News
Year 2022
10/28/2022 How flooding degrades the gas diffusion electrode performance for CO2/CO reduction? Our recent research uncovers that preventing flooding in gas diffusion layer is more important than in catalyst layer. We call a revolutionary change in the design of the GDE structure to maintain the long-term stability of CO2/CO reduction. See detail in our paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-7111/ac9b96/meta
10/18/2022 Our research on tandem catalysis of CO2 conversion is highlighted by DOE Office of Science.
https://www.energy.gov/science/listings/science-highlights
7/08/2022 Takeshi passed the M.S. defense for his thesis on pulse electrolysis of CO2 reduction. He will return to Japan to start his industrial career. Best wishes to his future endeavors!
07/01/2022 Tianyu receives the CHEE department Graduate Students Award: This award is awarded to a deserving graduate CHE student at the doctoral level who excelled in his/her performance during his/her tenure in the department, prior to graduation. Congrats to Tianyu!
6/22/2022 In collaboration with Dr. Yujie Sun at Chemistry Department, our group receives the Michelman Green, Clean and Sustainable Technology Research Innovation Award from the Office of Research UC.
5/22/2022 Jianfang publishes the stabilizing of Cu+/Cu0 interface at grain boundary regions in Advanced Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202200454
5/4/2022 Dr. Wu receives the CEAS Research Award for Early Career Faculty.
3/3/2022 Our work on segmented tandem electrodes for CO2 reduction is online at Nature Catalysis. https://rdcu.be/cIar9
3/3/2022 Zhengyuan receives the 2021-2022 URC Graduate Student Stipend and Rsearch Cost Program for Faculty-Student Collaboration Award.
Congratulations to Zhengyuan! The is the second year in a row to win the award for our group.
2/9/2022 Our group's first Ph.D. student, Tianyu Zhang, successfully passed his Ph.D. dissertation defense! He will leave for Boston and join Giner to start his industrial career. Best wishes to his future endeavors!
Year 2021
12/13/2021 Welcome to new postdoc, Dr. Ashok Ummireddi . Dr. Ummireddi obtained his PhD from IIT-Kanpur and will work on the project supported by DOE EERE.
11/08/2021 Jianfang, Zhengyuan and Tianyu published the work "Switching CO2 electroreduction selectivity between C1 and C2 hydrocarbons on Cu gas diffusion electrodes" on Energy & Enviromental Materials. [Link]
10/11/2021 Zhengyuan and Tianyu published the work "Amine Functionalized Carbon Nanodots Electrocatalysts Converting Carbon Dioxide to Methane" with Rice University on Advacned Materials. [Link]
09/10/2021 Welcome to new group members! Postdoc --- Dr. Junchuan Fang, Ph.D. studnets --- James Akinjide annd Jithu Raj, and M.S./M.E. students --- Josh Ackley and Ian Moorhead.
09/06/2021 Tianyu and Zhengyuan published their work "Regulation of functional groups on graphene quantum dots directs selective CO2 to CH4 conversion" on Nature Communications. [Link]
08/02/2021 Jianfang and Zhengyuan published their work "Reconstructing two-dimensional defects in CuO nanowires for efficient CO2 electroreduction to ethylene" on Chemical Communications, as part of themed issue of "Emerging Investigators 2021".
06/21/2021 Zhengyuan published his work "Planar Defect-Driven Electrocatalysis of CO2-to-C2H4 Conversion" on Journal of Materials Chemistry A. It falls into the collection of "Emerging Investigator 2021".
04/15/2021 Tianyu receives the 2020-2021 URC Graduate Student Stipend and Research Cost Program for Faculty—Student Collaboration Award. Congratulations to Tianyu!
03/15/2021 Dr. Wu receives the CEAS Distinguished Researcher Award from College of Engineering and Applied Science to recognize his scholar achievement in the past year 2020.
01/19/2021 The team proposal aiming at developing "Modular Reactors for the Capture and Electro-conversion of CO2 in Various Industrial Processes to Value-Added Chemicals" is recommended for funding by DOE EERE AMO with a total award of $3.2M. The team includes ULL, UC, INL and Giner Inc. See the DOE announcement.
01/04/2021 Three new members join our group this Spring. Two co-advised postdocs between the Sun and Wu groups, Drs. Xiang Lyu and Xiao Shang, and one graduate student, Takeshi Ito. Welcome aboard!
Year 2020
10/01/2020 Yujing and Jianfang published their work on NRR on ACS Applied Energy Materials.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c01834
9/23/2020 Zhengyuan published two papers in JES and Applied Catalysis A: General, respectively.
08/15/2020 The proposal aiming to research the interplay of reactant species transport and C-C coupling reaction kinetics is funded by NSF CBET with funding of ~$450,000.
