Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting; Novel Photosynthetic Reactions and Systems Design; Photoelectrode Surface/Interface Engineering; Energy Conversoin Related Catalysts and Catalytic Systems Development

2011: Earned Ph.D. from Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan), then continued as a researcher focusing on non-precious metal catalysts for hydrogen energy fuel cells.
2013: Joined Professor Kazunari Domen's large-scale artificial photosynthesis project at the University of Tokyo as a specially appointed researcher.
2017-present: Researcher at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIMTE, CAS).

Leader of Ningbo "3315 Plan" Innovation Team (2018)
Director of Zhejiang International Science and Technology Cooperation Base (2024)

[1] D. Liu, Y. Kuang*. Particle-based Photoelectrodes for PEC Water Splitting: Concepts and Perspectives. Advanced Materials, 2024, 2311692.
[2] Zhu, S., Wang, X., ... Y. Kuang*. Striking Stabilization Effect of Spinel Cobalt Oxide Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts in Neutral pH by Dual‐Sites Iron Incorporation. Energy & Environmental Materials, 2024, 7(2), 12594.
[3] Zhang, J. X., Zhao, Z. Y., ... Y. Kuang*. Harnessing Intrinsic Defect Complexes for Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity in Delafossite CuAlO2. Acta Materialia, 2024, 119801.
[4] Wu, Y., Liu, D., ... Y. Kuang*. Pt Nanoparticle Assisted Homogeneous Surface Engineering of Polymer‐Based Bulk‐Heterojunction Photocathodes for Efficient Charge Extraction and Catalytic Hydrogen Evolution. Small, 2023, 19(11), 2206763.
[5] Zhu, S., Li, Y., ... Y. Kuang*. Excellent CoOxHy/C Oxygen Evolution Catalysts Evolved from the Rapid In Situ Electrochemical Reconstruction of Cobalt Transition Metals Doped into the V2SnC MAX Phase at A Layers. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2022, 6(2), 1116-1125.