Tong-Bu Lu
Affiliation
Insititute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
E-mail: lutongbu@tjut.edu.cn
Research Interest
Dual-atom Catalysts and Artificial Photosynthesis
Education
June 1988 B. Sc. Lanzhou University
June 1993 Ph. D. Lanzhou University
Professional Career
2016-present: Professor, Tianjin University of Technology, China
2000-2016: Professor in Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
1994-2000: Associate Professor in Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
1993-1995: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Awards and Honors
2025: RIGAKU International Prize
2023: Fellow of Chinese Chemical Society
2022: National May Day Labor Medal
2022: Lu Jia-Xi Outstanding Mentor Award
2014: Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
2012: The special allowance of the State Council Award
2006: The National Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Youth Scholar
Selected Publications
1. Precise Synthesis of Dual-Atom Catalysts for Better Understanding the Enhanced Catalytic Performance and Synergistic Mechanism, Di-Chang Zhong, Yu-Chen Wang, Mei Wang, and Tong-Bu Lu*, Acc. Chem. Res., 2025, 58, 1379-1391.
2. Dinuclear metal synergistic catalysis for energy conversion, Di-Chang Zhong, Yun-Nan Gong, Chao Zhang, and Tong-Bu Lu*, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023, 52, 3170-3214.
3. 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).
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Sun-simulated-driven production of high-purity methanol from carbon dioxide Jiqing Jiao*, Yanbin Ma, Xiaoqian Han, Awu Ergu, Chao Zhang, Pingping Chen, Wei Liu, Qiquan Luo, Zhaolin Shi, Han Xu, Chen Chen, Yaguang Li*, and Tong-Bu Lu*, Nat. Commun., 2025, 16, 857.
10. MOF-based Dual-Layer Pickering Emulsion: Molecular-Level Gating of Water Delivery at Water-Oil Interface for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogenation Using H2O as a Hydrogen Source, Kuo Yuan,* Ying Zhang, Zhuang Yan, Qinbai Yun, Tianqun Song, Jun Guo, Jie Feng, Zheng Chen, Xiaotao Zhang, Zhiyong Tang, Wenping Hu, Tong-Bu Lu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, e202421341.
11. Boosting the durability of RuO2 via confinement effect for proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer, 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*, and Tong-Bu Lu*, Nat. Commun., 2025, 16, 337.
12. Unlocking Efficient Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution through Ru-Sn Dual Metal Sites and a Novel Hydroxyl Spillover Effect, Zhen-Tong Yan, Shi Tao, Juan Wang, Xiu-Li Lu*, Tong-Bu Lu*, Adv. Mater., 2024, 36, 2411942.
13. Oxyanion Engineering on RuO2 for Efficient Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis, Ying Duan, Lin-Lin Wang, Xiao-Long Zhang*, Xiao-Ran Wang, Guo-Jin Feng, Wen-Xing Zheng, Zi-You Yu*, and Tong-Bu Lu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, e202413653 (Hot Paper).
14. A Planar-Structured Dinuclear Cobalt(II) Complex with Indirect Synergy for Photocatalytic CO2-to-CO Conversion, Yun-Nan Gong, Si-Qi Zhao, Hong-Juan Wang, Zhao-Ming Ge, Chen Liao, Ke-Ying Tao, Di-Chang Zhong,* Ken Sakai* and Tong-Bu Lu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, e202411639.
15. Photo-induced synthesis of heteronuclear dual-atom catalysts, 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*, Nat. Synth., 2024, 3, 497-506.
16. Unveiling the role of proton concentration in dinuclear metal complexes for boosting photocatalytic CO2 reduction, Hui-Feng Wang, Hong-Juan Wang, Di-Chang Zhong*, Tong-Bu Lu*, PNAS, 2024, 121, e2318384121.
