Associate Professor Yan Jiao

Deputy Head

School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD, but is currently at capacity - email supervisor to discuss availability.

The goal of my life is to increase public awareness of clean energy, by generating impactful research by using molecular modelling to design energy materials.

I received my PhD from the School of Chemical Engineering at The University of Queensland (UQ) in October 2012. After graduation, I joined the University of Adelaide as a Research Fellow in the School of Chemical Engineering (now the School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials). I was appointed as Senior Lecturer in 2019 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2021. I was recognised as one of the 40 Rising Stars by The Australian based on research performance, and received Young Tall Poppy Award in 2020. I am a College of Experts for the Australian Research Council (https://www.arc.gov.au/about-arc/arc-profile/arc-committees/arc-college-experts).

My research expertise is molecular modelling, the development of computational electrochemistry, and the design of energy materials by computation methods. I have published more than 90 papers in journals including Nature Energy, Nature Communications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Energy & Environmental Science. My research publications have collectively received more than 20,000 citations, with an h-index of 55. I am a Highly Cited Researcher as recognized by Clarivate Analytics. I have received more than $1M funding support, including an Australian Research Council supported Future Fellowship to develop catalyst materials for future fuels by advanced computation techniques.

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Yan

Research Expertise

My research interest is molecular modelling, the development of computational electrochemistry, and the design of energy materials by computation methods.

Background. Australia has a natural endowment of sunshine and prevailing wind. It is now standing at the forefront of transitioning to renewable energy supported economy. South Australia is currently leading the country with more than 50% of the electricity generated from renewable energy. The rapid expansion of generated renewable electricity can lead to short-term and long-term benefits for our society, such as reducing million tons of CO₂ emission, solving the energy crisis, and potentially creating huge revenues for Australia on the energy market (billions of dollars). The current bottleneck is the conversion and storage of renewable electricity, where the development of catalyst materials is the most critical. My research aims to solve this problem by molecular modelling. This powerful approach can tell if and why a type of material is suitable for a specific reaction and design better materials different from the normal trial-and-error materials discovery process. Using hydrogen/carbon/nitrogen/battery as energy carriers and renewable energy as input, I am researching better catalyst materials that can produce and utilise clean fuels that do not pollute our planet.

Methodology. The specific methodology I use to discover and engineer these catalyst materials is molecular modelling on high-performance computers (HPC). I build atom-by-atom models of these catalyst materials. I investigate the energetics of the reaction pathway for generating these fuels. Based on a fundamental understanding of the reaction mechanisms, I design new catalyst materials to produce more fuels from the same amount of renewable electricity. I collaborate with researchers doing experiments extensively: I build the models based on experimental observations and predicts better catalyst materials for experimental researchers to validate. I am also developing computational electrochemistry theory to more accurately model the energy conversion process and design more reliable catalyst materials.

Publication Summary

The results from A/Prof Jiao's research were published in top tier journals, such as Nature Energy, Nature Communications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Energy and Environmental Science, and Chemical Society Reviews. So far, she has published 80+ journal papers and a book chapter, which have collectively attracted more than 20,000 citations (h-index of 51). She is a Highly Cited Researcher (1 in 1,000 global scientists and social scientists whose papers have demonstrated significant citation impact during the last decade) for two consecutive years.

Awards

2019-2021 Highly Cited Researcher (Chemistry) by Clarivate Analytics (Impact of Hi-Ci).
2021 Women of the Year Finalist, The Advertiser-Sunday Mail
2020 Young Tall Poppy Science Award
2019 Australian Research Council Future Fellow Award
2019 Rising Star by the Australian (ECMS News here)
2018 University of Adelaide Beacon Fellow
2015 Women’s Research Excellence Award – Early Career, UoA
2012 Dean's Award for Research Higher Degree Excellence, UQ

Media

2022 International Women’s Day highlight: https://ecms.adelaide.edu.au/news/list/2022/02/16/the-lure-of-beauty-and-purpose-in-physics
Featured on Create Digital, powered by Engineers Australia: https://www.createdigital.org.au/dr-yan-jiao-modelling-clean-energy-future/
UoA Global Engagement highlight: https://www.adelaide.edu.au/global-engagement/news/list/2020/09/22/international-research-yan-jiao
Humans of NCI (National Computing Infrastructure; best Australian high performance computer) https://nci.org.au/research/people/dr-yan-jiao
THE DISCOVERY POD - Episode 6: Renewable Energy
Chemistry World promotion of our research work: Reaction confined between copper nanopyramids transforms carbon dioxide into ethylene glycol.

