Professional Appointments

2025–Present  Fixed Researcher, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University

2021–Present Distinguished Research Fellow, Professor, and Doctoral Supervisor, College of Energy, Xiamen University

2022–2023 Postdoctoral Researcher, Northwestern University (NU), US (Supervisor: J. Fraser Stoddart, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (2016))

2017–2021 Postdoctoral Researcher, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

2016–2017 Postdoctoral Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

2013–2016 Ph.D., Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Supervisor: Weiguo Song)

Research Overview

Dr. Yang’s research focuses on the rational design and synthesis of advanced nanomaterials for catalysis, sustainable energy conversion, and resource recycling. His group is particularly interested in developing innovative catalytic systems for green transformations of energy-related small molecules, advanced electrode materials for next-generation batteries, and efficient strategies for the recovery and regeneration of critical metals.

Outstanding master’s students, Ph.D. candidates, and postdoctoral researchers are warmly welcome to join the group. For further information, please contact Dr. Yang via email or WeChat at +86-18850529198.

Honors and Awards

National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars (Overseas), National Natural Science Foundation of China

Fujian Provincial Distinguished Young Scientists Fund

ChemComm Emerging Investigators 2025

Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigators 2025

“Xiaomi Young Scholar”, Xiamen University

Outstanding Reviewer Award, Green Energy & Environment

World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University (2023, 2024, 2025)

“Nanqiang Young Top-notch Talent Program” (Class A), Xiamen University

Outstanding Graduate of Beijing

Outstanding Graduate of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

President’s Outstanding Award, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Special Excellence Award of the Young Scientist Award, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Selected Publications

1. Yanyin Wu, Yuyu Guo, Tianwei Xue, Zeyu Shao, Longzhao Xu, Junhua Kuang, Ruiqing Li, Guangkuo Xu, Peng Chen, Wenli Hao, Tongxin Qiao, Xiangcheng Cai, Shuliang Yang,* Jun Li,* and Li Peng*, Light-promoted efficient gold recovery enabled by a polydopamine-functionalized covalent organic framework, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2026, Just Accepted, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202526042.

2. Guangkuo Xu, Chengyuan Dong, Xiangcheng Cai, Junhua Kuang, Tianwei Xue, Yuyu Guo, Yanyin Wu, Ruiqing Li, Zeyu Shao, Tongxin Qiao, Wenli Hao, Longzhao Xu, Shuliang Yang,* Jun Li,* and Li Peng*, Light-promoted efficient gold recovery enabled by a polydopamine-functionalized covalent organic framework, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2026, 65, e5717711.

3. Junhua Kuang, Jia Yu,* Qiaoyu Zhang, Shihang Zhu, Ruoxuan Wang, Junchi Ma, Jinlong Wan, Han Han, Zhifeng He, Nuowen Ma, Yuting Zhang, Liuxuan Cao, Shisheng Zheng, Binju Wang, Li Peng,* Shuliang Yang,* Jian-Feng Li,* Weiguo Song, and Yuliang Li, Graphdiyne production in a flash: high-yield direct synthesis by electron beam irradiation, Advanced Materials, 2025, 37, 2506979.

4. Shuliang Yang,* Isil Akpinar, Olga A. Syzgantseva, Maria A. Syzgantseva, Xuesong Li, Guangcheng Wu, Chandra S. Azad, Han Han, Xiaoliang Wang, Tianwei Xue, Li Peng, Yong Wu, Ruihua Zhang, Long Zhang, Tae-woo Kwon, Liang Feng, Yang Jiao,* and J. Fraser Stoddart*, In situ encapsulation of cationic [2]catenane in a stable zirconium metal-organic framework, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147, 21844-21854.

5. Tianwei Xue, Li Peng,* Chengbin Liu, Ruiqing Li, Rongxing Qiu, Yunyang Qian, Xinyu Guan, Shanshan Shi, Guangkuo Xu, Lilin Zhu, Shuliang Yang,* Jun Li,* Hai-Long Jiang*, Synthesis of high-quality two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks through a self-sacrificing guest strategy, Nature Communications, 2025, 16, 2023.

6. Jiaran Li, Rongxing Qiu, Siwang Zhang, Li Peng,* Yangyang Dong, Yuan Jiang, Yin Li, Nan Fang, Jia Yu, Jin-Chao Dong, Haohui Zheng, Lingzhi Ding, Jinlong Wan, Isil Akpinar, Junhua Kuang, Gaofeng Chen, Jinyu Ye, Yong Sun, Lu Lin, Shisheng Zheng,* Shuliang Yang,* Jun Li,* and Jian-Feng Li*, Synergistically enhanced co-adsorption of reactant and hydroxyl on platinum-modified copper oxide for high-performance HMF oxidation, Advanced Materials, 2025, 37, 2417684.

