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Min Fang Professor

Bio: 

Min Fang (1971) received her BSc and MSc in Chemistry in 1992 both from Jilin University (P. R. China).  The supervisor of her MSc degree is Prof. Ruren Xu and Shilun Qiu.  She then pursued her PhD degree in Inorganic Chemistry from University of New Brunswick (Canada) under the guidance of Prof. Jack Passmore (1996-2003) and obtained the degree in 2003. After her PhD she continued her postdoctoral work under the supervision of Prof. Ronald Cavell at University of Alberta (Canada) from 2003 to 2005. Afterwards, she has been working in the Department of Chemistry at Nanjing Normal University (China) as Professor since 2006.  She has co-authored over 55 publications and several patents.

Research Interests

She intends to help solving environmental and energy-shortage problems facing the world and at the same time to develop fundamental theories on electron-transfer. The current research interests of her research group include:

    1. Photocatalytic CO2 reduction to fuels
    2. Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to fuels
    3. Industrializing electrocatalytic water-splitting to hydrogen based on earth-abundant elements
    4. Making and developing Si/C solar cells
    5. Water harvesting from air
    6. Theoretical calculations on electron-transfer processes

Teaching  Mission

She teaches students in her research group how to do high quality research work, how to teach and to be a leader so that she intends to produce high quality talents who are honest, visionary, motivated, responsible, creative and diligent. 

 

Representative Publications

1.   Xu, J.; Yang, P.; Deng, L.; Shu, N.; Shang, Y.; Zhou, W.; Bao, J.; Fang, M.*; Wu, Y.*, Theoretical Investigation into Thermodynamics and Electronic Structure of an Ammonia-Productive Molybdenum-Centered Catalyst. Inorg. Chem. 2021, Accepted.

2.   Wu, Y.; Wang, L.; Zhang, H.; Ding, J.; Han, M.; Fang, M.*; Bao, J.*; Wu, Y.*, Syntheses, Characterizationsna and Water-Electrolysis Properties of 2D a- and b-PdSeO3 Bulk and Nanosheet Semiconductors. J. Solid State Chem. 2021, 297, 122018.

3.   Xu, J.-W.; Deng, L.-K.; Zhang, H.-Z.; Zhang, H.-Y.; Luo, Y.-C.; Yan, X.-Y.; Bao, J.-C.; Fang, M.*; Wu, Y.*, Verifying Principle of Electroneutrality by NBO Charge Calculations. Chin. J. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 36, 2157-2168.

4.   Wang, F.; Chen, S.; Song, C.; Zhao, B.; Du, H.*; Fang, M.*, Solvent-Induced Growth of Free-Standing 2d Si Nanosheets. Small 2020, 2005426.

5.   Chen, T.; Ding, J.; Liu, T.; Li, Q.; Luo, Y.; Dong, L.; Du, H.; Fang, M.*; Bao, J.*; Wu, Y.*, Two Anionic Ni(II) Porphyrinic Metal−Organic Frameworks: Syntheses, Flexibility and Roles in Visible-Light Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction to CO in the Ru(bpy)3Cl2/TEA/CH3CN System. J. Solid State Chem. 2020, 287, 121340.

6.   Li, Q.; Luo, Y.; Ding, Y.; Wang, Y.; Wang, Y.; Du, H.; Yuan, R.; Bao, J.; Fang, M.*; Wu, Y.*, Charge, Adsorption, Water Stability and Bandgap Tuning of an Anionic Cd(II) Porphyrinic Metal-Organic Framework. Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 8678-8692.

7.   Yang, X.; Zhang, Y.; Li, F.; Guo, T.; Wu, Y.; Jin, F.; Fang, M.*; Lan, Y.; Li, Y.*; Zhou, Y.*; Zou, Z., Theoretical and experimental studies on three water-stable, isostructural, paddlewheel based semiconducting metal-organic frameworks. Dalton Trans. 2017, 46 (25), 8204-8218..

8.   Guo, Y.; Zhang, J.; Dong, L.-Z.; Xu, Y.; Han, W.; Fang, M.*; Liu, H.-K.; Wu, Y.*; Lan, Y.-Q.*, Syntheses of Exceptionally Stable Aluminum(III) Metal-Organic Frameworks: How to Grow High-Quality, Large, Single Crystals. Chem. Eur.  J. 2017, 23, 15518-15528.

9.   Xu, L.; Luo, Y.-P.; Sun, L.; Xu, Y.; Cai, Z.-S.; Fang, M.*; Yuan, R.-X.; Du, H.-B.*, Highly Stable Mesoporous Zirconium Porphyrinic Frameworks with Distinct Flexibility. Chem. Eur.  J. 2016, 22, 6268-6276.

10. Xu, L.; Luo, Y.; Sun, L.; Pu, S.; Fang, M.*; Yuan, R.-X.; Du, H.-B.*, Tuning the Properties of the Metal-Organic Framework UiO-67-Bpy Via Post-Synthetic N-Quaternization of Pyridine Sites. Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 8614-8621.

11. Wang, S.; Wang, J.; Cheng, W.; Yang, X.; Zhang, Z.; Xu, Y.; Liu, H.; Wu, Y.*; Fang, M.*, A Zr Metal-Organic Framework Based on Tetrakis(4-Carboxyphenyl) Silane and Factors Affecting the Hydrothermal Stability of Zr-MOFs. Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 8049-8061.

