Dr. Yang-Rong Yao
Title: Post-Doctorate
B.S: Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (China)
M.S: Fujian Normal University (China)
Ph.D: Xiamen University (China)
Contact Info: yyao@utep.edu
Project Title: Synthesis and Characterizations of U-based Endohedral Metallofullerenes.
Project Description: In this project, we are going to synthesize U-based endohedral fullerenes by modified arcing method, and then isolated and characterize these fullerenes, especially by X-ray single crystal diffraction method, to understand the unique interactions between U-based atoms or clusters and the fullerene cages.
Publications:
1. Peng Yuan, Ruihua Zhang, Elli Selenius, Pengpeng Ruan, Yang-Rong Yao, Yang Zhou, Sami Malola, Hannu Häkkinen, Boon K. Teo, Yang Cao and Nanfeng Zheng, Solvent-mediated assembly of atom-precise gold–silver nanoclusters to semiconducting one-dimensional materials, Commun., 2020, 11, 2295
2. Georgios Velkos, Wei Yang, Yang-Rong Yao, Svetlana M. Sudarkova, XinYe Liu, Bernd Büchner, Stanislav M. Avdoshenko, Ning Chen and Alexey A. Popov, Shape-adaptive single-molecule magnetism and hysteresis up to 14 K in oxide clusterfullerenes Dy2O@C72 and Dy2O@C74 with fused pentagon pairs and flexible Dy–(μ2-O)–Dy angle, Sci., 2020, 11, 4766-4772
3. Shu-Hui Li, Zhou Xing, Bao-Shan Wu, Zuo-Chang Chen, Yang-Rong Yao, Han-Rui Tian, Meng-Fan Li, Da-Qin Yun, Lin-Long Deng, Su-Yuan Xie, Rong-Bin Huang, and Lan-Sun Zheng, Hybrid Fullerene-Based Electron Transport Layers Improving the Thermal Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 18, 20733–20740
4. Xiaomeng Li,‡ Yang-Rong Yao,‡ Wei Yang, Jiaxin Zhuang, Luis Echegoyen and Ning Chen, Crystallographic and spectroscopic characterization of a mixed actinide–lanthanide carbide cluster stabilized inside an Ih(7)-C80 fullerene cage, Commun., 2020, 56, 3867-3870
5. Yajing Hu, Albert Solé‐Daura, Yang‐Rong Yao, Xuechen Liu, Sijie Liu, Ao Yu, Ping Peng, Josep M. Poblet, Antonio Rodríguez‐Fortea, Luis Echegoyen and Fang‐Fang Li, Chemical Reactions of Cationic Metallofullerenes: An Alternative Route for Exohedral Functionalization, Eur. J., 2020, 26, 1748–1753
6. Jiaxin Zhuang, Laura Abella, Dumitru-Claudiu Sergentu, Yang-Rong Yao, Meihe Jin, Wei Yang, Xingxing Zhang, Xiaomeng Li, Duo Zhang, Yiming Zhao, Xiaohong Li, Shuao Wang, Luis Echegoyen, Jochen Autschbach, and Ning Chen, Diuranium(IV) Carbide Cluster U2C2 Stabilized Inside Fullerene Cages, Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 51, 20249–20260
7. Yin-Fu Wu, Shan-Shan Wang, Chun-Rui Yao, Zuo-Chang Chen, Shu-Hui Li, Yang-Rong Yao, Xue-Peng Zhang, Yin Su, Shun-Liu Deng, Qianyan Zhang, Fei Gao, Su-Yuan Xie, Rong-Bin Huang, and Lan-Sun Zheng, General One-step Synthesis of Symmetrical or Unsymmetrical 1,4-Di(organo)fullerenes from Organo(hydro)fullerenes through Direct Oxidative Arylation, Org. Chem., 2019, 84, 19, 12259–12267
