YONGSHENG CHEN 155 Hosler Building, University Park, PA 16802; Phone: (814) 865-9834; Fax: (814) 865-3248 Email: yzc2@psu.edu EDUCATION PhD in Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 2003 MS in Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, June, 1997 BE in Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1994 RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Assistant Professor in Energy and Mineral Engineering, 2007- date National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO Research Associate, 2007 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA Postdoctoral Associate, 2003-2007 AWARDS AND HONORS DARPA Young Faculty Award, 2010 Virginia S. and Philip L. Walker Faculty Fellow, Pennsylvania State University, 2007-2010 R.A. Glenn Award, Division of Fuel Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 2005 Outstanding Performance Award, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2005, 2006 SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES Treasurer, Division of Fuel Chemistry, American Chemical Society, (2010-date) Symposium co-organizer, Symposium on Hydrogen Production and Application, 243rd ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 25-29, 2012 Session Chair, Novel Experimental Techniques and Characterization, Annual World Conference on Carbon (Carbon2011), Shanghai, China, July 24-29, 2011 Grant Proposal Reviewer: Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), Department of Energy (DOE), 2009. Beam time proposal reviewer, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), 2011 Journal reviewer: Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Fuel Processing Technology, Catalysis (book series), Topics in Catalysis, Electrochimica Acta Membership: Sigma Xi (2005-2008); American Chemical Society (2002- date), Fuel Chemistry Division (2005- date); North American Catalysis Society, Pittsburgh-Cleveland Catalysis Society (2007-date) Consultant, Matson & Associate, 2008; Excelerant Ceramics, LLC, Alfred, NY, 2010 PUBLICATIONS since 2007 1. Q. Zhou, Z. Zhao, Y. Chen, H. Hu, J. Qiu, Low temperature plasma-mediated synthesis of graphene nanosheets for supercapacitor electrodes, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, in press, doi:
10.1039/C2JM15572A. 2. J. Liu, L. Yu, Z. Zhao, Y. Chen, P. Zhu, C. Wang, Y. Luo, C. Xu, A. Duan, G. Jiang, Potassium-modified molybdenum-containing SBA-15 catalysts for highly efficient production of acetaldehyde and ethylene by the selective oxidation of ethane, J. Catal., 285 (1) 2012, 134 144. 3. M. J. Marino, E. Hsiao, Y. Chen, O. L. Eryilmaz, A. Erdemir, S. H. Kim, Understanding run-in behavior of diamond-like carbon friction and preventing diamond-like carbon wear in humid air, Langmuir, 27 (20) 2011, 12702 12708. 4. F. Sun, K. A. Osseo-Asareb, Y. Chen, B. A. Dempsey, Reduction of As(V) to As(III) by commercial ZVI or As(0) with acid-treated ZVI, J. Hazard. Mater., 196 2011, 311-317. 5. B. N. Wanjala, B. Fang, J. Luo, Y. Chen, J. Yin, M. Engelhard, R. Loukrakpam, C.-J. Zhong. Correlation between atomic coordination structure and enhanced electrocatalytic activity for trimetallic alloy catalysts. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133 (32) 2011, 12714 12727. 6. J. Liu, Z. Zhao, Y. Chen, C. Xu, A. Duan, G. Jiang, Different valent ions-doped cerium oxides and their catalytic performances for soot oxidation, Catal. Today, 175 (1) 2011, 117-123. 7. N. Li, X. Ma, Q. Zha, K. Kim, Y. Chen, C. Song, Maximizing the number of oxygencontaining functional groups on activated carbon by using ammonium persulfate and improving the temperature-programmed desorption characterization of carbon surface chemistry, Carbon, 49 (15) 2011, 5002-5013. 8. J. L. Rygel, Y. Chen, C. G. Pantano, T. Shibata, J. Du, L. Kokou, R. Woodman and J. Belcher, Local Structure of Cerium in Aluminophosphate and Silicophosphate Glasses, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 94 (8) 2011, 2442 2451. 9. J. Du, L. Kokou, J. L. Rygel, Y. Chen, C. G. Pantano, R. Woodman, and J. Belcher. Structure of Cerium Phosphate Glasses: Molecular Dynamics Simulation, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 94 (8) 2011, 2393 2401. 10. R. Loukrakpam, B. N. Wanjala, J. Yin, B. Fang, J. Luo, M. Shao, L. Protsailo, T. Kawamura, Y. Chen, V. Petkov, and C.-J. Zhong, Structural and Electrocatalytic Properties of PtIrCo/C Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction, ACS Catal. 1 (5) 2011, 562 572. 11. Y. Wei, J. Liu, Z. Zhao, Y. Chen, C. Xu, A. Duan, G. Jiang, and H. He. Highly Active Catalysts of Gold Nanoparticles Supported on Three-Dimensionally Ordered Macroporous LaFeO3 for Soot Oxidation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 50 (10) 2011, 2326 2329. 12. C. Xie, Y. Chen, Y. Li, X. Wang, C. Song. Influence of Sulfur on the Carbon Deposition in Liquid Hydrocarbon Steam Reforming over CeO 2 -Al 2 O 3 supported Ni and Rh catalysts, Appl. Catal. A: Gen, 394(1-2) 2011, 32-40. 13. R. Loubrakpam, J. Luo, T. He, Y. Chen, Z. Xu, P. N. Njoki, B. Wanjala, B. Fang, D. Mott, J. Yin, J. Klar, B. Powell, C.-J. Zhong, Nanoengineered PtCo and PtNi catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction: An assessment of the structural and electrocatalytic properties, J. Phys. Chem. C, 115 (5) 2011, 1682-1694. 14. K. Kim, P. Zhu, N. Li, X. Ma, Y. Chen, Characterization of oxygen containing functional groups on carbon materials with oxygen K-edge X-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopy. Carbon, 49 (5) 2011, 1745-1751. 15. B. Fang, J. Luo, Y. Chen, B. Wanjala, R. Loukrakpam, J. Hong, J. Yin, X. Hu, P. Hu, C.-J. Zhong, Nanoengineered PtVFe/C cathode electrocatalysts in PEM fuel cell: catalyst activity and stability, ChemCatChem, 3 (3) 2011, 583 593.
