Academic Degrees

PhD, 2008, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), China;

Bachelor, 2003, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, China.

Professional Experience

Full Professor (2013-present); School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China;

ICYS Researcher (2010-2012); National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan;

JSPS Postdoctoral fellow (2008-2010); National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan.

Selected Publications (Total: ~360 publications with ~23000 citations, h-index 80)

1. Kailang Liu, Bao Jin, Xiang Chen, Wei Han, Yinghe Zhao, Penglai Gong, Liang Li, Sanjun Yang, Junyuan Duan, Ke Pei, Lixin Liu, Fuwei Zhuge, Tianyou Zhai*. Wafer-scale van der Waals dielectrics of inorganic molecular crystal Film, Nat. Electron. 2021; accepted.

2. Xin Feng#, Xingliang Peng#, BaiXin Peng, Zexin Li, Wentao Huang, Sijie Yang, Ke Pei, Zongdong Sun, Fuqiang Huang, Zhigang Shuai*, Tianyou Zhai*. Effect of Strong Intermolecular Interaction in 2D Inorganic Molecular Crystals, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021; DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c08030.

3. Sanjun Yang, Lejing Pi, Liang Li, Kailang Liu, Ke Pei, Wei Han, Fakun Wang, Gang Cheng, Tianyou Zhai*. 2D Cu9S5/PtS2/WSe2 Double Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor with High Current Gain, Advanced Materials 2021; 2106537

4. Wenbin Wang, Zhitong Wang, Ruoou Yang, Junyuan Duan, Youwen Liu*, Anmin Nie, Huiqiao Li, Bao Yu Xia, Tianyou Zhai*. In Situ Phase Separation into Coupled Interfaces for Promoting CO2 Electroreduction into Formate over a Wide Potential Window, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021; 60: 22940-22947.

5. Fakun Wang, Yuan Li, Huqiao Li, Tianyou Zhai*. 2D homojunctions for electronic and optoelectronic applications, Advanced Materials 2020; 32: 2005303.

6. Wenbin Wang#, Yutang Wang#, Ruoou Yang#, Qunlei Wen, Youwen Liu*, Zheng Jiang*, Huiqiao Li, Tianyou Zhai*. Defect-Induced Locally Lean Electrons Drive Amino C-N Bonds Electrooxidation to Nitrile C≡N Bonds, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020; 59: 2-10.

7. Huan Yang, Qiyuan He, Youwen Liu*, Hua Zhang*, Tianyou Zhai*. On-chip Electrocatalytic Microdevice: an Emerging Platform for Expanding Insight into Electrochemical Processes, Chemical Society Reviews 2020; 49: 2916-2936

8. Liang Lv, Fuwei Zhuge*, Fengjun Xie, Xujing Xiong, Qingfu Zhang, Nan Zhang, Yu Huang, Tianyou Zhai*. Reconfigurable two-dimensional optoelectronic devices enabled by local ferroelectric polarization, Nature Communications 2019; 10: 3331.

9. Fakun Wang#, Ting Gao#, Qi Zhang#, Zhiyu Hu, Bao Jin, Liang Li, Xing Zhou, Huiqiao Li, Gustaaf Van Tendeloo, Tianyou Zhai*. Liquid Alloy Assisted Growth of 2D Ternary Ga2In4S9 toward High-Performance UV Photodetection, Advanced Materials 2019; 31: 1806306.

10. Wei Han#, Pu Huang#, Liang Li, Fakun Wang, Peng Luo, Kailang Liu, Xing Zhou, Huiqiao Li, Xiuwen Zhang, Yi Cui*, Tianyou Zhai*. Two-dimensional Inorganic Molecular Crystals, Nature Communications 2019; 10: 4728.

Awards:

2018-2021 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher

2015 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher

2017 Fellow of the Royal Society Chemistry

2014 Second Prize of National Natural Science Award

2014 CCS Outstanding Young Chemist

2008 JSPS Postdoctal Fellowship for Foreign Researchers

Courses Taught

Engineering Chemistry

Optoelectronic Materials and Devices

Introduction to Materials Science

Project

National Natural Science Foundation of China：21825103, Synthetic Chemistry of Inorganic Materials and Optoelectronic Devices, 2019/01-2023/12