IntroductionYang Wensheng is a professor and doctoral supervisor at Beijing University of Chemical Technology. In 2001, he was selected into the Beijing Science and Technology Rising Star Program, and in 2008, he was selected into the New Century Excellent Talent Program of the Ministry of Education. He is the head of the energy chemistry major of Beijing University of Chemical Technology and a member of the academic committee of the Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Battery Materials of Peking University. He is mainly engaged in the research of electrochemical energy conversion and energy storage material chemistry, including cathode and anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, solid-state electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells and total hydrolysis catalysts. He has undertaken more than 20 projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Key R&D Program, the National 863 Program, the projects entrusted by Sinopec and other companies, and the international cooperation projects of Beihua University-BMW. He has published more than 80 SCI papers in journals such as Energy & Environmental Science and Advanced Materials, and his papers have been cited more than 2,600 times. It has obtained more than 30 Chinese invention patents and 2 United States patents, of which 2 Chinese invention patents have been licensed. Two production lines of 2000 t/a high-performance lithium manganese oxide cathode materials and one 10 t/a pilot line of high-nickel ternary nickel-cobalt lithium manganese oxide cathode materials were built. As the main member, he won 1 second prize of Beijing Science and Technology Award. He is responsible for teaching undergraduate courses such as Inorganic Chemistry and graduate courses like Advanced Inorganic Chemistry and Applied Electrochemistry. His course Advanced Inorganic Chemistry was selected as one of the first national-level model courses for ideological and political education, and he has been recognized as a teaching master and part of a distinguished teaching team. As a key member, he has received two first prizes for educational achievements in higher education in Beijing, and he is the chief editor of the textbook. EducationWork ExperienceSocial PositionSocial ActivitiesResearchAssembly chemistry of electrochemical functional materials — Our research group focus on structural design of electrochemical functional materials and controllable preparation based on assembly chemistry.
Ø Research and development of key materials for lithium/sodium-ion batteries, such as cathode materials, anode materials, and all solid electrolytes, etc. Ø Research and development of electrode materials for new energy storage device, such as thin film batteries, wearable flexible batteries, etc. Ø Research and development of key catalysts for water electrolysis, fuel cell, etc.
Ø Design and assembly of supramolecular inorganic functional materials based on interlayer confinement reaction and in-situ intercalation reaction. Ø Development of new supramolecular inorganic functional materials and their applications in the field of electrochemistry TeachingThe main teaching courses : 《Principles of Inorganic Chemistry》《Introduction to Chemistry》《Chemistry of Inorganic Elements》《 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry》《Chemistry of Nanomaterials》, etc. PostgraduatesFunding
Vertical ProjectHorizontal ProjectPublications1. Peng Xiao, Wenhao Li, Shuai Chen, Gang Li, Zhongjia Dai, Mengdan Feng, Xu Chen, Wensheng Yang*, Effects of oxygen pressurization on Li+/Ni2+ cation mixing and the oxygen vacancies of LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2 cathode materials, ACS Applied Materials Interfaces, 2022, 14: 31851−31861. 2. Fan Bai, Xin Qu, Cong Li, Shuo Liu, Jie Sun*, Xu Chen, Wensheng Yang*, Nickel nanoflowers with controllable cation vacancy for enhanced electrochemical nitrogen reduction, ACS Applied Materials Interfaces, 2022, 14: 28033−28043. 3. Jianghao Tan, Qi Wang, Shuai Chen, Zhenhua Li, Jie Sun, Wen Liu*, Wensheng Yang*, Xu Xiang*, Xiaoming Sun, Xue Duan, Recycling-oriented cathode materials design for lithium-ion batteries: Elegant structures versus complicated compositions, Energy Storage Materials, 2021, 41: 380–394. 4. Fan Bai, Liang Xu, Xiaoying Zhai, Xu Chen*, Wensheng Yang*, Vacancy in ultrathin 2D nanomaterials toward sustainable energy application, Advanced Energy Materials, 2020, 10: 1902107 (DOI: 10.1002/aenm. 201902107). 5. Jun Wang, Fan Bai, Xu Chen, Yanluo Lu, Wensheng Yang*, Intercalated Co(OH)2-derived flower-like hybrids composed of cobalt sulfide nanoparticles partially embedded in nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets with superior lithium storage, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5: 3628–3637. 6. Jun Wang, Liqun Li, Xu Chen, Yanluo Lu, Wensheng Yang*, Monodisperse cobalt sulfides embedded within nitrogen-doped carbon nanoflakes: an efficient and stable electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, 4: 11342–11350. 7. Jie Sun, Guangyuan Zheng, Hyun-Wook Lee, Nian Liu, Haotian Wang, Hongbin Yao, Wensheng Yang*, Yi Cui*, Formation of stable phosphorus−carbon bond for enhanced performance in black phosphorus nanoparticle-graphite composite battery anodes, Nano Letters, 2014, 14: 4573−4580. 8. Dengdeng Wang, Xu Chen*, David G. Evans, Wensheng Yang*, Well-dispersed Co3O4/Co2MnO4 nanocomposites as a synergistic bifunctional catalyst for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions, Nanoscale, 2013, 5: 5312-5315. 9. Jie Sun, Haimei Liu, Xu Chen, David G. Evans, Wensheng Yang*, Xue Duan, Carbon nanorings and their enhanced lithium storage properties, Advanced Materials, 2013, 25(8): 1125–1130. 10. Haimei Liu, Wensheng Yang*, Ultralong single crystalline V2O5 nanowire/ graphene composite fabricated by a facile green approach and its lithium storage behavior, Energy & Environmental Science, 2011, 4(10): 4000-4008. Awards
Ø Second prize of Beijing science and technology award, Beijing Municipal People's Government (2009) Ø Selected for the new century excellent talents program of the ministry of education,Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (2008) Ø Selected for the Beijing science and technology new star program, Beijing Municipal Commission of Science and Technology (2001)
Ø Famous teachers and teaching teams in the demonstration course of ideological and political education — Advanced inorganic chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (2021) Ø Beijing higher education teaching achievement award, First prize — Exploration and practice of the training path for chemical basic talents, Beijing Municipal People's Government (2021) Ø National excellent teaching team for petroleum and chemical education — Teaching team for chemistry series courses, China Chemical Education Association (2021)
Ø Beijing excellent doctoral dissertation guidance teacher award (2010) Ø First prize of the Beijing university student chemistry experiment competition, guiding teacher award (2019) PatentHonor RewardAdmissions Information |