Research Interests

• Environmental catalysis, Air pollution control, Utilization of CO2

Biography

• 2024-now Assistant Professor-A, Department of Environment and Engineering, Fudan University

• 2019-2023 Post-doctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, Evanston

• 2014-2019 Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai

• 2010-2014 B.S., Environmental Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai

Prizes and Awards

• 2024 - 2027   The Science Fund Program for Distinguished Young Scholars of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Overseas)

• 2024 - 2027   Shanghai Sailing Program

• 2024 - 2030  Start-up Funds under Fudan University Talent Recruitment Program

• 06/2023The 15th batch of Shanghai Baiyulan Young Talent Program

Key Publications

1. Yaxin Chen, Xinyou Ma, John H. Hack, Shuhao Zhang, Anyang Peng, James P. Dombrowski, Gregory A. Voth, Andrei Tokmakoff, Mayfair C. Kung, and Harold H. Kung*. Molecular tuning of reactivity of zeolite protons in HZSM‑5. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 146, 10342-10356.

2. Dongrun Xu, Yaowei Jin, Bowen He, Xue Fang, Guokang Chen, Weiye Qu, Chenxin Xu, Junxiao Chen, Zhen Ma, Liwei Chen, Xingfu Tang*, Xi Liu*, Guangfeng Wei*, and Yaxin Chen*. Electronic communications between active sites on individual metallic nanoparticles in catalysis. Nature Communications, 2024, 15, 8614.

3. Yaxin Chen#, Daiming Tang#, Zhiwei Huang#, Xi Liu#, Jun Chen, Takashi Sekiguchi, Weiye Qu, Junxiao Chen, Dongrun Xu, Yoshio Bando, Xiaolei Hu, Xiaoping Wang, Dmitri Golberg, and Xingfu Tang*. Stable single atomic silver wires assembling into a circuitry-connectable nanoarray. Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 1191.

4. Weiye Qu, Xiaona Liu, Junxiao Chen, Yangyang Dong, Xingfu Tang*, and Yaxin Chen*. Single-atom catalysts reveal the dinuclear characteristic of active sites in NO selective reduction with NH3. Nature Communications, 2020, 11, 1532.

5. Zhiwei Huang#, Jia-Xia Liang#, Daiming Tang#, Yaxin Chen#, Weiye Qu, Xiaolei Hu, Junxiao Chen, Yangyang Dong, Dongrun Xu, Dmitri Golberg, Jun Li*, Xingfu Tang*. Interplay between remote single-atom active sites triggers speedy catalytic oxidation of CO. Chem, 2022, 8, 3008-3017.

6. Yaxin Chen#, Chao Li#, Junxiao Chen, Xingfu Tang*, Self-prevention of well-defined-facet Fe2O3/MoO3 against deposition of ammonium bisulfate in low-temperature NH3-SCR. Environmental Science & Technology, 2018, 52, 11796-11802.

7. Yaxin Chen, Zhiwei Huang, Meijuan Zhou, Zhen Ma, Jianmin Chen, Xingfu Tang*. Single silver adatoms on nanostructured manganese oxide surfaces: Boosting oxygen activation for benzene abatement. Environmental Science & Technology, 2017, 51, 2304-2311.

8. Yaxin Chen#, Jiayi Gao#, Zhiwei Huang, Meijuan Zhou, Junxiao Chen, Chao Li, Zhen Ma, Jianmin Chen, Xingfu Tang*. Sodium rivals silver as single-atom active centers for catalyzing abatement of formaldehyde. Environmental Science & Technology, 2017, 51, 7084-7090.

9. Junxiao Chen#, Yaxin Chen#, Meijuan Zhou, Zhiwei Huang, Jiayi Gao, Zhen Ma, Jianmin Chen, Xingfu Tang*. Enhanced performance of ceria-based NOx reduction catalysts by optimal support effect. Environmental Science & Technology, 2017, 51, 473-478.

10. Yaxin Chen, Guangkai Tian, Meijuan Zhou, Zhiwei Huang, Chenxi Lu, Pingping Hu, Jiayi Gao, Zhaoliang Zhang*, Xingfu Tang*. Catalytic control of typical particulate matters and volatile organic compounds emissions from simulated biomass burning. Environmental Science & Technology, 2016, 50, 5825-5831.