主要从事半导体纳米催化材料结构及功能设计合成，并对其光催化、光电催化分解水制氢以及CO₂还原性能进行研究。
主要研究方向：

1. 半导体纳米材料可控构建；

2. 半导体光电催化性能研究；

3. 光催化制氢及CO₂还原；

4. 光生电荷分离迁移研究；

5. 能源与环境纳米催化材料。

2009-2011年在日本国立物质材料研究所(National Institute for Materials Science)国际纳米材料研究中心(International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectioncs)任特别研究员（博士后）。

2011年10月入选中科院“****”引进国外杰出人才到中科院兰州化学物理研究所工作，任创新研究员，2012年9月获得择优支持。

 1. 国家自然科学基金面上项目：高效光生载流子分离及电子传输异质光催化材料设计合成，21273255，2013.1 - 2016.12

 2. 国家自然科学基金面上项目：半导体纳米阵列晶面间载流子迁移与光催化性能研究，21573264，2016.1 - 2019.12  

 3. 国家自然科学基金优秀青年基金项目：光催化, 21622310，2017.1-2019.12 

 4. 国家自然科学基金重点项目: 光催化剂原子间光生电荷迁移及化学价键变化研究, 21832005,2019.1 - 2023.12   

 5. 中国科学院兰州化物所OSSO重点实验室课题，异质光催化材料合成, 2012.1-2015.12   

2023

[1] Bin Zhao, Xiaojuan Huang, Yong Ding, Yingpu Bi*, Bias-Free Solar-Driven Syngas Production: A Fe2O3 Photoanode Featuring Single-Atom Cobalt Integrated with a Silver--Palladium Cathode, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202213067.

[2] Guojun Dong, Lianglin Yan, Yingpu Bi*, Advanced oxygen evolution reaction catalysts for solar-driven photoelectrochemical water splitting, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023,11, 3888. (Invited review)

2022

[1] Zhenzhen Zhang, Xiaojuan Huang, Beibei Zhang, Yingpu Bi*, High-performance and stable BiVO4 photoanodes for solar water splitting via phosphorus–oxygen bonded FeNi catalysts, Energy Environ. Sci., 2022, 15, 2867.

[2] Xiang Cheng, Junmin Wang, Kang Zhao, Yingpu Bi*，Spatially confined iron single-atom and potassium ion in carbon nitride toward efficient CO2 reduction, Appl. Catal. B, 2022, 316, 121643.

[3] Linwen Zhang, Yaoming Zhang, Xiaojuan Huang，Yingpu Bi*，Reversing electron transfer in a covalent triazine framework for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 8074.

[4] Guojun Dong, Xiaojuan Huang, Yingpu Bi*，Anchoring Black Phosphorus Quantum Dots on Fe-Doped W18O49 Nanowires for Efficient Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202204271.

[5] Chenchen Feng, Bin Zhao，Yingpu Bi*，Constructing large-size and ultrathin NiCoP nanosheets on an Fe2O3 photoanode toward efficient solar water splitting, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 12811.

[6] Bin Zhao, Chenchen Feng, Xiaojuan Huang, Yong Ding, Yingpu Bi*, Coupling NiCo catalysts with carbon quantum dots on hematite photoanodes for highly efficient oxygen evolution, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 2813.

2021

[1] Beibei Zhang, Shiqiang Yu, Ying Dai, Xiaojuan Huang, Lingjun Chou*, Gongxuan Lu*, Guojun Dong, Yingpu Bi*，Nitrogen-incorporation activates NiFeOx catalysts for efficiently boosting oxygen evolution activity and stability of BiVO4 photoanodes, Nat. Commun.，2021, 12, 6969.

[2] Linwen Zhang, Yaoming Zhang, Xiaojuan Huang, Liming Tao, Yingpu Bi*, Direct observation of dynamic interfacial bonding and charge transfer in metal-free photocatalysts for efficient hydrogen evolution, Appl. Catal. B, 2021, 283, 119633.

[3] Yajun Zhang, Zhongfei Xu, Qiang Wang, Weichang Hao*, Xinping Zhai, Xian Fei, Xiaojuan Huang, Yingpu Bi*, Unveiling the activity origin of ultrathin BiOCl nanosheets for photocatalytic CO2 reduction, Appl. Catal. B, 2021, 299, 120679.

[4]  Guojun Dong, Xiang Cheng, Yingpu Bi*, Hierarchical TiO2 Photoanodes with Spatial Charge Separation for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction, Solar RRL, 2021, 5, 2000449.

2020 

[1] Beibei Zhang, Xiaojuan Huang, Yan Zhang, Gongxuan Lu*, Lingjun Chou*, Yingpu Bi*, Unveiling the Activity and Stability Origin of BiVO4 Photoanodes with FeNi Oxyhydroxides for Oxygen Evolution, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 18990.

[2] Xian Zhang, Huilin Guo*, Guojun Dong, Yajun Zhang, Gongxuan Lu*, Yingpu Bi*, Homostructural Ta3N5 nanotube/nanoparticle photoanodes for highly efficient solar-driven water splitting, Appl. Catal. B, 2020, 277, 119217. 

[3] Linwen Zhang, Ran Long, Yaoming Zhang, Delong Duan, Yujie Xiong*, Yajun Zhang, Yingpu Bi*,  Direct Observation for Dynamic Bond Evolution in Single‐Atom Pt/C3N4 Catalysts, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 6224.

