Feiyue Gao

Dr Feiyue Gao

ARC Grant-Funded Postdoctoral Research Fellow

School of Chemical Engineering

College of Engineering and Information Technology


Dr. Feiyue Gao was born in 1995, China. He obtained his bachelor degree of engineering at Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in June, 2017. He obtained his PhD degree in University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) under the supervision of Prof. Min-Rui Gao and then joined the USTC as a Postdoctoral Researcher until October 2023. Currently, he is a ARC-Grant Funded Researcher A in the School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Adelaide, which his supervisors are Prof. Shizhang Qiao and Prof. Yao Zheng.Now, he focused on the research in the design and mechanistic understanding of electrocatalysts for fuel cell and seawater electrolysis. He has >30 high-quality refereed journal papers (15 as the first/co-first authors), h-index = 22 and total citations > 3,100 on Google Scholar. A series of creative and significant research findings are produced in nanomaterials, electrocatalysis, mechanistic understanding and energy devices, which are highly relevant to this proposal. Specifically: (a) 5 ESI Highly Cited papers (top 1 %), 6 cover-featured papers and participated in the preparation of the “Encyclopedia of Nanomaterials” published by Elsevier. (b) 7 refereed journal papers as the first author on Nat. Catal. (1), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (1), Acc. Chem. Res. (1), J. Mater. Chem. A (1), Nano Res. (1), Energy & Fuels (1), Curr. Opin. Chem. Eng. (1); and 8 co-first author on J. Am. Chem. Soc. (3), Energy Environ. Sci. (1), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (3),Precis.Chem. (1) . 3 Chinese authorized invention patents related to nanomaterial synthesis have been obtained.

Date Position Institution name
2023 - ongoing ARC GrantFunded Researcher A University of Adelaide
2022 - 2023 Postdoctoral fellow University of Science and Technology of China

Language Competency
Chinese (Mandarin) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
Harbin Institute of Technology China Bachelor Degree
University of Science and Technology of China China Doctoral Degree