Research Presentations

CCE-2021. Theoretical Considerations on the Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction Activity of Transition Metal Single-Atom Catalysts. https://vimeo.com/531224842
Research Cloud - presentation in Mandarin. Design Electrocatalysts for Clean Energy Conversions – A Theoretical Consideration. https://www.bilibili.com/s/video/BV1gb4y1D7jF

Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2021 - ongoing	Associate Professor	The University of Adelaide
2020 - ongoing	Future Fellow	University of Adelaide
2020 - 2021	Director of Research, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials	University of Adelaide
2019 - ongoing	Theme Leader, Functional Materials, Faculty of ECMS	The University of Adelaide
2019 - 2021	Senior Lecturer	University of Adelaide
2018 - ongoing	Deputy Director, Centre for Materials in Energy and Catalysis	The University of Adelaide
2018 - 2018	Beacon Research Fellow	University of Adelaide
2012 - 2017	Postdoctoral Researcher	University of Adelaide

Awards and Achievements

Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country
2020	Award	Highly Cited Researcher (Chemistry)	Clarivate Analytics	Australia
2015	Award	Women's Research Excellence Awards Early Career, The University of Adelaide
2013	Award	Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad
2013	Award	Dean's Award for Research Higher Degree Excellence, The University of Queensland
2012	Award	Graduate School International Travel Award, The University of Queensland
2009	Scholarship	UQIRTA, The University of Queensland
2009	Scholarship	School of Engineering Scholarship, The University of Queensland

Language Competencies

Language Competency

Chinese (Mandarin) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
Education

Date Institution name Country Title

2009 - 2012 The University of Queensland Australia PhD

2001 - 2005 Ocean University of China China BSc
Research Interests

Density Functional Theory Electrochemistry Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage Engineering

Language	Competency
Chinese (Mandarin)	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2009 - 2012	The University of Queensland	Australia	PhD
2001 - 2005	Ocean University of China	China	BSc

