Kexin Yao

Postdoctoral Fellows

Researcher

Alumni

Research Interests

​My research interests at KAUST include the synthesis of the self-assembly for functional nanomaterials and the application of nanomaterials in electronic catalysis and high-value-added catalysis.​

Selected Publications

Yao, K. X.; Zeng, H. C., Asymmetric ZnO nanostructures with an interior cavity. J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, (30), 14736.

Yao, K. X.; Sinclair, R.; Zeng, H. C., Symmetric linear assembly of hourglass-like ZnO nanostructures. J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, (5), 2032.

Yao, K. X.; Zeng, H. C., ZnO/PVP nanocomposite spheres with two hemispheres. J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, (36), 13301.

Yao, K. X.; Zeng, H. C., Fabrication and surface properties of composite films of SAM/Pt/ZnO/SiO2Langmuir 2008, 24, (24), 14234.

Yao, K. X.; Yin, X.M.; Wang, T.H.; Zeng, H.C., Synthsis, self-assembly, disassembly, and reassembly of two types of Cu2O nanocrystals unifaceted with {001} or {110} planes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, (17), 6131.

Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  • Ph.D., Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 2008
  • B.Sc., School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, 2003

 

Awards

  1. President’s Graduate Fellowship, NUS
  2. NUS Research Scholarship
  3. Research Scholarship
  4. “Excellent Student Leader” scholarship
  5. “Excellent Student” scholarship

KAUST Affiliations

​​Advanced Menbranes and Porous Materials Center

Non-KAUST Affiliations

Chongqing University

Research Interests Keywords

Nanomaterials Sensors Solar Energy Separation and capture