Academic Education:    

Ph.D.in Condensed Matter Physics, 2010

Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing China

Prof. Experience:

Associate Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian   04/2017-present

Postdoctoral Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago USA   01/2013-04/2017

Postdoctoral Fellow, Fritz-Haber-Institute, Berlin Germany        5/2010-12/2012

Research Interests:

Single-atom Catalysis; C1 Chemistry; In situ Catalytic Study

Selection of recent publications:

1.       Y. Gao*, B. Yang*, Q. Fu*, X.H. Bao* et al. In situ identification of the metallic state of Ag nanoclusters in oxidative dispersion. Nat. Commun. 12,1406 (2021)

2.       Y. Gao*, B. Yang*, M. Gu*, W. Liu* et al. Reversible loss of core–shell structure for Ni–Au bimetallic nanoparticles during CO2 hydrogenation. Nat. Catal. 3, 411-417 (2020)

3.       B. Yang* S. Vajda* et al. Dynamic Interplay between Copper Tetramers and Iron Oxide Boosting CO2 Conversion to Methanol and Hydrocarbons under Mild Conditions. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 7, 14435-14442 (2019)

4.       B. Yang et al. Patterned defect structures predicted for graphene are observed on single-layer silica films. Nano Letters 13, 4422–4427 (2013)

5.      B. Yang et al. Stabilizing Gold Adatoms by Thiophenyl Derivatives: A Possible Route toward Metal Redispersion. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 11161(2012)