Synthesis, properties and applications of functional nanomaterials: (1) Controlled synthesis of multi-component metal nanoparticles with structure and morphology and their catalytic properties; (2) Study on optical and catalytic properties of multifunctional nanocomposites; (3) Photocatalysis, electrocatalysis carbon dioxide reduction, nitrogen reduction, water decomposition hydrogen production and other key reactions of energy conversion and storage.

Ph.D. (2007-2012), School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Tutors: Yan Chunhua, Zhang Yawen
B.S. (2003-2007), School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering, Peking University

Postdoctoral Fellow (2012-2016), Co-supervisor of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles: Duan Ruifeng

1.Li-Wei Chen, Yu-Chen Hao, Jiani Li, Linyu Hu, Yu Guo, Shuai Li, Di Liu, Zhejiaji Zhu, Si-Qian Wu, Hui-Zi Huang, An-Xiang Yin*, Bo Wang and Ya-Wen Zhang, “Multi-twinned gold nanoparticles with tensile surface steps for efficient electrocatalytic CO2 reduction”, Sci. China Chem., 2022, 65, 2188. (Invited for Special Issue: 2022 Emerging Investigator Issue)
2.Di Liu, Hui-Zi Huang, Zhejiaji Zhu, Jiani Li, Li-Wei Chen, Xiao-Ting Jing and An-Xiang Yin*, “Promoting the Electrocatalytic Ethanol Oxidation Activity of Pt by Alloying with Cu”, Catalysts, 2022, 12, 1562. (Invited for Special Issue: Advanced Earth-Abundant Catalysts for Energy Related Electrochemistry)
3.Xin Su, Li-Wei Chen, Zhejiaji Zhu, Jiani Li, Nan Zhang, Tong-An Bu, Yu-Chen Hao, Wen-Yan Gao, Di Liu, Si-Qian Wu, Zi-Long Yu, Hui-Zi Huang and An-Xiang Yin*, “A Quantitative Single-Nanowire Study on the Plasmonic Enhancement for the Upconversion Photoluminescence of Rare-Earth-Doped Nanoparticles”, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022, 9, 2221.
4.Zhejiaji Zhu, Zi-Long Yu, Wen-Yan Gao, Xin Su, Li-Wei Chen, Yu-Chen Hao, Si-Qian Wu, Di Liu, Xiao-Ting Jing, Hui-Zi Huang and An-Xiang Yin*, “Controlled Synthesis of Intermetallic Au2Bi Nanocrystals and Au2Bi/Bi Hetero-Nanocrystals with Promoted Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction Properties”, ChemSusChem, 2022, e202200211.
5.Zi-Long Yu, Si-Qian Wu, Li-Wei Chen, Yu-Chen Hao, Xin Su, Zhejiaji Zhu, Wen-Yan Gao, Bo Wang, and An-Xiang Yin*, "Promoting the Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 on Ultrathin Porous Bismuth Nanosheets with Tunable Surface-Active Sites and Local pH Environments", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2022, 14, 8, 10648.
6.Yu-Chen Hao, Li-Wei Chen, Jiani Li, Yu Guo, Xin Su, Miao Shu, Qinghua Zhang, Wen-Yan Gao, Siwu Li, Zi-Long Yu, Lin Gu, Xiao Feng, An-Xiang Yin*, Rui Si*, Ya-Wen Zhang, Bo Wang* and Chun-Hua Yan, “Metal-organic framework membranes with single-atomic centers for photocatalytic CO2 and O2 reduction”, Nature Commun., 2021, 12, 2682.
7.Li-Wei Chen, Yu-Chen Hao, Yu Guo, Qinghua Zhang, Jiani Li, Wen-Yan Gao, Lantian Ren, Xin Su, Linyu Hu, Nan Zhang, Siwu Li, Xiao Feng, Lin Gu, Ya-Wen Zhang, An-Xiang Yin* and Bo Wang*, “Metal–Organic Framework Membranes Encapsulating Gold Nanoparticles for Direct Plasmonic Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 5727.
8.Si-Qian Wu, Yu-Chen Hao, Li-Wei Chen, Jiani Li, Zi-Long Yu, Zhejiaji Zhu, Di Liu, Xin Su, Linyu Hu, Hui-Zi Huang and An-Xiang Yin*, “Modulating the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction performances of bismuth nanoparticles with carbon substrates with controlled degrees of oxidation”, Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 20091.
