Introduction

Chun-Hua Yan received his Ph.D. in 1988 from Peking University. He was promoted to a full professor in the Department of Chemistry at Peking University in 1992. He is currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief for J. Rare Earths (Elsevier). He was elected as a Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011, and Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) in 2012. His main research fields are rare earth functional materials, rare earth separation processes and industrial applications.

Representative Publications

1. L. Wang, H. Zhou*, J. Hu, B. Huang, M. Sun, B. Dong, G. Zheng, Y. Huang, Y. Chen, L. Li, Z. Xu, N. Li, Z. Liu, Q. Chen, L. D. Sun*, C. H. Yan*, “A Eu³⁺-Eu²⁺ ion redox shuttle imparts operational durability to Pb-I perovskite solar cells”, Science, 2019 (Accepted, in press).

2. S. Shi, L. D. Sun*, Y. Xue, H. Dong, K. Wu, S. Guo, B. Wu, C. H. Yan*, “Scalable Direct-Writing of Lanthanide-Doped KMnF₃ Perovskite Nanowires into Aligned Arrays with Polarized Upconversion Emission”, Nano Lett., 18, 2964, 2018.

3. L. Huang, Q. Gao, L. D. Sun*, H. Dong, S. Shi, T. Cai, Q. Liao*, C. H. Yan*, “Composition-Graded Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanowires with Tunable Dual-Color Lasing Performance”, Adv. Mater., 30, 1800596, 2018.

4. K. Wu, X. Fu, W. Yu, W. Wang, C. Jia*, P. Du, R. Si, Y. Wang, L. D. Li, L. Zhou, L. D. Sun*, C. H. Yan*, “Pt-Embedded CuO_x–CeO₂ Multicore–Shell Composites: Interfacial Redox Reaction-Directed Synthesis and Composition-Dependent Performance for CO Oxidation”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 10, 34172, 2018.

5. Y. Wang, L. D. Li, K. Wu, R. Si, L. D. Sun*, C. H. Yan*, “Composition-tuned oxidation levels of Pt–Re bimetallic nanoparticles for the etherification of allylic alcohols”, Nano Research, 11, 5902, 2018.

6. H. Dong, L. D. Sun*, L. D. Li, R. Si, R. Liu, C. H. Yan*, “Selective Cation Exchange Enabled Growth of Lanthanide Core/Shell Nanoparticles with Dissimilar Structure”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139, 18492, 2017.

7. X. Zheng, K. Zhao, J. Tang, X. Wang, L. D. Li, N. Chen, Y. Wang, S. Shi, X. Zhang, S. Malaisamy, L. D. Sun*, X. Wang*, C. Chen, C. H. Yan*, “Gd-Dots with Strong Ligand–Water Interaction for Ultrasensitive Magnetic Resonance Renography”, ACS Nano, 11, 3642, 2017.

8. K. Wu, L. D. Sun*, C. H. Yan*, Recent Progress in Well-controlled Synthesis of Ceria Based Nanocatalysts towards Enhanced Catalytic Performance, Adv. Energy Mater., 6, 1600501, 2016.

9. H. Dong, S. Du, X. Zheng, G. Lyu, L. D. Sun*, L. D. Li, P. Zhang, C. Zhang, C. H. Yan*, “Lanthanide Nanoparticles: From Design toward Bioimaging and Therapy”, Chem. Rev. 115, 10725, 2015.

10. H. Dong, L. D. Sun*, C. H. Yan*, “Energy transfer in lanthanide upconversion studies for extended optical applications”, Chem. Soc. Rev., 44, 1608, 2015.

Representative Publications