16. C. Xie, Y. Chen, Y. Li, X. Wang, C. Song. Sulfur poisoning of CeO 2 -Al 2 O 3 -supported mono- and bi-metallic Ni and Rh catalysts in steam reforming of liquid hydrocarbons at low and high temperatures, Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 390 (1-2) 2010, 210 218. 17. Y. Chen, C. Xie, Y. Li, C. Song, T. B. Bolin. Sulfur poisoning mechanism of steam reforming catalysts: an x-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopic study, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12 (21) 2010, 5707-5711. 18. W. J. Shaw, Y. Chen, J. Fulton, J. Linehan, A. Gutowska, T. Bitterwolf. Structural evolution of a recoverable rhodium hydrogenation catalyst. J. Organomet. Chem. 693 (12) 2008, 2111-2118. 19. J. L. Fulton, J. C. Linehan, T. Autrey, M. Balasubramanian, Y. Chen, N. K. Szymczak. When is a Nanoparticle a Cluster? An Operando EXAFS Study of Amine Borane Dehydrocoupling by Rh 4-6 Clusters. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129 (39) 2007, 11936-11949. PUBLICATIONS before 2007 20. J. L. Fulton, Y. Chen, S. M. Heald, M. Balasubramanian. Hydration and contact ion pairing of Ca 2+ with Cl - in supercritical aqueous solution. J. Chem. Phys. 125 (9) 2006, Art. No. 094507. 21. V. Glezakou, Y. Chen, J. L. Fulton, G. K. Schenter and L. X. Dang. Electronic structure, statistical mechanical simulations, and EXAFS spectroscopy of aqueous potassium. Theor. Chem. Acc. 115 (2-3) 2006, 86-99. 22. Y. Chen, J. L. Fulton, W. Partenheimer. The structure of the homogeneous oxidation catalyst, Mn(II)- (Br -1 ) x, in supercritical water: An x-ray absorption fine structure study. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127 (40) 2005, 14085-14093. 23. Y. Chen, J. L. Fulton, J. C. Linehan, T. Autrey. In-situ XAFS and NMR study of rhodium catalyst structure during dehydrocoupling of dimethylamine borane. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127 (10) 2005, 3254-3255. 24. W. J. Shaw, J. C. Linehan, A. Gutowska, D. Newell, T. Bitterwolf, J. L. Fulton, Y. Chen, C. F. Windisch. Synthesis and characterization of a recoverable rhodium catalyst with a stimulus sensitive polymer ligand. Inorg. Chem. Comm. 8 (10) 2005, 894 896. 25. Y. Chen, J. L. Fulton, W. Partenheimer. A XANES and EXAFS Study of hydration and ion pairing in ambient aqueous MnBr 2 solutions. J. Solution Chem. 34(9) 2005, 993-1007. 26. J. L. Fulton, Y. Chen, S. Heald, M. Balasubramanian. High-pressure, high temperature XAFS transmission cell for the study of aqueous ions with low absorption-edge energies. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 75 (12), 2004, 5228-5231. 27. Y. Chen, I. E. Wachs. Tantalum oxide supported metal oxide (Re 2 O 7, CrO 3, MoO 3, WO 3, V 2 O 5 and Nb 2 O 5 ) catalysts: synthesis, Raman characterization and chemically probed by methanol oxidation. J. Catal. 217, 2003, 468-477. 28. Y. Chen, J. L. G. Fierro, T. Tanaka, I. E. Wachs. Supported tantalum oxide catalysts: synthesis, physical characterization and methanol oxidation chemical probe reaction. J. Phys. Chem. B 107, 2003, 5243-5250. 29. I. E. Wachs, Y. Chen, J.-M. Jehng, L. E. Briand, T. Tanaka. Molecular structure and reactivity of the Group Five metal oxides. Catal. Today 78, 2003, 13 24. 30. Y. Chen, K. Xie, Z. X. Liu. Determination of the position of V 4+ as minor component in XPS spectra by difference spectra. Appl. Surf. Sci. 133, 1998, 221-224. 31. Y. Chen, K. Xie, Z. X. Liu. XPS studies of V 2 O 5 thin film at different temperatures and oxygen partial pressures. Appl. Surf. Sci. 126, 1998, 347-351.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS Conference Presentations Selected for Honors Y. Chen, J. L. Fulton, J. C. Linehan, T. Autrey. In-situ spectroscopic studies of rhodium catalyzed production of hydrogen from dimethylamine borane: Homogeneous or heterogeneous catalysis? Prepr. Pap.-Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem. 49(2) 2004, 972-973.