About us

 
Our team develops new materials, approaches and technologies to store solar energy into renewable fuels via artificial photosynthesis. Inspired by natural photosynthesis of green plants, we design and fabricate solar-driven photo(electro)catalysis systems utilizing solar energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into hydrogen gas and carbon-based fuels. The central aim of our research program is not only to understand and exploit the complex science of photo(electro)catalysis but also to provide scalable solutions of artificial photosynthesis that would be applied in sustainable and practical solar fuel production.
 
We work at the intersection of many disciplines, including material science, chemistry, semiconductor physics, chemical engineering and chemical biology, and thus is well-suited for students and postdoctoral scholars with various backgrounds and expertise.

 
 
 
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Energy Conversion, Catalytic Materials Creation Engineering Wang Lab.

Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
Tel:052-789-3250
E-mail:wang.qian(at)material.nagoya-u.ac.jp
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2025.12

【AWARDS】Peng’s paper in Journal of Materials Chemistry A has been selected by the editors as a HOT Article.  👏👏👏 For more details


2025.11

【AWARDS】Congratulations to Peng on his paper in Journal of Materials Chemistry A being selected for the back cover.  🎊🎊 
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2025.10

【LAB】Wang and Liang joined the group as Ph.D. students. Welcome!🎊🎊🎊
【PUBLICATIONS】The paper ‘Decoration of Dual Cocatalysts on Ultra-Thin Carbon Nitride for Efficient H₂O₂ Photosynthesis’ by Peng (D3) has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A. To paper
【PUBLICATIONS】The review ‘Artificial photosynthetic processes using CO₂, water and sunlight: can they power a sustainable future?’ by Prof. Wang has been published in Chemical Science. To paper
【AWARDS】Prof. Wang’s Chemical Science paper is selected for the journal’s back cover — congratulations!🎉 🎉

2025.9

【AWARDS】Qian has been selected as a recipient of the JGC-Saneyoshi Research Grant (日揮・実吉奨学会 研究助成金). Congratulations!🎉 🎉 To photo
【CONFERENCE】Qian delivered a keynote lecture at the ISF Conference and participated in the Reisner Lab Alumni Event.🌍✨ To photo
【PUBLICATIONS】Our collaborative research with Chulalongkorn University has been published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. To paper

2025.7

【LAB】Prof. Yanbo Li (Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, UESTC) visited our group and delivered a lecture. 👏To photo
【AWARDS】Congratulations to Kim on being awarded the the Korean Scholarship Foundation  Scholarship (朝鮮奨学会奨学金)!🎉🎉

2025.6

【LAB】Dr. Christian M. Pichler (Institute for Applied Physics, TU Wien) visited our group and gave a lecture, followed by in-depth discussions. To photo
【CONFERENCE】Qian was invited to attend the 1st Materials Process Engineering Research Meeting! Group members Yuanshuo and Siwen presented their work. Wu Hao, Jianuo, Shaopeng, Sakurai, and Yuchen also participated in the meeting. To photo
【CONFERENCE】Qian was invited to give a talk at the 247th Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting in Canada.🎉

2025.4

【AWARDS】Our collaborative paper with City University of Hong Kong on 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Photocatalysis published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition is among top 10 most-cited papers published by the journal in 2023! To photo
【LAB】Goto, Hoshiko, Yamamoto, Wang, Ji, Kim joined the group. Welcome!
【LAB】🎉Qian has been promoted to Full Professor!🎊🎊🎊

2025.3

【AWARDS】Adachi was awarded the Best Presentation (最優秀発表賞) in the department for his thesis defense! 🎉 Congratulations! 👏🎓 To photo
【LAB】Adachi and Morita joined the exchange program with The University of Queensland and had an amazing time exploring Australia! 🇦🇺✈️☀️🐨 To photo
【NEWS RELEASE】Our recent Nature Communications paper has been selected for the Editors' Highlights webpage! To paper
【NEWS RELEASE】Lab Tour for B3 students featured on Nagoya University's official X account! To paper
【NEWS RELEASE】Our Nature Communications work is highlighted by research-er.jp as well, find out more: To news
【NEWS RELEASE】Our Nature Communications work is highlighted by Nagoya University, find out more: To news To X Facebookのリンク
【NEWS RELEASE】Our review paper published on Chinese Journal of Catalysis is highlighted by EurekAlert!, find out more: To news
【AWARDS】Qian is awarded The NAGAI Foundation for Science & Technology research grant (永井科学技術財団 カーボンニュートラル研究奨励金), Congratulations! To photo
【LAB】Adachi, Liang, Sakurai, Makino and Morita have successfully passed their graduation defense! Congratulations! 🎉 To photo

2025.1

【PUBLICATIONS】Our collaborative paper with Shinshu Univeristy and the University of Shandong on a scalable photocatalytic H2 and O2 separated production system published in Nature Communications, find out more: To paper
【PUBLICATIONS】Our invited review paper on the summary of novel materials and techniques developed by Professor Kazunari Domen for photocatalytic water splitting published in Chinese Journal of Catalysis, find out more: To paper