Dr Huang Bolong Assistant Professor

Location Y847
Phone +852 3400 8679
mail bolong.huang@polyu.edu.hk

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Education and Academic Qualifications Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge




Research Overview My research focuses on theoretical calculations of electronic structures on nanomaterials; Energy materials; Solid functional materials; Rare earth materials as well as their applications in multi-scale energy conversion and supply systems.




Academic and Professional Experiences Academic Memberships
Member of Hong Kong Physics Society (HKPS)
Member of American Physics Society (APS)
Member of American Chemistry Society (ACS)

Academic Service (Editor)
2021-onYouth Editorial Board, Journal of Rare Earths (Chinese/English Edition)
2021-onYouth Editorial Board, Rare Metals (Chinese/English Edition)

2021-onYoung Star Editor, Nano Research


Academic Services (Referee)
2018-onReferee of Nano Energy
2019-onReferee of Joule, Cell
2019-onReferee of ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces
2019-onReferee of Nano-Micro Letter
2020-onReferee of Angew. Chem. Int. Ed
2020-onReferee of Nano Letter
2020-onReferee of Nano Research
2020-onReferee of J. Mater. Chem. A
2020-onReferee of Energy Environ. Sci.
2020-onReferee of iScience
2020-onReferee of Adv. Energy Mater.
2020-onReferee of ACS Catal.
2020-onReferee of ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng.
2020-onReferee of Small
2020-onReferee of Adv. Funct. Mater.
2020-onReferee of J. Am. Chem. Soc.




Research Interests
Electronic Structures of Solid Functional Materials
Energy Storage and Conversion Systems for Novel Catalysts
Strain Modulations in Transitional Metal Materials
Advanced Luminescence Materials



Achievements

Awards
2021/05
Honorable Speaker for the Electroanalytical Chemistry Lecture Series
Awarded by Prof. Wang Erkang, CAS Fellow/Academician
State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry,
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC)
Chinese Academic of Science
2017/04
Honorable Speaker for the Inorganic Chemistry Lecture Series
Awarded by Prof. ZHANG Hongjie, CAS Fellow/Academician
State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization (RERU),
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC)
Chinese Academic of Science

2007—2010
Cambridge Overseas Trust
Awarded by the St. John's College,
University of Cambridge, UK

2003
Top-Chairman's Prize,
Awarded by Prof. ZHOU Guang-Zhao, CAS Fellow/Academician, President of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 18THChina Adolescents Science & Technology Innovation Contest (CASTIC), published theoretical paper based on optical experiments.
Title: 'A more accurate method for laser wavelength measurement'




