Mingchuan Luo

Assistant Professor, Distinguished Research Fellow, PhD Supervisor

Email: m.luo@pku.edu.cn

Education and Research Experience:

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

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

2014.09-2015.08 Visiting student, University of Delaware, (Supervisor: Professor Yushan Yan)

2016-2018: Postdoctoral Researcher, Peking University (with Professor Shaojun Guo)

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

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

2023.02-Present: Assistant Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University

 Our Research:

1. We observe, understand, and play the interaction between electrons and molecules at solid/liquid interfaces.

2. We leverage interdisciplinary tools involving electrochemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, chemical engineering, materials science, and nanotechnology.

3. We strive to reducing our reliance on fossil resources towards sustainable society.

4. Hydrogen/ammonia fuel cells, water/ammonia electrolyzers, and electrochemical upgrading of CO₂ and alkenes.

Honors and Awards:

l  National Overseas High-level Talent Project (2022)

l  Marie Curie Individual Fellow (2020-2022)

l  First-class Prize in Natural Science, Ministry of Education (2022)

l  Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Chemistry and Cross-field (2023-2025)

l  Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow, Peking University (2018)

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

Main Academic Responsibilities:

Editorial Board Member of Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

Youth Editorial Board Member of National Science Open and EcoEnergy

Peer Reviewer for National Natural Science Foundation and Ministry of Education of China, Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

Publications:

[1]  N. Liang, H. Wang, Y. Wei, T. Wang, W. Yu, Z. Yin, Y. Zhao, T. Mao, J. Han, Y. Zhao, E. J. Huang*, M. Luo*, Arraying faceted manganese oxides for selective ethylene electro-oxidation to ethylene glycol in aqueous electrolytes. Nat. Commun. 17(1), 290 (2026)

[2]  X. Ding, Z. Yin, Y. Han, N. Liang, S. Lei, T. Mao, J. Han, W. Yu, Y. Ji, J. Li, H. Huang, Y. Wei., Y. Zhao, T. Wang, J. Huang, Z. Zhang, Y. Zhao, F. Li, M. Luo*, Terracing oxyphilic platinum sustains high-rate ammonia electrolysis and fuel cells. Adv. Mater. e14467 (2025)

[3]  K. Zhao, M. Luo*, Y. Zhang, X. Chang*, B. Xu*, Coupled cation–electron transfer at the Pt (111)/perfluoro-sulfonic acid ionomer interface and its impact on the oxygen reduction reaction kinetics. Nat. Catal. 8, 46-57 (2025)

[4]  Z. Qian, Y. Liu, Z. Lin, N. Ye, Y. Tan, F. Liu, Y. Gu, Q. Huang, H. Guo, M. Luo*, S. Guo*, Hydrophobic cation-immobilized covalent organic frameworks enable selective and stable electrosynthesis of ethylene from CO₂. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147(25), 21877-21884 (2025)

[5]  Z. Xiao, H. Guo, F. Lv, Z. Lin, Z. Sun, C. Sun, Y. Tan, Q. Huang, M. Luo*, S. Guo*, Geography-guided industrial­level upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate plastics through alkaline seawater-based processes. Sci. Adv. 11, eadu8381 (2025)

[6]  L. Zhang, H. Ma, Y. Sun, Y. Zhao, H. Deng, Y. Wang, F. Wang*, X. Wen*, M. Luo*, Spontaneous water dissociation on intermetallic electride LaCu_0.67Si_1.33 enhances electrochemical methanization of CO₂. Nat. Commun. 16(1), 5039 (2025)

[7]  Y. Zhao, L. Zhang, H. Yang, M. Li, Y. Zhao, X. Sun, Z. Qian, A. Ozden, Y. Li, Y. Gu, J. He*, S. Guo*, M. Luo*, J. Lu*, Carbon-caged-yttria catalysts for stable electrosynthesis of H₂O₂ in concentrated acid. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147(35), 31891-31899 (2025)

[8]  H. Huang, J. Xiao, X. Sun, J. Li, Z. Fan, Y. Zhao, X. Ding, X. Zi, R. Zeng, M. Liu, L. Wang, F. Li, A. Xu, M. Luo*, Residual faraday efficiency enabling interpretable data-driven optimization of mass transport for CO₂ electroreduction. ACS Energy Lett. 10(9), 4260-4268 (2025)

[9]  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)

[10] 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)

[11] Y. Y. Zhao, W. Yu, X. Sun, H. Huang, F. Li, M. Luo*, Harnessing electrolyte chemistry to advance oxygen reduction catalysis for fuel cells and electrosynthesis. ACS Catal. 16963–16985 (2024)

[12] C. Zhou, L. Li, Z. Dong, F. Lv, H. Guo, K. Wang, M. Li, Z. Qian, N. Ye, Z. Lin, M. Luo*, S. Guo*, Pinning effect of lattice Pb suppressing lattice oxygen reactivity of Pb-RuO₂ enables stable industrial-level electrolysis. Nat. Commun. 15 (1), 9774 (2024)

[13] Q. Huang, Z. Qian*, N. Ye, Y. Tan, M. Li, M. Luo*, S. Guo*, In situ reconstructed hydroxyl-rich atomic-thin Bi₂O₂CO₃ enables ampere-scale synthesis of formate from CO₂ with activated water dissociation. Adv. Mater. 2415639, 1–10 (2024)

[14] 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. 4, 100932. (2024)

[15] 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)

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

[17] 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)

[18] 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)

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