Pro. YinLong Zhu
Tel：
Email:zhuyl1989@nuaa.edu.cn
Address: A9#, No.29 Yudao Street, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 210016, Nanjing, China
Personal introduction：
Dr. Yinlong Zhu, Professor, PhD supervisor, national high-level young talent (National Natural Science Foundation of China for OutstandingYouth Fund (overseas)), Jiangsu Province distinguished professor, Australian Foundation Commission Outstanding Youth Fund winner (DECRA). Ph.D. in Materials Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology (Supervisor: Prof. Zongping Shao and Prof. Wei Zhou); Postdoctoral fellow at Monash University, Australia and researcher in the DECRA project (co-supervisor: Scholar Wang Huan). He has been engaged in the research of clean energy catalytic materials and devices for a long time, and has published more than 70 SCI papers, with a total of more than 5500 citations (Google Scholar, 2022/10), an h-index index of 38, and 12 highly cited ESI papers (9 are the first author). As the first author or corresponding author, he has published 40 papers in internationally renowned journals, including: Nat. Commun. 3 by Adv. Mater. 2 by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2, Energy Environ. Sci. 2, Matter 1, Nano Lett. 1, Adv. Energy Mater. 2 articles, Adv. Funct. Mater. 3 by Chem. Mater. 3 papers, including 7 cover papers and 7 highlights/hot papers. 4 national invention patents have been authorized, one of which has been transferred. As the project leader, he has presided over many scientific research projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, and the National Foundation of Australia. He has won the International Association for Advanced Materials Young Scientist Award (2021), selected into the list of Global Scholar Academic Impact (2022), selected into the list of Top 2% Global Scientists (2020), Early Career Researcher Award / Outstanding Youth Fund of the Australian Foundation Council (2019), Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Jiangsu Province (2018), Top Ten Annual People of College Students in Jiangsu Province (2017, Scientific Research and Innovation Representative), etc. He serves on the youth editorial boards of Energy & Environmental Materials, Materials Research Letters, The Innovation, SmartMat, Exploration, Materials, General Chemistry, and Frontiers in Energy Visiting Editor of Research and Catalysts, Review Editor of Frontiers in Chemistry, and ARC Project Reviewer.
Education experience：
2012.09-2017.06, Ph.D., College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, China
(Supervisor: Prof. Zongping Shao)
2008.09-2012.06, B.S., College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, China
Working experience：
2022.01-Up to now，Professor, Institute for Frontier Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
2019.01-2021.12, ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Australia
2017.11-2018.12, Research Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Australia (Supervisor: Prof. Huanting Wang)
Research interests：
ØPerovskite-based materials for key energy-related electrocatalysis (e.g., ORR/OER/HER/NRR)
ØCathode materials for low/intermediate solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs)
ØHydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production by eletro(photo)catalysis
ØClean energy storage and conversion techniques including solid oxide fuel cells, Zn-air battery and water splitting
ØOther functional materials (e.g., single atoms, Complex oxides, MOFs) for energy and environmental applications
Funding projects：
ØY. Zhu, “Perovskite-based electrocatalysts for water electrolysis”, Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award ($ 404,000, 01/01/2019/-30/12/2021)
ØY. Zhu, “Integrated composite electrodes for electrochemical synthesis of ammonia”, Australian Research Council Discovery Project ($ 450,000, 01/01/2020/-30/12/2022)
ØX. Zhang, H. Wang, Y. Zhu, Arash Zamyadi, Stephen Wee “Sustainable hydrogen production from used water”, Australian Research Council Linkage Project ($ 541,000, 30/06/2021/-3006/2024)
Representative research: (# co-first author; * corresponding author)
1. Y. Zhu, H. A. Tahini, Z. Hu, J. Dai, Y. Chen, H. Sun, W. Zhou*, M. Liu, S. C. Smith, H. Wang, Z. Shao*, Unusual synergistic effect in layered Ruddlesden-Popper oxide enables ultrafast hydrogen evolution, Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 149. (IF= 14.919) (ESI highly cited paper)
2. J. Dai#, Y. Zhu#*, H. A. Tahini, Q. Lin, Y. Chen, D. Guan, C. Zhou, Z. Hu, H. Lin, T. Chan, C. Chen, S. C. Smith, H. Wang, W. Zhou, Z. Shao*, Single-phase perovskite oxide with super-exchange induced atomic scale synergistic active centers enables ultrafast hydrogen evolution, Nat.
