2010.09 - 2016.01 Fudan University, Shanghai, Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
2006.09 - 2010.06 Jinan University, Guangzhou, Bachelor in Applied Chemistry

2019.10 - now PI, Assoc. Prof. of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2018.10 - 2019.09 Postdoc. Fellow at Lawrence Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley
2016.04 - 2018.09 Postdoc. Fellow at Harvard University

Developing high sensitive spectroelectrochemical techniques like ATR-FTIR, Raman and DEMS for operando interfacial study of energy conversion reactions, including but not limited to fuel molecules oxidation, O2/CO2 electro-reduction;

Developing more efficient energy conversion devices for green electrochemical synthesis.

2019 - 2022 Startup grant from Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2020 - 2022 Oceanic Interdisciplinary Program of SJTU-SOA
2020 - 2023 Shanghai Sailing Program
2021 - 2022 SAST-SJTU Joint Research Program
2021 - 2023 Natural Science Foundation of China
2022 - 2025 National Key Research and Development Program of China, MOST

# Equal contribution; * Corresponding author

At SJTU
24. In-Situ Spectroelectrochemistry in Li-O2 Batteries
C. Chen, K. Ye, X.Y. Ma, W.B. Cai*, K. Jiang*, Chapter 39 in "Encyclopedia of Materials: Electronics", Elsevier, 2023
(Invited Book Chapter)

23. Correlating Oxidation State and Surface Ligand Motifs with the Selectivity of CO2 Photoreduction to C2 Products
B. Ni, G. Zhang, H. Wang, Y. Min*, K. Jiang*, H. Li*, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202214259.
(HOT Paper at A.C.I.E.)

22. Top-Down Manufacturing of Efficient CO2 Reduction Catalysts from the Gasification Residue Carbon
J. Liu, G. Zhang, K. Ye, K. Xu, Y. Sheng, C. Yu, H. Zhang, Q. Li*, Z. Liang*, K. Jiang*, ChemComm, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2CC05081A.

21. Boron-Doped Platinum Group Metals in Electrocatalysis: A Perspective
H. Li, X. Qin, X. Zhang, K. Jiang*, W.B. Cai*, ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 12750-12764.
(Invited Perspective)

20. Electronic Structure Modulation of RuO2 by TiO2 Enriched with Oxygen Vacancies to Boost Acidic O2 Evolution
X. Wang, X. Wan, X. Qin, C. Chen, X. Qian, Y. Guo*, Q. Xu*, W.B. Cai, H. Yang*, K. Jiang*, ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 9437-9445.

19. Electrochemically Activated Ni-Fe Oxyhydroxide for Mimic Saline Water Oxidation
S. Wan, X. Wang, G. Zhang, Y. Wang, J. Chen, Q. Li, Y. Zhang, L. Chen, X. Wang, G. Meng, K. Jiang*, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2022, 10, 11232-11241.
(Featured as the Front Cover Story)

18. Electrolyte-Layer Tunable ATR-SEIRAS for Simultaneous Detection of Adsorbed and Dissolved Species in Electrochemistry
X. Ma, W.Y. Zhang, K. Ye, K. Jiang*, W.B. Cai*, Analytical Chemistry, 2022, 94, 11337-11344.

17. Electrocatalytic CO2 and HCOOH Interconversion on Pd-based Catalysts
G. Zhang, X. Qin, C. Deng, W.B. Cai*, K. Jiang*, Advanced Sensor and Energy Materials, 2022, 1, 100007.
(Invited Contribution to the Special Issue of "Catalysis for Energy Process")

16. Resolving Local Reaction Environment toward an Optimized CO2-to-CO Conversion Performance
K. Ye, G. Zhang, X. Ma, C. Deng, X. Huang, C. Yuan, G. Meng, W.B. Cai, K. Jiang*, Energy & Environmental Science, 2022, 15, 749-759.

15. Manipulating the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Pathway on Pt-Coordinated Motifs
J. Zhao, C. Fu, K. Ye, Z. Liang, F. Jiang, S. Shen, X. Zhao, L. Ma, Z. Shadike, X. Wang, J. Zhang*, K. Jiang*, Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 685.

