Translational Nanotechnologies in Electrochemical Energy and Sensors

Xinchen Kang is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), and a professor at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has been awarded the National High-Level Youth Talent Program and the CAS High-Level Youth Talent Program. Additionally, he is a Newton International Fellow and a Royal Society Research Fellow. He received his B.S. from Shandong University in 2011 and his Ph.D. from ICCAS in 2016. From 2017 to 2020, he conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Manchester, UK. Since 2021, he has been working at ICCAS, focusing on solution chemistry, electrocatalysis, and related fields. He has published nearly 100 papers in prestigious journals such as Nat. Synth., Nat. Commun., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Sci. Bull., Adv. Mater., etc. His honors include the CAS President’s Special Award, the Young Scientist Innovation Award in Ionic Liquids and Green Processes, and the CAS Outstanding Scientific and Technological Achievement Award (Green Chemistry Group). He serves as a member of the Chemical Thermodynamics and Thermal Analysis Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society and as secretary and member of the Beijing Thermodynamics and Thermal Analysis Committee.

Giuliano Giambastiani is a Full Professor of Industrial Chemistry at the University of Florence, where he leads the Nanomaterials and Catalysis Group. His research focuses on homogeneous, heterogeneous and electro-catalysis, as well as the development and characterization of advanced catalytic materials and composites for applications in renewable energy technologies. He has authored over 190 peer-reviewed scientific papers (including communications, articles, and reviews), 3 books, 7 book chapters, and 14 patents (8 of which are international WO patents). Among his honours, in 2016 he was awarded from the Chinese Academy of Science with Lee Hsun Research Award on Materials Science in recognition of his contribution to material science and technology and in 2018 he was granted from the international call of French presidency “Make our Planet Great Again” to join CNRS University of Strasbourg for 4 years as Research Director and PI of the TRAINER project for the development of sustainable thermal- and electro-catalytic processes at the heart of renewable energy technology.

Prof. Di Wei serves as the Principal Investigator at BINN and heads the Iontronics Laboratory. As Member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts (MEASA), Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (FNAI) USA, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) UK, Fellow of Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (FIMMM) UK and Life Senior Member of Wolfson College at Cambridge University, he has published over 120 papers including Nat. Energy, Nat. Commun., Sci. Adv., PNAS, Joule, Matter, Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Energ. Environ. Sci., Chem. Soc. Rev. etc. as the first/corresponding author. Prof. Wei also has a portfolio of over 200 international patents (including PCT). Notably, over 100 patents have been successfully granted, many of which have been transferred to leading companies like Nokia in Finland and Lyten in the USA. Additionally, Prof. Wei has edited 6 English books, published by Wiley, Springer Nature and Cambridge University Press etc., focusing on nanotechnology for energy and information technology. His achievements have been recognized by the first prize of the Nokia Global Innovation and Excellence Award, Brian Conway Prize in Physical Electrochemistry from the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) and various other prizes from ISE and RSC.