2025
67 Yuanjun Zhao, Xin Zhou,* Shino Hasegawa, Ken Motokura, Dmitry Gorbunov, Yong Yang*
Efficient and Stable Heterogeneous Pd-Catalyzed Regioselective Anti-Markovnikov Carbonylative Coupling of Alkenes with Amines
Chemical Engineering Journal 2025, 515, 163493.
66 Yifan Liu, Yong Yang*
Structural Regulation and Selective Catalysis of Biomass-Derived Carbon-Based Non-Precious Metal Nanocatalysts
Synlett, 2025, doi; 10.1055/s-0043-1775458 (Invited personal account)
65 Xiuling Guo, Chao Feng, Zihao Yang, Shingo Hasegawa, Ken Motokura, Yong Yang*
Local Symmetry Broken Single Pd Atoms Induced by Doping Ag Sites for Selective Electrocatalytic Semihydrogenation of Alkynes
ACS Nano, 2025, 19, 2, 2788-2798.
64 Xiaolin Shi, Maolin Li, Yuanjun Zhao, Yifan Liu, Xin Zhou, Bo Yu, Yong Yang*
Enhanced Three-Component Chloro/Azido-Fluoroalkylation of Unactivated Alkenes via the Proximity Effect in a Heterogenous Metallaphotocatalys
ACS Catalysis, 2025, 15, 2180-2191.
63 Zhaozhan Wang, Zihao Yang, Yifan Liu, Shingo Hasegawa, Ken Motokura, Shaoping Kuang,* Yong Yang*
Constructing Single-Atom Rh Sites for Selective Hydroformylation of 1,3-Butadiene to Adipic Aldehyde
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 505, 159698.
62 Maolin Li, Chao Feng, Xiaolin Shi,* Xiufang Chen,* Yong Yang*
Breaking the activity-selectivity trade-off in photocatalytic semihydrogenation of alkynes over palladium nanoparticles with phosphate modification
Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy 2025, 365, 124948.
2024
61 Zhaozhan Wang, Yifan Liu, Shaoping Kuang,* Yong Yang*
Selective Hydroformylation of 1,3-Butadiene to Adipic Aldehyde Enabled by a Ligand Relay Catalysis
Journal of Organic Chemistry 2024, 89, 24, 18504-18510 .
60 Yuanjun Zhao, Xin Zhou,* Zihao Yang, Shino Hasegawa, Ken Motokura, ZhaoZhan Wang, Bo Yu, Xiaolin Shi, Guoqiang Xu, Xin Ding,* Yong Yang*
Regioselective Hydroformylation of Allyl Alcohol Catalyzed by Phosphine-Stabilized Single-Atom Rh Sites
Chemical Engineering Journal 2024, 502, 157733.
59 Zihao Yang, Cong Fang, Xiuling Guo, Xiaoyan Sun,* Yong Yang*
Modulating Nitrogen Adsorption Mode and Microenvironment of Active Sites for Boosting Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction
Small 2024, 24408111.
58 Guoqing Wang, Miao Jiang, Benhan Fan, Zhao Sun, Leilei Qian, Guangjun Ji, Lei Ma, Cunyao Li, Zhaozhan Wang, Guifa Long*, Yong Yang*, Li Yan*, Yunjie Ding*
Selective Association Enforced by Confinement Effect to Boost the Regioselectivity of Vinyl Acetate Hydroformylation
ACS Catalysis 2024, 14, 16014-16024.
57 Zhiming Ma, Bo Yu, Shiqiang Liu, Yifan Liu, Ken Motokura, Xiaoyan Sun, Yong Yang*
Single-Atom Palladium Engineered Cobalt Nanocomposite for Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides
J. Colloid Interface Sci, 2024, 664, 186-197.(Back Cover)
56 Yinghao Zhu, Zhaozhan Wang*, Yuanjun Zhao, Xin Zhou, Yan Zhang*, Yong Yang*
Confined Trinuclear Ru Sites in Phosphine-Incorporated Porous Organic Polymer for Direct Synthesis of Alcohols from Reductive Hydroformylation of Alkenes
ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 4593-4660.
