Lai Nianzhu
Education & Working Experience
2019-now Associate Professor, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science & Technology Beijing, China
2016-2019 Research Associate, Mechanical & Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
2015-2015 Postdoctor, Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, China
2009-2014 Ph.D. in Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, China
2005-2009 B.Sc. in Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, China
Teaching
Undergraduate courses： Thermal Engineering
Research projects
1. The defect chemistry on transition metal oxides for applications of oxygen reduction reaction, supported by Fundamental Research Funds for the University of Science & Technology Beijing; 2019-2021
Honors and Awards：
[1] Poster Presentation Award, The First International Conference on Energy Storage Materials, China, 2017
[2] Best Postor Award, International Symposium on Zeolite and Microporous Crystals, Japan, 2015
[3] Member of the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society, Taiwan, China, 2015
[4] Best Postor Award, Seventh Tokyo Conference on Advanced Catalytic Science and Technology, Japan, 2014
[5] Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Performance, China Technical Consultants Inc. Foundation, Taiwan, China, 2014
[6] Outstanding Research Award, User Executive Committee of the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Taiwan, China, 2012
[7] President’s Scholarship, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, China, 2009
Academic Achievements
Main journal publications：
1. N.-C. Lai, G. Cong and Y.-C. Lu*, A high-energy potassium–sulfur battery enabled by facile and effective imidazole-solvated copper Catalysts [J]. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7:20584-20589. (SCI，Q1，IF=10.733)
2. N.-C. Lai, G. Cong, Z. Liang and Y.-C. Lu*, A highly active oxygen evolution catalyst for lithium-oxygen batteries enabled by high-surface-energy facets [J]. Joule, 2018, 2:1511-1521. (SCI)
3. N.-C. Lai, M.-C. Tsai, C.-H. Liu, C.-S. Chen and C.-M. Yang*, Efficient selective oxidation of propylene with dioxygen by mesoporous silica nanoparticle-supported nanosized copper [J]. J. Catal., 2018, 365: 411-419. (SCI, Q1, IF=7.723)
4. N.-C. Lai, S.-C. Liou, W.-C. Huang, Y.-T. Shen, C.-C. Chi, M.-W. Chu and C.-M. Yang*, Functional helical silica nanofibers with coaxial mixed mesostructures for the fabrication of PtCo nanowires that display unique geometry-dependent magnetism [J]. NPG Asia Mater., 2015, 7:e181. (SCI, Q1, IF=8.052)
5. N.-C. Lai, C.-Y. Lin, P.-H. Ku, L.-L. Chang, K.-W. Liao, W.-T. Lin, and C.-M. Yang*, Hollow mesoporous Ia3d silica nanospheres with single-unit-cell-thick shell: Spontaneous formation and drug delivery application [J]. Nano Res., 2014, 7:1439-1448. (SCI, Q1, IF=8.515)
6. N.-C. Lai, C.-J. Lin, W.-C. Huang, and C.-M. Yang*, “pH jump” synthesis of 2D-rectangular c2mm mesoporous silica materials with helical morphology and extensive void defects [J]. Microporous Mesoporous Mater., 2014,190:67-73. (SCI, Q1, IF=4.182)
7. C.-H. Lai,# N.-C. Lai,# Y.-J. Chuang, F.-I. Chou, C.-M. Yang* and C.-C. Lin*, Trivalent galactosyl-functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles as a target-specific delivery system for boron neutron capture therapy [J]. Nanoscale, 2013, 5:9412-9418. (# These authors contributed equally to this work) (SCI, Q1, IF=6.97)
8. G. Cong, W. Wang, N.-C. Lai, Z. Liang and Y.-C. Lu*, A high-rate and long-life organic-oxygen batteries [J]. Nat. Mater., 2019,18:390-396. (SCI, Q1, IF=38.887)
