Professor

Phone: 18162785718

Email: xuanyang@hust.edu.cn

Academic Areas: Chemistry

Xuan Yang is a professor of chemistry and chemical engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His research interests include analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, and materials science. He focuses on revealing the mechanisms of different electrochemical reactions using operando spectroscopic techniques. He is widely published in the leading scholarly journals in chemistry and materials science.

Academic Degrees

2008-2014

PhD in Analytical Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

2004-2008

BS in Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China

Professional Experience

2020-now

Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, HUST

2020-2020

Associate Research Scientist, Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University

2017-2020

Postdoc, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware

2014-2017

Postdoc, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Courses Taught

Awards and Honors

2013

President Honorable Mention, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2013

Distinguished Graduate, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

2013

Excellent Student, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Selected Projects Funded

1.Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

Selected Publications

[1] Yang, X.;^‡ Nash, J.;^‡ Oliveira, N.; Yan, Y.; Xu, B. Understanding the pH dependence of underpotential deposited hydrogen on platinum. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 17718−17723. (Selected as the back inside cover, ^‡ equal contribution)

[2] Yang, X.;^‡ Kattel, S.;^‡ Nash, J.;^‡ Chang, X.; Lee, J. H.; Yan, Y.; Chen, J. G.; Xu, B. Quantification of active sites and elucidation of reaction mechanism of electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction on vanadium nitride. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 13768−13772. (Selected as the front cover, ^‡ equal contribution)

[3] Yang, X.;^‡ Nash, J.;^‡ Anibal, J.; Dunwell, M.; Kattel, S.; Stavitski, E.; Attenkofer, K.; Chen, J. G.; Yan, Y.; Xu, B. Mechanistic insights into electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction on vanadium nitride nanoparticles. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140, 13387−13391. (^‡ equal contribution)

[4] Yang, X.; Roling, L. T.; Vara, M.; Elnabawy, A. O.; Zhao, M.; Hood, Z. D.; Bao, S.; Mavrikakis, M.; Xia, Y. Synthesis and characterization of Pt−Ag alloy nanocages with enhanced activity and durability towards oxygen reduction. Nano Letters 2016, 16, 6644−6649.

[5] Yang, X.; Yang, M.; Pang, B.; Vara, M.; Xia, Y. Gold nanomaterials at work in biomedicine. Chemical Reviews 2015, 115, 10410−10488.