Selected publications After joining GTIIT

50. Denis Leybo, Ubong J. Etim, Matteo Monai, Simon R. Bare*, Ziyi Zhong*, Charlotte Vogt*, Metal-Support Interactions in Metal Oxide-Supported Atomic, Cluster, and Nanoparticle Catalysis. Chemical Society Reviews, 53, 10450–10490, 2024. (Cover picture).

49. Yun Zhou, Peng Zheng, Jiajian Gao, Wenqing Xu*, Yang Yang, Lili Zhang, Tingyu Zhu, Guangwen Xu, Ziyi Zhong, and Fabing Su*. Suppressing metal-support interaction enhances photothermal CO2 methanation on the Ru/CeO2 catalysts. ACS Catalysis, 14, 14285-14296, 2024. 

48. Ubong J. Etim*, Yuzhen Chen, Ziyi Zhong*, Cu Nanoparticles Immobilized in Mesoporous Zeolite for High-Performing CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol. Chemical Engineering Journal, 498, 155783, 2024. 

47. Peng Bai,* Zhenxiang Zhao, Tian Nan, Jun Yang, Yantao Xue, Chunlin Wang, Shuanghui Lu, Hao Wu, Guoming Wang, Ziyi Zhong,* Pingping Wu, Chunzheng Wang, Chunxia Pang, Quande Pang, Svetlana Mintova, Zifeng Yan,* Alumina latice confined Niσ+ species as highly selective and anti-coking sites for propane dehydrogenation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 498, 155220, 2024.

46. Shiya You, Jiewen Xiao, Shuyu Liang, Wenfu Xie*, Tianyu Zhang, Min Li, Ziyi Zhong, Qiang Wang,* Hong He, Doping engineering of Cu-based catalysts for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to multicarbon products. Energy & Environmental Science, 17, 5795-5818, 2024. 

45. Ch. Tahir Mehmood, Sami Ullah Dar, Liye Chen, Hira Waheed, Yigal Achmon and Ziyi Zhong,* N-Containing Hollow Carbon Spheres Derived from Polycyclophosphazene Possess Versatile Adsorption and Photocatalytic Functions for Air and Wastewater Purification. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 65, 105723, 2024. 

44. Jing Xu, Junfeng Lu, Yongjun Ji,* Baofang Jin, Yongxia Zhu, Liwen Xing, Yanlei Wang,* Wenxing Chen,* Liqing Ban,* Ziyi Zhong,* Guangwen Xu and Fabing Su*, The Dual single-atom In and P co-promoters boost dimethyldichlorosilane production in the Rochow-Müller reaction. Journal of Catalysis, 436, 115551, 2024. 

43. Tengfei Zhang, Peng Zheng, Jiajian Gao, Xiaolong Liu,* Yongjun Ji d,* Junbo Tian, Yang Zou, Zhiyi Sun, Qiao Hu, Guokang Chen, Wenxing Chen*, Xi Liu,* Ziyi Zhong, Guangwen Xu, Tingyu Zhu,* and Fabing Su*, Simultaneously activating molecular oxygen and surface latice oxygen on multifunctional Pt/TiO2 at low temperature for CO oxidation. Nature Communication, 15, 6827, 2024. 

42. Letian Wang, Defu Yao, Chenchen Zhang, Yuzhen Chen, Lilac Amirav*, Ziyi Zhong*, Photothermal Catalytic CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol on Au/In2O3 Nanowires. Chem Catalysis, 4, 101095, 2024.

41. Tengfei Zhang, Peng Zheng, Jiajian Gao, Zhennan Han,* Fangna Gu,* Wenqing Xu,* Fang Wang, Tingyu Zhu, Guangwen Xu, Ziyi Zhong,* and Fabing Su,* Self-dispersed bimetallic NiRu nanoparticles on CeO2 for CO2 methanation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 481, 148548, 2024. 

40. Ch.Tahir Mehmood, Jiekai Dai, Hanjun Zhao, and Ziyi Zhong*, Compact wirelessly-powered photocatalyst-coated spheres: Concept development and application for oxidative wastewater treatment and membrane fouling control. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 57, 104596. 2024. 

39. Letain Wang, Yuexing Chen, Cenchen Zhang, Ziyi Zhong*, Lilac Amirav*, Porous In2O3 Hollow Tube Infused with g-C3N4 for CO2 Photocatalytic Reduction, ACS Applied Material & Interfaces, 16, 4, 4581–4591, 2024.

