Yu Zhentao

Yu Zhentao

Professor

Address: Room 708, Mong Manwai Building, Gulou Campus, Nanjing University

Email: yuzt@nju.edu.cn

Personal homepage: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/F-9398-2011

Research areas

Artificial photosynthetic materials and devices: water decomposition and catalysis

Courses

Physical Chemistry

Profile:

College of Chemistry, Jilin University, P. R. China Ph. D09/1999-07/2004
Department of Chemistry, Jilin University, P. R. China B. E.09/1995-07/1999
08/04–08/05 Post-Doctoral Fellow to Prof. Dr. A. C. Filippou, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Chemie, My research focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of iron triple bond complexes in the molecular chemistry.
10/05---10/06 Post-Doctoral Fellow to Prof. Dr. M. Tamm, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, My research focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of olefin metathesis alkyene catalysts.
04/07---03/09 Contract Researcher to Prof. Dr. Z. M. Hou, Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory, Discovery Research Institute, RIKEN, Japan, My present research focuses on new rare-earth metal catalysts for regio- and stereospecific olefin polymerization.
04/09---now Associate Professor, Nanjing University, China

Education and research experience:

Nanjing University

Associate professor

April 2009 - present

Riken, Japan

Discovery Research Institute

Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory

Contract researcher to Professor Dr. Z. M. Hou

New rare-earth metal catalysts for regio- and stereospecific olefin polymerization

April 2007 - March 2009

Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Germany

Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie

Postdoctoral fellow to Professor Dr. M. Tamm

Design, synthesis, and characterization of olefin metathesis alkyene catalysts

October 2005 - October 2006

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

Institut für Chemie

Postdoctoral fellow to Professor Dr. A. C. Filippou

Design, synthesis, and characterization of iron triple bond complexes in the molecular chemistry

August 2004 - August 2005

Jilin University

College of Chemistry

PhD

September 1999 - July 2004

Jilin University

Department of Chemistry

Bachelor of Engineering

September 1995 - July 1999

Research results

Publications:

(Note: * refers to corresponding author.)

[1] Yuan, Yongjun, Yu, Zhentao,* Li, Yonghui, Lu, Hongwei, Chen, Xin, Tu, Wenguang, Ji, Zhenguo, & Zou, Zhigang. (2016). A MoS2/6, 13-pentacenequinone composite catalyst for visible-light-induced hydrogen evolution in water. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 181, 16-23.

[2] Yuan, Yongjun,* Ye, Zhijun, Lu, Hongwei, Hu, Bin, Li, Yonghui, Chen, Daqin,* Zhong, Jiasong, Yu, Zhentao,* & Zou, Zhigang. (2015). Constructing anatase TiO2 nanosheets with exposed (001) facets/layered MoS2 two-dimensional nanojunctions for enhanced solar hydrogen generation. Acs Catalysis, 6(2), 532-541.

[3] Yuan, Yongjun,* Lu, Hongwei,* Yu, Zhentao,* & Zou, Zhigang.* (2015). Noble-Metal-Free Molybdenum Disulfide Cocatalyst for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production. ChemSusChem, 8(24), 4113-4127.

[4] Yuan, Yongjun,* Lu, Hongwei,* Tu, Jiren, Fang, Yong, Yu, Zhentao,* Fan, Xiaoxing, & Zou, Zhigang. (2015). A Noble-Metal-Free Nickel (II) Polypyridyl Catalyst for Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Production from Water. ChemPhysChem, 16(14), 2925-2930.

[5] Yu, Zhentao,* Yuan, Yongjun, Chen, Xin, Cai, Jianguang, & Zou, Zhigang. (2015). Energy Transfer in a Hybrid IrIII Carbene-PtII Acetylide Assembly for Efficient Hydrogen Production. Chemistry-A European Journal, 21(28), 10003-10007.

[6] Yuan, Yongjun, Yu, Zhentao,* Liu, Xiaojie, Cai, Jianguang, Guan, Zhongjie, & Zou, Zhigang.* (2014). Hydrogen photogeneration promoted by efficient electron transfer from iridium sensitizers to colloidal MoS2 catalysts. Scientific Reports, 4, 4045.

[7] Cai, Jianguang, Yu, Zhentao,* Yuan, Yongjun, Li, Feng, & Zou, Zhigang. (2014). Dinuclear iridium (iii) complexes containing bibenzimidazole and their application to water photoreduction. ACS Catalysis, 4(6), 1953-1963.

[8] Yuan, Yongjun, Yu, Zhentao,* Gao, Honglin, Zou, Zhigang,* Zheng, Chao, & Huang, Wei. (2013). Tricyclometalated iridium complexes as highly stable photosensitizers for light-induced hydrogen evolution. Chemistry-A European Journal, 19(20), 6340-6349.

