Zi-You Yu Professor
Email: yuziyou@email.tjut.edu.cn
Address: No. 391 Bin Shui Xi Dao Road, Xiqing District, Tianjin 300384, China
Education history
2012 Northeastern University, Bachelor's Degree;
2017 University of Science and Technology of China, Ph. D.
2017-2021 University of Science and Technology of China, Postdoctoral Research Associate and Associate Professor
2021-present Tianjin University of Technology, Professor
Areas of research interest
Electrocatalysis and Electrochemical Synthesis
Honors and awards
2025: Science China Chemistry “2025 Emerging Investigators”
2024: Journal of Materials Chemistry A “2024 Emerging Investigators”
Main research achievements
As the first or corresponding author, he has published many papers in high-impact journals, such as Nat. Catal. (1), Nat. Commun. (4), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (3), J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2), Adv. Mater., etc, and cited by about 8000 times. In addition, 7 invention patents have been authorized.
Selected publications
1. 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, accepted.
2. Xue-Rong Qin, Jing-Jing Li, Lin-Lin Wang, Huan Liu, Zuo-Tao Yang, Guo-Jin Feng, Xiao-Ran Wang, Xuan-Xuan Cheng, Chao Zhang, Zi-You Yu*, Tong-Bu Lu*, Electroreduction of diluted CO2 to multicarbon products with high carbon utilization at 800 mA cm-2 in strongly acidic media, Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 4447.
3. Wen-Xing Zheng, Xuan-Xuan Cheng, Ping-Ping Chen, Lin-Lin Wang, Ying Duan, Guo-Jin Feng, Xiao-Ran Wang, Jing-Jing Li, Chao Zhang, Zi-You Yu*, Tong-Bu Lu*, Boosting the durability of RuO2 via confinement effect for proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer, Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 337.
4. 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*, Tong-Bu Lu*, Tailoring Lewis Acidity of Metal Oxides on Nickel to Boost Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution in Neutral Electrolyte, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 7555-7563.
5. Ying Duan, Lin-Lin Wang, Wen-Xing Zheng, Xiao-Long Zhang*, Xiao-Ran Wang, Guo-Jin Feng, Zi-You Yu*, Tong-Bu Lu*, Oxyanion Engineering on RuO2 for Efficient Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202413653.
6. Yu Duan, Xiao-Long Zhang, Fei-Yue Gao, Yuan Kong, Ying Duan, Xiao-Tu Yang, Xing-Xing Yu, Yan-Ru Wang, Shuai Qin, Zhi Chen, Rui Wu, Peng-Peng Yang, Xu-Sheng Zheng, Jun-Fa Zhu, Min-Rui Gao, Tong-Bu Lu, Zi-You Yu*, Shu-Hong Yu*, Interfacial Engineering of Ni/V2O3 Heterostructure Catalyst for Boosting Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction in Alkaline Electrolytes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202217275.
7. Zi-You Yu, Yu Duan, Yuan Kong, Xiao-Long Zhang, Xing-Yu Feng, Yu Chen, Huijuan Wang, Xingxing Yu, Tao Ma, Xusheng Zheng, Junfa Zhu, Min-Rui Gao*, Shu-Hong Yu*, General Synthesis of Tube-like Nanostructured Perovskite Oxides with Tunable Transition Metal–Oxygen Covalency for Efficient Water Electrooxidation in Neutral Media, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 13163-13173.
8. Zi-You Yu, Yu Duan, Xing-Yu Feng, Xingxing Yu, Min-Rui Gao*, Shu-Hong Yu*, Clean and Affordable Hydrogen Fuel from Alkaline Water Splitting: Past, Recent Progress, and Future Prospects, Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2007100.
9. Zi-You Yu, Yu Duan, Jian-Dang Liu, Yu Chen, Xiao-Kang Liu, Wei Liu, Tao Ma, Yi Li, Xu-Sheng Zheng, Tao Yao, Min-Rui Gao*, Jun-Fa Zhu, Bang-Jiao Ye, Shu-Hong Yu*, Unconventional CN vacancies suppress iron-leaching in Prussian blue analogue pre-catalyst for boosted oxygen evolution catalysis, Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 2799.
10. Yu Duan†, Zi-You Yu† (co-first author), Li Yang†, Li-Rong Zheng, Chu-Tian Zhang, Xiao-Tu Yang, Fei-Yue Gao, Xiao-Long Zhang, Xingxing Yu, Ren Liu, Chao Gu, Xu-Sheng Zheng, Lei Shi, Jun Jiang, Jun-Fa Zhu, Min-Rui Gao*, Shu-Hong Yu*, Bimetallic nickel-molybdenum/tungsten nanoalloys for high-efficiency hydrogen oxidation catalysis in alkaline electrolytes, Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 4789.
