A computational materials scientist in the department of materials science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His research interest includes the theoretical study of the electronic and transport properties of nanodevices; structural, energetic, physical and chemical properties of novel nanostructures as well as the exploration of their applications in energy storage and catalysis. He also extends his study on fabrications and simulations on the quantum-dot light-emitting diodes for display and lighting. His research covers multiscale simulations by molecule dynamics, first principles and kinetic Monte Carlo on those materials and devices. He has published more than 90 papers on prestigious journals such as Nature Commun., Adv. Energy Mater., Chem. Mater. etc.

Academic Degrees

M.S.-PhD Computational Physics, 2011, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China;

B.S. Materials Physics, 2006, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.

Professional Experience

Associate Professor (2016-present): School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology;

Lecturer (2013-2016): School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology;

Postdocal (2011-2013): School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Selected Publications in Recent years

1. Binze Zhou, Pengfei Wang, Shicai Geng, Min Wang, Le Qin, Yanwei Wen*, Rong Chen*, "Highly Efficient CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals Light Emitting Diode with Enhanced Stability via Colloidal Layer-by-layer Deposition", ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 3, 2398-2406 (2021).

2. Zihang Yao, Jiaqiang Yang, Zhang Liu, Bin Shan, Rong Chen, Yanwei Wen* and Yanli Li*, "Synergetic effect dependence on activated oxygen in the interface of NiOx modified Pt nanoparticles for CO oxidation from first-principles", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 23, 8541-8548 (2021).

3. Zhaojie Wang, Siqi Wang, Zhang Liu, Binze Zhou, Yanwei Wen,* Zizhe Lu,* Rong Chen, Bin Shan, "Bonding behavior and passivation mechanism of organic ligands (-SH, -NH2, -COOH) on ZnS (101(_)0) surface from first-principles calculations", Applied Surface Science, 545,148970 (2021).

4. Chaoyu Xiang, Longjia Wu, Zizhe Lu, Menglin Li, Yanwei Wen, Yixing Yang, Wenyong Liu, Ting Zhang, Weiran Cao, Sai-Wing Tsang, Bin Shan, Xiaolin Yan, Lei Qian, "High efficiency and stability of ink-jet printed quantum dot light emitting diodes", Nature Common., 11, 1646 (2020).

5. Xiao Liu, Shuangfeng Jia, Ming Yang, Yuanting Tang, Yanwei Wen, Shengqi Chu, Jianbo Wang, Bin Shan*, Rong Chen*, "Activation of subnanometric Pt on Cu-modified CeO2 via redox-coupled atomic layer deposition for CO oxidation", Nature Comm. 2020, 11, 4240.

6. Y. Jing, K. Cao*, B.Z. Zhou, S.C. Geng, Y.W. Wen, B. Shan and R. Chen*, "Two-Step Hybrid Passivation Strategy for Ultra-Stable Photoluminescence Perovskite Nanocrystals", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 12, 53519- 53527 (2020).

7. Yao Jing, Kun Cao,* Binze Zhou, Shicai Geng, Yanwei Wen, Bin Shan and Rong Chen*, "A two-step hybrid passivation strategy for ultra-stable photoluminescence perovskite nanocrystals", Chem. Mater. 32, 24, 10653-10662 (2020).

8. Binze Zhou, Zhaojie Wang, Shicai Geng, Yun Li, Kai Wang, Kun Cao, Yanwei Wen*, Rong Chen*, "Interface Engineering of CsPbBr3 Nanocrystal Light-Emitting Diodes via Atomic Layer Deposition", Phys. Status Solidi RRL. 14, 2000083 (2020).

9. Binze Zhou, Mengjia Liu, Yanwei Wen, Yun Li, Rong Chen*, "Atomic Layer Deposition for Quantum Dots based Devices", Opto-electronic Advances., 3, 190043 2020) (Invited review, cover)

10. Lu Shi, Jie Zhang, Gurong Shen, Dequan Fan, Yanwei Wen,* Yunkun Zhao, Rong Chen, Meiqing Shen and Bin Shan,* "Water mediated oxygen activation in NH3 SCR reaction over a Cu-SAPO-34 catalyst: a first principles study", Catal. Sci. Technol. 9, 1309-1316(2019).

11. Jiaqiang Yang, Lu Shi, Xiao Liu, Yanwei Wen, Kyeongjae Cho, Yunkun Zhao, Rong Chen, Bin Shan, "Unravelling origins of Pd ensembles’ activity in CO oxidation via state-to-state microkinetic analysis", Journal of Catalysis 371, 276-286 (2019).

12. Yanwei Wen, Jiaming Cai, Jie Zhang, Jiaqiang Yang, Lu Shi, Kun Cao, Rong Chen,* and Bin Shan,* "Edge-Selective Growth of MCp2 (M=Fe,Co,Ni) Precursors on Pt Nanoparticles in Atomic Layer Deposition: a Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study", Chem. Mater.  31, 101-111(2019).

