Dr. Liang Yu, Male, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
E-mail: lyu@dicp.ac.cn
Mailing address: Zhongshan road 457, Shahekou, Dalian, Liaoning, China 116023
Department: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Two-dimensional Materials and Energy Catalysis
Personal link: http://deng.dicp.ac.cn/cv_of_dr_liang_yu
Research Areas
Physical Chemistry
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Education
2006.09 – 2012.10 Ph. D. in Physical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS
2008.06 – 2010.02 Joint Supervision (Prof. Wei-Xue Li), Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS
2010.03 – 2011.01 Joint Supervision (Prof. P. Hu), Queen’s University Belfast, U. K.
2001.09 – 2005.07 B.S. in Applied Chemistry, Shandong Normal University
Experience
Work Experience
2013.01 – 2014.01 Research Associate, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, China
2014.02 – 2015.02 iChEM Fellow, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Xiamen University, China; Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Brookhaven National Laboratory, U. S.
2015.02 – 2017.02 Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, U. S.
2017.05 – 2018.03 Postdoctoral Fellow, Virginia Tech, U. S.
2018.03 – 2018.06 Visiting Scholar, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, China
2018.06 to Present Associate Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, China
Publications
Papers
36. Jingting Hu#, Liang Yu#, Jiao Deng, Yong Wang, Kang Cheng, Chao Ma, Qinghong Zhang, Wu Wen, Shengsheng Yu, Yang Pan, Jiuzhong Yang, Hao Ma, Fei Qi, Yongke Wang, Yanping Zheng, Mingshu Chen, Rui Huang, Shuhong Zhang, Zhenchao Zhao, Jun Mao, Xiangyu Meng, Qinqin Ji, Guangjin Hou, Xiuwen Han, Xinhe Bao, Ye Wang*, Dehui Deng*
Sulphur vacancy-rich MoS2 as a catalyst for the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol
Nat. Catal., 2021, 4, 242.
DOI: 10.1038/s41929-021-00584-3
35. Kaixin Zhu#, Suxia Liang#, Xiaoju Cui, Rui Huang, Ningbo Wan, Lei Hua, Haiyang Li, Hongyu Chen, Zhenchao Zhao, Guangjin Hou, Mingrun Li, Qike Jiang, Liang Yu*, Dehui Deng*
Highly efficient conversion of methane to formic acid under mild conditions at ZSM-5-confined Fe-sites
Nano Energy, 2021, 82, 105718.
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105718
34. Yunchuan Tu#, Wei Tang#, Liang Yu#, Zheyi Liu, Yanting Liu, Huicong Xia, Haiwei Zhang, Shiyun Chen, Jia Wu, Xiaoju Cui, Jianan Zhang, Fangjun Wang*, Yangbo Hu*, Dehui Deng*
Inactivating SARS-CoV-2 by electrochemical oxidation
Sci. Bull., 2021, 66, 720.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2020.12.025
33. Zheng Zhang#, Liang Yu#, Yunchuan Tu, Ruixue Chen, Lihui Wu, Junfa Zhu, Dehui Deng*
Unveiling the Active Site of Metal-Free Nitrogen-doped Carbon for Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction
Cell Rep. Phys. Sci., 2020, 1, 100145.
DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2020.100145
32. Zhilong Zheng#, Liang Yu#, Meng Gao, Xiya Chen, Wu Zhou, Chao Ma, Lihui Wu, Junfa Zhu, Xiangyu Meng, Jingting Hu, Yunchuan Tu, Sisi Wu, Jun Mao, Zhongqun Tian, Dehui Deng*
Boosting hydrogen evolution on MoS2 via co-confining selenium in surface and cobalt in inner layer
Nat. Commun., 2020, 11, 3315.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17199-0
31. Liang Yu, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*
Chainmail for catalysts
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 15294.
30. Xiangyu Meng, Chao Ma, Luozhen Jiang, Rui Si, Xianguang Meng, Yunchuan Tu, Liang Yu*, Xinhe Bao, Dehui Deng*
Distance synergy of MoS2-confined Rh atoms for highly efficient hydrogen evolution
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 10502.
29. Yunchuan Tu, Jiao Deng, Chao Ma, Liang Yu*, Xinhe Bao, Dehui Deng*
Double-layer hybrid chainmail catalyst for high-performance hydrogen evolution
Nano Energy, 2020, 72, 104700.
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.104700
28. Xiaomin Ren, Miao Guo, He Li, Chengbin Li, Liang Yu*, Jian Liu*, and Qihua Yang*
Microenvironment Engineering of Ruthenium Nanoparticles Incorporated into Silica Nanoreactors for Enhanced Hydrogenations
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 14483.
27. Xiangyu Meng, Liang Yu, Chao Ma, Bing Nan, Rui Si, Yunchuan Tu, Jiao Deng, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*
Three-dimensionally hierarchical MoS2/graphene architecture for high-performance hydrogen evolution reaction
Nano Energy, 2019, 61, 611.
