Curriculum Vitae

An-Liang Wang

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Shandong University

50 Nanyang avenue, Singapore, 639798

Email: alwang@sdu.edu.sg

Phone: +86 15662685579

Work Experience

2018-now      Professor, Shandong University, Jinan, China

2016-2018     Postdoctoral Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

                      Advisor: Prof. Zhang Hua

Education

2013-2016     Ph.D., Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

                      Specialization: Physical chemistry (electrochemistry)

                      Advisor: Prof. Gao-Ren Li

 Thesis: Design and fabrication of noble metal-based and non-noble metal-based electrocatalysts and their electrocatalytic performances

2011-2013     M.S., Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

                      Specialization: Physical chemistry (electrochemistry)

                      Advisor: Prof. Gao-Ren Li

 Thesis: The preparation and electrocatalytic performance of noble metal composite nanotube arrays materials

2007-2011     B.S., Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China

                      Specialization: Material chemistry                                            

Research Directions

Material science and engineering

Noble metal and non-noble metal nanomaterials

CO₂, N₂ reduction reaction

Water spitting (HER, OER)

Methanol, ethanol or formic acid oxidation reaction

Oxygen reduction reaction

Supercapacitors (anodes and cathodes)

Participate in research projects

1.     The controllable synthesis of conductive polymer/ transition metal oxides nanotube arrays and application in the supercapacitor (51173212), supported by Natural Science Foundation of China.

2.     The controllable, electrochemical synthesis of composites based on the carbon nanotube and rare-earth oxides, and their study on the optics and catalytic performance (21073240), supported by Natural Science Foundation of China.

Expertises

1.       Materials preparation (electro-deposition, hydrothermal, CVD, hot-injection method, etc.)

2.       Hand-on ability of TEM, HRTEM, SEM, AFM, NMR, XRD, FT-IR, Uv-vis, ICP, BET, glove box, etc.

Participate in/submit paper to academic conferences

1.     The 17^th National Conference on electrochemistry, 2013, Suzhou, China (oral)

2.     The 18^th National Conference on electrochemistry, 2015, Harbin, China (poster)

Awards and Honors   

2017 Keyuan Scholarship

2015 National Scholarship

2015 Furan outstanding paper Scholarship (the top-grade)

2014 National Scholarship (only 16 doctoral students can get access to it)

2014 Furan outstanding paper Scholarship

2013 Furan outstanding paper Scholarship (the top-grade)

2012 Exxon mobil scholarship (top 4%)

2007, 2008 and 2009 Scholarship for Outstanding Students

Publications

1.       Qipeng Lu,^# An-Liang Wang,^# Yue Gong, et al, Jun Luo, Shuzhou Li, Lin Gu*, Hua Zhang* Crystal Phase-Based Epitaxial Growth of Noble Metal Nanostructures on 4H/fcc Au Nanowires. Nature Chemistry. 2018, 10, 456-461 (^#co-first author)

2.       Changrong Zhu,^# An-Liang Wang,^# et al, Xin Wang, Jun Ding, John Wang, Hua Zhang*, Hong Jin Fan*. In situ grown epitaxial heterojunction exhibits high-performance electrocatalytic water splitting. Advanced Materials. 2018, 30, 1705516. (^#co-first author)

3.       An-Liang Wang, Han Xu, Jin-Xian Feng, Liang-Xin Ding, Ye-Xiang Tong, Gao-Ren Li*. Design of Pd/PANI/Pd sandwich-structured nanotube array catalysts with special shape effects and synergistic effects for ethanol electrooxidation. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2013, 135 (29), 10703-10709.

4.       An-Liang Wang, Xu-Jun He, Xue-Feng Lu, Han Xu, Ye-Xiang Tong, Gao-Ren Li*. Palladium–cobalt nanotube arrays supported on carbon fiber cloth as high‐performance flexible electrocatalysts for ethanol oxidation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015, 54 (12), 3669-3673.

5.       Qipeng Lu,^# An-Liang Wang,^# Hongfei Cheng, Yue Gong, Qinbai Yun, Nailiang Yang, Bing Li, Bo Chen, Qinghua Zhang, Yun Zong, Lin Gu* and Hua Zhang* Synthesis of hierarchical 4H/fcc Ru nanotubes for highly efficient hydrogen evolution in alkaline media. Small, 2018, just accepted. (^#co-first author)

6.       An-Liang Wang, Yu-Tao Dong, Mei Li, Chaolun Liang, Gao-Ren Li*. In situ derived Ni_xFe_1–xOOH/NiFe/Ni_xFe_1–xOOH nanotube arrays from NiFe alloys as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9 (40), 34954–34960.

