Department of Chemistry

Yiqun Yang

PhD Candidate

Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University

Office: CB443

Email: yqyang@ksu.edu

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yqyang

Education

2011.8-present PhD student in Materials and Analytical Chemistry at Kansas State University

2008.9-2010.12 Master in Materials Science and Engineering at Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China

2004.9-2008.6 B.S. in Polymer Science and Engineering at Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China

Research Interest

Photovoltaic device

Semiconductive materials

Photosynthesis proteins

Surface plasmonic resonance

Solid-state Perovskite solar cells

Synthesis and application of functional polymers

Current Research Projects

  • Plasmon-enhanced solar cells via introducing core-shell gold/silver nanoparticles.

  • Photovoltaic properties of photosynthetic protein complex (i.e. LHCII, PSI, CP43’-PSI, WSP): using dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) as a photovoltaic model to study the light harvesting, energy transfer and charge separation mechanism of the photosynthetic proteins, and their application in photocurrent generation.

Previous Research Experience

  • Synthesis of functional (photo-, thermo- and pH-sensitive) polymers via normal, ATRP and RAFT free radical polymerization.

  • Self-assembled colloids of amphiphilic copolymers and their applications in Pickering emulsifier, waterborne electrophoretic coating and molecular recognition sensor.

Awards

Meloan Award by Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University (2015)
DuPont Genencor Scholarship by Jiangnan University, China (2010)

Selected Publications and Patents

  1. Y. Yang,R. Jankowiak*, J. Li* etc., Effect of the LHCII Pigment-Protein Complex Aggregation on Photovoltaic Properties of Sensitized TiO2 Solar Cells, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics , 16 (2014), 20856-20865

  2. Y. Zheng, S. Klankowski, Y. Yang, J. Li*, Preparation and Characterization of TiO2 Barrier Layers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces , 6 (2014), 10679-10686

  3. A. Kell, X. Feng, C. Lin, Y. Yang, R. Jankowiak*, Charge-Transfer Character of the Low-Energy Chl a Q y Absorption Band in Aggregated Light Harvesting Complexes II, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B , 118 (2014), 6086-6091

  4. Y. Yang, C. Yi, J. Luo, X. Liu* etc., Glucose sensors based on electrodeposition of molecular imprinted polymeric micelles: a novel strategy for MIP Sensors, Biosensors and Bioelectronics , 26 (2011): 2607-2612

  5. Y. Yang, C. Yi, X. Liu* etc., Self-assembly and emulsification of the alternating copolymer P(St-alt-Ma-Dopa), Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica 25,11 (2009), 2225-2231

  6. C. Yi, Y. Yang, X. Liu* etc., Self-assembly and emulsification of poly{[styrene- alt-maleic acid]-co-[styrene- alt-(N -3,4-dihydroxyphenylethyl-maleamic acid)]}, Langmuir , 28(2012): 9211−9222

  7. Y. Tao, Y. Yang, X. Liu* etc.,Micelles formation of polystyrene-co-poly (N-acryloylthymine) and its aggregation behavior induced by triple hydrogen bonding, Polymer , 53(2012): 1551−1557

  8. C. Fan, Y. Yang, X. Liu* etc., Research on amphiphilic copolymer MIP micelles electrochemical sensor, Acta Chimica Sinica 71, 6 (2013): 934-940

  9. International Patent, Granted: Preparation method for molecular recognition sensor by electrodeposition, Pub. NO. US8840768 B2, CN101776635B, WO2011095033A1

  10. Chinese Patent, Granted: Preparation of amphiphilic copolymer self-assembled micelle wedding agent, Pub. NO. CN101302296B