环境与化学工程学院

Yuan Saisai

Associate professor

Email:

yuansaisai@just.edu.cn

Office:

Huanhua 201

Address:

Changhui Road 666

PostCode:

212100

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Introduction

My main research interests are photocatalysis and molecular electronics, and I'm committed to the development of single-molecule scale photocatalysis research platform.I am seeking cooperation, including researchers in organic synthesis, theoretical calculation, machine learning, instrument development and other fields.

Research Focus

Photocatalysis: VOCs degradation, CO2 reduction, water splitting

Photocatalysis based on 2D materials (Right) g-C3N4, Rare earth materials (Left) CeO2.

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Molecular electronics: conformational switch, electric-field catalysis, noise analysis

STM-BJ equipment in our Lab (Copyright by Pilab)

Education Background

2018-2021, Xiamen University, Postdoctor.

2015-2018, Kyushu Institute of Technology/Yangzhou University, Ph.D.

2012-2015, Kyushu Institute of Technology/Yangzhou University, M.S.

2008-2012, Yangzhou University, B.S.

Teaching

Catalysis; Physical Chemistry

- Projects
  
  Host project:
  China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, ¥80,000 (2024.01-2025.12)
  National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Mineral Salt Deep Utilization Fund, ¥10,000 (2024.01-2025.12)
  Horizontal Scientific Research Funds, ¥300,000 (2023.08-2026.7)
  National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Science Fund project, ¥300,000 (2023.01-2025.12)
  Start-up funding from Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, ¥200,000 (2022.06 - 2025.05)
- Publications
  
  2024年
  47. Bailin Gao, Zhaodong Wang, Tengyang Gao*, Saisai Yuan*, Hui Yang, Chuanxiang Chen*, Rare earth based photocatalysts for hydrogen peroxide production, Journal of Rare Earths, in press.
  46. Tengyang Gao, Degui Zhao, Saisai Yuan*, Ming Zheng, Xianjuan Pu, Liang Tang*, Zhendong Lei*, Energy band engineering of graphitic carbon nitride for photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production, Carbon Energy, 2024, e596, in press.
  45. Hui Yang, Lu Jia, Qitao Zhang*, Saisai Yuan, Teruhisa Ohno*, Bin Xu*, Efficient Exciton Dissociation on Ceria Chelated Cerium-Based MOF Isogenous S-Scheme Photocatalyst for Acetaldehyde Purification, Small, 2024, 20, 2308743.
  44. Bin Xu*, Lu Jia, Hui Yang*, Yue Wang, Siyu Fan, Saisai Yuan*, Qitao Zhang, Ming Zhang, Teruhisa Ohno, Improved photocatalytic performance of acetaldehyde degradation via crystal plane regulation on truncated octahedral CeO2, Rare Met., 2024, 43, 2026.
  43. Ying Dong, Tengyang Gao, Saisai Yuan*, Chengzhang Zhu, Lei Yang, Yiming Chen, Xijuan Wang, Yu Yin, Chuangxiang Chen*, Liang Tang*, Teruhisa Ohno, Ultrathin TiO2(B) nanosheets-decorated hollow CoFeP cube as PMS activator for enhanced photocatalytic activity, Appl. Surf. Sci., 2024, 643, 158667.
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  42. Yuan, S.; Yu, Zhou.; Tengyang Gao.;Lichuan, Chen.; Wei, Xu.; Ping, Duan.; Juejun, Wang.; Zhichao, Pan.; Chun, Tang.; Yang, Yang.; Wenjing, Hong.*, Electric field-driven folding of single molecules, Chin. Chem. Lett., 2024, 35, 108404.
  41. Yue Qian, Zhoujia Liu, Haixin Song, Ruize Yin, Hanni Yang, Siyang Li, Weiwei Xiong*, Saisai Yuan*, Junhao Zhang, Huan Pang*, Imide-based covalent organic framework with excellent cyclability as an anode material for lithium-ion battery, Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024, 35, 108785.
  2023年
  40. Lei Yang, Tengyang Gao, Saisai Yuan*, Ying Dong, Yiming Chen, Xijuan Wang, Chuangxiang Chen*, Liang Tang*, Teruhisa Ohno, Spatial charge separated two-dimensional/two-dimensional Cu-In2S3/CdS heterojunction for boosting photocatalytic hydrogen production, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2023, 652, 1503.
  
