Xiang Yu

PhD Candidate
Employed since: November 2019
Email: x.yu@uu.nl
Room: 5th floor study area

Research

Research

Al2O3-x-based single-atom-catalysts for methane conversion

The goals of my research are to establish high performing single-atom catalyst systems for the selective conversion of methane, and to obtain the fundamental insights into the catalytic mechanism and the dynamic change course of a working single-atom catalyst, with the assistance of operando spectroscopic techniques and ab-initio simulation methods.

C.V.

C.V.

2019 – present
PhD candidate in the group of prof. dr. ir. Bert Weckhuysen, Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Utrecht University

Project: Al2O3-x-based single-atom-catalysts for methane conversion

2016 – 2019
Master
Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Xiamen University

Master thesis: Self-hybridized coralloid graphitic carbon nitride deriving from deep eutectic solvent as effective visible light photocatalysts

Enhancing both selectivity and activity of isoprene hydrogenation by atomically dispersing nickel on mesoporous S-doped carbon nitride

Elevated understanding of electronic metal-support interaction: the atoms beneath the interface

2012 – 2016
Bachelor
Applied Chemistry, College of Chemical Engineering at Tianjin University
Bachelor thesis: 

Triarylamine-based molecules as the hole injection layer of flexible OLED

Controlled synthesis of nano TiO2 photocatalyst via biomass templates

Publications

Yu, Xiang; Genz, Nina S.; Mendes, Rafael G.; Ye, Xinwei; Meirer, Florian; Nachtegaal, Maarten; Monai, Matteo; Weckhuysen, Bert M.

Anchoring PdOx clusters on defective alumina for improved catalytic methane oxidation Journal Article

In: Nature Communications, vol. 15, no. 1, 2024, (Cited by: 1; All Open Access, Gold Open Access).

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Yang, Shuang; An, Hongyu; Arnouts, Sven; Wang, Hui; Yu, Xiang; de Ruiter, Jim; Bals, Sara; Altantzis, Thomas; Weckhuysen, Bert M.; van der Stam, Ward

Halide-guided active site exposure in bismuth electrocatalysts for selective CO2 conversion into formic acid Journal Article

In: Nature Catalysis, vol. 6, no. 9, pp. 796 – 806, 2023, (Cited by: 9; All Open Access, Green Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access).

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