Dr Jianfeng Yao - Researcher Profile

Biography

Jianfeng works in the Faculty of Engineering at Monash University as a Monash Fellow.

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Keywords

Catalysis, Gas separation, Membranes, Metal-organic frameworks, Nanomaterials, biodiesel, zeolites

Publications

Journal Articles

Li, D., Yao, J., Wang, H., 2013, Hydrothermal synthesis of AlPO4-5: Effect of precursor gel preparation on the morphology of crystals, Progress in Natural Science [P], vol 22, issue 6, Elsevier Science Inc, USA, pp. 684-692.

Yao, J., Wang, K., Wang, H., 2013, Direct synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8/chitosan composites in chitosan hydrogels, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials [P], vol 165, Elsevier Science BV, Netherlands, pp. 200-204.

Yi, F., Wang, K., Yao, J., Webley, P.A., Smart, S., Wang, H., 2013, Effect of the addition of polyvinylpyrrolidone as a pore-former on microstructure and mechanical strength of porous alumina ceramics, Ceramics International [P], vol Early View, Elsevier Science Ltd, UK, pp. 1-18.

Dong, D., Shao, X., Wang, Z., Lievens, C., Yao, J., Wang, H., Li, C., 2013, Fibrous NiO/CeO2 nanocatalysts for the partial oxidation of methane at microsecond contact times, RSC Advances: An International Journal to Further the Chemical Sciences [E], vol 3, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 1341-1345.

Li, L., Yao, J., Chen, R., He, L., Wang, K., Wang, H., 2013, Infiltration of precursors into a porous alumina support for ZIF-8 membrane synthesis, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials [P], vol 168, Elsevier Science BV, Netherlands, pp. 15-18.

Wang, K., Zheng, Y., He, L., Yao, J., Suresh, A.K., Bellare, J., Sridhar, T., Wang, H., 2012, Evaluation of quaternary phosphonium-based polymer membranes for desalination application, Desalination [P], vol 292, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 119-123.

Yao, J., Wang, K., Ren, M., Liu, Z., Wang, H., 2012, Phase inversion spinning of ultrafine hollow fiber membranes through a single orifice spinneret, Journal of Membranes Science [P], vol 421, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 8-14.

Dong, D., Yao, J., Li, C., Wang, H., 2012, Poly(furfuryl alcohol)-assisted pyrolysis synthesis of ceramic nanoparticles for solid oxide fuel cells, Materials Research Bulletin [P], vol 47, issue 7, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 1661-1665.

Dong, D., Yao, J., Wu, Y., Zhang, X., Xu, G., Li, C., Wang, H., 2011, A 3D fibrous cathode with high interconnectivity for solid oxide fuel cells, Electrochemistry Communications [P], vol 13, issue 10, Elsevier, New York USA, pp. 1038-1041.

Li, D., Zhang, X., Yao, J., Zeng, Y., Simon, G., Wang, H., 2011, Composite polymer hydrogels as draw agents in forward osmosis and solar dewatering, Soft Matter [P], vol 7, issue 21, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge UK, pp. 10048-10056.

Yao, J., Dong, D., Li, D., He, L., Xu, G., Wang, H., 2011, Contra-diffusion synthesis of ZIF-8 films on a polymer substrate, Chemical Communications [P], vol 47, issue 9, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge UK, pp. 2559-2561.

Dong, D., Wu, Y., Zhang, X., Yao, J., Huang, Y., Li, D., Li, C., Wang, H., 2011, Eggshell membrane-templated synthesis of highly crystalline perovskite ceramics for solid oxide fuel cells, Journal Of Materials Chemistry [P], vol 21, issue 4, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge UK, pp. 1028-1032.

Yao, J., Yu, L., Zhang, L., Wang, H., 2011, Influence of glycerol cosolvent on the synthesis of size controllable zeolite A, Materials Letters [P], vol 65, issue 14, Elsevier Scienc BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 2304-2306.

Xu, G., Yao, J., Wang, K., He, L., Webley, P., Chen, C., Wang, H., 2011, Preparation of ZIF-8 membranes supported on ceramic hollow fibers from a concentrated synthesis gel, Journal of Membranes Science [P], vol 385, issue 1-2, Elsevier Science BV, Netherlands, pp. 187-193.