06/25/2020 The joint project of CO2-to-C2H4 conversion together with ULL has been funded by DOE NETL with a total award of $1.25 M. This project will support our group to develop electrodes for electrochemical CO2 reduction towards industrial application.
05/01/2020 Tianyu's paper "Enhance CO2-to-C2+ products yield through spatial management of CO transport in Cu/ZnO tandem electrodes" is accepted by Journal of Catalysis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2020.05.002
04/12/2020 The paper "Tandem Electrodes for Carbon Dioxide Reduction into C2+ Products at Simultaneously High Production Efficiency and Rate" is published in Cell Reports Physical Science https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2020.100051.
03/15/2020 Yujing Tian successfully defended her M.S. thesis. She starts a new trip as a research engineer in Foxconn USA.
03/12/2020 jianfang's paper "Confinement of intermediates in blue TiO2 nanotube arrays boosts reaction rate of nitrogen electrocatalysis" is published in ChemCatChem.
01/12/2020 Tianyu's paper "Nickel-nitrogen-carbon molecular catalysts for high rate CO2 electro-reduction to CO: on the role of carbon substrate and reaction chemistry" is published in ACS Applied Energy Materials.
02/01/2020 The paper "Spontaneous self-intercalation of copper atoms into transition-metal dichalcogenides " in collaboration with Rice University and Wuhan University is published by Science Advances. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay4092
Year 2019
10/09/2019 The paper "Atomic Ru Immobilized on Porous h-BN through Simple Vacuum Filtration for Highly Active and Selective CO2 Methanation" is online in ACS Catalysis, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acscatal.9b02197.
09/27/2019 The collaborative paper "Metal-Oxide-Mediated Subtractive Manufacturing of Two-Dimensional Carbon Nitride for High-Efficiency and High-Yield Photocatalytic H2 Evolution" with Jiangsu University is published online in ACS Nano, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.9b04443.
04/09/2019 The paper "Discovering superior basal plane active two-dimensional catalysts for hydrogen evolution" is online in Materials Today, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2019.02.014.
04/01/2019 Dr. Wu receives CEAS Faculty Development Award.
03/31/2019 Two projects were selected for funding through UC Office of Research Collaborative Research Advancement Grants Program - Track 1: Pilot Teams.
1/20/2019 Dr. Linping Sun from Changchun University of Technology joins our group as a visiting professor. Welcome Dr. Sun!
1/17/2019 The paper "Doping nanoscale graphene domain improves magnetism in hexagonal boron nitride" is published in Advanced Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201805778
Year 2018
12/27/2018 The invited review paper entitled "Emerging Carbon‐Based Heterogeneous Catalysts for Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide into Value‐Added Chemicals" is on-line in Advanced Materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201804257
10/2/2018 Jianfang Zhang from Hefei University of Technology joins our group as a visiting PhD student. He will stay in UC for 2 year to perform N2 fixation research. Welcome Jianfang!
8/15/2018 Zhengyuan Li from Rice University joins our group as the 2nd PhD student. He will perform research on the CH4 activation and conversion . Yujing Tan joins us a MS student. She is studying N2 fixation with 2D materials. Welcome Zhengyuan and Yujing!
07/23/2018 The paper entitled "Reflux pretreatment-mediated sonication: A new universal route to obtain 2D quantum dots" is published in Materials Today.
06/1/2018 Dr. Wu receives the ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award .
Learn More > CEAS News
5/1/2018 Dr. Wu receives the New Faculty Development Award from office of Research, University of Cincinnati.
03/25/2018 The paper entitled "Electrochemical CO2 Reduction with Atomic Iron‐Dispersed on Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene" is online in Advanced Energy Materials.
03/15/2018 Dr. Wu wins the University Research Council Faculty Research Cost Support Award.
03/10/2018 Dr. Xiaojie She from Jiangsu University joins our group as a postdoc.
Year 2017
12/15/2017 Our paper entitled "Cryo-mediated exfoliation and fracturing of layered materials into 2D quantum dots" is published in Science Advances.
10/4/2017 Dr. Jingjie Wu presented "Atomic carbon based electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction" in 232nd ECS meeting, National Harbor, MD.
09/15/2017 The paper titled "Self-optimizing, highly surface-active layered metal dichalcogenide catalysts for hydrogen evolution" was selected as Cover Page in Nature Energy.
08/15/2017 The first Ph.D. student Tianyu Zhang from East China University of Science and Technology joins the group.
08/15/2017 The Atomic Materials for Catalysis Research Group led by Dr. Jingjie Wu is officially launched in University of Cincinnati.
07/11/2017 Dr. Jingjie Wu was invited to attend DOE listening day in San Diego.
