Jie Yang is currently an research associate professor in the College of Polymer Science and Engineering at Sichuan University. He received his Ph.D. degree from Sichuan University in 2019. His postdoctoral studies were performed at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2019–2020) and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2020–2021). He has coauthored 25 research papers and 1 book chapter.

Thermal management materials, including thermally conductive materials, thermally insulating materials, and phase change materials.

1. Jie Yang, Xi Shen*, Wei Yang*, Jang-Kyo Kim*, Templating strategies for 3D-structured thermally conductive composites: Recent advances and thermal energy applications, Prog. Mater. Sci., 2023, 133, 101054.

2. Sen Meng, Zhao Xu, Lu Bai, Jie Yang*, Ming-Bo Yang, Wei Yang*, A customized kinetic energy harvesting system with multilayer piezoelectric membrane for solar interfacial vapor generation, Nano Energy, 2022, 104, 107996.

3. Sen Meng, Chun-Yan Tang, Jie Yang*, Ming-Bo Yang, Wei Yang*, A Wave-Driven Piezoelectrical Film for Interfacial Steam Generation: Beyond the Limitation of Hydrogel, Adv. Sci., 2022, 2204187.

4. Jie Yang, Yi-Cun Zhou, Lu-Yao Yang, Chang-Ping Feng, Lu Bai, Ming-Bo Yang, and Wei Yang*, Exploring Next-Generation Functional Organic Phase Change Composites, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2022, 32, 2200792.

5. Sen Meng, Chun-Yan Tang, Jin Jia, Jie Yang*, Ming-Bo Yang, Wei Yang*, A wave-driven piezoelectric solar evaporator for water purification, Adv. Energy Mater., 2022, 12, 2200087.

6. Jie Yang, Kit-Ying Chan, Harun Venkatesan, Eunyoung Kim, Miracle Hope Adegun, Jeng-Hun Lee, Xi Shen*, Jang-Kyo Kim*，Superinsulating BNNS/PVA Composite Aerogels with High Solar Reflectance for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Nano-Micro Lett., 2022, 14, 54.

7. Jie Yang, Wei Yang*, Wei Chen*, Xiaoming Tao*, An elegant coupling: Freeze-casting and versatile polymer composites, Prog. Polym. Sci., 2020, 109, 101289.

8. Jie Yang, Matthew Melton, Ruikun Sun, Wei Yang*, and Shiwang Cheng*, Decoupling the polymer dynamics and the nanoparticle network dynamics of polymer nanocomposites through dielectric spectroscopy and rheology, Macromolecules, 2020, 53, 1, 302-311.

9. Jie Yang, Li-Sheng Tang, Lu Bai*, Rui-Ying Bao, Zhengying Liu, Bang-Hu Xie, Ming-Bo Yang and Wei Yang*, High-performance composite phase change materials for energy conversion based on macroscopically three-dimensional structural materials, Mater. Horiz., 2019, 6, 250-273.

10. Jie Yang, Guo-Qiang Qi, Rui-Ying Bao, Kongyang Yi, Menglin Li, Lan Peng, Zhi Cai, Ming-Bo Yang, Dacheng Wei* and Wei Yang*, Hybridizing graphene aerogel into three-dimensional graphene foam for high-performance composite phase change materials, Energy Storage Mater., 2018, 13: 88-95.

1. National Scholarship Winner (2014, 2016 and 2017)

2. Excellent Graduate of Sichuan Province (2014)