2012-2017, University of Notre Dame, USA, Ph.D.

2007-2011, Nanjing University, China, B.S.

2023-present, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at China-UK Low Carbon College

2021-2022, University of Houston, USA, Postdoctoral Fellow

2019-2021, Boston College, USA, Postdoctoral Fellow

2017-2019, Nanjing Tech University, China, Postdoc/Research Assistant Professor

1. Controllable synthesis of low-dimensional nanomaterials

2. Electrocatalysis of CO₂ reduction

3. Electrocatalysis of water splitting

We are currently looking for motivated master students. Please contact me for more information.

Scientific Publications

(# denotes equal author contribution and * denotes corresponding authors)

17. Guangming Gao, Jundie Hu, Yuanxing Wang*, Jiafu Qu, Dekun Ma, Jiaqi Jin, Wei Sun, Xiaogang Yang*, Chang Ming Li*. Reaction Kinetics on Facet-Engineered Bismuth Tungstate Photoanodes for Water Oxidation. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2023, 613, 156081.

16. X. Yang^#,*, Y. Wang^#, C. Li, D. Wang^*. Mechanisms of Water Oxidation on Heterogeneous Catalyst Surfaces. Nano Res. 2021, 14, 3446-3457.

15. C. Lang^#, J. Li^#, K. R. Yang^#, Y. Wang^#, D. He, J. E. Thorne, S. Croslow, Q. Dong, Y. Zhao, G. Prostko, G. W. Brudvig, V. S. Batista^*, M. M. Waegele^*, D. Wang^*. Observation of A Potential-Dependent Switch of Water-Oxidation Mechanism on Co-Oxide-Based Catalysts. Chem, 2021, 7, 1-17.

14. Y. Wang^*, C. Niu, Y. Zhu, D. He, W. Huang^*. Tunable Syngas Formation from Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction on Copper Nanowire Arrays. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3, 9841-9847.

13. Y. Wang^*, Y. Zhu^#, C. Niu^#. Surface and Length Effects for Aqueous Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂ as Studied over Copper Nanowire Arrays. J. Phys. Chem. Solids. 2020, 144, 109507.

12. B. Zhong^#, D. He^#, R. Chen, T. Gao, Y. Wang, H. Chen, Y. Zhang^*, D. Wang^*. Understanding Photoelectrochemical Kinetics in A Model CO₂ Fixation Reaction. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2019, 21, 17517-17520.

11. Y. Wang^*, P. Tongying^*. Local Photocatalytic H₂ Generation on Individual Microscale Two-Dimensional CdSe Nanosheets. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2019, 487, 253-259.

10. Y. Wang^*, C. Niu, Y. Zhu. Copper–Silver Bimetallic Nanowire Arrays for Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 173.

9. W. Huang^#, Y. Wang^#, S. K. Balakrishnan^*. Controllable Transformation between 3D and 2D Perovskites through Cation Exchange. Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 7944-7947.

8. Y. Wang^*, C. Niu, D. Wang^*. Metallic Nanocatalysts for Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction in Aqueous Solutions. J. Colloid Inter. Sci., 2018, 527, 95-106. (Review)

7. Y. V. Morozov, S. Draguta, S. Zhang, A. Cadranel, Y. Wang, B. Janko, M. Kuno^*. Defect-Mediated CdS Nanobelt Photoluminescence up-Conversion. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, 16607-16616.

6. M. Zhukovskyi^*, V. Plashnitsa, N. Petchsang, A. Ruth, A. Bajpai, F. Vietmeyer, Y. Wang, M. Brennan, Y. Pang, K. Werellapatha, B. Bunker, S. Chattopadhyay, T. Luo, B. Janko, P. Fay, M. Kuno^*. Molybdenum Carbamate Nanosheets as a New Class of Potential Phase Change Materials. Nano Lett., 2017, 17, 3902-3906.

5. Y. Wang, Y. V. Morozov, M. Zhukovskyi, R. Chatterjee, S. Draguta, P. Tongying, B. Bryant, S. Rouvimov, M. Kuno^*. Transforming Layered to Nonlayered Two-Dimensional Materials: Cation Exchange of SnS₂ to Cu₂SnS₃. ACS Energy Lett., 2016, 1, 175–181.

4. S. Draguta, S. Thakur, Y. V. Morozov, Y. Wang, J. S. Manser, P. V. Kamat, M. Kuno^*. Spatially Non-uniform Trap State Densities in Solution-Processed Hybrid Perovskite Thin Films. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2016, 7, 715–721.

3. M. Zhukovskyi^*, P. Tongying, H. Yashan, Y. Wang, M. Kuno^*. Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation from Ni Nanoparticle Decorated CdS Nanosheets. ACS Catal., 2015, 5, 6615–6623.

2. Y. Wang, M. Zhukovskyi^*, P. Tongying, Y. Tian, M. Kuno^*. Synthesis of Ultrathin and Thickness-Controlled Cu_2−xSe Nanosheets via Cation Exchange. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2014, 5, 3608–3613.

1. Y. Wang, W. Hou^*. A Brief Introduction to the History of Chemical Thermodynamics. University Chemistry, 2011, 26, 87-92.

Posters and Presentations

1. Y. Wang, M. Zhukovskyi, P. Tongying, M. Kuno. Synthesis of Ultrathin and Thickness-Controlled Cu_2−xSe Nanosheets via Cation Exchange. 2016 Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, Apr. 2016.

2. Y. Wang, M. Zhukovskyi, P. Tongying, M. Kuno. Synthesis of Ultrathin and Thickness-Controlled Cu_2−xSe Nanosheets via Cation Exchange. Midwest Imaging and Microanalysis Workshop at Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, May 2015.

Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics

Peer Reviewer         Chemical Communications, Chemical Physics Letters,

                                Nanoscale, ACS Applied Materials&Interface, etc.

High-level overseas talent program of Shanghai government, 2022

International postdoctoral exchange fellowship (talent-introduction program), 2017