Name and title: Prof. Jia-Yue Yang
Overview: Dr. Jia-Yue Yang received his B.S. degree in Microelectronics from Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) with Professor Jinxiang Wang and completed his PhD degree from HIT with Professor Linhua Liu. After that, he joined the group of Professor Ming Hu at RWTH Aachen University as a postdoctoral fellow. Now Dr. Yang works as a professor and Qilu Young Scholar in Shandong University. Prof. Yang’s research interests focus on micro-/nano-scale heat transfer and top-down materials design for new energy.
Research Interests:
(1) High-Temperature Thermophysical Properties: First-Principles Simulations and Ellipsometry Measurement
(2) Micro-/Nano-scale Heat Transfer (Phonon-Phonon Scattering, Electron-Phonon Interaction and External Magnetic Modulation) Basic Theory Development
(3) High-Performance Energy Materials (Photovoltaics and Thermoelectrics) Structure Prediction and Design
(4) Thermal Transport in Lithium Battery and Solar Cells
Qualifications：
2010.09 – 2015.07 School of Energy Science and Engineering, (Doctoral of Engineering) Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China
2006.09 – 2010.07 Institute of Microelectronics (Bachelor of Engineering) Honors School, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China
2018.09 – 2018.10 Imperial College London (Scholar Visitor)
Work/Research Experiences：
2015.12 – 2018.11 Postdoctoral Research Associate
Institute of Mineral Engineering (GHI), RWTH Aachen University
2018.11 – Professor
School of Energy and Power Engineering, Shandong University
Awards：
2016 The 18th Outstanding PhD Thesis of HIT
2014 National Graduate Scholarship
2013 Bu-Xuan Wang Excellent Paper in Conference of Chinese Association of Engineering Thermophysics, Heat and Mass Transfer
2008 National Encouragement Scholarship
Selected Publications：
[1] J. Y. Yang and M. Hu*. Strong electron–phonon interaction retarding phonon transport in superconducting hydrogen sulfide at high pressures, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 20 (37), 24222-24226 (2018).
[2] M. Xu, J. Y. Yang and L. H. Liu*. Temperature-dependent dielectric functions of bcc transition metals Cr, Mo, and W from ultraviolet to infrared regions: A theoretical and experimental study, J. Appl. Phys., 123 (15), 155102 (2018).
[3] Y. G. Zhou, Z. Fan, G. Qin, J. Y. Yang and M. Hu*. Methodology Perspective of Computing Thermal Transport in Low-Dimensional Materials and Nanostructures: The Old and the New, ACS Omega, 3 (3), 3278-3284 (2018).
[4] Y. Han, J. Y. Yang and M. Hu*. Unusual Strain Response of Thermal Transport in Dimerized Three-Dimensional Graphene, Nanoscale, DOI: 10.1039/C7NR08626A (2018).
[5] Y. G. Zhou, J. Y. Yang, L. Chen and M. Hu*. Strong anharmonic phonon scattering induced giant reduction of thermal conductivity in PbTe nanotwin boundary, Phys. Rev. B, 97, 085304 (2018).
[6] J. Y. Yang, L. Chen and M. Hu*. Unravelling the progressive role of rattlers in thermoelectric clathrate and strategies for performance improvement: Concurrently enhancing electronic transport and blocking phononic transport, Appl. Phys. Lett., 111, 242101 (2017).
[7] J. Y. Yang and M. Hu*. Temperature-Induced Large Broadening and Blue Shift in the Electronic Band Structure and Optical Absorption of Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite, J. Phys. Chem. Lett, 8, 3720 (2017).
[8] M. Xu, J. Y. Yang, S. Y. Zhang and L. H. Liu*. Role of electron-phonon coupling in finite-temperature dielectric functions of Au, Ag, and Cu, Phys. Rev. B, 96, 115154 (2017).
[9] J. Y. Yang, S. Y. Yue and M. Hu*. Bidirectional effect of magnetic field on electronic thermal transport of metals from all-electron first-principles calculations, Phys. Rev. B, 94, 235153 (2016).
[10] J. Y. Yang, G. Z. Qin and M. Hu*. Nontrivial Contribution of Fröhlich Electron-Phonon Interaction to Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Wurtzite GaN, Appl. Phys. Lett., 109, 040650 (2016).
[11] J. Y. Yang, M. Xu and L. H. Liu*. Infrared Radiative Properties of Alumina up to the Melting Point: A First-Principles Study. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transf., 184: 111-117 (2016).
[12] J. Y. Yang and L. H. Liu*. Effects of Interlayer Screening and Temperature on Dielectric Functions of Graphene by First-Principles. J. Appl. Phys., 120, 034305 (2016).
[13] M. Xu, J. Y. Yang and L. H. Liu*. Thermal Conductivity and Dielectric Functions of Alkali Chloride XCl (X=Li, Na, K and Rb): A First-Principles Study. Mater. Res. Exp., 3, 7 (2016).
[14] S. Y. Yue, X. L. Zhang, G. Z. Qin, J. Y. Yang and M. Hu*. Insight into the Collective Vibrational Modes Driving Ultralow Thermal Conductivity of Perovskite Solar Cells. Phys. Rev. B, 94, 115427 (2016).
[15] J. Y. Yang and L. H. Liu*. Temperature-Dependent Dielectric Functions in Atomically Thin Graphene, Silicene and Arsenene, Appl. Phys. Lett., 107, 091902 (2015).
[16] J. Y. Yang, L. H. Liu* and J. Y. Tan. First-Principles Study on Dielectric Function of Isolated and Bundled Carbon Nanotubes, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transf., 158: 78-83 (2015).
[17] J. Y. Yang, W. J. Zhang, L. H. Liu*, J. Qiu. Anisotropic dielectric functions of (0001) sapphire from ellipsometry and first-principles study. Phys. B: Condens. Matt., 473: 35-41 (2015).
[18] C. C. Wang, J. Y. Tan*, J. Y. Yang and L. H. Liu*. Infrared Absorption Spectra of Liquid Water and Deuterated Water by Car-Parrinello Molecular Dynamics. Chin. J., 60 (31):3014 (2015).
[19] J. Y. Yang, W. J. Zhang, L. H. Liu*, J. Qiu, K. Wang and J. Y. Tan. Temperature-Dependent Infrared Dielectric Functions of MgO crystal: An Ellipsometry and First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Study, J. Chem. Phys., 141(10): 104703 (2014).
[20] J. Y. Yang, L. H. Liu* and J. Y. Tan. Temperature-Dependent Dielectric Function of Germanium in the UV-Vis Spectral Range: A First-Principles Study, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transf., 141: 24-30 (2014).
[21] J. Y. Yang, L. H. Liu* and J. Y. Tan. First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Study on Temperature-Dependent Dielectric Function of Bulk 3C and 6H SiC in the Energy Range 3-8 eV, Phys. B: Condens. Matter., 436: 182-187 (2014)
Contact：Prof. Jia-Yue Yang
E-mail: jy_yang@sdu.edu.cn
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Office: Room 305
Address: Building K1, Binhai Road 72, Aoshanwei Town, Jimo District, Qingdao， China