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.04.049
26. Yong Wang, Jun Mao, Xianguang Meng, Liang Yu, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*
Catalysis with Two-Dimensional Materials Confining Single Atoms: Concept, Design, and Applications
Chem. Rev., 2019, 119, 1806.
DOI:10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00501
25. Xiaoju Cui, Hai-Yan Su, Ruixue Chen, Liang Yu, Jinchao Dong, Chao Ma, Suheng Wang, Jianfeng Li, Fan Yang, Jianping Xiao, Mengtao Zhang, Ding Ma, Dehui Deng*, Dong H. Zhang, Zhongqun Tian, Xinhe Bao
Room-temperature electrochemical water-gas shift reaction for high purity hydrogen production
Nat. Commun., 2019, 10, 86.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07937-w
24. Yubing Lu, Jiamin Wang, Liang Yu, Libor Kovarik, Xiwen Zhang, Adam S. Hoffman, Alessandro Gallo, Simon R. Bare, Dimosthenis Sokaras, Thomas Kroll, Vanessa Dagle, Hongliang Xin*, Ayman M. Karim*
Identification of the Active Complex for CO Oxidation over Single-Atom Ir-on-MgAl2O4 Catalysts
Nat. Catal., 2019, 2, 149.
DOI: 10.1038/s41929-018-0192-4
23. Zhe Li, Liang Yu, Cory Milligan, Tao Ma, Lin Zhou, Yanran Cui, Zhiyuan Qi, Nicole Libretto, Biao Xu, Junwei Luo, Enzheng Shi, Zhenwei Wu*, Hongliang Xin*, W. Nicholas Delgass, Jeffrey T. Miller*, Yue Wu*
Two-dimensional transition metal carbides as supports for tuning the chemistry of catalytic nanoparticles
Nat. Commun., 2018, 9, 5258.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07502-5
22. Liang Yu, Laia Vilella, Frank Abild-Pedersen*.
Generic Approach to Access Barriers in Dehydrogenation Reactions.
Communications Chemistry, 2018, 1, 2.
DOI: 10.1038/s42004-017-0001-z
21. Jun Wang, Liang Yu, Lin Hu, Gang Chen, Hongliang Xin*, Xiaofeng Feng*.
Ambient Ammonia Synthesis Via Palladium-Catalyzed Electrohydrogenation of Dinitrogen at Low Overpotential.
Nat. Commun., 2018, 9, 1795.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04213-9
20. Yun Liu, Fan Yang*, Yi Zhang, Jianping Xiao, Liang Yu, Qingfei Liu, Yanxiao Ning, Zhiwen Zhou, Hao Chen, Wugen Huang, Ping Liu, Xinhe Bao*.
Enhanced Oxidation Resistance of Active Nanostructures Via Dynamic Size Effect.
Nat. Commun., 2017, 8, 14459.
19. Yun Liu, Yanxiao Ning, Liang Yu, Zhiwen Zhou, Qingfei Liu, Yi Zhang, Hao Chen, Jianping Xiao, Ping Liu, Fan Yang*, Xinhe Bao*.
Structure and Electronic Properties of Interface-Confined Oxide Nanostructures.
ACS Nano, 2017, 11, 11449-11458.
18. J. LaRue, O. Krejčí, Liang Yu, M. Beye, M. L. Ng, H. Öberg, H. Xin, G. Mercurio, S. Moeller, J. J. Turner, D. Nordlund, R. Coffee, M. P. Minitti, W. Wurth, L. G. M. Pettersson, H. Öström, A. Nilsson, F. Abild-Pedersen, H. Ogasawara*.
Real-Time Elucidation of Catalytic Pathways in Co Hydrogenation on Ru.
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8, 3820-3825.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01549
17. Xiaoqi Chen#, Liang Yu#, Suheng Wang, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*.
Highly Active and Stable Single Iron Site Confined in Graphene Nanosheets for Oxygen Reduction Reaction.
Nano Energy, 2017, 32, 353-358.
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.12.056
16. Liang Yu, Frank Abild-Pedersen*.
Bond Order Conservation Strategies in Catalysis Applied to the NH3 Decomposition Reaction.
ACS Catal., 2016, 7, 864-871.
15. Liang Yu, Yun Liu, Fan Yang, Jaime Evans, José A Rodriguez*, Ping Liu*.
CO Oxidation on Gold-Supported Iron Oxides: New Insights into Strong Oxide–Metal Interactions.
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119, 16614-16622.
14. Yanxiao Ning, Mingming Wei, Liang Yu, Fan Yang, Rui Chang, Zhi Liu, Qiang Fu*, Xinhe Bao*.
Nature of Interface Confinement Effect in Oxide/Metal Catalysts.
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119, 27556-27561.