Journals

Year	Citation
2022	Yang, B., Chen, L., Xue, S., Sun, H., Feng, K., Chen, Y., . . . Peng, Y. (2022). Electrocatalytic CO<inf>2</inf> reduction to alcohols by modulating the molecular geometry and Cu coordination in bicentric copper complexes. Nature communications, 13(1), 5122. DOI
2022	Liu, X., Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., Jaroniec, M., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2022). Mechanism of C-N bonds formation in electrocatalytic urea production revealed by ab initio molecular dynamics simulation.. Nature communications, 13(1), 5471. DOI
2022	Wang, X., Jiao, Y., Li, L., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. (2022). Local environment determined reactant adsorption configuration for enhanced electrocatalytic acetone hydrogenation to propane. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61(5), e202114253-1-e202114253-7. DOI Scopus6
2022	Fu, S., Liu, X., Ran, J., & Jiao, Y. (2022). Theoretical considerations on activity of the alectrochemical CO₂ reduction on metal single-atom catalysts with asymmetrical active sites. Catalysis Today, 397-399, 574-580. DOI Scopus2 WoS3
2022	Chen, Z., Zhao, J., Jiao, Y., Wang, T., & Yin, L. (2022). Achieving efficient N<inf>2</inf> electrochemical reduction by stabilizing the N<inf>2</inf>H* intermediate with the frustrated Lewis pairs. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 66, 628-634. DOI Scopus3 WoS2
2022	Chen, L., Tang, C., Zheng, Y., Skúlason, E., & Jiao, Y. (2022). C₃ production from CO₂ reduction by concerted CO trimerization on a single-atom alloy catalyst. Journal of Materials Chemistry A*, 10(11), 5998-6006. DOI Scopus5 WoS5
2022	Yee, K., Kankanamalage, U. M., Ghayesh, M. H., Jiao, Y., Hussain, S., & Amabili, M. (2022). Coupled dynamics of axially functionally graded graphene nanoplatelets-reinforced viscoelastic shear deformable beams with material and geometric imperfections. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 136, 4-36. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2022	Zhou, X., Shan, J., Chen, L., Xia, B. Y., Ling, T., Duan, J., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2022). Stabilizing Cu²⁺ ions by solid solutions to promote CO₂ electroreduction to methane. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(5), 2079-2084. DOI Scopus20 WoS21
2022	Zhang, Z. S., Zhu, Y., Yu, M., Jiao, Y., & Huang, Y. (2022). Aqueous organic anode//iodine cascadable battery with ultra-long lifespan, high energy and power density. DOI
2022	Zhu, W., Wang, P., Chen, Z., Xu, C., Jiao, Y., Li, M., & Huang, Y. (2022). A one-pot self-assembled AgNW aerogel electrode with ultra-high electric conductivity for intrinsically 500% super-stretchable high-performance Zn-Ag batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10(19), 10780-10789. DOI
2022	Zhang, Y., Gu, Z., Yun, S., Luo, K., Bi, J., Jiao, Y., & Zhang, H. (2022). Green synthesis of DOX-loaded hollow MIL-100 (Fe) nanoparticles for anticancer treatment by targeting mitochondria. Nanotechnology, 33(34), 12 pages. DOI
2022	Jiao, Y., Deng, L., Liu, D., Jiao, Y., Wang, D., & Chen, J. F. (2022). Process intensification for Fe/Mn-nitrogen-doped carbon-based catalysts toward efficient oxygen reduction reaction of Zn-air battery. Chemical Engineering Science, 259, 117811. DOI
2022	Chen, L., Tang, C., Zheng, Y., Ostrikov, K., & Jiao, Y. (2022). Carbene Ligands Enabled C-N Coupling for Methylamine Electrosynthesis: A Computational Study. Energy and Fuels, 36(13), 7213-7218. DOI
2022	Ling, W., Yang, Q., Mo, F., Lei, H., Wang, J., Jiao, Y., . . . Huang, Y. (2022). An ultrahigh rate dendrite-free Zn metal deposition/striping enabled by silver nanowire aerogel with optimal atomic affinity with Zn. Energy Storage Materials, 51, 453-464. DOI
2022	Zhang, Y., Gu, Z., Bi, J., & Jiao, Y. (2022). Molybdenum-iron-cobalt oxyhydroxide with rich oxygen vacancies for the oxygen evolution reaction. Nanoscale, 14(30), 10873-10879. DOI
2022	Zheng, M., Wang, P., Zhi, X., Yang, K., Jiao, Y., Duan, J., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2022). Electrocatalytic CO₂-to-C₂₊ with Ampere-Level Current on Heteroatom-Engineered Copper via Tuning CO Intermediate Coverage. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144*(32), 14936-14944. DOI
2021	Li, H., Meng, R., Guo, Y., Chen, B., Jiao, Y., Ye, C., . . . Qiao, S. (2021). Reversible electrochemical oxidation of sulfur in ionic liquid for high-voltage Al-S batteries. Nature Communications, 12(1), 5714-1-5714-8. DOI Scopus24 WoS24
2021	Ye, C., Shan, J., Chao, D., Liang, P., Jiao, Y., Hao, J., . . . Qiao, S. (2021). Catalytic oxidation of K₂S via atomic Co and pyridinic N synergy in potassium–sulfur batteries. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143(41), 16902-16907. DOI Scopus10 WoS9
2021	Hao, J., Yuan, L., Johannessen, B., Zhu, Y., Jiao, Y., Ye, C., . . . Qiao, S. (2021). Studying the Conversion Mechanism to Broaden Cathode Options in Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries. Angewandte Chemie, 133(47), 25318-25325. DOI
2021	Sun, H., Chen, L., Xiong, L., Feng, K., Chen, Y., Zhang, X., . . . Peng, Y. (2021). Promoting ethylene production over a wide potential window on Cu crystallites induced and stabilized via current shock and charge delocalization. Nature Communications, 12(1), 6823-1-6823-11. DOI Scopus11 WoS12 Europe PMC1
2021	Xiong, L., Zhang, X., Chen, L., Deng, Z., Han, S., Chen, Y., . . . Peng, Y. (2021). Geometric modulation of local CO Flux in Ag@Cu₂ O nanoreactors for steering the CO₂ RR pathway toward high-efficacy methane production. Adv Mater, 33(32), e2101741-1-e2101741-11. DOI Scopus33 WoS32 Europe PMC1
