主要从事塑料的催化循环与可再生能源的催化转化。学术成果发表在Nature Materials, Nature Sustainability, Nature Communications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Chemical Reviews, Nano Letters, ACS Nano等期刊，受邀撰写相关研究领域综述5篇，申请PCT专利2件。。
● 教育与工作经历
2003~2007 北京大学化学与分子工程学院 本科
2007~2012 清华大学化学系 博士
2012~2014 清华大学物理系 博士后
2014~2017 加州大学伯克利分校 博士后
2017~2019 苏州天际创新 项目研发主管
2019~2023 清华大学化学工程系 助理教授
2023至今 清华大学化学工程系 副教授
● 研究领域
塑料催化循环与可再生能源催化转化。
● 开设课程及编写教材
本科生《物理化学》
● 主要学术任职
2012年~至今 中国化学学会 会员
2020年~至今 中国可再生能源学会 会员
2020年~至今 中国石化新能源研究所学术委员会 委员
● 代表性论文/专利/著作
1. Yanfen Wu†, Qikun Hu†, Yizhen Che†, Zhiqiang Niu*. "Opportunities and Challenges for Plastic Depolymerization by Biomimetic Catalysis" Chem. Sci. 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D4SC00070F.
2. Helai Huang†, Mingze Sun†, Shuwei Li, Shengbo Zhang, Yiyang Lee, Zhengwen Li, Jinjie Fang, Chengjin Chen, Yu-Xiao Zhang, Yanfen Wu, Yizhen Che, Shuairen Qian, Wei Zhu, Cheng Tang, Zhongbin Zhuang, Liang Zhang, Zhiqiang Niu*. "Enhancing H2O2 Electrosynthesis at Industrial-relevant Current in Acidic Media on Diatomic Cobalt Sites" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02031.
3. Yanfen Wu, Jing Tian, Minmin Sun, Lizeng Gao, Jun Xu*, Zhiqiang Niu*. "Embedding an Esterase Mimic Inside Polyester to Realize Rapid and Complete Degradation Without Compromising the Utility" Green Chem. 2024, 26, 2851–2857.
4. Beibei Li†, Ruonan Ma†, Lei Chen†, Caiyu Zhou†, Yu-Xiao Zhang, Xiaonan Wang, Helai Huang, Qikun Hu, Xiaobo Zheng, Jiarui Yang, Mengjuan Shao, Pengfei Hao, Yanfen Wu, Yizhen Che, Chang Li, Tao Qin, Lizeng Gao*, Zhiqiang Niu*, Yadong Li. "Diatomic Iron Nanozyme with Lipoxidase-like Activity for Efficient Inactivation of Enveloped Virus" Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 7312.
5. Mingze Sun†, Shuyan Gong†, Zhengwen Li, Helai Huang, Yanjun Chen, Zhiqiang Niu*. "Terrace-rich Ultrathin PtCu Surface on Earth-abundant Metal for Oxygen Reduction Reaction" ACS Nano 2023, 17, 19421–19430.
6. Shengbo Zhang†, Yingying Xue†, Yanfen Wu†, Yu-Xiao Zhang, Ting Tan*, Zhiqiang Niu*. "PET Recycling under Mild Conditions via Substituent-modulated Intramolecular Hydrolysis" Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 6558–6563.
7. Shengbo Zhang†, Qikun Hu†, Yu-Xiao Zhang†, Haoyue Guo, Yanfen Wu, Mingze Sun, Xingsong Zhu, Jiangang Zhang, Shuyan Gong, Ping Liu, Zhiqiang Niu*. “Depolymerization of polyesters by a binuclear catalyst for plastic recycling” Nat. Sustain. 2023, 6, 965–973
8. Yu-Xiao Zhang†, Shengbo Zhang†, Helai Huang†, Xiaolong Liu, Beibei Li, Yiyang Lee, Xingdong Wang, Yun Bai, Mingze Sun, Yanfen Wu, Shuyan Gong, Xiangwen Liu, Zhongbin Zhuang, Ting Tan, Zhiqiang Niu*. “General Synthesis of a Diatomic Catalyst Library via a Macrocyclic Precursor-Mediated Approach” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 4819–4827.
9. Shuyan Gong†, Mingze Sun†, Yiyang Lee, Nigel Becknell, Jiangwei Zhang, Zhongqi Wang, Liang Zhang*, Zhiqiang Niu*. “Bulk-like Pt(100)-oriented Ultrathin Surface: Combining the Merits of Single Crystals and Nanoparticles to Boost Oxygen Reduction Reaction” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202214516.
10. Zhi Li, Shufang Ji, Yiwei Liu, Xing Cao, Shubo Tian, Yuanjun Chen, Zhiqiang Niu*, Yadong Li*. "Well-Defined Materials for Heterogeneous Catalysis: From Nanoparticles to Isolated Single-Atom Sites" Chem. Rev. 2020, 120, 623‒682.
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