Name:

Yingwei Li

Introduction:

Prof. Yingwei Li
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
South China University of Technology
Tel.: 86-20-87113735; Fax: 86-20-87112053; E-mail: liyw@scut.edu.cn.
1998: B. S. in Chemistry, Tsinghua University, China.
2003: Ph. D. in Chemistry, Tsinghua University, China.
2003-2004, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Calgary, Canada.
2005-2007, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan, USA.

Research Areas:
Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hydrogen Energy, Catalysis.
(1) Desulfurization of natural gas, liquid fuels by adsorption to produce clean energy
(2) Hydrogen production from alcohols/hydrocarbons/fuels reforming, and biomass
(3) Hydrogen storage and application
(4) C1 chemistry, petroleum technology, fine chemicals, and environmental catalysis

Current Research Projects:
Hydrogen production and storage, funded by South China University of Technology.

Recent Publications:
1.Yingwei Li, Ralph T. Yang, “Hydrogen storage in metal-organic frameworks by bridged hydrogen spillover”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 8136.
2.Yingwei Li, Ralph T. Yang, “Significantly enhanced hydrogen storage in metal-organic frameworks via spillover”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 726.
3.Yingwei Li, Ralph T. Yang, “Gas adsorption and storage in metal-organic framework MOF-177”, Langmuir, 2007, 23, 12937.
4.Yingwei Li, Ralph T. Yang, “Hydrogen storage in metal-organic and covalent-organic frameworks by spillover”, AIChE J., 2008, 54, 269.
5.Yingwei Li, Ralph T. Yang, Changjun Liu, Zhao Wang, “Hydrogen storage on carbon doped with platinum nanoparticles using plasma reduction”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2007, 46, 8277.
6.Yingwei Li, Ralph T. Yang, “Hydrogen storage on platinum nanoparticles doped on super-activated carbon”, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111, 11086.
7.Yingwei Li, Frances H. Yang, Ralph T. Yang, “Kinetics and mechanistic model for hydrogen spillover on bridged metal-organic frameworks”, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111, 3405.
8.Yingwei Li, Ralph T. Yang, “Hydrogen storage in low silica type X zeolites”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006, 110, 17175.
9.Yingwei Li, Dehua He, Shaohui Ge, Qiming Zhu, “Effects of CO2 on synthesis of isobutene and isobutane from CO2/CO/H2 reactant mixtures over zirconia-based catalysts”, Appl. Catal. B, 2007, 80, 72.
10.Yingwei Li, Dehua He, Zhihui Zhu, Qiming Zhu, Boqing Xu, “Properties of Sm2O3-ZrO2 composite oxides and their catalytic performance in isosynthesis”, Appl. Catal. A, 2007, 319, 119.
11.Yingwei Li, Frances H. Yang, Gongshin Qi, Ralph T. Yang, “Effects of oxygenates and moisture on adsorptive desulfurization of liquid fuels with Cu(I)Y zeolite”, Catal. Today, 2006, 116, 512.
12.Yingwei Li, Dehua He, Qiming Zhu, Xin Zhang, Boqing Xu, “Effects of redox properties and acid-base properties on isosynthesis over ZrO2-based catalysts”, J. Catal., 2004, 221, 584.