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Haiyan Zhao Assistant Professor

Positions

Affiliate, Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES)
Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biological Engineering , College of Engineering 2016 -

Haiyan Zhao is assistant professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Idaho. She received her bachelor's degree in chemistry from Tianjin University in China, master's in chemical engineering from Tsinghua University in China and doctorate in chemical engineering from Virginia Tech. From 2010 to 2014, she was working at Advanced Photon Source in the Argonne National Laboratory using Synchrotron X-ray probes for catalytic materials characterization as postdoctoral research associate then assistant chemist. She joined the University of Idaho in August 2014.

Her research focuses on in situ/operando study over catalytic systems in the field of shale gas, biofuels, petroleum and other energy and environment related areas. She is a member of American Chemical Society, Material Research Society and North American Catalysis Society.

Research Areas

Publications

selected publications

academic article
- Electrolytic Reduction of Titanium Dioxide in Molten LiCl-Li2O. Electrochem. 2:224-235. 2021
- Review on Bioenergy Storage Systems for Preserving and Improving Feedstock Value. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 8:370. 2020
- Highly Active FeNi Bimetallic Phosphide Catalyst Gives Unprecedented Selectivity to the Direct Desulfurization Pathway. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society. 257. 2019
- Deformation Mechanisms in a Rolled Magnesium Alloy Under Tension Along the Rolling Direction. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 24:207-213. 2018
- High Current Efficiency of NiO Electro-Reduction in Molten Salt. Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 165:E768-E772. 2018
- Multiple scaling power in liquid gallium under pressure conditions. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 95.0. 2017
- Pressure-induced polyamorphism in lanthanide-solute metallic glasses. Physica Status Solidi-rapid Research Letters. 11.0. 2017
- Polyamorphism in Yb-based metallic glass induced by pressure. Scientific Reports. 7.0. 2017
- Exploring Pore Formation of Atomic Layer-Deposited Overlayers by in Situ Small- and Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering. Chemistry of Materials. 28:7082-7087. 2016
- Constant real-space fractal dimensionality and structure evolution in Ti62Cu38 metallic glass under high pressure. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 94. 2016
- Synthesis of Highly Dispersed and Highly Stable Supported Au-Pt Bimetallic Catalysts by a Two-Step Method. Catalysis Letters. 146:2606-2613. 2016
- Nature of active sites in Ni2P hydrotreating catalysts as probed by iron substitution. Applied Catalysis B - Environmental. 164:204-216. 2015
- In-situ Diffraction of Highly Dispersed Supported Platinum Nanoparticles. Catalysis Science and Technology. 4:3053-3063. 2014
- Pulsed-reactant in situ studies of ceria/CuO catalysts using simultaneous XRD, PDF and DRIFTS measurements. Catalysis Today. 229:64-71. 2014
- Simultaneous diffuse reflection infrared spectroscopy and X-ray pair distribution function measurements. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 47:1118-11311. 2014
- The Change of Lattice Parameters in 1-3 nm Platinum Nanoparticles. Journal of American Chemistry Society. 136:9320-9326. 2014
- XANES and EXAFS studies on metal nanoparticle growth and bimetallic interaction of Ni-based catalysts for CO2 reforming of CH4. Catalysis Today. 207:3-12. 2013
- Competitive I2 Sorption by Cu-BTC from Humid Gas Streams. Chemistry of Materials. 25:2591-2596. 2013
- Correlating structure and chemistry through simultaneous in situ pair distribution function and infrared spectroscopy measurements. CrysEngComm. 15:9377-9381. 2013
- Resolving Precursor Deligation, Surface Species Evolution, and Nanoparticle Nucleation during Palladium Atomic Layer Deposition. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 117. 2013
- Rake mechanism for the deoxygenation of ethanol over a supported Ni2P/SiO2 catalyst. Journal of Catalysis. 290:1-12. 2012
- Activation of Colonic Mucosal 5-HT(4) Receptors Accelerates Propulsive Motility and Inhibits Visceral Hypersensitivity. Gastroenterology. 142:844-854. 2012
- Fast Time-Resolved Pair Distribution Function Studies of Supported Gold Nanoparticle Formation. Zeitschrift Fur Kristallographie. 227:268-271. 2012
- Studies of the Synthesis of Transition Metal Phosphides and their Activity in the Hydrodeoxygenation of a Biofuel Model Compound. Journal of Catalysis. 294:184-198. 2012
- Unprecedented Selectivity to the Direct Sesulfurization (DDS) Pathway in a Highly Active FeNi Bimetallic Phosphide Catalyst. Journal of Catalysis. 285:1-5. 2012
- Determining Quantitative Kinetics and the Structural Mechanism for Particle Growth in Porous Templates. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2:2742-2746. 2011
- Hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol as model compound for pyrolysis oil on transition metal phosphides hydroprocessing catalysts. Applied Catalysis A - General. 391:305-310. 2011
- Hydrogen Storage Using Heterocyclic Compounds: the hydrogenation of 2-Methylthiophene. Catalysis Today. 149:172-184. 2010
- Transition Metal Phosphide Hydroprocessing catalysts: A Review. Catalysis Today. 143:94-107. 2009

Research

principal investigator on

Novel Catalysts Synthesis and Evaluation for Synthetic Fuels 2016 - 2017

Background

education and training

Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute 2009
M.S., Tsinghua University 2003
B.S., Tianjin University 2000

Contact

full name

Haiyan Zhao