Dr. Xiangtong Meng
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
E-mail: mengxt@mail.buct.edu.cn
Dr. Xiangtong Meng is currently an associate professor of College of Chemical Engineering at Beijing University of Chemical Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Technology from Dalian University of Technology in Sep. 2018. During Sep. 2016 to Mar. 2018, he worked as a visiting scholar at Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Meng received the Excellence Award of CPCIF-Clariant CleanTech Award in 2021 and the Bronze Prize (Chemical Engineering and Materials) of the first Jingbo Doctoral Dissertation Award in 2019. He was selected as the Outstanding Reviewer of Journal Materials Chemistry A in 2018.
Dr. Meng mainly focuses on the design and construction of functional carbon materials for Photovoltaic/Photothermal applications (e.g., solar cells and solar-driven evaporation) and Electrocatalysis for small molecules. As first/corresponding author, he has published more than 20 papers in peer-reviewed journals including Angew. Chem., 【 Adv. Mater., Adv. Energy Mater., ACS Catal., Adv. Funct. Mater., Nano Energy (9 papers with IF >13 and 3 ESI highly-cited papers). Now he is the Guest Editor of Catalysts (one 【 journal of MDPI) and the Member of Youth Editorial Board of Clean Coal Technology (one journal at home).
Education
Sep. 2016 - Mar. 2018, Visiting scholar, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. Advisor: Prof. Zhiqun Lin
Sep. 2014 - Sep. 2018, Ph.D. in Chemical Technology, Dalian University of Technology, China. Advisor: Prof. Jieshan Qiu
Sep. 2012 - Jun. 2014, M.S. in Chemical Technology, Dalian University of Technology, China. Advisor: Prof. Jieshan Qiu and Prof. Chang Yu
Research and Training Experience
May 2019 - present, Associate Professor, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China.
May 2019 - May 2021, Postdoc., Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China.
Oct. 2018 - Apr. 2019, Research Assistant, Dalian University of Technology, China.
Synergistic Activities
● Reviewer for 40 journals, and reviewed more than 100 manuscripts as of Nov. 28, 2022, including Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Advanced Energy Materials, Nano Research, Carbon,Nano Energy,Nanoscale, Solar RRL, Chemistry-A European Journal, Chemical Engineering Journal, Ionics, Energy Technology, Dyes and Pigments, Journal of Applied Physics, Molecules, Organic Electrons, New Journal of Chemistry, Ceramics International, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering,Advanced Sciences, Advanced Materials Interfaces,Dalton Transactions, ChemsusChem, etc.
● Outstanding reviewerof Journal of Materials Chemistry A in 2018.
● Secretary of Nanomaterials and Technology Section of UK-China International Particle Technology Forum VIII in Jul. 2021, Dali, China.
Publications & Patents
Representative papers:
1、Hongqi Zou, Xiangtong Meng*, Xin Zhao, Jieshan Qiu*, Hofmeister Effect-Enhanced Hydration Chemistry of Hydrogel for High-Efficiency Solar-Driven Interfacial Desalination, Advanced Materials, 2022, DOI: 10.1002/adma.202207262.
2、Yangjun Ma, Xiangtong Meng*, Kai Li, Lipeng Zhang, Yadong Du, Xiang Cai, and Jieshan Qiu*, Scrutinizing Synergy and Active Site of Nitrogen and Selenium Dual-Doped Porous Carbon for Efficient Triiodide Reduction, ACS Catalysis, 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c05024.
3、Xin Zhao, Xiangtong Meng*, Hongqi Zou, Zhenhao Wang, Yadong Du, Yuan Shao, Jun Qi, Jieshan Qiu*,Topographic Manipulation of Graphene Oxide by Polyaniline Nanocone Arrays Enables High-Performance Solar-Driven Water Evaporation, Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202209207.
4、Xiangtong Meng, Chang Yu*, Xuedan Song, James Iocozzia, Jiafu Hong, Matthew Rager, Huile Jin, Shun Wang, Longlong Huang, Jieshan Qiu*, Zhiqun Lin*, Scrutinizing Defects and Defect Density of Selenium-Doped Graphene for High-Efficiency Triiodide Reduction in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57, 4682-4686.（ESI highly-cited）
5、Xiangtong Meng, Chang Yu*, Xuedan Song, Yang Liu, Suxia Liang, Zhiqiang Liu, Ce Hao, Jieshan Qiu*, Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Nanoribbons with Surface Enriched Active Sites and Enhanced Performance for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials, 2015, 5, 1500180.