[9] Yu, Zhentao,* Yuan, Yongjun, Cai, Jianguang, & Zou, Zhigang. (2013). Charge-Neutral Amidinate-Containing Iridium Complexes Capable of Efficient Photocatalytic Water Reduction. Chemistry-A European Journal, 19(4), 1303-1310.

[10] Yuan, Yongjun, Yu, Zhentao,* Cai, Jianguang, Zheng, Chao, Huang, Wei, & Zou, Zhigang. (2013). Water Reduction Systems Associated with Homoleptic Cyclometalated Iridium Complexes of Various 2-Phenylpyridines. ChemSusChem, 6(8), 1357-1365.

[11] Yuan, Yongjun, Zhang, Jiyuan, Yu, Zhentao,* Feng, Jianyong, Luo, Wenjun, Ye, Jinhua, & Zou, Zhigang.* (2012). Impact of ligand modification on hydrogen photogeneration and light-harvesting applications using cyclometalated iridium complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 51(7), 4123-4133.

[12] Yuan, Yongjun, Yu, Zhentao,* Zhang, Jiyuan, & Zou, Zhigang. (2012). A copper (I) dye-sensitised TiO2-based system for efficient light harvesting and photoconversion of CO2 into hydrocarbon fuel. Dalton Transactions, 41(32), 9594-9597.

[13] Yuan, Yongjun, Yu, Zhentao,* Chen, Xiaoyu, Zhang, Jiyuan, & Zou, Zhigang.* (2011). Visible-Light-Driven H2 Generation from Water and CO2 Conversion by Using a Zwitterionic Cyclometalated Iridium (III) Complex. Chemistry-A European Journal, 17(46), 12891-12895.

[14] Yang, Jin, Song, Shuyan, Ma, Jianfang, Liu, Yingying, & Yu, Zhentao.* (2011). Syntheses, structures, photoluminescence, and gas adsorption of rare earth-organic frameworks based on a flexible tricarboxylate. Crystal Growth & Design, 11(12), 5469-5474.

[15] Liu, Haiyang, Yuan, Yongjun, Yu, Zhentao,* & Zou, Zhigang. (2011). Direct assembly of new cobalt (iii)-lanthanide (iii) heterometallic frameworks with NaCl-like topology. CrystEngComm, 13(7), 2391-2398.

[16] Liu, Haiyang, Yu, Zhentao,* Yuan, Yongjun, Yu, Tao, & Zou, Zhigang. (2010). Efficient N-arylation catalyzed by a copper (I) pyrazolyl-nicotinic acid system. Tetrahedron, 66(47), 9141-9144.

[17] Yu, Zhentao, Liao, Zuolei, Jiang, Yusheng, Li, Guanghua, & Chen, Jiesheng.* (2005). Water-Insoluble Ag-U-Organic Assemblies with Photocatalytic Activity. Chemistry-A European Journal, 11(9), 2642-2650.

[18] Yu, Zhentao, Liao, Zuolei, Jiang, Yusheng, Li, Guanghua, Li, Guodong, & Chen, Jiesheng.* (2004). Construction of a microporous inorganic-organic hybrid compound with uranyl units. Chemical Communications, (16), 1814-1815.

[19] Yu, Zhentao, Li, Guanghua, Jiang, Yusheng, Xu, Jinjie, & Chen, Jiesheng.* (2003). A uranium-zinc-organic molecular compound containing planar tetranuclear uranyl units. Dalton Transactions, (22), 4219-4220.

[20] Yu, Zhentao, Xu, Jinjie, Jiang, Yusheng, Shi, Zhan, Guo, Ying, Wang, Dejun, & Chen, Jiesheng.* (2003). Photoluminescent and photovoltaic properties observed in a zinc borate Zn2(OH)BO3. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 13(9), 2227-2233.

[21] Yu, Zhentao, Shi, Zhan, Jiang, Yusheng, Yuan, Hongming, & Chen, Jiesheng.* (2002). A chiral lead borate containing infinite and finite chains built up from BO4 and BO3 units. Chemistry of materials, 14(3), 1314-1318.

[22] Yu, Zhentao, Shi, Zhan, Chen, Wei, Jiang, Yusheng, Yuan, Hongming, & Chen, Jiesheng.* (2002). Synthesis and X-ray crystal structures of two new alkaline-earth metal borates: SrBO2(OH) and Ba3B6O9(OH)6. Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, (9), 2031-2035.

[23] Yu, Zhentao, He, Yi, Jiang, Yusheng, Shi, Zhan, Chen, Wei, & Chen, Jiesheng.* (2002). Synthesis and X-ray crystal structures of low-dimensional borates from hydrothermal and solvothermal systems. In Frontiers Of Solid State Chemistry (pp. 555-562).

Monographs:

[1] Yu, Zhentao. (2015). Photochemical solar energy conversion and storage using cyclometalated iridium complexes. In Organometallics and related molecules for energy conversion (pp. 513-537). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.