[4] Xiang Cheng, Guojun Dong, Yajun Zhang, Chenchen Feng, Yingpu Bi*, Dual-Bonding Interactions between MnO2 Cocatalyst and TiO2 Photoanodes for Efficient Solar Water Splitting, Appl. Catal. B, 2020, 267, 118723.

[5] Beibei Zhang, Lingjun Chou*, Yingpu Bi*, Tuning Surface Electronegativity of BiVO4 Photoanodes toward High-Performance Water Splitting, Appl. Catal. B, 2020, 262, 118267.

2019

[1] Chenchen Feng, Shurong Fu, Wei Wang, Yajun Zhang, Yingpu Bi*, High-Crystalline and High-Aspect-Ratio Hematite Nanotube Photoanode for Efficient Solar Water Splitting, Appl. Catal. B, 2019, 257, 117900.

[2] Yajun Zhang, Zhongfei Xu, Guiyu Li, Xiaojuan Huang, Weichang Hao*, Yingpu Bi*, Direct Observation of Oxygen Vacancy Self‐Healing on TiO2 Photocatalysts for Solar Water Splitting, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 14229.

[3] Chenchen Feng, Qi Zhou, Bin Zheng, Xiang Cheng, Yajun Zhang, Yingpu Bi*, Ultrathin NiCo2O4 nanosheets with dual-metal active sites for enhanced solar water splitting of a BiVO4 photoanode, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 22274.

[4] Wei Wang, Yajun Zhang, Xiaojuan Huang and Yingpu Bi*, Engineering the surface atomic structure of FeVO4 nanocrystals for use as highly active and stable electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 10949.

[5] Beibei Zhang,   Xiaojuan Huang,   Hongyan Hu,   Lingjun Chou*, Yingpu Bi*, Defect-rich and ultrathin CoOOH nanolayers as highly efficient oxygen evolution catalysts for photoelectrochemical water splitting, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 4415.

[6] Xiang Cheng, Yajun Zhang, Yingpu Bi*, Spatial dual-electric fields for highly enhanced the solar water splitting of TiO2 nanotube arrays, Nano Energy, 2019, 57, 542.

[7] Shurong Fu, Hongyan Hu,* Chenchen Feng, Yajun Zhang, Yingpu Bi*, Epitaxial growth of ZnWO4 hole-storage nanolayers on ZnO photoanodes for efficient solar water splitting, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 2513.

[8] Yajun Zhang, Hongyan Hu,* Xiaojuan Huang, Yingpu Bi*, Photo-controlled bond changes on Pt/TiO2 for promoting overall water splitting and restraining hydrogen–oxygen recombination, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 5938. 

2018

[1] Guojun Dong, Hongyan Hu, Xiaojuan Huang, Yajun Zhang, and Yingpu Bi*, Rapid Activation of Co3O4 Cocatalyst with Oxygen Vacancies on TiO2 Photoanodes for Efficient Water Splitting, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 21003.

[2] Beibei Zhang, Lei Wang, Yajun Zhang, Yong Ding, Yingpu Bi*, Ultrathin FeOOH Nanolayers with Rich Oxygen Vacancies on BiVO4 Photoanodes for Efficient Water Oxidation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 2248.

[3] Jijia Xie, Renxi Jin, Ang Li, Yingpu Bi, Qiushi Ruan, Yucheng Deng, Yajun Zhang, Siyu Yao, Gopinathan Sankar, Ding Ma*, Junwang Tang*, Highly selective oxidation of methane to methanol at ambient conditions by titanium dioxide-supported iron species, Nat. Catal, 2018, 1, 889.

[4] Yajun Zhang, Jiamei Liu, Yan Zhang, Yingpu Bi*, Relationship between interatomic electron transfer and photocatalytic activity of TiO2, Nano Energy, 2018, 51, 504.

[5]  Shurong Fu, Beibei Zhang, Hongyan Hu*, Yajun Zhang, Yingpu Bi*, ZnO nanowire arrays decorated with PtO nanowires for efficient solar water splitting, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2018, 8, 2787.

[6] Qiang Rui, Lei Wang, Yajun Zhang, Chenchen Feng, Beibei Zhang, Shurong Fu, Huilin Guo, Hongyan Hu*, Yingpu Bi*, Synergistic effect of P-doping and MnO2 cocatalyst on Fe2O3 nanorod photoanode for efficient solar water splitting, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 7021.

[7] Guojun Dong, Hongyan Hu*, Lei Wang, Yajun Zhang, Yingpu Bi*, Remarkable enhancement on photoelectrochemical water splitting derived from well-crystallized Bi2WO6 and Co(OH)x with tunable oxidation state, J. Catal, 2018, 366, 258.  

[8] Xiang Cheng, Yajun Zhang, Hongyan Hu*, Mingdong Shang, Yingpu Bi*, High-Efficiency SrTiO3/TiO2 Hetero-Photoanode for Visible-Light Water Splitting by Charge Transport Design and Optical Absorption Management, Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 3644. 

[9] Chenchen Feng, Lei Wang, Shurong Fu, Kai Fan, Yajun Zhang, Yingpu Bi*, Ultrathin FeFx Nanolayers Accelerating Hole Transfer for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 19342.