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Ni-Based Nanoparticles Catalyzed Hydrodeoxygenation of Ketones, Ethers, and Phenols to (Cyclo) Aliphatic Compounds

Paul Joseph Dyson, Yelin Hu, Matthias Beller, Mingyang Liu, Xiang Li

Catalytic hydrodeoxygenation is of prime importance in the valorization of biomass-based feedstocks to produce essential chemicals and fuels. To carry out this process in a more cost-effective and sustainable manner, the use of 3D-metal-based nanostructure ...

Amer Chemical Soc2023

Molecularly Tailored Surface Defect Modifier for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Yelin Hu, Miao Chen, Hongwei Zhu, Zhongjin Shen, Yinghui Wu, Jialin Wang

Surface defects cause non-radiative charge recombination and reduce the photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), thus effective passivation of defects has become a crucial method for achieving efficient and stable devices. Organic ammoniu ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2023

Exfoliated 2D Layered and Nonlayered Metal Phosphorous Trichalcogenides Nanosheets as Promising Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction

Michael Graetzel, Yelin Hu, Bing Wu, Dan Ren, Chen Shen, Hong Zhang, Yunfei Jiao, Fei Liang

Two-dimensional (2D) materials catalysts provide an atomic-scale view on a fascinating arena for understanding the mechanism of electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction (CO2 ECR). Here, we successfully exfoliated both layered and nonlayered ultra-thin met ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2023

A Cobalt Nanocatalyst for the Hydrogenation and Oxidative Dehydrogenation of N-heterocycles

Paul Joseph Dyson, Yelin Hu, Matthias Beller, Mingyang Liu, Xiang Li

Catalytic hydrogenation and oxidative dehydrogenation of N-heterocycles to produce tetrahydroquinoline and quinoline derivatives are important reactions of particular importance in the agrochemical and pharmaceutical industries. Herein, we report earth-abu ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag2023

A general and robust Ni-based nanocatalyst for selective hydrogenation reactions at low temperature and pressure

Paul Joseph Dyson, Yelin Hu, Matthias Beller, Mingyang Liu

Catalytic hydrogenations are important and widely applied processes for the reduction of organic compounds both in academic laboratories and in industry. To perform these reactions in sustainable and practical manner, the development and applicability of n ...

Amer Assoc Advancement Science2023

Silica-copper catalyst interfaces enable carbon-carbon coupling towards ethylene electrosynthesis

Michael Graetzel, Yelin Hu, Reza Zamani, Xiaoyan Wang, Dan Ren, Jun Li, Ziyun Wang, Yi Xu

Membrane electrode assembly (MEA) electrolyzers offer a means to scale up CO2-to-ethylene electroconversion using renewable electricity and close the anthropogenic carbon cycle. To date, excessive CO2 coverage at the catalyst surface with limited active si ...

Nature Research2021

Bias-Adaptable CO2-to-CO Conversion via Tuning the Binding of Competing Intermediates

Yelin Hu, Jun Li, An Zhang, Shilong Wang, Han Zhang

CO2 electroreduction powered by renewable electricity represents a promising method to enclose anthropogenic carbon cycle. Current catalysts display high selectivity toward the desired product only over a narrow potential window due primarily to unoptimize ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

High-valence metals improve oxygen evolution reaction performance by modulating 3dmetal oxidation cycle energetics

Ye Zhang, Yelin Hu, Zhen Cao, Yang Li, Jun Li, Bo Zhang, Ziyun Wang, Likai Zheng

Multimetal oxyhydroxides have recently been reported that outperform noble metal catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). In such 3d-metal-based catalysts, the oxidation cycle of 3dmetals has been posited to act as the OER thermodynamic-limiting proc ...

NATURE RESEARCH2020

Significance of pi-bridge contribution in pyrido[3,4-b]pyrazine featured D-A-pi-A organic dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Yelin Hu, Fabrizio Giordano, Xiaoyu Zhang, Zhongjin Shen

The 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) pi-bridge is one of the most commonly used building blocks for sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). We investigated its influence on the molecular structure, the photophysical and electrochemical properti ...

Chinese Chemical Soc2017

Defects on surface and interface for photoelectrochemical properties of hematite photoanodes

Yelin Hu

Hydrogen is a highly versatile fuel that may become one of the key solutions to face our future energy challenges. Among all these methods for hydrogen production, solar water splitting offers possible advantages regarding components integration, stability ...

