Dr. Leta Takele Menisa Profile

Address:

E-mail: lettutakele@gmail.com
Tel: +251939419154
Room 362, CNCS Building, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 138

Education:

  • 2020, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Physical Chemistry, Ph.D.
  • 2015, Haramaya University, Physical Chemistry, M.Sc.
  • 2010, Ambo University, Applied Chemistry, B.Sc.

Working Experience:

  • 2010.09-Present, Haramaya University

Research Interests:

  • Interested in both fundamental and applied electrochemistry of nanomaterials, electrocatalysis of
    nanomaterials from both ensemble and single particle level with the aim to providing insights in
    sensing, battery, photoelectronic devices, Photo/electrochemical CO2 reduction, hydrogen evolution, and OER/ORR reactions

Selected publications:

1. Leta Takele Menisa, Ping Cheng, Chang Long, Xueying Qiu, Yonglong Zheng, Yin Zhang, Yan Gao and Zhiyong Tang. Insight into atomically dispersed porous M-N-C single-site catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction. Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 16617-16626.
2. Leta Takele Menisa, Ping Cheng, Xueying Qiu, Jianyu Han, Yonglong Zheng, Yin Zhang, Yan Gao and Zhiyong Tang. Single Atomic Fe–N4 Active Sites and Neighboring Graphitic Nitrogen for Efficient and Stable Electrochemical CO2 Reduction. Angew.Chem.Int.Ed. (under review
submitted)
3. Leta Takele, AbiTaddesse, Girma Goro, Teketel Yohannes, 2014.“Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Extract of Jacaranda mimosifolia and Salvia Spelendens as a Natural Sensitizers. ’’ Chemistry and Materials Research, 6(12) pp 126-133. 2
4. Leta Takele Menisa, Xueying Qiu, Yan Gao and Tang Zhiyon: Synthesis of Co1/PCN Single Metal Atom for Aerobic Visible Light Alcohol Oxidation under Mild Reaction Condition: Patent (2020) number, 202010391603.4
5. Yonglong Zheng, Jianyu Han, Leta Takele, Feng Xie, Yin Zhang, Jiqing Sun, Bing Han, Jing Chen, Yan Gao and Zhiyong Tang. Poly-phenylenediaminederived atomically dispersed Ni sites for the electroreduction of CO2 to CO. Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 1729-1734
6. Liang Hou, Jingze Yan, Leta Takele, Yuanbin Wang, Xiaoqin Yan and Yan Gao. Current progress of metallic and carbon-based nanostructure catalysts towards the electrochemical reduction of CO2. Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019, 6, 3363-3380
7. Xueying Qiu, Yanfei Zhu,Xiaofei Zhang,Yin Zhang, LetaTakele Menisa Chonghan Xia Shaoqin Liu and Zhiyong Tang. Cerium‐Based Metal–Organic Frameworks with UiO Architecture for Visible Light‐Induced Aerobic Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol. Solar RRL., 2019, 10, 1-7