教育背景:
2013年11月,埃尔朗根-纽伦堡大学 (德国),物理化学,博士
2009年7月,中国科学技术大学,物理化学,硕士
2006年7月,中国科学技术大学,应用物理,学士
工作经历:
2018.07 - 至今, 深圳大学,高等研究院,研究员,博士生导师;
2015.05-2018.06, 美国华盛顿大学, 化学系, 助理研究员;
2014.04-2015.04,香港科技大学,物理系,博士后;
部分荣誉:
2025年广东省珠江人才计划领军人才;
2024年深圳市南山区领航人才B类;
2022年深圳大学 “新锐研究生导师”;
2019年深圳市第11届创新创业大赛 “新能源及节能环保行业”决赛第3名;
2019年深圳市南山区领航人才C类;
2018年深圳市海外高层次人才计划C类;
科研项目:
1,国家自然科学基金委面上项目,21972096,基于二维金属有机框架的单原子模型催化剂的构建及"构效关系"的研究 2020-2024,65万,主持,结题。
2,深圳科技创新委员会基础研究面上项目,碳基双金属纳米催化剂电解水产氢的机理研究及性能调控,2020-2023,30万,主持,结题。
3,深圳市孔雀计划经费,300万,2020-2023,主持,结题。
4,广东省自然科学基金面上项目,电催化提取水中氢耦合木质素单体小分子加氢升级,2025-2027,主持。
研究兴趣:

期刊论文(2020年~):
2025年度
(41) Shiqi Li, Wenbin Zhang, Songlin Liu, Min Hu, Yuchen Lei, Yun Zhang, Wei Zhao*, Metal-Free Carbon Catalysts for Highly Selective Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrostyrene, Chemical Communications, 2025, 61, 19912-19916.
(40) Yongqiang Feng*, Qunzhi Ma, Wenjie Zhu, Karim Harrath, Ying Wei, Ying Wang, Yirong Qi, Jun Zhang, Wenchao Li, Jianqiu Zhu, Yuchen Lei, Jianfeng Huang, Bin Wu*, Wei Zhao*, High-Entropy Alloy Heterostructures with Tailored Interfacial Microenvironments for Superior Bifunctional Electrocatalytic Water Splitting, Small, 2025, e10098.
(39) Songlin Liu, Min Hu, Wenbin Zhang, Shiqi Li, Yuchen Lei, Wei Zhao*, Electrocatalytic conversion of nitrophenol pollutants to value-added products coupled with in situ separation via cation shuttling, Green Chemistry, 2025, 27, 15684-15693.
(38) Ruixing Du#, Bin Wu#*, Weiling Tan#, Yuchen Lei, Yunchuan Tu, Chalachew Mebrahtu, Zuohuan Chen, Shulong Li*, Zuhui Zhou, Zhenchen Tang, Huanhao Chen, Shiming Chen, Long Chen, Jian-Jun Wang, Xiaofeng Shi, Yifan Ye, Dingsheng Wang, Regina Palkovits*, Wei Zhao*, Feng Zeng*, Metallic Ni as Electron Acceptor Modulates the Redox of Catalytic Centers at Activated Ni0/Ni(OH)2 Heterojunctions for Efficient Ethanol Electrooxidation, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, e202510285.
(37) Fakhr uz Zaman, Karim Harrath, Felix Ofori Boakye, Fuhai Zhang, Wenbin Zhang, Fekadu Tsegaye Dajan, Sikandar Iqbal, Fereja Shemsu Ligani, Wei Zhao*, In-situ Formed Metal Borates Enable Industrial-level Seawater Splitting via Corrosion-resistant CoFe-boride Nanocatalysts, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2025, 700, 138519.
(36) Yuchen Lei, Fuhai Zhang, Wenbin Zhang, Wei Zhao*, Development status of electrocatalytic hydrogenation of biomass small molecules and prospects for industrial production, iScience, 2025, 28, 111908.
2024年度
(35) Xiaoxu Duan, Junli Xu, Yuan Cong, Haofei Geng, Kai Chen, Teng Xu, Yuxiang Zhang, Fuhai Zhang, Jianqiu Zhu, Linjuan Zhang, Wei Zhao*, Yifei Sun*, Haifeng Xiong*, Enhancing CO2 electroreduction to formate on bismuth catalyst via sulfur doping, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 157404.
(34) Felix Ofori Boakye, Karim Harrath, Dantong Zhang, Ya You, et al., Bin Wu*, Lijiang Mai*, Wei Zhao*, Synergistic Engineering of Dopant and Support of Ru Oxide Catalyst Enables Ultrahigh Performance for Acidic Oxygen Evolution, Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 2408714.
