Bin Zhang (中文名：张兵） received his PhD degree from University of Science and Technology of China in 2007. He carried out postdoctoral research in University of Pennsylvania (2007.7-2008.7) and worked as an Alexander von Humboldt fellow in Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (2008.8-2009.7). Currently, he is a professor in the chemistry department at Tianjin University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin). He mainly focuses on the development of porous and ultrathin nanomaterials for catalytic applications, such as electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, and photoelectrocatalysis. 

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Selected Peer-reviewed Papers (*corresponding author)

• Author Profile in Angewandte Chemie  (2019)
  

• Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) (2019)
  

• National "10000 People Plan"-Young Talents of China (2018)

• Top 1% Highly Cited Authors in the Field of Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry (2018)

• Top 1% Highly Cited Authors in the Field of Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry (2017)

• Top 5% of reviewers for Angewandte Chemie (2017)

• Changjiang Young Scholar, Ministry of Education, China (2016)

• The 1st Emerging Investigators for Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers (2015)

• The Tianjin Top Youth Talents (2014)

• National Excellent Youth Science Foundation of China (2014)

• Young Talents Award of Chinese Chemical Society (2012)

• New Century Excellent Talents in University of Ministry of Education, China (2012)

• National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Nomination, China (2009)

• Excellent Doctoral Dissertations of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (2008)

• First Prize of Natural Science of Anhui Province, China (2007, the 3th awardee)

• Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany (2007)

Selected Peer-reviewed Papers (*corresponding author)

1. Yifu Yu, Yanmei Shi, Bin Zhang*, Synergetic Transformation of Solid Inorganic-Organic Hybrids into Advanced Nanomaterials for Catalytic Water Splitting, Acc. Chem. Res., 2018, 51, 1711–1721. (Review--Personal Account) (Nanoer News)

2. Yanmei Shi, Bin Zhang*, Recent Advances in Transition Metal Phosphide Nanomaterials: Synthesis and Applications in Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2016, 45, 1529–1541. (Tutorial Review) (Back cover) (X-MOL News)

3. You Xu, Bin Zhang*, Recent advances in Porous Pt-based Nanostructures: Synthesis and Electrochemical Applications, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 2439–2450. (Tutorial Review) 

4. Yanmei Shi, Mengyang Li, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Recent Advances in Nanostructured Transition Metal Phosphides: Synthesis and Energy-Related Applications, Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, DOI:10.1039/D0EE02577A. (Review) (X-Mol News) (TJU News)

5. Shanshan Lu, Yanmei Shi, Nannan Meng, Siyu Lu, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Electrosynthesis of Syngas via the Co-Reduction of CO2 and H2O, Cell Rep. Phys. Sci., 2020, 1(11),100237. (Review) (X-Mol News)

6. Bohang Zhao, Mengyao Sun, Fanpeng Chen, Yanmei Shi, Yifu Yu, Xingang Li, Bin Zhang*, Unveiling the Activity Origin of Iron Nitride Catalyst for Efficient Hydrogenation of CO2 to C2+ Hydrocarbons, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202015017.
   

7. Yanmei Shi, Wei Du, Wei Zhou, Changhong Wang, Siyu Lu, Shanshan Lu, Bin Zhang*, Unveiling the Promotion of Surface-Adsorbed Chalcogenate on the Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution Reaction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011097. (VIP)  (Rationalscience News)

8. Shuhe Han, Changhong Wang, Yuting Wang, Yifu Yu*, Bin Zhang*, Electrosynthesis of Nitrate via the Oxidation of Nitrogen on Tensile Strained Palladium Porous Nanosheets, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202014017. (VIP) (X-Mol News)

9. Yongmeng Wu, Cuibo Liu, Changhong Wang, Siyu Lu, Bin Zhang*, Selective Transfer Semihydrogenation of Alkynes with H2O (D2O) as the H (D) Source over a Pd-P Cathode, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 21170-21175. (X-Mol News)

10. Cuibo Liu, Shuyan Han, Mengyang Li, Xiaodan Chong, Bin Zhang*, Electrocatalytic Deuteration of Halides with D2O as the Deuterium Source over a Copper Nanowire Arrays Cathode, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 18527–18531. (VIP) (WileyChem News) (X-Mol News)

