Yan Shicheng

Yan Shicheng

Professor

Address：Room 502，Mong Manwai Building，Gulou Campus, Nanjing University

Office Tel: 025-83686639

Email： yscfei@nju.edu.cn

Lab Homepage: http://ererc.nju.edu.cn

Research Fields:

1. Interface physical chemistry of optics & electricity chemistry;

2. Thermodynamics and kinetics of optics & electricity chemical reactions;

3. Basic character of optics & electricity materials and development and research of new materials

Courses:

Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials

Profile:

Yan Shicheng graduated with his doctorate in 2007 from Northwest Polytechnical University. In November 2007, he did his post-doctoral research at School of Physics, Nanjing University, with a focus on condensed state physics, and he also did photocatalytic materials research at the Ecomaterials and Renewable Energy Research Center of Nanjing University. In November 2010, he joined the faculty of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, and was promoted to an associate professor in December 2011 and a full professor in 2018.

Professor Yan focuses on the research of solar energy conversion and environmental application. He and his team have published more than 100 papers in international journals such as Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Adv. Funct. Mater. and Energy Environ. Sci. These articles have been cited for more than 5,000 times, 8 of them each cited for more than 100 times and 1 cited for more than 1,000 times.

He won the first prize of the Science and Technology Award of Jiangsu Province in 2012 and 2016 and won the second prize of the National Nature Science &Technology Award in 2014. He has taken charge of multiple research projects such as the 973 Programs and projects of the Natural Science Foundation. He has been teaching graduate students’ core courses Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials and undergraduate students’ general courses Science and Technology of New Energy. He advised 6 doctoral students who have all graduated and are working in universities. He advised 10 master’s students who have graduated and are working in such enterprises as Huawei, ZTE, TP-Link and Shimadzu.

Research Achievements

Publications:

(Note: * refers to corresponding author)

[1] Yan, S. C., Ouyang, S. X., Gao, J., Yang, M., Feng, J. Y., Fan, X. X. Wan, L. J., Li, Z. S., Ye, J. H., Zhou, Y., & Zou, Z. G. (2010). A room-temperature reactive template route to mesoporous ZnGa₂O₄ with improved photocatalytic activity in reduction of CO₂. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 49, 6400-6404.   

[2] Yao, Y. F., Xu, Z., Cheng, F., Li, W. C., Xu, G. Z., Xu, S., Wang, P., Sheng, G. D., Yan, Y. D., Yu, Z. T., Yan, S. C.,* Chen, Z. X., & Zou, Z. G. (2018). Unlocking the potential of graphene for water oxidation using an orbital hybridization strategy. Energy & Environmental Science, 11, 407-416.   

[3] Zhou, C. G., Wang, S. M., Zhao, Z. Y., Shi, Z., Yan, S. C.,* & Zou, Z. G. (2018). A facet-dependent schottky-Junction electron shuttle in a BiVO₄{010}–Au–Cu₂O Z-scheme photocatalyst for efficient charge separation. Advanced Functional Materials, (DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201801214.)    

[4] Lu, L., Wang, B., Wang, S. M., Shi, Z., Yan, S. C.,* & Zou, Z. G. (2017). La₂O₃-modified LaTiO₂N photocatalyst with spatially separated active sites achieving enhanced CO₂ reduction. Advanced Functional Materials, 27, 1702447.   

[5] Yan, S. C.,* Wang, J. J., Gao, H. L., Yu, H., Wang, N. Y., Li, Z. S., Zhou, Y., & Zou, Z. G. (2013). An ion-exchange phase transformation to ZnGa₂O₄ nanocube towards efficient solar fuel synthesis. Advanced Functional Materials, 23, 758-763.   

[6] Yan, S. C.,* Wang, J. J., Gao, H. L., Wang, N. Y., Yu, H., Li, Z. S., Zhou, Y., & Zou, Z. G. (2013). Zinc gallogermanate solid solution: a novel photocatalyst for efficiently converting CO₂ into solar fuels. Advanced Functional Materials, 23, 1839-1845.   

[7] Wang, B., Wang, X., Lu, L., Zhou, C. G., Xin, Z. Y., Wang, J. J., Ke, X. K., Sheng, G. D., Yan, S. C.,* & Zou, Z. G. (2018). Oxygen-Vacancy-Activated CO₂ Splitting over Amorphous Oxide Semiconductor Photocatalyst, ACS Catalysis, 8, 516−525.    

[8] Shi, Z., Feng, J. Y., Shan, H., Wang, X., Xu, Z., Huang, H. T., Qian, Q. F., Yan, S. C.,* & Zou, Z. G. (2018). Low onset potential on single crystal Ta₃N₅ polyhedron array photoanode with preferential exposure of {001} facets. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 237, 665–672.    

[9] Zhou, C. G., Zhou, J. K., Lu, L., Wang, J. J., Shi, Z., Wang, B., Pei, L., Yan, S. C.,* Yu, Z. T., & Zou, Z. G. (2018). Surface electric field driven directional charge separation on Ta₃N₅ cuboids enhancing photocatalytic solar energy conversion. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 237, 742–752.    

[10] Zhu, H., Zhao, M. M., Zhou, J. K., Li, W. C., Wang, H. Y., Xu, Z., Lu, L., Pei, L., Shi Z., Yan, S. C., Li, Z. S., & Zou, Z. G. (2018). Surface states as electron transfer pathway enhanced charge separation in TiO₂ nanotube water splitting photoanodes. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 234, 100-108.   

[11] Wang, S. M., Guan, Y., Lu, L., Shi, Z., Yan, S. C.,* & Zou, Z. G. (2018). Effective separation and transfer of carriers into the redox sites on Ta₃N₅/Bi photocatalyst for promoting conversion of CO₂ into CH₄. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 224, 10-16.   

[12] Gao, H. L., Yan, S. C.,* Wang, J. J., & Zou, Z. G. (2014). Inorganic ions promoted photocatalysis based on polymer photocatalyst. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 158, 321-328.