Location:
Wei Tan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Environment
Nanjing University
Email: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-1481-9346
Education
2025/03-Present: Nanjing University, School of the Environment, Assistant Professor
2023/09-2025/03: Nanjing University, School of the Environment, Research Assistant
2020/07-2023/08: Nanjing University, School of the Environment, Postdoctoral Fellow
Professional Experience
2017/09-2022/06: Nanjing University, Ph.D. in Chemistry
2019/07-2020/08: University of Central Florida. Visiting scholar in Environmental Engineering
2013/09-2017/06: Nanjing University, B.S. in Chemistry
Research Interests
Catalytic elimination of air pollutants
Clean energy-related heterogeneous catalysis
Academic Service
Young editorial board of Rare Metals
Member of the Youth Working Committee of China Society of Rare Earths
Teaching
Physical Chemistry
Selected Publications
Personal Academic Page:
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1. Wei Tan†, Shaohua Xie†, Duy Le†, Weijian Diao, Meiyu Wang, Ke-Bin Low, Dave Austin, Sampyo Hong, Fei Gao, Lin Dong, Lu Ma, Steven N Ehrlich, Talat S Rahman, Fudong Liu*, Fine-tuned local coordination environment of Pt single atoms on ceria controls catalytic reactivity. Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 7070. († Equal Contributions)
2. Bifeng Zhang, Jiawei Yang, Yibo Mu, Xiaoyu Ji, Yandi Cai, Nan Jiang, Shaohua Xie, Qiuhui Qian, Fudong Liu*, Wei Tan*, Lin Dong, Fabrication of Highly Dispersed Ru Catalysts on CeO2 for Efficient C3H6 Oxidation. Environmental Science & Technology, 2024, 58, 19533-19544.
3. Wei Tan, Yandi Cai, Haowei Yu, Shaohua Xie, Meiyu Wang, Kailong Ye, Lu Ma, Steven N. Ehrlich, Fei Gao*, Lin Dong, and Fudong Liu*, Tuning the interaction between platinum single atoms and ceria by zirconia doping for efficient catalytic ammonia oxidation. Environmental Science & Technology, 2023, 57, 15747-15758.
4. Wei Tan, Shaohua Xie, Yandi Cai, Haowei Yu, Kailong Ye, Meiyu Wang, Weijian Diao, Lu Ma, Steven N. Ehrlich, Fei Gao*, Lin Dong, Fudong Liu*, Surface lattice-embedded Pt single-atom catalyst on ceria-zirconia with superior catalytic performance for propane oxidation. Environmental Science & Technology, 2023, 57, 12501-12512.
5. Wei Tan, Shaohua Xie, Yandi Cai, Meiyu Wang, Shuohan Yu, Ke-Bin Low, Yuejin Li, Lu Ma, Steven N Ehrlich, Fei Gao*, Lin Dong, Fudong Liu*, Transformation of highly stable Pt single sites on defect engineered ceria into robust Pt clusters for vehicle emission control. Environmental Science & Technology, 2021, 55, 12607-12618.
6. Wei Tan, Annai Liu, Shaohua Xie, Yong Yan, Thomas E Shaw, Yu Pu, Kai Guo, Lulu Li, Shuohan Yu, Fei Gao*, Fudong Liu*, Lin Dong, Ce-Si mixed oxide: A high sulfur resistant catalyst in the NH3-SCR reaction through the mechanism-enhanced process. Environmental Science & Technology, 2021, 55, 4017-4026.
7. Siqing Cheng, Fang Xu, Shan Yang, Bifeng Zhang, Wang Song, Xuechen Zhu, Wei Tan*, Chuanzhi Sun*, Lin Dong, Modulating the activity and SO2 resistance of α-Fe2O3 catalysts for NH3-SCR of NOx via crystal facet engineering. Environmental Science & Technology, 2024, 58, 8955-8965.
8. Qinglong Liu, Jiawei Yang, Shaoxiong Zhang, Song Hong, Hengxiang Zhang, Lupeng Han, Dengsong Zhang, Fei Gao*, Wei Tan*, Lin Dong, Flattened Pt clusters constructed on CeO2 for efficient selective oxidation of NH3. Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 2025, 365, 124877.
9. Yandi Cai, Bifeng Zhang, Haowei Yu, Xiaoyu Ji, Jingfang Sun, Xizhang Wang, Qiuhui Qian, Lulu Li, Annai Liu, Wei Tan*, Fei Gao*, Lin Dong, Shielding ceria based catalysts from SO2 poisoning in NH3-SCR reaction: Modification effect of acid metal oxides. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2024, 342, 123424.
10. Wei Tan†, Shaohua Xie†, Xin Wang, Juntian Xu, Yong Yan, Kaili Ma, Yandi Cai, Kailong Ye, Fei Gao*, Lin Dong, Fudong Liu*, Determination of intrinsic active sites on CuO-CeO2-Al2O3 catalyst for CO oxidation and NO reduction by CO: Differences and connections. ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 12643-12657. († Equal Contributions)
11. Yaxin Yu†, Wei Tan†, Dongqi An, Xiuwen Wang, Annai Liu, Weixin Zou, Changjin Tang, Chengyan Ge, Qing Tong, Jingfang Sun*, Lin Dong*, Insight into the SO2 resistance mechanism on γ-Fe2O3 catalyst in NH3-SCR reaction: A collaborated experimental and DFT study. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021, 281, 119544. († Equal Contributions)
12. Shaohua Xie†, Wei Tan†, Yuejin Li, Lu Ma, Steven N. Ehrlich, Jiguang Deng, Peng Xu, Fei Gao, Lin Dong, Fudong Liu*, Copper single atom-triggered Niobia-Ceria catalyst for efficient low-temperature reduction of nitrogen oxides. ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 2441-2453. († Equal Contributions)
13. Yandi Cai, Xiaoyu Ji, Bifeng Zhang, Yibo Mu, Qing Tong, Annai Liu, Wei Tan*, Fudong Liu*, Lin Dong, Research progress in ceria-based catalysts for the selective catalytic oxidation of NH3. SCIENTIA SINICA Chimica, 2024, 54, 3, 295-308.
Patents
A low-temperature denitrification catalyst and its application. ZL 2021 1 0032477.8
Awards
Jiangsu Funding Program for Excellent Postdoctoral Talent, 2024
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF, 2024
Yuxiu Young Scholars Program, Nanjing University, 2023
Excellent Graduate, Jiangsu Province (Ph. D.), 2022
Dongliang Scholarship, Grand Prize, Nanjing University, 2021
Baosteel Excellent Student Award, Grand Prize, 2021
Opportunities
Students with a background in the environment, chemistry or materials are welcome!
