Ze-Chao Zhuang (庄泽超)
Email: zhuangzc@xmu.edu.cn
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Electrocatalysis, Operando Spectroscopy, Conceptual Devices
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
(1) X. Yang, J. Yang, X. Zheng, Y. Dou, H. Li, Y. Zhang, Y. Li, D. Wang, B. Yu*, Z. Zhuang*, Enzyme-mimetic single-atom catalyst design for green ammonia synthesis, Adv. Energy Mater. 2501867 (2025).
(2) J. Shi1, Y. Cheng1, T. Wang*, Y. Peng, X. Lin, B. Tang, M. Feng, Z. Zhuang*, Y. Sun, X. Yu, Z. J. Xu*, Site-specific spin state modulation in spinel oxides for enhanced nonradical oxidation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 64, e202504189 (2025).
(3) P. Ren1, T. Gan1, J. Cai, J. Hao, Z. Zhuang*, C. Jin*, W. Zhang, M. Du, H. Zhu*, High-entropy environments enable metal surface-catalyzed nucleophilic electrooxidation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 64, e202502776 (2025).
(4) Z. Lang, X. Wang, S. Jabeen, Y. Cheng, N. Liu, Z. Liu, T. Gan*, Z. Zhuang*, H. Li*, D. Wang*, Destabilization of single-atom catalysts: characterization, mechanisms, and regeneration strategies, Adv. Mater. 37, 2418942 (2025).
(5) J. Hao1, T. Wang1, J. Cai, G. Gao*, Z. Zhuang*, R. Yu, J. Wu, G. Wu, S. Lu, X. Wang, M. Du, D. Wang, H. Zhu*, Suppression of structural heterogeneity in high-entropy intermetallics for electrocatalytic upgrading of waste plastics, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 64, e202419369 (2025).
(6) J. Hao1, T. Wang1, R. Yu, J. Cai, G. Gao*, Z. Zhuang*, Q. Kang, S. Lu, Z. Liu, J. Wu, G. Wu, M. Du, D. Wang*, H. Zhu*, Integrating few-atom layer metal on high-entropy alloys to catalyze nitrate reduction in tandem. Nat. Commun. 15, 9020 (2024).
(7) J. Xia1, J. Xu1, B. Yu*, X. Liang, Z. Qiu, H. Li, H. Feng, Y. Li, Y. Cai, H. Wei, H. Li, Z. Zhuang*, D. Wang*, A metal–sulfur–carbon catalyst mimicking the two-component architecture of nitrogenase, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 63, e202412740 (2024).
(8) Z. Zhuang, L. Xia, J. Huang, P. Zhu, Y. Li, C. Ye, M. Xia, R. Yu, Z. Lang, J. Zhu, L. Zheng, Y. Wang, T. Zhai, Y. Zhao*, S. Wei, J. Li, D. Wang*, Y. Li*, Continuous modulation of electrocatalytic oxygen reduction activities of single-atom catalysts through p–n junction rectification, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62, e202212335 (2023).
(9) Z. Liu1, Y. Du1, R. Yu1, M. Zheng, R. Hu, J. Wu, Y. Xia, Z. Zhuang*, D. Wang*, Tuning mass transport in electrocatalysis down to sub-5 nm through nanoscale grade separation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62, e202212653 (2023).
(10) H. Zhu*, S. Sun, J. Hao, Z. Zhuang*, S. Zhang, Q. Kang, S. Lu, X. Wang, F. Lai, T. Liu, M. Du, D. Wang*, A high-entropy atomic environment converts inactive to active sites for electrocatalysis, Energy Environ. Sci. 16, 619–628 (2023).
(11) Z. Zhuang1, Y. Li1, R. Yu1, L. Xia, J. Yang, Z. Lang, J. Zhu, J. Huang, J. Wang, Y. Wang, L. Fan, J. Wu, Y. Zhao, D. Wang*, Y. Li*, Reversely trapping atoms from a perovskite surface for high-performance and durable fuel cell cathodes, Nat. Catal. 5, 300–310 (2022).
(12) Z. Zhuang, Y. Li, Y. Li, J. Huang, B. Wei, R. Sun, Y. Ren, J. Ding, J. Zhu, Z. Lang, L. V. Moskaleva, C. He, Y. Wang, Z. Wang, D. Wang*, Y. Li, Atomically dispersed nonmagnetic electron traps improve oxygen reduction activity of perovskite oxides, Energy Environ. Sci. 14, 1016–1028 (2021).
