Name: YIN Zhen
Title: Associate Professor
Highest Degree: PhD in Physical Chemistry, 2010, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, P. R. China
Present address:
Department of Chemical Engineering
School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering
Tiangong University, Tianjin, P. R. China
Tel: 022-83955767
Email: yinzhen@tiangong.edu.cn
Employment
Current Position:
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Tiangong University, P. R. China.
Previous Position:
Research Fellow of MSE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Education:
07/2006-present: PhD. Candidate in Physical Chemistry.
Nano and Interfacial Catalysis Group, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, China.
Project: Controlled Synthesis of monodisperse metallic-based nanostructure and application in catalysis.
Supervisor: Prof. Xinhe Bao (Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Prof. Ding Ma
09/2003- 03/2006: M.S. in Metallurgy Physicochemistry
Department of Materials and Metallurgy, Northeastern University, China.
09/1999 - 07/2003: B.E., in Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, China.
Research Expertise
Yin’s research focus on the heterogeneous and nano- catalysis for the renewable energy and environmental process, which include electrocatalysis, such as synthesis of metallic-based nanoparticles and application on the direct methanol fuel cells, CO2 conversion with Pd-based nanocatalysts; organic electrosynthesis and water treatment via electrocatalytic membrane technologies.
His expertise and practical experience also covers the areas of application of the low-dimensional nanomaterials, such as one-dimensional Au nanochains for thephotothermal therapy, photocatalysis and surface enhancement Raman spectroscopy and so on.
Projects for last five years:
1.Controlled Structure and tunable catalytic activities towards ORR via bimetallic nanoparticles supported on the graphene, National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21303119), PI, 2013-2016.
2.Nanocatalysts based on the nanoscale confinement via hollow structure for the low-temperature catalytic oxidation of nitrogen oxides, Tianjin Research Program of Application Foundation and Advanced Technology (No. 15JCQNJC05300), PI, 2015-2018.
3.Surface reconstruction and catalytic performance of graphene supported Pd-based nanoparticles, High School Science & Technology Fund Planning Project of Tianjin (No. 20120513), PI, 2013-2014.
4.Opening Fund of Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), China, PI, 2013.
5.Opening Fund of State Key Laboratory of Catalysis (SKLC), Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, China, PI, 2012.
6.Free Research Projects from the State Key Laboratory of Separation Membrane and Membrane Processes, TJPU, China, PI, 2015.
Publications
Yin has authored more than 40 technical publications, including patents and conference papers.
Publication list:
(1)Yin, Z.; Wang, Y.; Song, C.; Zheng, L.; Ma, N.; Liu, X.; Li, S.; Lin, L.; Li, M.; Xu, Y.; Li, W.; Hu, G.; Fang, Z.; Ma, D. Hybrid Au–Ag Nanostructures for Enhanced Plasmon-Driven Catalytic Selective Hydrogenation through Visible Light Irradiation and Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 864-867.
(2)Gao, J.; He, C.; Liu, J.; Ren, P.; Lu, H.; Feng, J.; Zou, Z.; Yin, Z.; Wen, X.; Tan, X. Polymerizable ionic liquid as a precursor for N, P co-doped carbon toward the oxygen reduction reaction. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2018, 8, 1142-1150.
(3)Gao, J.; Ma, N.; Tian, J.; Shen, C.; Wang, L.; Yu, P.; Chu, Y.; Liu, W.; Tan, X.; Li, X.; Yin, Z. High performance of N, P co-doped metal-free carbon catalyst derived from ionic liquid for oxygen reduction reaction. J. Solid State Electrochem. 2018, 22, 519-525.
(4)Yin, Z.; Zheng, Y.; Wang, H.; Li, J.; Zhu, Q.; Wang, Y.; Ma, N.; Hu, G.; He, B.; Knop-Gericke, A.; Schlog, R.; Ma, D. Engineering Interface with One-Dimensional Co3O4 Nanostructure in Catalytic Membrane Electrode: Toward an Advanced Electrocatalyst for Alcohol Oxidation. ACS Nano 2017, 11, 12365-12377.
(5)Gao, J.; Ma, N.; Zheng, Y.; Zhang, J.; Gui, J.; Guo, C.; An, H.; Tan, X.; Yin, Z.; Ma, D. Cobalt/Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon Nanosheets Derived from Polymerizable Ionic Liquids as Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution and Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ChemCatChem 2017, 9, 1601-1609.
