Research Topics
Design, synthesis and characterization of advanced functional nanomaterials (ex. TiO2, SnO2, ZnO, NiO, SiO2, titanate, quantum dots, lanthanide-based materials and their composites)
Energy and environment related applications (energy conversion/storage) including photocatalysis, sensitized solar cells, lithium-ion batteries, supercapacitors, gas sensors and photoluminescence (PL)
Education
2013.9-2014.3 City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Hong Kong SAR. ostdoctoral Fellow
2010.9-2013.8 City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Hong Kong SAR Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D.
2007.9-2010.3East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, China Material Science and Engineering, Master
2003.9-2007.6Henan University of Science and Technology (HAUST), Henan, China
Material Science and Engineering, Bachelor
Work Experience
2010.5-2010.8 Amperex Technology Limited (ATL), Guangdong, China
2009.12-2010.2 Canadian Solar Inc. Jiangsu, China
Awards
Research Tuition Scholarships, City University of Hong Kong, 2011-2013
Outstanding Academic Performance Award for Research Degree Studies, CityU, 2011-2012
Outstanding Student, Integrated Scholarship of Scientific Research and Practice (1st prize), East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, 2008-2010
Excellent Fresh Graduate of Shanghai, Shanghai, China, 2010
Education Scholarship, Lord Corporation, 2010
Publications
2014
1. Hongkang Wang, Sergii Kalytchuk, Haihua Yang, Lifang He, Chenyan Hu, Wey Yang Teoh, Andrey L. Rogach, Hierarchical Growth of SnO2 Nanostructured Films on FTO Substrates: Structural Defects Induced by Sn(II) Self-doping and Their Effects on Optical and Photoelectrochemical Properties, Nanoscale 2014, DOI:10.1039/C4NR00672K. (IF：6.233)
2. Hongkang Wang, Andrey L. Rogach, Hierarchical SnO2 Nanostructures: Recent Advances in Design, Synthesis, and Applications, Chem. Mater. 2014, 26 (1) 123-133. (IF：8.238)
3. Zhenzhen Lu, Hongkang Wang,* Fluoride-assisted coaxial growth of SnO2 over-layers on multiwall carbon nanotubes with controlled thickness for lithium ion batteries,CrystEngComm 2014, 16, 550-555. (IF：3.879)
4. Hongkang Wang, Yu Wang, Jie Zhang, Nikolai Gaponik, Andrey L. Rogach, Europium fluoride based luminescent materials: From hydrogels to porous cryogels, and crystalline NaEuF4 and EuF3 micro/nanostructures, Mater. Sci. Eng. B 2014, 179, 48-51. (IF：1.884)
2013
5. Hongkang Wang, Liujiang Xi, Jiri Tucek, Yawen Zhan, Tak Fu Hung, Stephen V. Kershaw, RadekZboril, C. Y. Chung, Andrey L. Rogach, Hierarchical assembly of Ti(iv)/Sn(ii) co-doped SnO2 nanosheets along sacrificial titanate nanowires: synthesis, characterization and electrochemical properties, Nanoscale 2013, 5(19), 9101-9109. (IF：6.233)
6. Hongkang Wang, Yu Wang, Stephen V. Kershaw, Tak Fu Hung, Jun Xu, Andrey L. Rogach, Fluorinated Eu-Doped SnO2 Nanostructures with Simultaneous Phase and Shape Control and Improved Photoluminescence, Part. Part. Syst. Charact. 2013, 30(4), 332-337. (IF：暂无)
7. Hongkang Wang, Kunpeng Dou, Wey Yang Teoh, Yawen Zhan, Tak Fu Hung, Feihu Zhang, Jiaqiang Xu, Ruiqin Zhang, Andrey L. Rogach, Engineering of Facets, Band Structure, and Gas-Sensing Properties of Hierarchical Sn2+ -Doped SnO2 Nanostructures, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2013, 23(38), 4847-4853. (IF：9.765)
2012
8. Hongkang Wang, Yu Wang, Jun Xu, Haihua Yang, Chun-Sing Lee, Andrey L. Rogach, Polyvinylpyrrolidone-Assisted Ultrasonic Synthesis of SnONanosheets and Their Use as Conformal Templates for Tin Dioxide Nanostructures, Langmuir 2012, 28(28), 10597-10601. (IF：4.187)
9. Hongkang Wang, Fang Fu, Feihu Zhang, Hong-En Wang, Stephen V. Kershaw, Jiaqiang Xu, Shi-Gang Sun, Andrey L. Rogach, Hydrothermal synthesis of hierarchical SnO2 microspheres for gas sensing and lithium-ion batteries applications: Fluoride-mediated formation of solid and hollow structures, J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 2140-2148. (IF：6.101)
10. Hongkang Wang, Chunyan Luan, Xueqing Xu, Stephen V. Kershaw, Andrey L. Rogach, In Situ versus ex Situ Assembly of Aqueous-Based Thioacid Capped CdSeNanocrystals within Mesoporous TiO2 Films for Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells, J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116(1), 484-489. (IF：4.814)
11. Hongkang Wang, Wei Shao, Feng Gu, Ling Zhang, Mengkai Lu, Chunzhong Li, Synthesis of Anatase TiO2 Nanoshuttles by Self-Sacrificing of Titanate Nanowires, Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48 , 9732-9736. (IF：4.593)
Co-authored publications
12. Liu Jiang Xi, Hong Kang Wang, Shi Liu Yang, Ru Guang Ma, Zhou Guang Lu, Chen Wei Cao, Kwan Lan Leung, Jian Qiu Deng, Andrey L. Rogach, C. Y. Chung, Single-crystalline Li4Ti5O12 nanorods and their application in high rate capability Li4Ti5O12/LiMn2O4 full cells, J. Power Sources 2013, 242, 222-229. (IF：4.675)
13. Zhenzhen Lu, Jun Xu, Xing Xie, Hongkang Wang, Chundong Wang, So-Ying Kwok, Tailun Wong, Hoi-Lun Kwong, Igor Bello, Chun-Sing Lee, Shuit-Tong Lee, Wenjun Zhang, CdS/CdSe Double-Sensitized ZnO Nanocable Arrays Synthesized by Chemical Solution Method and their Photovoltaic Applications, J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116 (4), 2656-2661. (IF：4.814)
14. Jun Xu, Xia Yang, Hongkang Wang, Xue Chen, Chunyan Luan, Zongxiang Xu, Zhenzhen Lu, V. A. L. Roy, Wenjun Zhang, Chun-Sing Lee, Arrays of ZnO/ZnxCd1–xSeNanocables: Band Gap Engineering and Photovoltaic Applications, NanoLett. 2012, 12(4), 2177–2177. (IF：13.025)
15. Frederik Hetsch, Xueqing Xu, Hongkang Wang, Stephen V. Kershaw, Andrey L. Rogach, Semiconductor Nanocrystal Quantum Dots as Solar Cell Components and Photosensitizers: Material, Charge Transfer, and Separation Aspects of Some Device Topologies, J. Phys. Chem. Lett.2011, 2(15), 1879-1887. (IF：6.585)
