Mu Rentao
School
School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
Professional Title
Associate professor
Discipline
Physical Chemistry, Surface and Interfacial Catalysis
Contact Information
022-27404472
murt@tju.edu.cn
Tianjin University, 135 Yaguan Road, Tianjin 300350, China
Brief Introduction
Rentao Mu received his BS (Chemistry, 2006) from Shandong Normal University and PhD (Physical Chemistry, 2012) from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS. Dr. Mu's research interest in the molecular-level understanding of correlation between the structure and catalytic performance in heterogeneous catalysis, by employing surface science techniques and in-situ characterizations
Education Background
- PhD| Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS| Physical Chemistry| 2019
Research Interests
- Surface Chemistry
- Heterogeneous Catalysis
Positions & Employments
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2016.3-2019.12
School of Chemical Engineering and Technology | Tianjin University | Associate Professor -
2012.11-2015.12
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA | Postdoc
Academic Achievements
- Papers
- [1] [10] Rentao Mu, Xiaoguang Guo, Qiang Fu* and Xinhe Bao,* Oscillation of Surface Structure and Reactivity of PtNi Bimetallic Catalysts with Redox Treatments at Variable Temperatures, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011, 115, 20590-20595
- [2] [9] Rentao Mu, Qiang Fu,* Hong Xu, Hui Zhang, Yuying Huang, Zhen Jiang, Shuo Zhang, Dali Tan and Xinhe Bao,* Synergetic Effect of Surface and Subsurface Ni Species at Pt-Ni Bimetallic Catalysts for CO Oxidation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 1978-1986
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- [3] [8] Li Jin, Qiang Fu, Hui Zhang, Rentao Mu, Yanhong Zhang, Dali Tan and Xinhe Bao, Tailoring the Growth of Graphene on Ru(0001) via Engineering of the Substrate Surface, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116, 2988-2993
- [4] [7] Rentao Mu, Qiang Fu,* Li Jin, Liang Yu, Guangzong Fang, Dali Tan and Xinhe Bao,* Visualizing Chemical Reactions Confined Under Graphene, Angew. Chem. Int. Edit., 2012, 51, 4856-4859
- [5] [6] Danda P Acharya, Yeohoon Yoon, Zhenjun Li, Zhenrong Zhang, Xiao Lin, Rentao Mu, Long Chen, Bruce D Kay, Roger Rousseau,* and Zdenek Dohnalek,* Site-Specific Imaging of Elemental Steps in Dehydration of Diols on TiO2(110), ACS Nano, 2013, 11, 10414-10423
- [6] [5] Yunxi Yao, Qiang Fu,* YY Zhang, Xuefei Weng, Huan Li, Mingshu Chen, Li Jin, Aiyi Dong, Rentao Mu, Peng Jiang, Li Liu, Hendrik Bluhm, Zhi Liu, SB Zhang, and Xinhe Bao, Graphene cover-promoted metal-catalyzed reactions, PNAS, 2014, 48, 17023-17028
- [7] [4] Rentao Mu,# David C. Cantu,# Xiao Lin, Vassiliki-Alexandra Glezakou, Zhitao Wang, Igor Lyubinetsky, Roger Rousseau,* and Zdenek Dohnalek,* Dimerization Induced Deprotonation of Water on RuO2(110), J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2014, 5, 3445-3550
- [8] [3] Rentao Mu,# David C. Cantu,# Vassiliki-Alexandra Glezakou, Igor Lyubinetsky, Roger Rousseau,* and Zdenek Dohnalek,* Deprotonated Water Dimers: The Building Blocks of Segmented Water Chains on Rutile RuO2(110), (Cover Story) J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119, 23552-23558
- [9] [2] Rentao Mu, Zhi-jian Zhao, Zdenek Dohnálek, Jinlong Gong,* Structural motifs of water on metal oxide surfaces, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2017, 46, 1785-1806
- [10] [1] Rentao Mu, Arjun Dahal, Zhi-Tao Wang, Zdenek Dohnalek, Greg A Kimmel, Nikolay G Petrik,* Igor Lyubinetsky,* Adsorption and Photodesorption of CO from Charged Point Defects on TiO2(110), J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8, 4565-4572