EPFL2017

Molecular Origin and Electrochemical Influence of Capacitive Surface States on Iron Oxide Photoanodes

Michael Graetzel, Yelin Hu, Artur Braun, Florent Alexandre Boudoire

The origin, the nature, and the electronic structure of surface defects causing surface states on metal oxides and their role in solar water splitting have been under scrutiny for several decades. In the present study, the surface of hematite films is trea ...

American Chemical Society2016

The electronic, chemical and electrocatalytic processes and intermediates on iron oxide surfaces during photoelectrochemical water splitting

Michael Graetzel, Yelin Hu, Artur Braun, Florent Alexandre Boudoire

We re-assess experimental soft X-ray absorption spectra of the oxygen K-shell which we recorded operando from iron oxide during photoelectrochemical water splitting in KOH electrolyte. In particular, we refer to recently reported transitional electron hole ...

Elsevier2016

Morphology, structural and optical properties of iron oxide thin film photoanodes in photoelectrochemical cell: Effect of electrochemical oxidation

Yelin Hu, Artur Braun

Hematite (alpha-Fe2O3) is a promising semiconductor as photoanode in solar hydrogen production from photoelectrolysis of water due to its appropriate band gap, low cost and high electrochemical stability in aqueous caustic electrolytes. Operation of such p ...

Elsevier Science Bv2016

Influence of anodization time on the surface modifications on alpha-Fe2O3 photoanode upon anodization

Yelin Hu, Artur Braun

In searching for a suitable semiconductor material for hydrogen production via photoelectrochemical water splitting, alpha-Fe2O3 received significant attention as a promising photoanode due to its band gap (similar to 2.1 eV), good stability, low cost, and ...

Materials Research Society2016

High Absorption Coefficient Cyclopentadithiophene Donor-Free Dyes for Liquid and Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Yelin Hu, Yiming Cao, Antonio Abate

We report a series of "donor-free" dyes featuring moieties of oligo(4,4-dihexyl-4H-cyclopenta[1,2-b:5,4-b']dithiophene) (CPDT) functionalized with cyanoacrylic end groups for mesoscopic titania solar cells based on I-/I-3(-) or Co(II)/Co(III) redox couple ...

Amer Chemical Soc2016

A facile nonpolar organic solution process of a nanostructured hematite photoanode with high efficiency and stability for water splitting

Yelin Hu, Artur Braun

We present a facile nonpolar organic solution synthesis and processing method for water splitting photoanodes based on iron oxide with a relatively low sintering temperature (550 degrees C). The photocurrent of these photoanodes can reach 3.3 mA cm(-2) at ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2016

Molecular Engineering of Potent Sensitizers for Very Efficient Light Harvesting in Thin-Film Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Marcel Roland Schreier, Norman Pellet, Chenyi Yi, Yelin Hu, Fabrizio Giordano, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yi Xu

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have shown significant potential for indoor arid building integrated photovoltaic applications. Herein we present three new D-A-pi-A organic sensitizers, XY1, XY2, and XY3, that exhibit high molar extinction coefficients ...

Amer Chemical Soc2016

Biological Components and Bioelectronic Interfaces of Water Splitting Photoelectrodes for Solar Hydrogen Production

Yelin Hu, Artur Braun, Florent Alexandre Boudoire

Artificial photosynthesis (AP) is inspired by photosynthesis in nature. In AP, solar hydrogen can be produced by water splitting in photoelectrochemical cells (PEC). The necessary photoelectrodes are inorganic semiconductors. Light-harvesting proteins and ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2015

High-Surface-Area Porous Platinum Electrodes for Enhanced Charge Transfer

Michael Graetzel, Marcel Roland Schreier, Francesco Stellacci, Aswani Yella, Yelin Hu, Morgan Mertens Stefik, Stefan Guldin

Cobalt-based electrolytes are highly tunable and have pushed the limits of dye-sensitized solar cells, enabling higher open-circuit voltages and new record efficiencies. However, the performance of these electrolytes and a range of other electrolytes suffe ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2014

Between photocatalysis and photosynthesis: Synchrotron spectroscopy methods on molecules and materials for solar hydrogen generation

Michael Graetzel, Yelin Hu, Artur Braun, Jin Guo

Energy research is to a large extent materials research, encompassing the physics and chemistry of materials, including their synthesis, processing toward components and design toward architectures, allowing for their functionality as energy devices, exten ...

Elsevier2013