Di-Chang Zhong Professor

Phone: 022-60216558

Email: dczhong@email.tjut.edu.cn

Address: No. 391 Bin Shui Xi Dao Road, Xiqing District, Tianjin 300384, China

Education history

2003 School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, B. Sc.

2006 School of Chemistry and Phamaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University. Ms. D.

2011 School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University. Ph. D.

Areas of research interest

Metal complexes and their heterogeneity for photocatalysis

Honors and awards

2024: Excellent Teacher in Tianjin

2020: Young Changjiang Scholars of the Ministry of Education

2017: Distinguished Professor of Tianjin Municipality

2017: May 1^st Labor Medal of Jiangxi Province

2016: Baiqianwan Talent Project of Jiangxi Province

2016: Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province for Distinguished Youth

Main research achievements

Dr. Zhong has published more than 150 academic papers in international journals, such as PNAS, Sci. Adv., Nat. Commun., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Chem. Soc. Rev. and other core journals. He hosted 6 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) projects. In addition, he has been authorized 5 invention patents. He also serves as the secretary-general of carbon dioxide chemistry committee of Chinese Chemical Society, the member of rare earth molecular materials and supramolecular devices of Chinese Society of Rare Earths. He is also an academic editor of Exploration, as well as the editor or young editor of eScience, SmartMat, Chinese Chemical Letters and Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica.

Selected publications

1. Wang, H. F.^†; Wang, H. J.^†; Zhong, D. C.*; Lu, T. B.* Unveiling the Role of Proton Concentration in Dinuclear Metal Complexes for Boosting Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2024, 121, e2318384121.

2. Zhang, J. H.⁺; Gong, Y. N.⁺; Wang, H. J.⁺; Wang, Y. C.; Yang, W.; Mei, J. H.; Zhong, D. C.*; Lu, T. B.* Ordered Heterogeneity of Molecular Photosensitizer Towards Enhanced Photocatalysis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2022, 119, e2118278119.

3. Zhang, J. H.⁺; Ge, Z. M.^†; Wang, J.; Zhong, D. C.*; Lu, T. B. Hydrogen-bonded Organic Frameworks for Overall Photosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide. Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 2448.

4. Mei, J. H.^†; Zeng, Y. R.^†; Gong, Y. N.; Shi, W. J.; Zhong, D. C.*; Lu, T. B. π–π Stacking as Electron Transfer Channels in Hydrogen-bonded Organic Frameworks for Boosting Photocatalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202507332.

5. Mei, J. H.^†; Lai, S.^†; Gong, Y. N.^†; Shi, W. J.; Deng, J. H.; Lu, T. B.; Zhong, D. C.* A Supramolecular-nanocage-based Framework Stabilized by π-π Stacking Interactions with Enhanced Photocatalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202413413.

6. Zhang, J. H.⁺; Ge, Z. M.^†; Zhong, D. C.*; Zuo, J. L.; Robert, M.*; Lu, T. B.* Self-photosensitizing Cobalt Complexes for Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction Coupled with CH₃OH Oxidation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202506060.

7. Wang, J. X.; Song, T. Q.; Liu, Z. Y.; Yun, Q. B.; Sun, J. H.; Zhang, Y.; Yuan, K.*; Zhong, D. C.*; Tang, Z. Y.; Lu. T. B. Novel Inorganic-Organic Dual-Photosensitizing Dinuclear-Metal Self-Assembly System for Efficient Artificial Photosynthesis without Sacrificial Electron Donors. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202417373.

8. Lu, C. J.; Zhang, J. H.; Mei, J. H.; Gong, Y. N.*; Lu, T. B.; Zhong, D. C.* Modulating the Chromophores of Metal-Covalent Organic Frameworks for Boosting Low-Concentration CO₂ Photoreduction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202505292.

9. Gong, Y. N.^†; Mei, J. H.^†; Shi, W. J.; Liu, J. W.; Zhong, D. C.*; Lu, T. B.* Boosting CO₂ Photoreduction to Formate or CO with High Selectivity over a Covalent Organic Framework Covalently Anchored on Graphene Oxide. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202318735.

10. Gong, Y. N.^†; Zhao, S. Q.^†; Wang, H. J.^†; Ge, Z. M.; Liao, C.; Tao, K. Y.; Zhong, D. C.*; Sakai, K.*; Lu, T. B.* A Planar-Structured Dinuclear Cobalt(II) Complex with Indirect Synergy for Photocatalytic CO₂-to-CO Conversion. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202411639.