Name: Zhu Luo

Education: PhD

Title: Associate Professor

Email: luo.z@ccnu.edu.cn

Education and research experience

From September 2006 to July 2010: studied environmental science in Central South University of Forestry and Technology and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree;

From January 2011 to May 2016: majored in materials science at the University of Connecticut, and obtained a Doctor of Science degree;

From May 2016 to May 2017: University of Connecticut, postdoctoral researcher;

From May 2017 to now: Associate Professor and Master Tutor, School of Chemistry, Central China Normal University.

Luo Zhu, female, associate professor of Central China Normal University, has been selected into the Chutian Scholars Program of Hubei Province, the national college Huang Danian style teacher team (core member), the first batch of national party building model branches (core members), and the team members of the provincial first-class undergraduate course "Physical Chemistry 1" in Hubei colleges and universities. She has long been engaged in the preparation of environmental nanocatalytic materials and their research in the fields of gas-phase pollutant degradation and clean energy (hydrogen) production. She has presided over many projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Open Fund of State Key Laboratory, and the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province, and has worked closely with Honda, ExxonMobil, Dongfeng Motor and other Fortune 500 companies. In J Am. Chem Soc., Environment. Sci. Technol., Adv. Energy Material., ACS Cata., and other international famous journals, she published more than 30 papers with SCI cited more than 1800 times (others cited more than 1500 times in recent five years). The personal H-index was 22, 4 papers were selected into the top 1% highly cited papers of ESI, and related work was positively evaluated by well-known experts and scholars at home and abroad. Authorized 1 American invention patent and 1 domestic invention patent, and applied for multiple domestic patents. In addition, she also serves as a guest editor for the Catalyst journal, Appl. Catal. B, Appl. Surf. Sci., J. Mater. Sci., and other reviewers for multiple journals.

Research direction

1. Environmental catalysis (industrial exhaust emission control, degradation of volatile organic pollutants, etc.)

2. Nanomaterials (modification of composite metal oxide materials, synthesis of new carbon materials, interface regulation of composite catalysts)

3. Application of catalytic technology in new energy (seawater hydrogen evolution reaction, electrodeposition technology, etc.)

Academic achievements (representative papers)

1. Wei Chen, Jue Xu, Fajun Huang, Chaoying Zhao, Yingqiao Guan, Yarong Fang, Jinpeng Hu, Weiwei Yang, Zhu Luo*, Yanbing Guo*, CO Oxidation over CuOx/TiO2 Catalyst: the Importance of Oxygen Vacancies and Cu Species，Appl. Surf. Sci., 2023, 618, 156539.

2. Wei Chen, Huan Shen, Xiaoxiao Zhu, Guoli Liu, Chuanqi Pan, Fajun Huang, Yarong Fang, Yanbing Guo and Zhu Luo*, Insight into the Effect of Oxygen Vacancy Prepared by Different Methods on CuO/Anatase Catalyst for CO Catalytic Oxidation, Catalysts, 2023, 13(1), 70.

3. Yarong Fang, Huijuan Li, Qi Zhang, Chenyang Wang, Jue Xu, Huan Shen, Ji Yang, Chuanqi Pan, Yuhua Zhu, Zhu Luo*, and Yanbing Guo*, Oxygen Vacancy-Governed Opposite Catalytic Performance for C3H6 and C3H8 Combustion: The Effect of the Pt Electronic Structure and Chemisorbed Oxygen Species, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2022, 56, 3245-3257.

4. Yuan Yao, Yuhua Zhu, Chuanqi Pan, Chenyang Wang, Siyu Hu, Wen Xiao, Xiao Chi, Yarong Fang, Ji Yang, Hongtao Deng, Shengqiang Xiao, Junbo Li, Zhu Luo,* Yanbing Guo*, Interfacial Sp C-O-Mo Hybridization Originated High-current Density Hydrogen Evolution, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 8720-8730.

5. Yarong Fang, Xiao Chi, Li Li, Ji Yang, Shoujie Liu, Xingxu Lu, Wen Xiao, Liming Wang, Zhu Luo,* Weiwei Yang, Siyu Hu, Juxia Xiong, Son Hoang, Hongtao Deng, Fudong Liu, Lizhi Zhang, Puxian Gao,*Jun Ding, and Yanbing Guo*, Elucidating the Nature of the Cu(I) Active Site in CuO/TiO2 for Excellent Low-Temperature CO Oxidation, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 7091−7101.

