My research focuses on the rational design of advanced porous electrocatalysts and electrode architectures for hydrogen energy technologies, with an emphasis on structure–transport–kinetics relationships at electrochemical interfaces. Specific interests include:

1. Ordered mesoporous and hierarchical catalytic materials for PEM water electrolysis and fuel cells, and their mesoscopic mass-transport mechanisms;

2. Precise construction of ordered three-phase (gas–liquid–solid) interfaces, coupled with operando and in-situ spectroscopic characterization;

3. Microscopic electric-field regulation and interfacial catalytic kinetics at electrode–electrolyte interfaces;

4. Interfacial water structure and proton-coupled electron transfer processes in hydrogen production and fuel-cell systems.

2013-Sep to 2018-June,  Tongji University (China), Ph.D

   

2024-Sep~Present, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor (Fellow)  

2021-Oct.~2024-Sep, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Postdoctoral Fellow

2021-Jan~2021-Oct, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Visiting Scholar

2018-Oct~2021-Feb, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Postdoctoral Fellow

   

Representative Publications as Corresponding Author

1. Mesoporous ruthenium titanium oxide solid solution with efficient three phase reaction interface for water electrolysis, Nat. Commun., 2026, 17, 3752

2. Phase-Selective Precrystallization Enables the Topological Conversion of Uniform Mesoporous Titanium Nitride, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2026, 148,18219.

3. Confinement-Engineered Ir-IrO2 Interfaces Activate Hydrogen-Bond-Mediated Oxide Pathway Mechanism for Durable Acidic Water Oxidation, Adv. Mater., 2026,10.1002/adma.73818.

4. Nanoconfined self-sustained water networks stabilize triple-phase interfaces under low humidity in PEM fuel cells, Appl. Catal. B: Environ, 2026, 399, 127110

5. Key Role of Bridge Adsorbed Hydrogen Intermediate on Pt-Ru Pair for Efficient Acidic Hydrogen Production. Adv. Mater., 2025, 2503221.

Representative Publications as First or Co-First Author

6. Self-assembly of Ir-based nanosheets with ordered interlayer space for enhanced electrocatalytic water oxidation. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 5, 2208.

7. Zero-Strain High-Capacity Silicon/Carbon Anode Enabled by a MOF-Derived Space Confined Single‐Atom Catalytic Strategy for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Adv. Mater., 2022, 34, 22008.

8. Mesoporous Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion. Adv. Energy Mater., 2020, 10, 2002152.

9. Anti-Pulverization Electrode Based on Low-Carbon Triple-Shelled Superstructures for Lithium-Ion Batteries. Adv. Mater., 2017, 29, 1701494.

10. Direct Super-Assemblies of Freestanding Metal-Carbon Frameworks Featuring Reversible Crystalline-Phase Transformation for Electrochemical Sodium Storage. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 16533– 16541.

(1) Controllable Construction of Ordered Iridium-based Electrocatalysts, 2024 Inorganic Chemistry in the New Era-Innovation and Crossover: Young Scholars Forum (2024-Nov)
(2) Controllable Assembly of Ordered Iridium-based Electrocatalysts and Application of Water Electrolysis 2024 National Science Review International Frontier Forum on Chemistry and Materials Science  (2024-Nov)
(3) Controllable Assembly of Mesoscopic Iridium-based Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts, 2024, Chinese Electrochemical Society  (2024-Nov)

现指导学生

黄葳原  硕士研究生  070304-物理化学  

(1) Shanghai Overseas Talent Program Youth Program, 2024
(2) Chinese Academy of Sciences Overseas Talent Program, 2024
(3) Top Talents, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2024

(1) Controllable Construction and Application of Mesoporous Hydrogen Electroconversion Catalysts, PI, Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2025-Jan to 2027-Dec, 4.0 M RMB).

(2) Research on self-assembly synthesis of ordered mesoporous low/non-noble metal PEM electrocatalysts and their integrated applications, PI, Independent deployment of the Institute (2024-Sep to 2029-Sep, 4.0 M RMB)

(3) Nanofluidic Membrane Electrode Assemblies for Highly Efficient Green Hydrogen Production, Co-Investigator, CAS–UNSW International Collaborative Research Program (2026-Jan to 2027-Dec, 1.1 M RMB).