  39. Xijuan Wang, Saisai Yuan*, Lei Yang, Ying Dong, Yiming Chen, Wuxiang Zhang, Chuangxiang Chen*, Qitao Zhang*, Teruhisa Ohno, Spatially charge-separated 2D homojunction for photocatalytic hydrogen production, Rare Met., 2023, 42, 3952.
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  38. Tengyang Gao, Abdalghani Daaoub, Zhichao Pan, Yong Hu, Saisai Yuan, Yaoguang Li, Gang Dong, Ruiyun Huang, Junyang Liu, Sara Sangtarash, Jia Shi, Yang Yang*, Hatef Sadeghi*, and Wenjing Hong*, Supramolecular Radical Electronics, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 17232.
  37. Chenghan Wu, Jiawan Zhu, Buyuan Zhang, Hucheng Shi, Hui Zhang, Saisai Yuan, Yu Yin, Guangchun Chen, Chuanxiang Chen*, Efficient pH-universal aqueous supercapacitors enabled by an azure C-decorated N-doped graphene aerogel, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2023, 650, 1871.
  36. Qiuying He, Qijie Jin, Chuanxiang Chen*, Jin Wang, Saisai Yuan, Shukun Le*, Fu Yang, Yu Yin, Feng Du, Haitao Xu, Chengzhang Zhu*, Ternary dual S-scheme In2O3/SnIn4S8/CdS heterojunctions for boosted light-to-hydrogen conversion, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2023, 650, 416.
  35. Caiyun Wei, Jingyao Ye, Yuming Su, Jueting Zheng, Siqiang Xiao, Jiawei Chen, Saisai Yuan, Chengyang Zhang, Jie Bai, Han Xu, Jia Shi, Jiale Huang and Wenjing Hong*, Halide Anchors for Single-Cluster Electronics, CCS Chemistry, 2023, 5, 1574..
  34. Dong Xuexue; Yuan Saisai; Aizudin, Marliyana; Wang, Xuyu; Zhou, Yu; Song, Heng; Yu, Chao; Yuan, Aihua; Tang, Sheng; Yang, Fu*; Ang, Edison Huixiang*, Applied Surface Science, 2023, 624, 157152.
  33. W Zhang*, Z Li, R Luo, Q Guo, F Xu, F Yang, M Zhang, L Jia, S Yuan*, Design of tandem CuO/CNTs composites for enhanced tetracycline degradation and antibacterial activity, Separation and Purification Technology, 2023, 306, 122548.
  2022年
  32. Hui Yang, Lu Jia, Zhipeng Zhang, Bin Xu, Qitao Zhang, Saisai Yuan, Yonghao Xiao, Zhaodong Nan, Ming Zhang, Yongcai Zhang, Teruhisa Ohno*, Enhanced photocatalytic VOCs degradation performance on Fe-doped ceria under visible light, Applied Materials Today, 2022, 29, 101651.
  31. Xiaohui Xu, Juejun Wang, Nickel Blankevoort, Abdalghani Daaoub, Sara Sangtarash, Jie Shi, Chao Fang, Saisai Yuan, Lichuan Chen, Junyang Liu, Yang Yang, Hatef Sadeghi, Wenjing Hong, Scaling of quantum interference from single molecules to molecular cages and their monolayers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119, e2211786119.
  30. Hu, Yong; Zhou, Yu.; Ye, Jingyao.; Yuan, S.; Xiao, Zongyuan.; Yang, Yang.;  C.Solomon, Gemma.; Hong, Wenjing., σ-dominated charge transport in sub-nanometer molecular junctions. Fundamental Research 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.fmre.2022.06.021.
  29. Pan, Zhichao; Chen, Lichuan.; Tang, Chun.; Hu, Yong.; Yuan, S.; Gao, Tengyang.; Shi, Jie.; Shi, Jia.; Yang, Yang.; Hong, Wenjing., The Evolution of the Charge Transport Mechanism in Single-Molecule Break Junctions Revealed by Flicker Noise Analysis. Small, 2022,18, 2107220.
