Education and Work Experiences

2017.06 – Present  Professor, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, China

2015.01 – Present  iChEM Research fellow, Xiamen University, China

2013.02 – 2017.06  Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, China

2015.05 – 2016.01  Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, U. S.

2007.09 – 2013.01  Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, China

2003.09 – 2007.06  B.S. in Light Industry Engineering and B.S. in National Economy Management, Sichuan University, China

Research Interests

1. Design and synthesis of advanced 2D catalytic materials and their heterostrucutres, including graphene, MoS2, LDHs et al.

2. Tuning the surfaces and interfaces of 2D catalytic materials and their heterostrucutres, focusing on 2D-material “Chainmail” catalysts and 2D materials confining single atoms.

3. Fundamental and applied research in heterogeneous catalysis and electrocatalysis, aiming at highly efficient activation and conversion of energy molecules such as O2, H2, H2O, CO, CO2, CH4, and CH3OH.

Honors and Awards

2021  First Prize for the National Natural Science Award of 2020 (fourth author) by the State Council of the People's Republic of China

2023  Young Scientist Award by the Chinese Academy of Sciences

2022  Youth Medal Collection (Group Leader) of Dalian

2022  Best Editor Award by Nano Research

2022  Youth Medal by the Chinese Academy of Sciences

2021  Best Editorial Board Member Award by the Journal of Energy Chemistry

2019  Outstanding Member of the Youth Promotion Association by CAS

2018  Changjiang Scholar (Young Scholar) by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China

2018  Distinguished Lectureship Award by the Chemical Society of Japan

2017  Chinese Chemical Society Prize for Young Scientists by the Chinese Chemical Society

2017  National Innovation Medal (fourth author) by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People's Republic of China, China Association for Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, and SASAC of the State Council

2016  Young Scientist Prize by the International Congress on Catalysis

2016  Young Cutting-Edge Nanochemistry Researcher Award by the Chinese Chemical Society

2016  Young Scientist Program by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China

2014  Catalysis Rising Star Award by the Catalysis Society of China

Representative Publications(within five years)

18. Direct conversion of N₂ and O₂: status, challenge, and perspective

Di Li, Lingxing Zan, Shiming Chen, Zhang-Jie Shi, Ping Chen, Zhenfeng Xi, Dehui Deng*

National Science Review, 9, nwac042, 2022

17. Highly efficient ethylene production via electrocatalytic hydrogenation of acetylene under mild conditions

Suheng Wang, Kelechi Uwakwe, Liang Yu*, Jinyu Ye, Yuezhou Zhu, Jingting Hu, Ruixue Chen, Zheng Zhang, Zhiyou Zhou, Jianfeng Li, Zhaoxiong Xie, Dehui Deng*

Nature Communications, 12, 7072, 2021

16. Electron penetration triggering interface activity of Pt-graphene for CO oxidation at room temperature

Yong Wang, Pengju Ren, Jingting Hu, Yunchuan Tu, Zhongmiao Gong, Yi Cui, Yanping Zheng, Mingshu Chen, Wujun Zhang, Chao Ma, Liang Yu, Fan Yang, Ye Wang, Xinhe Bao, Dehui Deng*

Nature Communications, 12, 5814, 2021

15. Sulfur vacancy-rich MoS₂ as a catalyst for the hydrogenation of CO₂ to methanol

Jingting Hu, Liang Yu, Jiao Deng, Yong Wang, Kang Cheng, Chao Ma, Qinghong Zhang, Wu Wen, Shengsheng Yu, Yang Pan, Jiuzhong Yang, Hao Ma, Fei Qi, Yongke Wang, Yanping Zheng, Mingshu Chen, Rui Huang, Shuhong Zhang, Zhenchao Zhao, Jun Mao, Xiangyu Meng, Qinqin Ji, Guangjin Hou, Xiuwen Han, Xinhe Bao, Ye Wang*, Dehui Deng*

