Zheng, Yao - University of Adelaide - School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials

个人简介

Appointments 2021 - ongoing Associate Professor University of Adelaide 2021 - 2024 ARC Future Fellowship University of Adelaide 2020 - 2021 Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide 2019 - 2019 Senior Research Fellow University of Adelaide 2016 - 2018 DECRA Research Fellow The University of Adelaide 2014 - 2015 Postdoc Research Fellow The University of Adelaide Education 2014 University of Queensland Australia PhD in Chemical Engineering 2009 Nanjing University of Technology China ME in in Chemical Engineering 2006 Nanjing University of Technology China BE in in Chemical Engineering

研究领域

My research focuses on fundamental studies of some key electrocatalysis processes by combining experiments and theoretical computations. I am also developing advanced electrocatalysts for energy conversion processes like hydrogen evolution reaction, CO2 reduction reaction, and nitrogen reduction reaction at ambient conditions.

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Guan, X., Wu, Q., Li, H., Zeng, S., Yao, Q., Li, R., . . . Qu, K. (2023). Identifying the roles of Ru single atoms and nanoclusters for energy-efficient hydrogen production assisted by electrocatalytic hydrazine oxidation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 323, 12 pages. Jin, H., Liu, X., An, P., Tang, C., Yu, H., Zhang, Q., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2023). Dynamic rhenium dopant boosts ruthenium oxide for durable oxygen evolution.. Nature Communications, 14(1), 354. Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. Z. (2023). Direct seawater splitting to hydrogen by a membrane electrolyzer. Joule, 7(1), 20-22. Guo, J., Zheng, Y., Hu, Z., Zheng, C., Mao, J., Du, K., . . . Ling, T. (2023). Direct seawater electrolysis by adjusting the local reaction environment of a catalyst. Nature Energy, 8(3), 264-272. Da, P., Zheng, Y., Hu, Y., Wu, Z., Zhao, H., Wei, Y., . . . Xi, P. (2023). Synthesis of Bandgap-tunable Transition Metal Sulfides through Gas-phase Cation Exchange-induced Topological Transformation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62(18), e202301802-1-e202301802-8. Jiang, Y., Shan, J., Wang, P., Huang, L., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2023). Stabilizing Oxidation State of SnO₂ for Highly Selective CO₂ Electroreduction to Formate at Large Current Densities. ACS Catalysis, 13(5), 3101-3108. Yang, Y., Hu, C., Shan, J., Cheng, C., Han, L., Li, X., . . . Ling, T. (2023). Electrocatalytically Activating and Reducing N2 Molecule by Tuning Activity of Local Hydrogen Radical. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 62(20), 8 pages. Wang, P., Bai, X., Jin, H., Gao, X., Davey, K., Zheng, Y., . . . Qiao, S. Z. (2023). Directed Urea-to-Nitrite Electrooxidation via Tuning Intermediate Adsorption on Co, Ge Co-Doped Ni Sites. Advanced Functional Materials, 33(25), 2300687. Chen, L., Tang, C., Zheng, Y., Davey, K., & Jiao, Y. (2023). Triple-atom catalysts for one-step N–C–N coupling toward urea synthesis: A DFT study. Science China Materials, 66(6), 1-8. Hu, Y., Zheng, Y., Jin, J., Wang, Y., Peng, Y., Yin, J., . . . Yan, C. -H. (2023). Understanding the sulphur-oxygen exchange process of metal sulphides prior to oxygen evolution reaction.. Nat Commun, 14(1), 1949. Yang, K., Sun, Y., Chen, S., Li, M., Zheng, M., Ma, L., . . . Duan, J. (2023). Less-Coordinated Atomic Copper-Dimer Boosted Carbon–Carbon Coupling During Electrochemical CO2 Reduction. Small, 9 pages. Shen, W., Zhu, J., Hu, Y., Yin, J., Zheng, Y., & Xi, P. (2023). Applications of Rare Earth Promoted Transition Metal Sulfides in Electrocatalysis^†. Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 41(14), 1740-1752. Li, H., Jiang, Y., Li, X., Davey, K., Zheng, Y., Jiao, Y., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2023). C₂₊ Selectivity for CO₂ Electroreduction on Oxidized Cu-Based Catalysts.. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(26), 14335-14344. Xu, J., Jin, H., Lu, T., Li, J., Liu, Y., Davey, K., . . . Qiao, S. Z. (2023). IrOx·nH2O with lattice water-assisted oxygen exchange for high-performance proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers. Science advances, 9(25), eadh1718. Zhao, S., Zhang, Y., Li, H., Zeng, S., Li, R., Yao, Q., . . . Qu, K. (2023). Regulating Ru active sites by Pd alloying to significantly enhance hydrazine oxidation for energy-saving hydrogen production. