Hightly Cited Researchers 2024
Xinliang Feng
Prof. Feng is the head of the Chair of Molecular Functional Materials at Technische Universität Dresden. He received his Bachelor’s degree in analytic chemistry in 2001 and Master’s degree in organic chemistry in 2004. Then he joined the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research for PhD thesis, where he obtained his PhD degree in April 2008. In December 2007, he was appointed as a group leader at the Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research. Since 2021, he is the Director of the Department of Synthetic Materials and Functional Devices at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics.
His current scientific interests include synthetic methodology for new-type of polymers, organic and polymer synthesis, interfacial chemistry, supramolecular chemistry of π-conjugated system, bottom-up synthesis of carbon nanostructures and graphene nanoribbons, 2D polymers and supramolecular polymers, 2D carbon-rich conjugated polymers for opto-electronics and spintronics, electrochemical exfoliation of 2D crystals, graphene and 2D materials for energy storage and conversion, new energy devices and technologies.
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Thomas Heine
Prof. Thomas Heine is Chair of Theoretical Chemistry at TU Dresden and group leader at the Department of Reactive Transport at Helmholz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf.
The aim of the research is the rational design of innovative materials with properties that allow new and more efficient applications, e.g. in nanoelectronics and optoelectronics, in photochemical and electrochemical catalysis, and in the separation of hydrogen isotopes. For this purpose, theoretical methods are being developed and applied to nanostructured materials. The current focus lies on two-dimensional materials such as 2D crystals, 2D polymers and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Special emphasis was given to the combined honeycomb-kagome lattice, for which the boron nitride counterpart and the square-octagon (fes) lattice were explored.
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Stefan Kaskel
Stefan Kaskel is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry I at TU Dresden and head of the Chemical Surface and Reaction Technology business area at Fraunhofer IWS. His group researches advanced inorganic materials for the energy transition and has extensive experience in the synthesis of precursor-derived carbon materials. The focus is on porous materials, battery research, ultracapacitors, and environmental and electrocatalysis. The group pioneered the development of novel electroadsorption devices and has extensive experience in developing carbons for electrochemical storage applications. The first effective exfoliation of a 2D coordination polymer and conversion into porous carbon was demonstrated. The material DUT-60, developed in Dresden, currently represents the world record for the porosity accessible to gases.
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Minghao Yu
Dr. Minghao Yu, research group leader at Technische Universität Dresden, received his doctoral degree in Material Physics and Chemistry from Sun Yat-sen University in June 2017. He joined Technische Universität Dresden as a postdoctoral researcher under the support of Humboldt Research Fellowship in November 2017. In March 2019, he was appointed as a research group leader of the Chair of Molecular Functional Materials at Technische Universität Dresden.
His research involves developing novel organic and inorganic 2D materials and novel 2D hybrids, exploring their fundamental electrochemical properties for electrochemical energy storage and electrocatalysis, as well as fabricating next-generation energy storage devices, including supercapacitors aqueous batteries, hybrid-ion batteries, and multivalent metal (Zn, Mg, Al) batteries.
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