Name: Chen Weifan

Sex: Male

Title: Professor

TeacherType：Doctoral Supervisor

E-mail: weifan-chen@163.com

1. Personal Information

Dr. Weifan Chen is Team Leader of the Rare-Earth Research Institute and Discipline Leader of the National Innovation Center for Rare-Earth Functional Materials at Nanchang University. After more than ten years of R&D in metallurgical and chemical technologies in state-owned and Hong Kong-invested enterprises, he obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Nanjing University of Science & Technology in January 2007. He joined the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang University, in April 2007 and was a visiting scholar at Monash University (Australia) from September 2017 to September 2018. He currently serves as Council Member of the Chinese Society of Rare Earths, Committee Member of the Rare-Earth Polishing Materials & Surface-Interface Processing Technology Division, Committee Member of the Rare-Metal Metallurgy Division of the Non-Ferrous Metals Society of China, Expert of the Low-Carbon Coating Committee of China Association of Building Energy Efficiency, and Member of the Jiangxi Rare-Earth Standardization Committee. He has directed four projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), one sub-project of the National Key Technology R&D Program, one Jiangxi Provincial Key Technology R&D Program, two Jiangxi Provincial NSFC projects, two Jiangxi Provincial Education Department projects, and several industry-commercialization projects. He has published ~100 SCI papers and obtained >70 invention patents (first inventor). His achievements have earned one Second Prize of Jiangxi Provincial Science & Technology Progress and one Third Prize of Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science, with several technologies commercialized.

2. Representative papers and patents

Sep 2017–Sep 2018 Monash University, Australia Visiting Scholar

Apr 2007–present School of Physics and Materials, Nanchang University

3. Representative papers and patents

[1] Jia Wang, Xiaochen. Fang, Yue Liu, Shulei Fu, Mingpeng Zhuo, Mudan Yao, Zhuoshan Wang^⁎, Weifan Chen ^⁎ and Liangsheng Liao^⁎. W₁₈O₄₉/N-doped reduced graphene oxide hybrid architectures for full-spectrum photocatalytic degradation of organic contaminants in water J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 829–835

[2] Yunpeng Xu, Pingwei Cai, Kai Chen, Yichun Ding, Long Chen, Weifan Chen, and Zhenhai Wen^⁎. High-voltage rechargeable alkali–acid Zn–PbO₂ hybrid battery Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 23593–23597

[3] Yingli Shi, Mingpeng Zhuo, Xiaochen Fang, Xiaoqing Zhou, Xuedong Wang, Weifan Chen* and Liangsheng Liao*Efficient all-inorganic perovskite light-emitting diodes with cesium tungsten bronze as a hole-transporting layer J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2020, 11, 7624−7629

[4] Yunpeng Xu, Lizhong Wang, Qiang Xu, Liyun Liu, Xiaochen Fang, Ce Shi, Bin Ye, Lingyun Chen, Wenyi Peng, Zongjian Liu, Weifan Chen^⁎. 3D hybrids based on WS₂/N, S co-doped reduced graphene oxide: Facile fabrication and superior performance in supercapacitors Appl. Surf. Sci. 2019,480, \1126–1135

[5] Linghui Peng, Weifan Chen^⁎, Bin Su, Aibing Yu, Xuchuan Jiang^⁎. Cs_xWO₃ nanosheet-coated cotton fabric with multiple functions: UV/NIR shielding and full-spectrum-responsive self-cleaning Appl. Surf. Sci. 2019, 475, 325–333

[6] Qiuhua Xu, Yuanyuan Sun, Lifeng Yang, Cuicui Li, Xuezhen Zhou, Weifan Chen, Yongxiu Li^⁎. Leaching mechanism of ion-adsorption rare earth by mono valence cation electrolytes and the corresponding environmental impact J. Clean. Prod. 2019, 211, 566–573

[7] Lanyu Guo, Yunpeng Xu, Mingpeng Zhuo, Liyun Liu, Qiang Xu, Lizhong Wang, Ce Shi, Bin Ye, Xiaochen Fan, Weifan Chen^⁎. Highly efficient removal of Gd(III) using hybrid hydrosols of carbon nanotubes/graphene oxide in dialysis bags and synergistic enhancement effect Chem. Eng. J. 2018, 348, 535–545

[8] Lanyu Guo, Liyun Liu, Mingpeng Zhuo, Shulei Fu, Yunpeng Xu, Wenwei Zhou, Ce Shi, Bin Ye, Yongxiu Li, Weifan Chen^⁎. Smaller-lateral-size graphene oxide hydrosols sealed in dialysis bags for enhanced trace Pb(II) removal from water without re-pollution Appl. Surf. Sci. 2018,445,586–595

[9] Xiaochen Fang, Mudan Yao, Lanyu Guo, Yunpeng Xu, Wenwei Zhou, Mingpeng Zhuo, Ce Shi, Liyun Liu, Lizhong Wang, Xiaofen Li and Weifan Chen^⁎. One-step, solventless, and scalable mechanosynthesis of WO₃·2H₂O ultrathin narrow nanosheets with superior UV–vis-light-driven photocatalytic activity ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2017, 5, 10735–10743

[10] Mingpeng Zhuo, Feng Liang, Yingli Shi, Yun Hu, Rongbin Wang, Weifan Chen^⁎, Xuedong Wang^⁎ and Liangsheng Liao^⁎_. WO₃ nanobelt doped PEDOT: PSS layers for efficient hole-injection in quantum dot light-emitting diodes J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017, 5, 12343–12348

[11] Weifan Chen^⁎, Mingpeng Zhuo, Yang Liu, Sulei Fu, Yue Liu, Yiping Wang, Zhizhou Li, Yongxiu Li, Yingyi Li and Lixin Yu. Uniform octahedral-shaped Y₂O₃:Eu³⁺ submicron single crystals: solid-state synthesis, formation mechanism and photoluminescence property J. Alloys Compd. 2016, 656, 764–770

[12] Weifan Chen^⁎, Linlin Wang, Yue Liu, Mingpeng Zhuo, Yiping Wang and Yongxiu Li. Facile and highly efficient removal of trace Gd(III) by adsorption of colloidal graphene oxide suspensions sealed in dialysis bag J. Hazard. Mater. 2014,279, 546–553.