Tao Wei

    Zentralinstitut für Neue Materialien und Prozesstechnik

 

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PhD Thesis

• Synthesis, isolation, characterization and functionalization of Sc-based endohedral fullerenes and giant fullerenes (2015)

 

Tao Wei obtained his PhD in 2015 from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). From 2016-2021 he worked as an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow under Prof. Andreas Hirsch at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. Since Dec. 2021 he has been conducting independent research as a Habilitation. His research interest lies in synthesis, chemistry, and property of carbon allotropes (e.g. fullerene, carbon nanotube, and graphene) and hybrids.

Research

• Project 1: Synthesis, characterization, and properties of endohedral fullerenes

Endohedral fullerenes are a novel class of nanocarbons featured by atoms, ions or clusters loaded inside a hollow carbon cage. We are seeking to synthesize unique clusterfullerenes such as Sc3N@C82 and VSc2N@C80, with the aim of expanding the endohedral fullerene family and understanding their formation mechanisms.

• Project 2: Preparation of hybrids

Covalent hybrid architectures have the great potential to combine the unique properties of each building blocks and are of particular interest for high-tech applications. In this line, a set of multifunctional inter-carbon hybrids with tunable bonding manners were efficiently prepared such as empty fullerene-endohedral fullerene, (endohedral) fullerene-carbon nanotube, and fullerene-graphene hybrids.

• Project 3: Covalent molecular 2D-engineering of graphene

Exploring the tailor-made physical/chemical properties is the forefront of graphene research, and covalent molecular engineering represents a rather promising solution for this purpose bearing several unique advantages compared to the traditional methods like graphene dimension regulation (GNRs). This rising-star has evolved into an exciting branch of graphene. In this context, two versatile scenarios including mask assisted reductive functionalization and laser-writing strategies were developed for the covalent 2D-patterning of graphene, providing a vast array of highly integrated, well-structured hierarchical graphene architectures. Additionally, the established patterning techniques was further combined with post-functionalization approaches to achieve the more promising 3D-patterning of graphene.

 

Awards

• Alexander von Humboldt postdoc fellowship, Germany (2016)
• Excellent doctoral dissertations of the Chinese Academy of Science, Chinese Academy of Science, China (2016)
• Excellence Award of President of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Science, China (2015)
• National Scholarship for Doctoral Candidates, Ministry of Education, China (2014)
• Qiushi Graduate Student Scholarship, China (2013)
• Ministry of Education’s Academic Youth Award for Doctoral Candidate, Ministry of Education, China (2012)

 

Conferences

• 1st USTC Annual Conference of Graduates in Chemistry (2012), China.
• 11th International Conference of Advanced Carbon Nanostructures (2013), Russia
• 1st International Symposium on NanoCarbons (2013), China,
• 29th Annual conference of Chinese Chemical Society (2014), China
• 4th USTC Annual Conference of Graduates in Chemistry (2015), China.
• 4th Erlangen Symposium on Carbon Allotropes (2017), Germany
• 32th International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials (2018), Austria
• 5th Erlangen Symposium on Carbon Allotropes (2019), Germany
• 2nd International Conference on Carbon Chemistry and Materials (2022), Italy
• 35th International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials (2023), Austria
• NT23 (2023), France

Teaching

• Organic Chemistry [CM-OC-WS]
• Supramolecular Chemistry

 

