Environment in Single-Atom Catalysts to Achieve Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reactions

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2019 · 10.1021/jacs.9b09352

• Copper atom-pair catalyst anchored on alloy nanowires for selective and efficient electrochemical reduction of CO2

  Nature Chemistry · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-018-0201-x

• Single-Atom Catalysts: Synthetic Strategies and Electrochemical Applications

  Joule · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2018.06.019

• Direct observation of noble metal nanoparticles transforming to thermally stable single atoms

  Nature Nanotechnology · 2018 · 10.1038/s41565-018-0197-9

• Core–Shell ZIF-8@ZIF-67-Derived CoP Nanoparticle-Embedded N-Doped Carbon Nanotube Hollow Polyhedron for Efficient Overall Water Splitting

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2018 · 10.1021/jacs.7b12420

• Single platinum atoms immobilized on an MXene as an efficient catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction

  Nature Catalysis · 2018 · 10.1038/s41929-018-0195-1

• Design of Single-Atom Co–N5 Catalytic Site: A Robust Electrocatalyst for CO2 Reduction with Nearly 100% CO Selectivity and Remarkable Stability

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2018 · 10.1021/jacs.8b00814

• Defect Effects on TiO 2 Nanosheets: Stabilizing Single Atomic Site Au and Promoting Catalytic Properties

  Advanced Materials · 2018 · 10.1002/adma.201705369

• Enhanced oxygen reduction with single-atomic-site iron catalysts for a zinc-air battery and hydrogen-air fuel cell

  Nature Communications · 2018 · 10.1038/s41467-018-07850-2

• Fe Isolated Single Atoms on S, N Codoped Carbon by Copolymer Pyrolysis Strategy for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction

  Advanced Materials · 2018 · 10.1002/adma.201800588

• A Bimetallic Zn/Fe Polyphthalocyanine‐Derived Single‐Atom Fe‐N4 Catalytic Site:A Superior Trifunctional Catalyst for Overall Water Splitting and Zn–Air Batteries

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2018 · 10.1002/anie.201804349

• Uncoordinated Amine Groups of Metal–Organic Frameworks to Anchor Single Ru Sites as Chemoselective Catalysts toward the Hydrogenation of Quinoline

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2017 · 10.1021/jacs.7b01686

• Isolated Single Iron Atoms Anchored on N‐Doped Porous Carbon as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2017 · 10.1002/anie.201702473

• Regulation of Coordination Number over Single Co Sites: Triggering the Efficient Electroreduction of CO2

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2017 · 10.1002/anie.201712451

• Hollow N-Doped Carbon Spheres with Isolated Cobalt Single Atomic Sites: Superior Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2017 · 10.1021/jacs.7b10194

• Design of N-Coordinated Dual-Metal Sites: A Stable and Active Pt-Free Catalyst for Acidic Oxygen Reduction Reaction

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2017 · 10.1021/jacs.7b10385

• Ionic Exchange of Metal–Organic Frameworks to Access Single Nickel Sites for Efficient Electroreduction of CO 2

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2017 · 10.1021/jacs.7b02736

• General synthesis and definitive structural identification of MN4C4 single-atom catalysts with tunable electrocatalytic activities

  Nature Catalysis · 2017 · 10.1038/s41929-017-0008-y

• Single Cobalt Atoms with Precise N‐Coordination as Superior Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201604802

• Green chemistry for nanoparticle synthesis

  Chemical Society Reviews · 2015 · 10.1039/c4cs00363b

• Highly Crystalline Multimetallic Nanoframes with Three-Dimensional Electrocatalytic Surfaces

  Science · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1249061

• Bimetallic Nanocrystals: Liquid‐Phase Synthesis and Catalytic Applications

  Advanced Materials · 2011 · 10.1002/adma.201003695

• Oxygen Vacancy Clusters Promoting Reducibility and Activity of Ceria Nanorods

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2009 · 10.1021/ja808433d

• Nearly Monodisperse Cu 2 O and CuO Nanospheres: Preparation and Applications for Sensitive Gas Sensors

  Chemistry of Materials · 2006 · 10.1021/cm052256f

• Monodisperse Magnetic Single‐Crystal Ferrite Microspheres

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200462551

• Colloidal Carbon Spheres and Their Core/Shell Structures with Noble‐Metal Nanoparticles

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200352386

• Selected-Control Hydrothermal Synthesis of α- and β-MnO2 Single Crystal Nanowires

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2002 · 10.1021/ja0177105

Current projects

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