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Haotian Wang is affiliated with Rice University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Engineering, with a particular focus on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Materials Chemistry. Their research extends into specialized areas such as Catalysis and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work covers several topics within energy conversion and materials science. Key research themes include:

  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Ionic Liquids Properties and Applications
  • Carbon Dioxide Utilization in Catalysis
  • Advancements in Battery Materials

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Electrochemical ammonia synthesis via nitrate reduction on Fe single atom catalyst" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Stability challenges of electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction: From mechanistic understanding to reactor design" (2021), published in Joule
  • "Efficient conversion of low-concentration nitrate sources into ammonia on a Ru-dispersed Cu nanowire electrocatalyst" (2022), published in Nature Nanotechnology
  • "Non-iridium-based electrocatalyst for durable acidic oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis" (2022), published in Nature Materials
  • "Strategies in catalysts and electrolyzer design for electrochemical CO2 reduction toward C2+ products" (2020), published in Science Advances

Haotian Wang collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Peng Zhu
  • Feng-Yang Chen
  • Ahmad Elgazzar
  • Zhenyu Wu
  • Tae-Ung Wi

The scientist publishes extensively in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Catalysis
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of MoS2 and MoSe2 Films with Vertically Aligned Layers

    Desheng Kong;Haotian Wang;Judy J. Cha;Mauro Pasta

  • Interconnected hollow carbon nanospheres for stable lithium metal anodes

    Guangyuan Zheng;Seok Woo Lee;Zheng Liang;Hyun-Wook Lee

  • Layered reduced graphene oxide with nanoscale interlayer gaps as a stable host for lithium metal anodes.

    Dingchang Lin;Yayuan Liu;Zheng Liang;Hyun-Wook Lee

  • CoSe2 Nanoparticles Grown on Carbon Fiber Paper: An Efficient and Stable Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

    Desheng Kong;Haotian Wang;Zhiyi Lu;Yi Cui

  • Electrochemical ammonia synthesis via nitrate reduction on Fe single atom catalyst.

    Zhen-Yu Wu;Mohammadreza Karamad;Xue Yong;Qizheng Huang

  • Balancing surface adsorption and diffusion of lithium-polysulfides on nonconductive oxides for lithium-sulfur battery design.

    Xinyong Tao;Jianguo Wang;Chong Liu;Haotian Wang

  • Bifunctional non-noble metal oxide/chalcogenide nanoparticle electrocatalysts through lithium-induced conversion for overall water-splitting

    Yi Cui;Haotian Wang

  • First-row transition metal dichalcogenide catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction

    Desheng Kong;Judy J. Cha;Haotian Wang;Hye Ryoung Lee

  • Stability challenges of electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction: From mechanistic understanding to reactor design

    Feng-Yang Chen;Zhen-Yu Wu;Zachary Adler;Haotian Wang

  • Direct electrosynthesis of pure aqueous H 2 O 2 solutions up to 20% by weight using a solid electrolyte

    Chuan Xia;Yang Xia;Peng Zhu;Lei Fan

  • Electrochemical tuning of vertically aligned MoS2 nanofilms and its application in improving hydrogen evolution reaction.

    Haotian Wang;Zhiyi Lu;Shicheng Xu;Desheng Kong

  • Isolated Ni single atoms in graphene nanosheets for high-performance CO2 reduction

    Kun Jiang;Samira Siahrostami;Tingting Zheng;Tingting Zheng;Yongfeng Hu

  • Non-iridium-based electrocatalyst for durable acidic oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis

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  • Formation of Stable Phosphorus–Carbon Bond for Enhanced Performance in Black Phosphorus Nanoparticle–Graphite Composite Battery Anodes

    Jie Sun;Guangyuan Zheng;Hyun-Wook Lee;Nian Liu

  • Composite lithium metal anode by melt infusion of lithium into a 3D conducting scaffold with lithiophilic coating.

    Zheng Liang;Dingchang Lin;Jie Zhao;Zhenda Lu

  • Physical and chemical tuning of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides

    Haotian Wang;Hongtao Yuan;Hongtao Yuan;Seung Sae Hong;Yanbin Li

  • Rapid water disinfection using vertically aligned MoS2 nanofilms and visible light

    Chong Liu;Desheng Kong;Po Chun Hsu;Hongtao Yuan

  • Large-Scale and Highly Selective CO2 Electrocatalytic Reduction on Nickel Single-Atom Catalyst

    Tingting Zheng;Tingting Zheng;Kun Jiang;Na Ta;Yongfeng Hu

  • Porous MoO2 Nanosheets as Non-noble Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting.

    Yanshuo Jin;Yanshuo Jin;Haotian Wang;Junjie Li;Xin Yue

  • Metal ion cycling of Cu foil for selective C–C coupling in electrochemical CO2 reduction

    Kun Jiang;Robert B. Sandberg;Austin J. Akey;Xinyan Liu

  • Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Atomic Crystals as Stable Interfacial Layer for Improvement of Lithium Metal Anode

    Kai Yan;Hyun-Wook Lee;Teng Gao;Guangyuan Zheng

  • MoSe2 and WSe2 Nanofilms with Vertically Aligned Molecular Layers on Curved and Rough Surfaces

    Haotian Wang;Desheng Kong;Petr Johanes;Judy J. Cha

Frequent Co-Authors

Yi Cui
Yi Cui Stanford University
Kun Jiang
Kun Jiang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chuan Xia
Chuan Xia University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Po-Chun Hsu
Po-Chun Hsu Duke University
Desheng Kong
Desheng Kong Nanjing University
Jens K. Nørskov
Jens K. Nørskov Technical University of Denmark
Guangyuan Zheng
Guangyuan Zheng National University of Singapore
Hong-Bin Yao
Hong-Bin Yao University of Science and Technology of China
Yayuan Liu
Yayuan Liu Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Kai Yan
Kai Yan Stanford University

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