Huagui Yang (杨化桂)
Ph.D, Professor
Email: hgyang@ecust.edu.cn
TEL/FAX: +86 (0)21 64252127
School of Materials Science and Engineering East China University of Science and Technology
NO.304, 7th Research Building
130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China

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Education & Work Experiences
2008 East China University of Science and Technology, Professor 
2007 Queensland University, Australia, Postdoctoral Research Fellow 
2005 General Electric (GE), Research Scientist 
2005 National University of Singapore, Ph.D 
1999 East China University of Science and Technology, M.E 
1996 Qingdao University, B.E

Current Research Areas
    Our research is in the area of material chemistry and physics of inorganic crystals, metal, organic-inorganic hybrid materials. We hope to elucidate the fundamental processing-structure-property relationships of novel catalysts and devices on the atomic and molecular scale. Our ultimate goal is efficient solar energy conversion and storage that convert sunlight into electric power or storable solar fuels such as H₂. 
1. Design and synthesis of metallic and semiconducting crystals. 
2. Advance Solar Cells. We focus on photovoltaic technologies that are simultaneously efficient and inexpensive. Our current solar cell project consists of thin film-based and nano-structure solar devices and aims at developing new semiconductor absorbers and cell structures for next-generation photovoltaic technology. 
3. Artificial Photosynthesis. Photocatalytic/photoelectrochemical/electrocatalytic water splitting for green H₂ production and resource utilization of CO₂ etc. molecule. 

Selected Publications 

1.      Huai Qin Fu, Min Zhou, Peng Fei Liu, Porun Liu, Huajie Yin, Kai Zhi Sun, Hua Gui Yang*, Mohammad Al-Mamun, Peijun Hu, Hai-Feng Wang*, Huijun Zhao*, Hydrogen spillover-bridged Volmer/Tafel processes enabling ampere-level current density alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction under low overpotential, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144 (13): 6028-6039.

2.      Hai Yang Yuan, Peng Fei Liu*, Hua Gui Yang*, Peculiar double-layered transition metal hydroxide nanosheets, Matter, 2022, 5 (4): 1063-1065.

3.      Xin Yu Zhang, Wen Jing Li, Jiacheng Chen, Xue Feng Wu, Yuan Wei Liu, Fangxin Mao, Hai Yang Yuan*, Minghui Zhu, Sheng Dai, Hai Feng Wang, P. Hu, Chenghua Sun, Peng Fei Liu*, Hua Gui Yang*，In operando identification of in situ formed metalloid Zinc^δ+ active sites for highly efficient electrocatalyzed carbon dioxide reduction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61 (28): e202202298.

4.      Yuanwei Liu, Zhen Xin Lou, Xuefeng Wu, Bingbao Mei, Jiacheng Chen, Jia Yue Zhao, Ji Li, Hai Yang Yuan, Minghui Zhu, Sheng Dai, Chenghua Sun, Peng Fei Liu*, Zheng Jiang*, Hua Gui Yang*, Molecularly distorted local structure in Bi₂CuO₄ oxide to stabilize lattice oxygen for efficient formate electrosynthesis, Adv. Mater., 2022, 34(29):2202568.

5.      Xin Yu Zhang†, Wen Jing Li†, Xue Feng Wu, Yuan Wei Liu, Jiacheng Chen, Minhui Zhu, Hai Yang Yuan*, Sheng Dai, Hai Feng Wang, Zheng Jiang, Peng Fei Liu* and Hua Gui Yang*, Selective methane electrosynthesis enabled by a hydrophobic carbon coated copper core–shell architecture, Energy Environ. Sci., 2022, 15 (1): 234-243.

6.      Jiayue Zhao, Yuanwei Liu, Wenjing Li, Chunfang Wen, Huaiqin Fu, Hai Yang Yuan, Peng Fei Liu*, Hua Gui Yang*, A focus on the electrolyte: Realizing CO₂ electroreduction from aqueous solution to pure water, Chem Catal.,2022, DOI: 10.1016/j.checat.2022.11.010.

7.      Yuanwei Liu†, Li Jie Wang†, Hao Zhang, Hai Yang Yuan, Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu, Hai Feng Wang, P. Hu, Peng Fei Liu*, Zheng Jiang* and Hua Gui Yang*, Boosting photocatalytic water oxidation over bifunctional Rh⁰-Rh³⁺ sites, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60 (42): 22761-22768.