11. Yige Zhao, Cuibo Liu, Changhong Wang, Xiaodan Chong, Bin Zhang*, Sulfur Vacancies Promoted Highly Selective Electrosynthesis of Functionalized Aminoarenes via Transfer Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes with H2O over a Co3S4-x Nanosheet Cathode, CCS Chem., 2020, 2, 507–515. (Rationalscience News) (CCS Chem News)
    

12. Xiaodan Chong, Cuibo Liu, Yi Huang, Chenqi Huang, Bin Zhang*, Potential-Tuned Selective Electrosynthesis of Azoxy-, Azo- and Amino-Aromatics over a CoP Nanosheet Cathode, Natl. Sci. Rev., 2020, 7, 285–295. (Nanoer News) (EurekAlert! Science News) (Rationalscience News)

13. Yi Huang, Cuibo Liu, Mengyang Li, Huizhi Li, Yongwang Li, Ren Su*, Bin Zhang*, Photoimmobilized Ni Clusters Boost Photodehydrogenative Coupling of Amines to Imines via Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Kinetics, ACS Catal., 2020, 10, 3904–3910. (Rationalscience News)

14. Ranran Jia, Yuting Wang, Changhong Wang, Yangfang Ling, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Boosting Selective Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonium by Constructing Oxygen Vacancies in TiO2, ACS Catal., 2020, 10, 3533–3540. (Rationalscience News)

15. Yuting Wang, Wei Zhou, Ranran Jia, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Unveiling the Activity Origin of a Copper-Based Electrocatalyst for Selective Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 5350–5354. (Rationalscience News)

16. Yanmei Shi, Yan Ji, Jun Long, Yu Liang, Yang Liu, Yifu Yu, Jianping Xiao*, Bin Zhang*, Unveiling Hydrocerussite as an Electrochemically Stable Active Phase for Efficient Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction to Formate, Nat. Commun., 2020, 11, 3415. (Highlighted by Hailiang Wang in Chem. Res. Chin. Univ.) (Rationalscience News)

17. Yu Liang, Wei Zhou, Yanmei Shi, Cuibo Liu, Bin Zhang*, Unveiling In Situ Evolved In/In2O3-x Heterostructure as the Active Phase of In2O3 toward Efficient Electroreduction of CO2 to Formate, Sci. Bull., 2020, 65,1547–1554. (Outside Front Cover) (Highlighted by Feng Jiao in Science Bulletin) (X-MOL News)

18. Lei Wang, Bohang Zhao, Changhong Wang, Mengyao Sun, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Thermally-Assisted Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2-H2O to C2H4 over Carbon Doped In2S3 Nanosheets, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 10175–10179.

19. Dali Liu, You Xu, Mengyao Sun, Yi Huang, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Photothermally Assisted Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2-H2O into Fuels over a WN-WO3 Z-Scheme Heterostructure, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 1077–1083.

20. Tingli Zhou, Changhong Wang*, Yanmei Shi*, Yu Liang, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Temperature-Regulated Reversible Transformation of Spinel-to-Oxyhydroxide Active Species for Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 1631–1635.

21. Yuting Wang, Yifu Yu*, Ranran Jia, Chao Zhang, Bin Zhang*, Electrochemical Synthesis of Nitric Acid from Air and Ammonia through Waste Utilization, Natl. Sci. Rev., 2019, 6, 730–738. (EurekAlert! Science News) (EurekAlert! 中文) (Science China Press News) (ScienceNet.cn)

22. Dali Liu, Changhong Wang, Yifu Yu, Bohang Zhao, Weichao Wang*, Yonghua Du, Bin Zhang*, Understanding the Nature of Ammonia Treatment to Synthesize Oxygen Vacancy-Enriched Transition Metal Oxides, Chem, 2019, 5, 376–389. (Rationalscience News) (X-MOL News)

23. Nannan Meng, Wei Zhou, Yifu Yu, Yang Liu, Bin Zhang*, Superficial Hydroxyl and Amino Groups Synergistically Active Polymeric Carbon Nitride for CO2 Electroreduction, ACS Catal., 2019, 9, 10983–10989. (Rationalscience News)
    