Zeng, Y., Yao, J., Amini Horri, B., Wang, K., Wu, Y., Li, D., Wang, H., 2011, Solar evaporation enhancement using floating light-absorbing magnetic particles, Energy & Environmental Science [P], vol 4, issue 10, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge UK, pp. 4074-4078.

Li, D., Zhang, X., Yao, J., Simon, G., Wang, H., 2011, Stimuli-responsive polymer hydrogels as a new class of draw agent for forward osmosis desalination, Chemical Communications [P], vol 47, issue 6, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge UK, pp. 1710-1712.

Sun, P., Sun, J., Yao, J., Zhang, L., Xu, N., 2010, Continuous production of biodiesel from high acid value oils in microstructured reactor by acid-catalyzed reactions, Chemical Engineering Journal [P], vol 162, issue 1, Elsevier Science SA, Lausanne Switzerland, pp. 1-7.

Yao, J., Huang, Y., Wang, H., 2010, Controlling zeolite structures and morphologies using polymer networks, Journal Of Materials Chemistry [P], vol 20, issue 44, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge UK, pp. 9827-9831.

Sun, P., Wang, B., Yao, J., Zhang, L., Xu, N., 2010, Fast synthesis of biodiesel at high throughput in microstructured reactors, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research [P], vol 49, issue 3, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 1259-1264.

Huang, Y., Dong, D., Yao, J., He, L., Ho, J., Kong, C., Hill, A., Wang, H., 2010, In situ crystallization of macroporous monoliths with hollow NaP zeolite structure, Chemistry Of Materials [P], vol 22, issue 18, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 5271-5278.

Yao, J., Ji, L., Sun, P., Zhang, L., Xu, N., 2010, Low boiling point organic amine-catalyzed transesterification of cottonseed oil to biodiesel with trace amount of KOH as co-catalyst, Fuel [P], vol 89, issue 12, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 3871-3875.

Xu, J., Yao, J., Zeng, C., Zhang, L., Xu, N., 2010, Preparation of binderless honeycomb silicalite-1 monolith by using bundled palm fibers as template, Journal Of Porous Materials [P], vol 17, issue 3, Springer, Dordrecht Netherlands, pp. 329-334.

Yan, C., Wang, C., Yao, J., Zhang, L., Liu, X., 2009, Adsorption of methylene blue on mesoporous carbons prepared using acid- and alkaline-treated zeolite X as the template, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects [P], vol 333, issue 1-3, Elsevier Science B.V., Netherlands, pp. 115-119.

Yao, X., Yao, J., Zhang, L., Xu, N., 2009, Fast Esterification of Acetic Acid with Short Chain Alcohols in Microchannel Reactor, Catalysis Letters [P], vol 132, issue 1-2, Springer, USA, pp. 147-152.

Shao, H., Yao, J., Ke, X., Zhang, L., Xu, N., 2009, Microwave-assisted fast vapor-phase transport synthesis of MnAPO-5 molecular sieves, Materials Research Bulletin [P], vol 44, issue 2, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, UK, pp. 956-959.

Liu, Y., Chen, J., Yao, J., Lu, Y., Zhang, L., Liu, X., 2009, Preparation and properties of sulfonated carbon-silica composites from sucrose dispersed on MCM-48, Chemical Engineering Journal [P], vol 148, issue 1, Elsevier Science SA, Switzerland, pp. 201-206.

Pan, Y., Yao, J., Zhang, L., Xu, N., 2009, Preparation of Ultrafine Zeolite A Crystals with Narrow Particle Size Distribution Using a Two-Phase Liquid Segmented Microfluidic Reactor, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research [P], vol 48, issue 18, Amer Chemical Soc., USA, pp. 8471-8477.

Tao, H., Yao, J., Zhang, L., Xu, N., 2009, Preparation of magnetic ZSM-5/Ni/fly-ash hollow microspheres using fly-ash cenospheres as the template, Materials Letters [P], vol 63, issue 2, Elsevier Science BV, Netherlands, pp. 203-205.

