Education Background
2018.09-2022.06 Ph.D. Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
2015.09-2018.06 Master School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China
2011.09-2015.06 Bachelor School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
Working Experiences
2025.10 – present Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2023.01-2025.10 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Awards and Honors
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Research Interests
1. Green nitrogen fixation and nitrogen conversion
Publications (#: equal contribution)
1. Shuhe Han, Huimin Liu, Janis Timoshenko, Joonbaek Jang, Mengyao Su, Chenghua Sun, Chengying Guo, Yanmei Huang, Arno Bergemann, Beatriz Roldan Cuenya, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang, Kai Leng, Kianping Loh*. Sn catalyst reconstruction and microenvironment modulation for efficient amino acid electrosynthesis via C–N coupling. Nature Communications, 2026, 17, 3614.
2. Shuhe Han, Kaiwen Yang, Lingyu Gao, Tieliang Li, Yanmei Huang, Jin Zhou, Baoshun Zhang, Jiewei Zhu, Jiangjiexing Wu, Bin Zhang,* Yifu Yu*
. Synthesis of liquid nitrogenous fertilizer via a nitrogen conversion balance. Nature Sustainability, 2025, 8, 1068-1076.
3. Shuhe Han, Hongjiao Li, Tieliang Li, Fanpeng Chen, Rong Yang, Yifu Yu,* Bin Zhang*. Ultralow overpotential nitrate reduction to ammonia via a three-step relay mechanism. Nature Catalysis, 2023, 6, 402-414.
4. Shuhe Han, Changhong Wang, Yuting Wang, Yifu Yu,* Bin Zhang*. Electrosynthesis of nitrate via the oxidation of nitrogen on tensile‐strained palladium porous nanosheets. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 133, 4524-4528.
5. Shuhe Han, Yanmei Shi, Changhong Wang, Cuibo Liu, Bin Zhang*. Hollow cobalt sulfide nanocapsules for electrocatalytic selective transfer hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde with water. Cell Reports Physical Science, 2021, 2, 100337.
6. Kai Dong, # Shuhe Han, # Yanan Li, Zhongliao Wang, Chuang Xue, Xiaogang Sun, Yongchao Yao, Haobo Li, Xin Wang, Dongwei Ma*, Li-Min Liu*, Bin Zhang*. Testing, quantification, in situ characterization and calculation simulation for electrocatalytic nitrate reduction. Nature Protocols, 2025, 21, 2707-2762.
7. Kaiwen Yang, # Shuhe Han, # Chuanqi Cheng, Chengying Guo, Tieliang Li, Yifu Yu*. Unveiling the Reaction Mechanism of Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia Over Cobalt-Based Electrocatalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024, 146, 12976-12983.
8. Tieliang Li, # Shuhe Han, # Yuting Wang, Jin Zhou, Bin Zhang, Yifu Yu*. A Spectroscopic Study on Nitrogen Electrooxidation to Nitrate. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202217411.
9. Jin Zhou, # Shuhe Han, # Rong Yang, Tieliang Li, Wenbin Li, Yuting Wang, Yifu Yu,* Bin Zhang*. Linear Adsorption Enables NO Selective Electroreduction to Hydroxylamine on Single Co Sites. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202305184.
10. Tieliang Li,# Shuhe Han, # Chuanqi Cheng, Yuting Wang, Xiwen Du, Yifu Yu,* Bin Zhang. Sulfate‐Enabled Nitrate Synthesis from Nitrogen Electrooxidation on Rhodium Electrocatalyst. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202204541.