Dr. Yafei Li (李亚飞)
Professor
College of Chemistry and Materials Science
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China 210023
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Tel: +86-13913924786

Education Background
2002.09—2006.07      B. S., Chongqing University (China), Materials Chemistry

2006.09—2011.06.     PhD, Nankai University (China), Inorganic Chemistry

Work Experience
2011.08—2013.08      Postdoctor, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras,
                                
2012.04—2012.05      Short-Term Visiting Scholar, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
                                                
2013.11—Now           Professor, Nanjing Normal University

Research Interest
Computational Chemistry, Computational Nano-science, New Energy Materials.

Honors and Awards
Winner of Natural Science Fund of China for Excellent Young Scientist (2015)

Winner of Natural Science Fund of Jiangsu Province for Distinguished Young Scholars (2014)

Specially-Appointed Professor of Jiangsu Province (2014)

Member of American Chemical Society, Chinese Chemical Society

Professional and Service Activities
Peer Review: J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Phys. Chem. A(C, Lett), Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., Nanoscale, Chem. Phys. Lett., J. Mater. Chem. A(B, C).

Selected Publications (*: Corresponding Author)

​1.    Ding Y,  Li YF*, Yu GH.* 
       Exploring Bio-Inspired Quinone-Based Organic Redox Flow Batteries: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study
       Chem, 2016, 1, 790.

2.    Wang Y, Li F, Li YF*,Chen ZF.* 
       Semi-metallic Be5C2 Monolayer Global Minimum with Quasi-Pentacoordinate Carbons and Negative Possion's Ratio
       Nat. Commun, 2016, 7, 11488.

3.    Li YF*, Liao YL, Chen ZF.* 
       Be2C Monolayer with Quasi-planar Hexacoordinate Carbons: A Global Minima Structure.
       Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53:7248~7252. (Cover Story)

4.    Li YF, Li FY, Chen ZF*. 
       Graphane/Fluorographene Bilayer: Considerable C−H…F−C Hydrogen Bonding and Effective Band Structure Engineering. 
       J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134: 11269~11275. (Highlighted by Nanowerk)

5.    Li YF, Li FY, Zhou Z*, Chen ZF*.
       Silagraphene and Its One Dimensional Derivatives: Where Planar Tetra-coordinate Silicon Happens.
       J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133: 900~908. (Highlighted by Nature China and ACS Homepage)

6.    Li YF, Zhou Z*, Zhang SB, Chen ZF*. 
       MoS2 Nanoribbons: High Stability and Unusual Electronic and Magnetic Properties.
       J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130: 16739~16744. 

7.    Li YF, Zhou Z*, Shen PW, Chen ZF*.
       Spin Gapless Semiconductor-Metal-Half Metal Properties in Nitrogen Doped Zigzag Graphene Nanoribbons. 
       ACS Nano, 2009, 3: 1952~1958.

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