Mingchuan Luo

Assistant Professor, Distinguished Research Fellow, PhD Supervisor

Email: m.luo@pku.edu.cn

Education:

2005.09-2009.07 Bachelor's Degree, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Applied Chemistry

2010.09-2016.07 Doctoral Degree, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Chemistry (Supervisor: Professor Hong Zhu)

Work Experience:

2016-2018: Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Engineering, Peking University (Collaborating Supervisor: Professor Shaojun Guo)

2018-2020: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Toronto, Canada (Collaborating Supervisor: Professor Edward Sargent)

2020-2023: Marie Curie Fellow, Leiden University, The Netherlands (Collaborating Supervisor: Professor Marc Koper)

2023.02-Present: Assistant Professor, Distinguished Research Fellow, PhD Supervisor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University

Research Areas:

1. We observe, understand, and appreciate the "dance" of electrons and molecules at solid/liquid interfaces.

2. Highly interdisciplinary fusion involving theoretical electrochemistry, heterogeneous catalysis chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, and nanotechnology.

3. Research results contribute to reducing society's reliance on fossil resources for development.

Honors and Awards:

National Overseas High-level Talent Project (2022)

First Prize of Natural Science, Ministry of Education (2022)

Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow, Peking University (2018)

Emerging Investigators in Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Society of Chemistry (2022)

Global Highly Cited Scientist (2023)

Top Global Scientist at Stanford University (2023)

Marie Curie Fellow (2022)

Main Academic Responsibilities:

Managing Editor of Materials Today Catalysis

Youth Editorial Board Member of National Science Review and EcoEnergy

Representative Research Papers:

1. M. Luo, Z. Zhao, Y. Zhang, Y. Sun, Y. Xing, F. Lv, Y. Yang, X. Zhang, S. Hwang, Y. Qin, J. -Y. Ma, F. Lin, D. Su, G. Lu, S. Guo*, PdMo bimetallene for oxygen reduction catalysis, Nature 574, 81 (2019)

2. M. Luo, M. Koper*, A kinetic descriptor for the electrolyte effect on the oxygen reduction kinetics on Pt(111). Nat. Catal. 5, 615 (2022)

3. F. Lin, M. Li, L. Zeng, M. Luo*, and S. Guo*. Intermetallic Nanocrystals for Fuel-Cells-Based Electrocatalysis. Chem. Rev. 123, 12507 (2023)

4. J. E. Huang, Y. Chen, P. Ou, X. Ding, Y. Yan, R. Dorakhan, Y. Lum, X. Li, Y. Bai, C. Wu, M. Fan, M. Lee, R. K. Miao, Y. Liu, C. O'Brien, J. Zhang, C. Tian, Y. Liang, Y. Xu. M. Luo*, D. Sinton, and E. H. Sargent*, Selective Electrified Propylene-to-Propylene Glycol Oxidation on Activated Rh-Doped Pd. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146, 8641 (2024)

5. Y. Li, H. Shen, B. Zhou, J. Li, L. Wang, Q. Sun, S. Ramakrishna, M. Luo*, D. Ji*, and X. Qin*. Kirkendall oxidation tailors lattice strain in transition metal oxides for efficient oxygen electrocatalysis. Matter 7, 1245 (2024)

6. X. Ding, Y. Ji, H. Huang, J. Huang, S. Chen, C. Yang, Fe. Li, and M. Luo*. Electrocatalysis of the ammonia oxidation reaction. Chem Catal. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.checat.2024.100932

7. W. Zhang, Y. Yang, Y. Li, F. Li*, and M. Luo*. Recent progress on integrated CO2 capture and electrochemical upgrading. Mater. Today Catal. 100006. (2023)

8. M. Luo, Z. Wang, Y. C. Li, J. Li, F. Li, Y. Lum, D. Nam, B. Chen, J. Wicks, A. Xu, T. -T. Zhuang, W. Leow, X. Wang, C. -T. Dinh, Y. Wang, Y. Wang, D. Sinton, E. H Sargent*, Hydroxide promotes carbon dioxide electroreduction to ethanol on copper via tuning of adsorbed hydrogen, Nat. Commun. 10, 5814 (2019)

9. M. Luo, S. Guo*, Strain-controlled electrocatalysis on multimetallic nanomaterials, Nat. Rev. Mater. 2, 17059 (2017)

10. M. Luo, A. Ozden, Z. Wang, F. Li, J. Huang, S. Hung, Y. Wang, J. Li, Y. Lum, D. Nam, Y. Li, Y. Xu, R. Lu, S. Zhang, Y. Lum, Y. Ren, L. Fan, F. Wang, H. Li, D. Appadoo, Y. Liu, B. Chen, J. Wicks, H. Chen, D. Sinton*, E. H. Sargent*, Coordination Polymer Electrocatalysts Enable Efficient CO-to-Acetate Conversion. Adv. Mater. 2209567 (2023)

Dr. Luo Mingchuan joined the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University in March 2023 as an assistant professor. Our research group is committed to basic research related to electrochemical conversion of renewable energy, key material innovation and device technology development.  He has published more than 20 papers as first author in Nature, Nat. Catal., Nat. Commun., Nat. Rev. Mater., Sci. Bull, et al.

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