Hong Yang

Richard C. Alkire Chair and Professor

(217) 244-6730

hy66@illinois.edu

206 Roger Adams Laboratory

Uses material chemistry approaches to the design of nanostructures for energy and biological applications.

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Biography

Hong Yang is the Richard C. Alkire Professor of Chemical Engineering. Dr. Yang is recognized for his work in nanotechnology, especially nanomaterials of well-defined structure and composition. He is particularly interested in the design and synthesis of bi- and multi-metallic nanostructures, which are evaluated for a range of catalytic applications, including fuel cell and water splitting. An elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and recipient of NSF CAREER Award, Dr. Yang is a section editor on Nanotechnology for the Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering and he serves on the editorial board of Nano Today and other journals. He joined the department in 2012. Dr. Yang received his BS from Tsinghua University, his MS from the University of Victoria and PhD from the University of Toronto. His postdoctoral work was at Harvard University. Prior to joining the Illinois faculty, he was a faculty member at the University of Rochester.

Education

Postdoctorate, Harvard University, 1998-2001
Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1998
M. S., University of Victoria, 1994
B.S., Tsinghua University, 1989

Journal Editorships

Science Advances (AAAS), Associate Editor, 2020-
Frontiers in Energy (Springer/CAS), Editorial Board Member and Section Editor, 2016-
Energy Material Advances (AAAS/BIT), Editorial Board Member, 2020-
Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering (Elsevier), Section Co-Editor, Editorial Board Member, 2012-
ChemNanoMat (Wiley-VCH), Editorial Board Member, 2014-2022; International Advisory Board Member, 2023-
Nano Today (Elsevier), Editorial Board Member, 2009-
Advanced Materials (Wiley-VCH), Guest Editor, 2007
Accounts of Chemical Research (ACS), Guest Editor, 2013
ChemSusChem (Wiley-VCH), Guest Editor, 2013

Research Interests

Nanomaterials for Energy and Biotechnology, Electrocatalysis

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Chapters in Books

J. B. Wu and H. Yang, Chemical Synthesis of Nanoscale Heterogeneous Catalysts in Heterogeneous Catalysis at the Nanoscale for Energy Applications, Franklin Tao, William F. Schneider, Prashant Kamat (Eds), Wiley, Weinheim, Germany, 2014, Ch 2, (in print).
Z. M. Peng, S. C. Yang, and H. Yang, Approaches to the Synthesis and Characterization of Spherical and Anisotropic Platinum Nanomaterials in Metallic Nanomaterials (Volume 1-Nanomaterials for Life Sciences), Challa S. S. R. Kumar (Ed), Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH&Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany, 2009, Ch 10, pp 357-402. [ISBN: 978-3-527-32151-3]
H. Yang, X. W. Teng, S. Maksimuk, Multipods and dendritic nanoparticles of platinum: colloidal synthesis and electrocatalytic property in Metal Nanoclusters in Catalysis and Materials Science: the Issue of Size Control. Part II: Methodologies, Benedetto Corain, Gunter Schmid, Naoki Toshima (Eds.), Elsevier B. V., Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2008, Ch 17, pp 307-320. [ISBN: 978-0-444-53057-8]

