Jiwu Zhao, Ph.D.

Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellow

Current

Research Interests

Dr. Zhao's research interests lie in the design and synthesis of solar-driven CO2 to C2 conversion electrode/photoelectrode materials, especially the application in advanced reaction systems for clean energy conversion and storage, as well as the theoretical calculation of reaction mechanism based on first-principles.

Selected Publications

1. Huang, Haowei, Jiwu Zhao  (co-first author), Bo Weng, Feili Lai, Menglong Zhang, Johan Hofkens, Maarten BJ Roeffaers, Julian A. Steele, and Jinlin Long. "Site‐Sensitive Selective CO2 Photoreduction to CO over Gold Nanoparticles." Angewandte Chemie 134, no. 28 (2022): e202204563

2. Jiwu Zhao, Bingqian Liu, Lingshu Meng, Sha He, Rusheng Yuan, Yidong Hou, Zhengxin Ding, Huaxiang Lin, Zizhong Zhang, Xuxu Wang, Jinlin, Long*. Plasmonic control of solar-driven CO2 conversion at the metal/ZnO interfaces. Applied Catalysis B:Environmental, 2019, 256, 117823. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.117823

3. Jiwu Zhao, Lan Xue, Zhenjie Niu, Liang Huang, Yidong Hou, Zizhong Zhang, Rusheng Yuan, Zhengxin Ding, Xianzhi Fu, Xu Lu*, Jinlin Long*. Conversion of CO2 to formic acid by integrated all-solar-driven artificial photosynthetic system. Journal of Power Sources, 2021, 512, 230532. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230532

4. Xiaoxia Jia, Jiwu Zhao (co-first author), Yujing Lv, Xianliang Fu, Yajun Jian, Weiqiang Zhang, Yanyan Wang, Huaming Sun, Xuxu Wang, Jinlin Long, Peng Yang*, Quan Gu* Ziwei Gao*. Low-crystalline PdCu alloy on large-area ultrathin 2D carbon nitride nanosheets for efficient photocatalytic Suzuki coupling. Applied Catalysis B:Environmental, 2022, 300, 120756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120756

Education

Ph.D., Fuzhou University, China, 2021.

B.Eng., Fuzhou University, China, 2016.

Professional Profile

2022-now, Postdoctoral Fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.