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 11(25), 13783-13792. Huang, L., Wang, P., Jiang, Y., Davey, K., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2023). Ethylene Electrooxidation to 2-Chloroethanol in Acidic Seawater with Natural Chloride Participation.. Journal of the American Chemical Society. Zhou, R., Zhao, Y., Zhou, R., Zhang, T., Cullen, P., Zheng, Y., . . . Ostrikov, K. (2023). Plasma-electrified up-carbonization for low-carbon clean energy. Carbon Energy, 5(1), e260-1-e260-46. Shan, J., Liao, J., Ye, C., Dong, J., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. (2022). The Dynamic Formation from Metal-Organic Frameworks of High-Density Pt Single Atom Catalysts with Metal-Metal Interactions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61(48), e202213412-1-e202213412-10. Shan, J., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. Z. (2022). Communication between active sites regulates heterogeneous catalysis. Chem, 8(11), 2897-2899. Shan, J., Ye, C., Zhu, C., Dong, J., Xu, W., Chen, L., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2022). Integrating Interactive Noble Metal Single-Atom Catalysts into Transition Metal Oxide Lattices.. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(50), 23214-23222. Zheng, M., Wang, P., Zhi, X., Yang, K., Jiao, Y., Duan, J., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2022). Electrocatalytic CO₂-to-C₂₊ with Ampere-Level Current on Heteroatom-Engineered Copper via Tuning *CO Intermediate Coverage. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(32), 14936-14944. Liu, X., Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., Jaroniec, M., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2022). Mechanism of C-N bonds formation in electrocatalytic urea production revealed by ab initio molecular dynamics simulation.. Nature communications, 13(1), 5471. Yu, Q., Li, H., Li, R., Zeng, S., Li, R., Yao, Q., . . . Zheng, Y. (2022). Natural DNA-assisted ultrafine FeP embedded in N, P-codoped carbons for efficient oxygen reduction, hydrogen evolution and rechargeable zinc-air battery. Carbon, 186, 171-179. Wang, X., Jiao, Y., Li, L., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. (2022). Local environment determined reactant adsorption configuration for enhanced electrocatalytic acetone hydrogenation to propane. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61(5), 7 pages. Chen, L., Tang, C., Zheng, Y., Skúlason, E., & Jiao, Y. (2022). C₃ production from CO₂ reduction by concerted *CO trimerization on a single-atom alloy catalyst. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10(11), 5998-6006. Zhou, X., Shan, J., Chen, L., Xia, B. Y., Ling, T., Duan, J., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2022). Stabilizing Cu²⁺ ions by solid solutions to promote CO₂ electroreduction to methane. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(5), 2079-2084. Jing, L., Tian, Q., Su, P., Li, H., Zheng, Y., Tang, C., & Liu, J. (2022). Mesoporous Co-O-C nanosheets for electrochemical production of hydrogen peroxide in acidic medium. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10(8), 4068-4075. Ge, L., Rabiee, H., Li, M., Subramanian, S., Zheng, Y., Lee, J. H., . . . Wang, H. (2022). Electrochemical CO₂ reduction in membrane-electrode assemblies. Chem, 8(3), 663-692. Guan, X., Li, H., Li, R., Zeng, S., Li, R., Yao, Q., . . . Qu, K. (2022). An organic-inorganic hybrid strategy to fabricate highly dispersed Fe2C in porous N-Doped carbon for oxygen reduction reaction and rechargeable zinc-air battery. Carbon, 195, 123-130. Shan, J., Ye, C., Jiang, Y., Jaroniec, M., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2022). Metal-metal interactions in correlated single-atom catalysts. Science Advances, 8(17), 14 pages. Wei, Y., Zheng, Y., Hu, Y., Huang, B., Sun, M., Da, P., . . . Yan, C. -H. (2022). Controlling the Cation Exsolution of Perovskite to Customize Heterostructure Active Site for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14(22), 25638-25647. Wang, J., Guan, X., Li, H., Zeng, S., Li, R., Yao, Q., . . . Qu, K. (2022). Robust Ru-N metal-support interaction to promote self-powered H2 production assisted by hydrazine oxidation. Nano Energy, 100, 10 pages. Wang, P., Yang, H., Tang, C., Wu, Y., Zheng, Y., Cheng, T., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2022). Boosting electrocatalytic CO₂–to–ethanol production via asymmetric C–C coupling. Nature Communications, 13(1), 11 pages. Chen, L., Tang, C., Zheng, Y., Ostrikov, K., & Jiao, Y. (2022). Carbene Ligands Enabled C-N Coupling for Methylamine Electrosynthesis: A Computational Study. Energy and Fuels, 36(13), 7213-7218. Lu, M., Zheng, Y., Hu, Y., Huang, B., Ji, D., Sun, M., . . . Yan, C. -H. (2022). Artificially steering electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction mechanism by regulating oxygen defect contents in perovskites.. Sci Adv, 8(30), 12 pages. Yu, Q., Wang, J., Li, H., Li, R., Zeng, S., Li, R., . . . Zheng, Y. (2022). Natural DNA-derived highly-graphitic N, P, S-tridoped carbon nanosheets for multiple electrocatalytic applications. Chemical Engineering Journal, 429, 10 pages. Yu, Q., Li, H., Li, R., Zeng, S., Li, R., Yao, Q., . . . Zheng, Y. (2022). Natural DNA-assisted ultrafine FeP embedded in N, P-codoped carbons for efficient oxygen reduction, hydrogen evolution and rechargeable zinc-air battery. Carbon, 186, 171-179. Wang, X., Jiao, Y., Li, L., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. (2022). Local environment determined reactant adsorption configuration for enhanced electrocatalytic acetone hydrogenation to propane. