Associate Professor Yang Yanhui


Division of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore 637459


Tel: (65) 6316 8940
Fax: (65) 6794 7553
Email: YHYang@ntu.edu.sg

Positions for Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Research Assistant are Available

Education:

Ph. D. Chemical Engineering, Yale University, 2005

B. S. Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 1998

 
Research focus:
  • Heterogeneous catalysis on metals and metal oxides
  • Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT)
Selected publications:
  • Xian-Yang Quek, Qinghu Tang, Shuangquan Hu, Yanhui Yang, Liquid phase trans-stilbene epoxidation over catalytically active cobalt substituted TUD-1 mesoporous materials (Co-TUD-1) using molecular oxygen, Applied Catalysis A-General, (in press)

  • Dapeng Liu, Raymond Lau, Armando Borgna, Yanhui Yang, Carbon dioxide reforming of methane to synthesis gas over Ni-MCM-41 catalysts, Applied Catalysis A-General, 2009, 358(2), 110–118

  • Hui Sun, Qinghu Tang, Yu Du, Xianbin Liu, Yuan Chen, Yanhui Yang, Mesostructured SBA-16 with excellent hydrothermal, thermal and mechanical stabilities: modified synthesis and its catalytic application, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2009, 333, 317–323

  • Qinghu Tang, Tao Liu, Yanhui Yang, Role of potassium in the aerobic oxidation of aromatic alcohols over K+-promoted Mn/C catalysts, Catalysis Communications, 2008, 9(15), 2570-2573

  • Li Wei, Bo Wang, Lain-Jong Li, Yanhui Yang, M. B. Chan-Park, Yuan Chen, Selective Enrichment of (n,m) Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes via Co-Surfactants, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2008, 112(10), 2771-2774

  • Bo Wang, Patrick C.H. Poa, Li Wei, Lian-Jong Li, Yanhui Yang, Yuan Chen, (n,m) Selectivity of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Different Carbon Precursors on Co-Mo Catalysts, Journal of American Chemical Society, 2007, 129, 9014-9019

  • Guoan Du, Yanhui Yang, Wei Qiu, Lim Sangyun, Lisa Pfefferle, Gary L. Haller, Statistical design and modeling of the process of methane partial oxidation using V-MCM-41 catalysts and the prediction of the formaldehyde production, Applied Catalysis A: General, 2006, 313, 1-13

  • Yanhui Yang, Guoan Du, Sangyun Lim, Gary L. Haller, Radius of curvature effect of V-MCM-41 probed by methanol oxidation, Journal of Catalysis, 2005, 234, 318-327

  • Chen, Yuan, Ciuparu, Dragos, Lim, Sangyun, Yang, Yanhui, Haller, Gary L., Pfefferle, Lisa, Synthesis of uniform diameter single-wall carbon nanotubes in Co-MCM-41: effects of the catalyst prereduction and nanotube growth temperatures, Journal of Catalysis, 2004, 225(2), 453-465
 

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