Zhao, Yun

Title:Associate Professor

Gender:Male

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E-mail:yunzhao@scut.edu.cn

Admissions Major

  • Master's admissions major:

  • Master of academic degree: 083000| Environmental science and engineering.

  • Master of professional degree: 085700| Resources and environment.

  • Doctoral admissions major:

  • Doctor of academic degree: 083000| Environmental science and engineering.

  • Doctor of professional degree: 085700| Resources and environment.

Working experience

  • 05/2017-06/2019: Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, Germany, Postdoctoral

  • 09/2020-present: Teaching and Research Series Faculty, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology

Educational experience

  • 09/2013 - 09/2016: Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Xiamen University, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.

  • 2009.09-2012.06: M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Institute of Physical Chemistry.

  • 2005.09-2009.06: B.S., Zhejiang Normal University, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences.

Field of research

  • Theoretical studies of atmospheric pollution control.

  • Multi-phase catalysis for surface interface modulation of functional nanomaterials.

  • Activation of carbon-containing small molecules and deep mining of their catalytic reaction mechanisms.

  • Application of machine learning in catalyst screening.

Recent research projects

  • Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (2021): Theoretical study on the promotion of deep oxidation of VOCs by Pt-oxide nano-interface (No.2021A1515010091), project leader.

Academic achievements

  1. Yaoyuan Zhang,‡Yun Zhao,‡ Tatiana Otroshchenko, Anna Perechodjuk, Vita A. Kondratenko, Stephan Bartling, Uwe Rodemerck, David Linke, Haijun Jiao*, Guiyuan Jiang*, and Evgenii V. Kondratenko*, Structure-Activity-Selectivity Relationships in Propane Dehydrogenation over Rh/ZrO2 Catalysts. ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 6377-6388

  2. Shanlei Han,‡Yun Zhao,‡Tatiana Otroshchenko, Yaoyuan Zhang, Dan Zhao, Henrik Lund, Thanh Huyen Vuong, Jabor Rabeah, Ursula Bentrup, Vita Kondratenko, Uwe Rodemerck, David Linke, Manglai Gao, Haijun Jiao*, Guiyuan Jiang*, and Evgenii V. Kondratenko*, Unraveling the Origins of the Synergy Effect between ZrO2 and CrOx in Supported CrZrOx for Propene Formation in Nonoxidative Propane Dehydrogenation. ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 1575−1590.

  3. Qing Qin,‡Yun Zhao,‡ Max Schmallegger, Tobias Heil, Johannes Schmidt, Ralf Walczak, Georg Gescheidt-Demner, Haijun Jiao, and Martin Oschatz, Enhanced electrocatalytic N2 reduction via partial anion substitution in titanium oxide-carbon composites. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 13101-13106.

  4. Yaoyuan Zhang,‡Yun Zhao,‡ Tatiana Otroshchenko, Shanlei Han, Henrik Lund, Uwe Rodemerck, David Linke, Haijun Jiao, Guiyuan Jiang* & Evgenii V. Kondratenko*,The effect of phase composition and crystallite size on activity and selectivity of ZrO2 in non-oxidative propane dehydrogenation. J. Catal. 2019, 371, 313.

  5. Yaoyuan Zhang,‡Yun Zhao,‡ Tatiana Otroshchenko, Henrik Lund, Marga-Martina Pohl, Uwe Rodemerck, David Linke, Haijun Jiao, Guiyuan Jiang* & Evgenii V. Kondratenko*, Control of coordinatively unsaturated Zr sites in ZrO2 for efficient C-H bond activation. Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 3794.

  6. Yun Zhao, Gang Fu,* Nanfeng Zheng*, Shaping the selectivity in heterogeneous hydrogenation by using molecular modification strategies: Experiment and Theory. Catal. Today,2017, 279, 36-44.

  7. Pengxin Liu, Yun Zhao, Ruixuan Qin, Shiguang Mo, Guangxu Chen, Lin Gu, Daniel M. Chevrier, Peng Zhang, Qing Guo, Dandan Zang, Binghui Wu, Gang Fu,* Nanfeng Zheng*, Photochemical route for synthesizing atomically dispersed palladium catalysts. Science, 2016, 352, 797-800.

  8. Xiaojing Zhao,‡Yun Zhao,‡ Gang Fu,* Nanfeng Zheng*,Origin of the facet dependence in the hydrogenation catalysis of olefins: experiment and theory. Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 12016-12019.

  9. Guangxu Chen, Yun Zhao, Gang Fu,* Paul N. Duchesne, Lin Gu,* Yanping Zheng, Xuefei Weng, Mingshu Chen, Peng Zhang, Chih-Wen Pao, Jyh-Fu Lee, Nanfeng Zheng*, Interfacial Effects in Iron-Nickel Hydroxide–Platinum Nanoparticles Enhance Catalytic Oxidation. Science, 2014, 344, 495-499. Yun Zhao, Guangxu Chen, Nanfeng Zheng*, Gang Fu*, Mechanisms for CO oxidation on Fe(III)-OH-Pt interface: a DFT study. Faraday Discuss., 2014, 176, 381-392.

  10. Yun Zhao, Botao Teng*, Xiaodong Wen, Yue Zhao, Qiaoping Chen, Leihong Zhao, Mengfei Luo, Superoxide and Peroxide Species on CeO2(111), and Their Oxidation Roles. J Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116, 15986-15991.

  11. Yun Zhao, Botao Teng*, Zongxian Yang*, Yue Zhao, Leihong Zhao, Mengfei Luo, Density Functional Theory Study of Sn Adsorption on the CeO2 Surface. J Phys. Chem. C, 2011, 115, 16461-16466.