Year Citation
2025 DuanMu, J. W., Yang, X. P., Gao, F. Y., Atapour, M., & Gao, M. R. (2025). Progress of mechanistic pathways involved in electrochemical CO<inf>2</inf> reduction. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 102, 745-767.
DOI Scopus17
2025 Li, Y. C., Zhang, X. L., Tai, X. L., Yang, X. P., Yu, P. C., Dong, S. C., . . . Gao, M. R. (2025). Highly Tension-Strained Copper Concentrates Diluted Cations for Selective Proton-Exchange Membrane CO<inf>2</inf> Electrolysis. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 64(14), e202422054.
DOI Scopus14 Europe PMC5
2025 Yang, Y., Wang, Y. H., Gao, F. Y., Zhang, X. L., Yu, P. C., Liu, S. J., . . . Gao, M. R. (2025). An Efficient H<inf>2</inf>S-Tolerant Hydrogen Oxidation Electrocatalyst Enabled by a Lewis Acid Modifier for Fuel Cells. Nano Letters, 25(9), 3620-3629.
DOI Scopus5 Europe PMC1
2025 Yang, X. -P., Wu, Z. -Z., Li, Y. -C., Sun, S. -P., Zhang, Y. -C., Duanmu, J. -W., . . . Gao, M. -R. (2025). Atomically dispersed cerium on copper tailors interfacial water structure for efficient CO-to-acetate electroreduction. Nature Communications, 16(1), 13 pages.
DOI Scopus16 WoS16 Europe PMC7
2025 Niu, Q., Gao, F. -Y., Sun, X., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2025). Chloride-Mediated Electron Buffering on Ni-Fe Anodes for Ampere-Level Alkaline Seawater Electrolysis. Advanced Functional Materials, 35(36), 2504872-1-2504872-7.
DOI Scopus9 WoS5
2025 Shen, H., Gao, F. -Y., Li, H., Xu, J., Jaroniec, M., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2025). Durable Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis in Low-Alkaline Concentration Electrolyte. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(26), 22677-22685.
DOI Scopus9 WoS8 Europe PMC3
2025 Zhu, L., Zhang, X. L., Yang, Y., Li, Y. C., Wang, Y. H., Yan, H. K., . . . Gao, M. R. (2025). Copper-Tailored Molybdenum–Nickel Catalyst Boosts Hydrogen Oxidation and Suppresses Parasitic Oxygen Reduction for Durable Fuel Cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64(34), e202508535.
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2025 Xu, J., Kao, C. -C., Gao, F., Wang, P., Shen, H., Wang, Z., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2025). Operando Insights into Bridging Oxygen-Driven RuOx Lattice Collapse and its Mitigation Strategy for Durable Industrial PEMWE. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, e20766-1-e20766-11.
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2025 Gao, F. -Y., Xu, J., Shen, H., DuanMu, J. -W., Jaroniec, M., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2025). Ion-selective interface engineering for durable electrolysis of impure water.. Nature communications.
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2025 Fu, D., Sun, X., Gao, F. Y., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. Z. (2025). Fluorine-Induced Molybdate Trap-and-Buffer Enables Durable Intermittent Alkaline Seawater Electrolysis. Advanced Functional Materials, 8 pages.
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2024 Zhang, Y. -C., Zhang, X. -L., Wu, Z. -Z., Niu, Z. -Z., Chi, L. -P., Gao, F. -Y., . . . Gao, M. -R. (2024). Facet-switching of rate-determining step on copper in CO2-to-ethylene electroreduction.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 121(25), e2400546121.
DOI Scopus66 WoS56 Europe PMC31
2024 Wang, Y. H., Yang, Y., Gao, F. Y., Zhang, X. L., Zhu, L., Yan, H. K., . . . Gao, M. R. (2024). Unraveling Stoichiometry Effect in Nickel-Tungsten Alloys for Efficient Hydrogen Oxidation Catalysis in Alkaline Electrolytes. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 63(32), 9 pages.
DOI Scopus55 WoS40 Europe PMC19
2024 Yu, P. -C., Zhang, X. -L., Zhang, T. -Y., Tao, X. -Y. -N., Yang, Y., Wang, Y. -H., . . . Gao, M. -R. (2024). Nitrogen-Mediated Promotion of Cobalt-Based Oxygen Evolution Catalyst for Practical Anion-Exchange Membrane Electrolysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(29), 20379-20390.
DOI Scopus79 WoS78 Europe PMC18
2024 DuanMu, J. W., Gao, F. Y., & Gao, M. R. (2024). A critical review of operating stability issues in electrochemical CO2 reduction. Science China Materials, 67(6), 1721-1739.
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2024 DuanMu, J. W., Wu, Z. Z., Gao, F. Y., Yang, P. P., Niu, Z. Z., Zhang, Y. C., . . . Gao, M. R. (2024). Investigation and Mitigation of Carbon Deposition over Copper Catalyst during Electrochemical CO<inf>2</inf> Reduction. Precision Chemistry, 2(4), 151-160.
DOI Scopus51 WoS52 Europe PMC13
2023 Wu, Z. -Z., Zhang, X. -L., Yang, P. -P., Niu, Z. -Z., Gao, F. -Y., Zhang, Y. -C., . . . Gao, M. -R. (2023). Gerhardtite as a Precursor to an Efficient CO-to-Acetate Electroreduction Catalyst. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(44), 24338-24348.
DOI Scopus57 WoS52 Europe PMC19
2023 Wang, Y. -H., Gao, F. -Y., Zhang, X. -L., Yang, Y., Liao, J., Niu, Z. -Z., . . . Gao, M. -R. (2023). Efficient NH<sub>3</sub>-Tolerant Nickel-Based Hydrogen Oxidation Catalyst for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 145(31), 17485-17494.
DOI Scopus49 WoS47 Europe PMC18
