Education Background

2008.9-2012.6 Bachelor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, China

2012.9-2013.6 Master, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, China

2013.3-2015.6 Visiting student in Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech & Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

2015.9-2018.6 Ph.D. Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Working Experiences

2018.10 – 2019.4  Postdoctor, Southern University of Science and Technology

2019.05 – present Postdoctor, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian

Research Interests

Understanding reaction mechanisms in heterogeneous catalysis by density functional theory (DFT) calculations.

Publications

9.  Yiran Kang, Fang Wang, Fabián G. Cantú Reinhard, Chungu Xia, Sam P. de Visser*, Yong Wang*

Can Manganese(III)-Iodosylarene Act as an Oxidant Alongside High-Valent Manganese(V)-Oxo Complexes

Chemistry Select 2018, 3, 3208

DOI: 10.1002/slct.201800678

8. Yiran Kang, Xiao-Xi Li, Kyung-Bin Cho, Wei Sun, Chungu Xia, Wonwoo Nam*, Yong Wang*

Mutable properties of nonheme iron(III)-iodosylarene complexes result in the elusive multiple-oxidant mechanism

Journal of The American Chemical Society 2017, 139, 7444

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b03310

7. Yiran Kang, Feng Cai, Hongyuan Chen, Minghai Chen*, Rui Zhang, Qingwen Li*

Porous reduced graphene oxide wrapped carbon nanotube-manganese dioxide nanocables with enhanced electrochemical capacitive performance

RSC Advances 2015, 5, 6136

DOI: 10.1039/c4ra12693a

6. Hongyuan Chen, Yiran Kang, Feng Cai, Sha Zeng, Weiwei Li, Minghai Chen*, Qingwen Li*

Electrochemical conversion of Ni₂(OH)₂CO₃ into Ni(OH)₂ hierarchical nanostructures loaded on a carbon nanotube paper with high electrochemical energy storage performance

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2015, 3, 1875

DOI: 10.1039/c4ta06218c

5. Feng Cai, Rui Sun, Yiran Kang, Hongyuan Chen, Minghai Chen*, Qingwen Li*

One-step strategy to a three-dimensional NiS-reduced graphene oxide hybrid nanostructure for high performance supercapacitors

RSC Advances 2015, 5, 23073

DOI: 10.1039/c5ra02058a

4. Sha Zeng, Hongyuan Chen, Feng Cai, Yiran Kang, Minghai Chen*, Qingwen Li*

Electrochemical fabrication of carbon nanotube/polyaniline hydrogel film for all-solid-state flexible supercapacitor with high areal capacitance

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2015, 3, 23864

DOI: 10.1039/c5ta05937b

3. Yiran Kang, Feng Cai, Hongyuan Chen, Minghai Chen*, Rui Zhang, Qingwen Li

Carbon Nanotube /Graphene Hybrid Nanostructures and Their Application in Supercapacitors

Progress In Chemistry 2014, 26, 1562

DOI: 10.7536/PC140347

2. Feng Cai, Yiran Kang, Hongyuan Chen, Minghai Chen*, Qingwen Li*

Hierarchical CNT@NiCo₂O₄ core-shell hybrid nanostructure for high-performance supercapacitors

J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2, 11509

DOI: 10.1039/c4ta01235f

1. Hongyuan Chen, Feng Cai, Yiran Kang, Sha Zeng, Minghai Chen*, Qingwen Li*

Facile Assembly of Ni-Co Hydroxide Nanoflakes on Carbon Nanotube Network with Highly Electrochemical Capacitive Performance

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2014, 6, 19630

DOI: 10.1021/am5041576