Speaker: Prof. Zongyou Yin, professer from the Australian National University
Title: Microenvironment-Tunable Nanocatalysis and Data-Driven Materials Innovations
Time: 15:00 August 31th, 2025 (Sunday)
Venue: No.5 conference room on the 3rd floor, Building No.5
Host: Prof. Guodong Li
Info. of Speaker：
Dr. Zongyou Yin obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees at Jilin University in China, and completed his Ph.D. at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. Then, he started his postdoc careers at NTU/Singapore, IMRE/Singapore, followed by MIT and then Harvard University. Dr Yin started his own Research Group at Australian National University (ANU) from 2017. Dr. Yin is the tenured professor at ANU now. His group's research is interdisciplinary, encompassing AI-driven materials innovations, nano-to-atomic materials science, fundamental relationship among materials-structures-devices, and synergistic integration of multi-functions towards systems for sustainable energy and wearables. Dr. Yin is the Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow at level 3, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics (FAIP), and Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI). Dr. Yin has been the World Highly Cited Researcher every year since 2015.
Abstract:
This talk will present our recent developments in the nanoscale solid-material based catalysts for hydrogen evolution reactions. Our continuous research efforts have led to significant advancements in the design of integrated nanomaterials, incorporating both active catalytic sites and relevant microenvironment perturbations. In our design, we considered interior strain from solid phase, lattice-mismatch-induced strain, plasmonic resonance-induced electric fields, and the heterostructure-induced interface barrier and their effects on the catalysis. Our catalysts cover 2D materials, core-shell, and Janus structures. These studies highlight the tunability of catalyst surface activity through materials integration, further enhanced by manipulating single-to-multiple local reaction environments. Nanointegration offers versatile strategies for tailoring performance in nano-energy advancements while mitigating environmental contamination.
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