Professor of Carbon Materials and Energy Storage
School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
Tianjin University
Quan-Hong Yang is a chair professor of School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University and the winner of Chang Jiang Scholars Program and National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. He received his BEng from Tianjin University in 1994 and his PhD on New Carbon Materials from Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1999. He continued his carbon studies as research fellows in Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CNRS France, Tohoku University and Southampton University. He joined Tianjin University as a full professor in 2006, and was promoted to a chair professor in 2016. His research focuses on nanocarbons and other low dimensional materials, and their applications in energy storage and environmental protection. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers with citations over 12,000 times and H-index of 60. He is the Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher and among 2018 Most Cited Chinese Researchers. He holds over 30 patents about nanocarbons and batteries. He received National Award for Technological Invention (2nd class, 2017), Nature Science Award of Tianjin (1st class, 2013), the Science and Technology Progress Award of Tianjin (1st class, 2012) and the Brian Kelly Award (British Carbon Group, 2004). He serves as Associate Editor for Energy Storage Materials and the members of the editorial boards for ten journals including Carbon and Science China Materials.