14. Electrochemical Hydrogen Peroxide Synthesis from Selective Oxygen Reduction over Metal Selenide Catalyst
Q. Yuan#, J. Zhao#, D. Mok#, Z. Zheng, Y. Ye, C. Liang, L. Zhou, B. Seoin*, K. Jiang*, Nano Letters, 2022, 22, 1257-1264.
(Featured as the Front Cover Story)

13. The Critical Role of Additive Sulfate for Stable Alkaline Seawater Oxidation on Ni‐based Electrode
T. Ma#, W. Xu#, B. Li, X. Chen, J. Zhao, S. Wan, K. Jiang*, S. Zhang, Z. Wang, Z. Tian, Z. Lu*, L. Chen*, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 22740-22744.

12. Local Coordination and Reactivity of a Pt Single Atom Catalyst as Probed by Spectroelectrochemical andComputational Approaches
K. Jiang*, X.Y. Ma, S. Back*, J. Zhao, F. Jiang, X. Qin, J. Zhang, W.B. Cai*, CCS Chemistry, 2021, 3, 241-251.

11. Boosting Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Formic Acid on SnO2-decorated Pd Nanosheets
Y.W. Zhou, Y.F. Chen, X. Qin, K. Jiang*, W.F. Lin, W.B. Cai*, Journal of Catalysis, 2021, 399, 8-14.
(Invited Contribution to the Special Issue of "Electrocatalysis")

10. Spectrometric Study of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction on Pd and Pd-B Electrodes
T.W. Jiang, Y.W. Zhou, X.Y. Ma, X. Qin, H. Li, C. Ding, B. Jiang*, K. Jiang*, W.B. Cai*, ACS Catalysis, 2021, 11, 840-848

9. Direct and Continuous Generation of Pure Acetic Acid Solutions via Electrocatalytic Carbon Monoxide Reduction
P. Zhu, C. Xia, C.-Y. Liu, K. J., G. Gao, X. Zhang, Y. Xia, Y. Lei, H.N. Alshareef, T.P. Senftle*, H. Wang*, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A., 2021, 118, e2010868118.

8. Revisiting Acetaldehyde Oxidation Reaction on Pt Electrode by High Sensitive and Wide Frequency Infrared Spectroscopy
X.Y. Ma, C. Ding, H. Li, K. Jiang*, S. Duan*, W.B. Cai*, Journal of the Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020, 11, 8727-8734.

7. Catalyst Design for Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction towards Hydrogen Peroxide
K. Jiang*, J. Zhao, H. Wang*, Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, 30, 2003321.
(Invited Contribution to the Special Issue of "Single Atom Catalysis")

6. Effects of Surface Roughness on the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 over Cu
K. Jiang#, Y. Huang#, G. Zeng, F.M. Toma, W.A. Goddard, III, A.T. Bell*, ACS Energy Letters, 2020, 5, 1206-1214.

5. Production of C2/C3 Oxygenates from Planar Copper Nitride-Derived Mesoporous Copper via Electrochemical Reduction of CO2
M. Ebaid#, K. Jiang#, Z. Zhang, W.S. Drisdell, A.T. Bell*, J.K. Cooper*, Chemistry of Materials, 2020, 32, 3304-3311.

4. Mechanistic Analysis Guided Pd-Based Catalysts for Efficient Hydrogen Production from Formic Acid Dehydrogenation
X. Qin, H. Li, S. Xie, K. Li, T.W. Jiang, X.-Y. Ma, K. Jiang, Q. Zhang, O. Terasaki, Z. Wu*, W.-B. Cai*, ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 3921-3932.

3. Confined Local Oxygen Gas Promotes Electrochemical Water Oxidation to Hydrogen Peroxide
C. Xia#, S. Back#, S. Ringe#, K. Jiang, F. Chen, X. Sun, S. Siahrostami*, K. Chen*, H. Wang*, Nature Catalysis, 2020, 3, 125-134.

2. Integrating Rh Species with NiFe Layered-Double-Hydroxide for Overall Water Splitting
B. Zhang#, C. Zhu#, Z. Wu#, E. Stavitski, Y.H. Lui, T.-H. Kim, H. Liu, L. Huang, X. Luan, L. Zhou, K. Jiang, W. Huang, S. Hu*, H. Wang*, J.S. Francisco*, Nano Letters, 2019, 20, 136-144.

