(1) Photocatalytic biomass conversion coupled with H2 production
(2) Photocatalytic C-C coupling of carbon resources, including methane and CO2
2025/10-present: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Professor
2020/02-2025/09: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Associate Professor
2014/09-2020/01: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Ph.D, Organic Chemistry
2010/09-2014/06: Huazhong University of Science and Technology, B.S., Chemical Engineering and Technology
(1) Young Progress Prize of the Min Enze Energy Chemical Engineering Award in 2025
(2) Rising Star Award of the Chinese Catalysis Committee in 2025
(3) Sustainability Talents of the journal of ChemSusChem in 2025
(4) First Prize of the Dalian Natural Science Award in 2023 (ranked 2nd)
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[2] Z. Gao, P. Ren, L. Sun, N. Luo*, F. Wang* Photocatalysts for steering charge transfer and radical reactions in biorefineries. Nat. Synth., 2024, 3 (4), 438-451.
[3]. N. Luo, T. Montini, J. Zhang, P. Fornasiero, E. Fonda, T. Hou, W. Nie, J. Lu, J. Liu, M. Heggen, L. Lin, C. Ma, M. Wang, F. Fan, S. Jin, F. Wang* Visible-light-driven coproduction of diesel precursors and hydrogen from lignocellulose-derived methylfurans. Nat. Energy, 2019, 4 (7), 575-584.
[4]. P. Ren, Z. Gao, T. Montini, Z. Zhao, N. Ta, Y. Huang, N. Luo*, E. Fonda, P. Fornasiero*, F. Wang* Stepwise photoassisted decomposition of carbohydrates to H2. Joule, 2023, 7 (2), 333-349.
[5]. Z. Gao, T. Montini, J. Mu, N. Luo*, E. Fonda, P. Fornasiero*, F. Wang*. Photocatalytic methanol dehydrogenation promoted synergistically by atomically dispersed Pd and clustered Pd. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146 (35), 24440-24449.