Dr Wang Yang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Phone: +49 228 73-3147
yang2024 (at) uni-bonn.de

2nd floor, room no. 2.003
Gerhard-Domagk-Straße 1
D-53121 Bonn

Scientific career

In 2023, Yang obtained his PhD in Chemistry from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), under the supervision of Prof. Changzheng Wu and Prof. Yi Xie. His doctoral research focused on electronic structure control and oxygen reduction study of iron phthalocyanine complexes and their derivatives.

In 2024, he joined the University of Bonn as a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Kornienko, where he works on the development of metal phthalocyanine-based molecular catalysts for the activation and conversion of small molecules (e.g., CO₂, NO₃⁻) into value-added chemicals.

In 2025, Yang became an Argelander Fellow at the University of Bonn, focusing on sustainable synthesis of C–N and C–S bonds.

His research interests include molecular electrocatalysis, electrochemical CO₂/NO₃⁻ reduction, and electrochemical C–N/C–S bond formation, with a particular emphasis on gaining molecular-level insights into catalytic reaction mechanisms.

Research

Heterogeneous Molecular Catalyst
Electrochemical CO₂/NO₃⁻ reduction
Electrosynthesis of value-added chemicals
In-situ FTIR, Raman and ECMS

Achievements

Teaching

Argelander Starter-Kit Grant¹ (2025)
National Scholarship, China (2023))
Outstanding Graduate, University of Science and Technology of China (2023)

²MCh 1.1³:Advanced Inorganic Molecular and Solid State Chemistry
BCh 5.2⁴: Fundamentals of inorganic molecular and solid-state chemistry
⁵MCh 20 WP1⁶: Lab course

Publications

[6] Metal-like Behavior of a 2D Molecular Catalyst Enables Redox-Decoupled Electrocatalysis.

Yang Wang, Dongyu Zhang, Ting Chen, Caijie Su, Yi Xie, Changzheng Wu, Nikolay Kornienko

National Science Review - published May 2025⁷

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[5] Bipolar membrane electrodialysis: a promising paradigm for caustic soda production

Huangying Wang, Yang Wang (Co-author), Junying Yan, Rong Fu, Baoying Wang, Chenxiao Jiang, Yaoming Wang, Tongwen Xunko

AIChE - vol 70, issue 1 - Jan 2024⁹

Pyrazine-linked Iron-coordinated Tetrapyrrole Conjugated Organic Polymer Catalyst with Spatially Proximate Donor-Acceptor Pairs for Oxygen Reduction in Fuel Cells

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[4] Pyrazine-linked Iron-coordinated Tetrapyrrole Conjugated Organic Polymer Catalyst with Spatially Proximate Donor-Acceptor Pairs for Oxygen Reduction in Fuel Cells.

Yang Wang, Minghao Wang, Ting Chen, Weisheng Yu, Prof. Hongfei Liu, Han Cheng, Prof. Wentuan Bi, Prof. Min Zhou, Prof. Yi Xie, Prof. Changzheng Wu

Angewandte Chemie International Edition - vol 62, issue 47 - Nov 2023¹¹

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[3] Directional Manipulation of Electron Transfer by Energy Level Engineering for Efficient Cathodic Oxygen Reduction

Yang Wang, Tianpei Zhou, Shanshan Ruan, Hu Feng, Wentuan Bi, Jun Hu, Ting Chen, Hongfei Liu, Bingkai Yuan, Nan Zhang, Wenjie Wang, Lidong Zhang, Wangsheng Chu, Changzheng Wu, Yi Xie

Nano Letters - vol 22, issue 16, 6622-6630 - Aug 2022 ¹³

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[2] Physical and chemical synergistic strategy: A facile approach to fabricate monovalent ion permselective membranes

Dongyu Zhang, Yang Wang (Co-author), Xin Wang, Binglun Chen, Yaoming Wang, Chenxiao Jiang, Tongwen Xu

Chemical Engineering Science - vol 1245 - Dec 2021¹⁵

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[1] Improving fuel cell performance of an anion exchange membrane by terminal pending bis-cations on a flexible side chain

Yang Wang, Dongyu Zhang, Xian Liang, Muhammad A. Shehzad, Xinle Xiao, Yuan Zhu, Xiaolin Ge, Jianjun Zhang, Zijuan Ge, Liang Wu, Tongwen Xu

Journal of Membrane Science - vol 595 - Sep 2019¹⁷