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Kai Yan(剡剀)

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Kai Yan, Ph.D.,Professor

- Verified email at mail.sysu.edu.cn - Cited by 10391

Production, properties and catalytic hydrogenation of furfural to fuel additives and value-added chemicals

K Yan, G Wu, T Lafleur, C Jarvis - Renewable and sustainable energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
As our high dependence on the supply of diminishing fossil fuel reserves raise great
concerns in its environmental, political and economic consequences, utilization of renewable …

Catalytic reactions of gamma-valerolactone: A platform to fuels and value-added chemicals

K Yan, Y Yang, J Chai, Y Lu - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2015 - Elsevier
Gamma-valerolactone (GVL), which is accessible from renewable lignocellulosic biomass,
has been identified as one of the most promising platforms for the sustainable production of …

Layered reduced graphene oxide with nanoscale interlayer gaps as a stable host for lithium metal anodes

…, Y Liu, Z Liang, HW Lee, J Sun, H Wang, K Yan… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Metallic lithium is a promising anode candidate for future high-energy-density lithium batteries.
It is a light-weight material, and has the highest theoretical capacity (3,860 mAh g –1 ) …

Biological utility of fluorinated compounds: from materials design to molecular imaging, therapeutics and environmental remediation

C Zhang, K Yan, C Fu, H Peng, CJ Hawker… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The applications of fluorinated molecules in bioengineering and nanotechnology are
expanding rapidly with the controlled introduction of fluorine being broadly studied due to the …

Trimetallic NiCoFe-layered double hydroxides nanosheets efficient for oxygen evolution and highly selective oxidation of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

M Zhang, Y Liu, B Liu, Z Chen, H Xu, K Yan - Acs Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Selective conversion of renewable sources is necessary for developing energy generation
technology and protecting the environment. Herein, this work reports a one-step controllable …

[HTML][HTML] Catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into chemicals and fuels

…, Y Wang, Y Wang, SS Wong, K Yan, N Yan… - Green Energy & …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the search of alternative resources to make commodity chemicals and transportation fuels
for a low carbon future, lignocellulosic biomass with over 180-billion-ton annual production …

The Microprocessor complex mediates the genesis of microRNAs

RI Gregory, K Yan, G Amuthan, T Chendrimada… - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a growing family of small non-protein-coding regulatory genes that
regulate the expression of homologous target-gene transcripts. They have been implicated …

Strong quantum computational advantage using a superconducting quantum processor

…, H Su, L Sun, L Wang, S Wang, D Wu, Y Xu, K Yan… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
Scaling up to a large number of qubits with high-precision control is essential in the
demonstrations of quantum computational advantage to exponentially outpace the classical …

Selective deposition and stable encapsulation of lithium through heterogeneous seeded growth

K Yan, Z Lu, HW Lee, F Xiong, PC Hsu, Y Li, J Zhao… - Nature Energy, 2016 - nature.com
Lithium metal is an attractive anode material for rechargeable batteries, owing to its high
theoretical specific capacity of 3,860 mAh g− 1. Despite extensive research efforts, there are still …

Interconnected hollow carbon nanospheres for stable lithium metal anodes

G Zheng, SW Lee, Z Liang, HW Lee, K Yan… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
For future applications in portable electronics, electric vehicles and grid storage, batteries
with higher energy storage density than existing lithium ion batteries need to be developed. …