2021	Yao, D., Tang, C., Vasileff, A., Zhi, X., Jiao, Y., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2021). The controllable reconstruction of Bi‐MOFs for electrochemical CO₂ reduction through electrolyte and potential mediation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60(33), 18178-18184. DOI Scopus45 WoS47 Europe PMC2
2021	Hua, W., Li, H., Pei, C., Xia, J., Sun, Y., Zhang, C., . . . Yang, Q. -H. (2021). Selective Catalysis Remedies Polysulfide Shuttling in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Adv Mater, 33(38), 2101006-1-2101006-12. DOI Scopus61 WoS61 Europe PMC1
2021	Zhi, X., Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2021). Key to C₂ production: selective C-C coupling for electrochemical CO₂ reduction on copper alloy surfaces. Chemical Communications, 57(75), 9526-9529. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2021	Yao, D., Tang, C., Vasileff, A., Zhi, X., Jiao, Y., & Qiao, S. (2021). The Controllable Reconstruction of Bi‐MOFs for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction through Electrolyte and Potential Mediation. Angewandte Chemie, 133(33), 18326-18332. DOI
2021	Hao, J., Yuan, L., Johannessen, B., Zhu, Y., Jiao, Y., Ye, C., . . . Qiao, S. (2021). Studying conversion mechanism to broaden cathode options in aqueous Zn-ion batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60(47), 25114-25121. DOI Scopus20 WoS21 Europe PMC1
2021	Zhang, H. -P., Zhang, R., Sun, C., Jiao, Y., & Zhang, Y. (2021). CO2 reduction to CH4 on Cu-doped phosphorene: a first-principles study. Nanoscale, 13(48), 20541-20549. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2021	Ye, C., Jin, H., Shan, J., Jiao, Y., Li, H., Gu, Q., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2021). A Mo₅N₆ electrocatalyst for efficient Na₂S electrodeposition in room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries. Nature Communications, 12(1), 7195-1-7195-11. DOI Scopus16 WoS12
2021	Xu, C., Zhi, X., Vasileff, A., Wang, D., Jin, B., Jiao, Y., . . . Qiao, S. (2021). Highly selective two-electron electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction on single‐atom Cu catalysts. Small Structures, 2(1), 1-7. DOI WoS19
2021	Fu, S., Liu, X., Ran, J., Jiao, Y., & Qiao, S. (2021). CO₂ reduction by single copper atom supported on g-C₃N₄ with asymmetrical active sites. Applied Surface Science, 540(Part 1), 1-7. DOI Scopus13 WoS11
2021	Chen, L., Tang, C., Jiao, Y., & Qiao, S. (2021). Anomalous C‐C coupling on under‐coordinated Cu(111) – a case study of Cu nanopyramids for CO2 reduction reaction by molecular modelling. ChemSusChem: chemistry and sustainability, energy and materials, 14(2), 671-678. DOI Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC2
2021	Wan, H., Jiao, Y., Bagger, A., & Rossmeisl, J. (2021). Three-dimensional carbon electrocatalysts for CO₂ or CO reduction. ACS Catalysis, 11(2), 533-541. DOI Scopus10 WoS10
2021	Zhi, X., Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., Davey, K., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2021). Directing the selectivity of CO₂ electroreduction to target C₂ products via non-metal doping on Cu surfaces. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9(10), 6345-6351. DOI Scopus14 WoS12
2021	Shan, J., Ye, C., Chen, S., Sun, T., Jiao, Y., Liu, L., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2021). Short-range ordered iridium single atoms integrated into cobalt oxide spinel structure for highly efficient electrocatalytic water oxidation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143(13), 5201-5211. DOI Scopus95 WoS98 Europe PMC6
2021	Qu, Y., Wang, L., Yin, S., Zhang, B., Jiao, Y., Sun, Y., . . . Bi, J. (2021). Stability of Engineered Ferritin Nanovaccines Investigated by Combined Molecular Simulation and Experiments. J Phys Chem B, 125(15), 3830-3842. DOI Scopus2
2021	Zhou, X., Dong, J., Zhu, Y., Liu, L., Jiao, Y., Li, H., . . . Qiao, S. (2021). Molecular scalpel to chemically cleave metal-organic frameworks for induced phase transition. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(17), 6681-6690. DOI Scopus28 WoS34 Europe PMC2
2021	Fan, Z., Zhang, C., Hua, W., Li, H., Jiao, Y., Xia, J., . . . Yang, Q. -H. (2021). Enhanced chemical trapping and catalytic conversion of polysulfides by diatomite/MXene hybrid interlayer for stable Li-S batteries. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 62, 590-598. DOI Scopus19 WoS17
2021	Tang, C., Chen, L., Li, H., Li, L., Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., . . . Qiao, S. (2021). Tailoring acidic oxygen reduction selectivity on single-atom catalysts via modification of first and second coordination spheres. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 43(20), 4819-4827. DOI Scopus139 WoS127 Europe PMC5
2021	Chen, L., Tang, C., Davey, K., Zheng, Y., Jiao, Y., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2021). Spatial-confinement induced electroreduction of CO and CO₂ to diols on densely-arrayed Cu nanopyramids. Chemical Science, 23(23), 8086-8087. DOI Scopus7 WoS8
2021	Meng, R., Zhang, C., Lu, Z., Xie, X., Liu, Y., Tang, Q., . . . Yang, Q. H. (2021). An Oxygenophilic Atomic Dispersed Fe-N-C Catalyst for Lean-Oxygen Seawater Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials, 11(23), 9 pages. DOI Scopus13 WoS13
2021	Zhi, X., Vasileff, A., Zheng, Y., Jiao, Y., & Qiao, S. (2021). Role of oxygen-bound reaction intermediates in selective electrochemical CO₂ reduction. Energy and Environmental Science, 14(7), 3912-3930. DOI Scopus25 WoS25
2020	Hua, W., Li, H., Pei, C., Xia, J., Sun, Y., Zhang, C., . . . Yang, Q. -H. (2020). Selective catalysis remedies polysulfide shuttling in lithium-sulfur batteries. DOI
2020	Yang, Y., Wang, R., Yang, L., Jiao, Y., & Ling, T. (2020). Two dimensional electrocatalyst engineering via heteroatom doping for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction. Chemical Communications, 56(91), 14154-14162. DOI Scopus10 WoS10 Europe PMC1