(33) Jiwei Li, Congcong Du, Qingyue Feng, Yiran Zhao, Sixu Liu, Junli Xu, Min Hu, Zizhen Zeng, Zhun Zhang, Hongxia Shen, Yuxuan Zhang, Jianqiu Zhu, Linjuan Zhang, Wei Zhao*, Jianyu Huang*, Haifeng Xiong*, Evolution and performances of Ni single atoms trapped by mesoporous ceria in Dry Reforming of Methane, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 2024, 354, 124069.
(32) Lina Zhang, ShaolongWan, Congcong Du, QiangWan, Hien Pham, Jiafei Zhao, Xingyu Ding, Diye Wei, Wei Zhao, Jiwei Li, Yanping Zheng, Hui Xie, Hua Zhang, Mingshu Chen, Kelvin H. L. Zhang, Shuai Wang, Jingdong Lin, Jianyu Huang, Sen Lin, Yong Wang, Abhaya K. Datye*, Ye Wang* & Haifeng Xiong*, Generating active metal/oxide reverse interfaces through coordinated migration of single atoms, Nature Communications, 2024, 15, 1234.
(31) Wenbin Zhang, Felix Ofori Boakye, Guanwu Lian, Dingyi Zhang, Zhousheng Mo, Henan Chen, Baiyao Liang, Yun Zhang, Wei Zhao*, Protocol for electrocatalytic hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurural using H and flow cells, STAR Protocols 2024, 5, 102963.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2024.102963
(30) Khan Abdul Sammed, Anuj Kumar, Amjad Farid, Wenbin Zhang, Abdul Rehman Akbar, Mumtaz Ali, Saira Ajmal, Ghulam Yasin*, Naeem Ullah, Lujun Pan, Wei Zhao*, Exploration of the role of oxygen-deficiencies coupled with Ni-doped V2O5 nanosheets anchored on carbon nanocoils for high-performance supercapacitor device, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 486, 150388.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.150388
(29) Saira Ajmal, Anuj Kumar, Muhammad Asim Mushtaq, Mohammad Tabish, Yulin Zhao, Wenbin Zhang, Abdul Sammed Khan, Ali Saad, Ghulam Yasin*, Wei Zhao*, Uniting Synergistic Effect of Single-Ni Site and Electric Field of B- Bridged-N for Boosted Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia, Small 2024, 2310082.
(28) Saira Ajmal, Yulin Zhao, Ghulam Yasin*, Felix Ofori Boakye, Mohammad Tabish, Mohammed Mujahid Alam, Abdullah G. Al-Sehemi, Wei Zhao*, Transition Metals Based Dual Single-atom Catalysts for Oxygen Electrocatalysis: Stunning Advances and Future Prospects, ChemCatChem 2024, e202301392.
2023年度
(27) Tao Peng, Wenbin Zhang, Baiyao Liang, Guanwu Lian, Yun Zhang, Wei Zhao*, Electrocatalytic valorization of lignocellulose-derived aromatics at industrial-scale current densities, Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 7229.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43136-y
(26) Dingyi Zhang, Guanwu Lian, Wenbin Zhang, Zhousheng Mo, Henan Chen, Baiyao Liang, Yun Zhang, Wei Zhao*, Selective Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Lignocellulose-Derived 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural with Superior Productivities, iScience, 2023, 26, 108003.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108003
(25) Felix Ofori Boakye, Karim Harrath, Mohammad Tabish, Ghulam Yasin*, Kwadwo Asare Owusu, Saira Ajmal, Wenbin Zhang, Haining Zhang*, Yang-Gang Wang*, Wei Zhao*, Phosphorus Coordinated Co/Se2 Heterointerface Nanowires: in-situ Catalyst Reconstruction toward Efficient Overall Water Splitting in Alkaline and Seawater Media, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023, 969, 172240.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.172240
(24) Khan Abdul Sammed, Amjad Farid, Sumayya Mustafa, Mohammad Tabish, Aqib Ali Khan, Saira Ajmal, Zhousheng Mo, Abdul Rehman Akbar, Ghulam Yasin*, Yu-jia Zeng, Wei Zhao*, Developing Next-generation Energy Storage Devices by Coordination Chemistry-based Advanced Functional Carbon Nanostructures: Progress, Current Challenges and Prospects, Fuel Processing Technology, 2023, 250, 107896.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2023.107896