55 Xichao Zhang, Bo Yu*, Yuanjun Zhao, Xiuling Guo, Zihao Yang, Xin Ding*, Yong Yang*
Boosting the feasibility of heterogeneous telomerization of 1,3-butadiene with methanol by low-surface-area N-heterocyclic carbene-functionalized hypercrosslinked polymers
Chem. Eng. J. 2024, 484, 149580.
54 Xiaolin Shi, Bo Yu, Xin Zhou, Yong Yang*
Photoinduced selective perfluoroalkylation of terminal alkynes via electron donor-acceptor complexes
Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 2532 - 2535.
53 Xin Zhou, Zhaozhan Wang, Zhening Chen*, Yong Yang*
Phosphine-Built-In Porous Organic Cage Supported Ultrafine Pd Nanoclusters Enable Highly Efficient and Regioselective Hydrogenation of Epoxides
CCS Chemistry, 2024, 6, 1-14.
2023
52 , , , , , , , , , , ,
51 Yanhua Gao, Xiuling Guo, Yan Zhang, Yong Yang*
Electronic Interaction and Oxygen Vacancy Engineering of g-C3N4/α-Bi2O3 Z-Scheme Heterojunction for Enhanced Photocatalytic Aerobic Oxidative Homo-/Hetero-Coupling of Amines to Imines in Aqueous Phase
Green Carbon, Accepted
50 Xiaoxue Wang, Guangying Fu, Yong Yang*
Electronic and Steric Modification of Ni Nanoparticles Surface via N-Doped Carbon Layers Enables Highly Selective Semihydrogenation of Alkynes
ACS Catalysis, Accepted
49 Xiulin Guo, Cong Wang, Zihao Yang, Yong Yang*
Boosting C2+ Production from Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction on Gallium Doped Cu2O
Chemical Engineering Journal, Accepted
48 Zhaozhan Wang, Shingo Hasegawa, Ken Motokura, Shaoping Kuang, Yong Yang*
A Single-Atom Pd Catalyst Anchored on Porous Organic Polymer for Highly Efficient Telomerization of 1,3-Butadiene with Methanol
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Accepted
2022
47 Xiaolin Shi, Tao Song, Qinglin Li, Xiuling Guo, Yong Yang*
Mesoporous Graphitic Carbon Nitride Photocatalyzed Swithchable Divergent Perfluoroalkylation of Terminal Alkynes
Organic Letters, Accepted
46 Zihao Yang, Qinglin Li, Yinpan Zhang, Zhening Chen, Lu Zhang,* Yong Yang*
Microenvironment Regulation of Ti3C2Tx MXene Surface for Enhanced Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Accepted
45 Tao Song, Yinpan Zhang, Chun Wang, Yafei Li, Yong Yang*
Oxygen Vacancies Boosted Photocatalytic Aerobic Oxysulfonylation of Alkynes to Access β-Keto Sulfones over Nb2O5
Chinese Journal of Chemistry, Accepted
44 Xingcui Guo,* Bo Yu, Zhaozhan Wang, Suying Li, Xiufang Chen,* Yong Yang*
Selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol over Cu/CeCoOx in aqueous phase
Molecular Catalysis, Accepted
43 Yinpan Zhang, Tao Song, Xin Zhou, Yong Yang*
Oxygen-Vacancy-Boosted Visible Light Driven Photocatalytic Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Saturated N-Heterocycles Over Nb2O5 Nanorods
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121622
42. Qinglin Li, Cong Fang, Zihao Yang, Bo Yu, Moe Takabatake, Ken Motokura, Xiaoyan Sun*, Yong Yang*
Modulating the Oxidation State of Titanium via Dual Anions Substitution for Efficient N2 Electroreduction
Small, 2022, 2201343.
41. Zhiming Ma, Shiqiang Liu, Nanfang Tang, Tao Song,* Ken Motokura, Zhemin Shen,* Yong Yang*
Coexistence of Fe Nanoclusters Boosting Fe Single Atoms to Generate Singlet Oxygen for Efficient Aerobic Oxidation of Primary Amines to Imines
ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 5595-5604.
