Education Background

2020.09 – 2026.06 Visiting Student, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Dalian.

2020.09 – 2026.06 Ph.D. student in Zhang Dayu School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology.

2017.09 – 2020.06 M.E. in Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Fujian Normal University.

2013.09 – 2017.06 B.E. in Henan Polytechnic University.

Research Interests

Novel precious metal catalysts for electrochemical energy conversion and storage, such as Li-air batteries.

Hobbies

Travelling

Publications

5. Ying Hou, Wei Hu, Qiao Zhao, Yuchuan Tu, Guang Yang, Yi Cui, Wei Liu*, Liang Yu*, Dehui Deng*

Tri-functional Ru catalyst drives efficient ammonia synthesis from N2 and H2O

Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2026, 118, 769-775

4. Ying Hou, Wei Hu, Yunchuan Tu, Hao Lei, Wei Wei, Hao Li, Huicong Xia, Guang Yang, Yunlong Zhang, Baimao Zhang, Lei Hua, Haiyang Li, Yi Cui*, Liang Yu*, Dehui Deng*

Ammonia Synthesis at Metallic Li/Ru Interfaces under Ambient Conditions

Chem, 2026, 12, 102884

3. Ying Hou, Dehui Deng*

Membrane electrode assembly: Another technical roadmap for lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction?

Joule, 2023, 7, 1679-1683

2. Ying Hou, Yu-Lin Liang, Peng-Chao Shi, Yuan-Biao Huang*, Rong Cao*

Atomically dispersed Ni species on N-doped carbon nanotubes for

electroreduction of CO₂ with nearly 100% CO selectivity

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2020, 271, 118929

DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.118929

1. Ying Hou, Yuan-Biao Huang, Yu-Lin Liang, Guo-Liang Chai, Jun-Dong Yi, Teng Zhang, Ke-Tao Zang, Jun Luo, Rui Xu, Hua Lin, Su-Yuan Zhang, Hui-Min Wang, Rong Cao*

Unraveling the Reactivity and Selectivity of Atomically Isolated Metal–Nitrogen Sites Anchored on Porphyrinic Triazine Frameworks for Electroreduction of CO₂

CCS Chemistry 2019, 1, 384

DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.019.20190011