Yefei Li

Physical Chemistry

Professor

yefeil@fudan.edu.cn

Room 507, Yuan Chengying Computer Building, Handan Campus

http://homepage.fudan.edu.cn/yefeil/

Research Interests

  • My main research interest is in photo-/electrochemical catalysis on oxide surfaces utilizing density functional theory (DFT) simulations. Recently, I am also interested in the crystal structures of some important oxides, e.g. NiOx, MnOx, CoOx etc.

Biography

  • 2002.9-2009.7        Lanzhou University            B.S. & M.S.

  • 2009.9-2012.7        Fudan University               PhD

  • 2012.7-2014.8        Princeton University          Postdoctoral research associate

  • 2014.8-2019.12      Fudan University                Assistant Professor

  • 2020.1- present      Fudan University                Professor

Key Publications

  • Li, Ye-Fei*; Liu, Zhi-Pan* “Active-Site Revealed for Water Oxidation on Electrochemically Induced -MnO2: Role of Spinel-to-layer Phase Transition”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 1783.

  • Li, Ye-Fei*; Zhu, Sheng-Cai; Liu, Zhi-Pan* “Reaction Network of Layer-to-tunnel Transition of MnO2″, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 5371

  • Li, Ye-Fei; Selloni, Annabella*; “Theoretical study of interfacial electron transfer from reduced anatase TiO2(101) to adsorbed O2”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 9195.

  • Chen, Jia*; Li, Ye-Fei;* Sit, Patrick; Selloni, Annabella; “Chemical Dynamics of the First Proton Coupled Electron Transfer of Water Oxidation on TiO2 Anatase”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 18774.

  • Li, Ye-Fei; Liu, Zhi-Pan*; “Particle Size, Shape and Activity for Photocatalysis on Titania Anatase Nanoparticles in Aqueous Surroundings”, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2011, 133, 15743.

  • Li, Ye-Fei; Liu, Zhi-Pan*; Liu, LuLu; Gao, Weiguo “Mechanism and Activity of Photocatalytic Oxygen Evolution on Titania Anatase in Aqueous Surroundings”,J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 13008.