General

Prof. Dehui Deng
Email: dhdeng@dicp.ac.cn
Telephone: 0411-82463870
Address: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
Postcode: 116023

Research Areas

2D materials and energy catalysis

Education

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


Experience

2018.07 – Present  Ph.D. supervisor

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.


Work Experience

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.


Teaching Experience

2018.07 – Present  Ph.D. supervisor

Honors & Distinctions

2021.03  Best Editorial Board Member Award, Journal of Energy Chemistry

2020.09  Best Editorial Award, Nano Research

2019.09  Nano Research Young Innovators Award, Nano Research

2018.10  “Excellent scholar of Zhang Dayu” by DICP, CAS

2018.05  Chang Jiang Scholars Program — Chang Jiang Scholars by Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China

2018.03  The Distinguished Lectureship Award by The Chemical Society of Japan

2017.12  Prize Young Scientists by Chinese Chemical Society

2017.05  National Innovation Medal Prize

2016.12  Excellent Young Scientist Award by Shenyang Branch CAS

2016.12  “Outstanding Youth Award of Zhang Dayu” by DICP, CAS

2016.07  Young Scientist Prize by International Congress on Catalysis

2016.07  Young Cutting-Edge Nano-Chemistry Researcher Award of China by Chinese Chemical Society

2016.06   Young Scientist Program by MOST of China

2014.10  “The Catalysis Rising Star Award” by The Catalysis Society of China


Publications

62. 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*, Sulfur vacancy-rich MoS2 as a catalyst for the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol, Nature Catalysis, 2021, 4, 242

61. Xiaoju Cui, Rui Huang, Dehui Deng*, Catalytic conversion of C1 molecules under mild conditions, EnergyChem, 2021, 3, 100050

60. Yanting Liu, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*, Catalysis for Selected C1 Chemistry, Chem, 2020, 6, 2497

59. Zheng Zhang, Liang Yu, Yunchuan Tu, Ruixue Chen, Lihui Wu, Junfa Zhu, Dehui Deng*, Unveiling the active site of metal-free nitrogen-doped carbon for electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction , Cell Reports Physical Science, 2020, 1, 100145

58. 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*, Boosting hydrogen evolution on MoS2 via co-confining selenium in surface and cobalt in inner layer, Nature Communications, 2020, 11, 3315

57. Liang Yu, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*, Chain mail for catalysts, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 15294

56. Xiaoju Cui, Pengju Ren, Chao Ma, Jia Zhao, Ruixue Chen, Shiming Chen, N. Pethan Rajan, Haobo Li, Liang Yu, Zhongqun Tian, Dehui Deng*, Robust Interface Ru Centers for High-Performance Acidic Oxygen Evolution, Advanced Materials, 2020, 32, 1908126

55. Jun Long, Shiming Chen, Yunlong Zhang, Chenxi Guo, Xiaoyan Fu, Dehui Deng*, Jianping Xiao*, Direct Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis from Nitric Oxide, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 971

54. Yunchuan Tu, Jiao Deng, Chao Ma, Liang Yu*, Xinhe Bao, Dehui Deng*, Double-layer hybrid chainmail catalyst for high-performance hydrogen evolution, Nano Energy, 2020, 72, 104700

53. Mo Zhang, Jing Guan, Yunchuan Tu, Shiming Chen, Yong Wang, Suheng Wang, Liang Yu, Chao Ma, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao, Highly efficient H2 production from H2S via a robust graphene-encapsulated metal catalyst, Energy & Environmental Science, 2020, 13, 119

52. Ruixue Chen, Hai-Yan Su, Deyu Liu, Rui Huang, Xianguang Meng, Xiaoju Cui, Zhong-Qun Tian, Dong H. Zhang, Dehui Deng*, Highly Selective Production of Ethylene by the Electroreduction of Carbon Monoxide, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 154

51. Dehui Deng*, Bimetallene advances oxygen electrocatalysis, Science China-Chemistry, 2020, 63, 147

50. Lei Tang, Xianguang Meng, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao, Confinement catalysis with two-dimensional materials for energy conversion, Advanced Materials, 2019, 1901996

49. Xianguang Meng, Xiaoju Cui, N.Pethan Rajan, Liang Yu, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao, Direct methane conversion under mild conditions by thermo-, electro- or photocatalysis, Chem, 2019, 5, 2296

48. Xiangyu Meng, Liang Yu, Chao Ma, Bing Nan, Rui Si, Yunchuan Tu, Jiao Deng, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*, Three-dimensionally hierarchical MoS2/graphene architecture for high-performance hydrogen evolution reaction, Nano Energy, 2019, 61, 611

47. Suheng Wang, Haobo Li, Mengqi He, Xiaoju Cui, Lei Hua, Haiyang Li, Jianping Xiao, Liang Yu, N. Pethan Rajan, Zhaoxiong Xie, Dehui Deng*, Room-temperature conversion of ethane and the mechanism understanding over single iron atoms confined in graphene, Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2019, 36, 47