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61(5), e202114253-1-e202114253-7. Chen, L., Tang, C., Zheng, Y., Skúlason, E., & Jiao, Y. (2022). C₃ production from CO₂ reduction by concerted *CO trimerization on a single-atom alloy catalyst. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, [1]-[9]. Zhou, X., Shan, J., Chen, L., Xia, B. Y., Ling, T., Duan, J., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2022). Stabilizing Cu²⁺ Ions by Solid Solutions to Promote CO₂ Electroreduction to Methane.. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(5), 2079-2084. Jing, L., Tian, Q., Su, P., Li, H., Zheng, Y., Tang, C., & Liu, J. (2022). Mesoporous Co-O-C nanosheets for electrochemical production of hydrogen peroxide in acidic medium. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 8 pages. Geng, S. K., Zheng, Y., Li, S. Q., Su, H., Zhao, X., Hu, J., . . . Qiao, S. Z. (2021). Nickel ferrocyanide as a high-performance urea oxidation electrocatalyst. Nature Energy, 6(9), 904-912. Zhou, X., Jin, H., Xia, B. Y., Davey, K., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. (2021). Molecular cleavage of metal-organic frameworks and application to energy storage and conversion. Advanced Materials, 33(51), 2104341-1-2104341-19. Xu, C., Zhi, X., Vasileff, A., Wang, D., Jin, B., Jiao, Y., . . . Qiao, S. (2021). Highly selective two-electron electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction on single‐atom Cu catalysts. Small Structures, 2(1), 1-7. Xu, C., Vasileff, A., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. Z. (2021). Recent progress of 3d transition metal single-atom catalysts for electrochemical CO₂ reduction. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 8(5), 1-10. Wang, Y. H., Li, R. Q., Li, H. B., Huang, H. L., Guo, Z. J., Chen, H. Y., . . . Qu, K. G. (2021). Controlled synthesis of ultrasmall RuP2 particles on N,P-codoped carbon as superior pH-wide electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution. Rare Metals, 40(5), 1040-1047. Zhi, X., Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., Davey, K., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2021). Directing the selectivity of CO₂ electroreduction to target C₂ products via non-metal doping on Cu surfaces. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9(10), 6345-6351. Tang, C., Zheng, Y., Jaroniec, M., & Qiao, S. (2021). Electrocatalytic refinery for sustainable production of fuels and chemicals. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60(36), 19572-19590. Tang, C., Zheng, Y., Jaroniec, M., & Qiao, S. (2021). Electrocatalytic Refinery for Sustainable Production of Fuels and Chemicals. Angewandte Chemie, 133(36), 19724-19742. Shan, J., Ye, C., Chen, S., Sun, T., Jiao, Y., Liu, L., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2021). Short-range ordered iridium single atoms integrated into cobalt oxide spinel structure for highly efficient electrocatalytic water oxidation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143(13), 5201-5211. Li, L., Tang, C., Cui, X., Zheng, Y., Wang, X., Xu, H., . . . Qiao, S. (2021). Efficient nitrogen fixation to ammonia through integration of plasma oxidation with electrocatalytic reduction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60(25), 14131-14137. Zhou, X., Dong, J., Zhu, Y., Liu, L., Jiao, Y., Li, H., . . . Qiao, S. (2021). Molecular scalpel to chemically cleave metal-organic frameworks for induced phase transition. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(17), 6681-6690. Tang, C., Chen, L., Li, H., Li, L., Jiao, Y., Zheng, Y., . . . Qiao, S. (2021). Tailoring acidic oxygen reduction selectivity on single-atom catalysts via modification of first and second coordination spheres. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 43(20), 4819-4827. Chen, L., Tang, C., Davey, K., Zheng, Y., Jiao, Y., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2021). Spatial-confinement induced electroreduction of CO and CO₂ to diols on densely-arrayed Cu nanopyramids. Chemical Science, 23(23), 8086-8087. Li, L., Tang, C., Cui, X., Zheng, Y., Wang, X., Xu, H., . . . Qiao, S. (2021). Efficient Nitrogen Fixation to Ammonia through Integration of Plasma Oxidation with Electrocatalytic Reduction. Angewandte Chemie, 133(25), 14250-14256.