2020	Sun, H., Chen, L., Lian, Y., Yang, W., Lin, L., Chen, Y., . . . Qiao, S. (2020). Topotactically Transformed Polygonal Mesopores on Ternary Layered Double Hydroxides Exposing Under‐Coordinated Metal Centers for Accelerated Water Dissociation. Advanced Materials, 32(52), 2006784-1-2006784-9. DOI Scopus69 WoS66 Europe PMC1
2020	Zhao, Y., Jin, B., Vasileff, A., Shi, B., Jiao, Y., & Qiao, S. (2020). The ampoule method: a pathway towards controllable synthesis of electrocatalysts for water electrolysis. Chemistry - A European Journal, 26(18), 3898-3905. DOI Scopus5 WoS4
2020	Zhang, H. P., Kou, L., Jiao, Y., Du, A., Tang, Y., & Ni, Y. (2020). Strain engineering of selective chemical adsorption on monolayer black phosphorous. Applied Surface Science, 503, 6 pages. DOI Scopus16 WoS12
2020	Li, H., Chao, D., Chen, B., Chen, X., Chuah, C., Tang, Y., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2020). Revealing principles for design of lean-electrolyte lithium metal anode via In situ spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(4), 2012-2022. DOI Scopus89 WoS92 Europe PMC5
2020	Liu, X., Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. Z. (2020). Isolated boron sites for electroreduction of dinitrogen to ammonia. ACS Catalysis, 10(3), 1847-1854. DOI Scopus91 WoS91
2020	Ye, C., Jiao, Y., Chao, D., Ling, T., Shan, J., Zhang, B., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2020). Electron-state confinement of polysulfides for highly stable sodium-sulfur batteries. Advanced Materials, 32(12), 1907557-1-1907557-8. DOI Scopus92 WoS89 Europe PMC7
2020	Zhi, X., Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., Vasileff, A., & Qiao, S. Z. (2020). Selectivity roadmap for electrochemical CO₂ reduction on copper-based alloy catalysts. Nano Energy, 71, 104601-1-104601-8. DOI Scopus56 WoS57
2020	Tang, C., Jiao, Y., Shi, B., Liu, J. -N., Xie, Z., Chen, X., . . . Qiao, S. (2020). Coordination tunes selectivity: two-electron oxygen reduction on high-loading Molybdenum single-atom catalysts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59(23), 9171-9176. DOI Scopus208 WoS204 Europe PMC15
2020	Chen, Z., Chen, Z., Liu, X., Zhao, J., Jiao, Y., Yin, L., & Yin, L. (2020). Strain effect on the catalytic activities of B- And B/N-doped black phosphorene for electrochemical conversion of CO to valuable chemicals. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8(24), 11986-11995. DOI Scopus21 WoS18
2020	Xie, F., Zhang, L., Jiao, Y., Vasileff, A., Chao, D., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2020). Hydrogenated dual-shell sodium titanate cubes for sodium-ion batteries with optimized ion transportation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8(31), 15829-15833. DOI Scopus10 WoS12
2020	Tang, C., Jiao, Y., Shi, B., Liu, J. N., Xie, Z., Chen, X., . . . Qiao, S. Z. (2020). Coordination Tunes Selectivity: Two-Electron Oxygen Reduction on High-Loading Molybdenum Single-Atom Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie, 132(23), 9256-9261. DOI Scopus12
2019	Zhi, X., Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. Z. (2019). Impact of interfacial electron transfer on electrochemical CO₂ reduction on graphitic carbon nitride/doped graphene. Small, 15(10), 1804224-1-1804224-7. DOI Scopus56 WoS54 Europe PMC3
2019	Liu, X., Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., Davey, K., & Qiao, S. Z. (2019). A computational study on Pt and Ru dimers supported on graphene for the hydrogen evolution reaction: new insight into the alkaline mechanism. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7(8), 3648-3654. DOI Scopus85 WoS83
2019	Chen, P., Jiao, Y., Zhu, Y. H., Chen, S. M., Song, L., Jaroniec, M., . . . Qiao, S. Z. (2019). Syngas production from electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction with high energetic efficiency and current density. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7(13), 7675-7682. DOI Scopus48 WoS46
2019	Zheng, Y., Vasileff, A., Zhou, X., Jiao, Y., Jaroniec, M., & Qiao, S. Z. (2019). Understanding the roadmap for electrochemical reduction of CO₂ to multi-carbon oxygenates and hydrocarbons on copper-based catalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(19), 7646-7659. DOI Scopus365 WoS361 Europe PMC28
2019	Zhao, Y., Jin, B., Vasileff, A., Jiao, Y., & Qiao, S. Z. (2019). Interfacial nickel nitride/sulfide as a bifunctional electrode for highly efficient overall water/seawater electrolysis. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7(14), 8117-8121. DOI Scopus104 WoS95
2019	Jin, H., Liu, X., Chen, S., Vasileff, A., Li, L., Jiao, Y., . . . Qiao, S. Z. (2019). Heteroatom-doped transition metal electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction. ACS Energy Letters, 4(4), 805-810. DOI Scopus191 WoS188
2019	Liu, X., Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., Jaroniec, M., & Qiao, S. Z. (2019). Building up a picture of the electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction activity of transition metal single-atom catalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(24), 9664-9672. DOI Scopus415 WoS410 Europe PMC9
2019	You, B., Zhang, Y., Jiao, Y., Davey, K., & Qiao, S. Z. (2019). Negative charging of transition-metal phosphides via strong electronic coupling for destabilization of alkaline water. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58(34), 11796-11800. DOI Scopus104 WoS107 Europe PMC4
