Yongtao Wang, Yanan Wang and  Xian Yao passed their thesis defense today. Congrats!Doctoral studentsList of the thesis titles:Yongtao Wang: Design of High Efficiency Catalyst and Exploration of Reaction Mechanism for Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis.Yanan Wang: Regulation of Metal Support Interaction on the Structure Activity Relationship of Pt Based Catalysts.Master studentsList of the thesis...

On Oct. 27, 2022, Prof. Tuo Wang won the 17th China Youth Science and Technology Award. Congratulations

​On October 5, 2022, Prof. Jinlong Gong joins the Editorial Advisory Board of Chemical Reviews and Accounts of Materials Research! Congratulations.

On August 8, 2022, the undergraduate innovation and entrepreneurship team project “carbon fixation day by day – CO2 resource utilization system based on solar energy” won the national first prize of the 15th National Social Practice and Science Competitions on Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction for College Students. Congratulations!The project was directed by Prof. Peng Zhang, and co...

On June 16, 2022, Dr. Xianhua Zhang and Dr. Chengsheng Yang were selected as the “Postdoctoral Innovative Talent Support Program” of 2022. Congratulations!关于对2022年度博士后创新人才支持计划拟入选人员进行公示的通

Shujie Wang, Wanyu Deng, Shuai Wang, XIwen Song, Chenggong Jiang, Yan Wang, Shiyu Zhen, Xinyan Wang, Hongbo Song, Xiaohe Liu passed their thesis defense today. Congratulations!Doctoral studentsList of the thesis titles:Shujie Wang: Coupling law and mechanism of anode and cathode in unbiased solar water decomposition systemWanyu Deng: Catalyst design and mechanistic investigations on electrocata...

On May 11, 2022, Prof. Jinlong Gong won the 6th Chinese Chemical Society-Evonik Chemical Innovation Award-Distinguished Scientist. Congratulations!

Gonglab’s 2021 annual summing-up meeting was held from January 8, 2022 to January 9, 2022.The winners of 2021 are:Scientific researchIdea Fountain: Xin Chang (PhD), Gong Zhang (PhD)Logic Talent: Wanyu Deng (PhD), Zheyuan Ding (PhD), Hongbo Song (Master)Science Master: Jiachen Sun (PhD), Jia Yu (PhD), Chenggong Jiang (Master), Shixuan Zhao (Master)Progress Star: Jing Zhao (PhD), Xiaohe Liu (Mas...

Peipei Jia, Zheyuan Ding, Chujun Wang, Pingping Wei, Rui Liu, Shixuan Zhao, Xiaozhi Li, Xiaowei Du, Kailang Li, Yuan Chen, Tingting Yang, Lili Zhang passed their opening defense today. Congrats!Lulu Li, Yan Lin, Wei Wang, Hao Dong, Mengmeng Zhang, Tao Liu, Xianghong Li, Xiangcheng Shi, Hui Gao, Qinzhen Wang, Jia Yu, Jiachen Sun passed their mid-term defense today. Congrats!Opening defenseDoctor...

On December 31, 2021, Dr. Xiaoxia Chang won CPCIF-Clariant Youth Innovation Award for sustainable development, congrats!关于颁发第二届“CPCIF-Clariant可持续发展青年创新奖“的决定-中国石油和化学工业联合

Tuning the facet exposure of Cu could promote the multi-carbon (C2+) products formation in electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. Here we report the design and realization of a dynamic deposition-etch-bombardment method for Cu(100) facets control without using capping agents and polymer binders. The synthesized Cu(100)-rich films lead to a high Faradaic efficiency of 86.5% and a full-cell electricity ...

O2 electroreduction (CO2 ER) using renewable energy is ideal for mitigating the greenhouse effect and closing the carbon cycle. Bicarbonate (HCO3−) is most commonly employed as the electrolyte anion because it is known to facilitate CO2 ER. However, its dynamics in the electric double layer remains obscure and requires more in-depth investigation. Herein, we investigate the refined reduction p...

The Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of NSFC led by Prof. Jinlong Gong was approved on Aug 18. Congratulations!

On August 6, 2021, Prof. Jinlong Gong has been elected as a fellow of the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (CIESC), congrats!关于2021年度中国化工学会会士评选结果的公示 – 中国化工学会 (ciesc.cn

On June 26, 2021, the first “Future Cup” football match of Gonglab was held at the north stadium.Teachers and students were randomly divided into two teams, led by Prof. Gong and Prof. Zhang, respectively.The members in the team of Prof. Gong are Ran Luo, Bin Liu, Hao Dong, Xianghong Li, Chengjie Zhao, Zunrong Sheng, Xiaohe Liu, and Xiwen Song.The members in the team of Prof. Zhang are Xianhu...

