Dr. Yang Wang

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSolid State Chemistry and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis,Experimental and Theoretical Physics of Polymers,Synthesis and Properties of Functional Materials
Keywordsenvrironmental catalysis, separation membrane, intralayer nanopres, water purification, permeability-selectivity trade-off
Honours and awards

2023: CAS Hundred Talents Program

2023: National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Overseas)

Current contact address

CountryPeople's Republic of China
CityHefei
InstitutionSouth China University of Technology
InstituteDepartment of Hydrology and Environmental Science

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Markus AntoniettiAbteilung Kolloidchemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung, Potsdam
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2021

Programme(s)

2021Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2026Sijia Zhang, Guangyu Bi, Wen-Qiang Li*, Yang Wang*, Xian-Yang Shi*: Activated energy transfer pathway in carbon nitride nanosheets promotes molecular oxygen activation for robust and efficient water decontamination. In: Chinese Chemical Letters, 37, 2026, 111463
2026Shurun Yang, Si Sun, Hong Chen, Peng Zhou, Chuan-Shu He*, Yang Wang*, Yang Mu & Bo Lai*: Built-in electric field activates endogenous redox couple for self-sustained Fenton-like reaction. In: Nature Communications, 17, 2026, 6261
2026Yudan Dong, Yang Wang, Zhihui Xie, Shurun Yang, Si Sun, Zhaokun Xiong, Peng Zhou, Chuan-Shu He*, Bo Lai*: Coordination engineering breaks the inertness of Mn single-atom for ultrafast peracetic acid activation. In: Science Bulletin, 71, 2026, 1369-1379
2026Li Gong, Ke Pan, Zekun Zhao, Yuqing Zhang, Yang Wang* and Yang Mu*: Dynamic Cobalt Phase Transition Enables Self-Adaptive Electrocatalytic Nitrate-to-Ammonia Conversion in Neutral Media. In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 65, 2026, e9755292
2026Junsheng Song, Haijian Tong, Xiaocheng Liu, Yu Zhou, Nannan Hou*, Min Ge, Xiaoli Liu, Christian Mark Pelicano, Yang Wang*, Yang Mu*: Nonredox Electron Relay via Strain-Engineered Cobalt Sites Confined in TiO2 Nanotubes for Superior Peroxide Activation. In: Environmental Science & Technology, 60, 2026, 14209-14219
2025Yuting Zhu, Na Song, Shengjun Liu*, Kui Zhang*, Bo Liu and Yang Wang*: A universal strategy for single-atom synthesis using conductive polymer-modified metal–organic frameworks for enhanced photocatalysis. In: Green Chemistry, 27, 2025, 7973–7981
2025Wenjing Geng, Chuchu Cheng, Baoxin Ge, Yaohui Xu, Yufei Liu, Xinxin Ye, Caijin Huang*, Weiwei Lei, Yang Wang*, Dengrong Sun*, Cheng Chen*: Charge-selective nanoconfined boron nitride membranes for ultrafast and enhanced water decontamination. In: Advanced Membranes, 5, 2025, 100159
2025Tingting Lian, Yang Wang*, Jin-Lin Yang, Markus Antonietti: Constructing a Graphene-like Layered Carbocatalyst by the Dual Templating Effect for an Efficient Fenton-like Reaction. In: ACS Nano, 19, 2025, 9156-9166
2025Xiaocheng Liu, Geng Wu, Xiao Han, Yang Wang, Bei Wu, Gongming Wang, Yang Mu*, Xun Hong*: High-Entropy Metal Interstitials Activate TiO2 for Robust Catalytic Oxidation. In: Advanced Materials, 37, 2025, 2416749
2025Wen-Qiang Li, Yuan-Ming Li, Nannan Hou, Xiao-Guo Zhou, Yang Wang,* Xian-Yang Shi,* Yang Mu*: Hydroxyl-induced structural defects in metal-organic frameworks for improved photocatalytic decontamination: Accelerated exciton dissociation and hydrogen bonding interaction. In: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 487, 2025, 137149
