chemistry

Jinhua Ye

Jinhua Ye is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Jinhua Ye rather than just read about it. In short: Jinhua Ye is a Chinese chemist who is a professor at the National Institute for Materials Science in Tsukuba. Her research considers high-temperature superconductors for photocatalysis.

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Reference excerpt

Jinhua Ye is a Chinese chemist who is a professor at the National Institute for Materials Science in Tsukuba. Her research considers high-temperature superconductors for photocatalysis. She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2016 and has been included in the Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher every year since then.

Early life and education Ye became interested in science fiction as a child. She was particularly interested in a story by Ye Yonglie that included a castle made from diamond. Ye learned that photocatalysis could split water into hydrogen and oxygen. She then became inspired by Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island,I believe that water will one day be employed as fuel, that hydrogen and oxygen which constitute it, used singly or together, will furnish an inexhaustible source of heat and light, of an intensity of which coal is not capable. She studied chemistry at the Zhejiang University. After completing her undergraduate degree, she moved to Japan, where she joined the University of Tokyo. After earning her doctorate in 1990, she joined Osaka University as a research associate.

Research and career In 1991, Ye joined the National Institute for Materials Science. She was made Director of Photocatalytic Materials Center in 2006 and Director of Environmental Remediation Materials in 2011. Ye has dedicated her career to the realization of artificial photosynthesis. She is particularly interested in the development of materials that harvest the most sunlight. Ye has studied the reaction mechanisms, and, in an effort to overcome harsh reaction kinetics, has worked on the careful construction of interfaces. In particular, Ye has developed nano-structured surfaces that enhance reactivities, and, using localized surface plasmon resonance, broaden the spectral range of her photocatalytic materials. Ye was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2016. In 2022, she was included by the American Chemical Society Energy Letters in their list of the world's leading women scientists in energy research.

Selected publications Zhigang Zou; Jinhua Ye; Kazuhiro Sayama; Hironori Arakawa (December 2001). "Direct splitting of water under visible light irradiation with an oxide semiconductor photocatalyst". Nature. 414 (6864): 625–627. doi:10.1038/414625a. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 11740556. Wikidata Q58402507. Hua Tong; Shuxin Ouyang; Yingpu Bi; Naoto Umezawa; Mitsutake Oshikiri; Jinhua Ye (4 October 2011). "Nano-photocatalytic materials: possibilities and challenges". Advanced Materials. 24 (2): 229–251. doi:10.1002/adma.201102752. ISSN 0935-9648. PMID 21972044. Wikidata Q37942515. Zhiguo Yi; Jinhua Ye; Naoki Kikugawa; et al. (6 June 2010). "An orthophosphate semiconductor with photooxidation properties under visible-light irradiation". Nature Materials. 9 (7): 559–564. doi:10.1038/nmat2780. ISSN 1476-1122. PMID 20526323. Wikidata Q34119300.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Jinhua Ye

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Jinhua Ye claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Jinhua Ye before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Jinhua Ye ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Jinhua Ye

In research: Jinhua Ye appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Jinhua Ye in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Jinhua Ye is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Chinese women chemists, Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Living people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Jinhua Ye outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Jinhua Ye in simple terms?

Jinhua Ye is a Chinese chemist who is a professor at the National Institute for Materials Science in Tsukuba. Her research considers high-temperature superconductors for photocatalysis.

Why does Jinhua Ye matter?

Because it connects several chemistry ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Jinhua Ye?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Jinhua Ye.