2000-2003, Ph.D. Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1997-2000, M.S. College of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Beijing University of Technology
1992-1996, B.S. School of Enviromental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao Technological University

2011-present, Professor, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,  University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2005-2011, Lecturer and associate professor, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2003-2005, Postdoctoral research, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University

1.      M.Z. Hu, Z.J. Cai, S.T. Yang, Z. Wang, F.Y. Shen, X.H. Liang, G.D. Sun, H. Ren, Y.A. Cao, B.T. Hu, S.J. Liu, H.Y. Tan, K.B. Zhou, Direct Growth of Uniform Bimetallic Core-Shell or Intermetallic Nanoparticles on Carbon via a Surface-Confinement Strategy for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Advanced Functional Materials, (2023) 10.1002/adfm.202212097.

2.      M.Z. Hu, Z.J. Cai, X.H. Liang, G.G. Li, H.Y. Tan, S.T. Yang, H. Ren, Z. Wang, G.D. Sun, S.J. Liu, Z.P. Hao, K.B. Zhou, Surface-Confined Synthesis of Ultrafine Pt-Rare Earth Nanoalloys on N-Functionalized Supports, Advanced Functional Materials, 32 (2022) 2202675.

3.      J. Wang, D. Cheng, M.M. Gao, Q. Li, Y. Xin, N.N. Zhang, Z.L. Zhang, X.H. Yu, Z. Zhao, K.B. Zhou, Modulation of the superficial electronic structure via metal-support interaction for H-2 evolution over Pd catalysts, Chemical Science, 12 (2021) 3245-3252.

4.      Y.F. Li, C. Chen, R. Cao, Z.W. Pan, H. He, K.B. Zhou, Dual-atom Ag₂/graphene catalyst for efficient electroreduction of CO₂ to CO, Applied Catalysis B, 268 (2020) 118747.

5.      C. Chen, D. Cheng, S.J. Liu, Z. Wang, M.Z. Hu, K.B. Zhou, Engineering the multiscale structure of bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst for highly efficient and ultrastable zinc-air battery, Energy Storage Materials, 24 (2020) 402-411.

6.      M.Z. Hu, W.J. Yang, S.J. Liu, W. Zhu, Y. Li, B.T. Hu, Z. Chen, R.A. Shen, W.C. Cheong, Y. Wang, K.B. Zhou, Q. Peng, C. Chen, Y.D. Li, Topological self-template directed synthesis of multi-shelled intermetallic Ni₃Ga hollow microspheres for the selective hydrogenation of alkyne, Chemical Science, 10 (2019) 614-619.

7.      D. Cheng, Z. Wang, C. Chen, K.B. Zhou, Crystalline/Amorphous Co₂P@FePO₄ Core/Shell Nanoheterostructures Supported on Porous Carbon Microspheres as Efficient Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts, Chemistry of Materials, 31 (2019) 8026-8034.

8.      M.Z. Hu, S. Zhao, S.J. Liu, C. Chen, W.X. Chen, W. Zhu, C. Liang, W.C. Cheong, Y. Wang, Y. Yu, Q. Peng, K.B. Zhou, J. Li, Y.D. Li, MOF-Confined Sub-2 nm Atomically Ordered Intermetallic PdZn Nanoparticles as High-Performance Catalysts for Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene, Advanced Materials, 30 (2018) 1801878.

9.      J. Wang, H.Y. Tan, D. Jiang, K.B. Zhou, Enhancing H₂ evolution by optimizing H adatom combination and desorption over Pd nanocatalyst, Nano Energy, 33 (2017) 410-417.

10.   S. Iqbal, Z.W. Pan, K.B. Zhou, Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from in situ formation of few-layered MoS₂/CdS nanosheet-based van der Waals heterostructures, Nanoscale, 9 (2017) 6638-6642.

11.   J. Wang, H.Y. Tan, S.Z. Yu, K.B. Zhou, Morphological Effects of Gold Clusters on the Reactivity of Ceria Surface Oxygen, ACS Catal., 5 (2015) 2873-2881.

12.   H.Y. Tan, J. Wang, S.Z. Yu, K.B. Zhou, Support Morphology-Dependent Catalytic Activity of Pd/CeO2 for Formaldehyde Oxidation, Environ. Sci. Technol., 49 (2015) 8675-8682.

13.   Z.B. Zhu, H.Y. Tan, J. Wang, S.Z. Yu, K.B. Zhou, Hydrodeoxygenation of vanillin as a bio- oil model over carbonaceous microspheres-supported Pd catalysts in the aqueous phase and Pickering emulsions, Green Chem., 16 (2014) 2636-2643.

14.   K.B. Zhou, Y.D. Li, Catalysis Based on Nanocrystals with Well-Defined Facets, Angew. Chem.-Int. Edit., 51 (2012) 602-613.

15.   P. Zhang, D.Q. Sun, M.W. Wen, J.K. Yang, K.B. Zhou, Z.X. Wang, Hydroxyl Radical Promotes the Direct Iodination of Aromatic Compounds with Iodine in Water: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study, Adv. Synth. Catal., 354 (2012) 720-729.

16.   H.Y. Tan, P. Zhang, L. Wang, D. Yang, K.B. Zhou, Multifunctional amphiphilic carbonaceous microcapsules catalyze water/oil biphasic reactions, Chem. Commun., 47 (2011) 11903-11905.

17.   D.Z. Ni, L. Wang, Y.H. Sun, Z.R. Guan, S. Yang, K.B. Zhou, Amphiphilic Hollow Carbonaceous Microspheres with Permeable Shells, Angew. Chem.-Int. Edit., 49 (2010) 4223-4227.

18.   X.W. Liu, K.B. Zhou, L. Wang, B.Y. Wang, Y.D. Li, Oxygen Vacancy Clusters Promoting Reducibility and Activity of Ceria Nanorods, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131 (2009) 3140-3141.

19.   K.B. Zhou, Z.Q. Yang, S. Yang, Highly reducible CeO₂ nanotubes, Chemistry of Materials, 19 (2007) 1215-1217.

20.   K.B. Zhou, X. Wang, X.M. Sun, Q. Peng, Y.D. Li, Enhanced catalytic activity of ceria nanorods from well-defined reactive crystal planes, J. Catal., 229 (2005) 206-212.

Current members

Lei Wang  
Hongyi Tan                               Peng Zhang
Deming Zeng                            Zhibin Zhu
Jin Wang                                   Lili Wang  

Past members  

Xiangwen Liu         (now Tsinghua University)
Dan Yang               (now Nanyang Technological University, Singapore )