Dr. YAN Changfeng received Ph.D. from University of Science and Technology of China. He has worked for GIEC until now from 1995. From 2004 to 2005, he worked in Chemical & Biological Engineering Department, University of British Colombia, Vancouver, Canada as a visiting scientist. Now he is an academic committee member of China Association for Hydrogen Energy for China Renewable Energy Society and China Electrotechnical Society, and a senior member for the Chinese Chemical Society.

He focuses on Catalysis kinetics, electro-catalysis, new materials and associated processes, heat and mass transfer, electrochemical cell design and architecture related to hydrogen and fuel cell, electrolyser (electrochemical, photoelectrochemical and reforming) and fuel cell systems, alternative electrochemical fuels. He has published more than 180 papers and was authorized to over 30 patents relevant to hydrogen energy.

He is an organizer for Symposium ES11 “Advanced Low Temperature Water-Splitting for Renewable Hydrogen Production via Electrochemical & Photoelectrochemical Processes” of 2019 Material Research Society Spring Meeting & Exhibit and for session “Hydrogen Production from Fossil Fuels” in 5th World Hydrogen Technologies Convention, and was the guest editor of International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

Selected Publications

1. Hongsheng Wang, Jia Lei, Jiashun Wu, Yan Shi, Yunze Zhang, Miao Wang, Hao Fei, Siyuan Wang, Ziyi Wang, Ruoqi Liu,Tong Liu, Ting-Shan Chan, Shu-Chih Haw, Cheng-Wei Kao, Aleksandra Wanda Baron-Wiechec, Changfeng Yan, Hui Kong, Zhenbin Wang, Fu-rong Chen & Jian Wang. Sustainable water oxidation enabled by a complex-doped cobalt oxide electrode. Nature Communications, 17, 1302 (2026).

2. Wang, S.; Shi, Y.; Shen, T.; Wang, G.; Sun, Y.; Wang, G.; Xiao, L.; Yan, C.; Wang, C.; Liu, H.; Wang, Y.; Liao, H.; Zhuang, L.; Wang, D. Strong Heteroatomic Bond‐Induced Confined Restructuring on Ir−Mn Intermetallics Enable Robust PEM Water Electrolyzers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64 (8).

3. Wang, M.; Wang, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Shi, Y.; Chan, T.-S.; Haw, S.-C.; Wang, J.; Wang, H.; Wang, S.; Fei, H.; Liu, R.; Liu, T.; Yan, C.-F.; Wang, J. Regulating Reconstruction Activity of Cobalt Electrode for Optimized Water Oxidation. ACS Energy Lett. 2024, 9 (11), 5502–5508.

4. Tu, Z.; Zhao, C.; Munawar, T.; Fan, J.; Rafaqat, M.; Lu, Z.; Wang, Z.; Tan, H.; Hao, C.; Shen, L.; Yan, C. Boosting the HER Activity of Three-Phase a-MoSx/Ni3S2/Ni3N Heterojunction via Simultaneous Structural Control and Heterointerface Engineering. Chem. Eng. J. 2025, 510, 161077.

5. Dehkordi, H. B.; Zhiani, M.; Yan, C.-F.; XiaO, J.; Lu, Z.; Tan, H.-Y.; Vafaee, M.; Nasrollahpour, M.; Yuan, R.-K. Precision Engineering for Optimizing Multi-Metallic IrRuOx Catalysts via Electronic Structure Quantification for Sustainable Hydrogen Production. J. Mater. Chem. A 13 (26), 20746–20765.

6. Wang, Z.; Yang, Y.; Wang, X.; Lu, Z.; Guo, C.; Shi, Y.; Tan, H.; Shen, L.; Cao, S.; Yan, C. A Three-Dimensional Ordered Honeycomb Nanostructure Anchored with Pt–N Active Sites via Self-Assembly of a Block Copolymer: An Efficient Electrocatalyst towards the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Fuel Cells. J. Mater. Chem. A 10 (22), 12141–12149.

