Yanguang Li

Professor

B. Sc. in Chemistry, Fudan University (China), 2005
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Ohio State University (USA),2010

Postdoctoral researcher, Stanford University (USA), 2010-2013
Professor, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University(China), since 2013

TEL: 0512-65883963
Email: yanguang@suda.edu.cn

Research interests:
Nanostructured for energy conversion and storage, including electrocatalysis, advanced supercapacitors or batteries and photoelectrochemical water splitting.

Main contributions and projects:
Our present research focuses on nanoscaled functional materials for sustainable energy applications. The major goal of my research group is to develop novel strategies and techniques exploiting nanoscale architectures through tailoring their structures, dimensions and chemical interfaces at the molecular level in order to enhance the efficiency of alternative energy conversion and storage devices. We launch interdisciplinary efforts to approach this goal with an emphasis on understanding the basic chemical and physical principles governing nanoscale effects on these important processes. So far, we have published over 50 peer-reviewed papers in top-ranked journals, including those in Science, Nature Mater., Nature Nanotechnol., Nature Commun. The papers have been cited close to 8,000 times with an H-index of 30.

Selected publications:

1. W. J. Huang, H. T. Wang, J. G. Zhou, J. Wang, P. N. Duchesne, D. Muir, P. Zhang, N. Han, F. P. Zhao, M. Zeng, J. Zhong, C. H. Jin, Y. G. Li*, S. T. Lee, H. J. Dai, A Highly Active and Ultra-Durable Methanol Oxidation Electrocatalyst Based on the Synergy of Pt-Ni(OH)₂-Graphene. Nature Commun. 2015, 6, 10035.
2. L. Cheng, W. J. Huang, Q. F. Gong, C. H. Liu, Z. Liu*, Y. G. Li*, H. J. Dai Ultrathin WS₂ Nanoflakes as a High‒Performance Electrocatalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Angew. Chem. 2014, 30, 7860-7863.
3. Y. G. Li*, H. J. Dai* Recent Advances in Zinc–Air Batteries, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2014, 43, 5257-5275.
4. Y. G. Li, M. Gong, Y. Y. Liang, J. Feng, J. E. Kim, H. L. Wang, G. S. Hong, B. Zhang, H. J. Dai*, Advanced Zinc Air Batteries Based on High Performance Hybrid Electrocatalysts, Nat. Commun. 2013, 4, 1805.
5. M. Kenny,† M Gong,† Y. G. Li,† J. Wu, J. Feng, M. Lanza, H. J. Dai* High-Performance Silicon Photoanodes Passivated with Ultrathin Nickel Films for Water Oxidation, Science 2013, 342, 836-840. (†equal contribution)
6. M. Gong,† Y. G. Li,† H. L. Wang, Y. Y. Liang, J. Z. Wu, J. G. Zhou, J. Wang, T. Regier, F. Wei, H. J. Dai* A Ni-Fe Layered Double Hydroxide-Carbon Nanotube Complex for Water Oxidation, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 8452-8455. (†equal contribution)
7. Y. G. Li, W. Zhou, H. L. Wang, L. M. Xie, Y. Y. Liang, F. Wei, J. -C. Idrobo, S. J. Pennycook, H. J. Dai, An Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalyst Based on Carbon Nanotube – Nanographene Complexes, Nat. Nanotechol. 2012, 7, 394-400.
8. Y. Y. Liang,† Y. G. Li,† H. L. Wang,† J. Wang, J. G. Zhou, T. Z. Regier, H. J. Dai Co3O4 Nanocrystals Grown on Graphene: A New Bifuncationl Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution, Nature Mater. 2011, 10, 780-786. (†equally contributed)
9. Y. G. Li, H. L. Wang, L. M. Xie, Y. Y. Liang, G. S. Hong, H. J. Dai MoS₂ Nanoparticles Grown on Graphene: An Advanced Catalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 7296-7299.
10. Y. G. Li, P. Hasin, Y. Y. Wu NixCo₃-xO₄ Nanowire Arrays for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution, Adv. Mater. 2010, 22, 1926-1929.
11. Y. G. Li, Y. Y. Wu Coassembly of Graphene Oxide and Nanowires for Large-Area Nanowire Alignment, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 5851-5857.
12. Y. G. Li, B. Tan, Y. Y. Wu Mesoporous Co₃O₄ Nanowire Arrays for Lithium Ion Batteries with High Capacity and Rate Capability, Nano Lett. 2008, 8, 265–270.
13. Y. G. Li, B. Tan, Y. Y. Wu Freestanding Mesoporous Quasi-Single-Crystalline Co₃O₄ Nanowire Arrays, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 14258–14259.