Commun. 2020, 11, 5657 (IF= 14.919)
3. J. Dai#, Y. Zhu#*, Y. Chen, X. Wen, M. Long, X. Wu, Z. Hu, D. Guan, X. Wang, C. Zhou, Q. Lin, Y. Sun, S.-C. Weng, H. Wang, W. Zhou, Z. Shao*, Hydrogen spillover in complex oxide multifunctional sites improves acidic hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis, Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 1389. (IF= 14.919)
4. Y. Zhu, H. A. Tahini, Z. Hu, Z. -G. Chen, W. Zhou*, A. C. Komarek, Q. Lin, H. -J. Lin, C. -T. Chen, Y. Zhong, M. T. Fernández-Díaz , S. C. Smith, H. Wang, M. Liu, Z. Shao*, Boosting oxygen evolution reaction by creating both metal ion and lattice-oxygen active sites in a complex oxide, Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 1905025. (IF= 30.849) (Front cover paper)
5. Y. Zhu, W. Zhou, Y. Chen, J. Yu, M. Liu*, Z. Shao*, A high-performance electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction: LiCo0.8Fe0.2O2, Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 7150-7155. (IF= 30.849)
6. Y. Zhu, W. Zhou, Z. Chen, Y. Chen, C. Su, M. O.Tade, Z. Shao*, SrNb0.1Co0.7Fe0.2O3-δ perovskite as a next-generation electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution in alkaline solution, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 3897-3901. (IF= 15.336) (ESI highly cited paper)
7. Y. Zhu, W. Zhou*, Y. Chen, Z. Shao*, An Aurivillius oxide based cathode with excellent CO2 tolerance for intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 8988-8993. (IF= 15.336) (Highlight paper)
8. Y. Zhu*, Q. Lin, Y. Zhong, H. A. Tahini, Z. Shao, H. Wang*, Metal oxide-based materials as an emerging family of hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts, Energy Environ. Sci. 2020, 13, 3361-3392. (IF= 38.532) (ESI highly cited paper)
9. F. Zhang#, Y. Zhu#*, Q. Lin, L. Zhang, X. Zhang, H. Wang*, Noble-metal single-atoms in thermocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and photocatalysis, Energy Environ. Sci. 2021, 14, 2954-3009.
(IF= 38.532) (ESI highly cited paper & Hot paper)
10. Y. Wang#, Y. Zhu#, S. Zhao#, S. She, F. Zhang, Y. Chen, T. Williams, T. Gengenbach, L. Zu, H. Mao, W. Zhou, Z. Shao, H. Wang, J. Tang*, D. Zhao*, C. Selomulya*, Anion etching for accessing rapid and deep self-reconstruction of precatalysts for water oxidation, Matter 2020, 3, 2124-2137. (IF= 15.589) (ESI hot paper)
11. Y. Zhu, W. Zhou*, R. Ran, Y. Chen, Z. Shao, M. Liu*, Promotion of oxygen reduction by exsolved silver nanoparticles on a perovskite scaffold for low-temperature solid oxide fuel cells, Nano Lett. 2016, 16, 512-518. (IF= 11.189)
12. Y. Zhu, W. Zhou, Y. Zhong, Y. Bu, X. Chen, Q. Zhong, M. Liu*, Z. Shao*, A perovskite nanorod as bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting, Adv. Energy Mater. 2017, 7, 1602122. (IF= 29.368) (ESI highly cited paper & Research Fronts)
13. S. She#, Y. Zhu#, Y. Chen, Q. Lu, W. Zhou*, Z. Shao*, Realizing ultrafast oxygen evolution by introducing proton acceptor into perovskites, Adv. Energy Mater. 2019, 9, 1900429. (IF= 29.368) (cover paper)
14. Y. Zhu, W. Zhou*, J. Sunarso, Y. Zhong, Z. Shao*, Phosphorus-doped perovskite oxide as highly efficient water oxidation electrocatalyst in alkaline solution, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2016, 26, 5862-5872. (IF= 18.808)
15. S. She#, Y. Zhu#*, X. Wu, Z. Hu, A. Shelke, W. F. Pong, Y. Chen, Y. Song, M. Liang, C. T. Chen, H. Wang, W. Zhou, Z. Shao*, Realizing high and stable electrocatalytic oxygen evolution for iron-based perovskites by co-doping-induced structural and electronic modulation, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, DOI: 10.1002/ adfm.202111091 (IF= 18.808)
16. F. Zhang#, Y. Zhu#*, C. Tang#, Y. Chen, B. Qian, Z. Hu, Y.-C. Chang, C.-W. Pao, Q. Lin, S. A. Kazemi, Y. Wang*, L. Zhang, X. Zhang, H. Wang*, High-efficiency electrosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide from oxygen reduction enabled by a tungsten single atom catalyst with unique terdentate N1O2 coordination, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, DOI: 10.1002/ adfm.202110224. (IF= 18.808)
17. Y. Zhu*, H. A. Tahini, J. Zhou, Y. Chen, Q. Lin, Z. Hu, R. Fan, S. She, H. -J. Lin, C. -T. Chen, C. Smith, Z. Shao, H. Wang*, A tailored brownmillerite oxide catalyst with multiple electronic functionalities enables ultrafast water oxidation, Chem. Mater. 2021, 33, 5233-5241. (IF= 9.811) (Cover paper)
18. Y. Zhu, W. Zhou*, J. Yu, Y. Chen, M. Liu*, Z. Shao, Enhancing electrocatalytic activity of perovskite oxides by tuning cation deficiency for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions, Chem. Mater. 2016, 28, 1691-1697. (IF= 9.811) (ESI highly cited paper)
19. Y. Zhu, W. Zhou*, Y. Chen, J. Yu, X. Xu, C. Su, M. O.Tade, Z. Shao*, Boosting oxygen reduction reaction activity of palladium by stabilizing its unusual oxidation states in perovskite, Chem. Mater. 2015, 27, 3048-3054. (IF= 9.811)
20. Y. Zhu#*, Q. Lin#, Z. Wang, D. Qi, Y. Yin, Y. Liu, X. Zhang, Z. Shao, H. Wang*, Chlorine-anion doping induced multi-factor optimization in perovskites for boosting intrinsic oxygen evolution, J. Energy Chem. 2021, 52, 115-120. (IF=9.676) (ESI highly cited paper)
