Yiwei Tan    

Professor

Address：College of Chemical Engineering

Email：ytan@njtech.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience

Professor, State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering

Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China     2008-Present

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China     2006–2008

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA     2003–2006

PhD, Laboratory of Organic Solids, Center for Molecular Science

Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China    1999–2002

MSc, Laboratory of Rare Earth Chemistry and Physics

Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China     1996–1999

Bachelor, School of Chemical Engineering

Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China        1990–1994

Research Interests

The research deals with the controllable synthesis, characterization, and physicochemical properties of diverse inorganic nanomaterials and their nanocomposites for innovative applications in energy, environmental, catalysis, and sensor related fields. The nanomaterials can be produced with well-defined dimensions, morphologies, structures, and architectures under appropriate conditions. Based on the intrinsic properties of matters coupled with their appended morphology-related traits, the unique physical properties and the potential applications can be developed.

The exploration of new nanomaterials with a series of electrochemically and photochemically patterned structures for the enhanced photocatalytic and electrocatalytic performance targeted for highly efficient renewable energy conversion.

Academic achievements

2019    Research award, High level entrepreneurial talent introduction plan from Jiangbei New District, Nanjing

2018    Research award, Six Talent Peaks Project in Jiangsu Province

2016    Research fund, Department of Education of Jiangsu Province

2014    Research fund, National Science Foundation of China

2011    Research fund, National Science Foundation of China

Selected Publications

[1] C. Lyu, C. Dai, and Y. W. Tan*, Amorphous hybrid tungsten oxide−nickel hydroxide nanosheets used as a highly efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction. Nano Res. 17 (No.4), 2499–2508 (2024).

[2] C. Wu, M. Zhong, and Y. W. Tan*, Highly efficient and stable vanadium-based electrocatalysts: stoichiometric iron vanadium sulfides for water-oxidation at large current densities. Chem. Eng. J. 477, 146981 (2023).

[3] Q. Chen and Y. W. Tan*, Enhanced plasmonic absorption of Pt cuboctahedra—WO3 nanohybrids used as visible light photocatalysts for overall water splitting. Nano Res. 16 (No.4), 5919–5928 (2023).

[4] L. Gong, Q. Chu, X. Liu, and Y. W. Tan*, Plasmonic platinum nanoparticles–tungsten oxide nanoarchitectures as visible light photocatalysts for highly efficient overall water splitting. J. Mater. Chem. A 10 (No.39), 21161–21176 (2022).

[5] Y. Gao, C. Wu, S. Yang, and Y. W. Tan*, Hexadecyltrimethylammonium hydroxide promotes electrocatalytic activity for the oxygen evolution reaction. Commun. Chem. 3, 154 (2020).

[6] C. Wu, J. Zhu, H. Wang, G. Wang, T. Chen, and Y. W. Tan*, Porous Ni1−xCuxO nanowire arrays as noble-metal-free high-performance catalysts for ammonia-borane electrooxidation. ACS Catal. 10 (No.1), 721–735 (2020).

[7] G. Wang, H. Wang, T. Chen, and Y. W. Tan*, Ni1−xMxSe2 (M = Fe, Co, Cu) Nanowires as anodes for ammonia-borane electrooxidation and the derived Ni1−xMxSe2−y−OOH ultrathin nanosheets as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution. J. Mater. Chem. A 7 (No. 27), 16372–16386 (2019).

[8] T. Chen and Y. W. Tan*, Hierarchical CoNiSe2 nano-architecture as a high-performance electrocatalyst for water splitting. Nano Res. 11 (No. 3), 1331–1344 (2018).

[9] C. Su, C. Pei, B. Wu, J. Qian, and Y. W. Tan*, Highly doped carbon nanobelts with ultrahigh nitrogen content as high-performance supercapacitor materials. Small 13 (No. 29), 1700834 (2017).

[10] X. Guo, L. Wang, and Y. W. Tan*, Hematite nanorods co-doped with Ru cations with different valence states as high performance photoanodes for water splitting. Nano Energy 16, 320–328 (2015).