Kuo Yuan
Affiliation
Insititute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
E-mail: yuankuo@email.tjut.edu.cn
Research Interest
Functional Composite Films and Artificial Photosynthesis
Education
June 2014 B. Sc. Tianjin University
June 2019 Ph. D. Tianjin University
Professional Career
2021-present: Associate Professor, Tianjin University of Technology, China
2019-2021: Postdoctoral Research Associate, City University of Hong Kong, China
Awards and Honors
2020: RGC Postdoctoral Award of Hong Kong Government
Selected Publications
1. Large-Area Conductive MOF Ultrathin Film Controllably Integrating Dinuclear-Metal Sites and Photosensitizers to Boost Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction with H2O as an Electron Donor, Kuo Yuan*, Keying Tao, Tianqun Song, Ying Zhang, Fei Wang, Shuming Duan, Zheng Chen, Lujiang Li, Xiaotao Zhang, Dichang Zhong*, Zhiyong Tang, Tongbu Lu*, and Wenping Hu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 6893−6904.
2. Polymer-Assisted Space-Confined Strategy for the Foot-Scale Synthesis of Flexible Metal-Organic Framework-Based Composite Films, Kuo Yuan, Tianqun Song, Chenhuai Yang, Jun Guo, Qisheng Sun, Ye Zou, Fei Jiao, Lujiang Li, Xiaotao Zhang*, Huanli Dong, Liqiang Li, Wenping Hu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 17526−17534.
3. Metal-Organic Frameworks as Selectivity Regulators for Hydrogenation Reactions, Meiting Zhao+, Kuo Yuan+ (co-first), Yun Wang, Guodong Li*, Wenping Hu, Huijun Zhao*, Zhiyong Tang*, Nature, 2016, 539, 76-80.
4. 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, Tongbu Lu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202421341.
5. Novel Inorganic-Organic Dual-Photosensitizing Dinuclear-Metal Self-Assembly System for Efficient Artificial Photosynthesis without Sacrificial Electron Donors, Jiaxin Wang, Tianqun Song, Zheyuan Liu, Qinbai Yun, Juehan Sun, Ying Zhang, Kuo Yuan*, Dichang Zhong*, Zhiyong Tang, Tongbu Lu, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202417373.
6. Metal-Organic Framework-Based Hetero-Phase Nanostructure Photocatalysts with Molecular-Scale Tunable Energy Levels, Kuo Yuan*, Zongyang Liu, Zhuang Yan, Qinbai Yun, Tianqun Song, Jun Guo, Xiaotao Zhang, Dichang Zhong*, Zhiyong Tang, Tongbu Lu*, Wenping Hu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, e202402693.
7. Effective and Selective Catalysts for Cinnamaldehyde Hydrogenation: Hydrophobic Hybrids of Metal-Organic Frameworks, Metal Nanoparticles, and Micro- and Mesoporous Polymers, Kuo Yuan, Tianqun Song, Dawei Wang, Xiaotao Zhang*, Xiong Gao, Ye Zou, Huanli Dong, Zhiyong Tang*, Wenping Hu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 5708-5713.
