Yat Li
| Title | Assistant Professor of Chemistry |
| Division | Physical & Biological Sciences |
| Department | Chemistry & Biochemistry Department |
| Phone | 831-459-1952, 857-998-0677 |
| Web Site | Li Lab |
| Office | Physical Sciences Building 160 |
| Campus Mail Stop | Chemistry |
| 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA |
Research Interests
Our research focuses on the development of novel functional nanomaterials. The unique advantages of nanomaterials offer a versatile platform for addressing fundamental science issues, and open up oppotunities for new technologies. The research carried out in our group include (1) rational design and synthesis of functional nanomaterials, especially one-dimensional nanostructures; (2) investigation of the correlation between nanostructures and their optical and electrical properties; and (3) developing nanomaterial based devices for water splitting, solar cells, microbial photoelectrochemical cells and photonics.Biography, Education and Training
B.Sc. (1999), Ph.D. (2002), University of Hong KongPostdoctoral Fellow (2002-2003), University of Hong Kong
Postdoctoral Fellow (2003-2007), Harvard University
Honors, Awards and Grants
National Science Foundation Career Award 2009-2014Senior Visiting Scholar Fellowship, Fudan University, China 2009-2011
Visiting Scientist Fellowship, National Center for Electron Microscopy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2008-2010
Croucher Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (Croucher Foundation, Hong Kong)2003-2005
Li Po Chun Postgraduate Scholarship (University of Hong Kong)2002-2003
Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship (Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund, Hong Kong)2002-2003
Selected Publications
Wang G., Wang H., Ling Y., Tang Y., Yang X., Fitzmorris R. C., Wang C. C., Zhang J. Z. and Li Y.* “Hydrogen-treated TiO2 nanowire arrays for photoelectrochemical water splitting” Nano Lett., 11, 3026-3033 (2011)Ling Y., Wang G., Wheeler D. A., Zhang J. Z. and Li Y.* Sn-Doped Hematite Nanostructures for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting, Nano Lett. 11, 2119-2125 (2011)
Wang G., Ling Y., Wheeler D., Kyle G. N., Horsley K., Heske C., Zhang J. Z. and Li Y.* Facile Synthesis of Highly Photoactive alpha-Fe2O3-Based Films for Water Oxidation, Nano Lett.. 11, 3503-3509 (2011)
Wang G., Qian F., Saltikov C. W., Jiao Y. and Li Y.* Microbial Reduction of Graphene Oxide by Shewanella, Nano Res. 4, 563-570 (2011)
Li Y.* and Zhang J. Z. Hydrogen generation from photoelectrochemical water splitting based on nanomaterials, Laser Photonics Rev. 4, 517-528 (2010)
Wang G., Yang X. Y., Qian F., Zhang J. Z. and Li Y.* “Double-sided CdS and CdSe quantum dot cosensitized ZnO nanowire arrays for photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation” Nano Lett. 10, 1088- 1092 (2010)
Qian F., Wang G. and Li Y.* Solar-driven microbial photoelectrochemical cells with a nanowire photocathode, Nano Lett. 10, 4686-4691 (2010)
Hensel J., Wang G., Li Y.* and Zhang J. Z. “Synergistic effect of CdSe quantum dot sensitization and nitrogen doping of TiO2 nanostructures for photoelectrochemical solar hydrogen generation”, Nano Lett. 10, 478-483 (2010) (highlighted by SPIE Newsroom)
Yang X. Y., Wolcott A., Wang G. M., Sobo A., Fitzmorris R. C., Qian F., Zhang J. Z. and Li Y.* “Nitrogen-doped ZnO nanowire arrays for photoelectrochemical water splitting”, Nano Lett. 9, 2331- 2336 (2009) (highlighted in Nature Photonics)
Qian F., Li Y., Gradečak S., Park H. G, Dong, Y., Ding Y., Wang, Z. L. and Lieber C. M. “Multiquantum well nanowire heterostructures for multi-colour lasers”, Nature Mater. 7, 701-706 (2008) (highlighted in Nature Photonics, Materials Today and Optics.org)
Li Y., Xiang J., Qian F., Gradečak S., Wu Y., Yan H. and Lieber C. M. “Dopant-free GaN/AlN/AlGaN radial nanowire heterostructures as high electron mobility transistors”, Nano Lett. 6, 1468-1471 (2006). (highlighted in Nature Nanotechnology)
Li Y., Qian F., Xiang J. and Lieber C. M. “Electronic and optoelectronic properties of nanowires”, Materials Today, 9 (10), 18-27 (2006).
Courses Taught
CHEM 163A Quantum Chemistry and SpectroscopyCHEM 146C Advanced Physical Chemistry Lab
CHEM 268 Solid State and Material Chemistry