7.       An-Liang Wang, Han Xu, Gao-Ren Li*. NiCoFe layered triple hydroxides with porous structures as high-performance electrocatalysts for overall water splitting. ACS Energy Letters, 2016, 1 (2), 445–453.

8.       An-Liang Wang, Chao-Lun Liang, Xue-Feng Lu, Ye-Xiang Tong, Gao-Ren Li*. Pt-MoO₃-RGO ternary hybrid hollow nanorod arrays as high-performance catalysts for methanol electrooxidation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2016, 4, 1923-1930.

9.       An-Liang Wang, Jing Lin, Han Xu, Ye-Xiang Tong, Gao-Ren Li*. Ni₂P–CoP hybrid nanosheet arrays supported on carbon cloth as an efficient flexible cathode for hydrogen evolution. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2016, 4, 16992-16999.

10.    An-Liang Wang, Hao-Chuan Wan, Han Xu, Ye-Xiang Tong, Gao-Ren Li*. Quinary PdNiCoCuFe alloy nanotube arrays as efficient electrocatalysts for methanol oxidation. Electrochimica Acta 2014, 127, 448-453.

11.    An-Liang Wang, Chi Zhang, Gao-Ren Li*. The flexible PtCu alloy hollow nanotube arrays-synergistic geometric and electronic effects for electrochemical oxidation of methanol. AIChE    Journal 2016, 62, 975.

12.    Liang-Xin Ding, An-Liang Wang, Gao-Ren Li*, Zhao-Qing Liu, Wen-Xia Zhao, Cheng-Yong Su, Ye-Xiang Tong. Porous Pt-Ni-P composite nanotube arrays: highly electroactive and durable catalysts for methanol electrooxidation. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2012, 134 (13), 5730-5733.

13.    Han Xu, An-Liang Wang, Ye-Xiang Tong, Gao-Ren Li*. Enhanced catalytic activity and stability of Pt/CeO₂/PANI hybrid hollow nanorod arrays for methanol electro-oxidation. ACS Catalysis, 2016, 6(8), 5198–5206.

14.    Jin-Hui Zhong, An-Liang Wang, Gao-Ren Li*, Jian-Wei Wang, Yan-Nan Ou, Ye-Xiang Tong. Co₃O₄/Ni(OH)₂ composite mesoporous nanosheet networks as a promising electrode for supercapacitor applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry 2012, 22 (12), 5656-5665.

15.    Xue-Feng Lu, An-Liang Wang, Han Xu, Xu-Jun He, Ye-Xiang Tong, Gao-Ren Li*. High-performance supercapacitors based on MnO₂ tube-in-tube arrays. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2015, 3 (32), 16560-16566.

16.    Liang-Xin Ding, An-Liang Wang, Yan-Nan Ou, Qi Li, Rui Guo, Wen-Xia Zhao, Ye-Xiang Tong, Gao-Ren Li*. Hierarchical Pd-Sn alloy nanosheet dendrites: an economical and highly active catalyst for ethanol electrooxidation. Scientific reports 2013, 3.

17.    Shuang Yang, Wenxin Niu, An-Liang Wang, et al., Ultrathin organic-inorganic perovskite nanosheets with bright, tunable photoluminescence and high stability, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56 (15), 4252-4255.

18.    Jin-Xian Feng, Sheng-Hua Ye, An-Liang Wang, Xue-Feng Lu, Ye-Xiang Tong, Gao-Ren Li*. Flexible cellulose paper‐based asymmetrical thin film supercapacitors with high‐performance for electrochemical energy storage. Advanced Functional Materials 2014, 24 (45), 7093-7101.

19.    Sheng-Hua Ye, Jin-Xian Feng, An-Liang Wang, Han Xu, Gao-Ren Li*. Multi-layered Pt/Ni nanotube arrays with enhanced catalytic performance for methanol electrooxidation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3, 23201-23206.

20.    Liang-Xin Ding, Chao-Lun Liang, Han Xu, An-Liang Wang, Ye-Xiang Tong, Gao-Ren Li*. Porous hollow nanorod arrays composed of alternating Pt and Pd nanocrystals with superior electrocatalytic activity and durability for methanol oxidation. Advanced Materials Interfaces 2014, 1 (3).

21.    Nailiang Yang, Zhicheng Zhang, Bo Chen, Ying Huang, Junze Chen, Zhuangchai Lai, Ye Chen, Melinda Sindoro, An-Liang Wang, et al. Synthesis of ultrathin PdCu alloy nanosheets used as highly efficient electrocatalyst for formic acid oxidation. Advanced Materials, 2017, 29 (29), 1700769.