Lei Wang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Academic Careers
2013.09-2016.06： Master’s degree in Polymer Chemistry and Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
2016.08-2020.08： Doctor’s degree in Material Science, Stony Brook University
2016.10-2020.07: Research assistant, Brookhaven National Laboratory
2020.08-2021.08： Postdoc Appointee, Argonne National Laboratory
2021.10-: Assistant Professor, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Research Interests
Artificial Photosynthesis, Renewable Energy, and Photocatalysis. Specifically,
· Synthesis methodology of molecular catalyst/ photosensitizer
· Supramolecular catalysis and functional system construction
· Heterogeneous strategy of homogeneous catalytic system
Selected Publications
Lei Wang, Danhua Yan, David W. Shaffer, Xinyi Ye, Bobby H. Layne, Javier J. Concepcion, Mingzhao Liu, and Chang-Yong Nam*. “Improved stability and performance of visible photoelectrochemical water splitting on solution-processed organic semiconductor thin films by ultrathin metal oxide passivation”. Chem. Mater., 2018, 30, 324 – 335. [LINK]
Lei Wang, Dmitry E. Polyansky, and Javier J. Concepcion*. “Self-assembled bilayers as an anchoring strategy: catalysts, chromophores, and chromophore-catalyst assemblies”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 20, 8020–8024. [LINK]
Lei Wang, David W. Shaffer, Gerald F. Manbeck, Dmitry Polyansky, and Javier J. Concepcion*. “High-Redox-Potential Chromophores for Visible-Light-Driven Water Oxidation at Low pH”. ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 1, 580–585. [LINK]
Lei Wang, Zhu-Lin Xie, Brian T. Phelan, Vincent M. Lynch, Lin X. Chen, and Karen L. Mulfort*. "Changing directions: Influence of ligand electronics on the directionality and kinetics of photoinduced charge transfer in Cu (I) diimine complexes." Inorg. Chem. 62.35 (2023): 14368-14376. [LINK]
Lei Wang, Zhu-Lin Xie, Xin Li, Vincent M. Lynch, and Karen L. Mulfort*. "Optical detection of alcohols with a Cu (i) HETPHEN complex by reversible aldehyde to hemiacetal conversion." Analyst 148.18 (2023): 4274-4278. [LINK]
Lijuan Wang, Lei Wang*. "Influence of substituents on the water oxidation performance for copper–bipyridine catalysts." Mol. Catal. 553 (2024): 113809. [LINK]
Xin Li, Mengjiao Shao, Xueling Song, Xuesong Jiang, Guisheng Li, and Lei Wang*. "Integration of surface polymerization and self-assembly strategies for heterogenization of copper-based catalysts for water oxidation." Catal. Sci. & Technol. 14.3 (2024): 562-566. [LINK]
Selected Presentations
Lei Wang, Karen Mulfort, “Electron withdrawing or donating? Finding the "sweet spot" for elongating the excited state lifetime of the Cu(I) HETPHEN complexes by tuning the electronic property of phenanthroline ligands”. 2022 Spring ACS National Meeting & Expo.
Lei Wang, Yan Xie, Renato Neiva Sampaio and Javier J. Concepcion, “Chromophores and anchoring strategies for light-driven water splitting”. 2019 Spring ACS National Meeting & Expo.
Contact me
E-mail: leiwang@usst.edu.cn
