Wenlei Zhu
Professor, Jiangsu Distinguished Professor, Ph.D. Advisor
Corresponding Address: B224, School of the Environment, Nanjing University (Xianlin Campus)
163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, P. R. China
Email: [email protected]
◢ Education
2006-2010 B.S. (Chemistry), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
2010-2015 Ph.D. (Chemistry), Department of Chemistry, Brown University
◢ Working Experience
2015-2017: Postdoctoral researcher, Washington University in St. Louis
2017-2018: Postdoctoral researcher, Columbia University & University of Delaware
2018-2021: Research Professor, Washington State University
2021-Current: Professor, Nanjing University
◢ Research fields
Photochemical/Electrochemical CO2 Conversion
Surface Chemistry
Carbon Neutrality and Smart Energy
◢ Academic Service
Associate Editor for《Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology》
◢ Teaching
《Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for Environment》
《Carbon Neutrality and Renewable Energy》
◢ Research Project
National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, PI
◢ Selected Publications
1. Du, H. ⴕ; Liu, L. ; Li, P. ; Min, Q. *; Guo, S.*; Zhu, W.*, Enriching Reaction Intermediates in Multishell Structured Copper Catalysts for Boosted Propanol Electrosynthesis from Carbon Monoxide. ACS Nano 2023, Accepted
2. Du, H. ⴕ; Fu, J. ⴕ ; Liu, L. ;…; Gu, C. *; Lin, Y.*; Hu, J.*;Zhu, W.*, Recent progress in electrochemical reduction of carbon monoxide toward multi-carbon products. Mater. Today 2022, (59), 182
3. Li, K.; Cai, Y.; Yang, X.; Wang, S.; Teng, C.; Tian, Y.; Min, Q.; Zhu, W. *, H2S Involved Photocatalytic System: A Novel Syngas Production Strategy by Boosting the Photoreduction of CO2 While Recovering Hydrogen from the Environmental Toxicant. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 2113002.
4. Zhu, H.; Jin, R.; Chang, Y.; Zhu, J.; Jiang, D.; Lin, Y. *; Zhu, W.*, Understanding the Synergistic Oxidation in Dichalcogenides through Electrochemiluminescence Blinking at Millisecond Resolution, Adv. Mater. 2021 33 (48), 2105039
5. Cai, Y. ⴕ; Fu, J. ⴕ; Zhou, Y. ⴕ; Chang, Y.-C.; Min, Q.; Zhu, J.-J.; Lin, Y.*; Zhu, W.*, Insights on forming N,O-coordinated Cu single-atom catalysts for electrochemical reduction CO2 to methane. Nature Communications 2021, 12 (1), 586.
6. Li, D.ⴕ; Park, E. J. ⴕ; Zhu, W. ⴕ; Shi, Q.; Zhou, Y.; Tian, H.; Lin, Y.*; Serov, A.; Zulevi, B.; Baca, E. D.; Fujimoto, C.; Chung, H. T.; Kim, Y. S.*, Highly quaternized polystyrene ionomers for high performance anion exchange membrane water electrolysers. Nature Energy 2020, 5 (5), 378-385.
7. Zhu, W. ⴕ; Kattel, S. ⴕ; Jiao, F.*; Chen, J. G.*, Shape-Controlled CO2 Electrochemical Reduction on Nanosized Pd Hydride Cubes and Octahedra. Advanced Energy Materials 2019, 9 (9), 1802840.
8. Zhu, W.; Zhang, Y.-J.; Zhang, H.; Lv, H.; Li, Q.; Michalsky, R.; Peterson, A. A.*; Sun, S.*, Active and Selective Conversion of CO2 to CO on Ultrathin Au Nanowires. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2014, 136 (46), 16132-16135.
9. Zhu, W.; Michalsky, R.; Metin, Ö.; Lv, H.; Guo, S.; Wright, C. J.; Sun, X.; Peterson, A. A*.; Sun, S.*, Monodisperse Au Nanoparticles for Selective Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to CO. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2013, 135 (45), 16833-16836.
◢ Publications
H-index = 35; Total citations > 5000 times
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ORCID: //orcid.org/0000-0001-6110-993X
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◢ Group Page
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