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教育背景：

2008-2012年         本科           南京大学                      现代工程与应用科学学院 

2013-2017年         博士           新加坡南洋理工大学     交叉学科学院                       导师：颜清宇 教授

2016.02-2016.11   博士交流    澳大利亚伍伦贡大学     超导与电子材料研究所          导师：窦世学 院士、孙文平 教授

工作经历：

2020-至今              特聘研究员            3354cc金沙集团

2017-2019年         博士后                   香港科技大学                         合作导师：邵敏华 教授    

2018.6-2019.12     博士后（联合）      美国佐治亚理工学院              合作导师：夏幼南 教授

个人简介: 

       面向能源与环境需求，长期从事新能源材料与器件领域，重点围绕电化学能源存储与转化方向的关键材料与器件设计（包括锂/钠离子电池、超级电容器、全解水制氢、燃料电池、新型能源存储与转化器件等）。近年来，共发表SCI论文70余篇，其中以第一作者/通讯作者身份发表论文40余篇，包括Angewadte Chemie International Edition、Advanced Materials、Advanced Energy Materials、Advanced Functional Materials、Nano Energy等，引用5500余次，H-index为35。担任Polymer杂志审稿编委、Green Carbon及Current Graphene Science (青年) 编委；Batteries、Frontier in Chemistry和Catalysts 杂志客座编辑，Angew Chem Int Ed、Advanced Energy Materials、Energy Storage Materials 等杂志审稿人，为美国电化学学会、中国化学学会、中国化工学会会员。曾获国家海外优秀留学生奖学金、国际能源会议最佳海报奖、校级教师教学创新大赛二等奖，入选第九批（2020年）上海市创新人才长期项目, 并指导本科生科创项目获得国家挑战杯黑科技二等奖、中国大学生机械工程创新创意大赛二等奖等。 

研究方向：

• 新能源材料与器件的设计与制造

• 碳中和背景下的CO2资源化利用方法研究

• 液氢载体高效释氢方法研究
  

• 与可再生能源耦合的电催化体系

• 高性能微纳材料设计与制备

承担项目：

• 中央一流引导专项校特聘系列配套项目

• 上海市海外高层次人才引进计划项目

• 氢能绿色制造与利用关键核心技术集成攻关大平台自由探索项目

• 基本科研业务费杰出青年人才培育基金

• 国家自然科学基金青年项目

• 上海市自然科学面上项目

• 青年教师种子基金项目

• 民航重点实验室项目

• 企业委托项目

学术成果：

1. Y. Zhang, Y. C. Li, N. N. Gao, E. P. Delmo, G. Y. Hou, A. L. Luo, D. Y. Wang, K. Chen, M. Antonietti, T. X. Liu, Z. H. Tian,* Altering the CO₂ Electroreduction Pathways towards C₁ or C₂₊ Products via Engineering the Strength of Interfacial Cu-O Bond, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,2024, e202404676.

2. Y. Li,‡ E. P. Delmo,‡ G. Hou, X. Cui, M. Zhao, Z. Tian, Y. Zhang,* M. H. Shao,* Enhanced Local CO2 Adsorption by L-histidine Incorporation for Selective Formate Production Over the Wide Potential Window, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,2023, e202313522.

3. Y. Zhang, S. B. Han, S. Q. Zhu, R. H. Chen, T. H. Li, Z. H. Lyu, M. Zhao, M. Gu,* M. H. Shao,* Y. N. Xia,* Slowly Removing Surface Ligand by Aging the Sample Enhances the Stability of Pd Nanosheets toward Electron Beam Irradiation and Electrocatalysis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, e202314634. 

4.  Y. Zhang, Z. H. Lyu, Z. T. Chen, S. Q. Zhu, Y. F. Shi, R. H. Chen, M. H. Xie, Y. Yao, M. F. Chi, M. H. Shao,* Y. N. Xia,* Maximizing the Catalytic Performance of Pd@AuxPd1-x Nanocubes in H2O2 Production by Reducing Shell Thickness to Increase Compositional Stability, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,2021, 202105137.

5. X. L. Cui,‡ M. Wu,‡ G. Y. Hou,‡ Y. C. Li, Y. N. Wang, Y. A. Wang, J. J. Huang, M. Zhao, Z. Z. Luo,* Z. G. Zou, Y. Zhang,* M. H. Shao,* Alkali Metal Ions Stabilizing Copper(I)-Sulfur Bonds for Efficient Formate Production from Electrochemical CO2 Reduction, ACS Catal., 2024, accepted.

6. M. W. Jiang, Z. D. Hou, H. H. Ma, J. J. Wang, W. Hua, L. B. Ren, Y. Zhang,* C. G. Wei, F. Y. Kang, J.-G. Wang,* Resolving Deactivation of Low-Spin Fe Sites by Redistributing Electron Density toward High-Energy Sodium Storage, Nano Lett. 2023, 23, 22, 10423-10431.