2019	Zhao, Y., Jin, B., Vasileff, A., Jiao, Y., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2019). Contemporaneous oxidation state manipulation to accelerate intermediate desorption for overall water electrolysis. Chemical Communications, 55(57), 8313-8316. DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2019	Zhao, Y., Ling, T., Chen, S., Jin, B., Vasileff, A., Jiao, Y., . . . Qiao, S. Z. (2019). Non-metal single-iodine-atom electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58(35), 12252-12257. DOI Scopus120 WoS121 Europe PMC6
2019	Guo, C., Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., Luo, J., Davey, K., & Qiao, S. Z. (2019). Intermediate modulation on noble metal hybridized to 2D metal-organic framework for accelerated water electrocatalysis. Chem, 5(9), 2429-2441. DOI Scopus90 WoS89
2019	Vasileff, A., Zhi, X., Xu, C., Ge, L., Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. Z. (2019). Selectivity control for electrochemical CO2 reduction by charge redistribution on the surface of copper alloys. ACS Catalysis, 9(10), 9411-9417. DOI Scopus100 WoS98
2019	Zhang, B. -W., Jiao, Y., Chao, D. -L., Ye, C., Wang, Y. -X., Davey, K., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2019). Targeted synergy between adjacent co atoms on graphene oxide as an efficient new electrocatalyst for Li-CO2 batteries. Advanced Functional Materials, 29(49), 1904206-1-1904206-7. DOI Scopus55 WoS51
2019	Wang, X., Vasileff, A., Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. (2019). Electronic and structural engineering of carbon-based metal-free electrocatalysts for water splitting. Advanced Materials, 31(13), 1803625. DOI Scopus172 WoS168 Europe PMC5
2018	Jin, H., Liu, X., Jiao, Y., Vasileff, A., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. (2018). Constructing tunable dual active sites on two-dimensional C₃N₄@MoN hybrid for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Nano Energy, 53, 690-697. DOI Scopus123 WoS125
2018	Ye, C., Jiao, Y., Jin, H., Slattery, A., Davey, K., Wang, H., & Qiao, S. (2018). 2D MoN-VN heterostructure to regulate polysulfides for highly efficient lithium-sulfur batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 57(51), 16703-16707. DOI Scopus234 WoS241 Europe PMC9
2018	Qu, K., Wang, Y., Vasileff, A., Jiao, Y., Chen, H., & Zheng, Y. (2018). Polydopamine-inspired nanomaterials for energy conversion and storage. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6(44), 21827-21846. DOI Scopus76 WoS74
2018	Jin, H., Liu, X., Vasileff, A., Jiao, Y., Zhao, Y., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. (2018). Single-crystal nitrogen-rich two-dimensional Mo₅N₆ nanosheets for efficient and stable seawater splitting. ACS Nano, 12(12), 12761-12769. DOI Scopus180 WoS172 Europe PMC11
2018	Jin, H., Guo, C., Liu, X., Liu, J., Vasileff, A., Jiao, Y., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2018). Emerging two-dimensional nanomaterials for electrocatalysis. Chemical Reviews, 118(13), 6337-6408. DOI Scopus1107 WoS1081 Europe PMC79
2018	Liu, J., Zheng, Y., Jiao, Y., Wang, Z., Lu, Z., Vasileff, A., & Qiao, S. (2018). NiO as a bifunctional promoter for RuO₂ toward superior overall water splitting. Small, 14(16), 1704073-1-1704073-10. DOI Scopus165 WoS147 Europe PMC10
2018	Vasileff, A., Xu, C., Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. (2018). Surface and interface engineering in copper-based bimetallic materials for selective CO₂ electroreduction. Chem, 4(8), 1809-1831. DOI Scopus362 WoS349
2018	Wang, X., Zhu, Y., Vasileff, A., Jiao, Y., Chen, S., Song, L., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2018). Strain effect in bimetallic electrocatalysts in the hydrogen evolution reaction. ACS Energy Letters, 3(5), 1198-1204. DOI Scopus123 WoS121
2018	Zhao, Y., Jin, B., Zheng, Y., Jin, H., Jiao, Y., & Qiao, S. (2018). Charge state manipulation of cobalt selenide catalyst for overall seawater electrolysis. Advanced Energy Materials, 8(29), 1801926-1-1801926-9. DOI Scopus144 WoS142
2018	Zheng, Y., Jiao, Y., Qiao, S., & Vasileff, A. (2018). The hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline solution: from theory, single crystal models, to practical electrocatalysts. Angewandte Chemie, 57(26), 7568-7579. DOI Scopus678 WoS646 Europe PMC49
2018	Ye, C., Jiao, Y., Jin, H., Slattery, A. D., Davey, K., Wang, H., & Qiao, S. Z. (2018). 2D MoN-VN Heterostructure ToRegulate Polysulfides for Highly Efficient Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 130(51), 16945-16949. DOI Scopus10
2017	Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., Chen, P., Jaroniec, M., & Qiao, S. (2017). Molecular scaffolding strategy with synergistic active centers to facilitate electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction to hydrocarbon/alcohol. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139(49), 18093-18100. DOI Scopus329 WoS324 Europe PMC28
2017	Qu, K., Zheng, Y., Jiao, Y., Zhang, X., Dai, S., & Qiao, S. (2017). Polydopamine-inspired, dual heteroatom-doped carbon nanotubes for highly efficient overall water splitting. Advanced Energy Materials, 7(9), 1602068-1-1602068-8. DOI Scopus252 WoS254
2017	Zheng, Y., Jiao, Y., Zhu, Y., Cai, Q., Vasileff, A., Li, L., . . . Qiao, S. (2017). Molecule-level g-C₃N₄ coordinated transition metals as a new class of electrocatalysts for oxygen electrode reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139(9), 3336-3339. DOI Scopus838 WoS812 Europe PMC104
2017	Ling, T., Yan, D. -Y., Wang, H., Jiao, Y., Hu, Z., Zheng, Y., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2017). Activating cobalt(II) oxide nanorods for efficient electrocatalysis by strain engineering. Nature communications, 8(1), 1-7. DOI Scopus274 WoS285 Europe PMC47
2016	Zheng, Y., Jiao, Y., Zhu, Y., Li, L. H., Han, Y., Chen, Y., . . . Qiao, S. Z. (2016). High electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity of an anomalous ruthenium catalyst. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(49), 16174-16181. DOI Scopus603 WoS596 Europe PMC86