46. Zheng Zhang, Chao Ma, Yunchuan Tu, Rui Si, Jie Wei, Shuhong Zhang, Zhen Wang, Jian-Feng Li, Ye Wang, Dehui Deng*, Multiscale carbon foam confining single iron atoms for efficient electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to CO, Nano Research, 2019, 12, 2313

45. 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, Room-temperature electrochemical water-gas shift reaction for high purity hydrogen production, Nature Communications, 2019, 10, 86

44. Yong Wang, Jun Mao, Xianguang Meng, Liang Yu, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*, Catalysis with two-dimensional materials confining single atoms: concept, design, and applications, Chemical Reviews, 2019, 119, 1806

43. 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*, Reaction mechanisms of well‐defined metal–N4 sites in electrocatalytic CO2 reduction, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57, 16339

42. Jinping Zhang, Shinichi Nagamatsu, Junmou Du, Chaoli Tong, Huihuang Fang, Dehui Deng, Xi Liu, Kiyotaka Asakura*, Youzhu Yuan*, A study of FeNx/C catalysts for the selective oxidation of unsaturated alcohols by molecular oxygen, Journal of Catalysis, 2018, 367, 16

41. Yunchuan Tu, Pengju Ren, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*, Structural and electronic optimization of graphene encapsulating binary metal for highly efficient water oxidation, Nano Energy, 2018, 52, 494

40. Jun Mao, Yong Wang, Zhilong Zheng, Dehui Deng*, The rise of two-dimensional MoS2 for catalysis, Frontiers of Physics, 2018, 13, 138115

39. 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*, Room-temperature methane conversion by graphene-confined single iron atoms, Chem, 2018, 4 1902

38. Junying Wang, Xiaoju Cui, Haobo Li, Jianping Xiao, Jiang Yang, Xiaoyu Mu, Haixia Liu, Yuanming Sun, Xuhui Xue, Changlong Liu, Xiaodong Zhang*, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao, Highly efficient catalytic scavenging of oxygen freeradicals with graphene - encapsulated metal nanoshields, Nano Research, 2018, 11, 2821

37. Jiao Deng, Cheng Zeng, Chao Ma, Jon Fold von Bülow, Lei Zhang*, Dehui Deng*, Zhongqun Tian, Xinhe Bao, Graphene layer reinforcing mesoporous molybdenum disulfide foam as high - performance anode for sodium-ion battery, Materials Today Energy, 2018, 8, 151

36. Shunji Xie, Zebin Shen, Jiao Deng, Pu Guo, Qinghong Zhang, Haikun Zhang, Chao Ma, Zheng Jiang, Jun Cheng*, Dehui Deng*, Ye Wang* , Visible light-driven C-H activation and C-C coupling of methanol into ethylene glycol, Nature Communications, 2018, 9, 1181

35. Jiao Deng, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*, Robust catalysis on 2D materials encapsulating metals: concept, application and perspective, Advanced Materials, 2017, 29, 1606967

34. Xiangyu Meng, Dehui Deng*, Two-dimensional materials for electrocatalytic water splitting, Chinese Science Bulletin, 2017, 62, 3154

33. Jiao Deng, Haobo Li, Suheng Wang, Ding Ding, Mingshu Chen, Chuan Liu, Zhongqun Tian, K.S Novoselov, Chao Ma, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*, Multiscale structural and electronic control of molybdenum disulfide foam for highly efficient hydrogen production , Nature Communications, 2017, 8, 14430

32. Yong Wang, Wenhua Zhang, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao* Two-dimensional materials confining single atoms for catalysis, Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2017, 38, 1443

31. Qingfei Liu, Yun Liu, Haobo Li, Lulu Li, Dehui Deng, Fan Yang*, Xinhe Bao*, Towards the atomic-scale characterization of isolated iron sites confined in a nitrogen-doped graphene matrix, Applied Surface Science, 2017, 410, 111

30. Xiaoqi Chen, Liang Yu, Suheng Wang, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*, Highly active and stable single iron site confined in graphene nanosheets for oxygen reduction reaction, Nano Energy, 2017, 32, 353

29. Xiao-Dong Zhang*, Jinxuan Zhang, Junying Wang, Jiang Yang, Jie Chen, Xiu Shen, Jiao Deng, Dehui Deng, Wei Long, Yuan-Ming Sun, Changlong Liu, Meixian Li*, Highly catalytic nanodots with renal clearance for radiation protection, ACS Nano, 2016, 10, 4511

28. Yunchuan Tu, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao, Nanocarbons and their hybrids as catalysts for non-aqueous lithium–oxygen batteries, Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2016, 25, 957