7. Tianwei Xue, Olga A. Syzgantseva, Li Peng,* Ruiqing Li, Yuyu Guo, Chengbin Liu, Tongxin Qiao, Wenli Hao, Jiaran Li, Lilin Zhu, Shuliang Yang,* Jun Li,* Wendy L. Queen*, Preserving high porosity of covalent organic frameworks via functional polymer guest introduction, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 146, 35098-35108. (本期封面文章)

8. Tianwei Xue, Tao He, Li Peng,* Olga A. Syzgantseva, Ruiqing Li, Chengbin Liu, Daniel T. Sun, Guangkuo Xu, Rongxing Qiu, Yanliang Wang, Shuliang Yang,* Jun Li,* Jian-Rong Li,* and Wendy L. Queen, A customized MOF-polymer composite for rapid gold extraction from water matrices. Science Advances, 2023, 9, eadg4923.

9. Tianwei Xue, Li Peng,* Olga A. Syzgantseva, Maria A. Syzgantseva, Peiwen Guo, Huiyan Lai, Ruiqing Li, Jiawen Chen, Shumu Li, Xiaomei Yan, Shuliang Yang,* Jun Li,* Buxing Han and Wendy L. Queen*, Rapid, selective extraction of silver from complex water matrices with a metal-organic framework/oligomer composite constructed via supercritical CO₂. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202309737. (Hot Paper)

10. Rongxing Qiu, Jiaran Li, Jiafeng Du, Siwang Zhang, Lingzhi Ding, Jinlong Wan, Cheng Li, Jinyu Ye, Jin-Chao Dong, Yuanjie Pang, Jian-Feng Li, Shuliang Yang*, Shisheng Zheng*, Jun Li* and Li Peng*, Promoting acetate production on the in situ reconstructed Cu nanoislands via pressure-regulated CO adsorption and electroreduction, Science Bulletin, 2025, 70, 3794–3802.

11. Yuyu Guo, Jiawen Chen, Li Peng*, Guifeng Ma, Minghao Gong, Tiezhu Su, Daniel T. Sun, Tianwei Xue, Ruiqing Li, Guangxin Cheng, Lingzhi Ding, Rongxing Qiu, Guangkuo Xu, Peng Chen, Pengbo Lyu*, Shuliang Yang*, Jun Li*, Wendy L. Queen, Enhanced CO₂ photoconversion at elevated pressures using conductive polymer modified metal-organic framework, CCS Chemistry, 2024, 6, 2926–2939.

12. Yangyang Dong, Gaofeng Chen*, Xiongxiong Zuo, Jiaran Li, Jia Yu, Ge Zhang, Junhua Kuang, Isil Akpinar, Li Peng, Xing Tang, Jin-Chao Dong, Lu Lin, Pengbo Lyu*, Shuliang Yang*, and Jian-Feng Li*, Nitrogen, sulfur co-doped hollow carbon-encapsulated Cu/Co₂P for selective oxidation esterification of furfurals, ACS Catalysis, 2024, 14, 6565-6576.

13. Gaofeng Chen, Olga A. Syzgantseva, Maria A. Syzgantseva, Shuliang Yang,* Guihua Yan, Li Peng, Changyan Cao, Wenxing Chen,* Zhiwei Wang, Fengjuan Qin, Tingzhou Lei, Xianhai Zeng,* Lu Lin, Weiguo Song, and Buxing Han, Construction of synergistic Co and Cu diatomic sites for enhanced higher alcohol synthesis. CCS Chemistry, 2023, 5, 851-864.

14. Gaofeng Chen, Olga A. Syzgantseva, Maria A. Syzgantseva, Li Peng, Dragos Stoian, Mo Li, Isil Akpinar, Guihua Yan, Tianwei Xue, Qishen Lyu, Zhiwei Wang, Tingzhou Lei, Xianhai Zeng*, Lu Lin*, Shuliang Yang* Hydrophobic dual metal silicate nanotubes for higher alcohol synthesis. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2023, 334, 122840.