40. Xin Zhou, Zhaozhan Wang, Shaoping Kuang, Wei Sun, Yong Yang*
Highly Efficient Markovnikov Hydroaminocarbonylation of Alkenes and Alkynes Catalyzed by a “Soluble” Heterogeneous Pd Catalyst
Green Chemistry, 2022, 24, 4463-4469. (Hot Article, Inside Front Cover)
39. Tao Song, Chun Wang, Yinpan Zhang, Xiaoling Shi, Yafei Li,* Yong Yang*
Visible-Light-Induced Oxidative Alkene Difunctionalization to Access a-Sulfonyloxy Ketones Catalyzed by Oxygen-Vacancy-Rich Nb2O5
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2022, 304, 120964.
2021
38. Tao Song, Qinglin Li, Zhiming Ma, Yong Yang*
Recent Advance in Selective Hydrogenation Reaction Catalyzed by Biomass-Derived Non-noble Metal Nanocomposites (Invited Review)
Tetrahedron Letters, doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2021.153331.
37. Qinglin Li, Tao Song, Zhaozhan Wang, Xiaoxue Wang, Xin Zhou, Qi Wang, Yong Yang*
A General Strategy toward Metal Sulfide Nanoparticles Confined in a Sulfur‑Doped Ti3C2Tx MXene 3D Porous Aerogel for Efficient Ambient N2 Electroreduction
Small, 2021, 2103305.
36. Tao Song, Zhiming Ma, Xiaoxue Wang, Yong Yang*
Synthesis of -Keto Acids via Oxidation of Alkenes Catalyzed by a Bifunctional Iron Nanocomposite
Organic Letters, 2021, 23, 5719-5721.
35. Peng Ren, Qinglin Li, Tao Song, Zhaozhan Wang, Ken Motokura, Yong Yang*
Highly Efficient and Stable Atomically dispersed Cu Catalyst for Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition Reaction
ChemCatChem, 2021, 13, 3960-3966.
34. Qinglin Li, Tao Song, Yinpan Zhang, Qi Wang, Yong Yang*
Boosting Photocatalytic Activity and Stability of Lead-free Cs3Bi2Br9 Perovskite Nanocrystals Via In-Situ Growth on Monolayer 2D Ti3C2Tx MXene for C-H Bonds Oxidation
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13, 23, 27323–27333. (Highligted by 科技日报，科学网)
33. Lingling Zhao, Xiufang Chen, Xiuyun Liu, Guoqiang Xu, Xingcui Guo, Yong Yang
Highly Efficient Synthesis of C5/C6 Sugar Alcholos from Bamboo Enableed by Mechanocatalytic Depolymerization
ACS Sustainable Chemsitry & Engineering 2021, 9, 19, 6697–6706.
32. Qinglin Li, Yinpan Zhang, Xiaoxue Wang, Yong Yang*
Dual Interfaces Engineered Tin Heterostructure for Enhanced Ambient Ammonia Electrosynthesis
ACS Applied Materials & Interface 2021, 13,15270. (Highligted by 科技日报，科学网)
31. Tao Song, Xin Zhou, Xiaoxue Wang, Jianliang Xiao, Yong Yang*
One-Pot Cascade Synthesis of α-Diketones from Aldehydes and Ketones in Water Catalyzed by A Bifunctional Iron Nanocomposite Catalyst
Green Chem. 2021, 23, 1955.(Back Cover)
30. 李庆林，宋涛，杨勇*
生物质炭基催化剂材料在有机催化转化中的应用
化工进展（特邀综述），2021, 40(4), 1966-1982.
29. 谢亚飞，左佳昌，柳晓英，杨勇*，赵凤玉*，袁友珠*
CO2加氢耦合芳胺和硝基芳烃N-烷基化催化剂研究进展
科学通报，2021, 66, 1144-1156.
28.车佳宁，宋涛，高先池，杨勇*
氮掺杂碳材料负载Pd纳米结构催化剂催化硝基芳烃与苄醇借氢还原偶联制备亚胺
有机化学, 2021, 41, 276-283.
