Education Background

2022.09-2026.06 Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University

2019.09-2022.06 M.S. in Chemistry, China University of Petroleum (East China)

2015.09-2019.06 B.S. in Materials Chemistry, China University of Petroleum (East China)

Working Experiences

2026.08 – present  Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Research Interests

1.      Advanced photocatalytic and photothermal systems based on nanostructured semiconductors

2.      Green upcycling of plastic waste into value-added products

Publications (#: equal contribution)

1.      Xing Chuanwang#, Mao Chengliang#, Wang Shenghua, Zhou Yuxuan, Wu Lei, Zhang Dake, Kang Dingxuan, Yang Di, Gong Weiting, Wei Wendong, Wang Liang, Li Chaoran, Ozin Geoffrey A. *, Yang Deren*, Sun Wei*. Ambient solar thermal catalysis for polyolefin upcycling using copper encapsulated in silicon nanosheets and chloroaluminate ionic liquid. Nature Catalysis, 2025, 8(6): 556-568.

2.      Xing Chuanwang#, Tang Baoshan#, Zhao Shi, Wan Quanzhen, Leong Jin Feng, Nie Qunlin, Zhou Yangfan, Hong Zijian, Zamburg Evgeny, Sun Wei*, Yang Deren*, Thean Aaron V. Y*. Tunable volatile and nonvolatile switching in silicon nanosheets memristor array for reservoir computing. Device, 2025, 3(9): 100905.

3.      Xing Chuanwang, Yu Guiyang*, Zhou Jun, Liu Qi, Chen Ting, Liu Heyuan*, Li Xiyou*. Solar energy-driven upcycling of plastic waste on direct Z-scheme heterostructure of V-substituted phosphomolybdic acid/g-C3N4 nanosheets. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2022, 315, 121496.

4.      Xing C. W., Yu G. Y*., Chen T., Liu S. S., Sun Q. Q., Liu Q., Hu Y. J., Liu H. Y., Li X. Y*. Perylenetetracarboxylic diimide covalently bonded with mesoporous g-C3N4 to construct direct Z-scheme heterojunctions for efficient photocatalytic oxidative coupling of amines. Appl Catal B-environ, 2021, 298, 120534.