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.