Nature Catalysis, 4, 242, 2021

14. Boosting hydrogen evolution on MoS₂ via co-confining selenium in surface and cobalt in inner layer

Zhilong Zheng, Liang Yu, Meng Gao, Xiya Chen, Wu Zhou, Chao Ma, Lihui Wu, Junfa Zhu, Xiangyu Meng, Jingting Hu, Yunchuan Tu, Sisi Wu, Jun Mao, Zhongqun Tian, Dehui Deng*

Nature Communications, 11, 3315, 2020

13. Chain mail for catalysts

Liang Yu, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59, 15294, 2020

12. Robust interface Ru centers for high-performance acidic oxygen evolution

Xiaoju Cui, Pengju Ren, Chao Ma, Jia Zhao, Ruixue Chen, Shiming Chen, N. Pethan Rajan, Haobo Li, Liang Yu, Zhongqun Tian, Dehui Deng*

Advanced Materials, 32, 1908126, 2020

11. Distance synergy of MoS₂-confined Rhodium atoms for highly efficient hydrogen evolution

Xiangyu Meng, Chao Ma, Luozhen Jiang, Rui Si, Xianguang Meng, Yunchuan Tu, Liang Yu*, Xinhe Bao, Dehui Deng*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59, 10502, 2020

10. Direct electrochemical ammonia synthesis from nitric oxide

Jun Long, Shiming Chen, Yunlong Zhang, Chenxi Guo, Xiaoyan Fu, Dehui Deng*, Jianping Xiao*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59, 9711, 2020

9. Highly efficient H₂ production from H₂S via a robust graphene-encapsulated metal catalyst

Mo Zhang, Jing Guan, Yunchuan Tu, Shiming Chen, Yong Wang, Suheng Wang, Liang Yu, Chao Ma, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao

Energy & Environmental Science, 13, 119, 2020

8. Highly selective production of ethylene by the electroreduction of carbon monoxide

Ruixue Chen, Hai-Yan Su, Deyu Liu, Rui Huang, Xianguang Meng, Xiaoju Cui, Zhong-Qun Tian, Dong H. Zhang, Dehui Deng*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59, 154, 2020

7. Confinement catalysis with 2D materials for energy conversion

Lei Tang, Xianguang Meng, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao

Advanced Materials, 31, 1901996, 2019

6. Direct methane conversion under mild condition by thermo-, electro- or photocatalysis

Xianguang Meng, Xiaoju Cui, N.Pethan Rajan, Liang Yu, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao

Chem, 5, 2296, 2019

5. Room-temperature electrochemical water-gas shift reaction for high purity hydrogen production

Xiaoju Cui, Hai-Yan Su, Ruixue Chen, Liang Yu, Jinchao Dong, Chao Ma, Suheng Wang, Jianfeng Li, Fan Yang, Jianping Xiao, Mengtao Zhang, Ding Ma, Dehui Deng*, Dong H. Zhang, Zhongqun Tian, Xinhe Bao

Nature Communications, 10, 86, 2019

4. Catalysis with two-dimensional materials confining single atoms: concept, design, and applications

Yong Wang, Jun Mao, Xianguang Meng, Liang Yu, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*

Chemical Reviews, 119, 1806, 2019

3. Reaction mechanisms of well-defined metal-N₄ sites in electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction

Zheng Zhang, Jianping Xiao, Xue-Jiao Chen, Song Yu, Liang Yu, Rui Si, Yong Wang, Suheng Wang, Xianguang Meng, Ye Wang, Zhong-Qun Tian, Dehui Deng*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 57, 16339, 2018

2. Room-temperature methane conversion by graphene-confined single iron atoms

Xiaoju Cui, Haobo Li, Yan Wang, Yuanli Hu, Lei Hua, Haiyang Li, Xiuwen Han, Qingfei Liu, Fan Yang, Limin He, Xiaoqi Chen, Qingyun Li, Jianping Xiao, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*

Chem, 4, 1902, 2018

1. Visible light-driven C-H activation and C-C coupling of methanol into ethylene glycol

Shunji Xie, Zebin Shen, Jiao Deng, Pu Guo, Qinghong Zhang, Haikun Zhang, Chao Ma, Zheng Jiang, Jun Cheng*, Dehui Deng*, Ye Wang*

Nature Communications, 9, 1181, 2018