Biography

• Cheung Kong Professor (1999-now), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University

• President, Lanzhou University (2017-2024)

• Vice President, China Association of Higher Education (2022-now)

• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Rare Earths (Elsevier, 2017-now)

• Vice President, Nankai University (2016-2017)

• Dean, Party Organization Department, Peking University (2015-2016)

• Associate Editor, Inorganic Chemistry (ACS, 2014-2017)

• Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Executive Deputy Dean, GraduateSchool, Peking University (2013-2015)

• Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) (2012-now)

• Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2011-now)

• Honorary Professor of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong (2005-now)

• JSPS Visiting Professor, Osaka University, Japan (2004)

• Visiting Professor, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea (2001)

• Director, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry & Applications, Peking University (1999-now)

• Chief-Scientist on Rare Earth Functional Materials in China, Ministry of Science and Technology of China (1998-now)

• Director, Office of Scientific Research, Peking University (1997-1999)

• Visiting Professor, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea (1996)

• Vice Dean, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (1995-1997)

• JSPS Visiting Professor, Tokyo Science University and Institute for Molecular Science, Japan (1993)

• RS Senior Visiting Fellow, York University, England (1993)

• Lecturer (1988), Associate Professor (1989), Professor (1992-now), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University

• Ph.D., College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (1985-1988)

• M.S., College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (1982-1985)

• B.S. College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (1978-1982)

Research Interests

Our research is focused on the control of the structure and microstructure, particle size and its distribution, morphology, and surface and interface of rare earth functional materials, so as to modify and enhance the luminescence, magnetic, and catalytic behaviors. At present, our topics of research are as follows:

1.  Fabrication and characterization of the nanosized rare earth functional materials;

2. Self-assembly of the rare earth molecular materials;

3. Optimized design and automation of rare earth separation processes.

Awards

• National Natural Science Award (Second Prize: 2011, 2006; Third Prize: 1987)

• National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology (Second Prize: 1999; Third Prize 1991)

• Prize for Science and Technology Progress of the Ministry of Education of China (First Prize: 1986, 1990, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2010, 2016; Second Prize: 1988; 1998)

• Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress-Chemistry Award (2018)

• Top Ten Mentors for Graduate Students at Peking University (2013)

• AkzoNobel Chemical Sciences Award Presented in partnership with the Chinese Chemical Society (2010)

Selected Publications

1. Ligang Wang, Huanping Zhou*, Junnan Hu, Bolong Huang, Mingzi Sun, Bowei Dong, Guanghaojie Zheng, Yuan Huang, Yihua Chen, Liang Li, ZiqiXu, Nengxu Li, Zheng Liu, Qi Chen, Ling-Dong Sun*, Chun-Hua Yan*, A Eu3+-Eu2+Ion Redox Shuttle Imparts Operational Durability to Pb-I Perovskite Solar Cells, Science 2019, 363, 265–270.

2. Ze-Yu Lyu, Hao Dong, Xiang-Fei Yang, Ling Huang, Yue-Jiao Xu, Ke Wu, Ling-Dong Sun*, Chun-Hua Yan*, Phase-Transition-Driven Regional Distribution of Rare-Earth Ions for Multiplexed Upconversion Emissions,JACS Au 2023, 3, 860–867.

3. Ya-Kun Wang†, Fengyan Jia†, Xiaoyue Li†, Sam Teale†, Pan Xia†, Yuan Liu, Phoebe Tsz-shan Chan, Haoyue Wan, Yasser Hassan, Muhammad Imran, Hao Chen, Luke Grater, Ling-Dong Sun*, Gilbert C. Walker, Sjoerd Hoogland, Zheng-Hong Lu*, Chun-Hua Yan*, Liang-Sheng Liao*, Edward H. Sargent*,Self-assembled Monolayer–based Blue Perovskite LEDs, Sci. Adv. 2023, 9, eadh2140.

4. Lu-Lu Zhou, Shan-Qing Li, Chao Ma, Xin-Pu Fu, Yi-Shuang Xu, Wei-Wei Wang, Hao Dong, Chun-Jiang Jia*, Feng Ryan Wang*, Chun-Hua Yan*, Promoting Molecular Exchange on Rare-Earth Oxycarbonate Surfaces to Catalyze the Water−Gas Shift Reaction” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023,145, 2252−2263.

5. Lin-Quan Guan, Shuo Shi, Xiao-Wei Niu, Shi-Chen Guo, Jian Zhao, Tian-Meng Ji, Hao Dong, Feng-Yan Jia, Jia-Wen Xiao*,Ling-Dong Sun*, Chun-Hua Yan*, All-Inorganic Manganese-Based CsMnCl3 Nanocrystals for X-Ray Imaging,Adv. Sci. 2022,9, 2201354.

6. Qi-Xian Wang, Yuan-Fan Yang, Xiang-Fei Yang, Yue Pan, Ling-Dong Sun*, Wen-Yuan Zhang, Yulei Shao, Jie Shen, Jian Lin, Lele Li*, Chun-Hua Yan*,Upconverted/downshifted NaLnF4 and Metal-organic Framework Heterostructures Boosting NIR-II Imaging-guided Photodynamic Immunotherapy toward Tumors,Nano Today 2022, 43, 101439.

7. Hao Dong, Ling-Dong Sun*, Chun-HuaYan*, Local Structure Engineering in Lanthanide-Doped Nanocrystals for Tunable Upconversion Emissions,J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 20546–20561.

8. Ze-Yu Lyu, Hao Dong, Xiang-Fei Yang, Ling-Dong Sun*, Chun-Hua Yan*, Highly Polarized Upconversion Emissions from Lanthanide-Doped LiYF4 Crystals as Spatial Orientation Indicators,J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12, 11288−11294.

9. Xiang-Fei Yang, Ze-Yu Lyu, Hao Dong, Ling-Dong Sun*, Chun-Hua Yan*, Lanthanide Upconverted Microlasing: Microlasing Spanning Full Visible Spectrum to Near-Infrared under Low Power, CW Pumping,Small 2021,17, 2103140.

10. Ke Wu, Xin-Yu Wang, Ling-Ling Guo, Yue-Jiao Xu, Liang Zhou, Ze-Yu Lyu, Kang-Yu Liu, Rui Si, Ya-Wen Zhang, Ling-Dong Sun*, Chun-Hua Yan*, Facile Synthesis of AuEmbedded CuOx–CeO2Core/shell Nanospheres as Highly Reactive and Sinter-resistant Catalysts for Catalytic Hydrogenation of p-Nitrophenol,Nano Res. 2020, 13, 2044–2055.