8.      Ziren Zhou, Hong Wei Qiao, Yu Hou*, Hua Gui Yang* and Shuang Yang*, Epitaxial halide perovskite-based materials for photoelectric energy conversion, Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14 (1): 127-157.

9.      Chun Fang Wen, Min Zhou, Peng Fei Liu, Yuanwei Liu, Xuefeng Wu, Fangxin Mao, Sheng Dai, Beibei Xu, Xue Lu Wang, Zheng Jiang, Peijun Hu, Shuang Yang, Hai Feng Wang, Hua Gui Yang*, Highly ethylene-selective electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction enabled by isolated Cu-S motifs in metal-organic framework-based precatalysts, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 61 (2): e202111700.

10.   Jingjing He, Junxian Liu, Yu Hou*, Yun Wang, Shuang Yang* and Hua Gui Yang, Surface chelation of cesium halide perovskite by dithiocarbamate for efficient and stable solar cells, Nat. Commun., 2020, 11 (1): 4237.

11.   Xiaole Zhao, Shan Chen, Huajie Yin*, Shuaiyu Jiang, Kun Zhao, Jian Kang, Peng Fei Liu, Lixue Jiang, Zhengju Zhu, Dandan Cui, Porun Liu, Xiaojun Han, Hua Gui Yang* and Huijun Zhao*, Perovskite microcrystals with intercalated monolayer MoS₂ nanosheets as advanced photocatalyst for solar-powered hydrogen generation, Matter, 2020, 3 (3): 935-949.

12.   Hong Wei Qiao, Shuang Yang, Yun Wang, Xiao Chen, Tian Yu Wen, Li Juan Tang, Qilin Cheng, Yu Hou*, Huijun Zhao* and Hua Gui Yang*, A gradient heterostructure based on tolerance factor in high-performance perovskite solar cells with 0.84 fill factor, Adv. Mater., 2018, 31 (5): 1804217.

13.   Yu Lei Wang, Ting Nie, Yu Hang Li, Xue Lu Wang, Li Rong Zheng, Ai Ping Chen, Xue Qing Gong, Hua Gui Yang*, Black tungsten nitride as metallic photocatalyst for overall water splitting operable at up to 765 nm, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56 (26): 7430-7434.

14.   Xue Lu Wang†, Wenqing Liu†, Yan-Yan Yu, Yanhong Song, Wen Qi Fang, Daxiu Wei, Xue-Qing Gong*, Yefeng Yao*, Hua Gui Yang*, Operando NMR spectroscopic analysis of proton transfer in heterogeneous photocatalytic reactions, Nat. Commun., 2016, 7: 11918.

15.   Shuang Yang†, Yun Wang†, Porun Liu, Yi Bing Cheng, Hui Jun Zhao*, Hua Gui Yang*, Functionalization of perovskite thin films with moisture-tolerant molecules, Nat. Energy, 2016, 1: 15016.

16.   Lili Fan†, Peng Fei Liu†, Xuecheng Yan, Lin Gu, Zhen Zhong Yang, Hua Gui Yang*, Shilun Qiu*, Xiangdong Yao*, Atomically isolated nickel species anchored on graphitized carbon for efficient hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis, Nat. Commun., 2016, 7: 10667.

17.   Chong Wu Wang†, Shuang Yang†, Wen Qi Fang, Porun Liu, Huijun Zhao*, Hua Gui Yang*, Engineered hematite mesoporous single crystals drive drastic enhancement in solar water splitting, Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (1): 427-433.

18.   Bo Zhang†, Xueli Zheng†, Oleksandr Voznyy†, Riccardo Comin, Michal Bajdich, Max García-Melchor, Jixian Xu, Min Liu, F. Pelayo García de Arquer, Cao Thang Dinh, Fengjia Fan, Mingjian Yuan, Emre Yassitepe, Alyf Janmohamed, Ning Chen, Tom Regier, Lili Han, Pengfei Liu, Yuhang Li, Phil De Luna, Huolin L. Xin, Li Rong Zheng, Hua Gui Yang, Aleksandra Vojvodic*, Edward H. Sargent*, Homogeneously dispersed multimetal oxygen-evolving catalysts, Science, 2016, 352 (6283): 333-337.

