YEO Boon Siang, Jason

YEO Boon Siang, Jason

Associate Professor, Deputy Head (Education)

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Postdoc. Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 2009-2012; Dr. Sc., ETH Zürich, 2005-2009; M.Sc. (2004), B.Sc. (Hons) First Class (2001), National University of Singapore.

Contact Information:

Office: S8-02-05D

Tel: (65)-6516-2836

Fax: (65)-6779-1691

Email: chmyeos@nus.edu.sg

Research

ORCID: 0000-0003-1609-0867
ResearcherID: C-6487-2014

Recognition and Achievements 

(Curriculum Vitae)

• Faculty Honours Roll (Teaching) for AY 2016/2017, NUS
• Faculty Teaching Excellence Award for AY 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2019/2020, NUS
• Annual Excellence Teaching Award for AY 2014/2015, NUS

Research Interests

A major scientific objective for the 21^st century is to develop a sustainable and environmentally friendly energy economy. To contribute to this goal, we develop efficient and robust materials to catalyze energy conversion reactions. Systems of interest include reduction of carbon dioxide to multi-carbon chemicals and fuels such as n-propanol, and water splitting. We apply state-of-the-art analytical tools such as operando spectroscopy to understand the mechanistic and structural aspects of these processes. This knowledge will then be exploited to design and synthesize systems with improved functionality.

Teaching Contributions AY2023/2024

• CM5244 Advanced Environmental Chemistry

Representative Publications 

• H. Ma, E. Ibáñez-Alé, R. Ganganahalli, J. Pérez-Ramírez, N. López, and B.S. Yeo. Direct Electroreduction of Carbonate to Formate. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 24707.
• S. Kwon, J. Zhang, R. Ganganahalli, S. Verma, B.S. Yeo. Enhanced Carbon Monoxide Electroreduction to >1 A·cm-2 C2+ Products Using Copper Catalysts Dispersed on MgAl Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheet House−of−Cards Scaffolds. Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2023. 62, e202217252.
• Zhou, Y.; Ganganahalli, R.; Verma, S.; Tan, H. R.; Yeo, B.S., Production of C3 – C6 Acetate Esters via CO Electroreduction in a Membrane Electrode Assembly Cell. Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202202859.
• Zhou, Y.; Martín, A. J.; Dattila, F.; Xi, S.B.; López, N.; Pérez-Ramírez, B.S. Yeo. Long-chain hydrocarbons by CO2 electroreduction using polarized nickel catalysts. Nature Catal. 2022, 5, 545.
• Teh, W. J.; Pique, O.; Low, Q. H.; Zhu, W. H.; Calle-Vallejo, F.; Yeo, B. S., Toward Efficient Tandem Electroreduction of CO2 to Methanol using Anodized Titanium. ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 8467.
• Pique, O.; Low, Q. H.; Handoko, A. D.; Yeo, B. S.; Calle-Vallejo, F., Selectivity Map for the Late Stages of CO and CO2 Reduction to C2 Species on Copper Electrodes. Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 10784.
• Ting, L.R.L.; García-Muelas, R.; Martín, A.J.M.; Veenstra, F.L.P.; Chen, S.T.J.; Peng, Y.; Per, E.Y.X.; Pablo-García, S.; López, N.; Pérez-Ramírez, J.; Yeo, B.S., Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to 1-Butanol on Oxide-Derived Copper.  Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2020, 59. 21072.
• Ting, L.R.L.; Piqué, O.; Lim, S.Y.; Tanhaei, M.; Calle-Vallejo, F.; Yeo, B.S., Enhancing CO2 Electroreduction to Ethanol on Copper-Silver Composites by Opening an Alternative Catalytic Pathway. ACS Catal.  2020, 10, 4059.
• Low, Q.H.; Loo, N.W.X.; Calle-Vallejo, F.; Yeo B.S., Enhanced Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol using Zinc Dendrites Pulse-deposited on Silver Foam. Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 2256.
• Ren, D.; Fong, J.; B.S. Yeo, B.S., The Effects of Currents and Potentials on the Selectivities of Copper Toward Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction. Nat. Commun. 2018, 5, 925.