Research Interests

• Nanoporous materials: synthesis, assembly and applications of zeolite, mesoporous materials, layered structured materials and compositions

• Organic-inorganic hybrid nano-materials: self-assembled and hierarchical structures

• Metal non-oxides: synthesis, assembly and catalytic applications

Academic Appointments

• 11/2006 ~ present  Chair of Chemistry Department, Fudan University, China

• 05/1997 ~ present  Professor, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, China

• 11/1997~11/1998  Visiting Scholar, Laboratorium voor Petrochemische Techniek, Gent University, Belgium

• 05/1993~05/1997  Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, China

• 07/1990~07/1993  Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Prizes and awards

• Study on Catalytic and Seperation Materials with Special Structure, the First-Class Prize for Advances of Science and Technology, Shanghai Municipal People’s Government (2003)

• Winner for National Science Foundation for Chinese Distinguished Young Scholars, National Natural Science Foundation of China

• Assembly and Functionization of Ordered Nanoporous Materials, the Second Class Prize of National Natural Science Award, State Council of PR China (2004, 2nd Gainer)

• Shanghai Peony Prize of Natural Science Award, Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (2004)

• Elite for Science and Techology of Shanhhai, Shanghai Science and Technology Association (2005)

• Leading Scientist of Shanghai, the Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (2007)

Biography

EDUCATION

• 08/1985~07/1990: Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Majored in Materials and Catalysis.

• 09/1981~07/1985: B.Sc. in Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Majored in Applied Chemistry.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

• 11/2006 ~ present  Chair of Chemistry Department, Fudan University, China

• 05/1997 ~ present  Professor, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, China

• 11/1997~11/1998  Visiting Scholar, Laboratorium voor Petrochemische Techniek, Gent University, Belgium

• 05/1993~05/1997  Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, China

• 07/1990~07/1993  Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Teaching

• Catalysis: from laboratory to industrial process (for Master students)

• Development of Catalysis (for Ph.D. students)

• Physical Chemistry (for undergraduate students)

• Topics of Modern Chemistry(for undergraduate students)

Key Publications

• Lin HL, Shi ZP, He SN, Yu X, Wang SN, Gao QS*, Tang Y*, Heteronanowires of MoC–Mo2C as efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction, Chemical Science, 2016，Online, DOI: 10.1039/c6sc00077k

• Shi J, Wang YD, Yang WM, Tang Y*, Xie ZK*, Recent advances of pore system construction in zeolite-catalyzed chemical industry processes, Chemical Society Reviews, 2015, 44, 8877--8903

• Liao L, Wang SN, Xiao JJ, Bian XJ, Zhang YH, Scanlon MD, Hu XL, Tang Y*, Liu BH*, Girault HH, 锚点A nanoporous molybdenum carbide nanowire as an electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction, Energy and Environmental, 2014, 7, 387–392

• Zhang HB, Ma YC, Song KS, Zhang YH, Tang Y*, Nano-crystallite oriented self-assembled ZSM-5 zeolite and its LDPE cracking properties: Effects of accessibility and strength of acid sites, Journal of Catalysis, 2013, 锚点302, 115-125

• Gao QS*, Wang SN, Fang HC, Weng JW, Zhang YH, Mao JJ, Tang Y*, One-dimensional growth of MoOx-based organic-inorganic hybrid nanowires with tunable photochromic properties, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 4709 - 4715

• Yang ZJ, Li YF, Wu QB, Ren N, Zhang YH, Liu ZP*, Tang Y*，Layered niobic acid with self-exfoliatable nanosheets and adjustable acidity for catalytic hydration of ethylene oxide, Journal of Catalysis, 2011, 280, 247–254

• Sun C, Du JM, Liu J, Yang YS, Ren N ,Shen W, Xu HL* and Tang Y*, A facile route to synthesize endurable mesopore containing ZSM-5 catalyst for methanol to propylene reaction, Chemical Communications, 2010, 46, 2671-2673

• Gao QS, Zhang CX, Xie SH, Hua WM, Zhang YH, Ren N, Xu HL and Tang Y*, Synthesis of nanoporous molybdenum carbide nanowires based on organic-inorganic hybrid nanocomposites with sub-nanometer periodic structures, Chemistry of Materials, 2009, 21, 5560–5562             .

• Zhang WJ, Liu Y, Cao RG, Li ZH, Zhang YH, Tang Y*, and Fan KN, Synergy between crystal strain and surface energy in morphological evolution of five-fold-twinned silver crystals, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008, 130, 15581-15588

• Wang B, Chi C, Shan W, Zhang YH, Ren N, Yang WL, Tang Y*, Chiral mesostructured silica nanofibers of MCM-41, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2006, 45 (13): 2088-2090

• Chen P, Xie SH, Ren N, Zhang YH, Dong AG, Chen Y, Tang Y*, Iron-assisted vapor-phase hydrothermal method: A low-temperature approach to synthesize blue light emissive SiOx nanowires with single-crystal structure of P21212, Journal of The American Chemical Society, 2006, 128 (5): 1470-1471

• Zhang YH, Wang XY, Shan W, Wu BY, Fan HZ, Yu XJ, Tang Y*, Yang PY*, Enrichment of low-abundance peptides and proteins on zeolite nanocrystals for direct MALDI-TOF MS analysis, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2005, 44 (4): 615-617