About us

 
Our team develops new materials, approaches and technologies to store solar energy into renewable fuels via artificial photosynthesis. Inspired by natural photosynthesis of green plants, we design and fabricate solar-driven photo(electro)catalysis systems utilizing solar energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into hydrogen gas and carbon-based fuels. The central aim of our research program is not only to understand and exploit the complex science of photo(electro)catalysis but also to provide scalable solutions of artificial photosynthesis that would be applied in sustainable and practical solar fuel production.
 
We work at the intersection of many disciplines, including material science, chemistry, semiconductor physics, chemical engineering and chemical biology, and thus is well-suited for students and postdoctoral scholars with various backgrounds and expertise.

 
 
 
Information

Energy Conversion, Catalytic Materials Creation Engineering Wang Lab.

Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
Tel：052-789-3250
E-mail：wang.qian(at)material.nagoya-u.ac.jp
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2025.1

【PUBLICATIONS】Our collaborative paper with the University of Shandong on a scalable photocatalytic H2 and O2 separated production system published in the Journal of Nature Communications, find out more:To paper

2024.10

【PUBLICATIONS】Our collaborative paper with the University of Cambridge on semiartificial colloidal Z-Scheme published in Journal of the American Chemical Society, find out more:To paper

2024. 9

【CONFERENCE】Qian helped organize the 触媒討論会 at our university! Our group members—Wu, Hao, Jianuo, Yuanshuo, Shaopeng, Sakurai, and
Adachi—presented their work during the event!
【AWARDS】Qian has been listed among the top 2% scientists globally by Stanford University in the latest rankings data.For more details
【PUBLICATIONS】Our paper on the catalyst for hydrogen oxidation reaction published in ACS Materials Letters, find out more:To paper
【PUBLICATIONS】Our collaborative paper with University of Hyogo on Bi- and Rh-co-doped SrTiO3 photocatalyst published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, find out more:To paper

2024. 6

【AWARDS】Our application to FOUNDATION OF PUBLIC INTEREST OF TATEMATSU research grant (立松財団研究助成) was successful!

2024. 6

【PUBLICATIONS】Ding's review paper on 2D photocatalysts for hydrogen peroxide synthesis published in the Chinese Chemical Letters!To paper

2024. 6

【AWARDS】Peng, Sakurai and Liang are selected as the RESEARDENT of the THERS Make New Standards Program for the Next Generation Researcher. Congratulation!

2024. 5

【INFO】Chong joined the group as a Visiting Student. Welcome!
【CONFERENCE】Qian was invited to give a talk at the 245th ECS meeting; Sakurai also presented his work at the conference in a poster session!To photo

2024. 4

【INFO】Morita, Makino and Ji joined the group. Welcome!

2024. 3

【INFO】Morita and Ota graduated and started their new journey. Congratulation!To photo

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