Ronghai Yu

Prof. Ronghai Yu


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Academic Career Length

32Years (1995-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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18 December 2018 in Advanced Functional Materials
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YLYa Li
Ya Li
XLXiaofang Liu
Xiaofang Liu
XNXiaoyu Nie
Xiaoyu Nie
WYWenwen Yang
Wenwen Yang
YWYidong Wang
Yidong Wang
JSJianglan Shui
Jianglan Shui

4 September 2017 in Advanced Energy Materials
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XZXiaojun Zeng
Xiaojun Zeng
JSJianglan Shui
Jianglan Shui
XLXiaofang Liu
Xiaofang Liu
QLQingtao Liu
Qingtao Liu
YLYongcheng Li
Yongcheng Li
RYRonghai Yu
Ronghai Yu
Nonprecious metal catalysts (NPMCs) FeNC are promising alternatives to noble metal Pt as the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts for proton‐exchange‐membrane fuel cells. Herein, a new modulation strategy is reported to the active moiety FeN4 via a precise “single‐atom to single‐atom” grafting of a Pt atom onto the Fe center through a bridging oxygen molecule, creating a new active moiety of Pt1O2Fe1N4. The modulated FeNC exhibits remarkably improved ORR stabilities in acidic media. Moreover, it shows unexpectedly high catalytic activities toward oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), with overpotentials of 310 mV for OER in alkaline solution and 60 mV for HER in acidic media at a current density of 10 mA cm−2, outperforming the benchmark RuO2 and comparable with Pt/C(20%), respectively. The enhanced multifunctional electrocatalytic properties are associated with the newly constructed active moiety Pt1O2Fe1N4, which protects Fe sites from harmful species. Density functional theory calculations reveal the synergy in the new active moiety, which promotes the proton adsorption and reduction kinetics. In addition, the grafted Pt1O2 dangling bonds may boost the OER activity. This study paves a new way to improve and extend NPMCs electrocatalytic properties through a precisely single‐atom to single‐atom grafting strategy.

28 August 2017 in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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YYYichao Yin
Yichao Yin
XLXiaofang Liu
Xiaofang Liu
XWXiaojun Wei
Xiaojun Wei
YLYa Li
Ya Li
XNXiaoyu Nie
Xiaoyu Nie
JSJianglan Shui
Jianglan Shui

3 March 2016 in Scientific Reports
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XHXiaowu He
Xiaowu He
XLXiaofang Liu
Xiaofang Liu
RLRongfeng Li
Rongfeng Li
BYBai Yang
Bai Yang
KYKaili Yu
Kaili Yu
RYRonghai Yu
Ronghai Yu
Ce3+-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG:Ce) nanocrystals were successfully synthesized via a facile sol-gel method. Multiple characterization techniques were employed to study the structure, morphology, composition and photoluminescence properties of YAG:Ce nanophosphors. The YAG:Ce0.0055 sintered at 1030 °C exhibited a typical 5d1-4f1 emission band with the maximum peak located at 525 nm, and owned a short fluorescence lifetime τ1 (~28 ns) and a long fluorescence lifetime τ2 (~94 ns). Calcination temperature and Ce3+ doping concentration have significant effects on the photoluminescence properties of the YAG:Ce nanophosphors. The emission intensity was enhanced as the calcination temperature increased from 830 to 1030 °C, but decreased dramatically with the increase of Ce3+ doping concentration from 0.55 to 5.50 at.% due to the concentration quenching. By optimizing the synthesized condition, the strongest photoluminescence emission intensity was achieved at 1030 °C with Ce3+ concentration of 0.55 at.%.

19 May 2017 in RSC Advances
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LZLingyu Zhu
Lingyu Zhu
Xiaojun ZengXiaojun Zeng
Xiaojun Zeng
MCMeng Chen
Meng Chen
RYRonghai Yu
Ronghai Yu
Fe3O4 porous spheres are anchored onto carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to form three-dimension Fe3O4/CNTs nanocomposites, which exhibit remarkable EM microwave absorption performances with RL value of −51 dB at 5.52 GHz and effective bandwidth of 3.9 GHz.

1 April 2019 in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
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XXXiubo Xie
Xiubo Xie
MCMing Chen
Ming Chen
MHMiaomiao Hu
Miaomiao Hu
BWBaolei Wang
Baolei Wang
RYRonghai Yu
Ronghai Yu
TLTong Liu
Tong Liu