Dr. Tianhua Zhou 

Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, CAS 
Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
Address: 155 Yangqiao Road West, Fuzhou, 350002, P.R.China
Tel: 86 591 6317 9439
E-mail: thzhou@fjirsm.ac.cn


Research Areas

1) Photocatalytic water splitting and CO2 reduction

2) Electrocatalytic water splitting and CO2 reduction

3) Metal-Organic Framework materials

Education

M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China


Experience

2017.02-present   Full Professor, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Science, China.

2012.2-2017.01   Research Fellow, Division of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2016.04-10          Visiting scholar, Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.

2008-2012          Research Associate, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Science, China.

Publications

   


Selected Publications


(1)  Chengdi Ma, Liyang Qin, Tianhua Zhou * and Jian Zhang, Customized Structures of Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks towards Photocatalysis, Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03766A

(2)Yayong Sun,# Yanqiang Li,# Xianyu Song, Sangen Zhao, Tianhua Zhou,*Jian Zhang, A Robust Phosphonate-based Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework Birefringent Crystal, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2024, 10.1002/adfm.202413107.


(3) Na Wen*, Shuangshuang Li, Hongzhi Jiang, Jiachao Yang, Weibo Yang, Yunhao Song, Jinlin Long, Jiwu Zhao, Zhihui Lin, Xunbin Yu, Yen Wei, Shiyun Lu, Xueping Huang,* Tianhua ZhouBio-inspired Self-Healing Hydrogel for Fast Hemostasis and Accelerated Wound Healing of Gastric Ulcers, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2024, 10.1002/adfm.202411959.


(4) Liyang Qin, Chengdi Ma,  Jian Zhang and Tianhua Zhou,* Structural Motifs in Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photocatalysis, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2024, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202401562.


(5) Yangrui Xu, Yewei Ren, Guosheng Zhou, Sheng Feng, Zhenzhen Yang, Sheng Dai, Ziyang Lu, * Tianhua Zhou, * Amide-Engineered Metal-Organic Porous  Liquids Towards Enhanced CO2 Photoreduction Performance, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2024, 34(19), 2313695.  DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202313695


(6) Zhi-Qiang Jiang, Minyi Zhang, Xing-liang Chen, Bing Wang, Wen-Juan Fan, Chenhuai Yang, Xiaoju YangZhicheng Zhang, Xuan Yang,* Chunsen Li,* Tianhua Zhou,*A Bismuth-Based Zeolitic Organic Framework withCoordination-Linked Metal Cages for Efficient Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to HCOOH, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202311223.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202311223.


 (7) Yayong Sun, # Jing Wei, # Zhihua Fu, #Minyi Zhang, Sangen Zhao, Gang Xu, Chunsen Li, Jian Zhang, Tianhua Zhou,* Bio-Inspired Synthetic Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks for Efficient Proton Conduction, Adv. Mater.2023, 35, 2208625. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202208625.


(8) Huaxing Lin,Yuan LiuZirui WangLiying LingHao HuangQiaohong LiLinxiu Cheng,Yibao LiJilong ZhouKaifeng Wu, Jian Zhang,Tianhua Zhou,* Enhanced CO2 Photoreduction through Spontaneous Charge Separation in End‐Capping Assembly of Heterostructured Covalent‐Organic FrameworksAngew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202214142. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202214142.


(9)   Hai-Xia Zhang, Qin-Long Hong, Jing Li, Fei Wang,* Xinsong Huang, Shumei Chen, Wenguang Tu, Dingshan Yu, Rong Xu, Tianhua Zhou* and Jian Zhang. Isolated Square Planar Copper in Boron Imidazolate Nanocages for Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to CO. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 11752-11756.


(10) Mei-Rong Liu, Qin-Long Hong, Qiao-Hong Li, Yonghua Du, Hai-Xia Zhang, Shumei Chen, Tianhua Zhou,* Jian Zhang.* Cobalt boron imidazolate framework derived cobalt nanoparticles encapsulated in B/N codoped nanocarbon as efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splittingAdv. Funct. Mater., 201828, 1801136.


(11) Tianhua Zhou, Yonghua Du,  Danping Wang,  Shengming Yin, Wenguang Tu,  Zhong Chen, § Armando Borgna, Rong Xu*. Phosphonate-based Metal-Organic Framework Derived Co-P-C Hybrid as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS catalysis., 20177, 6000−6007.


(12) Tianhua Zhou,   Yonghua Du,   Shengming Yin,   xuezeng Tian,  Hongbin Yang,   Xin Wang,   Bin Liu,   Haimei Zheng,  Shizhang Qiao * and  Rong Xu.* Nitrogen-Doped Cobalt Phosphate@Nanocarbon Hybrids for Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction, Energy Environ. Sci., 20169, 2563-2570.


(13) Tianhua Zhou, Danping Wang, Simon Chun-Kiat Goh, Jindui Hong, Jianyu Han, Jianggao Maoand Rong Xu.* Bio-inspired organic cobalt(II) phosphonates toward water oxidation, Energy Environ. Sci., 20158, 526-534.


(14) Tianhua Zhou, Yonghua Du, Armando Borgna, Jindui Hong, Yabo Wang, Jianyu Han, Wei Zhang, and Rong Xu.* Post-Synthesis Modification of Metal-Organic Frameworks to Construct a Bifunctional Photocatalyst for Hydrogen Production. Energy Environ. Sci., 20136, 3229-3234. 

 


Research Interests

  • Synthetic design and photocatalytic hydrogen production, water oxidation, and CO2 reduction based on metal complexes/metal organic frameworks/transition metal materials.

  • Synthetic design of efficient catalysts for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR).

  • Synthesis of semiconductor quantum dots.

  • Synthetic design and application of metal-organic frameworks (MOF) including metal-organic phosphonates/arsonates.

  • Design, synthesis and thermal liquid-crystalline properties of dissymmetric gemini amphiphiles.