General
Chuanyi Wang, Ph.D., Professor, Ph.D. Faculty

Director, Laboratory of Environmental Science and Technology
Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Email: cywang@ms.xjb.ac.cn 
Group Webpage: http://lemst.xjipc.cas.cn/
Telephone: +86 991-3835879 
Fax: +86 991 3838957
Address: 40-1 South Beijing Road, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China 
Postcode: 830011

Research Areas

• Catalysis and photo-/electro-catalysis at nanosized metals and semiconductors including in-situ surface probe studies with focus on applications in photo-/electrochemical energy conversion and environmental remediation
• Eco-materials and environmental chemistry
• Nano-structured materials: synthesis, structural characterization, surface modification and assembly
• Molecular spectroscopy: UV-Vis, Fluorescence, FTIR, micro-Raman, and surface enhanced Raman (SERS)
• Nonlinear laser spectroscopy - sum-frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy including optical instrumentation
• Sol-gel chemistry and soft smart materials

Education

• Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Institute of Photographic Chemistry (now Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 1998

Experience

2010 — Present  Professor, Director of Laboratory of Environmental Science and  Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (“One Hundred Talent Program” Faculty of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
2009 — Present  Visiting Scientist, Tufts University
2008 — 2010  Adjunct Ph.D. Faculty, University of Missouri-Kansas City
2006 — 2008  Research Assistant Professor at University of Missouri-Kansas City
2000 — 2006  Research Associate and Postdoctoral Research Associate in Department of Chemistry, Tufts University (with Prof. Shultz)
1999 — 2000  Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Research Fellow at Free University Berlin and Institute for Solar Energy Research in Germany (with Profs. Bahnemann and Dohrmann)
1994 —1998  Ph.D. Candidate at Chinese Academy of Sciences

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE
Member: (1) International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists; (2) Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society; (3) American Chemical Society 

Editorial Service: (1) Editor Board, Journal of Analytical Sciences, Methods and Instrumentation, 2011 —; 
 (2) Guest Editor, “Eco- and Energy-Driven Inorganic Functional Materials”, Special Issue of Current Inorganic Chemistry, Bentham Science Publishers, 2011; 
 (3) Guest Editor, “Functional Green Nano-materials”, Special Issue of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology-Asia, Bentham Science Publishers, 2012; 
 (4) Guest Editor, "Solar Energy Conversion by Nanostructured TiO2", Special Issue of Inter. J. Photoenergy, 2014;
 (5) Editor Board, Precision Instrument and Mechanology (PIM), 2012 —; 
 (6) Editor Board, Advances in Nano Research, An International Journal, Techno Press, 2013 —; 
 (7) Editor Board, Instrument Science, 2013 —; 
 (8) Editor, Recent Research Developments in Physical Chemistry: Surfaces and Interfaces of Nanostructured Systems, Transworld Research Network, India, 2006 — 2007 

Reviewer: (1) Journal of the American Chemical Society; (2) Journal of Physical Chemistry; (3) Langmuir; (4) New Journal of Chemistry; (5) Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics; (6) Journal of Colloid and Interface Science; (7) Journal of Materials Chemistry; (8) Journal of Solid State Chemistry; (9) Materials Letters; (10) Thin Solid Film; (11) Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical; (12) Catalysis Communications; (13) Journal of Environmental Monitoring; (14) Colloids and Surfaces A;  (15) Powder Technology; (16) Chemical Engineering Journal; (17) Journal of Applied Catalysis, B Environmental.

Honors & Distinctions

•  Rated as “excellent” in the final review of the CAS Hundred Talents Program, 2015
• Committee Member of Photocatalysis, Chinese Photographic Society, 2015
• Tianshan Award of China, 2014
• Elected Committee Member of Photochemistry, Chinese Renewable Energy Society, 2013
• Science and Technology Award of Chinese Materials Research Society, 2nd Prize, 2011
• Faculty Member of “One Hundred Talents Program”, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2010
• Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, 1998
• The Excellent Prize of the President Scholarship of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1998