10/28/2022 How flooding degrades the gas diffusion electrode performance for CO2/CO reduction? Our recent research uncovers that preventing flooding in gas diffusion layer is more important than in catalyst layer. We call a revolutionary change in the design of the GDE structure to maintain the long-term stability of CO2/CO reduction. See detail in our paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-7111/ac9b96/meta
10/18/2022 Our research on tandem catalysis of CO2 conversion is highlighted by DOE Office of Science.
https://www.energy.gov/science/listings/science-highlights
7/08/2022 Takeshi passed the M.S. defense for his thesis on pulse electrolysis of CO2 reduction. He will return to Japan to start his industrial career. Best wishes to his future endeavors!
07/01/2022 Tianyu receives the CHEE department Graduate Students Award: This award is awarded to a deserving graduate CHE student at the doctoral level who excelled in his/her performance during his/her tenure in the department, prior to graduation. Congrats to Tianyu!
6/22/2022 In collaboration with Dr. Yujie Sun at Chemistry Department, our group receives the Michelman Green, Clean and Sustainable Technology Research Innovation Award from the Office of Research UC.
5/22/2022 Jianfang publishes the stabilizing of Cu+/Cu0 interface at grain boundary regions in Advanced Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202200454
5/4/2022 Dr. Wu receives the CEAS Research Award for Early Career Faculty.
3/3/2022 Our work on segmented tandem electrodes for CO2 reduction is online at Nature Catalysis. https://rdcu.be/cIar9
3/3/2022 Zhengyuan receives the 2021-2022 URC Graduate Student Stipend and Rsearch Cost Program for Faculty-Student Collaboration Award.
Congratulations to Zhengyuan! The is the second year in a row to win the award for our group.
2/9/2022 Our group's first Ph.D. student, Tianyu Zhang, successfully passed his Ph.D. dissertation defense! He will leave for Boston and join Giner to start his industrial career. Best wishes to his future endeavors!
Year 2021
12/13/2021 Welcome to new postdoc, Dr. Ashok Ummireddi . Dr. Ummireddi obtained his PhD from IIT-Kanpur and will work on the project supported by DOE EERE.
11/08/2021 Jianfang, Zhengyuan and Tianyu published the work "Switching CO2 electroreduction selectivity between C1 and C2 hydrocarbons on Cu gas diffusion electrodes" on Energy & Enviromental Materials. [Link]
10/11/2021 Zhengyuan and Tianyu published the work "Amine Functionalized Carbon Nanodots Electrocatalysts Converting Carbon Dioxide to Methane" with Rice University on Advacned Materials. [Link]
09/10/2021 Welcome to new group members! Postdoc --- Dr. Junchuan Fang, Ph.D. studnets --- James Akinjide annd Jithu Raj, and M.S./M.E. students --- Josh Ackley and Ian Moorhead.
09/06/2021 Tianyu and Zhengyuan published their work "Regulation of functional groups on graphene quantum dots directs selective CO2 to CH4 conversion" on Nature Communications. [Link]
08/02/2021 Jianfang and Zhengyuan published their work "Reconstructing two-dimensional defects in CuO nanowires for efficient CO2 electroreduction to ethylene" on Chemical Communications, as part of themed issue of "Emerging Investigators 2021".
06/21/2021 Zhengyuan published his work "Planar Defect-Driven Electrocatalysis of CO2-to-C2H4 Conversion" on Journal of Materials Chemistry A. It falls into the collection of "Emerging Investigator 2021".
04/15/2021 Tianyu receives the 2020-2021 URC Graduate Student Stipend and Research Cost Program for Faculty—Student Collaboration Award. Congratulations to Tianyu!
03/15/2021 Dr. Wu receives the CEAS Distinguished Researcher Award from College of Engineering and Applied Science to recognize his scholar achievement in the past year 2020.
01/19/2021 The team proposal aiming at developing "Modular Reactors for the Capture and Electro-conversion of CO2 in Various Industrial Processes to Value-Added Chemicals" is recommended for funding by DOE EERE AMO with a total award of $3.2M. The team includes ULL, UC, INL and Giner Inc. See the DOE announcement.
01/04/2021 Three new members join our group this Spring. Two co-advised postdocs between the Sun and Wu groups, Drs. Xiang Lyu and Xiao Shang, and one graduate student, Takeshi Ito. Welcome aboard!
Year 2020
10/01/2020 Yujing and Jianfang published their work on NRR on ACS Applied Energy Materials.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c01834
9/23/2020 Zhengyuan published two papers in JES and Applied Catalysis A: General, respectively.
08/15/2020 The proposal aiming to research the interplay of reactant species transport and C-C coupling reaction kinetics is funded by NSF CBET with funding of ~$450,000.
