Yongli Shen Associate professor
Email: ylshen@tjut.edu.cn
Address: No. 391 Bin Shui Xi Dao Road, Xiqing District, Tianjin 300384, China
Education history
1999 College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Bachelor's Degree;
2003 College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Master Degree;
2006 College of Chemistry，Nankai University. Ph.D.
Areas of research interest
Applied Quantum Chemistry; Wave function analysis; Density Functional Theory; Theoretical Catalysis; ab initio Molecular Dynamics;
Honors and awards
2023 Tianjin Science and Technology Award, Second Prize in Natural Science
Main research achievements
Published more than 70 academic papers in international journals, such as Nat. Commun., Angew. Chem. Int. Edit., Nano Lett., Appl. Catal. B-Environ Energy, Green. Chem., Chem. Commun..
Selected publications
1. Wang, J.; Gu, L.; Mao, T.; Yang, Y.; Lu, J.; Yuan, W.*; Shen, Y.*; Xi, W.* “From Local Strain to Global Reactivity: Surface Microstructures of Gold Nanoparticles Regulate the Adsorption and Activation of Small Molecules”, Langmuir 2026, 42 (4), 3562-3572.
2. Xiao, X.#; Shen, Y.#; Xi, W.; Gu, L.; Li, X.; Xi, B.; Xiong, S.; An, C. “Oxygen Atom Migration Dominates Anomalous Reversible Oxidation of Ru Nanosheets”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64 (23), e202502927.
3. Yang, Y.; Gu, L.; Mao, T.; Wang, J.; Shen, Y.*; Yuan, W.*; Xi, W.* “In Situ Observation of the Layer-by-Layer Melting of the Au(200) Surface in Nanoporous Gold”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2025, 129 (51), 22454-22462.
4. Mao, T.; Yuan, W.; Gu, L.; Yang, Y.; Wang, J.; Shen, Y.*; An, C.*; Xi, W.* “In Situ Observation of Reaction-Intermediate-Mediated Dynamic Evolution of Step Sites on Au(200) Surface”, Nano Lett. 2025, 25 (31), 11888-11894.
5. Gu, L.; Yuan, W.; Yang, Y.; Shen, Y.*; An, C.*; Xi, W.* “In Situ TEM Tracking of Disconnection Motion and Atomic Cooperative Reorientation in the Oriented Attachment of Pt Nanoparticles”, Nano Lett. 2024, 24 (18), 5618-5624.
6. Yue, S.; Yuan, W.; Deng, Z.; Xi, W.*; Shen, Y.* “In Situ TEM Observation of the Atomic Transport Process during the Coalescence of Au Nanoparticles”, Nano Lett. 2022, 22 (20), 8115-8121.
7. Liu, C.#; Shen, Y.#; Zhao, Y.; Ye, K.; Yuan, K.* “The effect of halogen on arylsulfonylated phenothiazines for solid-sate luminescence and photocatalytic performance”, J Catal. 2020, 389, 604-610.
8. Xi, W.#; Wang, K.#; Shen, Y.#; Ge, M.; Deng, Z.; Zhao, Y.; Cao, Q.; Ding, Y.; Hu, G.; Luo, J. “Dynamic co-catalysis of Au single atoms and nanoporous Au for methane pyrolysis”, Nat Commun. 2020, 11, p1919.
9. Yin, K.; Shen, Y.* “Theoretical insights into CO2 hydrogenation to HCOOH over FexZr1-xO2 solid solution catalyst”, Applied Surface Science 2020, 528.
10. Shen, Y.; Yin, K.; Xiao, Z. “Theoretical insight into the single-atom catalytic mechanism of CeO2-supported Ag catalysts in CO oxidation”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2019, 21 (36), 20346-20353.
