Heyong He

Physical Chemistry

Professor

heyonghe@fudan.edu.cn

Room A2007, Chemistry Building, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University 2005 Songhu Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai 200438, China

86-21-31243916

http://heyonghe-chem.fudan.edu.cn

Research Interests

  • Heterogeneous catalysis (light alkane activation and functionalization, selective hydrogenation, acid catalysis, etc)

  • Catalytic reaction mechanisms

  • Novel catalytic materials

  • Solid-state NMR

Academic Appointments

  • Editorial board member of Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical

  • Editorial board member of Chinese Journal of Catalysis

  • Editorial board member of Chinese Journal of Magnetic Resonance

  • Vice president of Shanghai Society of Chemistry & Chemical Industry

Prizes and awards

  • 2000, National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars

Biography

  • 1980.10-1984.6         BSc, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University

  • 1984.6-1989.6          Assistant lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University

  • 1989.6-1990.6          Visiting scholar, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College

  • 1990.7-1993.9          PhD, Department of Chemistry, Cambridge University

  • 1993.10-1997.7         Manager of the departmental solid-state NMR unit, Department of Chemistry, Cambridge University

  • 1997.8-2000.3          Principal Scientist, The Leverhulme Centre for Innovative Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, The University of Liverpool

  • 2000.4-              Professor, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University

Teaching

  • Solid-state NMR and its application in structural characterization and reaction mechanism study

Key Publications

  • X. Chen, D.F. Huang, L.L. He, L. Zhang, Y.H. Ren, X.Y. Chen, B. Yue, H.Y. He. The effect of adsorbed water molecules on the surface acidity of niobium and tantalum oxides studied by MAS NMR. J. Phys. Chem. C. 125, 9330-9341 (2021).

  • C. Liu, J.J. Su, S. Liu, H.B. Zhou, X.H. Yuan, Y.C. Ye, Y. Wang, W.Q. Jiao, L. Zhang, Y.Q. Lu, Y.D. Wang, H.Y. He, Z.K. Xie. Insights into the key factor of zeolite morphology on selective conversion of syngas to light aromatics over Cr2O3/ZSM-5 catalyst. ACS. Catal. 10, 15227-15237 (2020).

  • J.F. Zhou, L. Ye, D.F. Huang, M.Y. Wang, Y.H. Ren, B. Yue, H.Y. He. The synergy of modulated surface polarity and oxygen vacancy for CO2 to methanol over Zn(δ−)-Ti(δ+)Ovacancy. J. Energy Chem. 56, 449-454 (2020).

  • Y.N. Wu, X. Chen, D.F. Huang, L. Zhang, Y.H. Ren, G.F. Tang, X.Y. Chen, B. Yue, H.Y. He. The study on acidity of sulfated CuO layers grown by surface reconstruction of Cu2O exposed with specific facets. Catal. Sci. & Tech. 10, 3985-3993 (2020).

  • X. Li, Y.H. Ren, Z.W. Weng, B. Yue, H.Y. He. Stabilization of high-valent Cu3+ in a Keggin-type polyoxometalate. Chem. Commun. 56, 2324-2327 (2020).

  • Y.N. Wu, D.F. Huang, Y.Y. Fu, L. Zhang, S.X. Liu, G.F. Tang, Y.H. Ren, L. Ye, X.Y. Chen, B. Yue, H.Y. He.Investigation on surface acidic properties of the facet-dependent sulfated Cu2O solids by 31P MAS NMR. Chem.-A Eur J. 25, 14771-14774 (2019).

  • Y.N. Wu, Y.Y. Fu, L. Zhang, Y.H. Ren, X.Y. Chen, B. Yue H.Y. He. The study of oxygen vacancies on different facets of anatase TiO2. Chin. J. Chem. 37, 922-928 (2019).

  • X.Y. Gao, X.Y. Chen, Z.H. Li, H.Y, He. Direct synthesis of in-situ chirally modified palladium nanocrystals without capping agents and their application in heterogeneous enantioselective hydrogenations. ACS Catal. 9, 6100-6110 (2019).

  • Y.Y. Fu, L. Zhang, B. Yue, X.Y. Chen, H.Y. He. Simultaneous characterization of solid acidity and basicity of metal oxide catalysts via solid state NMR technique. J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 24094-24102 (2018).

  • N. Su, X.Y. Gao, X.Y. Chen, B. Yue, H.Y He. The enantioselective hydrogenation of acetophenone over Pd concave tetrahedron nanocrystals affected by the residual adsorbed capping agent polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). J. Catal. 367, 244-251 (2018).

  • Y.C. Hu, B. Guo, Y.Y. Fu, Y.H. Ren, G.F. Tang, X.Y. Chen, B. Yue, H.Y. He. Facet-dependent acidic and catalytic properties of sulfated titania solid superacids. Chem. Commun. 51, 14219-14222 (2015).

  • L.P. Qian, W.J. Cai, L. Zhang, L. Ye, J. Li, M. Tang, B. Yue, H.Y. He. The promotion effect of hydrogen spillover on CH4 reforming with CO2 over Rh/MCF catalysts. Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 164, 168-175 (2015).

  • Y. Wang, N. Su, L. Ye, Y.H. Ren, X.Y. Chen, Y.J. Du, Z.H. Li, B Yue, S.C. Tsang, Q. Chen, H.Y He. Tuning enantioselectivity in asymmetric hydrogenation of acetophenone and its derivatives via confinement effect over free-standing mesoporous Pd network catalysts. J. Catal. 313, 113-126 (2014).

  • L.P. Qian, Y. Ren, H. Yu, Y. Wang, B. Yue, H.Y. He. Controlled atmosphere 13C and 1H MAS NMR study of reforming route of methane with carbon dioxide over Rh/SBA-15. Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 401, 114-118 (2011).

  • X.Y. Chen, M.H. Qiao, S.H. Xie, K.N. Fan, W.Z. Zhou, H.Y. He. Icositetrahedra of zeolite analcime with a polycrystalline core: a reversed crystal growth route. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 13305-13312 (2007).