06/25/2020 The joint project of CO2-to-C2H4 conversion together with ULL has been funded by DOE NETL with a total award of $1.25 M. This project will support our group to develop electrodes for electrochemical CO2 reduction towards industrial application.
05/01/2020 Tianyu's paper "Enhance CO2-to-C2+ products yield through spatial management of CO transport in Cu/ZnO tandem electrodes" is accepted by Journal of Catalysis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2020.05.002
04/12/2020 The paper "Tandem Electrodes for Carbon Dioxide Reduction into C2+ Products at Simultaneously High Production Efficiency and Rate" is published in Cell Reports Physical Science https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2020.100051.
03/15/2020 Yujing Tian successfully defended her M.S. thesis. She starts a new trip as a research engineer in Foxconn USA.
03/12/2020 jianfang's paper "Confinement of intermediates in blue TiO2 nanotube arrays boosts reaction rate of nitrogen electrocatalysis" is published in ChemCatChem.
01/12/2020 Tianyu's paper "Nickel-nitrogen-carbon molecular catalysts for high rate CO2 electro-reduction to CO: on the role of carbon substrate and reaction chemistry" is published in ACS Applied Energy Materials.
02/01/2020 The paper "Spontaneous self-intercalation of copper atoms into transition-metal dichalcogenides " in collaboration with Rice University and Wuhan University is published by Science Advances. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay4092
Year 2019
10/09/2019 The paper "Atomic Ru Immobilized on Porous h-BN through Simple Vacuum Filtration for Highly Active and Selective CO2 Methanation" is online in ACS Catalysis, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acscatal.9b02197.
09/27/2019 The collaborative paper "Metal-Oxide-Mediated Subtractive Manufacturing of Two-Dimensional Carbon Nitride for High-Efficiency and High-Yield Photocatalytic H2 Evolution" with Jiangsu University is published online in ACS Nano, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.9b04443.
04/09/2019 The paper "Discovering superior basal plane active two-dimensional catalysts for hydrogen evolution" is online in Materials Today, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2019.02.014.
04/01/2019 Dr. Wu receives CEAS Faculty Development Award.
03/31/2019 Two projects were selected for funding through UC Office of Research Collaborative Research Advancement Grants Program - Track 1: Pilot Teams.
1/20/2019 Dr. Linping Sun from Changchun University of Technology joins our group as a visiting professor. Welcome Dr. Sun!
1/17/2019 The paper "Doping nanoscale graphene domain improves magnetism in hexagonal boron nitride" is published in Advanced Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201805778
Year 2018
12/27/2018 The invited review paper entitled "Emerging Carbon‐Based Heterogeneous Catalysts for Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide into Value‐Added Chemicals" is on-line in Advanced Materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201804257
10/2/2018 Jianfang Zhang from Hefei University of Technology joins our group as a visiting PhD student. He will stay in UC for 2 year to perform N2 fixation research. Welcome Jianfang!
8/15/2018 Zhengyuan Li from Rice University joins our group as the 2nd PhD student. He will perform research on the CH4 activation and conversion . Yujing Tan joins us a MS student. She is studying N2 fixation with 2D materials. Welcome Zhengyuan and Yujing!
07/23/2018 The paper entitled "Reflux pretreatment-mediated sonication: A new universal route to obtain 2D quantum dots" is published in Materials Today.
06/1/2018 Dr. Wu receives the ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award .
Learn More > CEAS News
5/1/2018 Dr. Wu receives the New Faculty Development Award from office of Research, University of Cincinnati.
03/25/2018 The paper entitled "Electrochemical CO2 Reduction with Atomic Iron‐Dispersed on Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene" is online in Advanced Energy Materials.
03/15/2018 Dr. Wu wins the University Research Council Faculty Research Cost Support Award.
03/10/2018 Dr. Xiaojie She from Jiangsu University joins our group as a postdoc.
Year 2017
12/15/2017 Our paper entitled "Cryo-mediated exfoliation and fracturing of layered materials into 2D quantum dots" is published in Science Advances.
10/4/2017 Dr. Jingjie Wu presented "Atomic carbon based electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction" in 232nd ECS meeting, National Harbor, MD.
09/15/2017 The paper titled "Self-optimizing, highly surface-active layered metal dichalcogenide catalysts for hydrogen evolution" was selected as Cover Page in Nature Energy.
08/15/2017 The first Ph.D. student Tianyu Zhang from East China University of Science and Technology joins the group.
08/15/2017 The Atomic Materials for Catalysis Research Group led by Dr. Jingjie Wu is officially launched in University of Cincinnati.
07/11/2017 Dr. Jingjie Wu was invited to attend DOE listening day in San Diego.
