Yu Zhou

Education and Work Experience

Professional Career

2020/7 to now, Professor, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University Nanjing Tech University, China

2016/9-2020/6, Associated Professor, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University Nanjing Tech University, China

2016/1-2016/12,Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

2012/8-2016/8, Lecture, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University Nanjing Tech University, China

Educational Background

2009/9–2012/6,PHD in Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Nanjing University,China

2006/9–2009/3,M.S. in Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Nanjing University,China

2002/9–2006/6,B.S in Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Nanjing University,China

Research Interests

Zeoliteandmolecular sieves

Covalent organic framework

Ionic liquids and poly(ionic liquid)s

Heterogeneous catalysis

Biomass platform molecule conversion

CO₂capture and CO₂photo-/electro-reduction

Academic achievements

the Distinguished Youth Foundation of Jiangsu Province (2022)

the “333 High-Level Talents Training Project”(2022)

the Six Talent Peaks Project in Jiangsu Province (2019)

“Elite Nine Si Award of Nanjing Tech University” (2016)

Distinguished Expert of “Enterprise Innovation Post” of Jiangsu Province (Vice President of Science and Technology) (2015)

Selected Publications

[1]Yu Zhou†, Jianlin Zhang†, Lei Wang†, Xili Cui†, Xiaoling Liu†, Sie Shing Wong, Hua An, Ning Yan*, Jingyan Xie, Cong Yu, Peixin Zhang, Yonghua Du, Shibo Xi, Lirong Zheng, Xingzhong Cao, Yajing Wu, Yingxia Wang, Chongqing Wang, Haimeng Wen, Lei Chen, Huabin Xing*, Jun Wang*, Self-assembled iron-containing mordenite monolith for carbon dioxide sieving,Science, 2021, 373, 315–320. (†:co-first author)

[2]Xiaoling Liu, Lei Chen, Hongzhong Xu, Shi Jiang,Yu Zhou*and Jun Wang*, Straightforward synthesis of Beta zeolite encapsulated Pt nanoparticles for transformation of 5-hydroxymethyl furfural into 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid,Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2021, 42, 994–1003.

[3]Kai Wang, Weiwei Cui, Zhengyun Bian, Yangqing Liu, Shi Jiang,Yu Zhou*and Jun Wang*,Size and stability modulation of Pd nanoparticles on porous hypercrosslinked ionic polymer for heterogeneous aerobic oxidative coupling of diaryl ether,Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021, 281, 119425.

[4]Yu Zhou†, Zhipan Ma†, Junjie Tang, Ning Yan*, Yonghua Du, Shibo Xi, Kai Wang, Wei Zhang, Haimeng Wen and Jun Wang*, Immediate hydroxylation of arenes to phenols via V-containing all-silica ZSM-22 zeolite triggered non-radical mechanism,Nature Communications, 2018, 9: 2931.

[5]Zengjing Guo, Qiuwei Jiang, Yuming Shi, Jing Li, Xiaoning Yang, Wei Hou,Yu Zhou*and Jun Wang^*, Tethering Dual Hydroxyls into Mesoporous Poly(ionic liquid)s for Chemical Fixation of CO2 at Ambient Conditions: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study,ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7, 6770–6780.

[6]Yangqing Liu,Yu Zhou*, Jing Li, Qian Wang, Qin Qin, Wei Zhang, Hiroyuki Asakura, Ning Yan* and Jun Wang*, Direct aerobic oxidative homocoupling of benzene to biphenyl over functional porous organic polymer supported atomically dispersed palladium catalyst,Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2017, 209, 679–688.

[7]Jing Li, Difan Li, Jingyan Xie, Yangqing Liu, Zengjing Guo, Qian Wang, Yinong Lyu,Yu Zhou*and Jun Wang*, Pyrazinium polyoxometalate tetrakaidecahedron-like crystals esterify oleic acid with equimolar methanol at room temperature,Journal of Catalysis,2016, 339, 123–134.

[8]Jianlin Zhang, Yaming Mao, Jing Li, Xiaochen Wang, Jingyan Xie,Yu Zhou*and Jun Wang*, Ultrahigh Mechanically Stable Hierarchical Mordenite Zeolite Monolith: Direct Binder-/Template-Free Hydrothermal Synthesis,Chemical Engineering Science, 2015, 138, 473–481.

[9]Jing Li, Xiaochen Wang, Guojian Chen, Difan Li,Yu Zhou*, Xiaoning Yang and Jun Wang*, Hypercrosslinked organic polymer based carbonaceous catalytic materials: sulfonic acid functionality and nano-confinement effect,Applied Catalysis B: Environmental,2015, 176-177, 718–730.

[10]Yu Zhou, Kun Li, Jia Yuan Yang, Chen Xi Guan, Ying Wang, Chang Jian Liu* and Jian Hua Zhu*, Small-Caliber Vascular Prosthesis Prototype Based on Controlled Release of Heparin from Mesochannels and Its Enhanced Biocompatibility,Small,2012, 8, 1373–1383.