27. Yunchuan Tu, Haobo Li, Dehui Deng*, Jianping Xiao, Xiaoju Cui, Ding Ding, Mingshu Chen, Xinhe Bao*, Low charge overpotential of lithium-oxygen batteries with metallic Co encapsulated in single-layer graphene shell as the catalyst, Nano Energy, 2016, 30, 877

26. Xiaoju Cui, Jianping Xiao, Yihui Wu, Peipei Du, Rui Si, Huaixin Yang, Huanfang Tian, Jianqi Li, Wen-Hua Zhang*, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao, A graphene composite material with single cobalt active sites: A highly efficient counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016, 55, 6708

25. Dehui Deng, K.S. Novoselov*, Qiang Fu, Nanfeng Zheng, Zhongqun Tian*, Xinhe Bao*, Catalysis with two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures, Nature Nanotechnology 2016, 11, 218

24. Xiaoju Cui, Pengju Ren, Dehui Deng*, Jiao Deng, Xinhe Bao*, Single layer graphene encapsulation non-precious metals as high-performance electrocatalysts for waste oxidation, Energy & Environmental Science, 2016, 9, 123

23. Dehui Deng*, Xiaoqi Chen, Liang Yu, Xing Wu, Qingfei Liu, Yun Liu, Huaixin Yang, Huanfang Tian, Yongfeng Hu, Peipei Du, Rui Si, Junhu Wang, Xiaoju Cui, Haobo Li, Jianping Xiao, Tao Xu, Jiao Deng, Fan Yang, Paul N. Duchesne, Peng Zhang, Jigang Zhou, Litao Sun, Jianqi Li, Xiulian Pan, Xinhe Bao*, 

A single iron site confined in a graphene matrix for the catalytic oxidation of benzene at room temperature, Science Advances, 2015, 1, e1500462

22. Xiaoqi Chen, Dehui Deng*, Xiulian Pan, Xinhe Bao*, Iron catalyst encapsulated in carbon nanotubes for CO hydrogenation to light olefins, Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2015, 36, 1631

21. Fan Yang, Dehui Deng, Xiulian Pan, Qiang Fu, Xinhe Bao*, Understanding nano effects in catalysis, National Science Review, 2015, 2, 183

20. Jiao Deng, Haobo Li, Jianping Xiao, Yunchuan Tu, Dehui Deng*, Huaixin Yang, Huanfang Tian, Jianqi Li, Pengju Ren, Xinhe Bao*, Triggering the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity of the inert two-dimensional MoS2 surface via single-atom metal doping, Energy & Environmental Science, 2015, 8, 1594

19. Xiaoqi Chen, Jianping Xiao, Jian Wang, Dehui Deng*, Yongfeng Hu, Jigang Zhou, Liang Yu, Thomas Heine, Xiulian Pan, Xinhe Bao*, Visualizing electronic interactions between iron and carbon by X-ray chemical imaging and spectroscopy, Chemical Science, 2015, 6, 3262

18. Jiao Deng, Pengju Ren, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*, Enhanced electron penetration through an ultrathin graphene layer for highly efficient catalysis of the hydrogen evolution reaction, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54, 2100

17. Xiaoqi Chen, Dehui Deng*, Xiulian Pan, Yongfeng Hu, Xinhe Bao*, N-doped graphene as an electron donor of iron catalysts for CO hydrogenation to light olefins, Chemical Communications, 2015, 51, 217

16. Jiao Deng, Wentao Yuan, Pengju Ren, Yong Wang, Dehui Deng*, Ze Zhang, Xinhe Bao, High-performance hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis by layer-controlled MoS2 nanosheets, RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 34733

15. Xiaojia Zheng, Jiao Deng, Nan Wang, Dehui Deng*, Wen-Hua Zhang*, Xinhe Bao, Can Li, Podlike N-doped carbon nanotubes encapsulating FeNi alloy nanoparticles: high-performance counter electrode materials for dye-sensitized solar cells, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2014, 53, 7023

14. Jiao Deng, Pengju Ren, Dehui Deng*, Liang Yu, Fan Yang, Xinhe Bao*, Highly active and durable non-precious-metal catalysts encapsulated in carbon nanotubes for hydrogen evolution reaction, Energy & Environmental Science, 2014, 7, 1919

13. Xiaoguang Guo, Guangzong Fang, Gang Li, Hao Ma, Hongjun Fan, Liang Yu, Chao Ma, Xing Wu, Dehui Deng, Mingming Wei, Dali Tan, Rui Si, Shuo Zhang, Jiang Li, Litao Sun, Zichao Tang, Xiulian Pan, Xinhe Bao*, Direct, nonoxidative conversion of methane to ethylene, aromatics, and hydrogen, Science, 2014, 344, 616

