Yan Shuai
PhD Student
Phone: +49 228 73-3147
syan [at] uni-bonn.de
2nd floor, room no. 2.003
Gerhard-Domagk-Straße 1
D-53121 Bonn
Scientific career
In 2022, Shuai earned his Master’s degree in Inorganic Chemistry from Fudan University under the supervision of Prof. Gengfeng Zheng. His work focused on transforming carbon-based small molecules (e.g., CO2, CO) into high value-added chemicals, alongside developing MEA electrolyzers to enhance scalability.
In 2023, Shuai joined the Kornienko Lab at the University of Bonn as a PhD student under the supervision of Prof Dr Nikolay Kornienko. His research focuses on exploring electrochemical methods and in situ characterization techniques to study the electrochemical coupling of carbon- and nitrogen-based small molecules. Shuai is interested in understanding reaction mechanisms and developing new pathways for sustainable chemical processes.
Research
- Heterogeneous and molecular catalysis
- Electrochemical C−N coupling
- In-situ techniques and electrolyzers
Teaching
- BCh 5.2: Fundamentals of inorganic molecular and solid-state chemistry
Awards
- Travel Grant Award, German Chemical Society (2024)
- HuaYi Group Scholarship Award (2021)
Publications
[4] Best practices for in-situ and operando techniques within electrocatalytic systems
Aditya Prajapati, Christopher Hahn, Inez M. Weidinger, Yanmei Shi, Yonghyuk Lee, Anastassia N. Alexandrova, David Thompson, Simon R. Bare, Shuai Chen, Shuai Yan, Nikolay Kornienko
[3] Total Electrosynthesis of N, N-Dimethylformamide From CO2 and NO3-
Shuai Yan, Shuai Chen, Morgan McKee, Alexandre Terry, Ralf Weisbarth, Nikolay Kornienko
[2] High-power CO2-to-C2 electroreduction on Ga-spaced, square-like Cu sites
Shuai Yan, Zheng Chen, Yangshen Chen, Chen Peng, Xingyu Ma, Ximeng Lv, Zhehao Qiu, Yong Yang, Yaoyue Yang, Min Kuang, Xin Xu, Gengfeng Zheng
[1] Electron localization and lattice strain induced by surface lithium doping enable ampere-level electrosynthesis of formate from CO2
Shuai Yan, Chen Peng, Chao Yang, Yangshen Chen, Junbo Zhang, Anxiang Guan, Ximeng Lv, Haozhen Wang, Zhiqiang Wang, Tsun-Kong Sham, Qing Han, Gengfeng Zheng
Links
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/shuai-yan-085b07318/
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57563-6
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202414431
- https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jacs.3c10202
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/anie.202111351