Dr. Pan Wang received her Ph.D. degree from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), in 2015. She went to MIT and worked as a postdoctoral researcher from 2016 to 2019. She joined Westlake University as an assistant professor in November 2019. The interest of Dr. Pan Wang’s research group is mainly focused on the development of organic functional materials for energy applications.

Research

Research in our group centers on the interplay between organic materials design, fundamental aspects of understanding the intrinsic functional mechanisms, and device applications in energy storage and conversions. We aim to develop novel organic materials from the molecular level, endowing them with different functions by molecular design and engineering. We are trying to tackle issues regarding energy consumption and environmental protection.

Representative Publications

1)Lu Li, Yihang Su, Yunlong Ji*,Pan Wang*, A Long-lived Water-Soluble Phenazine Radical Cation.J. Am. Chem. Soc.2022, doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c12683.

2)Jiancong Xu^†, Shuai Pang^†, Xinyi Wang,Pan Wang*, Yunlong Ji* (^†equal contribution), Ultra-Stable Aqueous Phenazine Flow Batteries with High-Capacity Operated at Elevated Temperature.Joule,2021,5, 2437-2449.

3)Shuai Pang, Xinyi Wang,Pan Wang*and Yunlong Ji*, Biomimetic Amino Acid Functionalized Phenazine Flow Batteries with Long Lifetime at Near‐Neutral pH.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2020, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202014610.

4)Pan Wang, ^§ Ruqiang Lu, ^§ Arthur France-Lanord, Yanming Wang, Jingjing Zhou, Jeffrey C. Grossman* and Timothy M. Swager* (^§equal contribution), Cyclobutene based macrocycles. Materials Chemistry Frontiers 2020, 4, 3529-3538.

5)Pan Wang, Sibo Lin, Zhou Lin, Martin D. Peeks, Troy Van Voorhis, Timothy M. Swager*, A Semiconducting Conjugated Radical Polymer: Ambipolar Redox Activity and Faraday Effect.J. Am. Chem. Soc.2018,140, 10881-10889.

6)Pan Wang, Intak Jeon, Zhou Lin, Martin D. Peeks, Suchol Savagatrup, Steven E. Kooi, Troy A. Van Voorhis, Timothy M. Swager*, Insights into Magneto-Optics of Helical Conjugated Polymers.J. Am. Chem. Soc.2018,140, 6501-6508.

7)Pan Wang, Liang-Wen Feng, Lijia Wang, Jun-Fang Li, Saihu Liao, Yong Tang*, Asymmetric 1,2-Perfluoroalkyl Migration: Easy Access to Enantioenriched α-Hydroxy-α-perfluoroalkyl Esters.J. Am. Chem. Soc.2015,137, 4626-4629. (Highlighted bySynfacts2015,11, 0637.)

8)Pan Wang, Wenjie Tao, Xiuli Sun, Saihu Liao*, Yong Tang*, A Highly Efficient and Enantioselective Intramolecular Cannizzaro Reaction under TOX/Cu(II) Catalysis.J. Am. Chem. Soc.2013,135, 16849-16852. (Highlighted bySynfacts2014,10, 0174.)