Lin Gan

Sep. 2004 - Jul. 2009, Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

Sep. 2000 - Jul. 2004, Bachelor in Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

Mar. 2019 – present, Associate professor, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, China

Jun. 2014 – Mar. 2019, Associate professor, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, China

Aug. 2011 – May 2014, Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Berlin, Germany.

Jul. 2009 – Aug. 2011, Postdoctoral researcher, Beijing National Center for Electron Microscopy, Department of Material Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

l Transmission Electron Microscopy: Laboratory Course 

l Energy and Environmental Catalysis

l Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cells

Electrochemical functional materials: including advanced electrocatalysts and electrolytes for sustainable energyconversion technologies such asproton-exchange-membrane fuel cells, hydrogen production by water splitting, and CO₂ reduction and utilization. Emphasis is placed on the atomic design and characterization of solid surfaces and electrochemical solid/liquid interfaces by using a broad range of microscopy and in-situ spectroscopic methods.

Transmissionelectron microscopyand spectroscopy: development and utilization of advanced aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy and spectroscopy methods to obtain the precise atomic and electronic structure of functional materials and reveal their physical and chemical properties. 

[1] Xuya Zhu, Yangfan Shao, Dongsheng Xia*, Yinping Wei, Zejian Li, Wei Liu, Nanshu Wang, Qianyuan Wu, Feng Ding, Jia Li*, Feiyu Kang, Lin Gan*. When graphitic nitrogen meets pentagons: selective construction and spectroscopic evidence for improved four-electron oxygen reduction electrocatalysis. Advanced Materials, 2025, 2414976.

[2] Mengxue Huang, Xuya Zhu, Wenwen Shi, Qianqian Qin, Jie Yang, Shanshan Liu, Lifang Chen, Ruimin Ding*, Lin Gan*, Xi Yin*. Manipulating the coordination dice: Alkali metals directed synthesis of Co-N-C catalysts with CoN₄ sites. Science Advances, 2025, 11, eads6658.

[3] Jie Wei, Yangfan Shao, Jingbo Xu, Fang Yin, Zejian Li, Haitao Qian, Yinping Wei, Liang Chang, Yu Han, Jia Li*, Lin Gan*. Sequential oxygen evolution and decoupled water splitting via electrochemical redox reaction of nickel hydroxides. Nature Communications, 2024, 15, 9102.

[4] Jingbo Xu, Liang Chang, Yinping Wei, Jie Wei, Wenting Cui, Ying Tao, Lin Gan*. Size-dependent core–shell fine structures and oxygen evolution activity of electrochemical IrOx nanoparticles revealed by cryogenic electron microscopy. ACS Nano, 2024, 18, 29140-29151.

[5] Dongsheng Xia, Xuan Tang, Sheng Dai*, Rile Ge, Alexander Rykov, Junhu Wang, Tzu-Hsi Huang, Kuan-Wen Wang, Yinping Wei, Kai Zhang, Jia Li, Lin Gan*, Feiyu Kang*. Ultrastable Fe–N–C fuel cell electrocatalysts by eliminating non-coordinating nitrogen and regulating coordination structures at high temperatures. Advanced Materials, 2023, 35, 2204474.

[6] Jie Wei, Dongsheng Xia, Yinping Wei, Xuya Zhu, Jia Li, Lin Gan*. Probing the oxygen reduction reaction intermediates and dynamic active site structures of molecular and pyrolyzed Fe–N–C electrocatalysts by in situ Raman spectroscopy. ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 7811-7820. (ESI Highly Cited)

[7] Haitao Qian, Jie Wei, Chenchen Yu, Fei Tang, Wulv Jiang, Dongsheng Xia, Lin Gan*. In situ quantification of the active sites, turnover frequency, and stability of Ni–Fe (oxy)hydroxides for the oxygen evolution reaction. ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 14280-14289.

[8] Dongsheng Xia, Chenchen Yu, Yinghao Zhao, Yinping Wei, Haiyan Wu, Yongqiang Kang, Jia Li*, Lin Gan* and Feiyu Kang*. Degradation and regeneration of Fe-N_x active sites for oxygen reduction reaction: the role of surface oxidation, Fe demetallation and local carbon microporosity, Chemical Science, 2021, 12, 11576.

[9] Bingqin Lin, Xi Wu, Lin Xie,* Yongqiang Kang, Hongda Du, Feiyu Kang, Jia Li,* Lin Gan.* Atomic imaging of subsurface hydrogen and insight into the surface reactivity of palladium hydrides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 20348-20352

[10] Xin Yang, Dongsheng Xia, Yongqiang Kang, Hongda Du, Feiyu Kang, Lin Gan*, Jia Li*. Unveiling the Axial Hydroxyl Ligand on Fe-N4-C Electrocatalysts and Its Impact on the pH-Dependent Oxygen Reduction Activities and Poisoning Kinetics. Advanced Science, 2020, 7, 2000176.

[11] Xiaozhang Yao, Yingpin Wei, Zhongxiang Wang, Lin Gan.* Revealing the role of surface composition on the particle mobility and coalescence of carbon-supported Pt alloy fuel cell catalysts by in situ heating (S)TEM. ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 7381-7388.

[12] Zhongxiang Wang, Xiaozhang Yao, Yongqiang Kang, Linqing Miao, Dongsheng Xia, Lin Gan*. Structurally ordered low-Pt intermetallic electrocatalysts toward durably high oxygen reduction reaction activity. Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 29, 1902987.

[13] Dongsheng Xia, Xin Yang, Lin Xie, Yinping Wei, Wulv Jiang, Miao Dou, Xuning Li, Jia Li*, Lin Gan*, Feiyu Kang*. Direct growth of carbon nanotubes doped with single atomic Fe–N₄ active sites and neighboring graphitic nitrogen for efficient and stable oxygen reduction electrocatalysis. Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 29, 1906174. (Back Cover)

[14] Lin Gan, Chunhua Cui, Marc Heggen, Fabio Diogini, Stefan Rudi, Peter Strasser*. Element-specific anisotropic growth of shaped platinum alloy nanocrystals. Science, 2014, 346: 1502-1506.

[15] Chunhua Cui, Lin Gan, Marc Heggen, Stefan Rudi, Peter Strasser*. Compositional segregation in shaped Pt alloy nanoparticles and their structural behaviour during electrocatalysis. Nature Materials, 2013, 12, 765-771

[1] 康飞宇, 干林，吕伟, 储能用碳基纳米材料. 科学出版社. 2020年3月.

[2] Lin Gan and Peter Strasser. Chapter “Dealloyed core-shell catalysts for oxygen reduction” in the book “Electrocatalysis for fuel cells: a non and low Platinum approach”, M. Shao, eds, ISBN 978-1-4471-4911-8, chapter 18, Springer, 2013, p.533-560.

1. Young Scientist Award of International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (IFSM) at the 18^th International Microscopy Congress (2014);

2. National-Level Talent in Shenzhen (2015) and Overseas High-Caliber Personnel (Level B) in Shenzhen (2014)