Education and Work Experiences:

05/2014-present, Professor/Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, P. R. China. 

01/2010-04/2014, Postdoctoral Research fellow in ARC Center of Excellence Functional Nanomaterials, Australia Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Australia. (Supervisor: Prof. Lianzhou Wang and Max Lu)  

09/2004-10/2009, PhD in Physical Chemistry from State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese of Academy of Sciences, P. R. China. (Supervisor: Prof. Can Li)

Research Interests:

Investigate the fundamental issues related with the conversion of solar energy into chemical energy during photoelectrochemical, photocatalytic, and PV-electrocatalytic processes. Explore the possibility of commercializing the as-obtained lab-based results. At present, three research fields are focused: 

1. Development of coupled system for the conversion, storage, and utilization of solar energy, such as the photoelectrochemical-chemical loop reaction system for the simultaneous remediation of waste (such as H2S) and the production of useful chemicals; the natural-artificial hybrid photosynthetic system. 

2. Engineering of photoelectrode towards efficient charge transportation and solar fuel production.

3. PV-electrocatalytic splitting of water to produce hydrogen fuel. 

Awards and Honor:

2019: Youth Talent of LiaoNing Revitalization Talents Program

2010: Excellent Prize of President Scholarship Chinese Academy of Sciences 

2010: Excellent Graduated Student of Liaoning Province

Representative Publications:

1. Ma W G, Wang H, Yu W, Wang X M, Xu Z Q, Zong X*, Li C*. Achieving Simultaneous CO2 and H2S Conversion via a Coupled Solar-driven Electrochemical Approach on Non-precious Catalysts. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 3473–3477. 

2. Wang W Y, Wang H, Zhu Q Y, Qin W, Han G Y, Shen J R, Zong X*, Li C*. Spatially Separated Photosystem II and a Silicon Photoelectrochemical Cell for Overall Water Splitting: A Natural–Artificial Photosynthetic Hybrid. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 9229–9233. 

3. Zong X, Han J F, Seger B, Chen H J, Lu (Max) G Q, Li C*, Wang L Z*. An Integrated Photoelectrochemical–Chemical Loop for Solar-Driven Overall Splitting of Hydrogen Sulfide. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 4399–4403. 

4. Zong X, Chen H J, Seger B, Pedersen T, Dargusch M S, McFarland E W, Li C,* Wang L Z*. Selective production of hydrogen peroxide and oxidation of hydrogen sulfide in an unbiased solar photoelectrochemical cell. Energy Environ. Sci., 2014, 7, 3347–3351. 

5. Zong X, Yan H J, Wu G P, Ma G J, Wen F Y, Wang L, Li C*. Enhancement of Photocatalytic H2 Evolution on CdS by Loading MoS2 as Cocatalyst under Visible Light Irradiation. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 7176–7177.