Representative Publications
X. Ou#, X. Qin#, B. Huang#, J. Zan, Q. Wu, Z. Hong, L. Xie, H. Bian, Z. Yi, X. Chen, Y. Wu, X. Song, J. Li, Q. Chen*, H. Yang* and X Liu*, ‘High-resolution X-ray Luminescence Extension Imaging’, Nature, 590, 410 (2021). IF: 42.778
J. Li#, X. Yang#, Y. Liu#, B. Huang#, R. Wu, Z. Zhang, B. Zhao, H. Ma, W. Dang, Z. Wei, K. Wang, Z. Lin, X. Yan, M. Sun, B. Li, X. Pan, J. Luo, G. Zhang, Y. Liu, Y. Huang, X. Duan and Xi. Duan, ‘General synthesis of two-dimensional van der Waals heterostructure arrays’, Nature, 579, 368-374 (2020). IF: 42.778
M. Zhang, X. Zhai*, M. Sun, T. Ma, Y. Huang, B. Huang*, Y. Du* and C.-H. Yan, ‘When rare earth meets carbon nanodots: mechanisms, applications and outlook’, Chemical Society Reviews, 49, 9220 (2020). IF:42.846
Z. Zeng, Y. Xu, Z. Zhang, Z. Gao, M. Luo, Z. Yin, C. Zhang, J. Xu, B. Huang*, F. Luo, Y. Du*, C. Yan, ‘Rare-earth-containing perovskites nanomaterials: designs, syntheses, properties and applications’, Chemical Society Reviews, 49, 1109 (2020). IF:42.846
T. Zhu#, S. Liu#, Bin Huang#, Q. Shao*, F. Li, X. Tan, Y. Pi, S.-C. Weng, B. Huang*, Z. Hu, J. Wu, Y. Qian, and X. Huang*, ‘High-Performance Diluted Nanoclusters-Activated Ruthenium Nanowires for pH-Universal Overall Water Splitting’ Energy & Environmental Science, 14, 3194 (2021). IF: 30.289
H. Xu, C. Shan, X. Wu, M. Sun, B. Huang*, Y. Tang* and C.-H. Yan*, ‘Fabrication of Layered Double Hydroxide Microcapsules Mediated by Cerium Doping Metal-Organic Framework for Boosting Water Splitting’, Energy & Environmental Science, 13, 2949 (2020). IF: 30.289; Hot Article
J. Yin, J. Jin, M. Lu, B. Huang*, H. Zhang, Y. Peng, P. Xi*, and C.-H. Yan, ‘Iridium Single Atoms Coupling with Oxygen Vacancies Boosts Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Acid Media’, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142, 18378 (2020). IF: 14.612
J. Yin, J. Jin, H. Zhang, M. Lu, Y. Peng, B. Huang*, P. Xi*, and C.-H. Yan, ‘Atomic Arrangement in Metal-Doped NiS₂ Boosts Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Media’, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 13, 18849 (2019). IF: 12.959
L. Xu, H. Zhao, M. Sun, B. Huang*, J. Wang, J. Xia, N. Li, Y. Du*, and C.-H. Yan, ‘Oxygen Vacancies on Layered Niobic Acid that Weaken the Catalytic Conversion of Polysulfides in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries’, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58, 11491 (2019). IF: 12.959; Selected as Front Cover
M. Sun, Q. Lu, Z. L. Wang*, B. Huang*, ‘Understanding Contact Electrification at Liquid-Solid Interfaces from Surface Electronic Structure’, Nature Communications, 12, 1752 (2021). IF: 12.121
N. Han, M. Sun, Y. Zhou, J. Xu, C. Cheng, R. Zhou, L. Zhang, J. Luo, B. Huang* and Y. Li*, ‘Alloyed Palladium-Silver Nanowires Enabling Ultrastable Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Formate’, Advanced Materials, 33, 2005821 (2021). IF: 27.398
X. Zhang, S. Zhang, Y. Yang, L. Wang, Z. Mu, H. Zhu, X. Zhu, H. Xing, H. Xia, B. Huang*, Jing Li*, S. Guo and E. Wang, ‘A General Method for Transition Metal Single Atoms Anchored on Honeycomb-like Nitrogen doped Carbon Nanosheets’, Advanced Materials, 32, 1906905 (2020). IF: 27.398
M. Sun, T. Wu, A. W. Dougherty, M. Lam, B. Huang*, Y. Li, C. -H. Yan, ‘Self-validated Machine Learning Study of Graphdiyne-based Dual Atomic Catalyst’, Advanced Energy Materials, 11, 2003796 (2021). IF: 25.245
M. Sun, A. W. Dougherty, B. Huang*, Y. Li, C. -H. Yan, ‘Accelerating the atomic catalyst discovery by theoretical calculations-machine learning strategy’, Advanced Energy Materials, 10, 1903949 (2020). IF: 25.245
M. Sun and B. Huang*, ‘Phonon Evidence of Kohn Anomalies in nanogenerator ZnO’, Nano Energy, 59, 626-635 (2019). IF: 16.602




Book Chapters
Bolong Huang, Chapter 20, "Electronic structures of alkali rare earth fluorides based up conversion nanomaterials", Theranostic Bionanomaterials, Elsevier (2019).
Rui-Qin Zhang, Abir De Sarkar,Bolong Huang, 'MODELLING OF SILICON NANOMATERIALS' SURFACES, World Scientific, in press.
Chapter: Jianfu Li,Bolong Huang, Rui-Qin Zhang, 'Solid fullerene under compression based on DFTB simulation' The Carbon Nanomaterials Sourcebook, in press by Taylor & Francis (CRC Press).