Prof. Jianfeng Huang
Prof. Jianfeng Huang has held the position of Chemistry Professor at Chongqing University since 2019. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Science under the supervision of Prof. Yu Han at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in 2015. Following that, he conducted postdoctoral research at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) with Prof. Raffaella Buonsanti from 2016 to 2019, before joining Chongqing University through the National Overseas High-Level Talent Recruitment Programs.
He has published over 40 papers in prestigious journals including Nat. Nanotech., Nat. Commun., JACS, Nano Lett. etc. He was named as one of the 2023 Nanoscale Emerging Investigators. He is also serving as the youth editor of Chemical Synthesis and Chinese Chemical Letters.
Contact Information
Group website: http://cone.cqu.edu.cn
Research Interest
Catalytic and Optical Nanomaterials for Energy Research, spanning fields such as colloidal nanochemistry, nanoplasmonics, photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and thermocatalysis.
Selected Papers
1. Huang, J.; Liu, C.; Zhu, Y.; Masala, S.; Alarousu, E.; Han, Y.; Fratalocchi, A. Harnessing Structural Darkness in the Visible and Infrared Wavelengths for a New Source of Light. Nature Nanotechnology 2016, 11(1), 60.
2. Huang, J.; Hörmann, N.; Oveisi, E.; Loiudice, A.; De Gregorio, G.; Andreussi, O.; Marzari, N.; Buonsanti, R. Potential-induced Nanoclustering of Metallic Catalysts during Electrochemical CO2 Reduction. Nature Communications 2018, 9, 3117.
3. Huang, J.; Mensi, M.; Oveisi, E.; Mantella, V.; Buonsanti, R. Structural Sensitivities in Bimetallic Catalysts for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Revealed by Ag-Cu Nanodimers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 2490-2499.
4. Huang, J.; Zhu, Y.; Liu, C.; Shi, Z.; Fratalocchi, A.; Han, Y. Unravelling Thiol’s Role in Directing Asymmetric Growth of Au Nanorod-Au Nanoparticle Dimers. Nano Letters 2016, 16(1), 617.
5. Huang, J.; Zhu, Y.; Lin, M.; Wang, Q.; Zhao, L.; Yang, Y.; Yao, K. X.; Han, Y. Site- specific Growth of Au–Pd Alloy Horns on Au Nanorods: a Platform for Highly Sensitive Monitoring of Catalytic Reactions by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135 (23), 8552.
6. Huang, J.; Buonsanti, R. Colloidal Nanocrystals as Heterogeneous Catalysts for Electrochemical CO2 Conversion. Chemistry of Materials 2018, 31, 13-25.
7. Huang, J.; Zhu, Y.; Liu, C.; Zhao, Y.; Liu, Z.; Hedhili, M. N.; Fratalocchi, A.; Han, Y. Fabricating a Homogeneously Alloyed AuAg Shell on Au Nanorods to Achieve Strong, Stable, and Tunable Surface Plasmon Resonances. Small 2015, 11, 5214-5221.
8. Lin, T.; Yang, T.; Cai, Y.; Li, J.; Lu, G.; Chen, S.; Li, Y.; Guo, L.; Maier, S.; Liu, C.; Huang, J.* Transformation-Optics-Designed Plasmonic Singularities for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution at Metal/Semiconductor Interfaces. Nano Letters 2023, 23(11), 5288.
9. S Chen, T Cao, W Yan, K Zhao, Y Guo, T Wu, D Zhang, M Ma, Y Han, J Huang* Continuous Coordination Modulation with Differing Heteroatoms Unveils Favorable Single-atom Ni Sites for Near-unity CO Selectivity in CO2 Electroreduction. Chemical Science 2025, 16, 10444-10453.
10. S Chen, Z Zhu, K Song, H Zhang, et al., C Liu, L Gan, D Zhang, Y Han, J Huang* Engineering Cu/Ru Heterointerface-Shelled Nanocavities by the Kirkendall Effect for Highly Efficient Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025