To strengthen the students’ physique and the awareness of physical exercise, the sports tests were taken before the graduates left Gonglab.On June 21, 2021, Gonglab held the sports tests.A teacher, Peng Zhang and a doctoral student, Xianhui Wang acted as referees.The sports and personal goals are listed as follows

On June 9, 2021, to celebrate the graduates to start a new life, a friendly football match between graduates and on-campus students was held at stadium.The final score was 4 to 3. The graduates won the match. Congrats!Wish all our 2021 graduates can have a bright future

On June 6, 2021, Ma’s group (C1 Chemistry & Technology Laboratory) and Gonglab (Energy & Catalysis Adventure Team) held a basketball match.At 5:30 p.m., the game started and lasted about 45 minutes.In the end, Gonglab won by a nose. We shook hands and discussed about the next game.Yan Wang, Wei Wang, Yang Wu, Jiachen Sun, Xiaohe Liu, Xianghong Li, Xianhui Wan

Huimin Li, Bin Liu, Xianhua Zhang, Chengsheng Yang, and Guodong Sun passed their dissertation defense today. Congrats!List of the thesis titles:Huimin Li: Targeted Control and Effective Utillization of Charge Carriers in Silicon PhotocathodeBin Liu: Rational Design of Si-based Photoelectrodes and Exploration of their Performance in Artificial PhotosynthesissXianhua Zhang: Design of Oxygen Carri...

Shijia Sun, Zichen Gong, Ran Luo, Dongfang Cheng, Tingting Zhang, Yang Wu, Chengjie Zhao, and Yiyi Xu passed their dissertation defense today. Congrats!List of the thesis titles:Shijia Sun: Design of Active Sites on the GaOx Surface in Propane Dehydrogenation from Density Functional TheoryZichen Gong: Construction for Efficient Unbiased Water Splitting Devices Based on Matched Energy-BandRan Lu...

On May 16, 2021, Ma’s group (C1 Chemistry & Technology Laboratory) and Gonglab (Energy & Catalysis Adventure Team) held a football match.Two teachers, Sheng Zhang of Ma’s group and Peng Zhang of Gonglab, took part in the friendly competition.Students of Gonglab who participated in the match were listed as follows.The first row, Xiwen Song, Shuai Wang, Ran Luo, Bin Liu.The second row, Bo Wu, X...

Cu‐based electrocatalysts can effectively facilitate carbon dioxide electrochemical reduction (CO2ER) to produce multi‐carbon products. However, the roles of Cu0 and Cu+ and the mechanistic understanding remain elusive. This paper describes the controllable construction of Cu0-Cu+ sites derived from the well‐dispersed cupric oxide supported on copper phyllosilicate lamella to enhance CO2ER p...

Bimetallic nanoparticle catalysts attract extensive attention for relevant catalysis processes due to their flexible structures, while the structure evolution under specific conditions is ambiguous. This paper describes the structure evolution of Pt-Sn bimetallic nanoparticles for catalytic dehydrogenation, especially Sn segregation for surface recovery of a Pt-Sn alloy. An acid etching-reducti...

Prof. Jinlong Gong and Prof. Chunlei Pei are invited to comment on a newly published article on Science, which is reported by Peter C. Stair and Justin M. Notestein from Northwestern University.“The methodology exemplifies the strategy of mediating the transport of key intermediates across various catalytic sites and integrating multiple reactions sequentially.”The comment: https://science.sc...

Gonglab’s 2020 annual summing-up meeting was held from January 16, 2021 to January 17, 2021.The winners of 2020 are:Special Contribution: Xianhua Zhang (PhD)Prof. Jinlong Gong, Xianhua ZhangIdea Fountain: Sai Chen (PhD), Dongfang Cheng (Master)Prof. Tuo Wang, Dongfang Cheng, Sai ChenPaper Machine: Gong Zhang (PhD), Shujie Wang (PhD), Chengsheng Yang (PhD)Prof. Chunlei Pei, Gong Zhang, Shujie W...

Quan Xiao and Jieli Wang passed their thesis defense today. Congrats!List of the thesis titles:Quan Xiao: Investigation on the modulation of supported Pt catalysts for CO oxidationJieli Wang: Structural construction and catalytic performance of Pt-Sn catalysts for propane dehydrogenationAll the best to all of them!Quan XiaoJieli WangJieli Wang, Jinlong Gong, Quan XiaoChunlei Pei, Jingkun Li, Ji...

