Yanfeng Zhang

Yanfengzhang@pku.edu.cn

Chinese, English

Beijing

Peking University

Materials Science and Engineering

• 2002—2005: PhD in Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Supervisor: Academician Qi-Kun Xue
• 1995—2002: Bachelor and Master of Science, School of Physics Engineering, Zhengzhou University

• 2021-Present: Peking University, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tenured Professor, Boya Distinguished Professor
• 2020-2021: Peking University, College of Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tenured Professor, Boya Distinguished Professor
• 2016-2020: Peking University, College of Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tenured Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor
• 2010-2016: Peking University, College of Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Distinguished Researcher under the Hundred Talents Program, Doctoral Supervisor
• 2006-2009: Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Japan, JSPS Research Fellow
• 2005-2006: National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Research Assistant

• Beijing Natural Science First Prize (3rd Completer)
• Beijing Outstanding Graduate Instructor Team (Member)
• Peking University 2023 Zhengda Award Teaching Gold
• National Outstanding Young Scientist Fund (2019)
• Ministry of Education Changjiang Scholars Program - Young Scholar (2015)
• National Excellent Young Scientist Fund (2012)
• Peking University P&G Teacher Award (2015)
• Nano Research Young Innovators Award in NanoEnergy (2019)
• Peking University Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Instructor (2023, 2021, 2016)
• Chinese Society for Materials Research Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Instructor (2017)
• National Hundred Excellent Doctoral Thesis (2007)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (50 Papers) Outstanding Doctoral Thesis (2006)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award, Group Award (2005)

Wafer-scale two-dimensional semiconductor materials and their heterostructures: Controlled preparation and applications in electronics and optoelectronics
Bulk production of two-dimensional material powders: Applications in energy and environmental fields
Molecular beam epitaxy - Scanning tunneling microscopy: Preparation of low-dimensional materials, atomic-scale morphology and electronic structure, and novel physical properties research

• Direct growth of wafer-scale highly oriented graphene on sapphire, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2021
• Two-Dimensional Metallic Vanadium Ditelluride as a High-Performance Electrode Material, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2021
• Magnetic Moments Induced by Atomic Vacancies in Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Flakes, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2021
• Designing New-Generation Piezoelectric Transducers by Embedding Superior Graphene-Based Thermal Regulators, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2021
• Controlled Syntheses and Multifunctional Applications of Two-Dimensional Metallic Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2021
• Adhesion-Enhanced Vertically Oriented Graphene on Titanium-Covered Quartz Glass toward High-Stability Light-Dimming-Related Applications, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2021
• Enhancing the Heat-Dissipation Efficiency in Ultrasonic Transducers via Embedding Vertically Oriented Graphene-Based Porcelain Radiators, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2020
• Epitaxial Growth of Centimeter-Scale Single-Crystal MoS2 Monolayer on Au(111), Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2020
• Two-Dimensional Metallic NiTe2with Ultrahigh Environmental Stability, Conductivity, and Electrocatalytic Activity, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2020
• Thickness Tunable Wedding-Cake-like MoS2 Flakes for High-Performance Optoelectronics, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2019
• Scalable Production of Two-Dimensional Metallic Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanosheet Powders Using NaCl Templates toward Electrocatalytic Applications, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2019
• Epitaxial Growth of Two-Dimensional Metal−Semiconductor Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Vertical Stacks (VSe2/MX2) and Their Band Alignments, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2019
• Batch production of 6-inch uniform monolayer molybdenum disulfide catalyzed by sodium in glass, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2018
• Chemical Vapor Deposition Grown Wafer-Scale 2D Tantalum Diselenide with Robust Charge-Density-Wave Order, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2018
• Two-dimensional metallic tantalum disulfide as a hydrogen evolution catalyst, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2017
• Metallic Vanadium Disulfide Nanosheets as a Platform Material for Multifunctional Electrode Applications, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2017
• Nickelocene-Precursor-Facilitated Fast Growth of Graphene/h-BN Vertical Heterostructures, and Its Applications in OLEDs, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2017
• Van der Waals Epitaxial Growth of 2D Metallic Vanadium Diselenide Single Crystals and their Extra-High Electrical Conductivity, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2017
• Seed-Assisted Growth of Single-Crystalline Patterned Graphene Domains on Hexagonal Boron Nitride by Chemical Vapor Deposition, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2016
• Temperature-Mediated Selective Growth of MoS2/WS2and WS2/MoS2 Vertical Stacks on Au Foils for Direct Photocatalytic Applications, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2016
• Temperature-triggered chemical switching growth of in-plane and vertically stacked graphene-boron nitride heterostructures, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2015
• All Chemical Vapor Deposition Synthesis and Intrinsic Bandgap Observation of MoS2/Graphene Heterostructures, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2015
• Chemical vapour deposition of group-VIB metal dichalcogenide monolayers: engineered substrates from amorphous to single crystalline, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2015
• Controllable Growth and Transfer of Monolayer MoS2on Au Foils and Its Potential Application in Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Yanfeng Zhang et al., 2014