Publications

Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers or Book Chapters (Cited by others >3000, H-33
1) Li, Yingxuan; Bunes, Benjamin R.; Zang, Ling; Zhao, Jie; Li, Yan; Zhu, Yunqing; Wang, Chuanyi*: Atomic Scale Imaging of Nucleation and Growth Trajectories of an Interfacial Bismuth Nanodroplet, ACS Nano, 2016, 10 (2), 2386–2391
2) Wang, Yun; Zhao, Jie*; Wang, Tianfu; Li, Yingxuan; Li, Xiyou*; Yin, Jiao; Wang, Chuanyi*: CO2 Photoreduction with H2O Vapor on Highly Dispersed CeO2/TiO2 Catalysts: Surface Species and Their Reactivity, J. Catal., 2016, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2015.12.030
3) Chen, Shuai; Slattum, Paul; Wang, Chuanyi*; Zang, Ling*: Self–assembly of Perylene Imide Molecules into 1D Nanostructures: Methods, Morphologies and Applications. Chem. Rev. 2015, 115 (21), 11967–11998.
4) Xin, Xiaoye; Xu, Tao; Yin, Jiao; Wang, Lan;* Wang, Chuanyi*: Management on the Location and Concentration of Ti3+ in Anatase TiO2 for Defects-induced Visible-light Photocatalysis, Appl. Catal. B, 2015, 176? 354-362.
5) Fan, Xiaoyun; Zang, Ling; Zhang, Min; Qiu, Hengshan; Wang, Zhen; Yin, Jiao; Jia, Hanzhong; Pan, Shilie, Wang Chuanyi*:, A Bulk Boron-Based Photocatalyst for Efficient Dechlorination: K3B6O10Br, Chem. Mater., 2014, 26 (10), 3169–3174
6) Li, Yingxuan; Zang, Ling; Li, Yan; Liu, Yun; Liu, Chunyan; Zhang, Ying; He, Hongquan and Wang, Chuanyi*:  Photoinduced Topotactic Growth of Bismuth Nanoparticles from Bulk SrBi2Ta2O9, Chem. Mater., 2013, 25 (10), 2045-2050.
7) Wang, Lan; Zang, Ling; Zhao, Jincai; Wang, Chuanyi*: Green synthesis of shape-defined anatase TiO2 nanocrystals wholly exposed with {001} and {100} facets, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 11736-11738.
8) Jia, Hanzhong; Zhao, Jincai; Fan, Xiaoyun, Wang, Chuanyi*: Photodegradation of Phenanthrene on Cations-Modified Clays under Visible Light, Appl. Catal. B Environ., 2012, 123– 124? 43– 51.
9) Jia, Hanzhong; Wang, Chuanyi*: “Nanosized Zero-Valent Iron (nZVI) by Clay Minerals: Synthesis, Characterization and Water Remediation” in Vol 4 titled "Energy and Environment" of Nanotechnology, Govil J. N. Ed., Chapter 14, pp321-346, Series ISBN 1-62699-000-X, Volume (6) ISBN : 1-62699-006-9, STUDIUM PRESS LLC, 2012.
10) Wang, Chuanyi Ed., Recent Research Developments in Physical Chemistry: Surfaces and Interfaces of Nanostructured Systems, Transworld Research Network, India, 2007. 
11) Wang, Chuan-yi; Groenzin, Henning and Shultz, Mary Jane*: Comparative Study of Acetic Acid, Methanol, and Water Adsorbed on Anatase TiO2 Probed by Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 9736-9744.
12) Wang, Chuan-yi; Groenzin, Henning and Shultz, Mary Jane*: Direct Observation of Competitive Adsorption between Methanol and Water on TiO2: An in-situ Sum-Frequency Generation Study, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 8094-8095.
13) Wang, Chuan-yi; Groenzin, Henning and Shultz, Mary Jane*: Molecular Species on Nano-Particulate Anatase TiO2 Film Detected by Sum Frequency Generation: Trace Hydrocarbons and Hydroxyl Groups, Langmuir, 2003, 19(18): 7330-7334. (Times Cited 101)
14) Wang, Chuan-yi*; Böttcher, Christoph; Bahnemann, Detlef W.* and Dohrmann, Jürgen K. “A Comparative Study of Nanometer Sized Fe(III)-Doped TiO2 Photocatalysts: Synthesis, Characterization and Activity” J. Mater. Chem., 2003, 13(9): 2322-2329. (Times Cited 239)
15) Wang, Chuan-yi; Bahnemann, Detlef W. and Dohrmann, J. K.: Photonic Efficiency and Quantum Yield of Formaldehyde Formation from Methanol in the Presence of Various TiO2 Photocatalysts, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem.  2002, 148, 169-176. (Times Cited 102)
16) Wang, Chuan-yi and Liu, Chun-yan: Supported Metal Clusters in Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science, Hubbard, Arthur and Barbara, Santa Eds, Marcel Dekker, NY, p4581-4601, April, 2002.
17) Wang, Chuan-yi; Bahnemann, Detlef W. and Dohrmann, J. K.: A Novel Preparation of Iron-Doped TiO2 Nanoparticles with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity, Chem. Commun. 2000, 1539-1540. (Times Cited 159)

Research Interests

• Catalysis and photo-/electro-catalysis at nanosized metals and semiconductors including in-situ surface probe studies with focus on applications in photo-/electrochemical energy conversion and environmental remediation
• Eco-materials and environmental chemistry
• Nano-structured materials: synthesis, structural characterization, surface modification and assembly
• Molecular spectroscopy: UV-Vis, Fluorescence, FTIR, micro-Raman, and surface enhanced Raman (SERS)
• Nonlinear laser spectroscopy - sum-frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy including optical instrumentation
• Sol-gel chemistry and soft smart materials

Conferences

ChinaNano 2015 (The 6th International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology), Beijing, China, Sept. 3-5, 201531st

International Conference of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, June 22-26, 2015

11th International Conference on Ceramic Materials and Components for Energy and Environmental Applications, Vancouver, Canada, June 15-19, 2015

IWA Nano & Water Regional Conference, Dalian, China, May 20-22, 2015

China-US Symposium on Environmental Science and Technology, Urumqi, China, July 1-3, 2013

13th National Conference on Solar Energy Photochemistry & Photocatalysis, Wuhan, China, Oct. 26-28, 2012

13th National Symposium on Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Taiyuan, China, July, 20-25, 2011 


Collaboration

Prof. Detlef Bahnemann, Hannover University, Germany
Prof. Mary Jane Shultz, Tufts University, USA
Prof. Ling Zang, Utah University, USA
Prof. Jincai Zhao, Institute of Chemistry, CAS
Prof. Chunyan Liu, Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, CAS
Prof. Aimin Li, Nanjing University, China
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