Education Background

2021.09-2026.06   Ph.D. in Materials Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2017.09-2021.06   B.S. in Chemistry, Nanchang University

Working Experiences

2026.08 – present     Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Awards and Honors

2025  Nano Research Energy Young Star Researcher, Gold Award

2025  Chinese National Scholarship Award for Doctoral Students

Research Interests

1.      Photocatalytic value-added conversion of platform chemicals.

2.      Solar-driven catalytic systems for the robust production of platform chemicals.

Publications (#: equal contribution)

1.    Junyu Gao, Xi Qian, Jinhu Wang, Tianrui Hu, Lei Kang, Li-Zhu Wu, Yunxuan Zhao*, Tierui Zhang*, Ammonia-assisted photosynthesis of ethylene glycol, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 42777–42785.

1.    Junyu Gao, Jinhu Wang, Dong Li, Guangliu Ran, Wenkai Zhang, Li-Zhu Wu, Yunxuan Zhao*, Tierui Zhang*, Artificial photosynthesis of formamide via an oxidant-free photoinduced radical coupling route over Pt-CdS, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 137, e202500747.