Name:		Xiaodong Yang
	Year of Birth:		1985
	Address:		College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lu Jiaxi Building, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, P. R. China
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	E-mail:		yangxdfuelcells@gmail.com
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EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• 2014.4-present iChEM, China (with Prof. Shigang Sun, Prof. Nanfeng Zheng, Prof. Aishui Yu)
• 2013.4-2013.10 visiting student Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, USA. (with Prof. Jingguang G. Chen)
• 2010.3-2014.3 Ph.D. School of Materials science & engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. (With Prof. Yongning Liu)
• 2004.9-2008.7 B.E. School of Materials science & engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, China.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Design and preparation of electrochemical catalysts, especially the catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction, CO2 electrochemical reaction, biomass electrochemical conversion

SELECTED SCHOLARSHIP & AWARDS

• Outstanding PhD Student at Xi’an Jiaotong University (2013.11) as one of five winners at Xi’an Jiaotong University
• PhD Student National Scholarship at Xi’an Jiaotong University (2013.10) Ranked 1st in School of Material Science and Engineering
• PhD Short-term Academic Visiting Scholarship at Xi’an Jiaotong University (2013.4)
• GE Foundation TECH Award at GE China Technology Center, Shanghai (2012, 12) Selected as Top ten amount more than 80 proposals from eight renowned universities in China
• First-Class Scholarship for PhD Students at Xi’an Jiaotong University (2012-2013)
• Outstanding Graduate Student Award at Xi’an Jiaotong University (2012)
• Scholarship for Master Students at Xi’an Jiaotong University (2008-2010)

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

1. Xiaodong Yang, Yongning Liu*, Sai Li, Xiaozhu Wei, Li Wang & Yuanzhen Chen. A direct borohydride fuel cell with a polymer fiber membrane and non-noble metal catalysts, Scientific Reports 2, 567 (2012).
2. Xiaodong Yang, Sai Li, Yan Liu, Xiaozhu Wei and Yongning Liu*. LaNi0.8Co0.2O3 as a cathode catalyst for a direct borohydride fuel cell, Journal of Power Sources 196 (2011) 4992–4995
3. Xiaodong Yang, YongNing Liu*, Yuan Fang, Li Wang, Sai Li & XiaoZhu Wei. A direct methanol fuel cell without polymer electrolyte membrane and precious metal cathodic catalyst, Journal of Power Sources 234 (2013)272–276
4. Xiaodong Yang, XiaoZhu Wei, Ce Liu & YongNing Liu*. Electrocatalytic application of RuO2 in direct borohydride fuel cells, Material Chemistry and Physics (accepted)
5. Sai Li, Xiaodong Yang, Haiyan Zhu, Yuanzhen Chen, Yongning Liu, Investigation of amorphous CoB alloy as the anode catalyst for a direct borohydride fuel cell, Journal of Power Sources 196 (2011) 5858–5862
6. Sai Li*, Xiaodong Yang, Haiyan Zhu, Xiaozhu Wei, Yongning Liu, Ultrafine amorphous Co-W-B alloy as the anode catalyst for a direct borohydride fuel cell, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 38(2013) 2884–2888
7. Xiaozhu Wei, Xiaodong Yang, Sai Li, Yuanzhen Chen, Yongning Liu, LaNi0.9Ru0.1O3 as a cathode catalyst for a direct borohydride fuel cell, Electrochimica Acta 56 (2011) 7523-7529
8. Yuan Fang, Xiaodong Yang, Li Wang and Yongning Liu, An alkaline direct methanol fuel cell with a polymer fiber membrane and MnO2-catalyzed cathode, Electrochimica Acta 90 (2013) 421-425
9. Li Wang, Yongning Liu, Xiaodong Yang, Yuan Fang, Yuanzhen Chen and Beiping Wang, A high-performance direct methanol fuel cell with a polymer fiber membrane and RuO2/CNTs as cathode catalyst, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2013,1, 1834-1839

PATENTS

1. Yongning Liu, Xiaodong Yang, Sai Li and Xiaozhu Wei. A direct borohydride fuel cell with a polymer fiber membrane and non-noble metal catalysts. Chinese National Invention Patent. ZL 20110406616.5. issued December 8, 2011.
2. Yongning Liu, Xiaodong Yang, Li Wang, Yuan Fang, Sai Li and Xiaozhu Wei. The fabrication of direct methanol fuel cells with polymer fiber membrane and non-noble metal catalysts. Chinese National Invention Patent. ZL 201210396874.4. issued December 18, 2012. (Pending)