Tong-Bu Lu Professor
Phone: 022-60214545
Email: lutongbu@tjut.edu.cn
Address: No. 391 Bin Shui Xi Dao Road, Xiqing District, Tianjin 300384, China
Education history
1988 Inorganic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Bachelor's Degree;
1993 Inorganic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Ph.D.
Areas of research interest
Dual-atom Catalysts and Artificial Photosynthesis
Honors and awards
2025: The First Prize of Tianjin Natural Science Award（first prize winner）
2025: RIGAKU International Prize
2023: Fellow of Chinese Chemical Society
2022: National May Day Labor Medal
2022: The First Prize of Tianjin Natural Science Award（first prize winner）
2022: Lu Jia-Xi Outstanding Mentor Award
2014: Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
2013: The Second Prize of the National Natural Science Award（fifth prize winner）
2012: The Second Prize of the National Natural Science Award（third prize winner）
2012: The special allowance of the State Council Award
2006: The National Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Youth Scholar
Main research achievements
Published more than 490 academic papers, including Nat. Catal., Nat. Synth., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Nat. Commun., PNAS, and Adv. Mater. ect.. The published papers have been cited more than 25,000 times, with H-index 85. In addition, 42 invention patents have been authorized. He is the director of carbon dioxide chemistry committee of Chinese Chemical Society, an Associate Editor of Chinese Chemical Letters, and the Editorial Advisory Board members for six Journals.
Selected publications
1. Di-Chang Zhong, Yu-Chen Wang, Mei Wang, and Tong-Bu Lu*, Precise Synthesis of Dual-Atom Catalysts for Better Understanding the Enhanced Catalytic Performance and Synergistic Mechanism, Acc. Chem. Res., 2025, 58, 1379-1391.
2. Di-Chang Zhong, Yun-Nan Gong, Chao Zhang, and Tong-Bu Lu*, Dinuclear metal synergistic catalysis for energy conversion, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023, 52, 3170-3214.
3. Jing-Jing Li, Hong-Juan Wang, Chao Zhang, Yu Li, Jiqing Jiao, Lin-Lin Wang, Cuo Wu, Di-Chang Zhong, Zhen-Yu Wu, Zi-You Yu*, and Tong-Bu Lu*, A high-flux membrane electrode assembly for CO2 electroreduction to 4.5 M formate with over 8000 h stability, Nat. Catal. 2026, 10.1038/s41929-026-01524-9.
4. Qiu-Ping Zhao, Wen-Xiong Shi, Jiangwei Zhang, Zhi-Yuan Tian, Zhi-Ming Zhang,* Peng Zhang, Ye Wang, Shi-Zhang Qiao and Tong-Bu Lu*, Photo-induced synthesis of heteronuclear dual-atom catalysts, Nat. Synth., 2024, 3, 497-506.
5. Chlorine Radical-Mediated Photocatalytic C-C Coupling of Methanol to Ethylene Glycol with Near-Unity Selectivity, Guang-Xing Dong, Meng-Ran Zhang, Su-Xian Yuan, Min Zhang*, and Tong-Bu Lu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202510993 (Hot Paper).
6. Gram-Scale Green-Synthesis of High Purity Pinacols and Amides by Continuous Tandem Photocatalysis via a Negative Carbon Emission Process, Xiao-Liang Ma, Wen-Xiong Shi, Song Guo,* Qiu-Ping Zhao, Wenbin Lin, Tong-Bu Lu*, and Zhi-Ming Zhang*, Adv. Mater., 2025, 2506133.
7. Electroreduction of diluted CO2 to multicarbon products with high carbon utilization at 800 mA cm-2 in strongly acidic media, Xue-Rong Qin†, Jing-Jing Li†, Lin-Lin Wang†, Guo-Jin Feng, Huan Liu, Zuo-Tao Yang, Xuan-Xuan Cheng, Chao Zhang, Zi-You Yu*, and Tong-Bu Lu*, Nat. Commun., 2025, 16:4447.
8. Unlocking One-Step Two-Electron Oxygen Reduction via Metalloid Boron- Modified Zn3In2S6 for Efficient H2O2 Photosynthesis, Ji-Li Zhou, Yan-Fei Mu*, Meng Qiao, Meng-Ran Zhang, Su-Xian Yuan, Min Zhang*, and Tong-Bu Lu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, e202506963.
9. Self-Photosensitizing Cobalt Complexes for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction Coupled with CH3OH Oxidation, Ji-Hong Zhang+, Zhao-Ming Ge+, Di-Chang Zhong*, Jing-Lin Zuo, Marc Robert*, and Tong-Bu Lu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, e202506060.
10. Tailoring Lewis Acidity of Metal Oxides on Nickel to Boost Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution in Neutral Electrolyte
Lin-Lin Wang,§ Xiao-Ran Wang,§ Hong-Juan Wang,§ Chong Zhang,§ Jing-Jing Li, Guo-Jin Feng, Xuan-Xuan Cheng, Xue-Rong Qin, Zi-You Yu,* and Tong-Bu Lu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 7555−7563.
