Education and Work Experiences:

2020-, Associated Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 

2013-2020, PhD in Physical Chemistry (Supervisor: Prof. Can Li), Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2009-2013, Bachelor degree, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China.

Research Interests:

The research is focused on real-space and real-time probe and spatiotemporal understanding of charge separation, transfer, and extraction processes in solar energy conversion by using advanced photoelectrical imaging techniques.

Awards:

2019 Chinese Academy of Sciences President Award 

2019 Lu JIAXI Award for Excellent Student 

2019 Baosteel Education Award of Outstanding Student 

2019 Yanchang Petroleum Award for Excellent Student, First Prize. 

2019 Pollyanna Chu Award for Excellent PhD Student 

2019 Pacemaker to Merit Student of Chinese Academy of Sciences 

2018 National Scholarship for PhD Student 

Poster Award of Energy & Environmental Science at the 6th International Symposium on Solar Fuels and Solar Cells, Oct. 17-20th, 2018, Dalian, China. 

Journal of Materials Chemistry C Poster Award at the 26th IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, April 3-8th, 2016, Osaka, Japan.

Selected Publications:

1. Ruotian Chen, Shan Pang, Hongyu An, Jian Zhu, Sheng Ye, Yuying Gao, Fengtao Fan* and Can Li*, Charge separation via asymmetric illumination in photocatalytic Cu2O particles. Nature Energy, 2018, 3, 655-663. 

2. Ruotian Chen, Thomas Dittrich*, Fengtao Fan* and Can Li*, Imaging photogenerated charge carriers on surfaces and interfaces of photocatalysts with surface photovoltage microscopy. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2018, 47, 8238-8262. 

3. Ruotian Chen, Shan Pang, Hongyu An, Thomas Dittrich*, Fengtao Fan* and Can Li*, Giant Defect-Induced Effects on Nanoscale Charge Separation in Semiconductor Photocatalysts. Nano Lett., 2019, 19, 426-432. 

4. Ruotian Chen, Jian Zhu, Hongyu An, Fengtao Fan* and Can Li*, Unravelling charge separation via surface built-in electric fields within single particulate photocatalysts. Faraday Discuss., 2017, 198, 473-479. 

5. Aizhen Liao(#), Ruotian Chen(#), Fengtao Fan*, Leixin Xiao, Huichao He, Chunfeng Zhang, Adullah M. Asiri, Yong Zhou*, Can Li and Zhigang Zou. Integration of FexS electrocatalysts and simultaneously generated interfacial oxygen vacancies to synergistically boost photoelectrochemical water splitting of Fe2O3 photoanodes. Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 13817-13820.