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Yao Yang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University. His research interests center around electrochemistry, particularly the fundamental understanding of electrochemical mechanisms at interfaces, with a focus on renewable energy technologies, carbon dioxide reduction, and hydrogen production. Yang's group works on developing operando methods using advanced electron microscopy and synchrotron-based X-ray methods to investigate dynamic structural changes in electrocatalysts at atomic scales. His work leverages the capabilities of the Cornell Center for Materials Research and the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source. Yang has published various notable studies contributing to the electrocatalysis field and is actively involved in mentoring graduate and undergraduate students in research, fostering the next generation of scientists in the area of energy materials and electrochemistry.
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