38. Chenchen Zhang, Letian Wang, Yuzhen Chen, Xuezhong He, Yibing Song, Oz M. Gazit*, Ziyi Zhong*, Shifting CO2 Hydrogenation from Producing CO to CH3OH by Engineering Defect Structures of the Cu/ZrO2 and Cu/ZnO Catalysts. Chemical Engineering Journal, 475, 146102, 2023.

37. Ubong J. Etim, Peng Bai, Oz M. Gazit, * Ziyi Zhong*, Low-Temperature Heterogeneous Oxidation Catalysis and Molecular Oxygen Activation. Catalysis Reviews, 65, 2, 239-425, 2023.

36. Ming Lin, Yuanting Karen Tang, Hui Teng Casandra Chai, Ziyi Zhong, Jizhong Luo, Processes for production of carbon nanotubes from natural rubber, 2023, US patent, 11814290B2.

35. Tengfei Zhang, Peng Zheng, Fangna Gu*, Wenqing Xu,* Wenxing Chen*, Tingyu Zhu, Yi-Fan Han, Guangwen Xu, Ziyi Zhong*, and Fabing Su*, The dual-active-site tandem catalyst containing with Ru single atoms and Ni nanoparticles significantly boosts CO2 methanation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 323, 122190, 2023.

34. Yongjun Ji,* Hui Zhou, Shaomian Liu, Ting Kang, Yu Zhang, Wenxing Chen, Dongxing Fu,* Ziyi Zhong,* Guangwen Xu, Xue-Qing Gong,* and  Fabing Sub,* Isolating Single Sn Atoms in CuO Mesocrystal to Form Ordered Atomic Interfaces: An Effective Strategy for Designing Highly Efficient Mesocrystal Catalysts. Small, 2022.

33. Yongjun Ji,* Shaomian Liu, Hongdan Zhu, Wenqing Xu,* Ruihuan Jiang, Yu Zhang, Jian Yu, Wenxing Chen, Lihua Jia, Jingang Jiang,* Tingyu Zhu, Ziyi Zhong, Dingsheng Wang, Guangwen Xu, and Fabing Sub,* Isolating Contiguous Ir Atoms and Forming Ir-W Intermetallics with Negatively Charged Ir for Efficient NO Reduction by CO. Advanced Materials, 2205703, 2022. 

32. Ch. Tahir Mehmood, Chuyue Lu, Tahir Maqbool, Yeyuan Xiao*, and Ziyi Zhong*, Molecular transformations of dissolved organic matter during UV/O3-assisted membrane filtration of UASB-treated real textile wastewater. Chemosphere, 307, 136101, 2022.

31. Chenchen Zhang, Letian Wang, Ubong Jerome Etim, Yibing Song*, Oz M. Gazit*, Ziyi Zhong*, Oxygen Vacancies in Cu/TiO2 Boost Strong Metal–Support Interaction and CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol. Journal of Catalysis, 413, 284–296, 2022.

30. Ch. Tahir Mehmood, Weiyu Tan, Yuzhen Chen, Hira Waheed, Yiwei Li, Yeyuan Xiao*, and Ziyi Zhong,* UV/O3 assisted ceramic membrane photoreactor for efficient fouling control and DOM transformations in real textile wastewater. Separation and Purification Technology, 295, 121284, 2022.

29. Jing Xu, Shaojia Song, Yongxia Zhu, Baofang Jin, Yongjun Ji*, Zhenxing Li*, Dongxing Fu, Ziyi Zhong*, Guangwen Xu, Fabing Su*, Enhancing Dimethyldichlorosilane Production in Rochow-Müller Reaction by Adding ZnO-Sn-P Co-promoter in CuO/SiO2. Journal of Catalysis, 410, 280-293, 2022. 

28. Tengfei Zhang, Weiwei Wang, Fangna Gu*, Wenqing Xu*, Jianling Zhang, Zhenxing Li*, Tingyu Zhu, Guangwen Xu, Ziyi Zhong, and Fabing Su, Enhancing the Low-temperature CO2 methanation over Ni/La-CeO2 Catalyst: The Effects of Surface Oxygen Vacancy and Basic Site on The Catalytic Performance. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 312, 121385, 2022.

27. Shaomian Liu, Yongjun Ji,* Wenqing Xu,* Jianling Zhang, Ruihuan Jiang, Liang Li, Lihua Jia, Ziyi Zhong,* Guangwen Xu, Tingyu Zhu, and Fabing Su,* Hierarchically Interconnected Porous MnxCo3-xO4 Spinels for Low-temperature Catalytic Reduction of NO by CO. Journal of Catalysis, 406, 72–86, 2022.

