Dr Wang Yang
Research Assistant Professor
- Y817-08
- +852 3400 8605
- yang1.wang@polyu.edu.hk
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My research mainly focuses on materials of energy conversion, involving the design, synthesis and application of quantum dots (QDs) for photocatalysis, and the exploration of covalent organic frameworks (COFs)-based photo/electrochemical catalytic systems for carbon dioxide reduction.
Research Overview
My research mainly focuses on materials of energy conversion, involving the design, synthesis and application of quantum dots (QDs) for photocatalysis, and the exploration of covalent organic frameworks (COFs)-based photo/electrochemical catalytic systems for water splitting and CO2 reduction.
Research Interests
Achievements
- Yang Wang; Yuan-Hui Zhong; Yi-Di Wang; Yuan Ma; Xiao-Ya Gao; Lin-Li Xu; Jun He; Ka-Fu Yung*; Xu-Bing Li*; Li-Zhu Wu*; Wai-Yeung Wong*. "Divide and Conquer: Desymmetrization Separates Charge and Mass Transport in Porphyrinic Covalent Organic Frameworks for Artificial Photosynthesis." CCS Chem. 2024, just published. DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.024.202404867.
- Yuan-Hui Zhong#; Yang Wang#; Sheng-Yi Zhao; Ze-Xiang Xie; Lai-Hon Chung; Wei-Ming Liao; Lin Yu; Wai-Yeung Wong,* and Jun He*. "Regulating the Electronic Configuration of Ni Sites by Breaking Symmetry of Ni-Porphyrin to Facilitate CO2 Photocatalytic Reduction." Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 34, 2316199.
- Yang Wang#; Yuan Ma#; Xu-Bing Li*; Lei Gao*; Xiao-Ya Gao; Xiang-Zhu Wei; Li-Ping Zhang; Chen-Ho Tung; Lijie Qiao; Li-Zhu Wu*. "Unveiling Catalytic Sites in a Typical Hydrogen Photogeneration System Consisting of Semiconductor Quantum Dots and 3d-metal Ions." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (10), 4680−4689.
- Rufan Chen#; Yang Wang#; Yuan Ma#; Arindam Ma; Xiao-Ya Gao; Lei Gao; Lijie Qiao; Xu-Bing Li*; Li-Zhu Wu*; Cheng Wang*. "Rational Design of Isostructural 2D Porphyrin-based Covalent Organic Frameworks for Tunable Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Water." Nat. Commun. 2021, 12 (1), 1354−1362.
- Yingying Qin; Yang Wang; Jian Lu; Linli Xu*; Wai-Yeung Wong*. "A Highly Conjugated Nickel(II)-Acetylide Framework for Efficient Photocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202418269.
- Yang Wang#; Xiang-Bing Fan#; Xu-Bing Li; Chen-Ho Tung; Li-Zhu Wu*. "Probe Binding Mode and Structure of the Photocatalytic Center: Hydrogen Generation by Quantum Dots and Nickel Ions."Energy Fuels 2021, 35 (23), 19185-19190.
- Yang Wang; Xu-Bing Li*; Hao-Lin Wu; Yichen Yang; Zan Liu; Li-Ping Zhang; Chen-Ho Tung; Li-Zhu Wu*. "Visible-Light-Induced Nanoparticle Assembly for Effective Hydrogen Photogeneration." ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2019, 7 (7), 7286−7293. (Cover article)
- Xu-Bing Li; Yu-Ji Gao; Yang Wang; Fei Zhan; Xiao-Yi Zhang; Qing-Yu Kong; Ning-Jiu Zhao; Qing Guo; Hao-Lin Wu; Zhi-Jun Li; Ye Tao; Jian-Ping Zhang; Bin Chen; Chen-Ho Tung; Li-Zhu Wu*. "Self-Assembled Framework Enhances Electronic Communication of Ultrasmall-Sized Nanoparticles for Exceptional Solar Hydrogen Evolution." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (13), 4789−4796.
- Xiang-Zhu Wei; Tian-Yu Ding; Yang Wang; Bing Yang; Qing-Qing Yang; Shengfa Ye*; Chen-Ho Tung, Li-Zhu Wu*. "Tracking an FeV(O) Intermediate for Water Oxidation in Water" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202308192.
- Zhi-Kun Xin; Mao-Yong Huang; Yang Wang; Yu-Ji Gao; Qing Guo; Xu-Bing Li*; Chen-Ho Tung; Li-Zhu Wu*; "Reductive Carbon-Carbon Coupling on Metal Sites Regulates Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction in Water Using ZnSe Quantum Dots." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 134, e202207222.
