
Wenbo Ju
Surface Physics Group
Email: wjuphy@scut.edu.cn
Professional experience
w Professor (2020 - present), School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology
w Postdoctoral fellow (2016 – 2019), Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, with Prof. Ulrich Vogt, and Dr. Corsin Battaglia
Education
w Doctor of Philosophy (2016) in Applied Physics, Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, with Prof. Ulrich Stimming, and Prof. Oliver Schneider
w Master of Science (2012) in Applied Physics, School of Physics, Beihang University, with Prof. Xungang Diao / Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, with Prof. Ulrich Stimming
w Bachelor of Science (2009) in Applied Physics, School of Physics, Beihang University
Research
w Surface Physics and Catalysis for Sustainable Energy Solutions (electrocatalytic water splitting, CO2 reduction, and fuel cell catalysts)
w Surface Functionalization of Nanomaterials (assembly of organic and inorganic materials, surface alloys, and alloyed nanoparticles)
w In Situ Characterization of Surface Processes (scanning probe microscopy, nonlinear optical analysis, operando spectroscopy)
Selected publications
w Li Chen; Tao Fang; Chenying Song; Wenbo Ju *; Hailong Li *; Jian Hu; Boron‐Catalytic Graphitization Boosting the Production of High‐Performance Carbon Paper at a Moderate Temperature, Adv. Eng. Mater., 2021, 23: 2100305.
w Fuze Jiang #; Wenbo Ju #; Zhengyuan Pan; Luchan Lin; Yang Yue; Yi-Bo Zhao; Congju Li; Frank Clemens; Corsin Battaglia; Jing Wang*; Conformal Cu Coating on Electrospun Nanofibers for 3D Electro-Conductive Networks, Adv. Electron. Mater., 2020, 6: 1900767.
w Hao Wang #; Xin Xiu #; Yi Wang *; Quan Xue *; Wenbo Ju; Wenquan Che; Shaowei Liao; Haiyang Jiang; Min Tang; Jin Long; Jian Hu; Paper-Based Composites as a Dual-Functional Material for Ultralight Broadband Radar Absorbing Honeycombs, Compos. Part B: Eng., 2020, 202: 108378.
w Wenbo Ju *#; Fuze Jiang #; Huan Ma; Zhengyuan Pan; Yi-Bo Zhao; Francesco Pagani; Daniel Rentsch; Jing Wang*; Corsin Battaglia; Electrocatalytic Reduction of Gaseous CO2 to CO on Sn/Cu-Nanofiber-Based Gas Diffusion Electrodes, Adv. Energy Mater., 2019, 9: 1901514.
w Wenbo Ju *#; Juqin Zeng *#; Katarzyna Bejtka; Huan Ma; Daniel Rentsch; Micaela Castellino; Adriano Sacco; Candido F. Pirri; Corsin Battaglia; Sn-decorated Cu for Selective Electrochemical CO2 to CO Conversion: Precision Architecture beyond Composition Design, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2019, 2: 867-872.
w Wenbo Ju; Meike V. F. Heinz; Lorenzo Pusterla; Matthias Hofer; Benjamin Fumey; Roberto Castiglioni; Marco Pagani; Corsin Battaglia; Ulrich F. Vogt*; Lab-Scale Alkaline Water Electrolyzer for Bridging Material Fundamentals with Realistic Operation, ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2018, 6: 4829-4837.
w Juqin Zeng*; Katarzyna Bejtka; Wenbo Ju*; Micaela Castellino; Angelica Chiodoni; Adriano Sacco; M. Amin Farkhondehfal; Simelys Hernández; Daniel Rentsch; Corsin Battaglia; Candido F. Pirr; Advanced Cu-Sn foam for selectively converting CO2 to CO in aqueous Solution, Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 2018, 236: 475-482.