
Yun-Nan Gong
Affiliation
Insititute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
E-mail: yngong@email.tjut.edu.cn
Research Interest
Metal Complexes and Photo/electrocatalysis
Education
June 2008 B. Sc. Nanchang Hangkong University
June 2011 M. Sc. Nanchang Hangkong University
June 2014 Ph. D. Sun Yat-sen University
Professional Career
2021-present: Associate Professor, Tianjin University of Technology, China
2014-2021: Lecturer in Chemistry, Gannan Normal University, China
2017-2019: Postdoctoral Reseracher in Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Selected Publications
1. Modulating the Chromophores of Metal-Covalent Organic Frameworks for Boosting Low-Concentration CO2 Photoreduction, Chong-Jiu Lu, Ji-Hong Zhang, Jian-Hua Mei, Yun-Nan Gong*, Tong-Bu Lu, and Di-Chang Zhong*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202505292.
2. Porous Supramolecular Crystalline Materials for Photocatalysis, Yun-Nan Gong, Di-Chang Zhong*, and Tong-Bu Lu, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202424452.
3. Modulating the Microenvironments of Robust Metal Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks for Boosting Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution, Chong-Jiu Lu, Wen-Jie Shi, Yun-Nan Gong*, Ji-Hong Zhang, Yu-Chen Wang, Jian-Hua Mei, Zhao-Ming Ge, Tong-Bu Lu, and Di-Chang Zhong*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202405451.
4. Boosting CO2 Photoreduction to Formate or CO with High Selectivity over a Covalent Organic Framework Covalently Anchored on Graphene Oxide, Yun-Nan Gong, Jian-Hua Mei, Wen-Jie Shi, Jin-Wang Liu, Di-Chang Zhong*, and Tong-Bu Lu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202318735.
5. 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.
6. Modulating the Electronic Structures of Dual-Atom Catalysts via Coordination Environment Engineering for Boosting CO2 Electroreduction, Yun-Nan Gong, Chang-Yu Cao, Wen-Jie Shi, Ji-Hong Zhang, Ji-Hua Deng, Tong-Bu Lu, and Di-Chang Zhong*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202215187.
7. Regulating Photocatalysis by Spin-State Manipulation of Cobalt in Covalent Organic Frameworks, Yun-Nan Gong, Wenhui Zhong, Yang Li, Yunze Qiu, Lirong Zheng, Jun Jiang*, and Hai-Long Jiang*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 16723-16731.
8. Regulating the Coordination Environment of MOF-Templated Single Atom Nickel Electrocatalysts for Boosting CO2 Reduction, Yun-Nan Gong, Long Jiao, Yunyang Qian, Chun-Yang Pan*, Lirong Zheng, Xuechao Cai, Bo Liu*, Shu-Hong Yu, and Hai-Long Jiang*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 2705-2709.
9. Heterogenization of a Dinuclear Cobalt Molecular Catalyst in Porous Polymers via Covalent Strategy for CO2 Photoreduction with Record CO Production Efficiency, Yun-Nan Gong, Si-Ya Lv, Hao-Yu Yang, Wen-Jie Shi, Jing-JingWang, Long Jiang, Di-Chang Zhong*, Tong-Bu Lu*, CCS Chem. 2024, 6, 3030-3040.
10. Ordered heterogeneity of molecular photosensitizer toward enhanced photocatalysis, Ji-Hong Zhang#, Yun-Nan Gong#, Hong-Juan Wang, Yu-Chen Wang, Wei Yang, Jian-Hua Mei, Di-Chang Zhong*, and Tong-Bu Lu*, PNAS 2022, 119, e2118278119.
11. A Supramolecular-Nanocage-Based Framework Stabilized by π-π Stacking Interactions with Enhanced Photocatalysis, Jian-Hua Mei#, Shan Lai#, Yun-Nan Gong#, Wen-Jie Shi, Ji-Hua Deng, Tong-Bu Lu, and Di-Chang Zhong*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202413413.
12.Incorporating a binuclear cobalt polymer into mesoporous TiO2 to construct a new Z-scheme heterojunction for boosting artificial photosynthesis, Yun-Nan Gong, Shan Wang, Hui-Jun Dong, Jian-Hua Mei, Di-Chang Zhong*, Tong-Bu Lu*, Appl. Catal. B. Environ. Energy 2024, 357, 124310.
13. Encapsulation of perovskite quantum dots in dual-metal sites metal-organic frameworks for efficient artificial photosynthesis, Jing-Jing Wang, Hong-Juan Wang, Yun-Nan Gong*, Jing-Yi Liua, Chong-Jiu Lu, Hao-Yu Yang, Di-Chang Zhong*, and Tong-Bu Lu*, Appl. Catal. B. Environ. Energy 2025, DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.125878.
14. Manipulating metal oxidation state over ultrastable metal-organic frameworks for boosting photocatalysis, Yun-Nan Gong, Jian-Hua Mei, Jin-Wang Liu, Hai-Hua Huang, Ji-Hong Zhang, Xiao-Kang Li, Di-Chang Zhong*, Tong-Bu Lu*, Appl. Catal. B. Environ. Energy 2021, 292, 120156.
15. Covalent organic frameworks for photocatalysis: Synthesis, structural features, fundamentals and performance, Yun-Nan Gong, Xinyu Guan, Hai-Long Jiang*, Coord. Chem. Rev. 2023, 475, 214889.