9. Zhejun Li, Haoran Jiang, Nien-Chu Lai, Tianshou Zhao and Yi-Chun Lu*, Designing Effective Solvent–Catalyst Interface for Catalytic Sulfur Conversion in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries [J]. Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 24, 10186-10196. (SCI, Q1, IF=10.159)
10. W. Wang, N.-C. Lai, Z. Liang, Y. Wang and Y.-C. Lu*, Superoxide stabilization and a universal KO2 growth mechanism in potassium-oxygen batteries [J]. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57:5042-5046. (SCI, Q1, IF=12.257)
11. Y. Wang, N.-C. Lai, Y.-R. Lu, Y. Zhou, C.-L. Dong and Y.-C. Lu*, A solvent-controlled oxidation mechanism of Li2O2 in lithium-oxygen batteries [J]. Joule, 2018, 2:2364-2380. (SCI)
12. H. Chen, N.-C. Lai, and Y.-C. Lu*, Silicon-carbon nanocomposite semi-solid negolyte and its application in redox flow batteries [J]. Chem. Mater., 2017, 17:7533-7542. (SCI, Q1, IF=10.159)
13. C.-H. Liu, C.-Y. Lin, J.-L. Chen, N.-C. Lai, C.-M. Yang*, J.-M. Chen*, K.-T. Lu, Metal oxide-containing SBA-15-supported gold catalysts for base-free aerobic homocoupling of phenylboronic acid in water [J]. J. Catal., 2016, 336:49-57. (SCI, Q1, IF=7.723)
14. C.-J. Lin, S.-H. Huang, N.-C. Lai and C.-M. Yang*, Efficient room-temperature aqueous-phase hydrogenation of phenol to cyclohexanone catalyzed by Pd nanoparticles supported on mesoporous MMT-1 silica with unevenly distributed functionalities [J]. ACS Catal., 2015, 7:4121-4129. (SCI, Q1, IF=12.221)
15. H.-C. Wu, T.-C. Chen, N.-C. Lai, C.-M. Yang, J.-H. Wu, Y.-C. Chen, J.-F. Lee, C.-S. Chen*, Synthesis of sub-nanosized Pt particles on mesoporous SBA-15 material and its application to the CO oxidation reaction [J]. Nanoscale, 2015, 7:16848-16859. (SCI, Q1, IF=6.97)
16. C.-H. Liu, N.-C. Lai, J.-F. Lee, C.-S. Chen, C.-M. Yang*, SBA-15-supported highly dispersed copper catalysts: Vacuum-thermal preparation and catalytic studies in propylene partial oxidation to acrolein [J]. J. Catal., 2014,316:231-239. (SCI, Q1, IF=7.723)
17. Y.-T. Lai, T.-C. Chen, Y.-K. Lan, B.-S. Chen, J.-H. You, C.-M. Yang, N.-C. Lai, J.-H. Wu, C.-S. Chen*, Pt/SBA-15 as a highly efficient catalytic toluene oxidation [J]. ACS Catal., 2014, 4:3824-3836. (SCI, Q1, IF=12.221)
18. P.-K. Chen, N.-C. Lai, C.-H. Ho, Y.-W. Hu, J.-F. Lee, and C.-M. Yang*, New Synthesis of MCM-48 Nanospheres and Facile Replication to Mesoporous Platinum Nanospheres as Highly Active Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction [J]. Chem. Mater., 2013, 25:4269-4277. (SCI, Q1, IF=10.159)
19. C.-H. Liu, N.-C. Lai, S.-C. Liou, M.-W. Chu, C.-H. Chen and C.-M. Yang*, Deposition and Thermal Transformation of Metal Oxides in Mesoporous SBA-15 Silica with Hydrophobic Mesopores [J]. Microporous Mesoporous Mater., 2013, 179:40-47. (SCI, Q1, IF=4.182)
20. W.-C. Huang, N.-C. Lai, L.-L. Chang, C.-M. Yang*, Mercaptopropyl-functionalized helical mesoporous silica nanoparticles with c2mm symmetry: Cocondensation synthesis and structural transformation in the dilute solution of mixed cationic and nonionic surfactants [J]. Microporous Mesoporous Mater., 2012, 151:411-417. (SCI, Q1, IF=4.182)
21. A. Chang, N.-C. Lai and C.-M. Yang*, MCM-48 nanorods: a self- assembled isotropic cubic mesostructure with anisotropic morphology [J]. RSC Adv., 2012, 2:12088-12090. (SCI, Q1, IF=3.049）
Patents
1. Hollow Sphere with mesoporous structure and method for manufacturing the same (US 8,747,793 B2).
