钱逸泰院士，江苏无锡人。1962年毕业于山东大学化学系；1982-1985, 1989-1990年在美国布朗大学访问，1992-1993年在美国普渡大学访问；中国化学会顾问，中国科学技术大学化学与材料科学学院、山东大学化学与化工学院教授，1997年当选为中国科学院院士；曾获2001年度国家自然科学二等奖、2002年安徽省重大科技成就奖、2011年高等学校科学研究优秀成果一等奖等多项奖励。2000年6月至2006年6月为中国化学会理事会副理事长。2008年6月至今为中国化学会顾问。2008年当选英国皇家化学会(RSC)会士(Fellow)。2015年获何梁何利基金科学与进步奖。

目前研究方向为：固体材料合成和电学性能研究。 将溶剂热合成技术发展成一种重要的固体合成方法，大大降低了非氧化物纳米晶材料的合成温度；将γ射线辐照法，发展为制备纳米材料的新方法；发展了复合溶剂热方法，可控生长纳米结构。近年来从事锂离子电池电极材料的化学制备，发展了纳米硅等电极材料的简单合成技术，并被Nature Materials作为亮点研究报道。他创建和领导的团队在国际无机材料化学领域中有重要影响。

2021 Guangyao Ma, Yingying Wang, Jinmei Song, Kepeng Song, Nana Wang, Jian Yang,* Yitai Qian, "Understanding Electrolyte Salt Chemistry for Advanced Potassium Storage Performances of Transitional Metal Sulfides"，Carbon Energy, 2021, accepted. Dan Lv, Dongdong Wang,* Nana Wang, Hongxia Liu,* Shaojie Zhang, Yansong Zhu, Kepeng Song, Jian Yang*, Yitai Qian, "Nitrogen and Fluorine Co-doped TiO2/Carbon Microspheres for Advanced Anodes in Sodium-ion Batteries: High Volumeric Capacity, Superior Power Density and Large Areal Capacity", J. Energy Chem., 2021, 68, 104-112. Kaiyuan Zhang, Wenzheng Du, Zhao Qian, Liangdong Lin, Xin Gu,* Jian Yang,* Yitai Qian, "SiOx Embedded in N-doped Carbon Nanoslices: A Scalable Synthesis of High-Performance Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries", Carbon, 2021, 178,202-210. Jun Pan, Nana Wang, Lili Li, Feng Zhang, Zhenjie Cheng, Yanlu Li, Jian Yang,* Yitai Qian, "Improved Na storage and Coulombic efficiency in TiP2O7@C microflowers for sodium ion batteries", Nano Res., 2021, 14, 139-147. ChenjingHu, Yansong Zhu, Guangyao Ma, Fang Tian, Yanli Zhou,* Jian Yang,* Yitai Qian,"Sandwich-structure dual carbon modified bismuth nanosphere composites as long-cycle and high-rate anode materials for sodium-ion batteries", Electrochim. Acta, 2021, 365, 137379. 2020 Liangdong Lin, Jianxu Wang, Rui Li, Chunming Wang, Chenghui Zhang, Jian Yang,* Yitai Qian, "Synergistic Effect of Interface Layer and Mechanical Pressure for Advanced Li Metal Anodes", Energy Storage Mater., 2020, 26, 112-118. Kaiyuan Zhang, Hongzhi Mao, Xin Gu*, Chunhua Song, Jian Yang,* Yitai Qian, "ZIF-derived Cobalt-Containing N-doped Carbon Coated SiOx Nanoparticles for Superior Lithium Storage", ACS Appl. Mater. Interface, 2020, 12, 7206-7211. Xiaoyu Luan, Chenggang Wang, Chunsheng Wang, Xin Gu*, Jian Yang,* Yitai Qian, "Stable lithium deposition enabled by acid-treated g-C3N4 interface layer for lithium metal anode", ACS Appl. Mater. Interface, 2020, 12, 11265-11272. Guangyao Ma, Xiao Xu, Zhenyu Feng, Chenjing Hu, Yansong Zhu, Xianfeng Yang, Jian Yang,* Yitai Qian, "Carbon-Coated Mesoporous Co9S8 Nanoparticles on Reduced Graphene Oxide as a Long-life and High-rate Anode Material for Potassium-Ion Batteries", Nano Res., 2020, 13, 802-809. Rui Li, Jianxu Wang, Liangdong Lin, Hao Wang, Chunming Wang, Chenghui Zhang, Chunhua Song, Fang Tian, Jian Yang,* Yitai Qian, "Pressure-Tuned and Surface-Oxidized Copper Foams for Dendrite-free Li Metal Anodes", Mater. Today Energy, 2020, 15, 100367. Feng Zhang, Chenggang Wang, Jun Pan, Fang Tian, Suyuan Zeng,* Jian Yang,* Yitai Qian, "Polypyrrole-controlled plating/stripping for advanced zinc metal anodes", Mater. Today Energy, 2020, 17, 100443. 