Yunnan Gong Associate professor
Phone: 18370892768
Email: yngong@email.tjut.edu.cn
Address: No. 391 Bin Shui Xi Dao Road, Xiqing District, Tianjin 300384, China
Education history
2008 Nanchang Hangkong University, Bachelor's degree;
2011 Nanchang Hangkong University, Master degree;
2014 Sun Yat-Sen University, Ph.D;
2019 University of Science and Technology of China, Postdoctor.
Areas of research interest
Design and synthesis of metal/covalent organic frameworks (MOFs/COFs) for photocatalytic/electrocatalytic water splitting and carbon dioxide reduction.
Honors and awards
2025 First Prize of the Natural Science Award of Tianjin (5/7).
2019 Third Prize of the Natural Science Award of Jiangxi Province (4/4).
Main research achievements
Published more than 40 academic papers in international journals, such as J. Am. Chem. Soc.; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.; PNAS; CCS Chem.; Chem. Soc. Rev.; Appl. Catal. B Environ. and other core journals, and cited by 3900 times. In addition, 6 invention patents have been applied and 2 have been authorized.
Selected publications
1. Lu, C. J.; Zhang, J. H.; Mei, J. H.; Gong, Y. N.*; Lu, T. B.; Zhong, D. C.* “Chromophores of metal covalent organic frameworks for boosting low concentration CO2 photoreduction”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202505292.
2. Gong, Y. N.; Zhong, D. C.*; Lu, T. B. “Porous supramolecular crystalline materials for photocatalysis”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202424452.
3. Lu, C. J.#; Shi, W. J.#; Gong, Y. N.*; Zhang, J. H.; Wang, Y. C.; Mei, J. H.; Ge, Z. M.; Lu, T. B.; Zhong, D. C.*, “Modulating the microenvironments of roubust metal hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks for boosting photocatalytic hydrogen evolution”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202405451.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Gong, Y. N.#; Cao, C. Y.#; Shi, W. J.#; Zhang, J. H.; Deng, J. H.; Lu, T. B.; Zhong, D. C.*, “Modulating the electronic structures of dual-atom catalysts via coordination environment engineering for boosting CO2 electroreduction”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202215187.
7. Gong, Y. N.#; Zhong, W. H.#; Li, Y.; Qiu, Y. Z.; Zheng, L. R.; Jiang, J.*; Jiang, H. L.*, “Regulating photocatalysis by spin-state manipulation of cobalt in covalent organic frameworks”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020,142, 16723-16731.
8. Gong, Y. N.#; Jiao, L.#; Qian, Y. Y.; Pan, C. Y.*; Zheng, L. R.; Cai, X. C.; Liu B.*; Yu, S. H.; Jiang, H. L.*, “Regulating the coordination environment of MOF-templated single-atom nickel electrocatalysts for boosting CO2 reduction,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 2705-2709.
9. Gong, Y. N. #; Lv, S. Y.; Yang, H. Y.; Shi, W. J.; Wang, J. J.; Jiang, L.; Zhong, D. C.*, Lu, T. B.*, “Heterogenization of a dinuclear cobalt molecular catalyst in porous polymers via covalent strategy for CO₂ photoreduction with record CO production efficiency, CCS Chem. 2024, 6, 3030-3040.
10. 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 toward enhanced photocatalysis”, PNAS. 2022, 119, e2118278119.
