Fan Yang

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow

Alumni

Social Profile:

Research Interests

  • Doctor Yang’s research interests include the design and fabrication of advanced materials and their application in photocatalysis (especially H2 evolution, O2 reduction, and CO2 reduction). 

Selected Publications

  • Solid-state synthesis of ultra-small freestanding amorphous MoP quantum dots for highly efficient photocatalytic H2 production

F. Yang, D. Liu, Y. Li, S. Ning, L. Cheng, J. Ye

Chemical Engineering Journal 2021, 406, 126838. 

  • Lithium incorporation assisted synthesis of ultra-small Mo2C nanodots as efficient photocatalytic H2 evolution cocatalysts

F. Yang, D. Liu, Y. Li, L. Cheng, J. Ye

Chemical Engineering Journal 2020, 399, 125794. 

  • Salt-template-assisted construction of honeycomb-like structured g-C3N4 with tunable band structure for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production

F. Yang, D. Liu, Y. Li, L. Cheng, J. Ye

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2019, 240, 64-71. 

Education

  • Jul.2013-Jan.2017 Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China. 

Professional Profile

  • Jan.2017-Jun.2019 Postdoctoral. in Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China. (Superadvisor: Jinhua Ye)
  • Jun.2019-current Lecturer in Chemical Engineering and Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China.
  • Dec.2022-Current, Visiting scholar, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.

KAUST Affiliations

  • KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
  • Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

Photocatalysis

Current Members

Postdoctoral Fellows

Qizheng An

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis, In-situ Synchrotron Radiation Characterization

Bingji Huang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Water Splitting, Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis, Electrolytic Small-molecule Conversion

Muhammad Irfansyah Maulana

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Water Electrolysis, Fuel Cells

Linjie Zhao

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Electrolysis, Hydrogen Energy, Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis, Fuel Cells, Operando Characterization

Zhi-peng Wu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Jifeng Wu

Postdoctoral Fellow (Joint with Prof. Kuo-Wei Huang)

Research Interests: Porous materials, Supercapacitors, Superconductors

Chengyang Feng

Postdoctoral Fellow

Bin Chang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Electrocatalysis, Nitrogen fixation, Electrochemical organic synthesis

Ph.D Students

Hao Wang

Visiting student

Research Interests: Electrocatalysis, Capacitive Deionization, Machine Learning

Can Wang

Ph.D. Student

Abdulrahman Allangawi

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Electrocatalysis, CO2 reduction, DFT

Xiangyun (Tony) Xiao

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Hydrogen production, OER

Yuanfu Ren

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Electrocatalysis, OER, Single-atom catalysis

M.S. Students

Chengtai Li

M.Sc. Student

Shahad Al Gamdi

M.S. Student

Research Interests: Electrocatalysis, Hydrogen, CO2 reduction

Raghd Hantoush

M.S. Student

Research Interests: CO2 reduction, Electrocatalysis

Afnan Abid

M.S. Students

Adil iqbal

Visiting student

 

 

Alumni

Fan Yang

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow

Alumni

Social Profile:

Research Interests

  • Doctor Yang’s research interests include the design and fabrication of advanced materials and their application in photocatalysis (especially H2 evolution, O2 reduction, and CO2 reduction). 

Selected Publications

  • Solid-state synthesis of ultra-small freestanding amorphous MoP quantum dots for highly efficient photocatalytic H2 production

F. Yang, D. Liu, Y. Li, S. Ning, L. Cheng, J. Ye

Chemical Engineering Journal 2021, 406, 126838. 

  • Lithium incorporation assisted synthesis of ultra-small Mo2C nanodots as efficient photocatalytic H2 evolution cocatalysts

F. Yang, D. Liu, Y. Li, L. Cheng, J. Ye

Chemical Engineering Journal 2020, 399, 125794. 

  • Salt-template-assisted construction of honeycomb-like structured g-C3N4 with tunable band structure for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production

F. Yang, D. Liu, Y. Li, L. Cheng, J. Ye

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2019, 240, 64-71. 

Education

  • Jul.2013-Jan.2017 Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China. 

Professional Profile

  • Jan.2017-Jun.2019 Postdoctoral. in Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China. (Superadvisor: Jinhua Ye)
  • Jun.2019-current Lecturer in Chemical Engineering and Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China.
  • Dec.2022-Current, Visiting scholar, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.

KAUST Affiliations

  • KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
  • Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

Photocatalysis

Fan Yang

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow

Alumni

Social Profile:

Research Interests

  • Doctor Yang’s research interests include the design and fabrication of advanced materials and their application in photocatalysis (especially H2 evolution, O2 reduction, and CO2 reduction). 

Selected Publications

  • Solid-state synthesis of ultra-small freestanding amorphous MoP quantum dots for highly efficient photocatalytic H2 production

F. Yang, D. Liu, Y. Li, S. Ning, L. Cheng, J. Ye

Chemical Engineering Journal 2021, 406, 126838. 

  • Lithium incorporation assisted synthesis of ultra-small Mo2C nanodots as efficient photocatalytic H2 evolution cocatalysts

F. Yang, D. Liu, Y. Li, L. Cheng, J. Ye

Chemical Engineering Journal 2020, 399, 125794. 

  • Salt-template-assisted construction of honeycomb-like structured g-C3N4 with tunable band structure for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production

F. Yang, D. Liu, Y. Li, L. Cheng, J. Ye

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2019, 240, 64-71. 

Education

  • Jul.2013-Jan.2017 Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China. 

Professional Profile

  • Jan.2017-Jun.2019 Postdoctoral. in Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China. (Superadvisor: Jinhua Ye)
  • Jun.2019-current Lecturer in Chemical Engineering and Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China.
  • Dec.2022-Current, Visiting scholar, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.

KAUST Affiliations

  • KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
  • Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

Photocatalysis