1. Changing the Product Selectivity for Electrocatalysis of CO2 Reduction Reaction on Plated Cu Electrodes
H. Li, X. Qin, T. Jiang, X.-Y. Ma, K. Jiang*, W.-B. Cai*, ChemCatChem, 2019, 11, 6139-6146.
(Invited Contribution to the Special Issue of "Electrocatalysis: From Batteries to Clean Energy Conversion")

Prior to SJTU
1. Highly Selective Oxygen Reduction to Hydrogen Peroxide on Transition Metal Single Atom Coordination
K. Jiang#, S. Back#, A.J. Akey, C. Xia, Y. Hu, W. Liang, D. Schaak, E. Stavitski, J.K. Nørskov, S. Siahrostami*, H. Wang*, Nature Communications, 2019, 10, 3997.

2. The Role of Defect Sites in Nanomaterials for Electrocatalytic Energy Conversion
Y. Jia#, K. Jiang#, H. Wang*, X. Yao*, Chem, 2019, 5, 1371-1397.

3. Metal Ion Cycling of Cu Foil for Selective C-C Coupling in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
K. Jiang#, R.B. Sandberg#, A.J. Akey, X. Liu, D.C. Bell, J.K. Nørskov, K. Chan*, H. Wang*, Nature Catalysis, 2018, 1, 111-119.
(ESI Highly Cited Paper, Featured as the Front Cover, AIChE's 2018 Best Fundamental Paper Award-South Texas Section)

4. Isolated Ni Single Atoms in Graphene Nanosheets for High-Performance CO2 Reduction
K. Jiang#, S. Siahrostami#, T. Zheng, Y. Hu, S. Hwang, E. Stavitski, Y. Peng, J.J. Dynes, M. Gangishetty, D. Su, K. Attenkofer, H. Wang*, Energy & Environmental Science., 2018, 11, 893-903.
(ESI HOT Paper & Highly Cited Paper, Highlighted by social media including Brookhaven News, ScienceDaily, PhysOrg, RIA Science etc.)

5. Recent Advances in Electrochemical CO2‐to‐CO Conversion on Heterogeneous Catalysts
T. Zheng#, K. Jiang#, H. Wang*, Advanced Materials, 2018, 30, 1802066.

6. Electrocatalysis over Graphene-Defect-Coordinated Transition-Metal Single-Atom Catalysts
K. Jiang, H. Wang*, Chem, 2018, 4, 194-195.

7. Transition-Metal Single Atoms in a Graphene Shell as Active Centers for Highly Efficient Artificial Photosynthesis
K. Jiang#, S. Siahrostami#, A.J. Akey, Y. Li, Z. Lu, J. Lattimer, Y. Hu, C. Stokes, M. Gangishetty, G. Chen, Y. Zhou, W. Hill, W.-B. Cai, D.C. Bell, K. Chan, J.K. Nørskov, Y. Cui, H. Wang*, Chem, 2017, 3, 950-960.
(ESI Highly Cited Paper, Featured as the Front Cover, highlighted by social media including ScienceDaily, PhysOrg, New Energy and Fuel, ChemEurope etc.)

8. Li Electrochemical Tuning of Metal Oxide for Highly Selective CO2 Reduction
K. Jiang, H. Wang, W.B. Cai, H. Wang*, ACS Nano, 2017, 11, 6451-6458.

9. Formic Acid Oxidation at Palladium Electrode in Acidic Media Containing Chloride Anions: An in situ ATR-SEIRAS Investigation
K. Jiang#, J.Y. Wang#, T.T. Zhao, W.B. Cai*, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2017, 800, 77-81.
(Invited contribution, Dedicated to Prof. Masatoshi Osawa)

10. Surfactant-Free Synthesis of Carbon-Supported Palladium Nanoparticles and Size-Dependent Hydrogen Production from Formic Acid-Formate Solution
S. Zhang, B. Jiang, K. Jiang*, W.B. Cai*, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9, 24678-24687.

11. Facile Aqueous Phase Synthesis of Carbon Supported B-doped Pt3Ni Nanocatalyst for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Y. Dong, Y.W. Zhou, M.Z. Wang, S.L. Zheng, K. Jiang*, W.B. Cai*, Electrochimica Acta, 2017, 246, 242-250.

12. Small Addition of Boron in Palladium Catalyst, Big Improvement in Fuel Cell's Performance: What May Interfacial Spectro-electrochemistry Tell?
K. Jiang, J.F. Chang, H. Wang, S. Brimaud, W. Xing, R.J. Behm, W.B. Cai*, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016, 8, 7133-7138.

