Jun Gu received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Peking University in 2011 and Ph.D. degree in inorganic chemistry also from Peking University in 2016. As guided by Prof. Yawen Zhang and Prof. Chunhua Yan, he did his Ph.D. research in the controlled synthesis and catalytic applications of rare-earth-based and noble metal-based nanomaterials. From November 2016 to February 2021, Jun worked as a postdoc researcher in Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland with Prof. Xile Hu. His postdoc research was focused on non-noble-metal catalyzed xingkong星空中国官网₂ electrochemical reduction. Jun joined the department of chemistry of SUSTech in March 2021, as a tenue-tracked Assistant Professor (PI). His works have been published on Science, J. Am. xingkong星空中国官网. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. xingkong星空中国官网. etc.

Jun’s research interests:

Achieving carbon neutralization before 2060 is the most important goal for the development of energy system in China. Nowadays, non-carbon-based power technologies, including solar power, wind power, hydropower and nuclear power, have been greatly developed, are booming. It is predictable that in a near future, the cost of electricity from these non-carbon-based energy source will be comparable, or even lower than that from combustion of fossil fuels. As the cost of electricity is low, electrolysis techniques, for the purposes of energy storage, xingkong星空中国官网₂ fixation and producing valuable chemicals, will become key steps to close the carbon cycle. Therefore, our research will be focused on developing new electrocatalytic reactions, new electrocatalysts, and new designs of electrolyzers.

The research topics include:

1. Structure-performance correlation of catalysts for xingkong星空中国官网₂electro-reduction;

2. Producing multi-carbon products from xingkong星空中国官网 electro-reduction;

3. Electrocatalytic organic synthesis;

4. etc.

PUBLICATIONS：

1. Jun Gu, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Lichen Bai, Hao Ming Chen*, Xile Hu*. Atomically dispersed Fe³⁺sites catalyze efficient xingkong星空中国官网₂electroreduction to xingkong星空中国官网. Science 2019, 364, 1091.

2. Jun Gu, Florent Héroguel, Jeremy Luterbacher, Xile Hu*. Densely packed, ultra small SnO Nanoparticles for Enhanced Activity and Selectivity in Electrochemical xingkong星空中国官网₂Reduction.Angew. Chem. Int. xingkong星空中国官网.2018, 57, 2943.

3. Wei-Zhen Li#, Jin-Xun Liu#, Jun Gu#, Wu Zhou, xingkong星空中国官网-Yu Yao, Rui xingkong星空中国官网, Yu Guo, Hai-Yan Su, Chun-Hua Yan, Wei-Xue Li*, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Ding Ma*. Chemical Insights into the Design and Development of Face-Centered Cubic Ruthenium Catalysts for Fischer−Tropsch Synthesis. J. Am. xingkong星空中国官网. Soc.2017, 139, 2267.

4. Jun Gu#, Ze-Qiong Zhao#, Yi Ding, Hong-Liang Chen, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Chun-Hua Yan*. Liquid-phase syntheses and material properties of two-dimensional nanocrystals of rare earth–selenium compound containing planar xingkong星空中国官网 layers: RESe₂nanosheets and xingkong星空中国官网₄O₄xingkong星空中国官网₃nanoplates, J. Am. xingkong星空中国官网. Soc. 2013, 135, 8363.

5. Yi Ding#,Jun Gu#, Tao Zhang, An-Xiang Yin, Lu Yang, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Chun-Hua Yan*. Chemoaffinity-mediated synthesis of NaRES₂-based nanocrystals as versatile nano-building blocks and durable nano-pigments, J. Am. xingkong星空中国官网. Soc.2012, 134, 3255.

6. Jun Gu,Ya-Wen Zhang*, Franklin (Feng) Tao*, Shape control of bimetallic nanocatalysts through well-designed colloidal chemistry approaches, xingkong星空中国官网. Soc. Rev.2012, 41, 8050.