12. Wang, J.; Zhang, J.; Jin, F.; Luo, Y.; Wang, S.; Zhang, Z.; Wu, Y.*; Liu, H.; Lu, J. Y.; Fang, M.*, Synthesis of an Exceptional Water-Stable Two-Fold Interpenetrated Zn(II)-Paddlewheel Metal-Organic Framework. Crystengcomm 2015, 17, 5906-5910.

13. Lu, P.; Wu, Y.; Kang, H.; Wei, H.*; Liu, H.; Fang, M.*, What Can Pka and Nbo Charges of the Ligands Tell Us About the Water and Thermal Stability of Metal Organic Frameworks? J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2, 16250-16267.

14. Xue, Y. S.; Jin, F. Y.; Zhou, L.; Liu, M. P.; Xu, Y.; Du, H. B.*; Fang, M.*; You, X. Z., Structural Diversity and Properties of Coordination Polymers Built from a Rigid Octadentenate Carboxylic Acid. Cryst. Growth Des. 2012, 12, 6158-6164.

15. Sun, H. X.; Xie, W. L.; Lv, S. H.; Xu, Y.; Wu, Y.; Zhou, Y. M.; Ma, Z. M.; Fang, M.*; Liu, H. K.*, Two Solvent and Temperature Dependent Copper(II) Compounds Formed by a Flexible Ligand: Syntheses, Structures and Sc-Sc Transformation. Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 7590-7594.

16. Ma, C. H.; Wu, Y.; Zhang, J.; Xu, Y.; Tu, B. B.; Zhou, Y. M.; Fang, M.*; Liu, H. K.*, A 6-Fold Interpenetrated Thsi2 Topological Metal-Organic Framework from a Nanosized Tripodal Aromatic Acid. Crystengcomm 2012, 14, 5166-5169.

17. Chen, B.; Wang, X. J.; Zhang, Q. F.; Xi, X. Y.; Cai, J. J.; Qi, H.; Shi, S.; Wang, J.; Yuan, D.; Fang, M.*, Synthesis and Characterization of the Interpenetrated MOF-5. J. Mater. Chem. 2010, 20, 3758-3767.

18. Fang, M.; Jones, N. D.; Friesen, K.; Lin, G. Y.; Ferguson, M. J.; McDonald, R.; Lukowski, R.; Cavell, R. G., Bimetallic, Spirocyclic, Methylene-Bridged Carbene Complexes of Rhodium and Palladium Derived by Stepwise Metalations of Lithiated Bis(Diphenylphosphoranotrimethylsilylimido)Methandiide. Organometallics 2009, 28, 1652-1665.

19. Fang, M.; Jones, N. D.; Lukowski, R.; Tjathas, J.; Ferguson, M. J.; Cavell, R. G., A Bimetallic, Coordinated-Ketene Complex Formed from a Bimetallic Lithium-Carbon Spirocycle by Lithium-Mediated Insertion of CO into a Rhodium-Carbon Bond. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 3097-3101.

20. Fang, M.; Jones, N. D.; Ferguson, M. J.; McDonald, R.; Cavell, R. G., Water-Induced Rearrangement of a Platinacyclic Carbene Produces a Platinacyclic Carbaphosphazene with an Intraannular Pt-C Bond in a Pt-N-P-N-P-C Ring. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 2005-2008.

21. Fang, M.; Passmore, J.; Decken, A., Syntheses and Characterization of the MF6- (M = As, Sb) Salts of the Simple Trithietanylium PhCS3+ Cation and the Identity of PhCS3Cl. Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 1672-1685.

22. Cameron, T. S.; Decken, A.; Fang, M.; Passmore, J., Synthesis and Characterization of the Heteroaromatic MF6- (M = As, Sb) Salts of the 1,2,4-Trithiolanylium Dication [PhCSSC(Ph)S]2+. Chem. Commun. 2001, 1370-1371. (Authors are listed in alphabetical order.)

23. Cameron, T. S.; Decken, A.; Fang, M.; Parsons, S.; Passmore, J.; Wood, D. J., Oxidation of Methyl Groups in the Reaction of Sulfur Homopolyatomic Cations with Acetonitrile: Formation and Crystal Structure of the Novel Trithietanylium Ring. Chem. Commun. 1999, 1801-1802. (Authors are listed in alphabetical order.)

24. Fang, M.; Du, H. B.; Xu, W. G.; Meng, X. P.; Pang, W. Q., Microwave Preparation of Molecular Sieve Alpo4-5 with Nanometer Sizes. Micropor. Mater. 1997, 9, 59-61.

 

Teaching (Current)

Graduate Courses

Applied Organometallics    

Credit: 3   Class hours/week: 3   Total Class hours: 54

QQ group: 471389089  (For graduate students who registered for this course only)

Undergraduate Courses

Advanced Inorganic Chemistry  

Credit: 2   Class hours/week: 2   Total Class hours: 36  

QQ group: 563271389  (For registered students only)

Fundamental Skills in Scientific Research (100703084028)

Credit:  1   Class hours/week (9 weeks): 2  Total Class hours: 18  

QQ group: 947680107 (For students of Nanjing Normal University)

Inorganic and analytical chemistry lab (Part 1 and 2)

Credit：3    Class hours/week (10 weeks x 2): 5-6 Total Class hours: 102

QQ group: 652127926 (For registered students only)

 

Contact

Min Fang

Chemistry Department

School of Chemistry and Material Science

Xianlin Campus, Nanjing Normal University

No. 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province

210023

P. R. China

Email: fangmin@njnu.edu.cn or 911372864@qq.com