Chen, Yuan - University of Sydney - School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

个人简介

Professor Yuan Chen received a bachelor’s degree from Tsinghua University and a Ph.D. from Yale University. He joined the University of Sydney in 2015. His research focuses on carbon materials and their sustainable energy and environmental applications, including supercapacitors, batteries, electrocatalysts, membranes, and antibacterial coatings. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) and Royal Australian Chemical Institute. He received the Australian Research Council Professorial Future Fellowship in 2016, an Excellence in Review Award from Carbon in 2015, a Young Scientist Award from the Singapore National Academy of Science in 2011. He is currently serving as an editor for Carbon (Elsevier) and Journal of Alloys and Compounds. He also serves as Chair for Australian Carbon Society and Asian Association of Carbon Groups since August 2017. Awards and honours Finalist for Supervisor of the Year, Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association, 2018 Distinguished Expert, Tianjin City, China, 2018 Professorial Future Fellowship, Australian Research Council, 2016 Excellence in Review Awards, Carbon (Elsevier), 2015 Koh Boon Hwee Inspirational Teaching Award, Nanyang Technological University, 2014 Singapore Young Scientist Award, Singapore National Academy of Science, 2011 Tan Chin Tuan Fellowship in Engineering, Tan Chin Tuan Foundation, 2010 New Scientific Exchange Programme Award, Japan Society of the Promotion of Science, 2009 National Nanotechnology Initiative Scholarship, Oak Ridge National Lab, 2005 Mary and William Samuels Fellowship, Yale University, 2001-2002 1st Prize for Bachelor of Engineering Thesis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2000

研究领域

Professor Yuan Chen’s research aims to translate the superior properties of carbon nanomaterials into applications that will ensure a sustainable future for humankind. “Throughout history, the materials we have used have largely defined our quality of life – from stone, bronze and iron to metal alloys, silicon and plastics. “Over the past 20 years, carbon nanomaterials have been discovered to possess many fascinating properties that differ significantly from other materials. For example, a tiny, single-walled carbon nanotube with a diameter of less than one ten-thousandth of human hair has electrical conductivity more than 1000 times greater than that of copper, while a two-dimensional atomic-scale layer of graphene is the strongest material ever tested. “As a chemical engineer, I want to develop scalable chemical processes to translate these properties into practical applications with minimal environmental and health risks. “One particularly exciting example is the development of a new generation of wearable devices. We already have clothing and accessories – from wristbands and glasses to implanted devices – that incorporate computer and advanced electronic techniques designed to augment our natural abilities to adapt to and control our environment, and such technology is undergoing rapid development. “My research aims to find efficient energy solutions for such wearable devices. This will lead to applications such as clothing that can power medical devices for people with particular health conditions; space-saving power sources and energy storage for medical implants; and communications devices for soldiers in the field. “I am also working on controlling the structure of single-walled carbon nanotubes for a new generation of smaller and faster electronics; creating novel carbon nanomaterial-based antibacterial materials for medical applications and water treatment; synthesising carbon catalysts for efficient energy conversion; and designing carbon sorption materials for solid-phase extraction of valuable products in renewable biofuels.