19.   Ling Qian, Jian Fu Chen, Yu Hang Li, Long Wu, Hai Feng Wang, Ai Ping Chen, P. Hu, Li Rong Zheng*, Hua Gui Yang*, Orange zinc germanate with metallic Ge-Ge bonds as a chromophore-like center for visible-light-driven water splitting, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54 (39): 11467-11471.

20.   Yu Hang Li, Peng Fei Liu, Lin Feng Pan, Hai Feng Wang*, Zhen Zhong Yang, Li Rong Zheng, P. Hu, Hui Jun Zhao, Lin Gu, Hua Gui Yang*, Local atomic structure modulations activate metal oxide as electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution in acidic water, Nat. Commun., 2015, 6: 8064.

21.   Shuang Yang†, Bing Xing Yang†, Long Wu†, Yu Hang Li, Porun Liu, Huijun Zhao, Yan Yan Yu, Xue Qing Gong*, Hua Gui Yang*, Titania single crystals with a curved surface, Nat. Commun., 2014, 5: 5355.

22.   Yu Hang Li†, Jun Xing†, Zong Jia Chen, Zhen Li, Feng Tian, Li Rong Zheng, Hai Feng Wang*, P. Hu, Hui Jun Zhao, Hua Gui Yang*, Unidirectional suppression of hydrogen oxidation on oxidized platinum clusters, Nat. Commun., 2013, 4: 2500.

23.   Yu Hou†, Dong Wang†, Xiao Hua Yang, Wen Qi Fang, Bo Zhang, Hai Feng Wang*, Guan Zhong Lu, P. Hu, Hui Jun Zhao, Hua Gui Yang*, Rational screening low-cost counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells, Nat. Commun., 2013, 4: 1583.

24.   Jun Xing, Hai Feng Wang, Chen Yang, Dong Wang, Hui Jun Zhao, Guan Zhong Lu, P. Hu, Hua Gui Yang*, Ceria foam with atomically thin single-crystal walls, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51 (15): 3611-3615.

25.   Hai Bo Jiang, Qian Cuan, Ci Zhang Wen, Jun Xing, Di Wu, Xue-Qing Gong, Chunzhong Li*, Hua Gui Yang*, Anatase TiO₂ crystals with exposed high-index facets, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2011, 50 (16): 3764-3768.

26.   Hua Gui Yang, Gang Liu, Shi Zhang Qiao*, Cheng Hua Sun, Yong Gang Jin, Sean Campbell Smith, Jin Zou, Hui Ming Cheng, Gao Qing (Max) Lu*, Solvothermal synthesis and photoreactivity of anatase TiO₂ nanosheets with dominant {001} facets, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131 (11): 4078-4083.

27.   Hua Gui Yang†, Cheng Hua Sun†, Shi Zhang Qiao*, Jin Zou, Gang Liu, Sean Campbell Smith, Hui Ming Cheng, Gao Qing Lu*, Anatase TiO₂ single crystals with a large percentage of reactive facets, Nature, 2008, 453 (7195): 638-641. (Highlighted by Nature Materials, Chemistry World, Chemical & Engineering News, etc)

28.   Hua Gui Yang, Hua Chun Zeng*, Synthetic Architectures of TiO₂/H₂Ti₅O₁₁ center dot H₂O, ZnO/H₂Ti₅O₁₁ center dot H₂O, ZnO/TiO₂/H₂Ti₅O₁₁ center dot H₂O, and ZnO/TiO₂ nanocomposites, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127 (1): 270-278.

29.   Hua Gui Yang, Hua Chun Zeng*, Creation of intestine-like interior space for metal-oxide nanostructures with a quasi-reverse emulsion, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2004, 43 (39): 5206-5209.

30.   Hua Gui Yang, Hua Chun Zeng*, Self-construction of hollow SnO₂ octahedra based on two-dimensional aggregation of nanocrystallites, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2004, 116 (44): 6056-6059.

Book Chapter

1. Hua Gui Yang, et al. Chapter [Synthetic Chemistry of Titanium Dioxide] in “The Chemistry of Nanostructured Materials II”. Edited by Peidong Yang, World Scientific, 2011.

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We welcome highly motivated undergrads, graduate students and PhD students to join our group. This research group will provide a innovative team atmosphere, complete research platform conditions and systematic scientific training, and provide multiple development opportunities such as academic exploration and further study.