Shi, L., Yao, J., Jiang, J., Zhang, L., Xu, N., 2009, Preparation of mesopore-rich carbons using attapulgite as templates and furfuryl alcohol as carbon source through a vapor deposition polymerization method, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials [P], vol 122, issue 1-3, Elsevier Science BV, Netherlands, pp. 294-300.

Wang, C., Yan, C., Yao, J., Zhang, L., Xu, N., Liu, X., 2009, Preparation of mesoporous carbons using acid- and alkali-treated zeolite X as the template, Journal Of Porous Materials [P], vol 16, issue 6, Springer, USA, pp. 699-705.

Pan, Y., Ju, M., Yao, J., Zhang, L., Xu, N., 2009, Preparation of uniform nano-sized zeolite A crystals in microstructured reactors using manipulated organic template-free synthesis solutions, Chemical Communications [P], vol 5.340, issue 46, Royal Soc. Chemistry, UK, pp. 7233-7235.

Pan, Y., Yao, J., Zhang, L., Ju, J., Wang, H., Xu, N., 2009, Rapid crystallization of silicalite nanocrystals in a capillary microreactor, Chemical Engineering & Technology [P], vol 32, issue 5, Wiley-V C H Verlag GMBH, Germany, pp. 732-737.

Wang, C., Song, J., Yao, J., Li, Q., Zhang, L., Liu, X., Lu, X., 2009, Synthesis of Ordered Mesoporous Carbons Using Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Sol as the Carbon Source and As-synthesized MCM-48 as the Template, Wuji Cailiao Xuebao/Journal of Inorganic Materials [P], vol 24, issue 1, Science China Press, China, pp. 23-28.

Yao, J., Li, D., Zhang, X., Kong, C., Yue, W., Zhou, W., Wang, H., 2008, Cubes of Zeolite A with an Amorphous Core, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, vol 47, issue 44, Wiley-V C H Verlag GMBH, Germany, pp. 8397-8399.

Wang, K., Yao, J., Wang, H., Cheng, Y., 2008, Effect of seeding on formation of silicon carbide nanostructures from mesoporous silica-carbon nanocomposites, Nanotechnology, vol 19, issue 17, IOP Publishing Ltd, England, pp. 1-8.

Han, L., Yao, J., Li, D., Ho, J., Zhang, X., Kong, C., Zong, Z., Wei, X., Wang, H., 2008, Hollow zeolite structures formed by crystallization in crosslinked polyacrylamide hydrogels, Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol 18, issue 4, Royal Soc. Chemistry, England, pp. 3337-3341.

Zhang, L., Guo, W., Liu, D., Yao, J., Ji, L., Xu, N., Min, E., 2008, Low Boiling Point Organic Amine-Catalyzed Transesterification for Biodiesel Production, Energy & Fuels [P], vol 22, issue 2, Amer Chemical Soc, USA, pp. 1353-1357.

Jiang, J., Yao, J., Zeng, C., Zhang, L., Heritier, S.R., 2008, Preparation of magnetic hollow ZSM-5/Ni composite spheres, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials [P], vol 112, issue 1-3, Elsevier Science BV, Netherlands, pp. 450-457.

Yao, J., Zhang, L., Wang, H., 2008, Synthesis of nanocrystalline sodalite with organic additives, Materials Letters, vol 62, issue 24, Elsevier B.V., Netherlands, pp. 4028-4030.

Ke, X., Zeng, C., Yao, J., Zhang, L., Xu, N., 2008, Synthesis of titanium silicalite-1 nanocrystals on silica nanofibers by steam-assisted dry gel conversion technique, Materials Letters [P], vol 62, issue 19, Elsevier Science BV, Netherlands, pp. 3316-3318.

Yao, J., Zeng, C., Zhang, L., Xu, N., 2008, Vapor phase transport synthesis of SAPO-34 films on cordierite honeycombs, Materials Chemistry and Physics [P], vol 112, issue 2, Elsevier Science SA, Switzerland, pp. 637-640.

Zhu, W., Zhao, F., Yao, J., Wang, H., Xia, C., Zhang, X., Li, C., 2007, Humic Acids as a Complexible Fuel for Combustion Synthesis of Ceramic Nanoparticles, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, vol 90, issue 12, Blackwell Publishing, UK, pp. 4012-4014.