Selected Articles in Journals

X. Yin, X. H. Liu, Y.-T. Pan, K. Walsh, H. Yang, Hanoi Tower-like multilayered ultrathin palladium nanosheets, Nano Lett., 2014, 14,ASAP article.
J. M. Kim, X. Yin, K.-C. Tsao, S. H. Fang, H. Yang, A2B2O5 as Oxygen deficient perovskite electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 14646-14649.
X. Yin, S. A. Warren, Y.-T. Pan, K.-C. Tsao, D. L. Gray, J. Bertke, H. Yang, A motif for infinite metal atom wires, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, published online. (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201408461)
Y.-T. Pan,† X. Yin,† K. S. Kwok, H. Yang, Higher-ordered nanostructures of flexible palladium two-dimensional nanosheets for fast hydrogen sensing, Nano Lett., 2014, 14, 5953-5959.
J. Wu, S. C. Yang, H. Yang, Facet-controlled metal alloy electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction: Unconventional post treatment of Pt3Ni octahedral catalysts for enhanced activity, ECS Transactions, 2014, 61(31), 25-34.
Q. Du, J. B. Wu, H. Yang, Pt@Nb-TiO2 Catalyst Membranes Fabricated by Electrospinning and Atomic Layer Deposition, ACS Catalysis, 2014, 4, 144-151.
H. Yang, Y D. Yin, Shaping nanoparticles for applications in energy conversion and storage, ChemSusChem, 2013, 6, 1781-1783.
Y. N. Xia, H. Yang, C. Campbell, Nanoparticles for Catalysis, Acc. Chem. Res., 2013, 46, 1671-1672.
J. B. Wu, H. Yang, Platinum-Based Oxygen Reduction Catalysts, Acc. Chem. Res., 2013, 46, 1848–1857.
W. Zhou, J. B. Wu, H. Yang, Highly uniform platinum icosahedra made by the hot injection-assisted GRAILS method, Nano Letters, 2013, 13, 2870–2874.
J. B. Wu, S. Miao, H. Yang, Enhanced oxidation reduction stability of (111) surface dominant Pt3Ni@Pt3Pd core-shell nanoparticle catalysts, ChemSusChem, 2013, 6, 1888-1892.
Q. Du, D. R. Harding, H. Yang, Twisted peanut-shaped poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) ribbons generated by electrospinning, Polymer, 2013, 54, 6752-6759.
S. Y. Lyu, C. L. Huang, H. Yang, X. P. Zhang, Electrospun fibers as a scaffolding platform for bone tissue repair, Journal of Orthopedic Research, 2013, 31, 1382-1389.
H. J. You, S. C. Yang, B. J. Ding, H. Yang, Synthesis of colloidal metal and metal alloy nanoparticles for electrochemical energy applications, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 2880 - 2904.
J. B. Wu, P. P. Li, Y.-T. Pan, S. Warren, X. Yin, H. Yang, Surface lattice-engineered bimetallic nanoparticles and their catalytic properties, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 8066-8074.
J. B. Wu, L. Qi, H. J. You, A. Gross, J. Li, H. Yang, Icosahedral platinum alloy nanocrystals with enhanced electrocatalytic activities, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 11880-11883.
J. B. Wu, H. Yang, Study of durability of faceted Pt3Ni oxygen reduction electrocatalysts, ChemCatChem, 2012, 4, 1572-1577.
M. Shi, H. S. Kwon, Z. M. Peng, A. Elder, H. Yang, Effects of surface chemistry on the generation of reactive oxygen species by copper nanoparticles, ACS Nano, 2012, 6, 2157-2164.
H. J. You, Z. M. Peng, J. B. Wu, H. Yang, Lattice contracted AgPt nanoparticles, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 12595-12597.
J. B. Wu, A. Gross, H. Yang, Shape and composition controlled platinum alloy nanocrystals using carbon monoxide as reducing agent, Nano Lett., 2011, 11, 798-802.
X. J. Liu, V. Barnes, H. Yang, H. Malmstrom, Y. F. Ren, Effects of dentin tubule occlusion by dentifrice containing a PVM/MA bioadhesive copolymer in a silica base, Journal of Dentistry, 2011, 39, 293-301.
H. Yang, Core-shell and related multifunctional nanostructures of platinum-based electrocatalysts, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2011, 50, 2674-2676.
C. L. Miao, R. Shen, M. M. Wang, S. N. Shafrir, H. Yang, S. D. Jacobs, Rheology of aqueous magnetorheological fluid using dual oxide coated carbonyl iron particles, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 2011, 94, 2386-2392.
Z. M. Peng, H. J. You, H. Yang, An electrochemical approach to PtAg alloy nanostructures rich in Pt at the surface, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2010, 20, 3734-3741.
Y. Q. Liu, X. P. Zhang, Y. N. Xia, H. Yang, Magnetic field-assisted electrospinning of aligned straight and wavy polymeric nanofibers, Adv. Mater., 2010, 22, 2454-245.
Z. M. Peng,† H. J. You,† J. B. Wu, H. Yang, Electrochemical synthesis and catalytic property of sub-10 nm platinum cubic nanoboxes, Nano Lett., 2010, 10, 1492-1496.
J. B. Wu, J. L. Zhang, Z. M. Peng, S. C. Yang, F. T. Wagner, H. Yang, Truncated octahedral Pt3Ni ORR electrocatalysts, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 4984-4985.
Z. M. Peng,† H. J. You,† H. Yang, Composition-dependent formation of platinum silver nanowires, ACS Nano, 2010, 4, 1501-1510.
Z. M. Peng, J. B. Wu, H. Yang, Synthesis and oxygen reduction electrocatalytic property of platinum hollow and platinum-on-silver nanoparticles, Mater. Chem. 2010, 22, 1098-1106.
Z. M. Peng, H. Yang, Designer platinum nanoparticles: Shape, composition in alloys, nanostructure and electrocatalytic property, Nano Today, 2009, 4(2), 143-164.
Z. M. Peng, H. Yang, PtAu Bimetallic Heteronanostructures made by post-synthesis modifications of Pt-on-Au nanoparticles, Nano Res., 2009, 2, 406-415.
Z. M. Peng, and Hong Yang, Synthesis and oxygen-reduction electrocatalytic property of Pt-on-Pd bimetallic heteronanostructures, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 7542-7543.

Honors

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2015
Richard C. Alkire Professor in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, 2014
Most Cited Article published in Nano Today (Elsevier, 2013 IF: 18.432) for the past five years (2009-2014), access to the journal website in 2014
Alumni Commencement Speaker, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 2014
Visiting Chair Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 2013
Invited Guest Editor, Accounts of Chemical Research, Special Issue: Nanoparticles for Catalysis, 2013
Invited Guest Editor, ChemSusChem, Special Issue: Shaping Nanostructures for Applications in Energy Conversion and Storage, 2013
Technology Development Fund (TDF) Award, University of Rochester, 2011
Invited Guest Editor, Advanced Materials, 2007
CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2005
New Investigator Award, Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society, 2005
NSERC Canada Doctoral Prize, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 1999
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 1998-2000
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Ontario Government, 1996 & 1997
Open Doctoral Fellowship, University of Toronto, 1995
Connaught Scholarship, University of Toronto, 1994

Other Honors

Most Cited Article published in Nano Today (Elsevier, 2013 IF: 18.432) for the past five years (2009-2014), access to the journal website in 2014.
Alumni Commencement Speaker, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 2014.
Visiting Chair Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 2013
Invited Guest Editor, Accounts of Chemical Research, Special Issue: Nanoparticles for Catalysis, 2013
Invited Guest Editor, ChemSusChem, Special Issue: Shaping Nanostructures for Applications in Energy Conversion and Storage, 2013
TengFei Guest Professorship, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2010-2012
Technology Development Fund (TDF) Award, University of Rochester, 2011
Invited Guest Editor, Advanced Materials, 2007
CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2005
ACS PRF Starter Award, American Chemical Society, 2005
NSERC Canada Doctoral Prize, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 1999
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 1998-2000
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Ontario Government, 1997
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Ontario Government, 1996
Open Doctoral Fellowship, University of Toronto, 1995
Connaught Scholarship, University of Toronto, 1994