2020
27. Zhaozhan Wang, C.Bal Reddy, Xin Zhou, Jessica Juweriah Ibrahim, Yong Yang*
A Phosphine-Built-in Porous Organic Cage for Stabilization and Boosting the Catalytic Performance of Palladium Nanoparticles in Cross-Coupling of Aryl Halides.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12, 53141-53149.
26. Zhaozhan Wang, Yong Yang*
Rh-Catalyzed Highly Regioselective Hydroformylation to Linear Aldehyde by Employing Porous Organic Polymer as a Ligand
RSC Adv. 2020, 10, 29263-29267.
25.Jessica Juweriah Ibrahim，C. Bal Reddy，Xiaolong Fang，Yong Yang*
Efficient Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones Catalyzed by a Phosphine‐free Cobalt‐NHC Complex
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2020,4429-4432.
24.Peng Ren, Qinglin Li, Tao Song, Yong Yang*
Facile Fabrication of the Cu-N-C Catalyst with Atomically Dispersed Unsaturated Cu-N2 Active Sites for Highly Efficient and S elective Glaser–Hay Coupling
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020,12, 27210-27218.(Highligted by 科技日报，科学网，Phys.org)
23.Tao Song, Zhiming Ma, Peng Ren, Youzhu Yuan, Jianliang Xiao*,and Yong Yang*
A Bifunctional Iron Nanocomposite Catalyst for Efficient Oxidation of Alkenes to Ketones and 1,2-Diketones
ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 4617-4629.(Highlighted by Synfacts, 研之成理，Phys.org）
22. Qinglin Li, Xiufang Chen, Yong Yang*
Biomass-Derived Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon for Highly Efficient Ambient Electro-Synthesis of NH3
Catalysts 2020, 10(3), 353
21. Tao Song, Peng Ren, Jianliang Xiao, Youzhu Yuan and Yong Yang*
Highly Dispersed Ni2P Nanoparticles on N,P-codoped Carbon for Efficient Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling to Access Alkynyl Thioethers
Green Chem. 2020, 22, 651-656.
20. Tao Song,*Peng Ren ,Zhiming Ma, Jianliang Xiao, and Yong Yang*
Highly Dispersed Single-Phase Ni2P Nanoparticles on N,P-Codoped Porous Carbon for Efficient Synthesis ofN-Heterocycles
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2020, 8, 267-277.
2019
19. Jessica Juweriah Ibrahim, C. Bal Reddy, Shaochun Zhang, and Yong Yang*
Ligand-Free FeCl2-Catalyzedα-Alkylation of Ketones with Alcohols
Asian J. Org. Chem. 2019, 8, 1858 –1861.
18. Zhiming Ma, Tao Song,* Youzhu Yuan, and Yong Yang*
Synergistic catalysis on Fe–Nxsites andFe nanoparticles for efficient synthesis of quinolones and quinazolinones via oxidative couplingof amines and aldehydes
Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 10653-10653.(Hot article, hightlighted by Synfacts)
17. Yanan Duan, Xiaosu Dong, Tao Song, Zhaozhan Wang, Jianliang Xiao, Youzhu Yuan, and Yong Yang*
Hydrogenation of functionalized nitroarenes catalyzed by single-phase pyrite FeS2 nanoparticles on N,S-codoped porous carbon
ChemSusChem 2019, 12, 4636-4644.(VIP and selected as Front Cover)
16. Shaochun Zhang, Jessica Juweriah Ibrahim, and Yong Yang*
A pincer ligand enabled ruthenium catalyzed highly selective N-monomethylation of nitroarenes with methanol as the C1 source
Org. Chem. Front. 2019, 6, 2726-2731.
15. Xiaosu Dong, Zhaozhan Wang, Youzhu Yuan, Yong Yang*
Synergistic catalysis of Cu+/Cu0 for efficient and selective N-methylation of nitroarenes with para-formaldehyde
J. Catal. 2019, 375, 304–313.
14.Tao Song, Zhiming Ma, and Yong Yang*
Chemoselective hydrogenationof α,β-unsaturated carbonyls catalyzed by biomass-derived cobalt nanoparticles in water
ChemCatChem 2019, 11, 1313 –1319.
