Zi-You Yu
Affiliation
Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
E-mail: yuziyou@email.tjut.edu.cn
Research Interest
Electrocatalysis and Electrochemical Synthesis
Education
June 2012 B. Sc. Northeastern University
June 2017 Ph. D. University of Science and Technology of China Advisor: Prof. Shu-Hong Yu
Professional Career
2021-present: Professor, Tianjin University of Technology, China
2020-2021: Associate Professor, University of Science and Technology of China
2017-2020: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Science and Technology of China, Advisor: Prof. Shu-Hong Yu and Prof. Min-Rui Gao
Awards and Honors
2025: Science China Chemistry “Emerging Investigators”
2024: Journal of Materials Chemistry A “Emerging Investigators”
Homepage of Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JMVH3roAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Selected Publications
1. Jing-Jing Li, Hong-Juan Wang, Chao Zhang, Yu Li, Jiqing Jiao, Lin-Lin Wang, Cuo Wu, Di-Chang Zhong, Zhen-Yu Wu, Zi-You Yu*, Tong-Bu Lu*, A high-flux membrane electrode assembly for CO2 electroreduction to 4.5 M formate with over 8,000 h stability, Nat. Catal. 2026, 10.1038/s41929-026-01524-9.
2. Xue-Rong Qin, Jing-Jing Li, Lin-Lin Wang, Huan Liu, Zuo-Tao Yang, Guo-Jin Feng, Xiao-Ran Wang, Xuan-Xuan Cheng, Chao Zhang, Zi-You Yu*, Tong-Bu Lu*, Electroreduction of diluted CO2 to multicarbon products with high carbon utilization at 800 mA cm-2 in strongly acidic media, Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 4447.
3. 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*, Tong-Bu Lu*, Boosting the durability of RuO2 via confinement effect for proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer, Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 337.
4. 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*, Tong-Bu Lu*, Tailoring Lewis Acidity of Metal Oxides on Nickel to Boost Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution in Neutral Electrolyte, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 7555-7563.
5. Ying Duan, Lin-Lin Wang, Wen-Xing Zheng, Xiao-Long Zhang*, Xiao-Ran Wang, Guo-Jin Feng, Zi-You Yu*, Tong-Bu Lu*, Oxyanion Engineering on RuO2 for Efficient Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202413653.
6. Yu Duan, Xiao-Long Zhang, Fei-Yue Gao, Yuan Kong, Ying Duan, Xiao-Tu Yang, Xing-Xing Yu, Yan-Ru Wang, Shuai Qin, Zhi Chen, Rui Wu, Peng-Peng Yang, Xu-Sheng Zheng, Jun-Fa Zhu, Min-Rui Gao, Tong-Bu Lu, Zi-You Yu*, Shu-Hong Yu*, Interfacial Engineering of Ni/V2O3 Heterostructure Catalyst for Boosting Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction in Alkaline Electrolytes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202217275.
7. Zi-You Yu, Yu Duan, Yuan Kong, Xiao-Long Zhang, Xing-Yu Feng, Yu Chen, Huijuan Wang, Xingxing Yu, Tao Ma, Xusheng Zheng, Junfa Zhu, Min-Rui Gao*, Shu-Hong Yu*, General Synthesis of Tube-like Nanostructured Perovskite Oxides with Tunable Transition Metal–Oxygen Covalency for Efficient Water Electrooxidation in Neutral Media, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 13163-13173.
8. Zi-You Yu, Yu Duan, Xing-Yu Feng, Xingxing Yu, Min-Rui Gao*, Shu-Hong Yu*, Clean and Affordable Hydrogen Fuel from Alkaline Water Splitting: Past, Recent Progress, and Future Prospects, Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2007100.
9. Zi-You Yu, Yu Duan, Jian-Dang Liu, Yu Chen, Xiao-Kang Liu, Wei Liu, Tao Ma, Yi Li, Xu-Sheng Zheng, Tao Yao, Min-Rui Gao*, Jun-Fa Zhu, Bang-Jiao Ye, Shu-Hong Yu*, Unconventional CN vacancies suppress iron-leaching in Prussian blue analogue pre-catalyst for boosted oxygen evolution catalysis, Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 2799.
10. Yu Duan†, Zi-You Yu† (co-first author), Li Yang†, Li-Rong Zheng, Chu-Tian Zhang, Xiao-Tu Yang, Fei-Yue Gao, Xiao-Long Zhang, Xingxing Yu, Ren Liu, Chao Gu, Xu-Sheng Zheng, Lei Shi, Jun Jiang, Jun-Fa Zhu, Min-Rui Gao*, Shu-Hong Yu*, Bimetallic nickel-molybdenum/tungsten nanoalloys for high-efficiency hydrogen oxidation catalysis in alkaline electrolytes, Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 4789.
