Yun Hang Hu

Contact

yunhangh@mtu.edu
906-487-2261
M & M Building 502

University Professor
Charles and Carroll McArthur Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Affiliated Professor, Chemical Engineering

PhD, Chemistry, Xiamen University
MSc, Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
BSc, Chemistry, Nanchang University

Fellowships

Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE)

Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Fellow of American Chemical Society (ACS)

Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

Fellow of ASM International (ASM)

Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Links of Interest

Faculty Webpage

Research Interests

Nanomaterials (such as 3D graphene) for energy and environment
Superstructure materials for energy
Energy devices (solar cells, fuel cells, batteries, and supercapacitors)
Heterogeneous catalysis
Thermo-photocatalysis
Photocatalysis
Electrocatalysis
Synthesis of novel solid materials and liquid fuels from CO₂
Conversion of natural gas
Hydrogen production and storage
Conversion and utilization of biomass
Microplastics
Conversion and utilization of waste plastics

Publications

H. Su, Y. H. Hu*, "Thermo-Photo Catalytic Anode Process for Carbonate-Superstructured Solid Fuel Cells", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121, e2314996121 (2024).
S. Fang, M. Rahaman, J. Bharti, E. Reisner, M. Robert, G. A. Ozin, Y. H. Hu*, "Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction", Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 3, 61 (2023).
L. Chang, S. Chen, Y. Fei, D. J. Stacchiola, Y. H. Hu*, "Superstructured NiMoO4@CoMoO4 Core-Shell Nanofibers for Supercapacitors with Ultrahigh Areal Capacitance", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120, e2219950120 (2023).
S. Fang, X. Lyu, T. Tong, A. I. Lim, T. Li, J. Bao, Y. H. Hu*, "Turning Dead Leaves into an Active Multifunctional Material as Evaporator, Photocatalyst, and Bioplastic", Nature Communications, 14, 1203 (2023).
H. Su, W. Zhang, Y. H. Hu*, "Carbonate-Superstructured Solid Fuel Cells with Hydrocarbon Fuels", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119, e2208750119 (2022).
Y. H. Hu*, "Fund Industrial Fellowships for Faculty to Benefit Graduates", Nature, 601, 508 (2022).
S. Fang, Y. H. Hu*, "Open the Door to the Atomic World by Single-Molecule Atomic Force Microscopy", Matter, 4, 1189 (2021).
Y. H. Hu*, E. Ruckenstein*, “Comment on Dry Reforming of Methane by Stable Ni–Mo Nanocatalysts on Single-crystalline MgO", Science, 368, eabb5459 (2020).
Z. Sun, Y. H. Hu*, "How Magical Is Magic-Angle Graphene?", Matter, 2, 1106 (2020).
S. Fang, Y. H. Hu*, "Creating and Seeing the First Pure Carbon Ring", Matter, 1, 1116 (2019).
L. Chang, Y. H. Hu*, "Breakthroughs in Designing Commercial-Level Mass-Loading Graphene Electrodes for Electrochemical Double-Layer Capacitors", Matter, 1, 596 (2019).