FACULTY

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor

Office: C513, Sci-Tech Innovation Building

Email: yansong@nju.edu.cn

Education

2014-2019 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Doctor of Philosophy

2011-2014 Nanjing University, Master of Science

2007-2011 Nanjing University, Bachelor of Science

Professional Appointment

2025–Present, Nanjing University, School of Sustainable Energy and Resources, Assistant Professor (Tenure-track), PhD Supervisor

2021–2025, Nanjing University, Associate Researcher

2019–2021, Nanjing University, Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Areas

Green resource development and utilization

In situ nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) characterization

Professional Services

Reviewer for academic journals: Environmental Science & Technology, Nanoscale, and others.

Research Projects

Jiangsu Provincial Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality Science and Technology Innovation Special Fund Project, 2022-2025, Participant

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Project, 2021-2023, Principal Investigator

Jiangsu Provincial Postdoctoral Fund Project, 2019-2021, Principal Investigator

China Postdoctoral International Exchange Program (Introduction Project), 2019-2021, Principal Investigator

Selected Publications

1. Yan Song, Shiqi Fang, Ning Xu, Monong Wang, Shuying Chen, Jun Chen, Baoxia Mi*, and Jia Zhu*. "Solar transpiration–powered lithium extraction and storage." Science 385, 6716 (2024): 1444-1449.

2. Yan Song, Shiqi Fang, Ning Xu*, and Jia Zhu*. "Solar-driven interfacial evaporation technologies for food, energy, and water." Nature Reviews Clean Technology (2025): 1 (1), 55-74.

3. Yan Song, Ning Xu, Guoliang Liu, Heshan Qi, Wei Zhao, Bin Zhu, Lin Zhou, and Jia Zhu. "High-yield solar-driven atmospheric water harvesting of metal–organic-framework-derived nanoporous carbon with fast-diffusion water channels." Nature Nanotechnology 17, no. 8 (2022): 857-863.

4. Yan Song, Mengyue Zeng, Xueyang Wang, Peiru Shi, Minfei Fei, and Jia Zhu. " Hierarchical Engineering of Sorption‐Based Atmospheric Water Harvesters." Advanced Materials 36, no. 12 (2024): 2209134.

5. Yueyang Xu, Peiru Shi, Yan Song, and Fahua Zhu. "Research progress of interfacial photothermal concentration technology with salt resistance and scale inhibition." Journal of Nanjing University (Natural Sciences) 58, no. 6 (2022): 971-988.

6. Yan Song, Hyung T. Kwak, Alfred Kleinhammes, and Yue Wu. "Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Characteristics of Reservoir Rocks Quantified by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance-Detected Water Isotherms." The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123, no. 10 (2019): 6107-6113.

7. Hongwei Fu, Yan Song, Yangqing Wu, Huiting Huang, Guozheng Fan, Jun Xu, Zhaosheng Li, and Zhigang Zou. "Tuning spontaneous polarization to alter water oxidation/reduction activities of LiNbO3." Applied Physics Letters 112, no. 7 (2018).

8. Yan Song, Yuan Chong, Arjun Raghavan, Yunzhao Xing, Yanchun Ling, Alfred Kleinhammes, and Yue Wu. "Nucleation and growth process of water adsorption in micropores of activated carbon revealed by NMR." The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 121, no. 15 (2017): 8504-8509.

9. Yan Song, Zhao-Sheng Li, and Zhi-Gang Zou. "Anisotropy in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of LiNbO3 (001),(100) and (110) faces." Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 30, no. 11 (2014): 2484-2488.