(23) Saira Ajmal, Ghulam Yasin, Anuj Kumar, Mohammad Tabish, Shumaila Ibraheem, Khan Abdul Sammed, Muhammad Asim Mushtaq, Ali Saad, Zhousheng Mo, Wei Zhao*, A disquisition on CO2 electroreduction to C2H4: An engineering and design perspective looking beyond novel choosy catalyst materials, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023, 485, 215099.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2023.215099
(22) Zhousheng Mo, Saira Ajmal, Mohammad Tabish, Anuj Kumar, Ghulam Yasin*, Wei Zhao*, Metal-Organic Frameworks-Based Advanced Catalysts for Anthropogenic CO2 Conversion Toward Sustainable Future, Fuel Processing Technology, 2023, 244, 107705.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2023.107705
(21) Ghulam Yasin, Sajjad Ali, Shumaila Ibraheem, Anuj Kumar, Mohammad Tabish, Muhammad Asim Mushtaq, Saira Ajmal, Muhammad Arif, Muhammad Abubaker Khan, Ali Saad, Liang Qiao, Wei Zhao*, Simultaneously Engineering the Synergistic-Effects and Coordination-Environment of Dual-Single-Atomic Iron/Cobalt-sites as a Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalyst for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries, ACS Catalysis, 2023, 13, 2313–2325. (ESI高被引论文)
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c05654
(20) Saira Ajmal, Anuj Kumar, Ghulam Yasin*, Mohammed Mujahid Alam, Manickam Selvaraj, Mohammad Tabish, Muhammad Asim Mushtaq, Ram K. Gupta, Wei Zhao*, A Microwave-assisted Decoration of Carbon Nanotubes with Fe3O4 Nanoparticles for Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023, 943, 169067.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.169067
(19) Rashid Iqbal, Sajjad Ali, Adil Saleem, Muhammad K. Majeed, Arshad Hussain, Sajid Rauf, Abdul Rehman Akbar, Hu Xu, Liang Qiao, Wei Zhao*, Electrically Conductive Pt-MOFs for Acidic Oxygen Reduction: Optimized Performance via Altering Conjugated Ligands, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 455, 140799.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.140799
(18) Henan Chen, Tao Peng, Baiyao Liang, Dingyi Zhang, Guanwu Lian, Chenxin Yang, Yun Zhang, Wei Zhao*, Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Cinnamaldehyde to Value-added Chemicals, Green Chemistry, 2022, 24, 3655 - 3661.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1GC04777A
(17) Miao Wang, Tao Peng, Chenxin Yang, Baiyao Liang, Henan Chen, Mohan Kumar, Yun Zhang, Wei Zhao*, Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of lignin monomer to methoxy-cyclohexanes with a high faradaic efficiency, Green Chemistry, 2022, 24, 142 – 146.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1GC03523A
(16) Ghulam Yasin, Shumaila Ibraheem, Sajjad Ali, Muhammad Arif, Sehrish Ibrahim, Rashid Iqbal, Anuj Kumar, Mohammad Tabish, Muhammad Asim Mushtaq, Ali Saad, Hu Xu, Wei Zhao*, Defects-engineered tailoring of tri-doped interlinked metal-free bifunctional catalyst with lower gibbs free energy of OER/HER intermediates for overall water splitting, Materials Today Chemistry, 2022, 23, 100634.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2021.100634
(15) Tao Peng, Taotao Zhuang , Yu Yan, Jin Qian, et al., Jeremy S. Luterbacher*, Wei Zhao*, Edward H. Sargent*, Ternary Alloys Enable Efficient Production of Methoxylated Chemicals via Selective Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Lignin Monomers, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143(41),17226-17235.
