Preparation of Nano Composites and Their Applications in Solar Energy Conversion

This book mainly focuses on the solar energy conversion with the nanomaterials. It describes the applications on two dimensional carbon nanomaterials: graphene and graphdiyne. Also, works on conductive polymer and bio-inspired material is included. The work described here is the first few reports on the applications of graphene, which becomes one of the hottest materials nowadays. This work also proves and studies the charge transfer between the semi-conductor and graphene interface, which is benefit to the applications in solar cells and photocatalysis. At the same time, method to synthesize and assemble the given nanomaterials (TiO2 nanosheets, gold nanoparticles, graphene, PS-PAA, PANI) is detailed, which is easier to the readers to repeat the experiments.

Honors: -Baosteel Outstanding Student Award (Ministry of Education, China) -Institute Chief Award (IPE) -Outstanding Graduates (Sun Yat-sen University) -Special Award in National Chemistry Experiment Skills Competition for Colleges (Ministry of Education, China) -The First Prize Scholarship (Sun Yat-sen University) -Dupont Scholarship (Sun Yat-sen University) -LG Chemical Scholarship (Sun Yat-sen University) -ICI Scholarship (Sun Yat-sen University) Publication list -Z. Yang†, N. Yang†, J. Yang, J. Bergström and M.-P. Pileni, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2015 [†Contributed equally] -N. Yang, Y. Liu, H. Wen, Z. Tang, H. Zhao, Y. Li and D. Wang, ACS Nano, 2013, 7, 1504. -N. Yang, Y. Zhang, J. E. Halpert, J Zhai, D. Wang and L. Jiang, Small, 2012, 8, 1762. -N. Yang, Q. Yuan, J. Zhai, T. Wei, D. Wang and L. Jiang, ChemSusChem, 2012, 5,572. -N. Yang, J. Zhai, D. Wang, Y. Chen and L. Jiang, ACS Nano, 2010, 4, 887. -N. Yang, J. Zhai, M. Wan, D. Wang and L. Jiang, Synth. Metal, 2010, 1610, 1617. -H Tang, CM Hessel, J Wang, N. Yang, R Yu, H Zhao, D Wang, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 4281. -J Wang, N. Yang, H Tang, Z Dong, Q Jin, M Yang, D Kisailus, H Zhao, Z. Tang and D. Wang, Angew. Chem., 2013, 125, 6545. -H Tang, H Yin, J Wang, N. Yang, D Wang and Z Tang, Angew. Chem., 2013, 125, 5695. -L. Yi, Y. Liu, N. Yang, Z. Tang and D. Wang, Energy Environ. Sci., 2013, 6 , 835. -K Wang, S Wan, Q Liu, N. Yang and J Zhai, RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 23755 -Z. Dong, X. Lai, J. Halpert, N. Yang, L. Yi, J. Zhai, D. Wang, Z. Tang and L. Jiang, Adv. Mater., 2012, 24, 1046. -J. Du, X. Lai, N. Yang, J. Zhai, K. David, F. B. Su, D. Wang and L. Jiang, ACS Nano, 2010, 5, 590. -L. Heng, X. Wang, N. Yang, J. Zhai, M. Wan and L. Jiang, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2010, 20, 226. -L. Wen, X. Liu, N. Yang, J. Zhai, C. Huang, Y. Li, L. Jiang, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2010, 97, 253111. -X. Wang, L. Heng, N. Yang, Q. Xie and J. Zhai, Chin. Chem. Lett., 2010, 21, 884. -X. Lai, H. Wang, D. Mao, N. Yang, J. Yao, C. Xing, D. Wang and X. Li, Mater. Lett., 2008, 62, 3868. -J. Wang, Z. Lin, Y. Ou, N. Yang, Y. Zhang, M. Tong, Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47, 190.