9.Yu-Chen Hao#, Yu Guo#, Li-Wei Chen, Miao Shu, Xin-Yu Wang, Tong-An Bu, Wen-Yan Gao, Nan Zhang, Xin Su, Xiang Feng, Jun-Wen Zhou, Bo Wang, Chang-Wen Hu, An-Xiang Yin*, Rui Si*, Ya-Wen Zhang* and Chun-Hua Yan*, “Promoting nitrogen electroreduction to ammonia with bismuth nanocrystals and potassium cations in water”, Nature Catal., 2019, 2, 448.
10.Anxiang Yin#, Hao Jing#, Zhan Wu, Qiyuan He, Yiliu Wang, Zhaoyang Lin, Yuan Liu, Mengning Ding, Xu Xu, Zhe Fei, Jianhui Jiang, Yu Huang and Xiangfeng Duan*, “Quantitative Surface Plasmon Interferometry via Upconversion Photoluminescence Mapping”, Research, 2019, 8304824.
11.Wen-Yan Gao, Yu-Chen Hao, Xin Su, Li-Wei Chen, Tong-An Bu, Nan Zhang, Zi-Long Yu, Zhejiaji Zhu and An-Xiang Yin*, “Morphology-dependent electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction on Ag triangular nanoplates”, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 10705.
12.Tong-An Bu, Yu-Chen Hao, Wen-Yan Gao, Xin Su, Li-Wei Chen, Nan Zhang and An-Xiang Yin*, “Promoting photocatalytic nitrogen fixation with alkali metal cations and plasmonic nanocrystals”, Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 10072.
13.Nan Zhang, Yin Wang, Yu-Chen Hao, Yuan-Man Ni, Xin Su, An-Xiang Yin* and Chang-Wen Hu*, “Ultrathin cobalt oxide nanostructures with morphology-dependent electrocatalytic oxygen evolution activity”, Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 20313.
14.Anxiang Yin, Qiyuan He, Zhaoyang Lin, Liang Luo, Yuan Liu, Sen Yang, Hao Wu, Mengning Ding, Yu Huang and Xiangfeng Duan*, “Plasmonic/nonlinear-optical Material Core/shell Nanorods as Nanoscale Plasmon Modulators and Optical Voltage Sensors”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 583.
15.Zhaoyang Lin#, Anxiang Yin#, Jun Mao, Yi Xia, Nicholas Kempf, Qiyuan He, Yiliu Wang, Chih-Yeh Chen, Yanliang Zhang, Vidvuds Ozolins, Zhifeng Ren, Yu Huang and Xiangfeng Duan*, “Scalable solution-phase epitaxial growth of symmetry-mismatched heterostructures on two-dimensional crystal soft template”, Sci. Adv., 2016, 2, e1600993.
16.Anxiang Yin, Wenchi Liu, Jun Ke, Wei Zhu, Jun Gu, Yawen Zhang* and Chunhua Yan*, “Ru Nanocrystals with Shape-Dependent Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectra and Catalytic Properties: Controlled Synthesis and DFT Calculations”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 20479.
17.Anxiang Yin, Xiaoquan Min, Wei Zhu, Wenchi Liu, Yawen Zhang* and Chunhua Yan*, “Pt–Cu and Pt–Pd–Cu Concave Nanocubes with High-Index Facets and Superior Electrocatalytic Activity”, Chem. Eur. J., 2012, 18, 777.
18.Anxiang Yin, Xiaoquan Min, Wei Zhu, Haoshuai Wu, Yawen Zhang* and Chunhua Yan*, “Multiply twinned Pt–Pd Nanoicosahedrons as Highly Active Electrocatalyst for Methanol Oxidation”, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 543.
19.Anxiang Yin, Xiaoquan Min, Yawen Zhang* and Chunhua Yan*, “Shape-Selective Synthesis and Facet-Dependent Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity and Durability of Monodisperse Sub-10 nm Pt−Pd Tetrahedrons and Cubes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 3816.
20.Anxiang Yin, Yawen Zhang* and Chunhua Yan*, “Self-Organizing Domino-Like Superlattices via Stereochemical Recognition Match at the Organic-Inorganic Interface in Solution”, Chem. Eur. J., 2011, 17, 8033.