个人简介：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）、中国科学院率先行动人才计划B类（择优支持）。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，随后前往香港理工大学从事博士后研究，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催化材料精准创制和反应器件设计，应用于清洁能源高效化学转换和生态碳基资源价值转化，为“双碳”战略背景下的能源和环境问题提供研究思路。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、Journal of the American Chemical Society 、JACS Au、Energy & Environmental Science、ACS Nano等期刊发表论文21篇，总被引超过5600次，12篇论文被选为ESI高被引论文，H指数为23，入选全球前2%顶尖科学家榜单（2023年）。目前担任Nano-Micro Letters、Nano Research Energy、EcoEnergy期刊青年编委。指导学生获得中国科学技术大学“雄鹰基金”产业课题项目支持。

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思贤楼503-2

主要研究方向：

1. 无机固相/仿生微生物催化材料体系的精准设计、创制与调控。

2. 清洁能源（电/光等）驱动的关键碳/氮基小分子的高效定向转化。

3. 废弃碳基资源（生物质、塑料等）的价值化绿色回收转化。

4. 原位谱学的催化反应过程精准表征。

5. 高效分子转化的规模化器件设计探索。

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/678325/list/index.htm

重要科研获奖情况：

1. 2023 — 国家级海外高层次人才引进计划（青年项目）

2. 2022 — 中国科学院率先行动人才计划B类（择优支持）

3. 2024 — Nanoscale新锐科学家奖（Nanoscale 2024 Emerging Investigators）

4. 2023 — 全球前2%顶尖科学家（World's Top 2% Scientists 2023）

5. 2022 — 苏州工业园区青年国际型学科领军人才

6. 2020 — Hong Kong PolyU Postdoc Matching Fund Fellowship

7. 2019 — Science China-Materials 2019 Best Paper Award

8. 2017 — 博士研究生国家奖学金

学术论文及著作：（*通讯作者，‡共同第一作者）

全部论文请参见ORCID：https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0755-1708

[1]      N. Zhang, X. Feng, D. Rao, X. Deng, L. Cai, B. Qiu, R. Long, Y. Xiong, Y. Lu*, Y. Chai*. Lattice oxygen activation enabled by high-valence metal sites for enhanced water oxidation. Nature Communications 2020, 11, 4066. (ESI highly cited paper)

[2]      N. Zhang, A. Jalil, D. Wu, S. Chen, Y. Liu, C. Gao*, W. Ye, Z. Qi, H. Ju, C. Wang, X. Wu*, L. Song, J. Zhu, Y. Xiong*. 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)

[3]      N. Zhang, X. Li, H. Ye, S. Chen, H. Ju, D. Liu, Y. Lin, W. Ye, C. Wang, Q. Xu, J. Zhu, L. Song, J. Jiang*, Y. Xiong*. 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)

[4]      M. Duan, C. Hu, H. Li, Y. Chen, R. Chen, W. Gong, Z. Lu*, N. Zhang*, R. Long*, L. Song, Y. Xiong*. Synergizing inter and intraband transitions in defective tungsten oxide for efficient photocatalytic alcohol dehydration to alkene. JACS Au 2022, 2(5), 1160-1168.

[5]      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)

[6]      N. Zhang, J. Shang, X. Deng, L. Cai, R. Long, Y. Xiong, Y. Chai*. Governing interlayer strain in bismuth nanocrystals for efficient ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate reduction. ACS Nano 2022, 16(3), 4795-4804. (ESI highly cited paper)

[7]      N. Zhang, C. Wang, J. Chen, C. Hu, J. Ma, X. Deng, B. Qiu, L. Cai, Y. Xiong*, Y. Chai*. Metal substitution steering electron correlations in pyrochlore ruthenates for efficient acidic water oxidation. ACS Nano 2021, 15(5), 8537-8548.

[8]      J. Li, Y. Jiang, J. Li, X. Wang, H. Liu, N. Zhang*, R. Long*, Y. Xiong*. Pyrolysis-free synthesis of high-loading single-atomic Cu catalyst for efficient electrocatalytic CO₂-to-CH₄ conversion. Nanoscale 2024, 16(1), 171-179.

[9]      N. Zhang*, Y. Xiong*. Lattice oxygen activation for enhanced electrochemical oxygen evolution. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2023, 127(5), 2147-2159.

[10]    N. Zhang, C. Wang, J. Chen, Y. Chai*. Oxygen reactivity regulation via double-exchange interaction for enhanced water oxidation. EcoMat 2023, 5(2), e12290.

[11]    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.

[12]    N. Zhang*, Y. Xiong*. Plasmonic semiconductors for advanced artificial photosynthesis. Advanced Sensor and Energy Materials 2023, 2(1), 100047.

[13]    K. Chen, W. Zhang, Y. Bai, W. Gong, N. Zhang*, R. Long*, Y. Xiong*. Boosting electrochemical hydrogen evolution by coupling anodically oxidative dehydrogenation of benzylamine to benzonitrile. Chinese Chemical Letters 2023, 34(3), 107319. (ESI highly cited paper)

[14]    K. Chen, K. Mao, Y. Bai, D. Duan, S. Chen, C. Wang, N. Zhang*, R. Long*, X. Wu, L. Song, Y. Xiong*. Phosphate-induced interfacial electronic engineering in VPO₄-Ni₂P heterostructure for improved electrochemical water oxidation. Chinese Chemical Letters 2022, 33(1), 452-456.

[15]    N. Zhang, C. Gao, Y. Xiong*. Defect engineering: a versatile tool for tuning the activation of key molecules in photocatalytic reactions. Journal of Energy Chemistry 2019, 37, 43-57.

[16]    N. Zhang, R. Long, C. Gao*, Y. Xiong*. Recent progress on advanced design for photoelectrochemical reduction of CO₂ to fuels. Science China Materials 2018, 61(6), 771-805.

[17]    N. Zhang, X. Li, Y. Liu, R. Long, M. Li, S. Chen, Z. Qi, C. Wang, L. Song, J. Jiang, Y. Xiong*. 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.