26. Hanjie Xie, Xiaohan Chen, Chenchen Zhang, Ziqing Lao, Xiaojing Liu, Xiaona Xie, Raphael Semiat*, Ziyi Zhong*, Identifying Fe3Mn3O8 Phase as the Superior Catalyst for Low-Temperature Catalytic Oxidation of Formaldehyde in Air. Environmental Science Nano, 9, 767–780, 2022.

25. Qiongguang Li, Yanhong Wang*, Jing Yu, Menglei Yuan, Qiangqiang Tan, Ziyi Zhong*, and Fabing Su*, High-performance Si-containing Anode Materials in lithium-ion Batteries: A Superstructure of Si@Co-NC Composite Works. Green Energy & Environment, 7, 116-129, 2022. 

24. Jiahao Zhuang, Feng He, Xianglin Liu, Pengchao Si, Fangna Gu*, Jing Xu, Yu Wang, Guangwen Xu, Ziyi Zhong*, and Fabing Su*. In-situ growth of heterophase Ni nanocrystals on graphene for enhanced catalytic reduction of 4-Nitrophenol. Nano Research, 15 (2), 1230-1237, 2022.

23. Ubong J. Etim, Peng Bai, Oz M. Gazit, * Ziyi Zhong*, Low-Temperature Heterogeneous Oxidation Catalysis and Molecular Oxygen Activation. Catalysis Reviews -Science and Engineering, 1-187, 2022.  

22. Chenchen Zhang, Wenbin Chen, Dairong Hu, Rakesh Chilivery, Yibing Song*, Binbin Luo, Wenhua Gao, Yiwen Fang, Fushen Lu, Ziyi Zhong*, Design and In-situ Construct High-performance BiOI/Bi/TiO2 Photocatalysts Employing Oxygen Vacancies in the TiO2 Nanosheets. Green Energy & Environment, 7, 680-690, 2022.

21. Feng He, Jiahao Zhuang, Bin Lu, Xianglin Liu, Jianling Zhang, Fangna Gu*, Minghui Zhu, Jing Xu, Ziyi Zhong, Guangwen Xu*, and Fabing Su*. Ni-based Catalysts Derived from Ni-Zr-Al Ternary Hydrotalcites Show Outstanding Catalytic Properties for Low-temperature CO2 Methanation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 293, 120218, 2021.

20. Qi Shi, Yongjun Ji,* Wenxin Chen, Yongxia Zhu, Jing Li, Hezhi Liu, Zhi Li, Shubo Tian, Ligen Wang,* Ziyi Zhong, Limin Wang,* Jianmin Ma, Yadong Li and Fabing Su* Single-atom Sn-Zn Pairs in CuO Catalyst Promote Dimethyldichlorosilane Synthesis. National Science Review, 7: 600–608, 2020.,

19. Yu Zhang, Yong Xu, Yongjun Ji, Xi Wang, Jing Li, Hezhi Liu, Dingsheng Wang, Ziyi Zhong, Yoshio Bando, Fabing Su, Constructing radially oriented macroporous spheres with central cavities as ultrastable lithium-ion battery anodes. Energy Storage Materials,  17, 242-252, 2019.

Selected publications Before joining GTIIT

18. Jing Li, Li-Li Yin, Yongjun Ji*, Hezhi Liu, Yu Zhang, Xue-Qing Gong,* Ziyi Zhong*, Fabing Su*, Impact of the Cu2O Crystal Planes on Active Phase Formation in Rochow Reaction and An Experimental and Theoretic Understanding of the Reaction Mechanism. Journal of Catalysis, 361, 73–83, 2018.

17. Qing Liu, Ziyi Zhong,* Xiaopeng Lu, Fangna Gu, Huifang Li, Guangwen Xu, and Fabing Su*, CO Methanation over Ordered Mesoporous Ni–Cr–Al Catalysts Effects of the catalyst structure and Cr promoter on the catalytic properties. Journal of Catalysis, 337, 221-232, 2016.

16. Licheng Liu, Bo Wang,∗ Yonghua Du, Ziyi Zhong, Armando Borgna, Bifunctional Mo3VOx/H4SiW12O40/Al2O3 catalysts for one-stepconversion of glycerol to acrylic acid: Catalyst structural evolution and reaction pathways. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 174, 1–12, 2015.