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c08348
(14) Rashid Iqbal, Sajjad Ali, Ghulam Yasin, Shumaila Ibraheem, Mohammad Tabish, Mathar Hamza, Hu Xu, Jie Zeng, Wei Zhao*, A Novel 2D Co3(HADQ)2 Metal-Organic Framework as a Highly Active and Stable Electrocatalyst for Acidic Oxygen Reduction, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 430, 132642.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.132642
(13) Miao Wang, Ali Saad, Xiaoguang Li, Tao Peng, Qi-Tao Zhang, Mohan Kumar, Wei Zhao*, Solid-state Synthesis of Single-phase Nickel Monophosphosulfide for Oxygen Evolution Reaction, Dalton Transactions, 2021, 50, 12870 – 12878.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1DT02343H
(12) Ghulam Yasin, Sehrish Ibrahim, Shumaila Ibraheem*, Sajjad Ali*, Rashid Iqba, Anuj Kumar*, Mohammad Tabish, Yassine Slimani, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Hu Xu*, Wei Zhao*, Defective/Graphitic-Synergy in Heteroatom-interlinked-triggered Metal-free Electrocatalyst for High-performance Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, 9, 18222-18230.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TA05812F
(11) Chenxin Yang, Henan Chen, Tao Peng, Baiyao Liang, Yun Zhang*, Wei Zhao*, Lignin Valorization toward Value-Added Chemicals and Fuels via Electrocatalysis: A Perspective, Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2021, 42, 1831-1842.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S1872-2067(21)63839-1
(10) Mohan Kumar, B.E. Kumara Swamy, Bin Hu, Miao Wang, Ghulam Yasin, Baiyao Liang, H.D. Madhuchandra, Wei Zhao*, Electrochemical activation of copper oxide decorated graphene oxide modified carbon paste electrode surface for the simultaneous determination of hazardous Di-hydroxybenzene isomers, Microchemical Journal, 2021, 168, 106503.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2021.106503
(9) Miao Wang, Yun Zhang, Tao Peng, Mohan Kumar, Qitao Zhang, Wei Zhao*, Endohedral Fe3C decorated multi-walled CNTs as an efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution, Diamond and Related Materials, 2021, 118, 108508.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2021.108508
(8) Muqing Hua, Bowen Xia, Miao Wang, En Li, Jing Liu, Tianhao Wu, Yifan Wang, Ruoning Li, Honghe Ding, Jun Hu, Yongfeng Wang, Junfa Zhu, Hu Xu, Wei Zhao*, Nian Lin*, Highly Degenerate Ground States in a Frustrated Antiferromagnetic Kagome Lattice in a Two-Dimensional Metal–Organic Framework, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2021, 12, 3733−3739.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00598
(7) Anuj Kumar, Ghulam Yasin⁎, Vinod Kumar Vashistha, Deepak K. Das, Majeed Ur Rehman, Rashid Iqbal, Zhousheng Mo, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Y. Slimani, M. Tariq Nazir, Wei Zhao*, Enhancing oxygen reduction reaction performance via CNTs/graphene supported iron protoporphyrin IX: A hybrid nanoarchitecture electrocatalyst, Diamond and Related Materials, 2021, 113, 108272.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2021.108272
(6) Muhammad Nadeem, GhulamYasin⁎, MuhammadArif, HassinaTabassum, Moazzam H.Bhatti⁎, MazharMehmood, UzmaYunus, RashidIqbal, Tuan AnhNguyen, YassineSlimani, HuaiheSong⁎, Wei Zhao*, Highly active sites of Pt/Er dispersed N-doped hierarchical porous carbon for trifunctional electrocatalyst, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 409, 128205.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.128205
(5) Mohan Kumar, Yongsheng Fu, Miao Wang, B.E. Kumara Swamy, Gururaj Kudur Jayaprakash, Wei Zhao*, Influence of cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide for electrochemical detection of guanine, uric acid and dopamine, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021,321,114893.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114893
(4) Miao Wang, Guo-Ming Weng, Ghulam Yasin, Mohan Kumar, Wei Zhao*, A high-performance tin phosphide/carbon composite anode for lithium-ion batteries, Dalton Transactions, 2020, 49, 17026-17032.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0DT03139A
(3) Mohan Kumar, Miao Wang, B.E Kumara Swamy, M. Praveen, Wei Zhao*, Poly (alanine)/NaOH/ MoS2/MWCNTs modified carbon paste electrode for simultaneous detection of dopamine, ascorbic acid, serotonin and guanine, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2020, 196, 111299.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2020.111299
(2) Mohan Kumar, B.E Kumara Swamy*, Sathish Reddy, J.K Shashi Kumara, Wei Zhao*, Electrochemical Determination of Hematoxylin by Pretreated ZnO Nanoflakes Modified Carbon Paste Electrode in the Absence and Presence of Eosin Y, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2020, 167, 087511.
https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ab91c9
(1) Kun Zhou, Huifang Liang, Miao Wang, Shuaipeng Xing, Honghe Ding, Yang Song, Yuxu Wang, Qian Xu, Jing-Hui He, Junfa Zhu, Wei Zhao*, Yu-qiang Ma*, and Ziliang Shi*, Fine-Tuning of Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Nanostructures via Alkali-Pyridyl Coordination, Nanoscale Advances, 2020, 2, 2170-2176.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NA00091D