  28. Yuan, S.; Qian, Q.; Zhou, Y.; Zhao, S.; Lin, L.; Duan, P.; Xu, X.; Shi, J.; Xu, W.; Feng, A.; Shi, J.; Yang, Y.*; Hong, W.*, Tracking Confined Reaction Based on Host-Guest Interaction Using Single-Molecule Conductance Measurement. Small, 2022,18, 2104554.
  2021年
  27. Yuan, S.; Xu, X.; Daaoub, A.; Fang, C.; Cao, W.; Chen, H.; Sangtarash, S.; Zhang, J.*; Sadeghi, H.*; Hong, W.*, Single-atom control of electrical conductance and thermopower through single-cluster junctions. Nanoscale 2021,13, 12594.
  26. Yang, H.; Xu, B.; Zhang, Q.; Yuan, S.; Zhang, Z.; Liu, Y.; Nan, Z.; Zhang, M.; Ohno, T., Boosting visible-light-driven photocatalytic performance of waxberry-like CeO₂by samarium doping and silver QDs anchoring. Appl. Catal., B 2021,286, 119845.
  25. Wang, J.; Wan, Y.; Wang, X.; Pu, Y.; Ali, N.; Yuan, S.; Zhang, Q.; Bilal, M., Fabrication and characterization of inverse opal tin dioxide as a novel and high-performance photocatalyst for degradation of Rhodamine B dye. Inorg. Nano-Met. Chem. 2021,51, 150.
  24. Gao, T.; Pan, Z.; Cai, Z.; Zheng, J.; Tang, C.; Yuan, S.; Zhao, S.; Bai, H.; Yang, Y.; Shi, J.; Xiao, Z.; Liu, J.; Hong, W., Electric field-induced switching among multiple conductance pathways in single-molecule junctions. Chem. Commun. 2021,57, 7160.
  23. Yuan, S.*; Zhang, Q.*, Application of One-Dimensional Nanomaterials in Catalysis at the Single-Molecule and Single-Particle Scale. Front Chem 2021,9, 812287.
  2020年
  22. Yuan, S.; Gao, T.; Cao, W.; Pan, Z.; Liu, J.*; Shi, J.*; Hong, W.*, The Characterization of Electronic Noise in the Charge Transport through Single-Molecule Junctions. Small Methods 2020,5, 2001064.
  21. Xu, B.; Yang, H.; Zhang, Q.; Yuan, S.; Xie, A.; Zhang, M.; Ohno, T., Design and Synthesis of Sm, Y, La and Nd-doped CeO₂ with a broom-like hierarchical structure: a photocatalyst with enhanced oxidation performance. ChemCatChem 2020,12, 2638.
  2019年
  20. Yang, H.; Xu, B.; Yuan, S.; Zhang, Q.; Zhang, M.; Ohno, T., Synthesis of Y-doped CeO₂/PCN nanocomposited photocatalyst with promoted photoredox performance. Appl. Catal., B 2019,243, 513.
  19. Wan, Y.; Wang, J.; Wang, X.; Xu, H.; Yuan, S.; Zhang, Q.; Zhang, M., Preparation of inverse opal titanium dioxide for photocatalytic performance research. Opt. Mater. 2019,96, 109287.
  2018年
  18. Zhang, Q.; Yuan, S.; Xu, B.; Xu, Y.; Cao, K.; Jin, Z.; Qiu, C.; Zhang, M.*; Su, C.; Ohno, T.*, A facile approach to build Bi₂O₂CO₃/PCN nanohybrid photocatalysts for gaseous acetaldehyde efficient removal. Catal. Today 2018,315, 184.
  17. Yuan, S.; Liu, S.; Zhang, Q.; Zhang, M.; Xu, B.*; Ohno, T.*, Effects of the Atmosphere in a Hydrothermal Process on the Morphology and Photocatalytic Activity of Cerium Oxide. ChemCatChem 2018,10, 4269.
  16. Yuan, S.; Xu, B.; Zhang, Q.; Liu, S.; Xie, J.; Zhang, M.*; Ohno, T.*, Development of the Visible-Light Response of CeO_2-x with a high Ce³⁺ Content and Its Photocatalytic Properties. ChemCatChem 2018,10, 1267.
  15. Liu, S.; Yuan, S.; Zhang, Q.; Xu, B.; Wang, C.; Zhang, M.; Ohno, T., Fabrication and characterization of black TiO₂ with different Ti³⁺ concentrations under atmospheric conditions. J. Catal. 2018,366, 282.