7. J. Yang, W. X. Hou, L. Q. Ye, G. Y. Hou, C. Yan,* Y. Zhang,* Vanadium Hexacyanoferrate Prussian Blue Analogs for Aqueous Proton Storage: Excellent Electrochemical Properties and Mechanism Insights, Small, 2023, 202305486.

8. W. L. Bai, Y. Zhang*, J. N. Wang*, Continuous Capture and Reduction of CO₂ in an Electrochemical Molten-Salt System with High Efficiency, ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2023, 11, 42, 15364–15372 (Editor’s choice)

9. M. Jiang, Z. Hou, J. Wang, L. Ren, D. Lei, W. Hua, Y. Zhang*, J.-G. Wang*, Balanced coordination enables low-defect Prussian blue for superfast and ultrastable sodium energy storage, Nano Energy, 2022, 102,107708.

10. Y Zhang,* P. L. Zheng, X. P. Qin, J. Yang, K. N. Dinh, Y. Zheng, M. H. Shao,* Q. Y. Yan*, Constructing A Multi-Bishelled Cobalt-based Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in CO₂ Electrolysis, NPG Asia Materials, 2022, 14, 55. (Invited article)

11. Z. H. Tian, Y. Zhang,* J. X. Zhu, C. T. Liu, T. X. Liu, M. Antonietti,* A Reanalysis of the Diverse Sodium Species in Carbon Anodes for Sodium Ion Batteries: A Thermodynamic View, Adv. Energy Mater., 2021, 11 (47), 2102489.

12. K. N. Dinh, Y. Zhang,^* and W. P. Sun,^*The synthesis of black phosphorus: from zero- to three-dimensional nanostructures, JPhys Energy, 2021. (Invited Review)

13. H. J. Zhang, Y. F. Lu, W. Q. Han, J. X. Zhu,^* Y. Zhang,^* W. Huang,^* Solar energy conversion and utilization: Towards the emerging photo-electrochemical devices based on perovskite photovoltaics, Chem. Engineering J., 2020, 124766. 

14. K. N. Dinh, Y. Zhang,^* J. X. Zhu, and W. P. Sun,^* Phosphorene-based Electrocatalysts, Chem. Eur. J., 2020,  DOI: 10.1002/chem.202000211.

15.  P. L. Zheng, Y. Zhang,*  Z. F. Dai, Y. Zheng, K. N. Dinh, J. Yang, R. Dangol, X. B. Liu,⃰  Q. Y. Yan,⃰  Constructing Multifunctional Heterostructure of Fe₂O₃@Ni₃Se₄ Nanotubes, Small, 2018, 1704065. 

16. H. H. Sun, J-G. Wang,* Y. Zhang,* W. Hua, Y. Y. Li, H. Y. Liu, Ultrafast Lithium Energy Storage Enabled by Interfacial Construction of Interlayer-Expanded MoS₂/N-Doped Carbon Nanowires, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 13419-13427. 

17. Y. Zhang, W. P. Sun,⃰  Z. Z. Luo, Y. Zheng, Z. W. Yu, D. Zhang, H. T. Tan, J. X. Zhu, X. L Wang, Q. Y. Yan,⃰ S. X. Dou,⃰ Functionalized Few-layer Black Phosphorus with Super-Wettability towards Enhanced Reaction Kinetics for Rechargeable Batteries, Nano Energy, 2017, 40, 576-586.

18. Y. Zhang, Y. Zheng, K. Rui, H. H. Hng, K. Hippalgaonkar, J. W. Xu, W. P. Sun, J. X. Zhu,⃰  Q. Y. Yan,⃰  W. Huang, Two-Dimensional Black Phosphorus for Energy Storage and Thermoelectric Applications, Small, 2017, 13, 1700661.

19. Y. Zhang, Q. Zhou, J. X. Zhu, Q. Y. Yan,* W. P. Sun,* S. X. Dou, Nanostructured Metal Chalcogenides for Energy Storage and Electro-Catalysis, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2017, 27, 1702317. 

20. M. M. Lao†, Y. Zhang†, W. B. Luo,* Q. Y. Yan,* W. P. Sun,* S. X. Dou, Alloy-based Anode Materials towards Advanced Sodium-ion Batteries, Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1700622. 

21. Y. Zhang, H. W. Wang, Z. Z Luo, H. T. Tan, B. Li, S. N. Sun, Z. Li, Y. Zong, Z. C. Xu, Y. H. Yang, K. A. Khor, Q. Y. Yan,⃰  An Air-Stable Densely Packed Phosphorene-Graphene Composite Toward Advanced Lithium Storage Properties, Adv. Energy Mater. 2016, 6, 1600453. Selected as Back Cover.

22. Y. Zhang, W. P. Sun, X. H. Rui, B. Li, H. T. Tan, G. L. Guo, S. Madhavi, Y. Zong, Q. Y. Yan,⃰  One-Pot Synthesis of Tunable Crystalline Ni₃S₄@ Amorphous MoS₂ Core/Shell Nanospheres for High-Performance Supercapacitors, Small, 2015, 11, 3720-3720.

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