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

 

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

2023: Fellow of Chinese Chemical Society

2022: National May Day Labor Medal

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.   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.

2.   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.

3.   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.

4.   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.

5.   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).

6.   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.

7.   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.

8.   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.