2015 - 2021    洛桑联邦理工学院（EPFL), 威廉WilliamHill官网，理学硕士、博士（导师：Xile Hu）

2011 - 2015    南开大学, 化学系（伯苓班），理学学士 （导师：赵斌）

2025.04 - 至今          上海交通大学， 威廉WilliamHill官网，长聘（教轨）副教授

2023.07 - 2024.12    美国西北大学, 化学系，博士后（合作导师：Edward Sargent）

2022.01 - 2023.06    多伦多大学, 电子与计算机工程学院，博士后 （合作导师：Edward Sargent）

课题组围绕可再生能源的存储与转化，致力于开发高效的电化学反应体系，推动化工生产的脱碳转型和可持续发展。研究方向包括：

1. 氢-电化学：氢燃料电池与电解水

2. 碳-电化学：二氧化碳、一氧化碳电还原，有机分子电氧化升值

3. 氮-电化学：构建碳-氮偶联新体系

研究内容为电化学、异相催化、纳米材料、原位光谱、化学工程等方向的高度交叉融合。具体包括：

1. 电极-电解液界面的电化学过程和机理研究；

2. 功能电极材料的设计与合成；

3. 面向工业催化的电化学系统创新与优化；

2027-2030    国自然科学基金面上项目，主持

2026-2027    化学生物协同物质创制全重室2026年度自主课题，主持

2022-2023    瑞士国家科学基金委（SNSF）博后流动基金，主持

Full list：Google Scholar, ResearchGate

After joining SJTU:

2. Product ammonia accumulation limits electrocatalytic nitric oxide reduction

Lu Tian, Dongfeng Du, Huimin Liu, Weiyan Ni, Jingshan Luo*.

Natl. Sci. Rev. nwag507, (2026). [Link] 

1. Nanoparticle-Single Atom Tandem Catalyst within a Metal-Organic Framework for Efficient Ethylene Electrosynthesis

Fang-Yu Ren^†, Yun-Zhu Meng^†, Haoxiang Sun, Peixin Jiao, Ma-Chuan Hou, Ling-Hao Duan, Zhi Fang, Lu-Qiang Wang, Le-Yan Li, Zhi-Wen Yang, Ze-Long Liang, Liqi Qiu*, Weiyan Ni*, Hang Xu*, Bin Zhao*.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 148, 7, 7312–7321 (2026). (Cover) [Link] 

Before joining SJTU (first-author paper):

7. Electrochemical oxidative carbonylation: Strong CO binding suppresses C-C coupling and steers selectivity to organic carbonates

Weiyan Ni^†, Aditya Menon^†, Yiqing Chen^†, Rong Xia^†, Bosi Peng, Zeyan Liu, Li-Yu Wang, Xiaoliang Wang, Rui Kai Miao, Xiao-Yan Li, Huajie Ze, David Sinton, Omar Farha, Chia-Min Yang, Linsey C. Seitz*, Ke Xie*, Edward H. Sargent*. 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026. [Link]

6. Small alkali cations direct CO electroreduction to hydrocarbons rather than oxygenates

Weiyan Ni^†, Yongxiang Liang^†, Yufei Cao^†, Zhu Chen^†, Rui Kai Miao, Bosi Peng, Zeyan Liu, Yanjiang Liu, Huajie Ze, Xiao Wang, Dongha Kim, Sungjin Park, Jiaqi Yu, Panos Papangelakis, Victor Boureau, Muhammad Imran, Qiyou Wang, Pengfei Ou, Xiao-Yan Li, Ke Xie, Roham Dorakhan, Erfan Shirzadi, George C. Schatz, David Sinton, Jun Ge*, Jie Zeng, Edward Sargent*. 

Nat. Chem. 18, 774–781 (2026). [Link]

5. Strain by metal nitrides accelerates oxygen reduction

Weiyan Ni, and Xile Hu*.

Nat. Mater. 23, 1610–1611 (2024). (News & Views) [Link]

4. Synergistic interactions between PtRu catalyst and nitrogen-doped carbon support boost hydrogen oxidation

Weiyan Ni, Josephine Lederballe Meibom, Noor Ul Hassan, Miyeon Chang, You-Chiuan Chu, Anna Krammer, Songlan Sun, Yiwei Zheng, Lichen Bai, Wenchao Ma, Seunghwa Lee, Seongmin Jin, Jeremy Luterbacher, Andreas Schüler, Hao Ming Chen, William E. Mustain*, and Xile Hu*.

Nat. Catal. 6, 773–783 (2023). [Link]

3. An efficient nickel hydrogen oxidation catalyst for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells

Weiyan Ni^†, Teng Wang^†, Florent Héroguel, Anna Krammer, Seunghwa Lee, Liang Yao, Andreas Schüler, Jeremy S. Luterbacher, Yushan Yan*, and Xile Hu*.  († Equal contribution)

Nat. Mater. 21, 804–810 (2022). [Link]   

Highlighted in Nat. Mater., 2022, 21, 733-735. [Link]

Featured in MIT Technology Review China, UDaily, 36Kr, etc.

2. Efficient hydrogen oxidation catalyzed by strain-engineered nickel nanoparticles

Weiyan Ni^†, Teng Wang^†, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Yu-Chun Chuang, Hao Ming Chen and Xile Hu*. († Equal contribution)

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 10797-10801 (2020). (Hot paper) [Link]

1. Ni₃N as an active hydrogen oxidation reaction catalyst in alkaline medium

Weiyan Ni, Anna Krammer, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Hao Ming Chen, Andreas Schüler and Xile Hu*.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 58, 7445-7449 (2019). (Very Important Paper) [Link]

多次担任J. Am. Chem. Soc., ACS Catal., ACS Energy Lett.等期刊审稿人。

2025    小米青年学者

2024    国家海外高层次人才引进计划

2024    上海市海外高层次人才引进计划

2022    Dimitris N. Chorafas基金会奖 （全球约28人获奖）

2020    国家优秀自费留学生奖学金

博后：

课题组常年招收有化学、材料、化工相关背景的博后，有固态电解质、锂电池、电催化、燃料电池等相关研究经历者优先。

博士：

27年博士名额已满。

本科生：

热忱欢迎对科研有浓厚兴趣的本科生加入！

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