化学/材料科学与工程
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张宁
特任教授、博士生导师
张宁，男，现任中国科学技术大学特任教授、博士生导师，入选国家级海外高层次人才引进计划（青年项目）、中国科学院百人计划B类（择优支持）、安徽省海外人才引进计划、姑苏创新创业领军人才。分别于2013年和2018年在中国科学技术大学获学士和博士学位（导师：熊宇杰教授），随后前往香港理工大学从事博士后研究（合作导师：Yang Chai 教授），2022年8月加入中国科学技术大学环境科学与工程系/苏州高等研究院担任独立PI。当前主要研究方向为清洁电能驱动的碳基资源高效转化与利用（包括催化材料调控、反应机制解析、反应器件设计等）。截至目前，已在国际高水平期刊发表论文40余篇，授权发明专利2项，其中以第一/通讯作者在Nature Communications、Science Advances、Chemical Society Reviews、Journal of the American Chemical Society 、JACS Au、Energy & Environmental Science、ACS Nano等期刊发表论文26篇，H指数为26。入选RSC Nanoscale新锐科学家奖，目前担任Nano-Micro Letters、eScience、Nano Research Energy、EcoEnergy期刊青年编委。
个人主页：https://faculty.ustc.edu.cn/Ning_Zhang/
电子邮箱：zhangning18@ustc.edu.cn
联系地址：中国科学技术大学苏州高等研究院仁爱路校区亲民楼202-5
主要研究方向：
1. 三相界面催化中的仿生位点设计与仿生微环境调控
2. 清洁能源驱动的碳基资源定向价值转化
3. 面向工业级应用的规模化反应器件探索
课题组长期招聘博士后、科研助理，欢迎各位青年才俊联系加盟，详情参见： https://faculty.ustc.edu.cn/Ning_Zhang/zh_CN/zdylm/987093/list/index.htm
重要科研获奖情况：
1. 国家级海外高层次人才引进计划青年项目（2023年）
2. 中国科学院百人计划B类择优支持（2023年）
3. 安徽省海外人才引进计划（2023年）
4. 苏州市姑苏创新创业领军人才（2024年）
5. RSC Nanoscale 2024 Emerging Investigators
6. 2023 World's Top 2% Scientists
7. 苏州独墅湖科教创新区青年国际型学科领军人才（2022年）
学术论文及著作：
全部论文请参见：https://faculty.ustc.edu.cn/Ning_Zhang/zh_CN/zdylm/987085/list/index.htm
1. N. Zhang, W. Gong, Y. Xiong*. Chemical Society Reviews 2025, DOI: 10.1039/D2CS00097K.
2. G. Zhai, N. Zhang*, D. Liu*, Y. Xiong*, et al. Highly efficient, selective and stable photocatalytic methane coupling to ethane enabled by lattice oxygen looping. Science Advances 2024, 10(26), eado4390.
3. M. Duan, Z. Lu*, N. Zhang*, R. Long*, Y. Xiong*, et al. Synergizing inter and intraband transitions in defective tungsten oxide for efficient photocatalytic alcohol dehydration to alkene. JACS Au 2022, 2(5), 1160-1168.
4. N. Zhang, Y. Chai*. Lattice oxygen redox chemistry in solid-state electrocatalysts for water oxidation. Energy & Environmental Science 2021, 14(9), 4647-4671. (ESI highly cited paper)
5. N. Zhang, Y. Lu*, Y. Chai*, et al. Lattice oxygen activation enabled by high-valence metal sites for enhanced water oxidation. Nature Communications 2020, 11, 4066. (ESI highly cited paper)
6. N. Zhang, X. Wu*, Y. Xiong*, et al. Refining defect states in W18O49 by Mo doping: a strategy for tuning N2 activation towards solar-driven nitrogen fixation. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140(30), 9434-9443. (ESI highly cited paper)
7. N. Zhang, J. Jiang*, Y. Xiong*, et al. Oxide defect engineering enables to couple solar energy into oxygen activation. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016, 138(28), 8928-8935. (ESI highly cited paper)
8. N. Zhang, Y. Chai*, et al. Governing interlayer strain in bismuth nanocrystals for efficient ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate reduction. ACS Nano 2022, 16(3), 4795-4804. (ESI highly cited paper)
9. N. Zhang, Y. Xiong*, Y. Chai*, et al. Metal substitution steering electron correlations in pyrochlore ruthenates for efficient acidic water oxidation. ACS Nano 2021, 15(5), 8537-8548.
10. M. Du, N. Zhang*, B. Qiu*, et al. Efficient co-production of ammonia and formic acid from nitrate and polyester via paired electrolysis. Materials Horizons 2025, DOI: 10.1039/D5MH00130G.
11. S. Kang, N. Zhang*, B. Qiu*, et al. Unraveling the impact of oxygen vacancy on electrochemical valorization of polyester over spinel oxides. Small 2024, 20(48), 2406068.
12. J. Li, N. Zhang*, R. Long*, Y. Xiong*, et al. Pyrolysis-free synthesis of high-loading single-atomic Cu catalyst for efficient electrocatalytic CO2-to-CH4 conversion. Nanoscale 2024, 16(1), 171-179.
13. Z. Liu, N. Zhang*, Y. Xiong*. In-situ Raman characterizations for enhanced understanding on electrocatalysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2024, 128(33), 13651-13665.
14. N. Zhang, Y. Chai*, et al. Oxygen reactivity regulation via double-exchange interaction for enhanced water oxidation. EcoMat 2023, 5(2), e12290.
15. N. Zhang*, Y. Xiong*. Lattice oxygen activation for enhanced electrochemical oxygen evolution. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2023, 127(5), 2147-2159.
16. N. Zhang*, Y. Xiong*. Dynamic characterization for artificial photosynthesis through in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 2023, 41, 100796.
17. N. Zhang*, Y. Xiong*. Plasmonic semiconductors for advanced artificial photosynthesis. Advanced Sensor and Energy Materials 2023, 2(1), 100047.
18. K. Chen, N. Zhang*, R. Long*, Y. Xiong*, et al. Boosting electrochemical hydrogen evolution by coupling anodically oxidative dehydrogenation of benzylamine to benzonitrile. Chinese Chemical Letters 2023, 34(3), 107319. (ESI highly cited paper)
19. K. Chen, N. Zhang*, R. Long*, Y. Xiong*, et al. Phosphate-induced interfacial electronic engineering in VPO4-Ni2P heterostructure for improved electrochemical water oxidation. Chinese Chemical Letters 2022, 33(1), 452-456.
20. N. Zhang, Y. Xiong*, et al. Defect engineering: a versatile tool for tuning the activation of key molecules in photocatalytic reactions. Journal of Energy Chemistry 2019, 37, 43-57.
21. N. Zhang, C. Gao*, Y. Xiong*, et al. Recent progress on advanced design for photoelectrochemical reduction of CO2 to fuels. Science China Materials 2018, 61(6), 771-805.
22. N. Zhang, Y. Xiong*, et al. Defective tungsten oxide hydrate nanosheets for boosting aerobic coupling of amines: synergistic catalysis by oxygen vacancies and Brønsted acid sites. Small 2017, 13(31), 1701354.