--Selected for R.A. Glenn Award Invited Presentations Y. Chen, C. Xie, C. Song, B.N. Wanjala, B. Fang, C.-J. Zhong, Applications of X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy in fuel science, Symposium in Honor of Chunshan Song, PETR Distinguished Researcher, 242nd ACS National Meeting, Denver, CO, August 28-September 1, 2011. Y. Chen, C. Xie, Y. Li, C. Song, and T. B. Bolin, Sulfur Poisoning in Rh, Ni Catalysts for Steam Reforming of Liquid Hydrocarbons, Users Week 2009, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, May 4-6, 2009 Y. Chen, XANES Studies of Sulfur Poisoning in Steam Reforming Catalysts, NSLS Lunch Time Seminar, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, March 13, 2009 Oral Presentations 1. Y. Chen, K. Kim, P. Zhu, Characterization of oxygen containing functional groups on carbon materials with oxygen K-edge X-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopy, Annual World Conference on Carbon (Carbon2011), Shanghai, China, July 24-29, 2011 2. Y. Wei, J. Liu, Z. Zhao, Y. Chen, C. Xu, A. Duan, G. Jiang, H. He, 3DOM LaFeO 3 - supported gold catalysts which combine both advantages of good contact by 3DOM supports and the highly active sites for activation of O 2 by gold clusters, exhibit super catalytic performance for soot oxidation, 22nd North American Catalysis Society Meeting, Detroit, MI, June 5-10, 2011 3. C. Song, J. J. Strohm, J. Zheng, Y. Li, C. Xie, Y. Chen, X. Wang, Sulfur-tolerant and carbon-resistant bimetallic catalysts for steam reforming of liquid hydrocarbon fuels for fuel cells, 241st ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 27-31, 2011. 4. Y. Chen, K. Kim, P. Zhu, Identification and quantification of oxygen containing surface functional groups on carbon materials by X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy, 240th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 22-26, 2010. 5. C. Xie, J. Guo, Y. Chen, Y. Li, X. Wang, C. Song, Deactivation of Supported Ni and Rh Catalysts in Steam Reforming of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels, 11th International Symposium on Catalyst Deactivation, Delft, The Netherlands, October 25-28, 2009. 6. Y. Chen, C. Xie, Y. Li, C. Song, XANES Studies of Sulfur Poisoning in Rh, Ni Catalysts for Steam Reforming of Liquid Hydrocarbons, 237th ACS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 22-26, 2009. 7. C. Xie, Y. Chen, Y. Li, X. Wang, C. Song, Impact of Sulfur Poisoning on the Carbon Deposition over Rh and Ni Catalysts in Steam Reforming of Liquid Hydrocarbons, 237th ACS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 22-26, 2009. 8. J. C. Linehan, J. L. Fulton, M. Balasubramanian, Y. Chen, T. Autrey, N. K. Szymczak, J. A. Franz, R. G. Finke, T. E. Bitterwolf, W. J. Shaw, and T. Smurthwaite, Catalyst structure determination using operando XAFS, 237th ACS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 22-26, 2009.
9. T. G. Levitskaia, Y. Chen, J. L. Fulton, S. I. Sinkov, Chitosan biomaterials as sequestering agents for radionuclides, 232nd National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September, 2006. 10. J. C. Linehan, N. Szymczak, J. L. Fulton, Y. Chen, Tom Autrey, Catalyzed dehydrogenation of amine boranes studied by NMR, 232nd National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September, 2006. Workshop Presentations Y. Chen. XANES Characterization of Carbon Materials, Carbon Characterization Interest Group, Penn State, January 21, 2010 Y. Chen. Characterization of nano or sub-nano Materials with X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy (XAFS), US-China Workshop for Early Career Chemical Scientists, Peking University, Beijing, China, October, 2009 Y. Chen, J. C. Linehan, T. Autrey, J. F. Fulton. In Situ XAFS/NMR Studies of Transition Metal Catalysts for Dehydrocoupling of Amino Boranes: Homogenous Complexes or Heterogeneous Nanoparticles?, Nanoscale Science and Technology Workshop, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, September, 2004