RESEARCH INTERESTS

Our research interests relate to the controlled growth, accurate characterization and novel property exploration of two-dimensional layered materials such as graphene, h-BN, and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) and their heterostructures. Through designing appropriate synthetic routes, we wish to achieve 2D materials related single-crystal wafers and powder-like macroscopic materials, and develop their applications in electronic devices and energy related fields.  

EDUCATION

2002–2005, Ph.D., State Key Laboratory for Surface Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Supervisor: Professor Qikun Xue)

1999–2002, B.S., Department of Applied Physics, Zhengzhou University (Supervisor: Professor Guangyong Qin)

1995–1999, M.S., Department of Applied Physics, Zhengzhou University (Supervisor: Professor Guangyong Qin)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2020.01–present, Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University

2010.04-2020.01 Associated Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University

2006.10–2009.09, Postdoc, JSPS postdoctoral fellowship, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University, Japan (Supervisor: Professor T. Komeda)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. P. Yang^#, D. Wang^#, X. Zhao^#, W. Quan, Q. Jiang, X. Li, B. Tang, J. Hu, L. Zhu, S. Pan, Y. Shi, Y. Huan, F. Cui, S. Qiao, Q. Chen, Z. Liu, X. Zou*, Y. Zhang*. Epitaxial growth of inch-scale single-crystal transition metal dichalcogenides through the patching of unidirectionally orientated ribbons, Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 3238.

2. J. Shan, S. Wang, F. Zhou, J. Hu, Q. Liu, S. Lin, Y. Zhang*, Z. Liu*. Designing New-Generation Piezoelectric Transducers by Embedding Superior Graphene-Based Thermal Regulators. Adv. Mater. 2021, 2103141(1-10).

3. P. Yang^§, S. Zhang^§, S. Pan^§, B. Tang, Y. Liang, X. Zhao, Z. Zhang, J. Shi, Y. Huan, Y. Shi, S. J. Pennycook, Z. Ren, G. Zhang, Q. Chen*, X. Zou*, Z. Liu, Y. Zhang*. Epitaxial Growth of Centimeter-Scale Single-Crystal MoS₂ Monolayer on Au(111). ACS Nano 2020, 14, 5036-5045.

4. P. Yang, X. Zou, Z. Zhang, M. Hong, J. Shi, S. Chen, J. Shu, L. Zhao, S. Jiang, X. Zhou, Y. Huan, C. Xie, P. Gao, Q. Chen, Q. Zhang, Z. Liu, Y. Zhang*. Batch production of 6-inch uniform monolayer molybdenum disulfide catalyzed by sodium in glass. Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 979 (1-10).  

5. J. Shi, X. Chen, L. Zhao, Y. Gong, M. Hong, Y. Huan, Z. Zhang, P. Yang, Y. Li, Q. Zhang, Q. Zhang, L. Gu, H. Chen*, J. Wang*, S. Deng, N. Xu, Y. Zhang*. Chemical Vapor Deposition Grown Wafer-Scale 2D Tantalum Diselenide with Robust Charge-Density-Wave Order. Adv. Mater. 2018, 1804616(1-9).