15. Wen Dai, Tongxin Qiao, Kang Zhou, Li Peng,* Yanbo Peng, Junhua Kuang, Xiaoang Yang, Linxiao Cui, Baowei Wu, Tianwei Xue, Wenli Hao, Yuyu Guo, Hongping Zhu,* Peifeng Su,* Shuliang Yang,* and Jun Li* Precise ligand engineering in Cu₈ nanoclusters promotes electrochemical CO₂ reduction to C₂₊ products. Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 2026, 384, 126154.

16. 丘荣星, 李佳然, 崔林霄, 杨述良,* 彭丽,* 李军,* 压力介入调控电催化CO₂/CO选择性还原的研究进展. 《中国科学：化学》，2023, 53, 1405-1418. Recent advances in selective electrochemical reduction of CO₂/CO at elevated pressures. Scientia Sinica Chimica, 2023, 53, 1405–1418.

17. Yuyu Guo, Tianwei Xue, Junhua Kuang, Shuliang Yang,* Tongxin Qiao, Dongxu Cao, Shan Gong, Wenli Hao, Ruiqing Li, Zeyu Shao, Wenjun Tan, Pengbo Lyu,* Jun Li,* Li Peng,* Wendy L. Queen, Buxing Han, Ligand conjugation-induced microenvironment modulation in defective metal-organic framework promotes photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Advanced Functional Materials, 2026, 36, e22083.

18. Shuliang Yang, Li Peng, Olga A. Syzgantseva, Olga Trukhina, Ilia Kochetygov, Anita Justin, Daniel T. Sun, Hassan Abedini, Maria A. Syzgantseva, Emad Oveisi, Guanchu Lu, and Wendy L. Queen*, Preparation of highly porous metal-organic framework beads for metal extraction from liquid streams. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142, 13415-13425.

19. Li Peng^†, Shuliang Yang^†, Sudi Jawahery, Seyed Mohamad Moosavi, Aron J. Huckaba, Mehrdad Asgari, Emad Oveisi,Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Berend Smit, and Wendy L. Queen*, Preserving porosity of mesoporous Metal-organic frameworks through the introduction of polymer guests. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 12397-12405. (Featured Cover. Highlighted by ScienceDaily, Life Science Network, EPFL-SB-ISIC, Phys.org, Cpolymer, World Professional News, AAAS and EurekAlert)

20. Rongxing Qiu, Linxiao Cui, Li Peng,* Olga A. Syzgantseva, Jiaran Li, Nan Fang, Maria A. Syzgantseva, Yuan Jiang, Jie Zhang, Bingxing Zhang, Lingzhi Ding, Yangyang Dong, Tianwei Xue, Cheng Li, Jin-Chao Dong, Jinyu Ye, Isil Akpinar, Shuliang Yang,* Jun Li,* Jianling Zhang, Jian-Feng Li, and Buxing Han*, Cooperative promotion of electroreduction of CO to n-propanol by *CO enrichment and proton regulation. Chemical Science, 2025, 16, 8897-8909.

21. Shuliang Yang^†, Jie Zhang^†, Li Peng, Mehrdad Asgari, Dragos Stoian, Ilia Kochetygov, Wen Luo,* Emad Oveisi, Olga Trukhina, Adam H. Clark, Daniel T. Sun and Wendy L. Queen*, A Metal-organic framework/polymer derived catalyst containing single-atom nickel species for electrocatalysis. Chemical Science, 2020, 11, 10991-10997 (2020 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection).

22. Shuliang Yang^†, Li Peng^†, Daniel T. Sun, Mehrdad Asgari, Emad Oveisi, Olga Trukhina, Safak Bulut, Abbas Jamalia and Wendy L. Queen*, A new post-synthetic polymerization strategy makes metal-organic frameworks more stable. Chemical Science, 2019, 10, 4542-4549. (Featured Cover)

23. Shuliang Yang, Vikram V. Karve, Anita Justin, Ilia Kochetygov, Jordi Espín, Mehrdad Asgari, Olga Trukhina, Daniel T. Sun, Li Peng, Wendy L. Queen,* Enhancing MOF performance through the introduction of polymer guests. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021, 427, 213525.

24. Shuliang Yang, Li Peng, Peipei Huang, Xiaoshi Wang, Yongbin Sun, Changyan Cao,* and Weiguo Song*, Nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur co-doped hollow carbon shell as superior metal-free catalyst for selective oxidation of aromatic alkanes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016, 55, 4016-4020. (Highly Cited Paper, Hot Paper)

25. Shuliang Yang, Changyan Cao,* Yongbin Sun, Peipei Huang, Fangfang Wei, and Weiguo Song*, Nanoscale magnetic stirring bars for heterogeneous catalysis in microscopic systems. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54, 2661-2664.