(6)Gao, J.; Shen, C.; Tian, J.; Yin, Z.; Lu, H.; Feng, J.; Huang, Y.; Tan, X. Polymerizable ionic liquid-derived carbon for oxygen reduction and evolution. J. Appl. Electrochem. 2017, 47, 351-359.
(7)Li, S.; Yang, C.; Yin, Z.; Yang, H.; Chen, Y.; Lin, L.; Li, M.; Li, W.; Hu, G.; Ma, D. Wet-chemistry synthesis of cobalt carbide nanoparticles as highly active and stable electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction. Nano Res. 2017, 10, 1322-1328.
(8)Ma, N.; Zhao, L.; Hu, X.; Yin, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Meng, J. Protein Transport Properties of PAN Membranes Grafted with Hyperbranched Polyelectrolytes and Hyperbranched Zwitterions. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2017, 56, 1019-1028.
(9)Wang, L.; Li, Y.; Yang, K.; Lu, W.; Yu, J.; Gao, J.; Liao, G.; Qu, Y.; Wang, X.; Li, X. Hierarchical Porous Carbon Microspheres Derived from Biomass-Corncob as Ultra-High Performance Supercapacitor Electrode. Int. J. Electrochem. Sci. 2017, 12, 5604-5617.
(10)Wei, X.; Wang, H.; Yin, Z.; Qaseem, S.; Li, J. Tubular electrocatalytic membrane reactor for alcohol oxidation: CFD simulation and experiment. Chin. J. Chem. Eng. 2017, 25, 18-25.
(11)Yin, Z.; Gao, D.; Yao, S.; Zhao, B.; Cai, F.; Lin, L.; Tang, P.; Zhai, P.; Wang, G.; Ma, D.; Bao, X. Highly selective palladium-copper bimetallic electrocatalysts for the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO. Nano Energy 2016, 27, 35-43.
(12)Xu, Z.; Wang, L. Y.; Fang, F. Z.; Fu, Y. Q.; Yin, Z. A Review on Colloidal Self-Assembly and their Applications. Curr. Nanosci. 2016, 12, 725-746.
(13)Fang, X.; Yin, Z.; Wang, H.; Li, J.; Liang, X.; Kang, J.; He, B. Controllable oxidation of cyclohexane to cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone by a nano-MnOx/Ti electrocatalytic membrane reactor. J. Catal. 2015, 329, 187-194.
(14)Gao, J.; Ma, N.; Zhai, J.; Li, T.; Qin, W.; Zhang, T.; Yin, Z. Polymerizable Ionic Liquid as Nitrogen-Doping Precursor for Co–N–C Catalyst with Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Activity. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2015, 54, 7984-7989.
(15)Tian, W. J.; Wang, H.; Yin, Z.; Yang, Y.; Li, J. X. Preparation of Nano-Manganite Loaded Titanium Electocatalytic Membrane for the Catalytic Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica 2015, 31, 1567-1574.
(16)Yin, Z.; Lin, L.; Ma, D. Construction of Pd-based nanocatalysts for fuel cells: opportunities and challenges. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2014, 4, 4116-4128.
(17)Yin, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Chen, K.; Li, J.; Li, W.; Tang, P.; Zhao, H.; Zhu, Q.; Bao, X.; Ma, D. Monodispersed bimetallic PdAg nanoparticles with twinned structures: Formation and enhancement for the methanol oxidation. Sci. Rep. 2014, 4, 4288-4297.
(18)Yin, Z.; Zhang, W.; Fu, Q.; Yue, H.; Wei, W.; Tang, P.; Li, W.; Li, W.; Lin, L.; Ma, G.; Ma, D. Construction of Stable Chainlike Au Nanostructures via Silica Coating and Exploration for Potential Photothermal Therapy. Small 2014, 10, 3619-3624.
(19)Wang, H.; Wang, H.; Li, J.; Bin, D.; Yin, Z.; Kang, J.; He, B. An electrocatalytic reactor for the high selectivity production of sodium 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropionate from 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propanol. Electrochim. Acta 2014, 123, 33-41.
(20)Bin, D.; Wang, H.; Li, J.; Wang, H.; Yin, Z.; Kang, J.; He, B.; Li, Z. Controllable oxidation of glucose to gluconic acid and glucaric acid using an electrocatalytic reactor. Electrochim. Acta 2014, 130, 170-178.
