Name: YUAN Kai 

Gender: male

Job title: professor

Email Address: kai.yuan@ncu.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience ：

2006-2010: Nanchang University, Bachelor degree

2010-2013: Nanchang University, Master degree

2013-2016: Nanchang University, doctoral degree

2014-2017: University of Wuppertal, Germany, PhD degree (Summa Cum Laude)

2017--- present: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Professor

Teaching：

Research fields:

Graphene, porous polymers, 2D materials, and carbon nanomaterials as well as corresponding hybrids for energy-related applications, for example, supercapacitors, zinc-air batteries, fuel cells, and electrocatalysis.

Research projects：

Natural Science Foundation of China (52573228，52373187，52073137, 21704038, 51763018)

Awards and Honors：

National Youth Top-notch Talent Support Program of China

National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents

“Double Thousand Plan” Science and Technology Innovation High-End Talent Project of Jiangxi Province

The second prize of natural science from Chinese Ministry of Education

The second prize of teaching achievement in Jiangxi province

Representative papers and patents：

1.Liansheng Lan, Yonggan Wu, Yangfan Pei, Yuanhao Wei, Ting Hu, Dirk Lützenkirchen-Hecht, Kai Yuan*, Yiwang Chen*, High-Density Accessible Iron Single-Atom Catalyst for Durable and Temperature-Adaptive Laminated Zinc-Air Batteries, Adv. Mater., 2025, 37(11), 2417711.

2.Mingtao Huang, Qiao Gu, Yonggan Wu, Yuanhao Wei, Yangfan Pei, Ting Hu, Dirk Lützenkirchen-Hecht, Kai Yuan*, Yiwang Chen*, Linkage Microenvironment and Oxygen Electroreduction Reaction Performance Correlationship of Iron Phthalocyanine‐based Polymers, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202501506. (Hot Paper)

3.Yonggan Wu, Yuqin Zhang, Liansheng Lan, Ting Hu, Shaobin Tang,* Dirk Lützenkirchen-Hecht, Kai Yuan,* and Yiwang Chen*, Engineering Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer to Break Activity-Stability Trade-off of Oxygen Electroreduction Catalysts for Temperature-Adaptive Zn-Air Battery, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202502019. (Hot Paper)

4.Bing Wu, Haolan Yang, Longbin Li, Xiannong Tang, Yonggan Wu, Bingyu Huang, Dirk Lützenkirchen-Hecht, Ming Qiu, Kai Yuan*, Yiwang Chen*, Integrating PtCo Intermetallic with Highly Graphitized Carbon towards Durable Oxygen Electroreduction in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Adv. Mater., 2025, 37(12), 2500096.

5.Bing Wu, Guanping Wei, Peipei Zhu, Qiang Huang, Kai Yuan,* Longbin Li,* and Yiwang Chen*, Unlocking Dual-Pathway Low-Potential Aldehyde Oxidation on Chromium-Doped Copper Catalysts, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2026, 65, e202525384.

6.Bingyu Huang, Qiao Gu, Xiannong Tang, Dirk Lützenkirchen-Hecht, Kai Yuan*, and Yiwang Chen*, Experimentally Validating Sabatier Plot by Molecular Level Microenvironment Customization for Oxygen Electroreduction, Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 6077.

7.Longbin Li, Xiannong Tang, Bing Wu, Bingyu Huang, Kai Yuan*, and Yiwang Chen*, Advanced Architectures of Air Electrodes in Zinc–Air Batteries and Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Adv. Mater., 2024, 36, 2308326.

8.Kai Yuan*, Dirk Lützenkirchen-Hecht, Longbin Li, Ling Shuai, Yizhe Li, Rui Cao, Ming Qiu*, Xiaodong Zhuang*, Michael K.H. Leung, Yiwang Chen*, and Ullrich Scherf. Boosting Oxygen Reduction of Single Iron Active Sites via Geometric and Electronic Engineering: Nitrogen and Phosphorus Dual Coordination. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 2404-2412. (ESI Hot Paper)

9.Mengke Peng, Xiannong Tang, Kang Xiao, Ting Hu, Kai Yuan,* Yiwang Chen*, Polycation-Regulated Electrolyte and Interfacial Electric Fields for Stable Zinc Metal Batteries, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62(27), e202302701. (ESI Hot Paper)

10.Bingyu Huang, Xiannong Tang, Yaoshuai Hong, Longbin Li, Ting Hu, Kai Yuan,* and Yiwang Chen* Electron-Donors/Acceptors Interaction Enhancing Electrocatalytic Activity of Metal Organic Polymers for Oxygen Reduction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62(33), e202306667.

11.Longbin Li, Xiannong Tang, Senhe Huang, Chenbao Lu, Dirk Lützenkirchen-Hecht, Kai Yuan,* Xiaodong Zhuang,* and Yiwang Chen*, Longitudinally Grafting of Graphene with Iron Phthalocyanine-based Porous Organic Polymer to Boost Oxygen Electroreduction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62(22), e202301642.

12.Xiannong Tang, Yuanhao Wei, Weijuan Zhai, Yonggan Wu, Ting Hu, Kai Yuan*, Yiwang Chen*, Carbon Nanocage with Maximum Utilization of Atomically Dispersed Iron as Efficient Oxygen Electroreduction Nanoreactor, Adv. Mater., 2023, 35, 2208942.

13.Li Wang, Mengke Peng, Jierui Chen, Ting Hu, Kai Yuan*, and Yiwang Chen*, Eliminating Micropore Confinement Effect of Carbonaceous Electrode for Promoting Zn-Ion Storage Capability, Adv. Mater., 2022, 34, 2203744.

14.Longbin Li, Kai Yuan*, and Yiwang Chen*, Breaking the Scaling Relationship Limit: From Single-Atom to Dual-Atom Catalysts, Acc. Mater. Res., 2022, 3(6), 584-596.

15.Kai Yuan, Xiaodong Zhuang, Haiyan Fu, Gunther Brunklaus, Michael Forster, Yiwang Chen, Xinliang Feng* and Ullrich Scherf*. Two-Dimensional Core-Shelled Porous Hybrids as Highly Efficient Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 6858-6863.

16.Kai Yuan, Yazhou Xu, Johannes Uihlein, Gunther Brunklaus, Lei Shi, Ralf Heiderhoff, Mingming Que, Michael Forster, Thomas Chassé, Thomas Pichler, Thomas Riedl, Yiwang Chen*, and Ullrich Scherf*. Straightforward Generation of Pillared, Microporous Graphene Frameworks for Use in Supercapacitors. Adv. Mater., 2015, 27, 6714-6721.