Li-Yong Gan

Phone: +86 15828532575

Office address: LE409, Building of Science, Chong University Huxi Campus

Email: ganly@cqu.edu.cn

Homepage: https://publons.com/researcher/2654055/liyong-gan/

Teacher homepage: http://phys.cqu.edu.cn/info/1143/3767.htm

Academic Background

• 2007.09-2012.07 Ph. D. in Department of Physics, South China University of Technology

• 2003.09-2007.07 BS. inDepartment of Physics,Chong University

Work Experience

• 2019.05-present ChongqingUniversity, Associate Professor, M.sc Supervisor

• 2017.07-2019.05 South China University of Technology, Associate Professor, M.sc Supervisor

• 2014.07-2017.07 South West Jiaotong University, Associate Professor, M.sc Supervisor

• 2012.07-2014.07 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Postdoc

Fundings

• 2021.01-2024.12 National Nature Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 12074048,￥630 thousand,Principle Investigator

• 2016.01-2018.12 National Nature Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 11504303,￥200 thousand,Principle Investigator

Research Interests

• Energy-related heterogeneous catalysis, photocatalysis and electracatalysis

• Two-dimensional material related novel properties

Selective Publications

• H. Yin,L.-Y. Gan*, and P. Wang*, “The Identification of Optimal Active Boron Sites for N₂Reduction”,J. Mater. Chem. A8, 3910 (2020).

• B. Fu, W. Wu,L.-Y. Gan*, and Z. Zhang*, “Bulk/Surface Defects Engineered TiO₂Nanotube Photonic Crystals Coupled with Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticles for Effective in Vivo Near-Infrared Light Photoelectrochemical Detection”,Anal. Chem.91, 14611 (2019).

• H. Yin, S.-L. Li,L.-Y. Gan*, and P. Wang*,“Pt-Embedded in Monolayer g-C₃N₄as a Promising Single-Atom Electrocatalyst for Ammonia Synthesis”,J. Mater. Chem. A7, 11908 (2019).

• Y.-T. Du, X. Kan*, F. Yang,L.-Y. Gan*, U. Schwingenschlögl, “MXene/Graphene Heterostructures as High-Performance Electrodes for Li-Ion Batteries”,ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces10, 32867 (2018).

• Z.-J. Chen, G.-X. Cao,L.-Y. Gan*, H. Dai, N. Xu, M.-J. Zang, H.-B. Dai, H. Wu, and P. Wang*, “Highly Dispersed Platinum on Honeycomb-Like NiO@Ni Film as a Synergistic Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction”,ACS Catal.8, 8866 (2018).

• M. Zang, N. Xu, G. Cao, Z. Chen, J. Cui,L.-Y. Gan*, H. Dai, X. Yang, and P. Wang*, “Cobalt Molybdenum Oxide Derived High-Performance Electrocatalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction”,ACS Catal.8, 5062 (2018).

• G.Rehman,S. A. Khan,B. Amin*,I.Ahmad*,L.-Y.Gan*,and M.Maqbool*,“Intriguing Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Two-Dimensional van der Waals Heterostructures of Zr₂CT₂(T= O, F) with MoSe₂and WSe₂”,J. Mater. Chem.C6, 2830 (2018).

• Y. Xin, X. Kan,L.-Y. Gan*, and Z. Zhang*, “Heterogeneous Bimetallic Phosphide/Sulfide Nanocomposite for Efficient Solar-Energy-Driven Overall Water Splitting”,ACS Nano11,10303 (2017).

• L.-Y. Gan*, Y. Cheng*,U. Schwingenschlögl*, Y. Yao, Y. Zhao, X. Zhang, and W. Huang, “Edge Structures and Properties of Triangular Antidots in Single-Layer MoS₂”,Appl. Phys. Lett.109, 091603 (2016).

• A.Nie,L.-Y. Gan(Equal Contribution), Y.Cheng, X. Tao, Y. Yuan, S. Sharifi-Asl, K. He, H. Asayesh-Ardakani, V. Vasiraju, J. Lu, F. Mashayek, R. Klie, S. Vaddiraju, U. Schwingenschlögl, R. Shahbazian-Yassar*, “Ultrafast and Highly Reversible Sodium Storage in Zinc-Antimony Intermetallic Nanomaterials”,Adv. Funct. Mater.26, 543, (2016).

• L.-Y. Gan, S. O. Akandeaand U.Schwingenschlögl*,“Anisotropic O Vacancy Formation and Diffusion in LaMnO₃”,J. Mater. Chem. A2, 19733 (2014).

• L.-Y. Gan, Q. Zhang, Y. Cheng,and U. Schwingenschlögl*,“Photovoltaic Heterojunctions of Fullerenes with MoS₂and WS₂Monolayers”,J. Phys. Chem. Lett.5, 1445 (2014).

• L.-Y. Ganand U. Schwingenschlögl*,“Two-DimensionalSquareTernary Cu₂MX₄(M= Mo, W;X= S, Se)Monolayers andNanoribbons”,Phys. Rev. B89, 125423 (2014).

• L.-Y. Gan, Q. Zhang, Y. Cheng,and U. Schwingenschlögl*, “Two-DimensionalFerromagnet/SemiconductorTransitionMetalDichalcogenideContacts:p-type SchottkyBarrier andSpin-InjectionControl”,Phys. Rev. B88, 5310(2013).

• L.-Y. Gan,Y.-J. Zhao, D. Huang, and U. Schwingenschlögl*,“First-PrinciplesAnalysis of MoS₂/Ti₂C and MoS₂/Ti₂CY₂(Y=F and OH)All-2DSemiconductor/MetalContacts”,Phys. Rev. B87, 245307(2013).

• L.-Y. Gan,D. Huang, and U. Schwingenschlögl*,“Oxygen Adsorption and Dissociation during the Oxidation of Monolayer Ti₂C”,J. Mater. Chem. A1, 13672(2013).

• L.-Y. Gan, and Y.-J. Zhao*, “ChargeEffect in SEnhanced COAdsorption: ATheoretical Study of CO on Au, Ag, Cu and Pd (111)SurfacesCo-adsorbed with S, O, Cl, and Na”,J. Chem. Phys.133, 094703(2010).