13. Tao Song, Yanan Duan, Xiufang Chen * and Yong Yang *
Switchable access to amines and imines from reductive coupling of nitroarenes with alcohols catalyzed by biomass-derived cobalt nanoparticles
Catalysts 2019, 9, 116-126.
12. Tao Song, Yanan Duan, Yong Yang*
Chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated carbonyls catalyzed by a reusable supported Pd nanoparticles onbiomass-derived carbon
Catal. Commun. 2019, 120, 80-85.
11. Zhaozhan Wang, Tao Song, Yong Yang*
Additive- and Oxidant-Free Expedient Synthesis of Benzimidazoles Catalyzed by Cobalt Nanocomposites on N-Doped Carbon
Synlett 2019, 30, 319-324. (Highlited by Organic Chemistry Portal)
10. Guijie Ji, Yanan Duan, Shaochun Zhang, Yong Yang*
Synthesis of benzofurans from terminal alkynes and iodophenols catalyzed by recyclable palladium nanoparticles supported on N,O-dual doped hierarchical porous carbon under copper- and ligand-free conditions
Catal. Today 2019, 330, 101–108.
2018
9. Shaochun Zhang, Jessica Juweriah Ibrahim, and Yong Yang*
An NNN-Pincer-Cobalt complex catalyzed highly markovnikov-selective alkyne hydrosilylation
Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 6265−6269.
8. Chunchen Yuan, Lei Zhu, Changpeng Chen, Xiaolan Chen, Yong Yang, Yu Lan, Yingsheng Zhao
Ruthenium(II)-enabled para-selective C–H difluoromethylation of anilides and their derivatives
Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 1189
7. Yong Yang *, JiWong Chang, Robert M. Rioux*
Structural elucidation of supported Rh complexes derived from RhCl(PPh3)3 immobilized on surface-functionalized SBA-15 and their catalytic performance for C-heteroatom (S, O) bond formation
J. Catal. 2018, 365, 43–54.
6. Tao Song and Yong Yang*
Metal nanoparticles supported on biomass-derived hierarchical porous heteroatom-doped carbon from bamboo shoots design, synthesis and applications
Chem. Rec. 2018, 18, 1–20.
5. Xiaosu Dong, Zhaozhan Wang, Yanan Duan, Yong Yang*
One-pot selective N-formylation of nitroarenes to form amides catalyzed by core–shell structured cobalt nanoparticles
Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 8913-8916.
4. Tao Song, Peng Ren, Yanan Duan, Zhaozhan Wang, Xiufang Chen, Yong Yang*
Cobalt nanocomposites on N-doped hierarchical porous carbon for highly selective formation of anilines and imines fromnitroarenes
Green Chem. 2018, 20, 4629-4637.（Highlighted by Synfacts）
3. Yanan Duan, Tao Song, Xiaosu Dong, Yong Yang*
Enhanced catalytic performance of cobalt nanoparticles coated with a N,P-codoped carbon shell derived from biomass for transfer hydrogenation of functionalized nitroarenes
Green Chem. 2018, 20, 2821-2828.(Selected as Back Cover)
2. Yanan Duan, Guijie Ji, Shaochun Zhang, Xiufang Chen, Yong Yang*
Additive-modulated switchable reaction pathway in the addition of alkynes with organosilanes catalyzed by supported Pd nanoparticles: hydrosilylation versus semihydrogenation
Catal. Sci. Technol. 2018, 8, 1039-1050.
2017
1.Guijie. Ji, Yanan Duan, Saochun Zhang, Benhua Fei, Xiufang Chen, Yong Yang*
Selective Semihydrogenation of Alkynes Catalyzed by Pd Nanoparticles immobilized on Heteroatom- Doped Hierarchical Porous Carbon Derived from bamboo Shoots
ChemSusChem 2017, 10, 3427-3434.