Wei, J., Yao, J., Zhang, X., Zhu, W., Wang, H., Rhodes, M.J., 2007, Hydrothermal growth of titania nanostructures with tunable phase and shape, Materials Letters, vol 61, issue 23-24, Elsevier Science B.V., Netherlands, pp. 4610-4613.

Li, D., Yao, J., Wang, H., Hao, N., Zhao, D., Ratinac, K.R., Ringer, S.P., 2007, Organic-functionalized sodalite nanocrystals and their dispersion in solvents, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, vol 106, issue 1-3, Elsevier Science B.V., Netherlands, pp. 262-267.

Yao, J., Wang, H., 2007, Preparation of Crystalline Mesoporous Titania Using Furfuryl Alcohol as Polymerizable Solvent, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol 46, issue 19, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 6264-6268.

Lu, H., Yao, J., Zhang, L., Wang, Y., Tian, J., Xu, N., 2007, Preparation of Ni/TiO2 composite hollow fibers by electroless plating, Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing [P], vol 466, issue 1-2, Elsevier Science SA, Switzerland, pp. 218-222.

Yao, J., Wang, H., Zhang, X., Zhu, W., Wei, J., Cheng, Y., 2007, Role of pores in the carbothermal reduction of carbon-silica nanocomposites into silicon carbide nanostructures, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol 111, issue 2, ACS Publications, USA/Canada, pp. 636-641.

Zhang, X., Bourgeois, L.N., Yao, J., Wang, H., Webley, P.A., 2007, Tuning the morphology of bismuth ferrite nano- and microcrystals: From sheets to fibers, Small, vol 3, Wiley-V C H Verlag GMBH, Germany, pp. 1523-1528.

Liu, J., Yao, J., Wang, H., Chan, K., 2006, Fabrication of porous polymer particles with high anion exchange capacity by amination reaction in aqueous medium, Green Chemistry, vol 8, issue 4, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 386-389.

Yao, J., Wang, H., Ratinac, K.R., Ringer, S.P., 2006, Formation of colloidal hydroxy-sodalite nanocrystals by the direct transformation of silicalite nanocrystals, Chemistry of Materials, vol 18, issue 6, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 1394-1396.

Yao, J., Wang, H., Zhang, X., 2006, Role of pores in the carbothermal reduction of carbon-silica nanocomposites into silicon carbide nanostructures, Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol 111, issue 2, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 636-641.

Wang, H., Yao, J., 2006, Use of poly(furfuryl alcohol) in the fabrication of nanostructured carbons and nanocomposites, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol 45, issue 19, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 6393-6404.

Yao, J., Wang, H., Ringer, S.P., Chan, K., Zhang, L., Xu, N., 2005, Growth of SAPO-34 in polymer hydrogels through vapor-phase transport, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, vol 85, issue 3, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam The Netherlands, pp. 267-272.

Yao, J., Wang, H., Chan, K., Zhang, L., Xu, N., 2005, Incorporating organic polymer into silica walls: A novel strategy for synthesis of templated mesoporous silica with tunable pore structure, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, vol 82, issue 1-2, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 183-189.

Yao, J., Wang, H., Liu, J., Chan, K., Zhang, L., Xu, N., 2005, Preparation of colloidal microporous carbon spheres from furfuryl alcohol, Carbon [P], vol 43, issue 8, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 1709-1715.

Zhang, L., Yao, J., Zeng, C., Xu, N., 2003, Combinatorial synthesis of SAPO-34 via vapor-phase transport, Chemical Communications [P], vol N/A, Royal Soc. Chemistry, UK, pp. 2232-2233.

Conference Proceedings

Wang, H., Yao, J., Li, D., 2007, Synthesis of Zeolite Nanocrystals in Polymer Hydrogels, CHEMECA 2007 Proceedings, 23-26/09/2007, Engineers Australia, Australia, pp. 76-78.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Nickel aluminate spinel reinforced porous ceramic membrane.

Supervisors:

Wang, H (Main), Yao, J (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Synthesis of composite particles for solar water treatment..

Supervisors:

Wang, H (Main), Yao, J (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate framework membranes by a new seeding method..

Supervisors:

Wang, H (Main), Yao, J (Associate).