8. Zheng-Zhong Zhu, Zuo-Chang Chen, Yang-Rong Yao, Cun-Hao Cui, Shu-Hui Li, Xin-Jing Zhao, Qianyan Zhang, Han-Rui Tian, Piao-Yang Xu, Fang-Fang Xie, Yuan-Zhi Tan, Shun-Liu Deng, Lawrence T. Scott, Su-Yuan Xie, Rong-Bin Huang, Lan-Sun Zheng, Rational synthesis of an atomically precise carboncone under mild conditions, Sci Adv. 2019, 5 : eaaw0982
9. Han-Rui Tian, Miao-Miao Chen, Kai Wang, Zuo-Chang Chen, Chao-Yong Fu, Qianyan Zhang, Shu-Hui Li, Shun-Liu Deng, Yang-Rong Yao, Su-Yuan Xie, Rong-Bin Huang, and Lan-Sun Zheng, An unconventional hydrofullerene C66H4 with symmetric heptagons retrieved in low-pressure combustion, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 6651-6657
10. Yang-Rong Yao, Su-Yuan Xie, Strcutures and progress of carbon cluster, Prog.Chem. 2019, 31, 50-62
11. Yun-Yan, Xu, Han-Rui Tian, Shu-Hui Li, Zuo-Chang Chen, Yang-Rong Yao, Shan-Shan Wang, Xin Zhang, Zheng-Zhong Zhu, Shun-Liu Deng, Qianyan Zhang, Shangfeng Yang, Su-Yuan Xie, Rong-Bin Huang, and Lan-Sun Zheng, Flesible decapyrrylcorannulene hosts, Nat.Commun. 2019, 10, 485
12. Xin-Zhou Wu, Yang-Rong Yao, Miao-Miao Chen, Han-Rui Tian, Jun Xiao, Yun-Yan Xu, Min-Song Lin, Laura Abella, Cheng-Bo Tian, Cong-Li Gao, Qianyan Zhang, Su-Yuan Xie, Rong-Bin Huang, and Lan-Sun Zheng, Formation of curvature subunit of carbon in combustion, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 9629-9633
13. Li Song, Chang Jiang, Chun Ling, Yang-Rong Yao, Qiu-Hua Wang, and Di Chen, A Novel Chiral Coordination Polymer Built upon [AgSCN]n Chain and a Phenanthroline Ligand: Synthesis, Structure and Optical Property, Inorg. Organomet. Polym., 2016, 26, 320–325
14. Yang-Rong Yao, Huan-Zhou, Wan-Zhen Huang, Yong-Zhang Zheng, Yi-Fang Zheng, Xu-Chun Song, Synthesis of Mo-doped ZnWO4 nanoparticles with enhanced photocatalytic properties, Curr. Nanosci. 2015, 11, 198-205
15. Yang-Rong Yao, Wan-Zhen Huang, Huan Zhou, Yi-Fang Zheng, Xu-Chun Song, Self-assembly of dandelion-like Fe3O4@C@BiOCI magnetic nanocomposites with excellent solar-driven photocatalytic properties, J. Nanopart. Res. 2014, 16, 2451
16. Yang-Rong Yao, Wan-Zhen Huang, Huan Zhou, Hao-Yong Yin, Yi-Fang Zheng, Xu-Chun Song, A novel Fe3O4@SiO2@BiOBr photocatalyst with highly active visible light photocatalytic properties, Mater. Chem. Phys. 2014, 148, 896-902
17. Yang-Rong Yao, Wan-Zhen Huang, Huan Zhou, Xia Cui, Yi-Fang Zheng, Xu-Chun Song, Synthesis of core-shell nanostructured magnetic photocatalyst Fe3O4@SiO2@Ag3PO4 with excellent visible-light-responding photocatalytic activity, J. Nanopart. Res. 2014, 16, 2742
18. Yang Rong Yao, Ying Zheng and Xu Chun Song, Catalytic Degradation of Phenol by γ-Fe2O3 Nanoparticles, Mater. Res., 2014, 887-888, 139-142
19. Yang Rong Yao, Rong Ma and Xu Chun Song, Hydrothermal Synthesis of Tungsten Oxide Nanoparticles, Mech. Mater., 2013, 268-270, 176-179
