Ming Zhou

Ming Zhou,Associate Professor

Email:mingzhou@cqu.edu.cn

2019-2022, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA, Postdoctoral fellow in chemistry (Advisor: Prof. Jiye (James) Fang)

2017–2019, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore,Postdoctoral fellow in materials science (Advisor: Prof. Hua Zhang)

2014–2016, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, Visiting scholar in chemistry (Advisor: Prof. Younan Xia)

2011–2017, Chongqing University, Ph.D. in chemical engineering (Advisor: Prof. Yunhuai Zhang)

2007–2011, Chongqing University, B.S. in chemical engineering

Prof. Zhou’s research interests focus on developing novel strategies, controllably synthesizing noble-metal/non-noble-metal and semiconductor nanocrystals with controlled sizes, shapes, compositions, and structures for applications in fuel cell, water splitting, and heterogeneous catalysis, and probing the structure-property relationships.

Selected Publications:

1.Wu, Y.; Gao, D.; Huang, L.; Shi, H.; Yang, P.; Guo, J.;Zhou, M.*; Xiao, P.*; Zhang, Y.* In Situ Electrochemical Construction of Co/CoP Crystalline-Amorphous Hetero-Phase Catalysts for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution.Chem. Commun.2023, 59, 2429-2432.

2.Zhou, M.; Liu, J.; Ling, C.; Ge, Y.; Chen, B.; Tan, C.; Fan, Z.; Huang, J.; Chen, J.; Liu, Z.; Huang, Z.; Ge, J.; Cheng, H.; Chen, Y.; Dai, L.; Yin, P.; Zhang, X.; Yun, Q.; Zhang, H.* Synthesis of Pd3Sn and PdCuSn Nanorods with L12 Phase for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Ethanol Oxidation.Adv. Mater.2022, 34,2106115.

3.Zhou, M.; Wang, H.; Zhang, L.; Li, C.; Sharma, A.; Kumbhar, A.; Abruña, H. D.*; Fang, J.* Facet Impact of CuMn2O4 Spinel Nanocatalysts on Enhancement of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media.ACS Catal.2022, 12, 13663-13670.

4.Zhou, M.; Guo, J.; Fang, J.* Nanoscale Design of Pd-Based Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction Enhancement in Alkaline Media.Small Struct.2022, 3, 2100188.

5.Zhou, M.; Li, C.; Fang, J.*Noble Metal Based Alloy and Intermetallic Nanocrystals: Syntheses, Properties and Applications.Chem. Rev.2021,121,736-795.

6.Zhou, M.; Guo, J.; Zhao, B.; Li, C.; Zhang, L.*; Fang, J.* Improvement of Oxygen Reduction Performance in Alkaline Media by Tuning Phase Structure of Pd-Bi Nanocatalysts.J. Am. Chem. Soc.2021, 143, 15891-15897.

7.Yin, P.#;Zhou, M.#; Chen, J.; Tan, C.; Liu, G.; Ma, Q.; Yun, Q.; Zhang, X.; Cheng, H.; Lu, Q.; Chen, B.; Chen, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Huang, J.; Hu, D.; Wang, J.; Liu, Q.; Luo, Z.; Liu, Z.; Ge, Y.; Wu, X.; Du, X.; Zhang, H.* Synthesis of Palladium-Based Crystalline@Amorphous Core-Shell Nanoplates.Adv. Mater.2020, 32, 2000482.

8.Ge, Y.; Huang, Z.; Ling, C.; Chen, B.; Liu, G.;Zhou, M.; Liu, J.; Zhang, X.; Cheng, H.; Liu, G.; Du, Y.; Sun, C.-J.; Tan, C.; Huang, J.; Yin, P.; Fan, Z.; Chen, Y.; Yang, N.; Zhang, H.* Phase-Selective Epitaxial Growth of Heterophase Nanostructures on Unconventional 2H-Pd Nanoparticles.J. Am. Chem. Soc.2020, 142, 18971-18980.