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Pei, Z., Yuan, Z., Wang, C., Zhao, S., Fei, J., Wei, L., Chen, J., Wang, C., Qi, R., Liu, Z., Chen, Y. (2020). A Flexible Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery with Excellent Low-Temperature Adaptability. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 59(12), 4793-4799. [More Information] Bianco, A., Chen, Y., Frackowiak, E., Holzinger, M., Koratkar, N., Meunier, V., Mikhailovsky, S., Strano, M., Tascon, J., Terrones, M. (2020). Carbon science perspective in 2020: Current research and future challenges. Carbon, 161, 373-391. [More Information] Luo, Y., Liang, W., Ma, W., Wang, P., Zhu, T., Xue, S., Yuan, Z., Gao, H., Chen, Y., Wang, Y. (2020). Cardanol-derived cationic surfactants enabling the superior antibacterial activity of single-walled carbon nanotubes. Nanotechnology, 31(26), 1-12. [More Information] Chen, J., Li, H., Pei, Z., Huang, Q., Yuan, Z., Wang, C., Liao, X., Henkelman, G., Chen, Y., Wei, L. (2020). Catalytic activity atlas of ternary Co-Fe-V metal oxides for the oxygen evolution reaction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8(31), 15951-15961. [More Information] Afroze, J., Abden, M., Yuan, Z., Wang, C., Wei, L., Chen, Y., Tong, L. (2020). Core-shell structured graphene aerogels with multifunctional mechanical, thermal and electromechanical properties. Carbon, 162, 365-374. [More Information] Wang, C., Zhai, S., Yuan, Z., Chen, J., Yu, Z., Pei, Z., Liu, F., Li, X., Wei, L., Chen, Y. (2020). Drying graphene hydrogel fibers for capacitive energy storage. Carbon, 164, 100-110. [More Information] Yan, S., Yu, Z., Liu, C., Yuan, Z., Wang, C., Chen, J., Wei, L., Chen, Y. (2020). Dual-Template Pore Engineering of Whey Powder-Derived Carbon as an Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction Electrocatalyst for Primary Zinc-Air Battery. Chemistry: An Asian Journal, 15(12), 1881-1889. [More Information] Dinh, K., Sun, Y., Pei, Z., Yuan, Z., Suwardi, A., Huang, Q., Liao, X., Wang, Z., Chen, Y., Yan, Q. (2020). Electronic Modulation of Nickel Disulfide toward Efficient Water Electrolysis. Small, 16(17), 1905885. [More Information] Sui, X., Yuan, Z., Liu, C., Wei, L., Xu, M., Liu, F., Montoya, A., Goh, K., Chen, Y. (2020). Graphene oxide laminates intercalated with 2D covalent-organic frameworks as a robust nanofiltration membrane. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8(19), 9713-9725. [More Information] Riaz, M., Yuan, Z., Mahmood, A., Liu, F., Sui, X., Chen, J., Huang, Q., Liao, X., Wei, L., Chen, Y. (2020). Hierarchically porous carbon nanofibers embedded with cobalt nanoparticles for efficient H2O2 detection on multiple sensor platforms. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 319, 128243. [More Information] Akther, N., Yuan, Z., Chen, Y., Lim, S., Phuntsho, S., Ghaffour, N., Matsuyama, H., Shon, H. (2020). Influence of graphene oxide lateral size on the properties and performances of forward osmosis membrane. Desalination, 484, 1-11. [More Information] Zhu, L., Wang, L., Zhang, X., Li, T., Wang, Y., Riaz, M., Sui, X., Yuan, Z., Chen, Y. (2020). Interfacial engineering of graphenic carbon electrodes by antimicrobial polyhexamethylene guanidine hydrochloride for ultrasensitive bacterial detection. Carbon, 159, 185-194. [More Information] Gaulke, M., Janissek, A., Peyyety, N., Alamgir, I., Riaz, A., Dehm, S., Li, H., Lemmer, U., Flavel, B., Kappes, M., Wei, L., Chen, Y., et al (2020). Low-Temperature Electroluminescence Excitation Mapping of Excitons and Trions in Short-Channel Monochiral Carbon Nanotube Devices. ACS Nano, 14(3), 2709-2717. [More Information] Velio?lu, S., Karahan, H., Goh, K., Bae, T., Chen, Y., Chew, J. (2020). Metallicity-Dependent Ultrafast Water Transport in Carbon Nanotubes. Small, 16(25), 1907575. [More Information] Karahan, H., Goh, K., Zhang, C., Yang, E., Y?ld?r?m, C., Chuah, C., Ahunbay, M., Lee, J., Tantekin-Ersolmaz, B., Chen, Y., et al (2020). MXene Materials for Designing Advanced Separation Membranes. Advanced Materials, 32(29), 1906697. [More Information] Liu, J., Xiao, S., Zhang, Z., Chen, Y., Xiang, Y., Liu, X., Chen, J., Chen, P. (2020). Naturally derived honeycomb-like N,S-codoped hierarchical porous carbon with MS2 (M = Co, Ni) decoration for high-performance Li-S battery. Nanoscale, 12(8), 5114-5124. [More Information] Yuan, Z., Yu, Y., Wei, L., Sui, X., She, Q., Chen, Y. (2020). Pressure-retarded membrane distillation for simultaneous hypersaline brine desalination and low-grade heat harvesting. Journal of Membrane Science, 597, 117765. [More Information] Chen, J., Wei, L., Mahmood, A., Pei, Z., Zhou, Z., Chen, X., Chen, Y. (2020). Prussian blue, its analogues and their derived materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion. Energy Storage Materials, 25, 585-612. [More Information] Wang, H., Gu, G., Zhu, S., Yang, L., Chen, Y. (2020). Synthesis of (9,8) single-walled carbon nanotubes on CoSO4/SiO2 catalysts: The effect of Co mass loadings. Carbon, 169, 288-296. [More Information] Dinh, K., Pei, Z., Yuan, Z., Hoang, V., Wei, L., Huang, Q., Liao, X., Liu, C., Chen, Y., Yan, Q. (2020). The on-demand engineering of metal-doped porous carbon nanofibers as efficient bifunctional oxygen catalysts for high-performance flexible Zn-air batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8(15), 7297-7308. [More Information] Wei, L., Li, H., Chen, J., Yuan, Z., Huang, Q., Liao, X., Henkelman, G., Chen, Y. (2020). Thiocyanate-Modified Silver Nanofoam for Efficient CO2 Reduction to CO. ACS Catalysis, 10(2), 1444-1453. [More Information]