Name: Kai Yuan

Gender: male

Job title: professor

Email Address: kai.yuan@ncu.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience ：

2006-2010: Nanchang University, Bachelor degree

2010-2013: Nanchang University, Master degree

2013-2016: Nanchang University, doctoral degree

2014-2017: University of Wuppertal, Germany, PhD degree (Summa Cum Laude)

2017--- present: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Professor

Teaching：

Research fields:

Graphene, porous polymers, 2D materials, and carbon nanomaterials as well as corresponding hybrids for energy-related applications, for example, supercapacitors, zinc-air batteries, fuel cells, and electrocatalysis.

Research projects：

Natural Science Foundation of China (52073137, 21704038, 51763018)

Awards and Honors：

National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents

“Double Thousand Plan” Science and Technology Innovation High-End Talent Project of Jiangxi Province

The second prize of natural science from Chinese Ministry of Education

The second prize of teaching achievement in Jiangxi province

Representative papers and patents：

2. Mengke Peng, Xiannong Tang, Kang Xiao, Ting Hu, Kai Yuan,* Yiwang Chen*, Polycation-Regulated Electrolyte and Interfacial Electric Fields for Stable Zinc Metal Batteries, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62(27), e202302701.

3. Bingyu Huang, Xiannong Tang, Yaoshuai Hong, Longbin Li, Ting Hu, Kai Yuan,* and Yiwang Chen* Electron-Donors/Acceptors Interaction Enhancing Electrocatalytic Activity of Metal Organic Polymers for Oxygen Reduction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62(33), e202306667.

4. Longbin Li#, Xiannong Tang#, Senhe Huang#, Chenbao Lu, Dirk Lützenkirchen-Hecht, Kai Yuan,* Xiaodong Zhuang,* and Yiwang Chen*, Longitudinally Grafting of Graphene with Iron Phthalocyanine-based Porous Organic Polymer to Boost Oxygen Electroreduction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62(22), e202301642.

5. Xiannong Tang, Yuanhao Wei, Weijuan Zhai, Yonggan Wu, Ting Hu, Kai Yuan*, Yiwang Chen*, Carbon Nanocage with Maximum Utilization of Atomically Dispersed Iron as Efficient Oxygen Electroreduction Nanoreactor, Adv. Mater., 2023, 35, 2208942.

6. Li Wang, Mengke Peng, Jierui Chen, Ting Hu, Kai Yuan*, and Yiwang Chen*, Eliminating Micropore Confinement Effect of Carbonaceous Electrode for Promoting Zn-Ion Storage Capability, Adv. Mater., 2022, 34, 2203744.

7. Judan Chen, Bingyu Huang, Rui Cao, Longbin Li, Xiannong Tang, Bing Wu, Yonggan Wu, Ting Hu, Kai Yuan,* and Yiwang Chen*, Steering Local Electronic Configuration of Fe-N-C-Based Coupling Catalysts via Ligand Engineering for Efficient Oxygen Electroreduction, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33, 2209315.

8. Bing Wu, Jiayong Xiao, Longbin Li, Ting Hu, Ming Qiu*, Dirk Lützenkirchen-Hecht, Kai Yuan*, and Yiwang Chen*, Arranging Electronic Localization of PtCu Nanoalloys to Stimulate Improved Oxygen Electroreduction for High-Performance Fuel Cells, CCS Chem., 2023, DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.022.202202552.

9. Bingyu Huang, Senhe Huang, Chenbao Lu, Longbin Li, Judan Chen, Ting Hu, Dirk Lützenkirchen-Hecht, Kai Yuan*, Xiaodong Zhuang*, and Yiwang Chen*, Decrypting the Influence of Axial Coordination on the Electronic Microenvronment of Co-N5 Site for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Reaction, CCS Chem., 2023, 5(8), 1876-1887.

10. Longbin Li, Kai Yuan*, and Yiwang Chen*, Breaking the Scaling Relationship Limit: From Single-Atom to Dual-Atom Catalysts, Acc. Mater. Res., 2022, 3(6), 584-596.

12. Mengke Peng, Li Wang, Longbin Li, Xiannong Tang, Bingyu Huang, Ting Hu, Kai Yuan*, Yiwang Chen*, Manipulating the Interlayer Spacing of 3D MXenes with Improved Stability and Zinc-Ion Storage Capability. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 32(7), 2109524.

20. Kai Yuan, Xiaodong Zhuang, Haiyan Fu, Gunther Brunklaus, Michael Forster, Yiwang Chen, Xinliang Feng* and Ullrich Scherf*. Two-Dimensional Core-Shelled Porous Hybrids as Highly Efficient Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 6858-6863.

21. Kai Yuan, Yazhou Xu, Johannes Uihlein, Gunther Brunklaus, Lei Shi, Ralf Heiderhoff, Mingming Que, Michael Forster, Thomas Chassé, Thomas Pichler, Thomas Riedl, Yiwang Chen*, and Ullrich Scherf*. Straightforward Generation of Pillared, Microporous Graphene Frameworks for Use in Supercapacitors. Adv. Mater., 2015, 27, 6714-6721.