1. Catalytic material: designing and tuning catalysts from molecular scale to nano-scale

2. Catalytic reaction: constructing high-efficiency electrocatalytic process for clean energy utilization

3. Catalytic characterization: developing combined in-situ characterization techniques and high-flux reactor

Employment

Nov. 2021 - Present         Professor      i-LAB, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, CAS

Sep. 2017 - Sep. 2021      Postdoc        University of California, Los Angeles, US

July 2015 - Sep. 2017      Postdoc         Xiamen University

Education

Ph.D. 2015        Physical Chemistry         Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS

B.S.   2010        Chemistry                        Sichuan University

†equal contribution, *corresponding author

1. Jiao Deng†, Sheng-Chih Lin†, Jack T. Fuller, III†, Borna Zandkarimi, Hao Ming Chen*, Anastassia N. Alexandrova*, Chong Liu*, Electrocatalytic methane functionalization with d0 early transition metals under ambient conditions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 26630. (VIP Paper)

2. Jiao Deng, Sheng-Chih Lin, Jack Fuller, III, Jesus A. Iñiguez, Danlei Xiang, Di Yang, Gary Chan, Hao Ming Chen*, Anastassia N. Alexandrova*, Chong Liu*, Ambient methane functionalization initiated by electrochemical oxidation of a vanadium (V)-oxo dimer, Nat. Commun., 2020, 11, 3686. (Editors’ Highlight)

3.  Jiao Deng, Yude Su, Dong Liu, Peidong Yang*, Bin Liu*, Chong Liu*, Nanowire photoelectrochemistry, Chem. Rev., 2019, 119, 9221.

4.  Jiao Deng, Jesus A. Iñiguez, Chong Liu*, Electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction at low temperature, Joule, 2018, 2, 846.

5. Jiao Deng, Haobo Li, Suheng Wang, Ding Ding, Mingshu Chen, Chuan Liu, Zhongqun Tian, K. S. Novoselov, Chao Ma, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*, Multiscale structural and electronic control of molybdenum disulfide foam for highly efficient hydrogen production, Nat. Commun., 2017, 8, 14430.

6.  Jiao Deng, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*, Robust catalysis on 2D materials encapsulating metals: concept, application and perspective, Adv. Mater., 2017, 29, 1606967.

7.  Jiao Deng†, Pengju Ren†, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*, Enhanced electron penetration through an ultrathin graphene layer for highly efficient catalysis of the hydrogen evolution reaction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 2100. (Hot Paper)

8. Jiao Deng†, Haobo Li†, Jianping Xiao, Yunchuan Tu, Dehui Deng*, Huaixin Yang, Huanfang Tian, Jianqi Li, Pengju Ren, Xinhe Bao*, Triggering the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity of the inert two-dimensional MoS₂ surface via single-atom metal doping, Energy Environ. Sci., 2015, 8, 1594.

9. Jiao Deng†, Pengju Ren†, Dehui Deng*, Liang Yu, Fan Yang, Xinhe Bao*, Highly active and durable non-precious-metal catalysts encapsulated in carbon nanotubes for hydrogen evolution reaction, Energy Environ. Sci., 2014, 7, 1919.

10.Xiaojia Zheng†, Jiao Deng†, Nan Wang, Dehui Deng*, Wenhua Zhang*, Xinhe Bao, Can Li, Podlike N-doped carbon nanotubes encapsulating FeNi alloy nanoparticles: High-performance counter electrode materials for dye-sensitized solar cells, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 7023.