2023 Gao, F. -Y., & Gao, M. -R. (2023). Nickel-Based Anode Catalysts for Efficient and Affordable Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH, 56(12), 1445-1457.
DOI Scopus60 WoS59 Europe PMC18
2023 Gao, F. -Y., Wang, Y. -H., Yang, Y., Liao, J., DuanMu, J. -W., Zhang, X. -L., . . . Gao, M. -R. (2023). Towards reliable assessment of hydrogen oxidation electrocatalysts for anion-exchange membrane fuel cells. NANO RESEARCH, 16(8), 10787-10795.
DOI Scopus22 WoS20
2023 Wang, X., Mao, Z., Mao, X., Hu, X., Gao, F., Gao, M., . . . Wang, L. (2023). Dual Integrating Oxygen and Sulphur on Surface of CoTe Nanorods Triggers Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Advanced Science, 10(9), 8 pages.
DOI Scopus46 WoS43 Europe PMC16
2023 Duan, Y., Zhang, X. -L., Gao, F. -Y., Kong, Y., Duan, Y., Yang, X. -T., . . . Yu, S. -H. (2023). Interfacial Engineering of Ni/V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> Heterostructure Catalyst for Boosting Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction in Alkaline Electrolytes. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 62(10), 8 pages.
DOI Scopus90 WoS171 Europe PMC28
2023 Zhang, X. -L., Yu, P. -C., Su, X. -Z., Hu, S. -J., Shi, L., Wang, Y. -H., . . . Gao, M. -R. (2023). Efficient acidic hydrogen evolution in proton exchange membrane electrolyzers over a sulfur-doped marcasite-type electrocatalyst. Science Advances, 9(27), 12 pages.
DOI Scopus126 WoS120 Europe PMC45
2022 Wu, Z. -Z., Zhang, X. -L., Niu, Z. -Z., Gao, F. -Y., Yang, P. -P., Chi, L. -P., . . . Gao, M. -R. (2022). Identification of Cu(100)/Cu(111) Interfaces as Superior Active Sites for CO Dimerization During CO<sub>2</sub> Electroreduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(1), 259-269.
DOI Scopus350 WoS515 Europe PMC136
2022 Zheng, Y., Hu, S., Zhang, X., Ju, H., Wang, Z., Tan, P., . . . Yu, S. (2022). Black Phosphorous Mediates Surface Charge Redistribution of CoSe<sub>2</sub> for Electrochemical H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> Production in Acidic Electrolytes. Advanced Materials, 34(43), 10 pages.
DOI Scopus63 WoS61 Europe PMC28
2022 Chen, S., Wang, C., Gao, F., Yang, Y., Huang, M., Tong, H., . . . Chen, Q. (2022). An indium-induced-synthesis In<sub>0.17</sub>Ru<sub>0.83</sub>O<sub>2</sub> nanoribbon as highly active electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution in acidic media at high current densities above 400 mA cm<sup>−2</sup>. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10(7), 3722-3731.
DOI Scopus32 WoS32
2022 Yang, Y., Gao, F., Zhang, X., Qin, S., Zheng, L., Wang, Y., . . . Gao, M. (2022). Frontispiz: Suppressing Electron Back‐Donation for a Highly CO‐tolerant Fuel Cell Anode Catalyst via Cobalt Modulation. Angewandte Chemie, 134(42).
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2022 Gao, F. -Y., Liu, S. -N., Ge, J. -C., Zhang, X. -L., Zhu, L., Zheng, Y. -R., . . . Yu, S. -H. (2022). Nickel–molybdenum–niobium metallic glass for efficient hydrogen oxidation in hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells. Nature Catalysis, 5(11), 993-1005.
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2022 Yang, Y., Gao, F., Zhang, X., Qin, S., Zheng, L., Wang, Y., . . . Gao, M. (2022). Suppressing Electron Back‐Donation for a Highly CO‐tolerant Fuel Cell Anode Catalyst via Cobalt Modulation. Angewandte Chemie, 134(42).
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2022 Gao, F. -Y., Yu, P. -C., & Gao, M. -R. (2022). Seawater electrolysis technologies for green hydrogen production: challenges and opportunities. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 36, 100827.
DOI Scopus136 WoS122
2022 Wang, Y. -R., Zhuang, Q., Cao, R., Li, Y., Gao, F. -Y., Li, Z. -R., . . . Yu, S. -H. (2022). Reduction-Controlled Atomic Migration for Single Atom Alloy Library. Nano Letters, 22(10), 4232-4239.
DOI Scopus34 WoS34 Europe PMC14
2022 Yang, Y., Gao, F. -Y., Zhang, X. -L., Qin, S., Zheng, L. -R., Wang, Y. -H., . . . Gao, M. -R. (2022). Suppressing Electron Back-Donation for a Highly CO-tolerant Fuel Cell Anode Catalyst via Cobalt Modulation. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 61(42), 8 pages.
DOI Scopus99 WoS101 Europe PMC29
2021 Zhang, X. L., Su, X., Zheng, Y. R., Hu, S. J., Shi, L., Gao, F. Y., . . . Gao, M. R. (2021). Strongly Coupled Cobalt Diselenide Monolayers for Selective Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction to H<inf>2</inf>O<inf>2</inf> under Acidic Conditions. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 60(52), 26922-26931.
DOI Scopus104 WoS104 Europe PMC40
2021 Zhang, X. L., Yang, P. P., Zheng, Y. R., Duan, Y., Hu, S. J., Ma, T., . . . Gao, M. R. (2021). An Efficient Turing-Type Ag<inf>2</inf>Se-CoSe<inf>2</inf> Multi-Interfacial Oxygen-Evolving Electrocatalyst**. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 60(12), 6553-6560.
DOI Scopus79 WoS78 Europe PMC25
2021 Chi, L. -P., Niu, Z. -Z., Zhang, X. -L., Yang, P. -P., Liao, J., Gao, F. -Y., . . . Gao, M. -R. (2021). Stabilizing indium sulfide for CO2 electroreduction to formate at high rate by zinc incorporation. Nature Communications, 12(1), 1-9.
DOI Scopus183 WoS178 Europe PMC59
