Scientific Research Division

Yan-Gu Lin (林彥谷), Ph. D.

Assistant Research Scientist

Materials Science Group

Office: Room S304, R&D Building

E-Mail: lin.yg@nsrrc.org.tw, 

Tel: +886-35780281-7336

 

Education               

2004－2010 Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, National Chiao Tung University 

 

Employment

2010－2011  Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University 

2011－2013  Distinguished Postdoctoral Scholar, Institute of Atomic & Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica

2012－2013  Visiting Scholar, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory

 

Research Interest

Most recent research topics are focused on the development of earth-abundant nanomaterials for photosynthesis and CO2 conversion, solar-hydrogen and solar-fuels, solar cells, fuel cells, and supercapacitors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selected Publication

 

1. Cobalt-Phosphate Assisted Zn1-xMoxO Nanorod-Array Photoanodes for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation. Y.G. Lin,* Y.K. Hsu, Y.C. Chen, B.W. Lee, J.S. Hwang, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen, ChemSusChem 7, 2748 (2014).

 

2. Novel Iron Oxyhydroxide Lepidocrocite Nanosheet as Ultrahigh Power Density Anode Material for Asymmetric Supercapacitors. Y.C. Chen, Y.G. Lin,* Y.K. Hsu, S.C. Yen, K.H. Chen, and L.C. Chen, Small 10, 3803 (2014).

 

3. Hierarchically Porous Ca-containing MnO2 Nanorod Bundles with Superior Photoelectrochemical Activity. Y.G. Lin,* Y.C. Chen, J.T. Miller, L.C. Chen, K.H. Chen, and Y.K. Hsu, ChemCatChem 6, 1684 (2014).

 

4. Photochemically Active Reduced Graphene Oxide with Controllable Oxidation Level.Y.G. Lin,* C.K. Lin, J.T. Miller, Y.K. Hsu, Y.C. Chen, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen, RSC Advances 2, 11258 (2012).

 

5. Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Carbon-doped Porous ZnO Nanoarchitectures for Solar Water-Splitting. Y.G. Lin, Y.K. Hsu, Y.C. Chen, L.C. Chen, S.Y. Chen, and K.H. Chen, Nanoscale 4, 6515 (2012).

 

6. Plasmonic Ag@Ag3(PO4)1-x Nanoparticle Photosensitized ZnO Nanorod-Array Photoanodes for Water Oxidation.Y.G. Lin, Y.K. Hsu, Y.C. Chen, S.B. Wang, J.T. Miller, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen, Energy & Environmental Science 5, 8917 (2012).

 

7. Microwave-Activated CuO Nanotip/ZnO Nanorod Nanoarchitectures for Efficient Hydrogen Production.Y.G. Lin, Y.K. Hsu, S.Y. Chen, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen, Journal of Materials Chemistry 21, 324 (2011).

 

8. O2 Plasma-activated CuO-ZnO Inverse Opals as High-performance Methanol Microreformer.Y.G. Lin, Y.K. Hsu, S.Y. Chen, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen, Journal of Materials Chemistry 20, 10611 (2010).

 

9. Nanostructured Zinc Oxide Nanorods with Copper Nanoparticles as a Microreformation Catalyst.Y.G. Lin, Y.K. Hsu, S.Y. Chen, Y.K. Lin, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 48, 7586 (2009).