Yang Cheng

Dr. Yang has undertaken more than 40 scientific research projects, including projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Ministry of Science and Technology Talent Plan, Guangdong Science and Technology Department, Hunan Development and Reform Commission and Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission.

2007 Department of Chemistry, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, PhD

2002 School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, BSc

2011-present Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor

2011 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Visiting Research Faculty

2007-2011 Department of Chemistry & Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Research Associate

Scientific Reports Journal associate board member

IEEE-ICEPT technical board member, co-chair

Referee for more than 30 peer-review journals e.g. Nat. Electronics, Nat. Commun., Joule, Adv. Mater., Energy & Environ. Sci.

Electronic Devices and Packaging, Electronic Packaging and Thermal Management Technology,  Economics for Energy , Laboratory Safety Tutorial

Nanomaterials polymorph regulation, advanced energy materials, advanced electronic materials

Prof. Cheng Yang's research group focuses on the methodology studies of manipulating functional nanostructures under non-equilibrium thermodynamics conditions, which shed light on the innovations of metal anodes for batteries, electrocatalytic electrodes, sensors, and device packages etc.

Prof. Cheng Yang has been dedicated in developing experimental platforms and related theories, and successfully realized functional nanostructures e.g. fractal dendrites (Nat. Commun. 2015; Adv. Mater. 2023),nanowire arrays (Adv. Mater. 2016; Nat. Commun. 2023), “snake-cage” structured lithium dendrite structure (Nat. Commun. 2018), “nanothorn” structure of metal alloys (Energy Environ. Sci. 2021; Adv. Mater. 2023) and “nanocone” structures of metal alloys (Energy Environ. Sci. 2014, Adv. Mater. 2021),

, which show superior performance and great promise in various applications including bezel-free touch panels, water splitting electrodes, electrochromic devices, biosensors, and miniaturized energy storage/harvest devices.

At present, he has published more than 100 professional papers, cited for over 7000 times by others, filed more than 50 invention patents granted by China and the United States, and achieved technology transfer for 6 projects. He has won the China Invention and Innovation Award (1st prize, ranked first), China Industry-University Research Cooperation and Innovation Award (2nd prize, ranked second ), High-end Expert Award Plan of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Guangdong Science Fund for Outstanding Youth, Guangdong Youth Science and Technology Award, Tsinghua University New Scientist Award and other honors.

Zhu H.; Yang C.* et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, accepted

Jia Z.; Yang C.* et al. Nature Communications, 2024, accepted

Liu M.; Yang C.* et al. Nature Communications, 2024, accepted

Qian S.; Yang C.* et al. Advanced Materials, 2024, doi.org/10.1002/adma.202313456

Yao R.; Yang C.* et al. Energy & Environmental Science, 2024, doi.org/10.1039/D3EE04320G

Wang J.; Yang C.* et al. Advanced Materials, 2024, 36, 2307925 (featured as front cover)

Zhao S.; Yang C.* et al. InfoMat, 2024, e12552

Peng L.; Yang C.* et al. Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 5734

Chen C.; Yang C.* et al. Advanced Science, 2023, 10, 2304352

Qian L.; Yang C.* et al. Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 33, 2301118

Wang F.; Yang C.* et al. Advanced Materials, 2023, 35, 2210038 (featured as frontispiece)

Zhang Z.; Yang C.* et al. Small, 2023,19, 2300747

Zhu H.; Yang C.* et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2022,62, e202212439

Liang C.; Yang C.* et al. Small, 2022, 18, 2203663

Pan W.; Yang C.* et al. Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 32, 2204166

Ren X.; Yang C.* et al. Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 32, 2206127

Chen C.; Yang C.* et al. Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 1391

Yao R.; Qian L.; Yang C.* et al. Advanced Energy Materials 2021, 12, 2102780

Yao W.; Yang C.* et al. Electrochemical Energy Reviews 2021, 4, 601-631

Qian L.; Yang C.* et al. Advanced Functional Materials2021, 31, 2105736

Zou P.; Yang C.* et al. Chemical Reviews 2021, 121, 10, 5986-6056

Nairan A.; Yang C.* et al. Energy & Environmental Science 2021, 14, 1594

Liu P.; Yang C. * et al. Advanced Materials 2021, 2007377

Zhu H.; Yang C.* et al. Nano Energy 2021, 82, 105784

Zou P.; Yang C.* et al. Advanced Functional Materials 2020, 30, 1910532

Liang C.; Yang C.* et al. Energy & Environmental Science 2020, 13, 86-95 (featured as front cover)

Li J.; Yang C.* et al. Energy Storage Materials 2020, 24, 700

Nairan A.; Yang C.* et al. Advanced Functional Materials 2019, 29, 1903747 (featured as back cover )

Jiang Z.; Yang C.* et al. Advanced Functional Materials 2019, 29, 1807116 (featured as inside front cover)

Zou P.; Yang C.* et al. Energy Storage Materials 2019, 18, 155

Zou P.; Yang C.* et al. Nano Energy 2018, 51, 349

Zou P.; Wang Y.; Yang C.* et al. Nature Communications 2018, 9, 464

Yang R.; Yang C.* et al. ACS Nano 2017, 11, 7710

Wang Y.; Yang C.* et al. Energy & Environmental Science 2017, 10, 941 (featured as back cover)

Zang X.; Yang C.* et al. Nano Energy 2017, 40, 224

Xu C.; Yang C.* et al. Nano Energy 2016, 30, 900

Xie B.; Wang Y.; Yang C.* et al. Nano Energy, 2016, 26, 276 (featured as front cover)

Xu C.; Li Z.; Yang C.* et al. Advanced Materials 2016, 28, 4105

Yang C.* et al. Nature Communications 2015, 9150 (Highlighted by C&EN)

Xie B.; Yang C.* et al. ACS Nano 2015, 9, 5636

Liu J.; Yang C.* et al. Energy & Environ. Sci. 2014, 7, 3674

Su Z.; Yang C.*et al. Energy & Environ. Sci. 2014, 6, 2652 (featured as back cover)

Yang C.* et al. Advanced Materials 2011, 23, 3052

Yang C.* et al. Advanced Functional Materials 2011, 21, 4582

Yang C.* et al. Advanced Functional Materials 2010, 20, 2580 (featured as frontispiece)

Yang C.: “Applying Nanotechnology to Composite Materials --- Multifunctionality & Mechanical Properties” VDM publishing house, Saarbrücken, 2009, 199 pages. ISBN: 978-3-639-10882-8 （学术专著）

2023 China Invention and Innovation Award (first prize, ranked first)

2023 Shenzhen Technical Invention Award (Second Prize, ranked first)

2021 A High-end Expert Plan of the Ministry of Science and Technology

2020 100 Most Influential International Academic Papers of China

2020 A Youth Talent Award Plan of the Ministry of Science and Technology

2020 China Invention and Innovation Award (first prize, ranked first)

2017China Industry-University Research Cooperation Innovation Award (second prize, ranked second)

2016 Person of the Year of Scientific Chinese Magazine

2020 Guangdong Youth Science and Technology Award

2015 Guangdong Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars

2012 Shenzhen Overseas High Level Talents (Class B)

2014 Rising Star of Nanshan District

2015 Tsinghua University New Scientist Award

2019 Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Instructor of Tsinghua University