2021 Qin, S., Duan, Y., Zhang, X. -L., Zheng, L. -R., Gao, F. -Y., Yang, P. -P., . . . Gao, M. -R. (2021). Ternary nickel–tungsten–copper alloy rivals platinum for catalyzing alkaline hydrogen oxidation. Nature Communications, 12(1), 10 pages.
DOI Scopus153 WoS150 Europe PMC58
2021 Gao, F. -Y., Wu, Z. -Z., & Gao, M. -R. (2021). Electrochemical CO<sub>2</sub> Reduction on Transition-Metal Chalcogenide Catalysts: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives. Energy &amp; Fuels, 35(16), 12869-12883.
DOI Scopus60 WoS56
2021 Zhang, X., Yang, P., Zheng, Y., Duan, Y., Hu, S., Ma, T., . . . Gao, M. (2021). Back Cover: An Efficient Turing‐Type Ag<sub>2</sub>Se‐CoSe<sub>2</sub> Multi‐Interfacial Oxygen‐Evolving Electrocatalyst (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 12/2021). Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60(12), 6828.
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2021 Zhang, X., Su, X., Zheng, Y., Hu, S., Shi, L., Gao, F., . . . Gao, M. (2021). Frontispiece: Strongly Coupled Cobalt Diselenide Monolayers for Selective Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction to H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> under Acidic Conditions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60(52).
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2021 Chi, L. -P., Niu, Z. -Z., Zhang, X. -L., Yang, P. -P., Liao, J., Gao, F. -Y., . . . Gao, M. -R. (2021). Author Correction: Stabilizing indium sulfide for CO2 electroreduction to formate at high rate by zinc incorporation. Nature Communications, 12(1), 1 page.
DOI Scopus6 WoS7 Europe PMC2
2021 Niu, Z. -Z., Gao, F. -Y., Zhang, X. -L., Yang, P. -P., Liu, R., Chi, L. -P., . . . Gao, M. -R. (2021). Hierarchical Copper with Inherent Hydrophobicity Mitigates Electrode Flooding for High-Rate CO<sub>2</sub> Electroreduction to Multicarbon Products. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143(21), 8011-8021.
DOI Scopus293 WoS284 Europe PMC102
2021 Wu, Z. Z., Gao, F. Y., & Gao, M. R. (2021). Regulating the oxidation state of nanomaterials for electrocatalytic CO2reduction. Energy and Environmental Science, 14(3), 1121-1139.
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2021 Lin, Z., Huang, H., Cheng, L., Hu, W., Xu, P., Yang, Y., . . . Chen, Q. (2021). Tuning the p‐Orbital Electron Structure of s‐Block Metal Ca Enables a High‐Performance Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction. Advanced Materials, 33(51), 10 pages.
DOI Scopus132 WoS125 Europe PMC45
2021 Zhang, X., Su, X., Zheng, Y., Hu, S., Shi, L., Gao, F., . . . Gao, M. (2021). Strongly Coupled Cobalt Diselenide Monolayers for Selective Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction to H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> under Acidic Conditions. Angewandte Chemie, 133(52), 27128-27137.
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2020 Gao, F., Hu, S., Zhang, X., Zheng, Y., Wang, H., Niu, Z., . . . Yu, S. (2020). High‐Curvature Transition‐Metal Chalcogenide Nanostructures with a Pronounced Proximity Effect Enable Fast and Selective CO<sub>2</sub> Electroreduction. Angewandte Chemie, 132(22), 8784-8790.
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2020 Gao, F. Y., Bao, R. C., Gao, M. R., & Yu, S. H. (2020). Electrochemical CO2-to-CO conversion: Electrocatalysts, electrolytes, and electrolyzers. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8(31), 15458-15478.
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2020 Yang, P. -P., Zhang, X. -L., Gao, F. -Y., Zheng, Y. -R., Niu, Z. -Z., Yu, X., . . . Yu, S. -H. (2020). Protecting Copper Oxidation State via Intermediate Confinement for Selective CO<sub>2</sub> Electroreduction to C<sub>2+</sub> Fuels. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(13), 6400-6408.
DOI Scopus601 WoS587 Europe PMC236
2020 Duan, Y., Yu, Z. -Y., Yang, L., Zheng, L. -R., Zhang, C. -T., Yang, X. -T., . . . Yu, S. -H. (2020). Bimetallic nickel-molybdenum/tungsten nanoalloys for high-efficiency hydrogen oxidation catalysis in alkaline electrolytes. Nature Communications, 11(1), 10 pages.
DOI Scopus292 WoS290 Europe PMC104
2020 Zhang, X. -L., Yang, P. -P., Zheng, Y. -R., Duan, Y., Hu, S., Ma, T., . . . Gao, M. -R. (2020). An efficient Turing-type Ag2Se-CoSe2 multi-interfacial oxygen-evolving electrocatalyst.
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2020 Gao, F. -Y., Hu, S. -J., Zhang, X. -L., Zheng, Y. -R., Wang, H. -J., Niu, Z. -Z., . . . Yu, S. -H. (2020). High-Curvature Transition-Metal Chalcogenide Nanostructures with a Pronounced Proximity Effect Enable Fast and Selective CO<sub>2</sub> Electroreduction. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 59(22), 8706-8712.
DOI Scopus202 WoS202 Europe PMC68
2019 Zhang, X. L., Hu, S. J., Zheng, Y. R., Wu, R., Gao, F. Y., Yang, P. P., . . . Yu, S. H. (2019). Polymorphic cobalt diselenide as extremely stable electrocatalyst in acidic media via a phase-mixing strategy. Nature Communications, 10(1), 9 pages.
DOI Scopus107 WoS102 Europe PMC28
2018 Zheng, Y. R., Wu, P., Gao, M. R., Zhang, X. L., Gao, F. Y., Ju, H. X., . . . Yu, S. H. (2018). Doping-induced structural phase transition in cobalt diselenide enables enhanced hydrogen evolution catalysis. Nature Communications, 9(1), 9 pages.
DOI Scopus420 WoS414 Europe PMC122

