应李冰教授邀请，香港理工大学应用物理系杨明助理教授到我校进行学术访问，并开展化工与化学学院“明德讲堂”学术报告，欢迎广大师生参加。
报告题目：Atomistic understanding of the interaction between single atoms for enhanced electrocatalytic reactions
报告时间：2025年12月25日（星期四）9:00-10:00
报告地点：明理学术报告厅（明德楼D702）
报告摘要：
Single transition metal atoms have emerged as promising catalysts for various electrochemical reactions. Understanding the interaction between single atoms is critical to tailor the catalytic performance. In this talk, I will highlight three examples to show how the coupling between single atoms can enhance the catalytic performance. Firstly, I will discuss the loading effects of Fe- and Co-dual atom catalysts on the site‐specific activity toward oxygen reduction reaction; Secondly, I will demonstrate the design of Ni-partnered hetero-diatomic pair and its effects on CO2-to-CO conversion kinetics; Finally, I will reveal a voltage-driven, reversible transformation between individual Pt/Cu single atom catalysts and Cu–Pt dual atom catalysts configurations, which enables enhanced performance in the selective hydrogenation of alkynes.
报告人简介：
Dr. Ming Yang is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Physics at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He serves as the Secretary of the IEEE Electron Devices Society Hong Kong Chapter and an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence. He earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the National University of Singapore and previously worked as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) in Singapore. His research focuses on accelerating the development of functional materials using high-throughput screening techniques, large-scale DFT calculations, and machine learning. He also works on developing high-performance devices based on 2D materials. To date, Dr. Yang has authored over 200 publications in prestigious journals including Science, Nat. Mater., Nat. Electron., Nature Nanotech., PRL, Adv. Mater., His work has received over 8,200 citations with an H-index of 50. He has contributed to 2 scholarly books on 2D materials and holds 3 PCT patent applications.
