Biography

Yang Wang is a professor at the College of Chemistry, Jilin University. From 2008 to 2017, he received a bachelor’s degree and a doctorate degree from College of Chemistry, Jilin University, under the tutelage of academician Jihong Yu and academician Lei Jiang. From 2018 to 2022, he is engaged in postdoctoral research at the City University of Hong Kong. In 2022, he is awarded the national high-level overseas talents introduction youth project, and returned to Jilin University to teach in 2023. The main research direction is porous materials and surface/interface science. He has published 12 SCI papers in international journals such as Nature, Nature Communications, Advanced Functional Materials, Chemical Science.

Education

2017    Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University

2012    B.S., Materials Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University

Positions

2023- Professor, College of Chemistry, Jilin University

2018-2022 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The City University of Hong Kong, Hongkong

Research Interest

Designed preparation and application of porous materials with special surface/interface properties

1.  Liquid separation

2.  Heat transfer

3.  Atmospheric water harvesting

Selected Publications

1.  Mengnan Jiang#, Yang Wang#, Fayu Liu, Hanheng Du, Yuchao Li, Huanhuan Zhang, Suet To, Steven Wang, Chin Pan, Jihong Yu*, David Quéré*, Zuankai Wang*, Inhibiting the Leidenfrost effect above 1000°C for sustained thermal cooling, Nature, 2022, 601, 568.

2. Yang Wang#, Jiancheng Di#, Li Wang, Xu Li, Ning Wang, Baixian Wang, Ye Tian*, Lei Jiang and Jihong Yu*, Infused-liquid-switchable nanoporous fibrous membranes for multiphase liquid separation, Nature Communications, 2017, 8, 575.

3. Yang Wang, Shouwei Gao, Wanghuai Xu and Zuankai Wang*, Nanogenerators with superwetting surfaces for harvesting water/liquid energy, Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, 1908252.

4. Yang Wang, Qifei Wang, Baixian Wang, Ye Tian, Jiancheng Di*, Zuankai Wang, Lei Jiang, Jihong Yu*, Modulation of solid surface with desirable under-liquid wettability based on molecular hydrophilic-lipophilic balance. Chemical Science, 2021, 12, 6136.

5. Yang Wang, Shouwei Gao, Hongmei Zhong, Baoping Zhang, Miaomiao Cui, Mengnan Jiang, Steven Wang, Zuankai Wang*, Heterogeneous Wettability and Radiative Cooling for Efficient Deliquescent-Sorbents-based Atmospheric Water Harvesting, Cell Reports Physical Science, 2022, 3, 100879.

6. Yang Wang, Baixian Wang, Qifei Wang, Jiancheng Di*, Shiding Miao and Jihong Yu*, Amino-functionalized porous nanofibrous membranes for simultaneous removal of oil and heavy-metal ions from wastewater, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11, 1672.

7. Qifei Wang, Yang Wang, Baixian Wang, Jiancheng Di*, and Jihong Yu*, Dual superlyophobicity modulated by porous organic framework coatings over nanofibrious polymer membranes: achieving metastable surface in thermodynamics, Chemical Science, 2019, 10, 6382.

8. Qiang Wen, Jiancheng Di, Yong Zhao, Yang Wang, Lei Jiang and Jihong Yu*, Flexible inorganic nanofibrous membranes with hierarchical porosity for efficient water purification, Chemical Science, 2013, 4, 4378.

9. Baixian Wang, Qifei Wang, Yang Wang, Jiancheng Di*, Shiding Miao, Jihong Yu*, Flexible multifunctional porous nanofibrous membranes for high-efficiency air filtration. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11, 46, 43409.

10. Baoping Zhang, Pak Wai Wong, Jiaxin Guo, Yongsen Zhou, Yang Wang, Jiawei Sun, Mengnan Jiang, Zuankai Wang*, Alicia Kyoungjin An*, Transforming Ti₃C₂T_x MXene's intrinsic hydrophilicity into superhydrophobicity for efficient photothermal membrane desalination, Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 3315.