13. Bio-Inspired Leaf-Mimicking Nanosheet/Nanotube Heterostructure as a Highly Efficient Oxygen Evolution Catalyst
Y. Wang#, K. Jiang#, H. Zhang, T. Zhou, J. Wang, W. Wei, Z. Yang, X. Sun, W. B. Cai*, G. Zheng*, Advanced Science, 2015, 2, 1500003.
(Featured as the Front Cover, highlighted by Wiley-MaterialViews)

14. Carbon Supported Pd-Pt-Cu Nanocatalysts for Formic Acid Electrooxidation: Synthetic Screening and Componential Functions
K. Jiang, W. B. Cai*, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2014, 147, 185-192.

15. B-Doped Pd Catalyst: Boosting Room-Temperature Hydrogen Production from Formic Acid−Formate Solutions
K. Jiang, K. Xu, S. Zou, W. B. Cai*, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136, 4861-4864.
(ESI Highly Cited Paper, Highlighted by 2011-iChem News)

Physical Chemistry （2022 -）Spring Semester
Fundamentals and Applications of Electrochemistry （2020 -）Fall Semester

Chinese Patent
1. "A preparation method for amino-functionalized Pd/TiO2 photocatalyst", ZL201410620874.7

U.S. Patent
1. “Metal-Doped Catalyst, Methods for Its Production and Uses Thereof”，U.S. 62/486,148
2. “Tuning of Transition-Metal Single Atom Coordination for Selective Oxygen Reduction towards Hydrogen Peroxide”，U.S. 62/779,590

Early Career Advisory Board of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Frontiers in Energy, Journal of Electrochemistry, Chinese Chemical Letters

Member of Chinese Chemical Society、American Chemical Society、Electrochemical Society、International Society of Electrochemistry

Active Reviewer for:
Nature Catalysis, Advanced Materials, ACS Catalysis, ACS Energy Letters, Chemical Engineering Journal, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Journal of Power Sources, ChemSusChem, Journal of Electrochemical Society etc.

Invited Lectures
1. K. Jiang, 2021 International Symposium on Electrocatalysis and Electrosynthesis, Fuzhou, 2021.04
2. K. Jiang, CIESC 6th National meeting on New Energy and Engineering Materials, Xi'an, 2021.04
3. K. Jiang, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Ningbo, 2020.12
4. K. Jiang, The 3rd National Meeting on Energy and Environmental Catalysis, Fuzhou, 2020.11
5. K. Jiang, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, 2020.11
6. K. Jiang, Interdisciplinary Frontiers Seminar on Advanced Materials, Soochow University, 2020.10
7. K. Jiang, 108th Academic Salon of Powder Metallurgy Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha, 2020.07
8. K. Jiang, Electroanalytical Chemistry Lecture, Changchun, 2019.11
9. K. Jiang, The 19th National Congress on Catalysis of China, Chongqing, 2019.10
10. K. Jiang, The 20th National Electrochemistry Meeting, Changsha, 2019.10

Oral Presentation at International Conferences
1. K. Jiang, A.T. Bell, 2019 Fall ACS National Meeting, San Diego, 2019.08
2. K. Jiang, A.T. Bell, 235th ECS Meeting, Dallas, 2019.05
3. K. Jiang, H. Wang, 256th ACS National Meeting, Boston, 2018.08
4. K. Jiang, R. Sandberg, K. Chan, H. Wang, 233rd ECS Meeting, Seattle, 2018.05
5. K. Jiang, H. Wang, 254th ACS National Meeting, Washington DC, 2017.08
6. K. Jiang, S. Brimaud, W. B. Cai, R. J. Behm, 66th ISE Meeting, Taipei, 2015.10
7. K. Jiang, W. B. Cai, 224th ECS Meeting, San Francisco, 2013.11
8. K. Jiang, H. Lang, W. B. Cai, IRTG Annual Conference, Shanghai, 2013.06
9. K. Jiang, W. B. Cai, IRTG Annual Conference, Berlin, 2012.07

2022 Excellence in Tenure-Track Assessment, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2022 SJTU-LiXin Cup College Student Science Contest on Energy Saving & Emission Reduction, First Prize (Supervisor)
2019 Shanghai Natural Science Award, Second Class
2019 South Texas Section -- AIChE's 2018 Best Fundamental Paper Award
2019 Berkeley Postdoctoral Association Professional Development Award
2017 Outstanding Reviewer for International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2016 Shanghai Municipal Outstanding Graduate Award
2015 Baden-Württemberg Fellowship
2014 Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award
2012 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - IRTG Fellowship