2011年毕业于北京化工大学材料科学与工程学院高分子材料与工程专业，获得工学学士学位；2014年毕业于北京化工大学材料科学与工程学院材料科学与工程专业，获得工学硕士学位；2018年毕业于美国密苏里大学堪萨斯分校，获得理学博士学位

2018年8月进入江南大学化学与工程学院工作

1、主持江苏省基础研究计划（自然科学基金）一青年基金项目 2、主持教育部中央高校基本科研业务专项资金资助（JUSRP11930） 3、主持密苏里大学堪萨斯分校研究生院科研基金一项

1、Wen-Da. Zhang,Xiaodong Yan(共一), Tao Li, Yong Liu, Qiu-Ting Fu, Zhi-Guo Gu. Metal–organic layer derived metal hydroxide nanosheets for highly efficient oxygen evolution.Chemical Communications, 2019, 55, 5467–5470. 2、Xiaodong Yan, Lihong Tian, Min He, Xiaobo Chen. Three-dimensional crystalline/amorphous Co/Co3O4core/shell nanosheets as efficient electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction.Nano Letters, 2015, 15, 6015−6021. 3、Xiaodong Yan, Lihong Tian, James Murowchick, Xiaobo Chen. Partially amorphized MnMoO4for highly efficient energy storage and the hydrogen evolution reaction.Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, 4, 3683−3688. 4、Zhi Jin,Xiaodong Yan(共一), Yunhua Yu, Guangjie Zhao. Sustainable activated carbon fibers from liquefied wood with controllable porosity for supercapacitors.Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014, 2, 11706−11715. 5、Yuan Liu,Xiaodong Yan(共一), Yunhua Yu, Xiaoping Yang. Self-improving anodes for lithium-ion batteries: continuous interlamellar spacing expansion induced capacity increase in polydopamine-derived nitrogen-doped carbon tubes during cycling.Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3, 20880−20885. 6、Xiaodong Yan, Kexue Li, Lu Lyu, Fang Song, Jun He, Dongmei Niu, Lei Liu, Xile Hu, Xiaobo Chen. From water oxidation to reduction: transformation from NixCo3-xO4nanowires to NiCo/NiCoOxheterostructures.ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016, 8, 3208−3214. 7、Yuan Liu,Xiaodong Yan(共一), Bingqing Xu, Jinle Lan, Yunhua Yu, Xiaoping Yang, Yuanhua Lin, Cewen Nan. Self-reconstructed formation of a one-dimensional hierarchical porous nanostructure assembled by ultrathin TiO2nanobelts for fast and stable lithium storage.ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10, 19047–19058. 8、Xiaodong Yan, Lihong Tian, Xiaobo Chen. Crystalline/amorphous Ni/NiO core/shell nanosheets as highly active electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction.Journal of Power Sources, 2015, 300, 336−343. 9、Xiaodong Yan, Yuan Liu, Xiaorong Fan, Xiaolong Jia, Yunhua Yu, Xiaoping Yang. Nitrogen/phosphorus co-doped nonporous carbon nanofibers for high-performance supercapacitors.Journal of Power Sources, 2014, 248, 745−751. 10、Xiaodong Yan, Lihong Tian, Samuel Atkins, Yan Liu, James Murowchick, Xiaobo Chen. Converting CoMoO4into CoO/MoOxfor overall water spitting by hydrogenation.ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2016, 4, 3743−3749.

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