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
2024
Precision Chemistry of Metallofullerenes and Graphene: Recent Advances
In: ChemPlusChem (2024)
ISSN: 2192-6506
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202400105 , , :
2023
Synergistic Combination of Reductive Covalent Functionalization and Atomic Layer Deposition—Towards Spatially Defined Graphene-Organic-Inorganic Heterostructures
In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2023)
ISSN: 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202314183 , , , , , , , , :
2022
Spatially Resolved Janus Patterning of Graphene by Direct Laser Writing
In: Journal of the American Chemical Society (2022)
ISSN: 1520-5126
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c07280 , , , , , :
Molecular Stacking on Graphene
In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2022), Article No.: e202201169
ISSN: 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202201169
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anie.202201169 , , , , , , , , , , , , :
2021
A straightforward reductive approach for the deoxygenation, activation and functionalization of ultrashort single-walled carbon nanotubes
In: Carbon 171 (2021), p. 768-776
ISSN: 0008-6223
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2020.09.078 , , , , , :
Evolution of Graphene Patterning: From Dimension Regulation to Molecular Engineering
In: Advanced Materials (2021)
ISSN: 0935-9648
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202104060 , , :
Molecular embroidering of graphene
In: Nature Communications 12 (2021), Article No.: 552
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20651-w , , , , :
A general concept for highly efficient covalent laser patterning of graphene based on silver carboxylates
In: Chemical Communications 57 (2021), p. 4654-4657
ISSN: 1359-7345
DOI: 10.1039/d1cc00902h , , , , , :
2020
Direct Laser Writing on Graphene with Unprecedented Efficiency of Covalent Two-Dimensional Functionalization
In: Journal of the American Chemical Society 142 (2020), p. 21926–21931
ISSN: 1520-5126
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c11153 , , , :
Recent Advances in Graphene Patterning
In: ChemPlusChem 85 (2020), p. 1655-1668
ISSN: 2192-6506
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000419 , , , :
Highly Efficient and Reversible Covalent Patterning of Graphene: 2D-Management of Chemical Information
In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2020)
ISSN: 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201914088 , , , , , , :
2019
Covalent Inter-Synthetic-Carbon-Allotrope Hybrids
In: Accounts of Chemical Research 52 (2019), p. 2037-2045
ISSN: 0001-4842
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00181 , , :
Covalent Inter-Carbon-Allotrope Architectures Consisting of the Endohedral Fullerene Sc3N@C80and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2019)
ISSN: 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201902595 , , , , , :
Modular Covalent Graphene Functionalization with C60 and the Endohedral Fullerene Sc3N@C80: A Facile Entry to Synthetic-Carbon-Allotrope Hybrids
In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition 58 (2019), p. 816-820
ISSN: 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201811864 , , , , :
2017
The first molecular dumbbell consisting of an endohedral Sc3N@C80 and an empty C60-fullerene building block
In: Chemical Communications 53 (2017), p. 7886-7889
ISSN: 1359-7345
DOI: 10.1039/c7cc03012f , , :
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
- 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).
- 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).
- 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).