2025Jiankang Zheng, Wenqiang Li, Xiaocheng Liu, Nannan Hou*, Yang Wang*, Yang Mu*: Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Effect for Superior Fenton-Like Catalysis. In: Environmental Science & Technology, 59, 2025, 18979–18989
2025Li Xu, Tao Ding, Yuanhua Sun, Xiaokang Liu, Nannan Hou, Qiquan Luo, Yang Wang*, Tao Yao*: Reversed intermediate conformation on heteronuclear atomic sites for promoted electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia. In: Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 379, 2025, 125680
2024Wen-Qiang Li, Oleksandr Savateev, Yuan-Ming Li, Jian-Kang Zheng, Yi-Xuan Wang, Nannan Hou*, Xiao-Cheng Liu, Rong-Rong Ding, Xiao-Guo Zhou, Yang Wang*, Xian-Yang Shi*, Yang Mu: Boosting persulfate activation through efficient π → π* transition activated by Cu ion anchored porphyrin-based metal–organic framework. In: Chemical Engineering Journal, 490, 2024,
2024Junsheng Song, Nannan Hou,* Xiaocheng Liu, Guangyu Bi, Yang Wang,* Yang Mu*: Directional Formation of Reactive Oxygen Species Via a Non-Redox Catalysis Strategy That Bypasses Electron Transfer Process. In: Advanced Materials, 36, 2024, 2405832
2024Tingting Lian, Li Xu, Diana Piankova, Jin-Lin Yang, Nadezda V. Tarakina, Yang Wang*, Markus Antonietti: Metal-organic framework derived crystalline nanocarbon for Fenton-like reaction. In: Nature Communications, 2024,
2024Xiaocheng Liu, Guangyu Bi, Yanyan Fang, Cong Wei, Junsheng Song, Yi-Xuan Wang, Xusheng Zheng, Qian Sun, Yang Wang*, Gongming Wang, and Yang Mu*: Regulating Surface Dipole Moments of TiO2 for the pH-Universal Cathodic Fenton-Like Process. In: Environmental Science & Technology, 2024,
2024Xiaocheng Liu, Guangyu Bi, Yanyan Fang, Cong Wei, Junsheng Song, Yi-Xuan Wang, Xusheng Zheng, Qian Sun, Yang Wang*, Gongming Wang, Yang Mu*: Regulating Surface Dipole Moments of TiO2 for the pH-Universal Cathodic Fenton-Like Process. In: Environmental Science & Technology, 58, 2024, 9436-9445
2023Junsheng Song, Nannan Hou*, Xiaocheng Liu, Markus Antonietti, Pengjun Zhang, Rongrong Ding, Li Song, Yang Wang*, Yang Mu*: Asymmetrically coordinated CoB1N3 moieties for selective generation of high-valent Co-oxo species via coupled electron-proton transfer in Fenton-like reactions. In: Advanced Materials, 35, 2023, 2209552
2023Chaofeng Zhu, Yang Wang, Jiawei Xue: Defect-Induced Activity Enhancement of Self-Exfoliated Carbon Nitrides for Solar Hydrogen Evolution. In: ChemCatChem, 2023,
2023Junsheng Song, Nannan Hou*, Xiaocheng Liu, Markus Antonietti, Yang Wang*, Yang Mu*: Unsaturated single-atom CoN3 sites for improved Fenton-like reaction towards high-valent metal species. In: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 325, 2023, 122368
2023Tingting Lian, Yang Wang, Baile Wu, Fan Yang, Nadezda V. Tarakina, Markus Antonietti: ‘Green-to-Green’: Iron oxides embedded in lignin-based carbon scaffolds for water remediation via oxidation excluding free-radical pathways. In: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 442, 2023, 130070
2022Chaofeng Zhu, Xiao Luo, Congyan Liu, Yang Wang, Xihai Chen, Yan Wang, Qing Hu, Xiaojun Wu and Bo Liu: Defect-rich ultrathin poly-heptazine-imide-framework nanosheets with alkali-ion doping for photocatalytic solar hydrogen and selective benzylamine oxidation. In: Nano Research, 2022,
2022Yang Wang*, Tingting Lian, Nadezda V. Tarakina, Jiayin Yuan, Markus Antonietti *: Lamellar carbon nitride membrane for enhanced ion sieving and water desalination. In: Nature Communications, 13, 2022,