Current Professional Societies

Reviewer of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Dalton Transactions, and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Research Areas

(1) Defect engineering of metal oxides for electrocatalysis

(2) Design and fabrication of microfluidic chips for environmental pollutants analysis

Honors

(1) Doctoral student supported by Carl Zeiss Stiftung 2012

(2) Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad 2015

Publications

[1] Y. Yan, X. Cheng, W. W. Zhang, G. Chen, H. Y. Li, A. Konkin, Z. C. Sun, S. R. Sun, D. Wang, P. Schaaf, Plasma Hydrogenated TiO₂/Nickel Foam as an Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting,ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.2019,7, 885.

[2] Y. Yan, A. I. Radu, W. Rao, H. Wang, G. Chen, K. Weber, D. Wang, D. Cialla-May, J. Popp, P. Schaaf, Mesoscopically bicontinuous Ag-Au hybrid nanosponges with tunable plasmon resonances as bottom-up substrates for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS),Chem. Mater.2016,28, 7673.

[3] Y. Yan, M. Han, A. Konkin, T. Koppe, D. Wang, T. Andreu, G. Chen, U. Vetter, J. R. Morante, P. Schaaf, Slightly hydrogenated TiO2 with enhanced photocatalytic performance,J. Mater. Chem. A,2014,2, 12708. (EIS 3%)

[4] Y. Yan, B. Hao, D. Wang, G. Chen, E. Markweg, A. Albrecht P. Schaaf, Understanding the fast lithium storage performance of hydrogenated TiO₂nanoparticles,J. Mater. Chem. A,2013,1, 14507. (EIS 3%)

[5] Y. Yan, B. Hao, G. Chen, Biomimetic synthesis of titania with chitosan-mediated phase transformation at room temperature,J. Mater. Chem.2011,21, 10755.

[6] Y. Yan, D. Wang, P. Schaaf, Fabrication of N-doped TiO₂coatings on nanoporous Si nanopillar arrays through biomimetic layer by layer mineralization,Dalton Trans.2014,43, 8480.

[7] Y. Yan, B. Hao, X. B. Wang, Ge Chen, Bio-inspired synthesis of titania with polyamine induced morphology and phase transformation at room-temperature: Insight into the role of the protonated amino group,Dalton Trans.2013,42, 12179.

[8] W. Ren,# Y. Yan,# L. Zeng, Z. Shi, A. Gong, P. Schaaf, D. Wang, J. Zhao, B. Zou,G. Chen, A. Wu, A near infrared light triggered hydrogenated black TiO2 for cancer photothermal therapy,Adv. Healthcare. Mater.2015,10. 1526. # co-first author (EIS 3%)

[9] K. Liang, # Y. Yan, # L. Guo, # K. Marcus, Z. Li, L. Zhou, Y. Li, R. Ye, N. Orlovskaya, Y.-H. Sohn, Y. Yang, Strained W(Se_xS_1–x)₂Nanoporous Films for Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution,ACS Energy Lett.2017,2, 1315. # co-first author

Personal Statement

Yan Yong,Associate Professor and Master Student Supervisor, received his Ph.D. degree in Technology University of Ilmenau (TU Ilmenau) in Germany. He has experience in physical and chemical TiO2 synthesis (included biomimetic syhthesis at mild condition, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), and atomic layer deposition (ALD)), and application of TiO₂and its related nanocomposites (Si, SiO₂, Au, Pt, etc.) for lithium-ion battery and photocatalysis (degradation of dye, water splitting, and CO₂reduction). Moreover, He is expert in plasma-enhanced doping process (H, N, F, O) for metal oxides with form, concentration, and distribution of foreign element controllable, which is highly favorable for the improvement of light absorption, charge transfer, photoactivity, and electrochemical activity. He has published 20 SCI papers on international major journals and the citation times have exceeded 500 times.