TU, Wenguang
Research Assistant Professor

Education Background
Ph.D. (Nanjing University)
Bachelor (Southwest University)

Research Field
synthesis of Low dimensional semiconductor material, solar energy driven small molecule conversion
Personal Website
https://publons.com/researcher/4550558/wenguang-tu/
Email
tuwenguang@cuhk.edu.cn
Biography
Dr. Tu Wenguang obtained his PhD degree in School of Physics from Nanjing University, China in 2015. Then, he was a research fellow in Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Since June 2020, He joined into School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) as a research assistant professor. His current research involves synthesis of Low dimensional semiconductor material for solar energy driven small molecule conversion. He has published more than 70 papers, including Nature? Communications,? Advanced? Material,? Advanced? functional? Material,? ACS Catalysis, ACS Energy Letters etc., Total citation: >6700??? H-index: 40. He also serves as reviewer for Materials Today，Water Research，Applied Catalysis B: Environmental，Nanoscale etc. He got the first prize of science and technology of jiangsu province (ranked fifth) in 2016.

Academic Publications
1. Hu Zhao, Dan Lu, Jiarui Wang, Wenguang Tu, Dan Wu, See Wee Koh, Pingqi Gao, Zhichuan J Xu, Sili Deng, Yan Zhou, Bo You, Hong Li. Raw biomass electroreforming coupled to green hydrogen generation. Nature communications, 2021, 12, 1-10.
2. Wenguang Tu, Haijin Li, Jianqiang Hu, Zhaosheng Li, Yong Zhou,* and Zhigang Zou. State-of-the-Art Advancements of Crystal Facet-Exposed Photocatalysts Beyond TiO2: Design and Dependent Performance. Materials Today, 2020, 33, 75.
3.??? Wenwu Zhong,* Wenguang Tu,* Shangshen Feng, Aijiao Xu. Photocatalytic H2 evolution on CdS nanoparticles by loading FeSe nanorods as co-catalyst under visible light irradiation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2019, 772, 669.
4.??? Wenguang Tu, You Xu, Shengming Yin, Rong Xu.* Rational Design of catalytic Centers in Crystalline Frameworks. Adv. Mater. 2018, 1707582.
5.??? Wenguang Tu, Yichang Li, Libang Kuai, Yong Zhou,* Qinfeng Xu, Haijin Li, Xiaoyong Wang, Min Xiao, and Zhigang Zou.* Construction of unique two-dimensional MoS2-TiO2 hybrid nanojunctions: identifying MoS2 as a promising cost-effective substitute cocatalyst toward improved photocatalytic reduction of CO2 into methanol. Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 9065-9070.?
6.??? Wenguang Tu, You Xu, Jiajia Wang, Bowei Zhang, Tianhua Zhou, Shengming Yin, Shuyang Wu, Chunmei Li, Yizhong Huang, Yong Zhou, Zhigang Zou,? Markus Kraft, and Rong Xu,* Investigating the role of Tunable Nitrogen Vacancies in Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanosheets for Efficient Visible-Light-Driven H2 evolution and CO2 reduction. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2017, 5 (8), 7260–7268.
7.??? Wenguang Tu, Yong Zhou,* Haijin Li, Ping Li, Chong Sheng, Hui Liu, and Zhigang Zou*. Au@TiO2 yolk-shell hollow spheres for Plasmon-Induced Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 into Solar Fuel via Strong Local Electromagnetic Field. Nanoscale, 2015 (9), 7, 14232-14236.
8.??? Wenguang Tu, Yong Zhou,* Zhigang Zou.* Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 into Renewable Hydrocarbon Fuels: State-of-the-Art Accomplishment, Challenges and Prospects. Adv. Mater., 2014, 26, 4607–4626.
9. Wenguang Tu, Yong Zhou,* Zhigang Zou.* Versatile Graphene-Promoting Photocatalytic Performance of Semiconductors: Basic Principles, Synthesis, Solar Energy Conversion and Environmental Applications. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2013, 23, 4996-5008.
10.? Wenguang Tu, Yong Zhou,* Qi Liu, Shicheng Yan, Shanshan Bao, Xiaoyong Wang, Min Xiao, and Zhigang Zou.* An In Situ Simultaneous Reduction-Hydrolysis Technique for Fabrication of TiO2-Graphene 2D Sandwich-Like Hybrid Nanosheets: Graphene-Promoted Selectivity of Photocatalytic-Driven Hydrogenation and Coupling of CO2 into Methane and Ethane. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2013, 14, 1743-1749.
11.? Wenguang Tu, Yong Zhou,* Qi Liu, Zhongping Tian, Jun Gao, Xiaoyu Chen, Haitao Zhang, Jiangguo Liu, Zhigang Zou.* Robust Hollow Spheres Consisting of Alternating Titania Nanosheets and Graphene Nanosheets with High Photocatalytic Activity for CO2 Conversion into Renewable Fuels. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2012, 22, 1215-1221.
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Book chapter：
Yong Zhou,* Wenguang Tu, and Zhigang Zou.* Chapter 8 “New Materials for CO2 Photoreduction” in Photocatalysis: Fundamentals and Perspectives, Edited by Jenny Schneider, Detlef Bahnemann, Jinhua Ye, Gianluca Li Puma, and Dionysios D. Dionysiou, the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016.