YangYang

Professor

Address:College of Chemical Engineering

Email: yangy@njtech.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience

ProfessorApr2013–present

Nanjing Tech University, China

ResearcherApr 2010–Mar 2013

University of Freiburg, Germany

PostdoctoralfellowNov 2006–Mar 2010

MPIof MicrostructurePhysics, Germany

JSPS research fellowOct 2004–Oct 2006

University of Hyogo, Japan

PhD(InorganicChemistry)Sep 1997–Mar2003

Nanjing University, China

Bachelor(Chemistry)Sep 1993–Jul 1997

Nanjing University, China

Research Interests

Current researchaims at design,fabrication and application of low-dimensional compositematerialsfor exploring solutions to the key scientific problems in the fields of energy andenvironment. Research areas also involvesolid-state interfacial diffusion at nanoscale, self-assembly of nanoscale building blocksand atomic layer deposition.

Selected Publications

[1] Y. Cai, W. Zhou, H. Wang, J. Bi,* F. Yu, J. Fang andY. Yang*, Tuning defects in Cu₂O nanostructures via room temperature mechanical pressing: impacts on defect-dependent optical and photoelectrochemical sensing performances,J. Mater. Chem. C, 12(8),6688–6695(2024)

[2]Z.Hu, S.Chen, Y.Shi, F.Yuan, F.Yu, J.FangandY. Yang*,Regulating thermal diffusion of gold thin films at solid-state interfaces forsite-selective decoration of gold nanoparticles on titania nanotubes as an efficient SERSsensing platform,J. Mater. Chem. C,12(1),170–176(2024)

[3]Z.Hu,H.Huang,F.Yuan,Y.Cai,H.Shu,F.Yu,J.FangandY.Yang*,One-step cladding metal oxide nanowires with acarbon-dots-embedded ZnO amorphous layer towardboosted photoelectrochemical water oxidation, J.Colloid Interf.Sci., 644,466–477(2023)

[4]Y.Cai,H.Shu,F.YuandY. Yang*,Molecular sieving of semiconductive NTU-9 coatings ontitanium dioxide nanowire arrays: Augmented yet selective photoelectrochemical response enabled by boostingcharge separation and transfer in confined space, J.Colloid Interf.Sci., 630B,523–533(2023)

[5]X.Bao,Q.Liu,J.Yang,F.Wang,F.Yu,J.YuandY.Yang*,Cascading in-situ generation of H₂O₂and Fenton-like reaction in photocatalytic compositeultrafiltration membrane for high self-cleaning performance in wastewater treatment, J.Membrane Sci., 660,120866(2022)

[6]S.Huo,Y.Wu,C.Zhao,F.Yu,J.Fang*andY.Yang*,Core–shell TiO₂@Au₂₅/TiO₂nanowirearraysphotoanode forefficientphotoelectrochemicalfullwatersplitting, Ind.Eng.Chem.Res., 59(32),14224–14233(2020)

[7]J.Zhou,D.Sun,L.Wang,L.Guo,W.Chen,F.Yu,Y.Wang*andY.Yang*,Two-dimensional superstructures filled into polysulfone membranes for highly improvedultrafiltration: The case of cuprous iodide nanosheets, J.Membrane Sci.,576,142–149(2019)

[8]Y.Cai, R.Kozhummal, C.Kübel, V.Trouillet,M.Bruns, S.Gutsch, M.Zacharias andY.Yang*,Spatial separation of photogenerated electron–hole pairs in solution-grown ZnO tandem n–pcore–shell nanowire arrays toward highly sensitivephotoelectrochemical detection of hydrogenperoxide,J. Mater. Chem. A, 5(27),14397–14405(2017)

[9]Y.Du,J.Fang,H.WangandY.Yang*,Induciblesequentialoxidationprocess inwater-solublecoppernanoclusters fordirectcolorimetricassay ofhydrogenperoxide in awidedynamic andsamplingrange, ACSAppl.Mater.Inter., 9(12),11035–11044(2017)

[10]R.Kozhummal,Y.Yang,* F.Güder, U.M. KüçükbayrakandM.Zacharias,Antisolvent crystallization approach to construction of CuI superstructures with defined geometries,ACS Nano,7(3), 2820–2828 (2013)

[11]F.Güder,*Y.Yang,* U.M. KüçükbayrakandM.Zacharias,Tracing the migration history of metal catalysts in metal-assisted chemically etched silicon,ACS Nano, 7(2), 1583–1590 (2013)

[12]R.Kozhummal,Y.Yang,* F.Güder, A.Hartel, X.Lu, U.M. Küçükbayrak,A.Mateo-Alonso, M.ElwenspoekandM.Zacharias,Homoepitaxial branching: An unusual polymorph of zinc oxide derived from seeded solution growth,ACS Nano, 6(8), 7133–7141 (2012)

[13]Y.Yang,* L.Liu,* F.Güder, A.Berger, R.Scholz, O.AlbrechtandM.Zacharias,Regulated oxidation of nickel in multisegmented nickel–platinum nanowires: An entry to wavy nanopeapods,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,50(46), 10855–10858 (2011)

[14]Y.Yang,* R.B.Yang, H.J.Fan, R.Scholz, Z.Huang, A.Berger, Y.Qin,M.KnezandU.Gösele,Diffusion-facilitated fabrication of gold-decorated Zn₂SiO₄nanotubes by a one-step solid-state reaction,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 49(8), 1442–1446 (2010)

[15]Y.Yang,* D.S.Kim, Y.Qin, A.Berger, R.Scholz, H.Kim, M.KnezandU.Gösele,Unexpected long-term instability of ZnO nanowires “protected” by a TiO₂shell,J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131(39), 13920–13921 (2009)