Publications

2011-2018

• T. Wei, F. Jin, R. Guan, J. Huang, M. Chen, Q. Li, S. F. Yang*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 10273-10277.
• F. Yang*, T. Wei, F. J., Chem. Soc. Rev. 2017, 46, 5005-5058.
• T. Wei, S. Wang, X. Lu, Y. Tan, J. Huang, F. Liu, Q. Li, S. Xie, S. F. Yang*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 207-214.
• T. Wei, S. Wang, F. Liu, Y. Tan, X. Zhu, S. Xie, S. F. Yang*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 3119-3123.
• T. Wei, F. Liu, S. Wang, X. Zhu, A. A. Popov*, S. F. Yang*, Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 5750-5759.
• T. Wei, S. F. Yang*, E. Kemnitz, S. I. Troyanov*, Chem. Asian J. 2015, 10, 559-562.
• S. F. Yang*, T. Wei, K. Scheurell, E. Kemnitz,* S. I. Troyanov*, Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 15138 -15141.
• J. Guan, X. Chen, T. Wei, F. Liu, S. Wang, Q. Yang, Y. Lu, S. F. Yang*, J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3, 4139-4146.
• N. B. Tamm, S. F. Yang, T. Wei, S. I. Troyanov*, Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 2494-2496.
• T. Wei, N. B. Tamm, S. F. Yang*, S. I. Troyanov*, Chem. Asian J. 2014, 9, 2449-2452.
• S. F. Yang*, T. Wei, S. I. Troyanov*, Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20,14198-14200.
• S. F. Yang*, T. Wei, S. Wang, E. Kemnitz*, S. I. Troyanov*, Chem. Asian J. 2014, 9, 3102-3105.
• S. F. Yang*, T. Wei, E. Kemnitz, S. I. Troyanov*, Chem. Asain J. 2014, 9, 79-82.
• F. Liu, S. Wang, J. Guan, T. Wei, M. Zeng, S. F. Yang*, Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 5201-5205.
• F. Liu, T. Wei, S. Wang, J. Guan, X. Lu, S. F. Yang*, Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures 2014, 22, 215-226.
• S. F. Yang*, T. Wei, S. Wang, D. V. Ignat’eva, E. Kemnitz, S. I. Troyanov*, Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 7944-7946.
• S. F. Yang*, T. Wei, N. B. Tamm, E. Kemnitz, S. I. Troyanov*, Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 4768-4770.
• S. F. Yang*, T. Wei, S. I. Troyanov*, Chem. Asian J. 2013, 8, 351-353.
• S. F. Yang*, C. Chen, F. Liu, Y. Xie, F. Li, M. Jiao, M. Suzuki, T. Wei, S. Wang, X. Lu*, Z. Chen*, T. Akasaka*, Sci. Rep. 2013, 3, 1487.
• F. Liu, J. Guan, T. Wei, S. Wang, M. Jiao, S. F. Yang*, Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 3814-3822.
• S. F. Yang,* C. Chen, X. Li,* T. Wei, F. Liu, S. Wang, Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 10844-10846.
• Y. Xu, J. Guo, T. Wei, X. Chen, Q. Yang, S. F. Yang*, Nanoscale 2013, 5, 1993-2001.
• I. N. Ioffe*, O. N. Mazaleva, L. N. S., S. F. Yang*, T. Wei, E. Kemnitz, S. I. Troyanov*, Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 13821-13823.
• S. F. Yang*, T. Wei, E. Kemnitz, S. I. Troyanov*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 8239-8242.
• S. F. Yang*, T. Wei, E. Kemnitz, S. I. Troyanov*, Chem. Asian J. 2012, 7, 290-293.
• T. X. Liu, T. Wei, S. Zhu, G. W. Wang,* M. Jiao, S. F. Yang*, F. Bowles, M. M. Olmstead,* A. L. Balch*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 11956-11959.
• M. Jiao, W. Zhang, Y. Xu, T. Wei, C. Chen, F. Liu, S. F. Yang*, Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 2666-2673.
• C. Chen, F. Liu, S. Li, N. Wang, A. A. Popov, M. Jiao, T. Wei, Q. Li, L. Dunsch, S. F. Yang*, Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 3039–3045.
• S. F. Yang*, C. Chen, T. Wei, N. B. Tamm, E. K., S. I. Troyanov*, Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 2217-2220.
• I. N. Ioffe, O. N. Mazaleva, L. N. Sidorov, S. F. Yang, T. Wei, E. Kemnitz, S. I. Troyanov*, Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 11226-11228.
• S. F. Yang*, F. Liu, C. Chen, M. Jiao, T. Wei, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 11822 – 11839

Book Chapters

1. T. Wei, S. Wang, F. Liu, J. Guan, A. A. Popov*, L. Dunsch*, S. F. Yang*, ‘‘Metal Nitride Clusterfullerenes — New Advances and Challenges’’, in book ‘‘Endohedral Fullerenes: From Fundamentals to Applications’’ (edited by Shangfeng Yang and Chun-Ru Wang), World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2014, pp99-135 (Chapter 4) (ISBN: 978-9814489836).
2. F. Liu, J. Guan, T. Wei, S. Wang, S. F. Yang*, ‘‘Synthesis and isolation of endohedral fullerenes — A General review’’, in book ‘‘Endohedral Fullerenes: From Fundamentals to Applications’’ (edited by Shangfeng Yang and Chun-Ru Wang), World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2014, pp19-60 (Chapter 2) (ISBN: 978-9814489836).
3. S. Wang, T. Wang, T. Wei, C. R. Wang*, S. F. Yang*, ‘‘Intrinsic Properties of Endohedral Metallofullerenes’’, in book ‘‘Endohedral Metallofullerenes —- Basics and Applications’’ (edited by Xing Lu, Luis Echegoyen, Alan Balch, Shigeru Nagase and Takeshi Akasaka), CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Publishing Group, 2015, pp133-172 (Chapter 5) (ISBN: 9781466593947).