Peidong Yang
Founding Dean, Professor
Physical Science and Technology
Shanghai Tech University
China
Biography
1988-1993 B. S. in Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, P. R. China, 1993. 1997-1999 Postdoc, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara (with Galen Stucky). 1999-2004 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley. 2002-2004 ChevronTexaco Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry. 2001-2009 Founding Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Nanosys, Inc. 2002-2009 Faculty Scientist, Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2004-2007 Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley 2004- Deputy Director, Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems, Berkeley 2005- Professor of Materials Science and Engineering 2007- Professor of Chemistry 2008-2009 Miller Professor, Department of Chemistry 2009- Senior Faculty Scientist, Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2009- Founder, Alphabet Energy, Inc. 2010-2012 Department Head, North Site Director, Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis. 2012- S. K. and Angela Chan Distinguished Chair in Energy, 2013- Dean, School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech
Research Interest
Materials and solid state chemistry; nanostructure synthesis,assembly and characterization; nanophotonics; energy conversion (photovoltaics,artificial photosynthesis and thermoelectrics)
Publications
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(228). “Thermal Instability of InGaN Nanowires Annealed in Ammoniaâ€, C. Hahn, A. A. Cordones, S. C. Andrews, H. Gao, A. Fu, S. R. Leone, P. Yang, J. Phys. Chem. C. Accepted, 2013.
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(229). “Structural Evolution of Bimetallic Nanocrystals: From PtNi3 Polyhedra to Pt3Ni Frameworksâ€, C. Chen, Z. Huo, Z. Zhu, W. Huang, Z. Liu, Y. Li, G. Somorjai, P. Yang, Nature Chemistry, Submitted, 2013.
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(230). “Physical and electrical interaction between silicon nanowire arrays and Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 â€, H. Jeong, I. Kim, P. Karam, H. Choi, P. Yang, Nature Nano, Submitted, 2013.
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(231). “A Fully Integrated Nanosystem of Semiconductor Nanowires for Direct Solar Water Splittingâ€, C. Liu, J. Tang, H. Chen, B. Liu, P. Yang,Nature, Submitted, 2013.
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(232). “Semiconductor Nanowires for Photovoltaic and Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversionâ€, N. P. Dasgupta, P. Yang, Frontier of Physics., 2013.