13. Dehui Deng#*, Xiaoqi Chen#, Liang Yu, Xing Wu, Qingfei Liu, Yun Liu, Huaixin Yang, Huanfang Tian, Yongfeng Hu, Peipei Du, Rui Si, Junhu Wang, Xiaoju Cui, Haobo Li, Jianping Xiao, Tao Xu, Jiao Deng, Fan Yang, Paul N. Duchesne, Peng Zhang, Jigang Zhou, Litao Sun, Jianqi Li, Xiulian Pan, Xinhe Bao*.
A Single Iron Site Confined in a Graphene Matrix for the Catalytic Oxidation of Benzene at Room Temperature.
Sci. Adv., 2015, 1.
12. Xiaoqi Chen, Jianping Xiao, Jian Wang, Dehui Deng*, Yongfeng Hu, Jigang Zhou, Liang Yu, Thomas Heine, Xiulian Pan, Xinhe Bao*.
Visualizing Electronic Interactions between Iron and Carbon by X-Ray Chemical Imaging and Spectroscopy.
Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 3262-3267.
11. Xingyun Li, Xiulian Pan*, Liang Yu, Pengju Ren, Xing Wu, Litao Sun, Feng Jiao, Xinhe Bao*.
Silicon Carbide-Derived Carbon Nanocomposite as a Substitute for Mercury in the Catalytic Hydrochlorination of Acetylene.
Nat. Commun., 2014, 5, 3688.
10. Xiaoguang Guo, Guangzong Fang, Gang Li, Hao Ma, Hongjun Fan, Liang Yu, Chao Ma, Xing Wu, Dehui Deng, Mingming Wei, Dali Tan, Rui Si, Shuo Zhang, Jianqi Li, Litao Sun, Zichao Tang, Xiulian Pan, Xinhe Bao*.
Direct, Nonoxidative Conversion of Methane to Ethylene, Aromatics, and Hydrogen.
Science, 2014, 344, 616-619.
9. Jiao Deng#, Pengju Ren#, Dehui Deng*, Liang Yu, Fan Yang, Xinhe Bao*.
Highly Active and Durable Non-Precious-Metal Catalysts Encapsulated in Carbon Nanotubes for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction.
Energy Environ. Sci., 2014, 7, 1919-1923.
8. Fan Zhang, Xiulian Pan*, Yongfeng Hu, Liang Yu, Xiaoqi Chen, Peng Jiang, Hongbo Zhang, Shibin Deng, Jin Zhang, Trudy B. Bolin, Shuo Zhang, Yuying Huang, Xinhe Bao*.
Tuning the Redox Activity of Encapsulated Metal Clusters Via the Metallic and Semiconducting Character of Carbon Nanotubes.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2013, 110, 14861-14866.
7. Jiao Deng#, Liang Yu#, Dehui Deng*, Xiaoqi Chen, Fan Yang, Xinhe Bao*.
Highly Active Reduction of Oxygen on a FeCo Alloy Catalyst Encapsulated in Pod-like Carbon Nanotubes with Fewer Walls.
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 14868-14873.
6. Dehui Deng, Liang Yu, Xiaoqi Chen, Guoxiong Wang, Li Jin, Xiulian Pan, Jiao Deng, Gongquan Sun, Xinhe Bao*.
Iron Encapsulated within Pod‐like Carbon Nanotubes for Oxygen Reduction Reaction.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 371-375.
5. Liang Yu, Wei-Xue Li*, Xiulian Pan*, Xinhe Bao.
In-and out-Dependent Interactions of Iron with Carbon Nanotubes.
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116, 16461-16466.
4. Rentao Mu, Qiang Fu*, Li Jin, Liang Yu, Guangzong Fang, Dali Tan, Xinhe Bao*.
Visualizing Chemical Reactions Confined under Graphene.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 4856-4859.
3. Liang Yu, Xiulian Pan, Xiaoming Cao, P Hu*, Xinhe Bao*.
Oxygen Reduction Reaction Mechanism on Nitrogen-Doped Graphene: A Density Functional Theory Study.
J. Catal., 2011, 282, 183-190.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2011.06.015
2. Dehui Deng#, Liang Yu#, Xiulian Pan*, Shuang Wang, Xiaoqi Chen, P Hu, Lixian Sun, Xinhe Bao*.
Size Effect of Graphene on Electrocatalytic Activation of Oxygen.
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 10016-10018.
1. Dehui Deng, Xiulian Pan*, Liang Yu, Yi Cui, Yeping Jiang, Jing Qi, Wei-Xue Li, Qiang Fu, Xucun Ma, Qikun Xue, Gongquan Sun, Xinhe Bao*.
Toward N-Doped Graphene Via Solvothermal Synthesis.
Chem. Mater., 2011, 23, 1188-1193.
Research Interests
1. Theoretical modeling of catalytic activation mechanisms, reaction mechanisms, and reaction pathways in heterogeneous catalysis, to provide fundamental understandings toward relevant catalysis phenomena.
2. Modulating the reactivity of two-dimensional materials for catalytic conversion of energy molecules.
3. Development of the r-Scaling method for calculating transition state energies.
4. Machine-learning based simulation theory for catalyst design and screening.