15. Junya Wang, Liang Huang, Ruoyan Yang, Zhang Zhang, Jingwen Wu, Yanshan Gao, Qiang Wang,* Dermot OHare and Ziyi Zhong*, Recent Advances in Solid Sorbents for CO2 Capture and New Development Trends. Energy & Environmental Science, 7, 3478-3518, 2014.

14. Zailei Zhang, Yanhong Wang, Wenfeng Ren, Qiangqiang Tan, Yunfa Chen, Hong Li, Ziyi Zhong, and Fabing Su*, Scalable Synthesis of Interconnected Porous Silicon/Carbon Composites via Rochow Reaction as High-Performance Anodes of Li-Ion Batteries. Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., 5165–5169, 2014.

13. Zhang, Jia*; Zhong, Ziyi; Cao, Xiao-Ming; Hu, Peijun; Sullivan, Michael; Chen, Luwei, Ethanol Steam Reforming on Rh catalysts: Theoretical and Experimental Understanding. ACS Catalysis, 4, 448-456, 2014.

12. Poernomo Gunawan, Lin Mei, Jaclyn Teo, Jianmin Ma, James Highfield, Qiuhong Li, and Ziyi Zhong*, Ultrahigh Sensitivity of Au/1D α-Fe2O3 to Acetone and the Sensing Mechanism. Langmuir, 28, 14090-14099, 2012.

11. Qiang Wang*, Hui Huang Tay, Ziyi Zhong, Jizhong Luo*, Armando Borgna, Synthesis of high-temperature CO2 adsorbents from organo-layered double hydroxides with markedly improved CO2 capture capacity. Energy & Environmental Science, 5, 7526-7530, 2012.

10. Xu Li, Stella See Soon Fang, Jaclyn Teo,  Yong Lim Foo,  Armando Borgna,  Ming Lin,* Ziyi Zhong*, Activation and Deactivation of Au-Cu/SBA-15 Catalyst for Preferential Oxidation of CO in H2-rich Gas. ACS Catalysis, 2, 360-369, 2012.

9. Qiang Wang, Jizhong Luo, Ziyi Zhong,* and Armando Borgna, CO2 Capture by Solid-Adsorbents and Their Applications: Current Status and New Trends. Energy & Environmental Science, 4, 42-55, 2011.

8. Ziyi Zhong*, Jianyi Lin, Siew-Pheng Teh, Jaclyn Teo, Frits. M. Dautzenberg,  A Rapid and Efficient Method to Deposit Au and Pt Particles on Catalyst Supports and Its Application for  CO Oxidation at Low Temperatures. Advanced Functional Materials, 17, 1402-1408, 2007. 

7. Ziyi Zhong*, Judith Ho, Jaclyn Teo, Aharon Gedanken*, Synthesis of Porous α-Fe2O3 Nanorods and Deposition of Very Small Gold Particles in the Pores for Catalytic Oxidation of CO. Chemistry of Materials, 19, 4776-4782, 2007.

6. Ziyi Zhong*, Ming Lin, Vivien Ng, Gary Xian Boon Ng, Yonglim Foo, Aharon Gedanken*, A Versatile Wet-chemical Method for Synthesis of One Dimensional (1D) Ferric and Other Transition Metal Oxides. Chemistry of Materials, 18, 6031-36, 2006.

5. Ziyi Zhong*, Thiam-Peng Ang, Jizhong Luo, Hwee-Chin Gan, Aharon Gedanken*, Synthesis of One-dimensional TiO2 Nanostructures by Controlled Hydrolysis of Titanium Alkoxide via Coupling with an Esterification Reaction. Chemistry of Materials, 17, 6814-6818, 2005.

4. Ziyi Zhong*, Jizhong Luo, Thiam Peng Ang, James Highfield, Jianyi Lin, Aharon Gedanken,  Controlled Organization of Au Colloids into Linear Assemblies.  Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108, 18119-18123, 2004.

2. Ziyi Zhong, Yadong Yin, Byton Gates, Younan Xia*, Preparation of   Mesoscale Hollow Spheres of TiO2 and SnO2 by Templating against Crystalline Arrays of Polystyrene Particles.  Advanced Materials, 12, 206, 2000.

1. Ziyi Zhong, Yitzhak Mastai, Yuri Koltypin, Yanming Zhao and  Aharon Gedanken*, Sonochemical Coating of Nanosized Nickel on Alumina Submicrospheres and the Interaction between the  Nickel and Nickel Oxide with the Substrate.  Chemistry of Materials, 11, 2350, 1999.