LEI Yu

Aug. 2013 - May 2019, PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State, USA

Sep. 2011 - Jul. 2013, M.A. in Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

Sep. 2007 - Jul. 2011, B.A. in Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

Dec.2024-present, Associate Professor, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, China

Dec. 2021 - Dec.2024, Assistant Professor, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, China

Sep. 2019 - Sep. 2021, Post-doctoral Scholar, Penn State Physics Department, USA

May 2017 - Aug. 2017, Micron Technology, USA

Active reviewer for:

Carbon

2D Materials

ACS Nano

ACS Applied Nano Materials

NPJ 2D Materials and Applications

1. Graphene and other 2D material-based bio sensors and gas sensors: electrochemical sensors, optical sensors, electrical sensors, etc.

2. Defect engineering in 2D materials: 0D (vacancies and metal single atom stabilization), 2D heterostructures/moiré patterns

3. Insitu Raman spectroscopy to elucidate the molecular interactions with 2D materials

4. Other 2D material-based bio-applications

Opening:

Graduate Student Position and Postdoctoral Researcher Position

Candidates with background in Materials Science, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering are encouraged to apply. Interested applicants please contact Dr. Lei with your CV to leiy07@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn.

Single Atom Confined in Two-dimensional Materials for SACs and Bio-related Applications

1. Lei, Y., Pakhira, S., Fujisawa, K., Liu, H., Guerrero-Bermea, C., Zhang, T., ... & Terrones, M. Low temperature activation of inert hexagonal boron nitride for metal deposition and single atom catalysis, Materials Today, 2021, in press.

2. Lei Y, Butler D, Lucking M C, et al. Single-atom doping of MoS₂ with manganese enables ultrasensitive detection of dopamine: Experimental and computational approach[J]. Science Advances, 2020, 6(32): eabc4250.

3. McGee S.*, Lei Y.*, Kindle M.C., Zhang, F., Fujisawa K., Dimitrov E., Terrones M., Zarzar L., Single-Step Direct Laser Writing of Multimetal Oxygen Evolution Catalysts from Liquid Precursors, 2021, ACS Nano, 15(6), 9796–9807 *Equal contribution

4. Lei, Y., Pakhira, S., Fujisawa, K., Wang, X., Iyiola, O. O., Perea López, N. s., Laura Elías, A., Pulickal Rajukumar, L., Zhou, C.; Kabius, B., … & Terrones, M. Low-temperature Synthesis of Heterostructures of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Alloys (W_xMo_1–xS₂) and Graphene with Superior Catalytic Performance for Hydrogen Evolution. ACS nano 2017, 11 (5), 5103-5112.

5. Lei Y., Fujisawa K., Zhang F., Briggs N., Aref R. A., Yeh Y.T., Lin Z, Robinson A.J., Rajagopalan R., Terrones, M. Synthesis of V-MoS₂ Layered Alloys as Stable Flexible Li-ion Battery Anodes, ACS Applied Energy Materials 2019, 2(12) 8625–8632

6. Fu, M., Lv, R.^#, Lei, Y.^#, & Terrones, M. ^# (2021). Ultralight Flexible Electrodes of Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Macrotube Sponges for High-Performance Supercapacitors. Small, 17(1), 2004827. # Corresponding author.

7. Liu, H., Grasseschi, D., Dodda, A., Fujisawa, K., Olson, D., Kahn, E., Zhang F., Zhang T., Lei Y., Branco R.B.N, Elias, A.L., Silva R.C., Yeh Y.T., Maroneze C.M., Seixas L., Hopkins P., Das S., Matos C.J.S, & Terrones, M. Spontaneous chemical functionalization via coordination of Au single atoms on monolayer MoS₂. Science Advances 2020, 6(49), eabc9308.

8. Zhang, F.; Zheng, W.; Lu, Y.; Pabbi, L.; Fujisawa, K.; Elías, A.; Binion, A.; Granzier-Nakajima, T.; Zhang, T.; Lei, Y.; Lin, Z.; Hudson, E.; Sinnott, S.; Balicas, L.; Terrones, M., Superconductivity enhancement in phase-engineered molybdenum carbide/disulfide vertical heterostructures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2020, 117(33), 19685-19693.

9. Zhang T., Fujisawa K., Zhang F., Liu M., Lucking MC., Gontijo RN., Lei Y., Liu H., Crust K., Granzier-Nakajima T., Terrones H., Terrones, M. Universal In Situ Substitutional Doping of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides by Liquid-Phase Precursor-Assisted Synthesis. ACS nano 2020, 14(4):4326-35.

10. Yeh, Y. T.; Tang, Y.; Lin, Z.; Fujisawa, K.; Lei, Y.; Zhou, Y.; Rotella, C.; Elías, A. L.; Zheng, S. Y.; Mao, Y., Light‐Emitting Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers under Cellular Digestion. Advanced Materials 2018, 30 (8), 1703321.

11. Vural, M.; Lei, Y.; Pena-Francesch, A.; Jung, H.; Allen, B.; Terrones, M.; Demirel, M. C., Programmable molecular composites of tandem proteins with graphene oxide for efficient bimorph actuators. Carbon 2017, 118, 404-412.

12. Lin, Z.*; Lei, Y.*; Subramanian, S.*; Briggs, N.*; Wang, Y.; Lo, C.-L.; Yalon, E.; Lloyd, D.; Wu, S.; Koski, K., Research Update: Recent progress on 2D materials beyond graphene: From ripples, defects, intercalation, and valley dynamics to straintronics and power dissipation. APL Materials 2018, 6 (8), 080701. *Equal contribution

13. Lei, Y.; Huang, Z.-H.; Yang, Y.; Shen, W.; Zheng, Y.; Sun, H.; Kang, F., Porous mesocarbon microbeads with graphitic shells: constructing a high-rate, high-capacity cathode for hybrid supercapacitor. Scientific reports 2013, 3, 2477.

14. Lei, Y.; Huang, Z.-H.; Shen, W.; Zheng, Y.; Kang, F., Synthesis of porous graphitic carbon from mesocarbon microbeads by one-step route. Journal of Porous Materials 2013, 20 (5), 1323-1328.

15. Lei, Y.; Huang, Z.-H.; Shen, W.; Kang, F.; Zheng, Y., Bi-material anode based on porous graphitic carbon for Li₄Ti₅O₁₂-PGC/LiFePO₄ hybrid battery capacitor. Electrochimica Acta 2013, 107, 413-418.

• Honored Graduate Student Award, July 2013

• Friend of Tsinghua: Zhou Huiqi Scholarship, December 2009