Research Summary

Education

  • Ph.D. The University of Tokyo, Japan

Contacts

  • wang.qian@material.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Research Interest

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.

Expertise

-Photocatalysis
-(Photo)electrochemistry
-Artificial potosynthesis
-Water splitting
-CO2 reduction

Highlights

Selected Publications

  1. A scalable solar-driven photocatalytic system for separated H2 and O2 production from water, Hui Fu, Yaqiang Wu, Yuhao Guo, Takuya Sakurai, Qianqian Zhang, Yuanyuan Liu, Zhaoke Zheng, Hefeng Cheng, Zeyan Wang, Baibiao Huang, Qian Wang,* Kazunari Domen,* Peng Wang.* Nature Communications, 16, 990 (2025)
  1. Bacteria–photocatalyst sheet for sustainable carbon dioxide utilization, Qian Wang,† Shafeer Kalathil,† Chanon Pornrungroj, Constantin D Sahm, Erwin Reisner. Nature Catalysis, 5, 633–641 (2022)
  1. Strategies to improve light utilization in solar fuel synthesis, Qian Wang,† Chanon Pornrungroj,† Stuart Linley, Erwin Reisner. Nature Energy, 7, 13–24 (2022)
  1. Molecularly engineered photocatalyst sheet for scalable solar formate production from carbon dioxide and water, Qian Wang, Julien Warnan, Santiago Rodríguez-Jiménez, Jane J Leung, Shafeer Kalathil, Virgil Andrei, Kazunari Domen, Erwin Reisner. Nature Energy, 5, 703–710 (2020)
  1. Oxysulfide photocatalyst for visible-light-driven overall water splitting, Qian Wang, Mamiko Nakabayashi, Takashi Hisatomi, Song Sun, Seiji Akiyama, Zheng Wang, Zhenhua Pan, Xiong Xiao, Tomoaki Watanabe, Taro Yamada, Naoya Shibata, Tsuyoshi Takata, Kazunari Domen. Nature Materials,18, 827–832 (2019)

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