Postdoc, University of Toronto, 2018 – 2020 Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2013 – 2018 B.S., University of California, Davis, 2006 – 2010

The electrochemical transformation of small molecule is the core interest of our group. We use a combination of electroanalytical techniques (CV, EIS, etc.), spectroscopic characterization (Raman, IR, XAS), and a variety of material synthesis methods to investigate the selective conversion of readily-available feedstocks into highly functionalized and value-added chemicals.

Janpandit, M.; Gogoi, P.; Ge, X.; Prakash, S.; Li, Y. C.* Composition Analysis of the Solid Electrolyte Interface of NaK Anodes in Na-ion Batteries. ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces, 2024, accepted. Li. Y. C.* The Road to the Electroreduction of CO2 . Commun. Chem., 2024, accepted. Kovyakh, A.; Banerjee, S.; Liu, C.-H.; Wright, C. J.; Li, Y. C.; Mallouk, T. E.; Feidenhans’l, R.; Billinge, S. J. L., Towards Scanning Nanostructure X-ray Microscopy. J. Appl. Crystallogr. 2023, 56 (4), 1221-1228. Luo, X., Wu, W., Wang, Y., Li, Y., Ye, J., Wang, H., Jiang, Q., Zhou, Z., Li, Y. C.*, Wang, Y.*, Sun, S.*, Relay Catalysis of Multi-Sites Promotes Oxygen Reduction Reaction. 2023, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2215021. Gilbert, A. B.; Crawley, M. R.; Higgins, T. J.; Li, Y. C.; Watson, D. F.; Cook, T. R., Exploring the Emergent Redox Chemistry of Pd(II) Nodes with Pendant Ferrocenes: From Precursors, through Building Blocks, to Self-Assemblies. 2023, Inorganics, 11 (3), 122. Gogoi, P.; Yao, Y.; Li, Y. C.* Understanding PFOS Adsorption on a Pt Electrode for Electrochemical Sensing Applications. 2023, ChemElectroChem, 10, e202201006. Hu, Y.; Guo, Z.; Chen, Y.; Zhou, C.; Li, Y. C.*; Ren, S*. Molecular Magneto-ionics in Solid-state Proton Battery. 2022, Nat. Comm., 13, 7056. Huang, Y.; Zhang, Q.; Li, Y. C.; Yao, Y.; Hu, Y.; Ren, S.* High Temperature Molecule-based Magnet Comparable to Ferrite Ceramics. 2022, Adv. Mater., 2208919. Xu, A.; Hung, S. F.; Cao, A.; Wang, Z.; Huang, J. E.; Yan, Y.; Rasouli, A.; Ozden, A.; Wu, Z.; Tsai, H. J.; Lee, T. J.; Grigioni, I.; Li, F.; Luo, M.; Wang, Y.; Wang, X.; Abed, J.; Wang, Z.; Nam, D. H.; Li, Y. C.; Ip, A.; Sinton, D.; Dong, C.*; Sargent, E. H.* Stable Cu: alkali Earth Metal Oxide Interfaces for Electrochemical CO2 to Alcohols by Selective Hydrogenation. 2022, Nat. Catal., 2022, 5, 1081–1088. Xie, Y.; Ou, P.; Wang, X.; Xu, Z.; Li, Y. C.; Wang, Z.; Huang, J. E.; Wicks, J.; McCallum, C.; Wang, N.; Wang, Y.; Chen, T.; Lo, T. B.; Sinton, D.; Yu, J. C.; Wang, Y.; Sargent, E. H. High Carbon Utilization in CO2 Electrolysis to Multi-Carbon Products in Acidic Media. Nat. Catal., 2022, 5, 564–570. Li, Y.; Adli, N. M.; Shan, M.; Wang, M.; Hwang, S.; Karakalos, S.; Tabassum, H.; Zachman, M.; Feng, Z.; Wang, G.; Li, Y. C.*; Wu, G.*; High-Performance Atomically Dispersed Single Ni Site Catalysts for High-Efficient CO2 Electroreduction at Industrial Level Current Density, Energy Environ. Sci., 2022, 15 (5), 2108-2119. Hu, Y.; Gong, W.; Wei, S.; Khuje, S.; Li, Y. C.*; Yao, F.*; Yan, Q.*; Ren, S.*; Lithiating Magneto-Ionics in Rechargeable Battery, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2022,119 (25), e2122866119. Chen, Y.; Li, W.; Yao, Y.; Gogoi, P.; Deng, X.; Xie, Y.; Yang, Z.; Wang, Y.; Li, Y. C.* Enabling Acidic Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Zinc Air Battery with Bipolar Membrane. ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces.2022, 14, 10, 12257–12263. Bian, M.; Zhu, L.; Wang, X.; Choi, J.; Chopdekar, R. V.; Wei, S.; Wu, L.; Huai, C.; Marga, A.; Yang, Q.; Li, Y. C.; Yao, F.; Yu, T.; Crooker, S. A.; Cheng, X. M.; Sabirianov, R. F.; Zhang, S.; Lin, J.; Hou, J.; Zeng H. Dative Epitaxy of Commensurate Monocrystalline Covalent-van der Waals Moiré Supercrystal. Adv. Mater. 2022, 2200117. An, L.; Luigi, M. D.; Hu, Y.; Chen, Y.; Armstrong, J. N.; Li, Y. C.*; Ren, S.* Nanoengineering Porous Silica for Thermal Management. ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2022, 5, 2, 2655–2663. Hinterberger, E.; Ackerly, E.; Chen, Y.; Li, Y. C.* Development of a Low-Cost and Versatile Gas Chromatography System for Teaching Analytical Chemistry. J. Chem. Educ. 2021, 98 (12), 4074–4077. Kovyakh, A.; Banerjee, S.; Liu, C. H.; Wright, C.; Li, Y. C.; Mallouk, T. E.; Feidenhans’l, R.; Billinge, S. J. L. Towards Scanning Nanostructure X-ray Microscopy. 2021, arXiv: 2110.01656 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci] Hitt, J. L.†; Li, Y. C.†; Tao, S.; Yan, Z.; Gao, Y.; Billinge, S. J. L.; Mallouk, T. E. A High Throughput Optical Method for Studying Compositional Effects in Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction. 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