主要从事纳米催化材料的可控制备与构效关系研究。近年来围绕退役塑料的高值化利用与可再生能源的催化转化开展研究工作，发展了温和条件下聚酯水解以及聚烯烃氢解的高效催化体系，学术成果发表在Nat. Mater., Nat. Sustain., Nat. Commun., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Chem. Rev.等期刊，受邀撰写相关研究领域综述5篇，授权发明专利4项。入选海外高层次人才引进计划（青年项目），担任Nano Research青年编委，中石化新能源研究所学术委员会委员。
● 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
退役塑料催化转化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I》
● 主要学术任职
2020至今 中石化新能源研究所学术委员会委员
2023至今 Nano Research青年编委
● 代表性论文/专利/著作
1. CO-Promoted Polyethylene Hydrogenolysis with Renewable Formic Acid as Hydrogen Donor. Yuqi Wang†, Qikun Hu†, Shuairen Qian, Jiayang Zhao, Yi Cheng, Jun Ma, Jing Zhang*, Zhiqiang Niu* Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 7821.
2. Tandem Catalysis to Mitigate Coke Formation in the Upcycling of Mixed Polyolefin Wastes. Jiayang Zhao, Qikun Hu, Yuqi Wang, Yizhen Che, Zhiqiang Niu* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 30768–30776.
3. Unlocking the Potential of Mn-Based Catalyst for Durable Two-Electron Oxygen Reduction in Acid at High Current Densities. Helai Huang†, Mingze Sun†, Kai Chen†, Yizhen Che, Xin Tang, Zhengwen Li, Kaiqi Nie, Shuairen Qian, Jinjie Fang, Haiyong Wang, Yanfen Wu, Qikun Hu, Yuqi Wang, Xiaohang Sun, Junliang He, Yu-Xiao Zhang, Zhongbin Zhuang, Liang Zhang, Zhiqiang Niu* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202511844.
4. Polyethylene Hydrogenolysis by Dilute RuPt Alloy to Achieve H2-Pressure-Independent Low Methane Selectivity. Qikun Hu, Shuairen Qian, Yuqi Wang, Jiayang Zhao, Meng Jiang, Mingze Sun, Helai Huang, Tao Gan, Jun Ma, Jing Zhang, Yi Cheng, Zhiqiang Niu* Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 10573.
5. Enhancing H2O2 Electrosynthesis at Industrial-Relevant Current in Acidic Media on Diatomic Cobalt Sites. 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* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 9434–9443.
6. Diatomic Iron Nanozyme with Lipoxidase-Like Activity for Efficient Inactivation of Enveloped Virus. 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 Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 7312
7. Depolymerization of Polyesters by a Binuclear Catalyst for Plastic Recycling. Shengbo Zhang†, Qikun Hu†, Yu-Xiao Zhang†, Haoyue Guo, Yanfen Wu, Mingze Sun, Xingsong Zhu, Jiangang Zhang, Shuyan Gong, Ping Liu, Zhiqiang Niu* Nat. Sustain. 2023, 6, 965–973.
8. General Synthesis of a Diatomic Catalyst Library via a Macrocyclic Precursor-Mediated Approach. 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* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 4819–4827.
9. Bulk‐like Pt (100)‐Oriented Ultrathin Surface: Combining the Merits of Single Crystals and Nanoparticles to Boost Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Shuyan Gong†, Mingze Sun†, Yiyang Lee, Nigel Becknell, Jiangwei Zhang, Zhongqi Wang, Liang Zhang*, Zhiqiang Niu* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202214516.
10. Well-Defined Materials for Heterogeneous Catalysis: From Nanoparticles to Isolated Single-Atom Sites. Zhi Li, Shufang Ji, Yiwei Liu, Xing Cao, Shubo Tian, Yuanjun Chen, Zhiqiang Niu*, Yadong Li* Chem. Rev. 2020, 120, 623‒682.
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