Biography

• 1988 B.Sc., Peking University

• 1994 M.Sc., Peking University

• 1997 Ph.D., Peking University

• 1998-2000 Postdoctoral Fellow, Peking University

• 2000-2008 Associate Professor, Peking University

• 2006-2008 Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

• 2009-now, Professor, Peking University

Research Interests

1. Rare earth & noble metal nanocatalysis for energy conversion and environmental protection;

2. Controllable synthesis and assembly chemistry of inorganic nanocatalysts with well-defined surface and interface structures;

3. Probe catalytic reaction, small molecule activation, and molecular reaction kinetics combining experimentation and theoretical modelling;

4. Principles of screening and optimization for high-performance heterogeneous nanocatalysts.

Teaching

• General Chemistry Laboratory B

• Synthetic Chemistry (I)

Awards

Winner of National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2010)

Selected Publications

1. Yin, A.-X.; Min, X.-Q.; Zhang, Y.-W.; Yan, C.-H. Shape-Selective Synthesis and Facet-Dependent Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity and Durability of Monodisperse Sub-10 nm Pt-Pd Tetrahedrons and Cubes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 3816.

2. Yin, A.-X.; Liu, W.-C.; Ke, J.; Zhu, W.; Gu, J.; Zhang, Y.-W.; Yan, C.-H. Ru Nanocrystals with Shape-Dependent Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectra and Catalytic Properties: Controlled Synthesis and DFT Calculations, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 20479.

3. Gu, J.; Zhang, Y.-W.; Tao, F. Shape Control of Bimetallic Nanocatalysts through Well-designed Colloidal Chemistry Approaches, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2012, 41, 8050.

4. Ke, J.; Xiao, J.-W.; Zhu, W.; Liu, H.-C.; Si, R.; Zhang, Y.-W.; Yan, C.-H. Dopant-Induced Modification of Active Site Structure and Surface Bonding Mode for High-Performance Nanocatalysts: CO Oxidation on Capping-free(110)-oriented CeO2:Ln (Ln = La−Lu) Nanowires, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 15191.

5. Wang, S.-B.; Zhu, W.; Ke, J.; Lin, M.; Zhang, Y.-W. Pd-Rh Nanocrystals with Tunable Morphologies and Compositions as Efficient Catalysts towards Suzuki Cross-coupling Reactions, ACS Catal. 2014, 4, 2298.

6. Zhu, W.; Ke, J.; Wang, S.-B.; Ren, J.; Wang, H.-H.; Zhou, Z.-Y.; Si, R.; Zhang, Y.-W.; Yan, C.-H. Shaping Single-Crystalline Trimetallic Pt−Pd−Rh Nanocrystals toward High-Efficiency C−C Splitting of Ethanol in Conversion to CO2, ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 1995.