研究方向

  • 多孔材料化学

  • 纳米催化材料

  • 新能源与器件



个人简历

南开大学教授，博士生导师。新催化材料科学研究所所长。英国皇家化学会会士。曾担任先进能源材料化学教育部重点实验室副主任（2010-2017），中国化学会分子筛专业委员会委员（2009-2018）。兼任国际期刊《RSC  Advances》副主编，《Smart Materials and Devices》主编，《Journal of Engineering》学术编辑，以及《精细石油化工》、 《无机盐工业》、《Current Catalysis》等期刊编委，《催化学报》、《Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering》、《石油学报（石油加工）》等期刊客座编辑。

     1990年毕业于浙江师范大学化学系，1996年和1999年在南开大学分别获硕士和博士学位。1999-2001年在中科院物理研究所从事博士后研究。2001-2005年在比利时和平圣母大学研究员工作。2005年受聘为南开大学特聘教授。英国埃克塞特大学访问教授(2012)，南非大学访问教授(2014,  2015，2018)。

     围绕环境保护和能源危机中的科学问题和重要反应，开展有关沸石分子筛、介孔材料、分级孔结构、有机-无机杂化材料、低维纳米结构等多孔纳米催化材料体系的合成、性能与应用研究。已承担国家973计划项目、国家自然科学基金面上项目、天津市科委重点项目、科技部政府间国际合作项目等十余项课题，以及来自中石化、中石油等企业合作项目。至今已在Chem.  Soc. Rev., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Mater., Adv. Energy Mater., Adv. Funt. Mater., ACS Nano, ACS Catal., Appl. Catal. B, Energy Environ, Sci. 等重要期刊上发表SCI 收录论文460余篇，论文已被他人引用26500  余次，H-index为82。出版英文专著1部和专著章节5篇， 获中国发明专利授权10余项。

        1997年单篇国际论文被引次数全国个人排名第十名，1998年度天津市科技进步奖自然科学三等奖，2001年和2002年连续获比利时PAI-IUAP Research Fellow称号， 被Elsevier 出版社授予《Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and  Engineering Aspects》期刊2004-2007年间最被引用论文奖（Most Cited Paper 2004-2007  Award）；2006年入选教育部“新世纪优秀人才支持计划”，2008年度“科学前沿—中国卓越研究奖”(Thomson  Scientific卓越研究奖)，2015年度天津市自然科学奖三等奖，2016年入选英国皇家化学会会士，2021年至今连年入选爱思唯尔中国高被引学者。2024年入选ScholarGPS全球前0.05%顶尖学者近五年榜单。


代表性成果

近期代表性论文: (http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-5157-2012)

1. Y. Feng, X. Lv, H. Wang, H. Wang, F. Yan, L. Wang, H. Wang, J.T. Ren, Z.Y. Yuan*, “*H Species Regulation of Heterostructured Cu2O/NiO Nanoflowers Boosting Tandem Nitrite Reduction for High-Efficiency Ammonia Production”, Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, 35, 2425687.

2. H.Y. Wang, F. Yan, H. Wang, S. Zhai, J.T. Ren, L. Wang, M. Sun, Z.Y. Yuan*, “The combination of electronic structure and lattice strain engineering for multi-powered hydrazine-assisted seawater electrolysis system at high current densities”, Advanced Energy Materials, 2024, 14, 2402611.

3. M.L. Sun, H.Y. Wang, Y. Feng, J.T. Ren, L. Wang, Z.Y. Yuan*, “Electrodegradation of nitrogenous pollutants in sewage: from reaction fundamentals to energy valorization applications”, Chemical Society Reviews, 2024, 53, 11908-11966.

4. H.Y. Wang, S. Zhai, H. Wang, F. Yan, J.T. Ren, L. Wang, M. Sun, Z.Y. Yuan*, “Taking Advantage of Potential Coincidence Region: Insights into Gas Production Behavior in Advanced Self-Activated Hydrazine-Assisted Alkaline Seawater Electrolysis”, ACS Nano, 2024, 18, 19682-19693.