  2017年
  14. Zhanga, Q.; Xu, B.; Yuan, S.; Zhang, M.; Ohno, T., Improving g-C₃N₄ photocatalytic performance by hybridizing with Bi₂O₂CO₃ nanosheets. Catal. Today 2017,284, 27.
  13. Yuan, S.; Zhang, Q.; Xu, B.; Liu, S.; Wang, J.; Xie, J.; Zhang, M.*; Ohno, T.*, A new precursor to synthesize g-C₃N₄with superior visible light absorption for photocatalytic application. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2017,7, 1826.
  12. Xu, B.; Zhang, Q.; Yuan, S.; Liu, S.; Zhang, M.; Ohno, T., Synthesis and photocatalytic performance of yttrium-doped CeO₂ with a hollow sphere structure. Catal. Today 2017,281, 135.
  2016年
  11. Xu, B.; Zhang, Q.; Yuan, S.; Zhang, M.; Ohno, T., Synthesis and photocatalytic performance of yttrium-doped CeO₂ with a porous broom-like hierarchical structure. Appl. Catal., B 2016,183, 361.
  2015年
  10. Xu, B.; Zhang, Q.; Yuan, S.; Zhang, M.; Ohno, T., Morphology control and characterization of broom-like porous CeO₂. Chem. Eng. J. 2015,260, 126.
  9. Xu, B.; Zhang, Q.; Yuan, S.; Zhang, M.; Ohno, T., Morphology control and photocatalytic characterization of yttrium-doped hedgehog-like CeO₂. Appl. Catal., B 2015,164, 120.
  8. Ohno, T.; Higo, T.; Saito, H.; Yuan, S.; Jin, Z.; Yang, Y.; Tsubota, T., Dependence of photocatalytic activity on aspect ratio of a brookite TiO₂ nanorod and drastic improvement in visible light responsibility of a brookite TiO₂ nanorod by site-selective modification of Fe³⁺ on exposed faces. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 2015,396, 261.
  7. Jin, Z.; Zhang, Q.; Yuan, S.; Ohno, T., Synthesis high specific surface area nanotube g-C₃N₄ with two-step condensation treatment of melamine to enhance photocatalysis properties. RSC Advances 2015,5, 4026.
  6. Huang, Q.; Zhang, Q.; Yuan, S.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, M., One-pot facile synthesis of branched Ag-ZnO heterojunction nanostructure as highly efficient photocatalytic catalyst. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2015,353, 949.
  2014年
  5. Zhang, Y.; Yuan, S.; Zhao, Y.; Wang, H.; He, C., Synthesis of novel yttrium-doped graphene oxide nanocomposite for dye removal. J. Mater. Chem. A 2014,2, 7897.
  4. Zhang, Q.; Xu, B.; Yuan, S.; Zhang, M.; Ohno, T., Fabrication and characterization of sesame ball-like CeO₂:Y³⁺/P(St–AA) composite microspheres based on electrostatic interaction. Mater. Lett. 2014,121, 109.
  3. Yuan, S.; Zhang, Q.; Xu, B.; Jin, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Yang, Y.; Zhang, M.*; Ohno, T.*, Porous cerium dioxide hollow spheres and their photocatalytic performance. RSC Advances 2014,4, 62255.
  2013年
  2. Zhang, Y.; Zhao, Y.; Yuan, S.; Wang, H.; He, C., Electrocatalysis and detection of nitrite on a reduced graphene/Pd nanocomposite modified glassy carbon electrode. Sens. Actuators, B 2013,185, 602.
  1. Wang, J..; Wu, X.; Wu, Y.; Yuan, S.; Xu, Y.; Chen, X.; Zhang, M., Fabrication and Characterization of Tin Oxide Inverse Opal by Template Method. Key Eng. Mater. 2013,562-565, 18.
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