13. Qinyong Xiang, Binze Zhou, Kun Cao,* Yanwei Wen, Yun Li, Zhaojie Wang, Chenchen Jiang, Bin Shan, Rong Chen,* "Bottom up Stabilization of CsPbBr3 Quantum Dots-Silica Sphere with Selective Surface Passivation via Atomic Layer Deposition", Chem. Mater. 30, 8486-8494 (2018).

14. Jiwu Xin, Qinghui Jiang, Yanwei Wen, Sihui Li, Jie Zhang, Abdul Basit, Liang Shu, Xin Li, Junyou Yang, "In-situ Eutectic Remelting and Oxide Replacement Reaction to Superior Thermoelectric Performance of InSb", Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6, 17049-17056 (2018).

15. J.Q. Yang, J. Zhang, X. Liu, X.B. Duan, Y.W. Wen, R. Chen* and B. Shan,* "Origin of the superior activity of surface doped SmMn2O5 mullites for NO oxidation: A first-principles based microkinetic study”, Journal of Catalysis 359 122-129 (2018).

16. Chaoyi Liao, Yanwei Wen(Co-first author), Zhiguo Xia, Ruihuan Qin, Yao Yu, Bin Shan, Tianyou Zhai* and Huiqiao Li,* "Si-Doping Mediated Phase Control from β- to γ-Form Li3VO4 toward Smoothing Li Insertion/Extraction", Adv. Energy Mater. 8, 1701621 (2018).

17. Jun Wang, Chun Du, Qi Peng, Jie Yang, Yanwei Wen,* Bin Shan, Rong Chen,* "Enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting performance of hematite nanorods by Co and Sn co-doping", Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 42,29140-29149 (2017).

18. Xiao Liu, Yanwei Wen(Co-first author), Yuanting Tang, Yun Lang, Bin Shan, Rong Chen, "Effect of exposed facets and oxygen vacancy on the catalytic activity of PdxCe1-xO2-δ catalysts: a combined experimental and theoretical study", Catalysis Science & Technology, 2017, 2017, 7, 4462.

19. Qi Peng, Jun Wang, Zijian Feng, Chun Du, Yanwei Wen,* Bin Shan, and Rong Chen*, "Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation by Fabrication of p-LaFeO3/n-Fe2O3 Heterojunction on Hematite Nanorods", J. Phys. Chem. C, 121, 12991−12998 (2017).

20. Yanwei Wen, Fan Xie, Xiaolin Liu,* Xiao Liu, Rong Chen, Kyeongjae Cho, Bin Shan*, "Tunable H2 binding on alkaline and alkaline earth metals decorated graphene substrates from first-principles calculations", Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 42, 10064-10071 (2017).

21. Chaoyi Liao, Yanwei Wen(Co-first author), Bin Shan, Tianyou Zhai, Huiqiao Li, "Probing the capacity loss of Li3VO4 anode upon Li insertion andextraction", J. Power Sources 348, 48-56 (2017).

22. Ziyu Qin, Dawen Zeng∗, Jia Zhang, Congyi Wu, Yanwei Wen*, Bin Shan, Changsheng Xie, "Effect of layer number on recovery rate of WS 2 nanosheets for ammonia detection at room temperature", Appl. Surf. Sci. 414, 244-250 (2017).

23. Xiaoxia Wang, Qian Ni, Dawen Zeng∗, Guanglan Liao, Yanwei Wen*, Bin Shan, Changsheng Xie,"BiOCl/TiO 2 heterojunction network with high energy facet exposed for highly efficient photocatalytic degradation of benzene", Appl. Surf. Sci. 396, 590-598 (2017).

24. Qi Peng, Jun Wang, Yanwei Wen*, Bin Shan, and Rong Chen*, "Surface modification of LaFeO3 by Co-Pi electrochemical deposition as an efficient photoanode under visible light", RSC Adv., 6, 26192 (2016).

25. Q.Peng, B.Shan, Y.W.Wen* and R.Chen*, "Enhancedchargetransport of LaFeO3 via transition metal (Mn, Co, Cu) doping for visible light photoelectrochemical water oxidation", Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 40, 15423 (2015).

26. Yanwei Wen, Xiao Liu, Xianbao Duan, Kyeongjae Cho, Rong Chen,* and Bin Shan, "Theoretical Study of Li-Doped sp2−sp3 Hybrid Carbon Network for Hydrogen Storage", J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 15831 (2015).

27. Xiao Liu, Yanwei Wen*, Zhengzheng Chen, Bin Shan, and Rong Chen*, "First-principles study of the sodium adsorption and diffusion on phosphorene", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 17, 16398 (2015).

28. Chaoji Chen, Yanwei Wen(Co-first author), Xianluo Hu,* Xiulei Ji, Mengyu Yan, Liqiang Mai, Pei Hu, Bin Shan & Yunhui Huang, "Na+ intercalation pseudocapacitance in graphene-coupled titanium oxide enabling ultra-fast sodium storage and long-term cycling", Nature Communications 6, 6929 (2015).

Awards:

         2019 The Chinese Society of Rare Earths: Science and Technology Award (Second Prize)

Courses Taught

  Quantum Mechanics for Materials Scientists and Engineers

  Computational Materials Science

       Multiscale Simulation on the Materials

Centers/Programs

  Material Design and Nano-manufacturing Center