7. Munawar, T.; Salman, M.; Alam, M. M.; Yan, C.-F.; Al-Sehemi, A. G.; Khalid, A.; Kumar, A.; Nadeem, M. S.; Rabbani, A. W.; Mansour, S.; Koc, M.; Iqbal, F. Electrochemical Utilization of PANI-Supported Bi2Se3-Sm2O3 Composite for Advanced Supercapacitor Electrode Material. J. Energy Storage 2025, 130, 117432.

8. Yang, Y.; Wang, Z.; Liang, Z.; Shen, L.; Guo, C.; Shi, Y.; Tan, H.; Lu, Z.; Yan, C. Insight into the Evolution of Ordered Mesoporous Sp2 Carbonaceous Material Derived from Self-Assembly of a Block Copolymer. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14 (38), 43690–43700.

9. Bashir, A.; Rafaqat, M.; Zhao, C.; Alharbi, F. F.; Khalid, A.; Zhiani, M.; Koc, M.; Iqbal, F.; Yan, C.-F.; Munawar, T. Surface Sulfurization of Structure-Modulated V2O5 via Cd-Doping (CdVOx@S) Enables Boosted Water-Splitting in an Alkaline Medium. Int. J. Hydrog. Energy 2025, 153, 150252.

10. Shi, Y.; Huang, K.; Shen, L.; Ding, C.; Lu, Z.; Tan, H.; Guo, C.; Yan, C. Understanding the In-Plane Electron Transport in Low Noble Metal Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyser. J. Power Sources 2022, 549, 232130.

▪ Nanocatalysis & Surface Electrochemistry

▪ Electrocatalysis, Water Electrolysis & Fuel Cells

▪ Hydrogen Production from Renewable Energy: Materials, Devices & Systems

1. Guangdong Natural Science Foundation, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Research Team Project, Key Technologies for Efficient Hydrogen Production and Application, Jan. 2025-Dec. 2028, 2 million yuan, Principal Investigator.

2. Guangdong Natural Science Foundation, Guangdong-Foshan Joint Fund Project,2024B1515130002. Development of Key Materials and Technologies for High-Efficiency Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis Adapted to Wide Power Fluctuations, Jan. 2025-Dec. 2028, 2 million-yuan, Principal Investigator.

3. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 52276222. Study on Three-Dimensional Charge-Heat-Mass Transport Mechanism in High-Efficiency PEM Water Electrolysis at High Current Densities, Jan. 2022-Dec.2026. 800 thousands-yuan, Principal Investigator.

4. Guangdong Natural Science Foundation, Guangdong-Foshan Joint Fund Project, 2021B1515120072. Research on Low-Cost Green Hydrogen Production Technology and Key Materials, Oct. 2021-Sep. 2024. 1 million-yuan, Principal Investigator.

5. Chinese Academy of Sciences, STS Project, KFJ-STS-QYZD-2021-02-003. R&D on Key Technologies for Highly Adaptive Renewable Energy Water Electrolysis Hydrogen Production, Jan. 2021-Dec .1 million-yuan, Principal Investigator.

6. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Clean Energy Fund Project, Research on Catalysts and Membrane Electrodes for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers with Low Noble Metal Loading, 2018.10-2020.09. 2 million-yuan, Principal Investigator.

7. Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Cooperation Program, 2018A050506071. R&D on Key Membrane Electrode Materials for High-Efficiency and Low-Cost PTG Energy Conversion Systems, 2018.12-2020.11. 2 million-yuan, Principal Investigator.

8. Guangdong Natural Science Foundation, Research Team Project, 2015A030312007. Fundamental and Key Technologies for Hydrogen Energy Storage and Utilization Based on Wind Power Curtailment, 2015.08-2020-08.3 million-yuan, Principal Investigator.

9. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 51576201. Design of Molybdenum Carbide Reforming Catalyst for Enhanced CO₂ Adsorption and Migration and Its Performance in Ether-to-Hydrogen Production, Jan. 2016-Dec.2019. 800 thousands-yuan, Principal Investigator.