24. Nannan Meng, Cuibo Liu, Yang Liu, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Efficient Electrosynthesis of Syngas with Tunable CO/H2 Ratios over ZnxCd1-xS-Amine Inorganic-Organic Hybrids, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 18908–18912. (Very Important Paper) (X-MOL News)

25. Chenqi Huang, Yi Huang, Cuibo Liu, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Integrating Hydrogen Production with Aqueous Selective Semi-Dehydrogenation of Tetrahydroisoquinolines over a Ni2P Bifunctional Electrode, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 12014–12017. (Hot Topic)  (X-MOL News)

26. Yanmei Shi, Yu Yu, Yu Liang, Yonghua Du, Bin Zhang*, In Situ Electrochemical Conversion of an Ultrathin Tannin Nickel Iron Complex Film as an Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalyst, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 3769–3773. (Hot Topic) (Rationalscience News) (X-MOL News)

27. Jingfang Zhang, Jieyu Liu, Lifei Xi, Yifu Yu, Ning Chen, Shuhui Sun, Weichao Wang*, Kathrin M. Lange, Bin Zhang*, Single-Atom Au/NiFe Layered Double Hydroxide Electrocatalyst: Probing the Origin of Activity for Oxygen Evolution Reaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 3876–3879. (X-MOL News) (Rationalscience News)

28. Yi Huang, Xiaodan Chong, Cuibo Liu, Yu Liang, Bin Zhang*, Boosting Hydrogen Production by Anodic Oxidation of Primary Amines over a NiSe Nanorod Electrode, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 13163–13166. (Hot Topic)

29. Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Photocatalytic Deuteration of Halides Using D2O over CdSe Porous Nanosheets: a Mild and Controllable Route to Deuterated Molecules, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 5590–5592.  (Hot Topic)
    

30. Yanmei Shi, Yifu Yu, Yu Yu, Yi Huang, Bohang Zhao, Bin Zhang*, Boosting Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation Activity and Stability of Mo-doped BiVO4 through the Uniform Assembly Coating of NiFe-Phenolic Networks, ACS Energy Lett., 2018, 3, 1648–1654. (X-MOL News)

31. Nannan Meng, Jian Ren, Yang Liu, Yi Huang, Tristan Petit*, Bin Zhang*, Engineering Oxygen-containing and Amino Groups into Two-dimensional Atomically-thin Porous Polymeric Carbon Nitride for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production, Energy Environ. Sci., 2018, 11, 566–571. (X-MOL News) (ScienceDaily News)

32. Yu Yu, Yi Huang, Yifu Yu, Yanmei Shi, Bin Zhang*, Design of Continuous Built-in Band Bending in Self-supported CdS Nanorod-based Hierarchal Architecture for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production, Nano Energy, 2018, 43, 236–243. (X-MOL News)

33. Chao Zhang, Yanmei Shi, Yifu Yu*, Yonghua Du, Bin Zhang*, Engineering Sulfur Defects, Atomic Thickness, and Porous Structures into Cobalt Sulfide Nanosheets for Efficient Electrocatalytic Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution, ACS Catal., 2018, 8, 8077–8083. (X-MOL News) (Rationalscience News)

34. Yani Xin, Yi Huang, Kui Lin, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Self-template Synthesis of Double-layered Porous Nanotubes with Spatially Separated Photoredox Surfaces for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production, Sci. Bull., 2018, 63, 601–608. (Outside Front Cover) (Highlighted by National Science Review) (Highlighted by Xiong Wen (David) Lou in Science Bulletin) (EurekAlert! Science News) (Cailiaoniu News)

35. Xiling Han, Yifu Yu, Yi Huang, Dali Liu, Bin Zhang*, Photogenerated Carriers Boost Water Splitting Activity over Transition Metal/Semiconducting Metal Oxide Bifunctional Electrocatalysts, ACS  Catal., 2017, 7, 6464–6470.

36. Yi Huang, Bin Zhang*, Active Cocatalysts for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Derived from Nickel or Cobalt Amine Complexes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 14804–14806.