2016	Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., Davey, K., & Qiao, S. (2016). Activity origin and catalyst design principles for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution on heteroatom-doped graphene. Nature Energy, 1(10), 16130-1-16130-9. DOI Scopus702 WoS725
2016	Gao, G., Jiao, Y., Waclawik, E., & Du, A. (2016). Single atom (Pd/Pt) supported on graphitic carbon nitride as an efficient photocatalyst for visible-light reduction of carbon dioxide. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(19), 6292-6297. DOI Scopus750 WoS726 Europe PMC85
2016	Ling, T., Yan, D., Jiao, Y., Wang, H., Zheng, Y., Zheng, X., . . . Qiao, S. (2016). Engineering surface atomic structure of single-crystal cobalt (II) oxide nanorods for superior electrocatalysis. Nature Communications, 7(1), 1-8. DOI Scopus446 WoS457 Europe PMC62
2015	Jiao, Y., Du, A., Smith, S., Zhu, Z., & Qiao, S. (2015). H₂ purification by functionalized graphdiyne-role of nitrogen doping. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3(13), 6767-6771. DOI Scopus57 WoS57
2015	Zheng, Y., Jiao, Y., & Qiao, S. (2015). Engineering of carbon-based electrocatalysts for emerging energy conversion: from fundamentality to functionality. Advanced Materials, 27(36), 5372-5378. DOI Scopus211 WoS208 Europe PMC38
2015	Zheng, Y., Jiao, Y., Jaroniec, M., & Qiao, S. (2015). Advancing the electrochemistry of the hydrogen-evolution reaction through combining experiment and theory. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 54(1), 52-65. DOI Scopus1282 WoS1267 Europe PMC165
2015	Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., Jaroniec, M., & Qiao, S. (2015). Design of electrocatalysts for oxygen- and hydrogen-involving energy conversion reactions. Chemical Society Reviews, 44(8), 2060-2086. DOI Scopus3330 WoS3258 Europe PMC415
2014	Zheng, Y., Jiao, Y., Zhu, Y., Li, L., Han, Y., Chen, Y., . . . Qiao, S. (2014). Hydrogen evolution by a metal-free electrocatalyst. Nature Communications, 5(1), 3783-1-3783-8. DOI Scopus1570 WoS1561 Europe PMC273
2014	Zheng, Y., Jiao, Y., Li, L., Xing, T., Chen, Y., Jaroniec, M., & Qiao, S. (2014). Toward design of synergistically active carbon-based catalysts for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. ACS Nano, 8(5), 5290-5296. DOI Scopus803 WoS781 Europe PMC131
2014	Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., Smith, S., Du, A., & Zhu, Z. (2014). Electrocatalytically switchable CO₂ capture: first principle computational exploration of carbon nanotubes with pyridinic nitrogen. ChemSusChem, 7(2), 435-441. DOI Scopus38 WoS61 Europe PMC10
2014	Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., Jaroniec, M., & Qiao, S. (2014). Origin of the electrocatalytic oxygen reduction activity of graphene-based catalysts: a roadmap to achieve the best performance. American Chemical Society Journal, 136(11), 4394-4403. DOI Scopus801 WoS770 Europe PMC138
2013	Zheng, Y., Jiao, Y., Ge, L., Jaroniec, M., & Qiao, S. (2013). Two-step boron and nitrogen doping in graphene for enhanced synergistic catalysis. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 52(11), 3110-3116. DOI Scopus811 WoS779 Europe PMC123
2013	Jiao, Y., Du, A., Hankel, M., & Smith, S. (2013). Modelling carbon membranes for gas and isotope separation. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15(14), 4832-4843. DOI Scopus82 WoS80 Europe PMC16
2012	Zheng, Y., Jiao, Y., Jaroniec, M., Jin, Y., & Qiao, S. (2012). Nanostructured metal-free electrochemical catalysts for highly efficient oxygen reduction. Small, 8(23), 3550-3566. DOI Scopus544 WoS520 Europe PMC110
2012	Liang, J., Jiao, Y., Jaroniec, M., & Qiao, S. (2012). Sulfur and nitrogen dual-doped mesoporous graphene electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction with synergistically enhanced performance. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 51(46), 11496-11500. DOI Scopus1813 WoS1717 Europe PMC243
2012	Du, A., Sanvito, S., Li, Z., Wang, D., Jiao, Y., Liao, T., . . . Smith, S. (2012). Hybrid graphene and graphitic carbon nitride nanocomposite: gap opening, electron-hole puddle, interfacial charge transfer, and enhanced visible light response. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134(9), 4393-4397. DOI Scopus512 WoS507 Europe PMC88
2012	Hankel, M., Jiao, Y., Du, A., Gray, S., & Smith, S. (2012). Asymmetrically decorated, doped porous graphene as an effective membrane for hydrogen isotope separation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part C: Nanomaterials and Interfaces, 116(11), 6672-6676. DOI Scopus79 WoS74
2011	Zheng, Y., Jiao, Y., Chen, J., Liu, J., Liang, J., Du, A., . . . Qiao, S. (2011). Nanoporous graphitic-C₃N₄@carbon metal-free electrocatalysts for highly efficient oxygen reduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(50), 20116-20119. DOI Scopus885 WoS844 Europe PMC164
2011	Jiao, Y., Du, A., Hankel, M., Zhu, Z., Rudolph, V., & Smith, S. (2011). Graphdiyne: a versatile nanomaterial for electronics and hydrogen purification. Chemical Communications, 47(43), 11843-11845. DOI Scopus304 WoS294 Europe PMC44
2010	Jiao, Y., Du, A., Zhu, Z., Rudolph, V., & Smith, S. (2010). A density functional theory study of CO<inf>2</inf> and N<inf>2</inf> adsorption on aluminium nitride single walled nanotubes. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 20(46), 10426-10430. DOI Scopus59 WoS60
2010	Jiao, Y., Du, A., Zhu, Z., Rudolph, V., & Smith, S. (2010). Adsorption of carbon dioxide and nitrogen on single-layer aluminum nitride nanostructures studied by density functional theory. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114(17), 7846-7849. DOI Scopus47 WoS44

