2026.10
【LAB】 Mori (Working Professional PhD, Brother) and Ge (D1) joined the group. Welcome! 🎉
2026.9
【LAB】Peng Yuanshuo, Li Jianuo, Hao Wu attended their graduation ceremony. Congratulations, Dr Peng, Dr Li and Dr Wu🎊🎊To photos
【Conference】Morita, Makino, Ji, Hung, Wen and Qian attended the 138th Catalyst Discussion Meeting held at Kumamoto University. To photo
2026.8
【LAB】Dr Lin Su, Lecturer in School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences At Queen Mary University of London, visited our lab. Welcome!🎊🎊To photos
【Conference】Hung and Sakurai attended the ASPIRE project Early-Career Researchers Training Workshop held at University of Oxford,UK.To photo
【Conference】Qian delivered a talk titled ''Artificial photosynthesis for scalable solar fuel production from water to CO2'' at Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Thailand. To photo
【LAB】We welcomed high school students to our laboratory as part of the Techno-Science Seminar (TSS), where they learned about our research and enjoyed hands-on activities.To photo
【LAB】Peng Yuanshuo, Li Jianuo and Wu Hao have successfully passing their final PhD defenses, congratulation, Dr Peng, Dr Li and Dr Wu🎊🎊 To photos
【PUBLICATIONS】The Award Accounts ‘Toward practical artificial photosynthesis: engineering photocatalytic systems for efficient and scalable solar fuel production’ by Peng has been published in Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. To paper
【PUBLICATIONS】Our collaborative research with Monash University Malaysia has been published in Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy titled “Scalable photocatalyst-coated membrane with two-step photoexcitation charge transfer for ambient solar-driven overall water splitting”. To paper
2026.7
【Conference】Qian, Wen, Peng, Morita and Kim have attended the IPS-25 conference in Seoul, Korea. To photo
【LAB】Thanathrid Wongchostsathit (Visiting student) joined the group. Welcome! 🎊🎊To photos
【PUBLICATIONS】Li’s paper entitled “Systematic Development of Visible-Light-Responsive d0 Transition-Metal Oxysulfide Photocatalysts” published in Artificial Photosynthesis has been selected as cover highlights🎊🎊.To paper
【PUBLICATIONS】Our collaborative research with Nanjing University has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A titled “Nonplanar few-layer Tppo-CTF with electron traps enables efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution in seawater”To paper
2026.6
【Conference】Qian and Hung have attended the IBS 2026 conference in Kobe, Japan.To photo
【LAB】Benjamin Lucas (Visiting student) joined the group. Welcome! 🎊🎊To photos
【LAB】Sun successfully completed her PhD mid-term defence. Congratulations! 🎊To photos
2026.5
【LAB】Wen (Project Assistant Professor) joined the group. Welcome! 🎊🎊
【LAB】Alumni and members of the Wang Laboratory gathered for a welcome partt for all the new members. To photo
2026.4
【LAB】Hung (Assistant Professor), Ko (M1), Morishita (B4), and Funatedani (B4) joined the group. Welcome! 🎉
【AWARDS】Qian has received the MEXT Young Scientists' Award, 2026
(令和８年度科学技術分野の文部科学大臣表彰若手科学者賞). Congratulations!🎉🎉To photo
2026.3
【PUBLICATIONS】Li’s paper entitled “Systematic Development of Visible-Light-Responsive d0 Transition-Metal Oxysulfide Photocatalysts” has been published in Artificial Photosynthesis🎊. To paper
【AWARDS】Qian has received the 5th Saburo Nagakura Award and the 14th Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Women Chemists (第5回長倉三郎賞および日本化学会第14回女性化学者奨励賞 ). Congratulations!🎉🎉 To photos
【LAB】Goto, Hoshiko and Yamamoto have successfully passed their graduation defense! Congratulations! 🎊To photos
2026.2
【PUBLICATIONS】Wu’s paper entitled “Engineering Bilayer Tandem Catalysts on Si-Based Photocathodes for High-performance CO₂ Reduction to Produce Methane” has been published in Advanced Materials🎊🎊. To paper
【LAB】Alumni of the Wang Laboratory gathered in China for a New Year celebration. To photo
2026.1
【AWARDS】Qian received the 5th Saburo Nagakura Award (長倉三郎賞)🎉🎉.
【AWARDS】Qian received the 14th CSJ Award for Encouragement of Women Chemists🎊🎊.
【PUBLICATIONS】Our collaborative research with Nanjing University entitled “Disruption of a hydrogen-bond network at an Si/PNMPy/electrolyte interface for accelerated ion transfer in solar rechargeable devices” has been published in Chemical Communications. To paper
【AWARDS】Sakurai (D1) won the Best Poster Award at the Third Solar Chemical Network Symposium (Southampton, UK). To photo
2025.12
【CONFERENCE】Makino (D1) presented a poster at Pacifichem 2025 held in Hawaii. To photo
【CONFERENCE】The Pacifichem 2025 Symposium "Emergent Materials and Devices for Solar Fuel Production" (MAT010) was successfully held, with Qian serving as one of the organizers. To photo
【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. 🎊🎊
To photo
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!🎊🎊🎊
