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Three Papers by Prof. Jian Wang Covering Oxygen-Evolving Catalysts, Li-Metal Batteries, and Fuel Cell Cathodes—Titled "Controlling dynamic reconstruction chemistry for superior oxygen-evolving catalysts", "In situ polymerization of 1, 3-dioxane as a highly compatible polymer electrolyte to enable the stable operation of 4.5 V Li-metal batteries", and "Rational design of perovskite ferrites as high-performance proton-conducting fuel cell cathodes"—Selected as Web of Science "Highly Cited Papers"
Prof. Wang is awarded the SEE Excellent Young Researcher Award 2025 in recognition of prolific contributions and transformative impact in sustainable electrochemical energy research. With 96 influential publications, his work has redefined benchmarks in the field. Notably, with SEE as academic home, he published first-/corresponding-author papers in prestigious journals like Nature Catalysis, Energy & Environmental Science, Chem, Advanced Materials, secured 15 competitive grants as the principal investigator exceeding 15M HKD, and (co)chaired five international conferences. His mentorship catalyzed a postdoctoral researcher’s success in securing the NSFC Excellent Young Scientist Fund (Overseas). His accolades include the 2024 Energy & Fuels Rising Star Award, Senior Visiting Scholar title at Tsinghua University, and top 2% most-cited career scientist worldwide (Since 2023).
Mr. Zhang Chi attended the opening ceremony of the City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Alumni Home and presented an electrolyzer model from the DEEP research team. (05/2025)
Prof. Jian Wang is recognized for the significant contribution to the research field of energy as 2024 ENERGY AND FUELS RISING STAR. (03/2025)
The project “High-Performance and Long-Life Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis: From Material Design to Cell Innovation,” led by Prof. Jian Wang, was awarded over HK$4 million from the RGC. (03/2025)
https://www.cityu.edu.hk/media/news/2025/03/18/cityuhk-secures-its-highest-funding-record-over-hk60-million-10-interdisciplinary-research-projects-rgc
DEEP Research Group Publishes Cover Article in ACS Energy Letters: "Regulating Reconstruction Activity of Cobalt Electrode for Optimized Water Oxidation" . (10/2024)
Wang, Miao; Wang, Ziyi; Zhang, Yunze; Shi, Yan; Chan, Ting-Shan; Haw, Shu-Chih; Wang, Jian; Wang, Hongsheng; WANG, Siyuan; Fei, Hao; Liu, Ruoqi; Liu, Tong; Yan, Chang-Feng; Wang, Jian
Outstanding paper of the year 2023 for Materials Futures. (03/2024)
Invited paper and related link: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-5724/acc51d
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/dEXFSzi5wDIqnuHdzKR-nQ
On 29 December, Prof. Jian Wang was invited to the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) of Shenzhen University to participate in a seminar as the guest speaker. (12/2023)
The DEEP research team participated in the 2023 Guangdong Postgraduate Academic Forum-"Intelligent Manufacturing and Robots" sub-forum and achieved excellent results. (11/2023)
On October 26, Prof. Wang was invited to attend a seminar at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as a guest speaker. (10/2023)
On August 2nd, 2023, Prof. Wang gave an invited talk at the “2023 Joint Annual Meeting of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Physical Societies” (08/2023)
From May 28 to June 2, 2023, Prof. Wang chaired two sections in the 243rd ECS meeting held in Boston and visited MIT and Harvard University. (05/2023)
Oct 15, 2023, Big congrats to Dr. Hongsheng WANG for getting the prestigious "Excellent Young Scientist Fund (overseas)" from the NSFC. He will take a faculty job at the University of the Chinese Academy of Science. (10/2023)
Top 2% of scientists in the world (10/2023)
According to metrics compiled by Stanford University and the updated data published on 4 October 2023, Prof. Jian WANG is listed among the top 2% of the world’s most highly cited scientists (i.e., top 2% in the world in their own areas of specialty)
On Sep 5th, 2023, a delegate of faculties and students from Zhejiang University visited the DEEP group. Prof. Wang and Jia Lei shared information and led the lab visit. (09/2023)
From August 22-26, 2023, Prof. Wang visited National Taiwan University, National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University, and National Tsinghua University, funded by the 2023 UAiTED faculty Exchange scholarship. (08/2023)
On August 17th, Prof. Wang was invited to attend the “The 17th Tianci Innovation and Development Forum” and give an invited talk at the School of Chemistry, South China Normal University. (08/2023)
On July 15th, Prof. Wang attended “The First National Energy Chemistry Academic Conference of the Chinese Chemical Society” and gave an invited talk in Suzhou, China. (07/2023)
June 20-23, DEEP group's research outcomes are showcased in the INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL ENERGY EXPO 2023-hong kong (06/2023)
On May 25th, 2023, Prof. Wang attended the 2023 World Hydrogen Technology Convention (Foshan) and gave a keynote talk. (05/2023)
From March 5th to 10th, Prof. Wang attended the International Battery Materials Association Meeting 2023 held at UT-Austin (USA) and visited Standford University (03/2023)
On Oct 8th, 2022, Prof. Wang gave an invited talk at the HKTech Forum on Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Environment. (10/2022)