Sai Chen and Congling Hu passed their dissertation defense today. Congrats!List of the thesis titles:Sai Chen: Dehydrogenation of Propane on Metals and Metal OxidesCongling Hu: Electrochemical Water Splitting and CO2 Reduction Catalysts Design and Their Mechanism ComprehensionAll the best to all of them!Sai ChenCongling H

Shiyu Zhen, Xiwen Song, Xinyan Wang, Xian Yao, Xiaohe Liu, Yan Wang, Chenggong Jiang, Hongbo Song, Hui Gao, Hao Dong, Qingzhen Wang, Tao Liu, Lulu Li, Mengmeng Zhang, and Jiachen Sun passed their preliminary exam today. Congrats!Master studentsList of the proposal titles:Shiyu Zhen: Density Functional Theory Study on Cu-based Alloy Catalyst for CO2 ReductionXiwen Song: Mechanistic Investigation...

Prof. Zhi-Pan Liu from Fudan University, China, visited us today and gave an IREC2 lecture with the title “A new computational method based on machine learning and its application in chemical reactions”.How to design highly efficient and specific catalytic materials has always been a basic problem in physical chemistry. Among them, the characterization and deep understanding of catalyst struc...

To celebrate the 125th anniversary of Tianjin University, our team went hiking in Jinnan district.Here are the pictures

Welcome new students to join our lab!Master students: Shixuan Zhao, Tingting Yang, Xiaozhi Li, Lili Zhang, Yuan Chen, Guan Li, Xiaowei Du, Yanglang Li.PhD students: Peipei Jia, Chujun Wang, Zheyuan Ding, Shican Wu, Yixian Wang, Chaoxi Wang, Pingping Wei

Hao Tian, Xintong Yuan, Yufei Xie, Sihang Liu, Zhiqiang Chen, Rui Liu and Hongfang Li passed their dissertation defense today. Congrats!List of the thesis titles:Hao Tian: Mechanistic Investigations on Metal-Support Interaction of Ni-based Catalysts for Ethanol Steam ReformingXintong Yuan: Design and Performance of Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction CatalystsYufei Xie: Support Effects on the Cataly...

Modulating lattice oxygen in metal oxides that conducts partial oxidation of methane in balancing C-H activation and syngas selectivity remains challenging. This paper describes the discovery of distorting FeO6 octahedra in La1-xCexFeO3 (x=0, 0.25 0.5, 0.75, 1) orthorhombic perovskites for the promotion of lattice oxygen activation. By combined electrical conductivity relaxation (ECR) measureme...

​Prof. Zhao is a recipient of “The Best Ten Graduate Advisors of Tianjin University”

Zhang Peng ’s thesis ‘Effective Charge Carrier Utilization in Semiconductor Photocatalysts’ and Xiaoxia ’s thesis ‘Catalytic System Design and Mechanism Investigation for Photoelectrocatalytic CO2 Reduction’ won the Tianjin Excellent Doctoral Dissertation！Congratulations!2019-12-3

​The grain boundary in copper-based electrocatalysts has been demonstrated to improve the selectivity of solar-driven electrochemical CO2 reduction towards multi-carbon products. However, the approach to form grain boundaries in copper is still limited. This paper describes a controllable grain growth of copper electrodeposition via poly (vinylpyrrolidone) used as an additive. A grain-boundary...

Gonglab’s 2019 Annual Summing-up Meeting was held today.The winners of 2019 are:Research Star of Gonglab:Sai Chen (PhD)Xintong Yuan (Master)Best Newcommer:Jia Yu, Hongbo Song2nd Prize of Research Stars:Bin Liu, Chengsheng Yang and Shuai Wang3rd Prize of Research Stars:Wanyu Deng, Yanan Wang, Rui Liu and Lulu LiNatrual convincer:Gong ZhangPerspective provider:Chen Zhao, Yan WangLeading goose:Xi...

On January 10, 2020, 2020 National Science and Technology Awards Conference was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Professor Gong, as the first person, won second prize of the State Natural Science Award for “Research on the Method and Mechanism of Heterogeneous Catalyst Structure Defect Regulation”.The State Science and Technology Prizes are the highest honors conferred by the ...

Prof. Fornasiero from University of Trieste, Italy, visited us today and gave an IREC2 lecture with the title “Smart Catalysts and Today’s Energy and Environmental Challenges.”The study of catalytic processes starting from well- defined materials that are tuned in morphology, composition and shape is offering new perspectives for catalyst design. CO oxidation turned out to be crucially depen...