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 Synthesis of Monodisperse Nickel with Predominant {111} Orientation and High Electro-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. A 2014, 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. A 2013, 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 Energy 2018, 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.
