Assistant Professor
Room 244 Science Centre
(852) 3943 0409
Education
2015-2019 | Ph.D. | Nanyang Technological University (Supervisor: Prof. Zhang Hua) |
2011-2015 | B. Eng. (1st Class Hon.) | Nanyang Technological University |
Position
Since 2020 | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
2019-2020 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University |
Research Interests
The research interests of my group focus on the wet-chemical synthesis of novel inorganic nanomaterials and their applications in catalysis and clean energy.
Honours and Awards
2018 | Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, CSC |
2012-2014 | Member of the MSE Leadership Excellence Program (LEP) (NTU, Singapore) |
2013 | LEP Overseas Exchange Travel Award (NTU, Singapore) |
2012 | LEP Award in Excellence of Academic Achievement (NTU, Singapore) |
2011-2015 | SM3 Undergraduate Scholarship by MOE, Singapore (NTU, Singapore) |
Professional Activities
Young Editorial Committee Member of Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica | |
Youth Editorial Board Member of SmartMat |
Representative Publications
1. | Chen, Y.; Fan, Z.; Wang, J.; Ling, C.; Niu, W.; Huang, Z..; Liu, G.; Chen, B.; Lai, Z.; Liu, X.; Li, B.; Zong, Y.; Gu, L.; Wang, J.; Wang, X.; Zhang, H. Ethylene selectivity in electrocatalytic CO2 reduction on Cu nanomaterials: a crystal phase-dependent study, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 12760-12766. |
2. | Fan, Z.†; Bosman, Z.†; Huang, Z.†; Chen, Y.† (co-first); Ling, C.; Wu, L.; Akimov, Y.; Laskowski, R.; Chen, B.; Ercius, P.; Zhang, J.; Qi, X.; Goh, M.H.; Ge, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Niu, W.; Wang, J.; Zheng, H.; Zhang, H. Heterophase fcc-2H-fcc gold nanorods, Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 3293. |
3. | Chen, Y.; Lai, Z.; Zhang, X.; Fan, Z.; He, Q.; Tan, C.; Zhang, H. Phase engineering of nanomaterials, Nat. Rev. Chem. 2020, 4, 243-256. |
4. | Chen, Y.; Fan, Z.; Zhang, Z.; Niu, W.; Li, C.; Yang, N.; Chen B.; Zhang, H. Two-dimensional metal nanomaterials: synthesis, properties, and applications, Chem. Rev. 2018, 118, 6409-6455. |
5. | Fan, Z.; Huang, X.; Chen, Y.; Huang, W.; Zhang H. Facile synthesis of gold nanomaterials with unusual crystal structures. Nat. Protoc. 2017, 12, 2367-2378. |
6. | Chen, Y.; Fan, Z.; Luo, Z.; Liu, X.; Lai, Z.; Li, B.; Zong, Y.; Gu, L.; Zhang, H. High‐yield synthesis of crystal-phase-heterostructured 4H/fcc Au@Pd core-shell nanorods for electrocatalytic ethanol oxidation, Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1701331. |
7. | Fan, Z.†; Chen, Y.† (co-first); Zhu, Y.; Wang, J.; Li, B.; Zong, Y.; Han, Y.; Zhang, H. Epitaxial growth of unusual 4H hexagonal Ir, Rh, Os, Ru and Cu nanostructures on 4H Au nanoribbons, Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 795-799. |
8. | Lai, Z.†; Chen, Y.† (co-first); Tan, C.; Zhang, X.; Zhang H. Self-assembly of two-dimensional nanosheets into one-dimensional nanostructures, Chem, 2016, 1, 59-77. |
9. | Li, B.†; Chen, Y.† (co-first); Ge, X.; Chai, J.; Zhang, X.; Hor, T.; Du, G.; Liu*, Z.; Zhang H. Mussel-inspired one-pot synthesis of transition metal and nitrogen Co-doped carbon (M/N–C) as efficient oxygen catalysts for Zn-air batteries, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 5067-5075. |