2019 Yunjie Li, Xiucai Sun, Zhenjie Cheng, Xiao Xu, Jun Pan, Xianfeng Yang, Fang Tian, Yanlu Li*, Jian Yang *, Yitai Qian, "Mesoporous Cu2-xSe nanocrystals as an ultrahigh-rate and long-lifespan anode material for sodium-ion batteries", Energy Storage Mater., 2019, 22, 275-283. Jun Pan, Yuchen Zhang, Lili Li, Zhenjie Cheng, Yanlu Li, Xianfeng Yang, Jian Yang*, Yitai Qian, "Polyanions Enhance Conversion Reactions for Lithium/Sodium-Ion Batteries: The Case of SbVO4 Nanoparticles on Reduced Graphene Oxide", Small Methods, 2019, 3, 1900231. Feng Liang, Liangdong Lin, Zhenyu Feng, Chenxiao Chu, Jun Pan, Jian Yang,* and Yitai Qian, "Spatial separation of lithiophilic surface and superior conductivity for advanced Li metal anode: the case of acetylene black and N-doped carbon spheres", J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 8765-8770. Xuena Xu, Feier Niu, Chunsheng Wang, Yunjie Li,Chenglong Zhao, Jian Yang,* Yitai Qian*, "Li3VO4 nanoparticles in N-doped carbon with porous structure as an advanced anode material for lithium-ion batteries", Chem. Eng. J., 2019, 270, 606-613. 2018 Jun Pan,+ Shulin Chen,+ Qiang Fu, Yuanwei Sun, Yuchen Zhang, Na Lin, Peng Gao,* Jian Yang,* Yitai Qian, " Layered-Structured SbPO4/reduced Graphene Oxide: An Advanced Anode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries," ACS Nano, 2018, 12, 12869-12878. Liangdong Lin, Feng Liang, Kaiyuan Zhang, Hongzhi Mao, Jian Yang,* Yitai Qian, "Lithium Phosphide/lithium chloride coating on lithium for advanced lithium metal anode", J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 15859-15867. Xuena Xu, Feier Niu, Dapeng Zhang, Chenxiao Chu, Chunsheng Wang, Jian Yang,* Yitai Qian,* "Hierarchically Porous Li3VO4/C Nanocomposite as an Advanced Anode Material for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Capacitor", J. Power Sources, 2018, 384, 240-248. Dapeng Zhang, Zengxu Yang, Junshu Zhang, Hongzhi Mao, Jian Yang,* Yitai Qian, "Truncated cobalt hexacyanoferrate nanocubes threaded by carbon nanotubes as a high-capacity and high-rate cathode material for dual-ion rechargeable aqueous batteries", J. Power Sources, 2018, 399, 1-7. Yaqiong Long, Jing Yang, Xin Gao, Xuena Xu, Weiliu Fan, Jian Yang,* Shifeng Hou, Yitai Qian, "Solid-Solution Anion-Enhanced Electrochemical Performances of Metal Sulfides/Selenides for Sodium-Ion Capacitors: The Case of FeS2-xSex", ACS Appl. Mater. Interface, 2018, 10, 10945-10954. Guangyao Ma, Chengjun Li, Fan Liu, Muhammad K. Majeed, Zhenyu Feng, Yanhua Cui, Jian Yang,* Yitai Qian*, "Metal-organic framework-derived Co0.85Se nanoparticles in N-doped carbon as a high-rate and long-lifespan anode material for potassium ion batteries", Mater. Today Energy, 2018, 10, 241-248.