Professor Zhenyu Sun

Office: Room A501, 

Chemical Engineering Building

Email: sunzy@mail.buct.edu.cn

Education

Ph.D., Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

M.S., Material Sciences, Tianjin Polytechnic University

Research Experience

2015 – present               Full Professor, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China

Aug. 2014 – Aug. 2015  Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, UK  

Oct. 2013 – Aug. 2014   Postdoctoral Fellow, Analytical Chemistry–Center for Electrochemical Sciences, Ruhr Univ. Bochum, Germany  

Apr. 2012 – Sept. 2013  Alexander Humboldt Research Fellow (experienced), Ruhr Univ. Bochum, Germany  

May 2011 – Mar. 2012   Postdoctoral Fellow, Heterogene Katalyse am Lehrstuhl für Technische Chemie, Ruhr Univ. Bochum, Germany  

Jan. 2009 – May 2011    Associate Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Oct. 2006 – Oct. 2008    Postdoctoral Fellow, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland  

Selected Publications

(1) Two-dimensional materials for energy conversion and storage. H. Tao, Z. Sun,* et al. Prog. Mater. Sci. 2020,111, 100637.

(2) Engineering vacancy and hydrophobicity of two-dimensional TaTe₂ for efficient and stable electrocatalytic N₂ reduction. Z. Zhao, Z. Sun,* et al. The Innovation 2022, 3, 100190.

(3) Electrochemical ammonia synthesis: Mechanistic understanding and catalyst design. H. Shen, Z.  Sun,* et al. Chem 2021, 7, 1708.

(4) A miracle metal@zeolite for selective conversion of syngas to ethanol. H. Shen, Z.  Sun.* Chem 2020, 6, 544.

(5) Activation of Ni particles into single Ni–N atoms for efficient electrochemical reduction of CO₂. Q. Fan, Z. Sun,* et al. Adv. Energy Mater. 2020, 10, 1903068. 

(6) Reduced graphene oxides with engineered defects enable efficient electrochemical reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia in wide pH range. M. Zhang, Z. Sun,* et al. Nano Energy 2020, 68, 104323.

(7) Surface-engineered oxidized two-dimensional Sb for efficient visible light-driven N₂ fixation. Z. Zhao, Z. Sun,* et al. Nano Energy 2020, 78, 105368.

(8) Nitrogen fixation by Ru single-atom electrocatalytic reduction. H. Tao, Z. Sun,*  et al. Chem 2019, 5, 204.

(9) Catalysis of carbon dioxide photoreduction on nanosheets: Fundamentals and challenges. Z.  Sun,  J. Chen,* et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 7610.

(10) Oxygen vacancy enables electrochemical N₂ fixation over WO₃ with tailored structure. Z. Sun,* et al. Nano Energy 2019, 62, 869.

(11) Fundamentals and challenges of electrochemical CO₂ reduction using two-dimensional materials. Z.  Sun,* B.  Han,* et al. Chem 2017, 3, 560.

(12) Fabrication of ruthenium-carbon nanotube nanocomposites in supercritical water. Z. Sun, Z. Liu,* et al. Adv. Mater. 2005, 17, 2993.

(13) A highly efficient chemical Sensor material for H₂S: a-Fe₂O₃ nanotubes fabricated using carbon nanotube templates. Z. Sun, B. Han,* et al. Adv. Mater. 2005, 17, 928.