6、Xiangtong Meng, Xun Cui, Matthew Rager, Shuguang Zhang, Zewei Wang, Jiwoo Yu, Yeu Wei Harn, Zhitao Kang, Brent K Wagner, Yang Liu, Chang Yu, Jieshan Qiu*, Zhiqun Lin*, Cascade charge transfer enabled by incorporating edge-enriched graphene nanoribbons for mesostructured perovskite solar cells with enhanced performance. Nano Energy, 2018, 52, 123-133.
7、Xiangtong Meng, Chang Yu*, Xuepeng Zhang, Longlong Huang, Matthew Rager, Jiafu Hong, Jieshan Qiu*, Zhiqun Lin*, Active sites-enriched carbon matrix enables efficient triiodide reduction in dye-sensitized solar cells: An understanding of the active centers. Nano Energy, 2018, 54, 138-147.
8、Xiangtong Meng, Chang Yu, Bing Lu, Juan Yang, Jieshan Qiu*, Dual integration system endowing two-dimensional titanium disulfide with enhanced triiodide reduction performance in dye-sensitized solar cells, Nano Energy, 2016, 22, 59-69.
9、Xiangtong Meng, Chang Yu, Xuedan Song, Zhiqiang Liu, Bing Lu, Ce Hao, Jieshan Qiu*, Rational design and fabrication of sulfur-doped porous graphene with enhanced performance as a counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5, 2280-2287.
10、Chang Yu‡, Xiangtong Meng‡, Tingli Ma, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Jieshan Qiu*, etl., Graphene-mediated highly-dispersed MoS2 nanosheets with enhanced triiodide reduction activity for dye-sensitized solar cells, Carbon, 2016, 100, 474. ‡ These authors contributed equally, C. Yu is supervisor. （ESI highly-cited）
Patents:
1、Xiangtong Meng, Yadong Du, Jieshan Qiu, Zhen Wang, Preparation of MOF-derived carbon as electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction, China, 2021, application number: CN202111300141.1, Granted.
2、Jieshan Qiu, Xiangtong Meng, Chang Yu, Heteroatom-doped graphene as counter electrode for DSSCs, and its preparation method, China, 2015, application number: 201510589631.6, Granted.
3、Jieshan Qiu, Chang Yu, Xiangtong Meng, Composites made of two-dimensional metal disulfide and graphene as counter electrodes for DSSCs, and its preparation method, China, 2015, application number: 201510464645.5, Granted.
4、Jieshan Qiu, Chang Yu, Longlong Huang, Xiangtong Meng, Kuangming Li, Dong Wei, Carbon molecular sieves as counter electrodes for DSSCs, and its preparation method, China, 2017, application number: 201611015575.6, Granted.
Awards and honors
1. Outstanding Young Teacher in Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 2022;
2.Excellence Award of CPCIF-Clariant CleanTech Award, 2021;
3. Bronze Prize (Chemical Engineering and Materials) of the first Jingbo Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2019;
4. Excellent graduate in Dalian City, 2018;
5. Excellent graduate in Dalian University of Technology (DUT), 2018;
6. Individual Award for Excellent Doctoral Thesis in DUT, 2017;
7. Runner-Up Prize for Excellent Academic Thesis in Liaoning Province, 2017;
8. Third-Class Prize for Excellent Academic Thesis in Dalian City, 2017;
9. First-Class Scholarship supported by Yantai Wanhua Polyurethane Co., Ltd. (Top 3%), 2017;
10. National Scholarship for Ph.D. student (top 3%, the top-level scholarship awarded by the Ministry of Education of the P.R.C.), 2016;
11. Study Abroad Scholarship Supported by China Scholarship Council, 2016;
12. First-Class Prize for Ph.D. Candidates of DUT, 2016;
13. First-Class Prize for Ph.D. Candidates of DUT, 2015;
14. Excellent Postgraduate of DUT, 2016;
15. Excellent Postgraduate of DUT, 2014;
16. Runner-Up Prize for Excellent Academic Thesis in Dalian City, 2015;
17. National Scholarship for master student (top 3%), 2014;
18. Runner-Up Prize of “Challenge Cup” for National College Students, 2014.