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2D Materials and Devices Group

Han Yan

 

Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy,
University of Cambridge,
27 Charles Babbage Road,
Cambridge, CB3 0FS

hy346@cam.ac.uk

 

 

 

Education:

  • University of Cambridge (UK), Material Science and Metallurgy, PhD candidate, September 2019 – Pres.
  • Australian National University (Australia), Bachelor of Engineering (Research and Development) (Honours) in Mechanical and Material Systems, 2019.

 

 

Research Interests:

  • 2D material-based devices
  • Interface and contact mechanism of 2D material and Complex Oxides

 

 

Honours & Awards:

  • 2019: Winner of University Medal from the Australian National University
  • 2018: ANU Honours Scholarship
  • 2017: Honourable Mention of ICM, the Interdisciplinary Contest in Modelling
  • 2015: Terrell International Undergraduate Scholarships

 

 

Publications:

  • Linglong Zhang*, Han Yan*, etc., Yuerui Lu. (2018). Modulated Interlayer Charge Transfer Dynamics in Monolayer TMD/Metal Junction. Nanoscale.
  • Ankur Sharma, Han Yan, etc., Yuerui Lu. (2018). Highly Enhanced Many-Body Interactions in Anisotropic 2D Semiconductors. Accounts of Chemical Research.
  • Renjing Xu, Jiong Yang, Ye Win Myint, Han Yan, Fan Wang and Yuerui Lu. (2016). Exciton Brightening in Monolayer Phosphorene via Dimensionality Modification. Advanced Materials, 3493 - 3498.
  • Renjing XU, Jiong Yang, Yi Zhu, Han Yan, Jiajie Pei, Ye Win Myint, Shuang Zhang and Yuerui Lu. (2015). Layer-dependent surface potential of phosphorene and anisotropic/layer-dependent charge transfer in phosphorene–gold hybrid systems. Nanoscale, 129 - 135.

 

Contact Information

   hy346@cam.ac.uk

 

 

Latest Happenings in the 2DMD Sphere

2D TMDs Conference 2025

After the success of the 2D TMDs Conference in Cambridge and Hong Kong, the conference is back in Cambridge next year! The conference will gather leading researchers from academia and industry to present cutting-edge research in the field of atomically thin TMDs and related materials for fields including electronics, photonics, and energy storage. Click https://www.2dtmds2025.com/  to find out more and register!

20th - 24th July 2025

New Paper Alert!

Check out our latest paper "Effect of Substrate on Sulfur Vacancy Defect-Mediated Photoluminescence in Two-Dimensional MoS2" in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C here.

18th April 2025

New Paper Alert!

Check out our latest paper "Mapping Polysulfides in Sodium–Sulfur Batteries" in ACS Nano here.

28th February 2025

Group dinner with Prof. Jieun and Prof. Sakaushi!

The Group enjoyed a lovely dinner at The Old Spring to wrap up the week!

21st February 2025

Seminar by Prof. Sakaushi!

A very interesting talk by Prof. Sakaushi from NIMS, Japan on "Expanding the limit of human’s capability with artificial intelligence for accelerated discovery of advanced electrochemical materials" to end the week!

21st February 2025

Congratulations Dr. Li!

Congratulations to our latest PhD graduate, Dr. Li! We wish you all the best in your next step in life and we will miss you dearly!

21st February 2025

Seminar by Prof. Jieun Yang

It was great to have Prof. Yang, a former post-doc in the group give a talk on "Synthesis of two-dimensional iron sulfides for energy applications"!

19th February 2025