Book Chapters

Year	Citation
2013	Jiao, Y., Hankel, M., Du, A., & Smith, S. (2013). Porous Graphene and Nanomeshes. In D. -E. Jiang, & Z. Chen (Eds.), Graphene Chemistry: Theoretical Perspectives (pp. 129-151). Chichester: Wiley. DOI Scopus2

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2022	Yee, K., Kankanamalage, U., Ghayesh, M., & Jiao, Y. (2022). Vibration analysis of elastically supported graphene strengthened beams. In The First International Conference on Mechanical System Dynamics. China.
2021	Yee, K., Ghayesh, M., & Jiao, Y. (2021). Vibrations of axially functionally graded graphene-nanoplatelets- reinforced Euler-Bernoulli beams. In ACAM10: 10th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics (pp. 442-451). Australia: Engineers Australia. DOI
2011	Jiao, Y., Du, A., Zhu, Z., Rudolph, V., Lu, G., & Smith, S. (2011). A density functional theory study on CO<inf>2</inf> capture and activation by graphene-like boron nitride with boron vacancy. In Catalysis Today Vol. 175 (pp. 271-275). Beijing, PEOPLES R CHINA: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. DOI Scopus76 WoS74

Conference Items

Year	Citation
2014	Qiao, S. Z., Zheng, Y., & Jiao, Y. (2014). Co-doped graphene metal-free electrocatalysts for key energy conversion processes. Poster session presented at the meeting of ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. San Francisco, CA: AMER CHEMICAL SOC.

FT190100636. Develop Catalyst Materials for Future Fuels by Operando Computation. 2020-2023
DP190103472. Design of Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen-Free Ammonia Production under Ambient Conditions. ARC - Discovery Projects. 2019 - 2021
FND000164. Density Functional Theory aided material design for solar-fuel generation, University of Adelaide - Research Fellowships Scheme. 2018

ENG 1003 Programming (MATLAB/Excel)
CHEM ENG 7102 Computation for Materials Engineering
CHEM ENG 1011 Introduction to Process Modelling
CHEM ENG 3026 Unit Operation

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2022	Principal Supervisor	Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction and Clean Energy Generation by Metastable Phase nanomaterials	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Haifeng Shen
2022	Principal Supervisor	Electrode/electrolyte Interphase Engineerings for Advanced Aqueous Zinc-ion Batteries	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Yilong Zhu
2022	Co-Supervisor	Synthesising high bandgap metal oxides using Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), capable of producing highly efficient, low power consumption power electronic devices and LEDs.	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Yong Cheow Gary Lim
2021	Co-Supervisor	iPhD Project: Upscaling Atomic Layer Etching from the Bench to Full Fabrication	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Xiting Zhou
2021	Principal Supervisor	Design Electrocatalyst Materials for Synthetic Fuel/Chemical Production by Molecular Modelling	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Yiran Jiao
2021	Principal Supervisor	Design of Nanostructured Electrocatalysts for Facile C-N Coupling by Molecular Modeling	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Ling Chen
2021	Principal Supervisor	Design of Semiconductor Based Photo-/Electro-Catalyst Materials for Water Splitting	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Sijia Fu
2021	Principal Supervisor	Design Electrocatalysts for Clean Energy Conversion	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Lin Jiang
2021	Co-Supervisor	Rational Design and Preparation of Advanced Photocatalysts for Solar Fuels Production	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Mahmoud Adel Hamza Elsayed Gharib
2021	Co-Supervisor	Atomic-level design and synthesis of photocatalysts for energy application	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Meijun Guo
2017	Principal Supervisor	Computational Study and Experiments of Nanoscale Metal-Organic Frameworks as Drug Carrier for Brain Diseases	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Yechuan Zhang

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2019 - 2021	Principal Supervisor	Design of g-C3N4 Based Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction to Ethylene by Molecular Modelling	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Miss Sijia Fu
2018 - 2021	Co-Supervisor	Hepatitis B core (HBc) virus like particle (VLP) as a platform for innovation of chimeric adjuvant-free VLP vaccines targeting oncoviruses	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Bingyang Zhang
2017 - 2021	Co-Supervisor	Computational Design of Catalysts for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution and Nitrogen Reduction	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Xin Liu
2017 - 2021	Co-Supervisor	Directing Selectivity of Carbon Dioxide Reduction Reaction via Heteroatom Doping	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Xing Zhi
2017 - 2018	Co-Supervisor	Advanced Nano-Array Catalysts for Electrochemical Energy Conversion Reactions	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Jinlong Liu
2017 - 2019	Co-Supervisor	Synthesis of Advanced Electrocatalysts via the Ampoule Method for Water Electrolysis	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Yongqiang Zhao

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