6. Zhu Luo, David A Kriz, Ran Miao, Chung-Hao Kuo, Wei Zhong, Curtis Guild, Junkai He, Bill Willis, Yanliu Dang, Steven L Suib*, Partha Nandi*, TiO2 Supported gold–palladium catalyst for effective syngas production from methane partial oxidation, Appl. Catal. A. 2018, 554, 54-63.

7. Zhu Luo, Ran Miao,Tran Doan Huan, Islam M. Mosa, Altug S. Poyraz, Wei Zhong,  Jacqueline Cloud, David A. Kriz, Srinivas Thanneeru, Junkai He, Yashan Zhang, Rampi Ramprasad and Steven L. Suib*, Mesoporous MoO3-x Materials as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reactions, Adv. Energy Mater. 201600528.

8. Zhu Luo, Shaylin A. Cetegen, Ran Miao, Ting Jiang, Sheng-Yu Chen, Tahereh Jafari, Yashan Zhang, and Steven L. Suib*, Structure-Property Relationships of Copper Modified Mesoporous TiO2 Materials on Alkyne Homocoupling Reactions, J. Catal. 2016, 338, 94-103.

9. Zhu Luo, Altug S. Poyraz, Chung-Hao Kuo, Ran Miao, Yongtao Meng, Sheng-Yu Chen, Ting Jiang, Chelsea Wenos, Steven L. Suib, Crystalline Mixed Phase (Anatase/Rutile) Mesoporous Titanium Dioxides for Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity, Chem. Mater. 2015, 27, 6-17.

10. Chuanqi Pan, Chenyang Wang, Xinya Zhao, Peiyan Xu, Feihong Mao, Ji Yang, Yuhua Zhu, Ruohan Yu, Shiyi Xiao, Yarong Fang, Hongtao Deng, Zhu Luo, Jinsong Wu, Junbo Li, Shoujie Liu, Shengqiang Xiao, Lizhi Zhang, Yanbing Guo*, Neighboring sp-Hybridized Carbon Participated Molecular Oxygen Activation on the Interface of Sub-nanocluster CuO/Graphdiyne, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 11, 4942–4951.

Undertaking project and project information

1. Youth Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51702112): Research on the Formation Mechanism of Mesoporous MoO3 x Oxygen Vacancies and Their Catalytic Performance for Propylene Oxidation, January 2018 to December 2020, with a budget of 250000 yuan. Hosted.

2. Supported by the Open Fund of the National Engineering Laboratory for Mobile Source Pollution Emission Control Technology (NELMS2018A08): Study on the Adsorption and Desorption Effects and Mechanisms of Porous Pd-SSZ-13 Materials on NOx, January 2019 to December 2020, with a budget of 250000 yuan. Hosted.

3. Dongfeng Commercial Automobile Company: Catalyst Precious Metal Carrier Optimization Test, July 2021 to July 2022, with a cost of 200000 yuan, presided over.

4. Wuhan Dawn Plan, Preparation of 3D Self Supporting Electrodes and Research on High Current Density Seawater Hydrogen Production, June 2022 to June 2024, 100000 yuan. Hosted.

5. Central China Normal University talent launch fund, hosted.

6. Hubei Natural Science Foundation general project, Cu loaded defect type TiO2 material low-temperature catalytic oxidation of acetonitrile, June 2022 to June 2024, with a cost of 160000 yuan, hosted.

Awards and Honors

1. Chutian Student from Hubei Province, 2017.

2. Member of the team for the provincial-level first-class undergraduate course "Physical Chemistry 1" in universities in Hubei Province, 2021.

3. Members of the second batch of "National College Huang Danian style Teacher Team" - "Pesticide Chemistry Teacher Team", 2022.

4. China University Ecological Civilization Education Innovation and Creativity Competition, Outstanding Instructor Award, 2022.

5. China University Ecological Civilization Education Innovation and Creativity Competition, National Third Prize, 2022.