Year Citation
2023 Zhang, X. L., Gao, F. Y., Wu, Z. Z., & Gao, M. R. (2023). Synthesis of layered nanomaterials. In Y. Sun, & B. Wiley (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Nanomaterials (pp. V1-171-V1-188). Elsevier.
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(1) Fei-Yue Gao, Design, Synthesis, and Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell Application Study of Nickel-based Metal-Glass Alloy Catalysts, The 73rd batch of General Funding for China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant Number: 2023M733371; RMB $80,000).

(2) Fei-Yue Gao, Design, Preparation, and Performance Study of Nickel-Molybdenum-Based Multicomponent Alloy Anode Catalysts for Alkaline Membrane Hydrogen Fuel Cells, The 16th batch of Special Funding for China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant Number: 2023T160617; RMB $180,000).

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Design of novel ion exchange membrane for efficient electrodialysis seawater desalination Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Ziyuan Xu
2025 Co-Supervisor Design of novel ion exchange membrane for efficient electrodialysis seawater desalination Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Ziyuan Xu
2024 Co-Supervisor Seawater Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Dengyu Fu
2024 Co-Supervisor Non-Noble Metal Catalysts for High-Performance Urea Oxidation and Water Splitting Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Zhenting Yin
2024 Co-Supervisor Design and application of high performance electrocatalysts and devices for the production of fuels and chemicals Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Qian Niu
2024 Co-Supervisor Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction and Clean Energy Generation by Functional Nanomaterials Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Haifeng Shen
2024 Co-Supervisor Designing catalyst for electrocatalysis Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Hao Liu
2024 Co-Supervisor Design and application of high performance electrocatalysts and devices for the production of fuels and chemicals Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Qian Niu
2024 Co-Supervisor Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction and Clean Energy Generation by Functional Nanomaterials Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Haifeng Shen
2024 Co-Supervisor Designing catalyst for electrocatalysis Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Hao Liu
2024 Co-Supervisor Seawater Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Dengyu Fu
2024 Co-Supervisor Non-Noble Metal Catalysts for High-Performance Urea Oxidation and Water Splitting Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Zhenting Yin

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