12. Joachim Maier, Galen Stucky, Rudolf Holze, Gang Chen, Jiafang Xie, Shi-Gang Sun, Guoxiong Wang, Beien Zhu, Yiren Zhong, Pengfei Liu, Lee Cronin, Gang Fu, Shihe Yang, Mingquan Yu, Clare Grey, Andrew Mount, Wee Shong Chin, Fuping Pan, Zhonghua Li, Zhongqun Tian, Dehui Deng, Nanfeng Zheng, Ram Seshadri, Yujiang Song, Xile Hu, Yimin Chao, 

Energy-related catalytic and other materials: general discussion, FARADAY DISCUSSIONS, 2014, 176, 429

11. Andrew Mount, Shizhao Xiong, Xuyi Shan, Hyun-Wook Lee, Xiaoliang Yu,  Yimin Chao, Galen Stucky, Gang Chen, Zhen Qi, Graham Hutchings, Yiren Zhong, Rudolf Holze, Wei Han, Lee Cronin, Shihe Yang, Hong Li, Xiang Hong, Erwin Reisner, Yong Yang, Weimin Xuan, Clare Grey, Ram Seshadri, Liqiang Mai, Jiafang Xie, Fuping Pan, Zhonghua Li, Joachim Maier, 

Zhongqun Tian, Yanxia Chen, Bingwei Mao, Heinz Frei, Changxu Lin, Fenglin Liao, Deyu Liu, Nanfeng Zheng, Rui Lin, Rose-Noelle Vannier, Dehui Deng, John M. Griffin, Nenad Markovic, Haimei Zheng, Ryoji Kanno, Electrochemical conversion and storage systems: general discussion, FARADAY DISCUSSIONS, 2014, 176, 153

10. Jiao Deng, Liang Yu, Dehui Deng*, Xiaoqi Chen, Fan Yang, Xinhe Bao*, Highly active reduction of oxygen on a FeCo alloy catalyst encapsulated in pod-like carbon nanotubes with fewer walls, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2013, 1, 14868

9. Dehui Deng, Liang Yu, Xiaoqi Chen, Guoxiong Wang, Li Jin, Xiulian Pan*, Jiao Deng, Gongquan Sun, Xinhe Bao*, Iron encapsulated within Pod-like carbon nanotubes for oxygen reduction reaction, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013, 52, 371

8. Lidong Wu, Dehui Deng, Jing Jin, Xianbo Lu*, Jiping Chen*, Nanographene-based tyrosinase biosensor for rapid detection of bisphenol A, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 2012, 35, 193-199

7. Dehui Deng, Liang Yu, Xiulian Pan*, Shuang Wang, Xiaoqi Chen, P. Hu, Lixian Sun, Xinhe Bao*, Size effect of graphene on electrocatalytic activation of oxygen, Chemical Communications, 2011, 47, 10016

6. Dehui Deng, Xiulian Pan*, Liang Yu, Yi Cui, Yeping Jiang, Jing Qi, WeiXue Li, Qiang Fu, Xucun Ma, Qikun Xue, Gongquan Sun, Xinhe Bao*, Toward N-doped graphene via solvothermal synthesis, Chemistry of Materials, 2011, 23, 1188

5. Dehui Deng, Xiulian Pan*, Hui Zhang, Qiang Fu, Dali Tan, Xinhe Bao*, Freestanding graphene by thermal splitting of silicon carbide granules, Advanced Materials, 2010, 22, 2168

4. Dehui Deng, Hao Wu, Xuepin Liao*, Bi Shi*, Synthesis of unique mesoporous ZrO2-carbon fiber from collagen fiber, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2008, 116, 705

3. Dehui Deng, Xuepin Liao*, Xin Liu, Bi Shi*, Synthesis of hierarchical mesoporous zirconia fiber by using collagen fiber as a template, Journal of Materials Research, 2008, 23, 3263

2. Dehui Deng, Xuepin Liao*, Bi Shi*, Synthesis of porous carbon fibers from collagen fiber, Chemsuschem, 2008, 1, 298

1. Dehui Deng, Rui Tang, Xuepin Liao*, Bi Shi*, Using collagen fiber as a template to synthesize hierarchical mesoporous alumina fiber, Langmuir, 2008, 24, 368

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” catalystsand 2D materials confining single atoms.

3. Fundamental and applied research in heterogeneous catalysis and electrocatalysis, aiming at highly efficient activation andconversion of energy molecules such as CH4CO2COH2ON2.

4. Theoretical calculation: catalytic electronic structure, active site and reaction process.


Students

现指导学生

赵新飞  博士研究生  070304-物理化学(含:化学物理)  

张云龙  硕士研究生  070304-物理化学  

魏泽宇  博士研究生  070304-物理化学  

唐雷  博士研究生  070304-物理化学  

刘子铭  博士研究生  070304-物理化学  

宋垚  博士研究生  070304-物理化学  

夏梅涵  博士研究生  070304-物理化学