5. J.T. Ren, L. Chen, H.Y. Wang, Y. Feng, Zhong-Yong Yuan*, “Hydrogen oxidation electrocatalysts for anion-exchange membrane fuel cells: activity descriptors, stability regulation, and perspectives”, Energy & Environmental Science, 2024, 17, 3960-4009.

6. H.Y. Wang, J.T. Ren, M.L. Sun, W.W. Tian, Y. Feng, Z.Y. Yuan*, “Value-added aqueous metal-redox bicatalyst batteries”, Advanced Energy Materials, 2024, 14, 2302515.

7. J.T. Ren, L. Chen, H.Y. Wang, W.W. Tian, Z.Y. Yuan*, “Water electrolysis for hydrogen production: from hybrid systems to self-powered/catalyzed devices”, Energy & Environmental Science, 2024, 17, 49-113.

8. J.T. Ren, L. Chen, H.Y. Wang, W. Tian, L. Wang, M. Sun, Y. Feng, S.X. Zhai, Z.Y. Yuan*, “Self-Powered Hydrogen Production with Improved Energy Efficiency via Polysulfides Redox”, ACS Nano, 2023, 17, 25707-25720.

9. J.T. Ren, L. Chen, H.Y. Wang, Z.Y. Yuan*, “High-entropy alloys in electrocatalysis: from fundamentals to applications”, Chemical Society Reviews, 2023, 52, 8319 – 8373.

10. L. Chen, J.T. Ren, H.Y. Wang, M.L. Sun, Z.Y. Yuan*, “Engineering a local hydrophilic environment in fuel oil for efficient oxidative desulfurization with minimum H2O2 oxidant”, ACS Catalysis, 2023, 13, 12125-12133.

11. J.T. Ren, L. Chen, H.Y. Wang, W.W. Tian, X.L. Song, Q.H. Kong, Z.Y. Yuan*, “Synergistic activation of crystalline Ni2P and amorphous NiMoOx for efficient water splitting at high current densities”, ACS Catalysis, 2023, 13, 9792–9805.

12. H.Y. Wang, L. Wang, J.T. Ren, W. Tian, M. Sun, Y. Feng, Z.Y. Yuan*, “Taking Advantage of Potential Coincidence Region: Advanced Self-Activated/Propelled Hydrazine-Assisted Alkaline Seawater Electrolysis and Zn-Hydrazine Battery”, ACS Nano, 2023, 17, 10965-10975.

13. H. Zhao, Z.Y. Yuan*, “Progress and perspectives for solar-driven water electrolysis to produce green hydrogen”, Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13, 2300254.

14. M.L. Sun, Z.P. Hu, H.Y. Wang, Y.J. Suo, Z.Y. Yuan*, “Design strategies of stable catalysts for propane dehydrogenation to propylene”, ACS Catalysis, 2023, 13, 4719-4741. 

15. L. Chen, J.T. Ren, Z.Y. Yuan*, “Enabling Internal Electric Fields to Enhance Energy and Environmental Catalysis”, Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13, 2203720.

16. H.Y. Wang, M.L. Sun, J.T. Ren, Z.Y. Yuan*, “Circumventing Challenges: Design of Anodic Electrocatalysts for Hybrid Water Electrolysis Systems”, Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13, 2203568.

17. X.W. Lv, X.L. Liu, Y.J. Suo, Y.P. Liu, Z.Y. Yuan*, “Identifying the dominant role of pyridinic-N−Mo bonding in synergistic electrocatalysis for ambient nitrogen reduction”, ACS Nano, 2021, 15, 12109-12118. 

18. Y.P. Zhu, Y.P. Liu, T.Z. Ren, Z.Y. Yuan*, “Self-supported cobalt phosphide mesoporous nanorod arrays: a flexible and bifunctional electrode for highly active electrocatalytic water reduction and oxidation”, Advanced Functional Materials, 2015, 25, 7337-7347. 

19. T.Y. Ma, L. Liu, Z.Y. Yuan*, “Direct synthesis of ordered mesoporous carbons”, Chemical Society Reviews, 2013, 42, 3977-4003.

20. Y.P. Zhu, Z.Y. Yuan, Mesoporous Organic-Inorganic Non-Siliceous Hybrid Materials: Basic Principles and Promising Multifunctionality, Springer: Berlin, Germany, 2015.