Education and Research Experience: 

2002-2006, BS in Chemistry,   Xiamen University
2006-2013, PhD in Chemistry,  Xiamen University, Advisor: Zhongqun Tian
2008-2012, Joint Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology,  Advisor: Zhong Lin Wang

Principal Research Interests:
Energy harvesting and conversion, Synthesis and application of nanomaterials, Liquid surface interface chemistry, Electrochemistry and electrocatalysis

Selected Recent Publications:

1. 1. Li, W.; Dong, J.; Zhang, X.; Fan, F. R.*, Recent Progress in Advanced Units of Triboelectric Electronic Skin.  Adv. Mater. Technol., 2022, 2200834.

2. 2. Han, Y.-C.; Liu, M.-L.; Sun, L.; Li, S.; Li, G.; Song, W.-S.; Wang, Y.-J.; Nan, Z.-A.; Ding, S.-Y.; Liao, H.-G.; Yao, Y.; Stucky, G. D.; Fan, F. R.*; Tian, Z.-Q., A general method for rapid synthesis of refractory carbides by low-pressure carbothermal shock reduction. PNAS, 2022, 119 (37), e2121848119.

3. 3. Dong, J.; Qian, Z.; Xu, P.; Yue, M.-F.; Zhou, R.-Y.; Wang, Y.; Nan, Z.-A.; Huang, S.; Dong, Q.; Li, J.-F.*; Fan, F. R.*; Tian, Z.-Q., In situ Raman spectroscopy reveals the structure evolution and lattice oxygen reaction pathway induced by the crystalline-amorphous heterojunction for water oxidation. Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 5639.

4. 4. Dong, J.; Huang, S.; Luo, J.; Zhao, J.; Fan, F. R.*; Tian, Z.-Q., Supercapacitor-Inspired Triboelectric Nanogenerator Based on Electrostatic Double Layer. Nano Energy, 2022, 95, 106971.

5. 5. Fan, F.-R.*; Xie, S.; Wang, G.-W.; Tian, Z.-Q.*, Tribocatalysis: challenges and perspectives. Sci. China Chem., 2021, 64 (10), 1609.

6. 6. Fan, F. R.; Wang, R.; Zhang, H. *; Wu, W. *, Emerging beyond-graphene elemental 2D materials for energy and catalysis applications. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2021, 50 (19), 10983.

7. 7. Dong, J.; Wang, Y.; Jiang, Q.; Nan, Z.-A.; Fan, F. R. *; Tian, Z.-Q. *, Charged droplet-driven fast formation of nickel-iron (oxy)hydroxides with rich oxygen defects for boosting overall water splitting. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9 (35), 20058.

8. 8. Dong, J.; Fan, F. R. *; Tian, Z.-Q., Droplet-based nanogenerators for energy harvesting and self-powered sensing. Nanoscale, 2021, 13 (41), 17290.

9. 9. Zhao, Y.; Wang, X.; Yang, S.; Kuttner, E.; Taylor, A. A.; Salemmilani, R.; Liu, X.; Moskovits, M.; Wu, B.; Dehestani, A.; Li, J.-F.; Chisholm, M. F.; Tian, Z.-Q.; Fan, F.-R. *; Jiang, J. *; Stucky, G. D. *, Protecting the Nanoscale Properties of Ag Nanowires with a Solution-Grown SnO2 Monolayer as Corrosion Inhibitor. JACS, 2019, 141 (35), 13977.

10. 10. Luo, J.; Wang, Z.; Xu, L.; Wang, A. C.; Han, K.; Jiang, T.; Lai, Q.; Bai, Y.; Tang, W.; Fan, F. R.*; Wang, Z. L.*, Flexible and durable wood-based triboelectric nanogenerators for self-powered sensing in athletic big data analytics. Nat. Commun., 2019, 10, 5147.