37. Chao Zhang, Yi Huang, Yifu Yu, Jingfang Zhang, Sifei Zhuo, Bin Zhang*, Sub-1.1 nm Ultrathin Porous CoP Nanosheet with Dominant Reactive {200} Facets: a High Mass Activity and Efficient Electrocatalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 2769–2775. (Most downloaded articles of 2017: Energy and Catalysis) (X-MOL News)

38. Fang Zhang, Yanmei Shi, Tao Xue, Jingfang Zhang, Yu Liang, Bin Zhang*, In Situ Electrochemically Converting Fe2O3-Ni(OH)2 to NiFe2O4-NiOOH: a Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst towards Water Oxidation, Sci. China Mater., 2017, 60, 324–334. (2018 Best Paper Award)

39. Jingfang Zhang, Yuchen Hu, Dali Liu, Yu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Enhancing Oxygen Evolution Reaction at High Current Densities on Amorphous-Like Ni-Fe-S Ultrathin Nanosheets via Oxygen Incorporation and Electrochemical Tuning, Adv. Sci., 2017, 4, 1600343. (Advanced Science Top 10, March-May, 2017) (MaterialsViewsChina News)

40. Kaidan Li, Jingfang Zhang, Rui Wu, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Anchoring CoO Domains on CoSe2 Nanobelts as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting in Neutral Media, Adv. Sci., 2016, 3, 1500426.  (Advanced Science Top 10, May-June, 2016) (Wily Top Cited Paper Award) (MaterialsViewsChina News)

41. Huan Wang, Sifei Zhuo, Yu Liang, Xiling Han, Bin Zhang*, General Self-template Synthesis of Transition-Metal Oxide and Chalcogenide Mesoporous Nanotubes with Enhanced Electrochemical Performances, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 9055–9059. (Hot Topics)

42. Rui Xu, Rui Wu, Yanmei Shi, Jingfang Zhang, Bin Zhang*, Ni3Se2 Nanoforest/Ni Foam as a Hydrophilic, Metallic, and Self-Supported Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for both H2 and O2 Generations, Nano Energy, 2016, 24, 103–110. (X-MOL News)

43. Sifei Zhuo, Jingfang Zhang, Yanmei Shi, Yi Huang, Bin Zhang*, Self-Template-Directed Synthesis of Porous Perovskite Nanowires at Room Temperature for High-Performance Visible-Light Photodetectors, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 5693–5696. (Hot Paper)

44. Rui Wu, Jingfang Zhang, Yanmei Shi, Dali Liu, Bin Zhang*, Metallic WO2-Carbon Mesoporous Nanowires as Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 6983–6986.

45. Weiwei Zhao, Chao Zhang, Feiyang Geng, Sifei Zhuo, Bin Zhang*, Nanoporous Hollow Transition Metal Chalcogenide Nanosheets Synthesized via the Anion-Exchange Reaction of Metal Hydroxides with ChalcogenideIons, ACS Nano, 2014, 8, 10909–10919.

46. Sifei Zhuo, You Xu, Weiwei Zhao, Jin Zhang, Bin Zhang*, Hierarchical Nanosheet-Based MoS2 Nanotubes Fabricated by a Anion-Exchange Reaction of MoO3-Amine Hybrid Nanowires, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 8602–8606.

47. You Xu, Rui Wu, Jingfang Zhang, Yanmei Shi, Bin Zhang*, Anion-Exchange Synthesis of Nanoporous FeP Nanosheets as Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 6656–6658. (The first report on nanoscale transition metal phosphides for electrocatalytic water splitting)

48. Xuan Wu, Yifu Yu, Yang Liu, You Xu, Cuibo Liu, Bin Zhang*, Synthesis of Hollow CdxZn1−xSe Nanoframes through the Selective Cation Exchange of Inorganic–Organic Hybrid ZnSe–Amine Nanoflakes with Cadmium Ions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 3211–3215.

49. Hua Zhang, Huan Wang, You Xu, Sifei Zhuo, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Conversion of Sb2Te3 Hexagonal Nanoplates into Three-Dimensional Porous Single-Crystal-Like Network-Structured Te Plates Using Oxygen and Tartaric Acid, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 1459–1463.  (Hot Paper)

50. Yifu Yu, Jin Zhang, Xuan Wu, Weiwei Zhao, Bin Zhang*, Nanoporous Single-Crystal-Like CdxZn1-xS Nanosheets Fabricated by Cation-Exchange Reaction of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid ZnS-Amine with Cadmium Ions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 897–900. (Outside Front Cover) (Hot Paper)