EDUCATION
2015.8-2015.12 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Visiting Student
2012.8-2017.7 Tsinghua University Ph. D.
2008.8-2012.7 University of Science & Technology of China B. S.
EMPLOYMENT
2024.08-now Renmin University of China, Associate Professor
2019.08-2024.07 Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor
2017.07-2019.07 Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Professor
ADDITIONAL ROLE
Green Energy & Environment, Young Editorial Board Member
ChemElectroChem, Early Career Advisory Board Member
Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, Associate Editor
Chinese Journal of Process Engineering, Young Editorial Board Member
Youth Working Committee of the Chinese Institution of Chemical Engineers, Alternate Member
FUNDING PROJECT
(1) 2023-2026, General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Study on the Mechanism of Controllable Transport of Nano-confined Ionic Liquids and Enhanced Energy Harvesting
(2) 2024-2025, Beijing Nova Program Interdisciplinary Cooperation Project, Research on Wafer-scale Growth of Two-dimensional Alloy Materials and Fabrication of Transistor Arrays
(3) 2023-2024, Beijing Nova Program, Research on Integrated Technology of CO2 Separation and Conversion Enhanced by Confined Ionic Liquids
(4) 2024-2025, Youth Scientist Project of Henan Provincial Science and Technology Department, Construction of Ionic Liquid Interfaces for Green Chemical Engineering
(5) 2021-2024, General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Research on the Regulation of Nano-microstructure and Mass Transfer Mechanism at the Electrode Interface of Ionic Liquids
(6) 2018-2020, National Natural Science Foundation of China Young Scientists Fund, Research on the Structure, Properties, and Mass Transfer Mechanism of Ionic Liquids in Two-dimensional Nanochannel Networks
HONORS
2024, Renmin University of China Young Talent
2024, I&EC Research 2024 Class of Influential Researchers
2022, Beijing Nova Program - Innovation Nova
2022, Emerging Scholar Award, Ionic Liquids Professional Committee of the Chinese Institution of Chemical Engineers
2021, Member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2019, "Young Talent Support" Program, China Association for Science and Technology
2017, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, Tsinghua University
2012, Outstanding Graduate, University of Science and Technology of China
OFFERED COURSES
Advanced Physical Chemistry (Graduate Course)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
(1) Micro-Nano Scale Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics and Computational Nanofluidics
(2) High-throughput Screening and Design of Nanoconfined Materials Based on Machine Learning
(3) Novel Processes Enhanced by Nano-confinement, Including Gas Separation and Moisture-driven Electricity Generation
PUBULICATIONS
Selected Publications:
1. Fluorine domains induced ultrahigh nitrogen solubility in ionic liquids. K Li, Y Wang*, C Wang, F Huo, S Zhang*, H He*, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146, 37, 25569, 2024. (Front Cover)
2. Nanofluid-guided Janus membrane for high-efficiency electricity generation from water evaporation, Y Han, Y Wang*, M Wang, H Dong, Y Nie, S Zhang*, H He*, Advanced Materials, 36: 2312209, 2024.
3. Diurnal humidity cycle driven selective ion transport across clustered polycation membrane，Y Zhao, J Liu, G Lu, J Zhang, L Wan, S Peng, C Li*, Y Wang*, M Wang, H He, J H Xin*, Y Ding, S Zheng*, Nature Communications, 15, 7161, 2024.
4. Water-induced strong isotropic MXene-bridged graphene sheets for electrochemical energy storage, J Yang#, M Li#, S Fang#, Y Wang#, H He, C Wang, Z Zhang, B Yuan, L Jiang, R. H. Baughman* and Q Cheng*, Science, 383 (6684), 771-777, 2024.
5. Bio-inspired Polyionic Membrane for Long-lasting and Repeatable Electricity Harvesting from Moisture, M Wang, Y Wang*, Y Han, H Dong, F Huo, H He*, Nano Energy, 123, 109376, 2024.
6. Preparation of two-dimensional nanoconfined ionic liquid membrane and its molecular mechanism of CO2 separation. H Dong, X Yuan, Y Wang*, Y Lu, H He*. Chemical Engineering Science, 283, 119393, 2023.
7. Revealing the wetting mechanism of Li+-doped ionic liquids on the TiO2 surface, C Wang, G Liu, R Cao, Y Xia, Y Wang*, Y Nie, C Yang, H He*, Chemical Engineering Science, 265, 118211, 2023.
8. Continuous energy harvesting from ubiquitous humidity gradients using liquid-infused nanofluidics, S Zheng*, J Tang, D Lv, M Wang, X Yang, C Hou, B Yi, G Lu, R Hao, M Wang, Y Wang*, H He, X Yao*, Advanced Materials, 34(4), 2106410, 2022.
9. Insights into ionic liquids: From Z-bonds to quasi-liquids, Y Wang#, H He#,*, C Wang, Y Lu, K Dong, F Huo, S Zhang*, JACS Au, 2(3), 543-561, 2022.
10. Entropy driving highly selective CO2 separation in nanoconfined ionic liquids, C Wang, Y Wang*, J Liu, M Wang, Z Gan, H He*, Chemical Engineering Journal, 440, 135918, 2022.
11. Manipulating mechanism of the electrokinetic flow of ionic liquids confined in silica nanochannel, J Qin, Y Wang*, Z Gan, W Ma, F Huo, Y Nie, C Yang, H He*, Chemical Engineering Science, 260, 117913, 2022.
12. Abnormal enhanced free ions of ionic liquids confined in carbon nanochannels, M Wang, Y Wang*, C Wang, Z Gan, F Huo, H He*, S Zhang*, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 12(26), 6078-6084, 2021.
13. Reconstructing vanadium oxide with anisotropic pathways for a durable and fast aqueous K-ion battery, G Liang, Z Gan, X Wang, X Jin, B Xiong, X Zhang, S Chen, Y Wang*, H He*, C Zhi*, ACS Nano, 15(11), 17717–17728, 2021.
14. Molecular thermodynamic understanding of transport behavior of CO2 at the ionic liquids-electrode interface, Y Wang, C Qian, F Huo, B Xu, H He*, S Zhang*, AIChE J., 67(3), e17060, 2020.
