(1) Organic conjugated materials.

(2) Molecular nanocarbon materials.

(3) Optoelectronic materials and devices.

2005/09 – 2009/07 College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

Bachelor of Chemistry

2009/09 – 2014/07 College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering,

Peking University, Beijing, China

PhD of Organic Materials Chemistry

Supervisor: Prof. Jian Pei

2014/10 – 2019/04 Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany

Postdoctoral Researcher, Humboldt Fellow

Supervisor: Prof. Klaus Müllen

2019/04 – present State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

Professor

Prof. Wang has published more than 120 papers in high-level academic journals, with over 9,000 

citations and an H-index of 45. He has published more than 60 papers as the first author or 

corresponding author, including articles in Nat. Rev. Chem. (1), Nat. Commun. (4), J. Am. Chem. Soc. 

(9), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (10), and Acc. Chem. Res. (1).

Selected Publications:

1.Rong-Rong Gao, Cheng Chen, Yan-Bo Huang, Xiao-Ye Wang*, Multi-Resonance 1,4-BN-Heteroarene 

for Filterless Narrowband Photodetector, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202500006.

2.Cheng Chen, Yongkang Guo, Zhidong Chang, Klaus Müllen, Xiao-Ye Wang*, Synthesis of quadruply 

boron-doped acenes with stimuli-responsive multicolor emission, Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 8555.

3.Cheng Chen, Zhi-Dong Chang, Yong-Kang Guo, Yan-Bo Huang, Xiao-Ye Wang*, BN-Isosteres of 

Nonacene with Antiaromatic B2C4 and N2C4 Heterocycles: Synthesis and Strong Luminescence, 

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202316596. (Selected as the Very Important Paper)

4.Pengcai Liu†, Xiao-Yu Tang†, Cheng-Zhuo Du, Rui Xue, Xing-Yu Chen, Jiawen Cao, Xiao-Ye Wang*, 

Lighting up Nonbenzenoid Acepleiadylene with Ultra-Narrowband Emission through Aromaticity 

Modulation, Sci. China Chem. 2023, 66, 3506. (†equal contribution)

5.Lin Fu†, Pengcai Liu†, Rui Xue, Xiao-Yu Tang, Jiawen Cao, Ze-Fan Yao, Yuchao Liu, Shouke Yan, 

Xiao-Ye Wang*, Unravelling the Superiority of Nonbenzenoid Acepleiadylene as a Building Block

for Organic Semiconducting Materials, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202306509. (†equal 

contribution) (Selected as the Very Important Paper)

6.Ji-Kun Li†, Ming-Yu Zhang†, Le Zeng, Ling Huang*, Xiao-Ye Wang*, NIR-Absorbing B,N-Heteroarene

as Photosensitizer for High-Performance NIR-to-Blue Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion, 

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202303093. (†equal contribution)

7.Ji-Kun Li, Xing-Yu Chen, Wen-Long Zhao, Yun-Long Guo, Yi Zhang, Xin-Chang Wang, Andrew C.-H. 

Sue, Xiao-Yu Cao, Meng Li, Chuan-Feng Chen, Xiao-Ye Wang*, Synthesis of Highly Luminescent Chiral 

Nanographene, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202215367.

8.Cheng Chen†, Jiayi Lu†, Yang Lv, Yuyi Yan, Qiang Sun*, Akimitsu Narita, Klaus Müllen*, Xiao-Ye Wang*,

Heteroatom-Edged [4]Triangulene: Facile Synthesis and Two-Dimensional On-Surface Self-Assemblies,

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202212594. (Selected as Hot Paper) (†equal contribution)

9.Wanhui Li†, Cheng-Zhuo Du†, Xing-Yu Chen, Lin Fu, Rong-Rong Gao, Ze-Fan Yao, Jie-Yu Wang, 

Wenping Hu, Jian Pei, Xiao-Ye Wang*, BN-Anthracene for High-Mobility Organic Optoelectronic 

Materials through Periphery Engineering, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202201464. (†equal 

contribution)

10.Cheng Chen, Ming-Wei Wang, Xing-Yu Zhao, Shuang Yang, Xing-Yu Chen, Xiao-Ye Wang*, Pushing the Length 

Limit of Dihydrodiboraacenes: Synthesis and Characterizations of Boron-Embedded Heptacene and Nonacene, 

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202200779. (Selected as Hot Paper. Highlighted by ChemistryViews)

11.Ji-Kun Li, Xing-Yu Chen, Yun-Long Guo, Xin-Chang Wang, Andrew C.-H. Sue, Xiao-Yu Cao, Xiao-Ye Wang*, 

B,N-Embedded Double Hetero[7]helicenes with Strong Chiroptical Response in the Visible Light Region,

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 17958. (Highlighted by Synfacts)

12.Pengcai Liu, Xingyu Chen, Jiawen Cao, Lukas Ruppenthal, J. Michael Gottfried, Klaus Müllen, Xiao-Ye Wang*,

Revisiting Acepleiadylene: Two-Step Synthesis and π-Extension toward Nonbenzenoid Nanographene, J. Am. 

Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 5314. (Highlighted by Synfacts)