9.Wang, J.; Zhang, J.; Liu, G.; Ling, C.; Chen, B.; Huang, J.; Liu, X.; Li, B.; Wang, A.-L.; Hu, Z.;Zhou, M.; Chen, Y.; Cheng, H.; Liu, J.; Fan, Z.; Yang, N.; Tan, C.; Gu, L.; Wang, J.; Zhang, H.* Crystal Phase-Controlled Growth of PtCu and PtCo Alloys on 4H Au Nanoribbons for Electrocatalytic Ethanol Oxidation Reaction.Nano Res.2020, 13, 1970-1975.

10.Zhou, M.; Wang, H.; Elnabawy, A.; Hood, Z. D.; Chi, M.; Xiao, P.; Zhang, Y.; Mavrikakis, M.*; Xia, Y.* Facile, One-Pot Synthesis of Pd@Pt1L Octahedra with Enhanced Activity and Durability toward Oxygen Reduction.Chem. Mater.2019,31,1370-1380. (Highlight on the cover)

11.Zhou, M.; Wang, H.; Vara, M.; Hood, Z. D.; Luo, M.; Yang, T.-H.; Bao, S.; Chi, M.; Xiao, P.; Zhang, Y.; Xia, Y.* Quantitative Analysis of the Reduction Kinetics Responsible for the One-Pot Synthesis of Pd-Pt Bimetallic Nanocrystals with Different Structures.J. Am. Chem. Soc.2016, 138, 12263-12270.

12.Zhou,M.; Xiao, P.*; Guo, W.; Deng, J.; Liu, F.; Zhang, Y.*Electrochemical Synthesisof Monodisperse Nickel with Predominant {111} Orientation and HighElectro-Oxidation Activity for Methanol.J. Electrochem. Soc.2014,161, H133-H137.

13.Niu, G.;Zhou, M.; Yang, X.; Park, J.; Lu, N.; Wang, J.; Kim, M. J.; Wang, L.; Xia, Y.*Synthesis of Pt-Ni Octahedra in Continuous-flow Droplet Reactors for the Scalable Production of Highly Active Catalysts toward Oxygen Reduction.Nano Lett.2016,16,3850-3857.

14.Cui, X.; Xiao, P.; Wang, J.;Zhou, M.; Guo, W.; Yang, Y.; He, Y.; Wang, Z.; Yang, Y.; Zhang, Y.*; Lin, Z.* Highly Branched Metal Alloy Networks with Superior Activities for Methanol Oxidation Reaction.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2017, 56, 4488-4493.

15.Luo, M.#;Zhou, M.#; Silva, R. R.; Tao, J.; Figueroa-Cosme, L.; He, Z.; Xia, Y.*Penta-Twinned Copper Nanowires with Ultrathin Diameters Below 20 nm and Their Use as Templates for the Synthesis of Au-Based Nanotubes.ChemNanoMat.2017, 3, 190-195.

16.Zhou, W.#;Zhou, M.#; Hu, J.; Dong, H.; Ou, Y.; Yang, L.; Wei, X.; Xiao, P.; Zhang, Y*. Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Ni Nanocrystals via a Wet-Chemistry Strategy and Their Shape-Dependent Catalytic Activity.CrystEngComm.2019, 21, 1416-1422.

17.Li, Y.; Cao, L.; Qiao, L.;Zhou, M.; Yang, Y.; Xiao, P.*; Zhang, Y.* Ni-Co Sulfide Nanowires on Nickel Foam with Ultrahigh Capacitance for Asymmetric Supercapacitors.J. Mater. Chem. A2014, 2, 6540-6548.

18.Yang, F.; Yao, J.; Liu, F.; He, H.;Zhou, M.; Xiao, P.*; Zhang, Y.* Ni-Co Oxides Nanowire Arrays Grown on Ordered TiO2 Nanotubes with High Performance in Supercapacitors.J. Mater. Chem. A2013, 1, 594-601.

19.Yang, L.; Xiong, Y.; Guo, W.;Zhou, M.; Song, K.; Xiao, P.*; Cao, G.* Manipulation of Charge Transport in Ferroelectric-Semiconductor Hybrid for Photoelectrochemical Applications.Nano Energy2018, 44, 63-72.

20.Wei, X.; Li, Y.; Peng, H.;Zhou, M.; Ou, Y.; Yang, Y.; Zhang, Y.*; Xiao, P.* Metal-Organic Framework-Derived Hollow CoS Nanobox for High Performance Electrochemical Energy Storage.Chem. Eng. J.2018, 341, 618-627.