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. C. Tao, Z. Y. Sun,* et al. Prog. Mater. Sci. 2020,111, 100637.
(2) Electrochemical ammonia synthesis: Mechanistic understanding and catalyst design. H. D. Shen, Z. Y. Sun,* et al. Chem 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2021.01.009.
(3) A miracle metal@zeolite for selective conversion of syngas to ethanol. H. D. Shen, Z. Y. Sun.* Chem 2020, 6, 544.
(4) Activation of Ni particles into single Ni–N atoms for efficient electrochemical reduction of CO2. Q. Fan, Z. Y. Sun,* et al. Adv. Energy Mater. 2020, 10, 1903068.
(5) Reduced graphene oxides with engineered defects enable efficient electrochemical reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia in wide pH range. M. L. Zhang, Z. Y. Sun,* et al. Nano Energy 2020, 68, 104323.
(6) Surface-engineered oxidized two-dimensional Sb for efficient visible light-driven N2 fixation. Z. Q. Zhao, Z. Y. Sun,* et al. Nano Energy 2020, 78, 105368.
(7) Nitrogen fixation by Ru single-atom electrocatalytic reduction. H. C. Tao, Z. Y. Sun,* et al. Chem 2019, 5, 204.
(8) Catalysis of carbon dioxide photoreduction on nanosheets: Fundamentals and challenges. Z. Y. Sun, J. F. Chen,* et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 7610.
(9) Oxygen vacancy enables electrochemical N2 fixation over WO3 with tailored structure. Z. Y. Sun,* et al. Nano Energy 2019, 62, 869.
(10) Fundamentals and challenges of electrochemical CO2 reduction using two-dimensional materials. Z. Y. Sun,* B. X. Han,* et al. Chem 2017, 3, 560.
(11) Fabrication of ruthenium-carbon nanotube nanocomposites in supercritical water. Z. Y. Sun, Z. M. Liu,* et al. Adv. Mater. 2005, 17, 2993.
(12) A highly efficient chemical Sensor material for H2S: a-Fe2O3 nanotubes fabricated using carbon nanotube templates. Z. Y. Sun, B. X. Han,* et al. Adv. Mater. 2005, 17, 928.