(21)Gao, J.; Li, L.; Yin, Z.; Zhang, J.; Lu, S.; Tan, X. Poisoning effect of SO2 on the oxygen permeation behavior of La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-delta perovskite hollow fiber membranes. J. Membr. Sci. 2014, 455, 341-348.
(22)Wang, H.; Wang, P.; Yin, Z. Electrochemical Capacitance of CoxNiyO Preparation by Microwave-assisted Modification. Int. J. Electrochem. Sci. 2013, 8, 7734-7743.
(23)Yin, Z.; Chi, M.; Zhu, Q.; Ma, D.; Sun, J.; Bao, X. Supported bimetallic PdAu nanoparticles with superior electrocatalytic activity towards methanol oxidation. J. Mater. Chem. A 2013, 1, 9157-9163.
(24)Gao, J.; Cao, J.; Yin, Z.; Liu, X. J.; Zhao, H. Y.; Chu, Y. Y.; Tan, X. Y.; Bian, X. H.; Zhao, F. H.; Zhang, J. C. A Facilitate Process to Prepare Hydrophilic Ionic Liquid Monomers Free Of Halide Impurity and Their Electrochemical Properties. Int. J. Electrochem. Sci. 2013, 8, 4914-4923.
(25)Yin, Z.; Zhou, W.; Gao, Y.; Ma, D.; Kiely, C. J.; Bao, X. Supported Pd–Cu Bimetallic Nanoparticles That Have High Activity for the Electrochemical Oxidation of Methanol. Chem.-Eur. J. 2012, 16, 4887-4893.
(26)Cao, S.-W.; Yin, Z.; Barber, J.; Boey, F. Y. C.; Loo, S. C. J.; Xue, C. Preparation of Au-BiVO4 Heterogeneous Nanostructures as Highly Efficient Visible-Light Photocatalysts. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2012, 4, 418-423.
(27)Cao, S.-W.; Fang, J.; Shahjamali, M. M.; Wang, Z.; Yin, Z.; Yang, Y.; Boey, F. Y. C.; Barber, J.; Loo, S. C. J.; Xue, C. In situ growth of Au nanoparticles on Fe2O3 nanocrystals for catalytic applications. CrystEngComm 2012, 14, 7229-7235.
(28)Yin, Z.; Ma, D.; Bao, X. Emulsion-assisted synthesis of monodisperse binary metal nanoparticles. Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 1344-1346.
(29)Yin, Z.; Zheng, H.; Ma, D.; Bao, X. Porous Palladium Nanoflowers that Have Enhanced Methanol Electro-Oxidation Activity. J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 1001-1005.
Selected Refereed Conference Papers
30.Zhen Yin, Oral Presentation, The 31th Annual Meeting of the Chinese Chemical Society, Beijing, China, 2018. “Electro-oxidation of benzyl alcohols based on the membrane electrode with cobalt oxide.”
31.Zhen Yin, Oral Presentation, The 29th Annual Meeting of the Chinese Chemical Society, Beijing, China, 2014. “Synthesis of bimetallic Pd-based nanoparticles and application in the methanol electro-oxidation.”
32.Zhen Yin, Oral Presentation, The 15th National Youth Congress on Catalysis, Hefei, China, 2015. “Controlled synthesis of heterogeneous nanocatalyst and application on the electrocatalysis.”
33.Zhen Yin, Oral Presentation, The 29th Annual Meeting of the Chinese Chemical Society, Beijing, China, 2014. “Synthesis of bimetallic Pd-based nanoparticles and application in the methanol electro-oxidation.”
34.Zhen Yin, Poster, The 17th National Congress on Catalysis, Hangzhou, China, 2014. “Controlled synthesis of bimetallic Pd-based nanoparticles and its’ electrochemical properties.”
35.Zhen Yin, Ding Ma, Xinhe Bao, Oral Presentation, The 14th National Congress on Catalysis, Nanjing, China, 2008. “Synthesis of monodisperse Pd nanoparticles and application in the methanol electro-oxidation.”
36.Zhen Yin, Ding Ma, Xinhe Bao, Oral Presentation, The 12th National Youth Congress on Catalysis. Zhejiang, China, 2009. “Synthesis of monodisperse PdCu alloy nanoparticles and application in the liquid hydrogenation reaction.”
37.Zhen Yin, Ding Ma, Xinhe Bao, Oral Presentation, USTC-DICP workshop on surface science and heterogeneous catalysis. Hefei, China, 2009. “Synthesis of monodisperse Pd-based bimetallic nanoparticles and application in the catalytic reaction.”
