Yang Yang   

Professor

Address: College of Chemical Engineering

Email: yangy@njtech.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience

Professor                                     Apr 2013–present

Nanjing Tech University, China

Researcher                                    Apr 2010–Mar 2013

University of Freiburg, Germany

Postdoctoral fellow                             Nov 2006–Mar 2010

MPI of Microstructure Physics, Germany

JSPS research fellow                            Oct 2004–Oct 2006

University of Hyogo, Japan        

PhD (Inorganic Chemistry)                       Sep 1997–Mar 2003

Nanjing University, China

Bachelor (Chemistry)                            Sep 1993–Jul 1997

Nanjing University, China

Research Interests

Current research aims at design, fabrication and application of low-dimensional composite materials for exploring solutions to the key scientific problems in the fields of energy and environment. Research areas also involve solid-state interfacial diffusion at nanoscale, self-assembly of nanoscale building blocks and atomic layer deposition.

Selected Publications

[1] Y. Cai, W. Zhou, H. Wang, J. Bi,* F. Yu, J. Fang and Y. 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. Fang and Y. Yang*, Regulating thermal diffusion of gold thin films at solid-state interfaces for site-selective decoration of gold nanoparticles on titania nanotubes as an efficient SERS sensing platform, J. Mater. Chem. C, 12(1), 170–176 (2024)

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

[4] Y. Cai, H. Shu, F. Yu and Y. Yang*, Molecular sieving of semiconductive NTU-9 coatings on titanium dioxide nanowire arrays: Augmented yet selective photoelectrochemical response enabled by boosting charge 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. Yu and Y. Yang*, Cascading in-situ generation of H₂O₂ and Fenton-like reaction in photocatalytic composite ultrafiltration 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* and Y. Yang*, Core–shell TiO₂@Au₂₅/TiO₂ nanowire arrays photoanode for efficient photoelectrochemical full water splitting, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 59(32), 14224–14233 (2020)

[7] J. Zhou, D. Sun, L. Wang, L. Guo, W. Chen, F. Yu, Y. Wang* and Y. Yang*, Two-dimensional superstructures filled into polysulfone membranes for highly improved ultrafiltration: 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 and Y. Yang*, Spatial separation of photogenerated electron–hole pairs in solution-grown ZnO tandem n–p core–shell nanowire arrays toward highly sensitive photoelectrochemical detection of hydrogen peroxide, J. Mater. Chem. A, 5(27), 14397–14405 (2017)

[9] Y. Du, J. Fang, H. Wang and Y. Yang*, Inducible sequential oxidation process in water-soluble copper nanoclusters for direct colorimetric assay of hydrogen peroxide in a wide dynamic and sampling range, ACS Appl. Mater. Inter., 9(12), 11035–11044 (2017)

[10] R. Kozhummal, Y. Yang,* F. Güder, U. M. Küçükbayrak and M. 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. Küçükbayrak and M. 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. Elwenspoek and M. 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. Albrecht and M. 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. Knez and U. Gösele, Diffusion-facilitated fabrication of gold-decorated Zn₂SiO₄ nanotubes 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. Knez and U. Gösele, Unexpected long-term instability of ZnO nanowires “protected” by a TiO₂ shell, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131(39), 13920–13921 (2009)