Professor of Synthetic Chemistry and Catalysis

Phone: +86-27-8754-3032

Email: youbo@hust.edu.cn

Academic Areas: Electrocatalysis

YOU Bo is a Professor of School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His research interests focus on integration-designed electroactivation (IDEA) for advanced renewable energy such as water splitting, carbon dioxide reduction, biomass/biowaste upgrading and so on.

Academic Degrees

2011-2014

PhD in Analytical Chemistry, University of Science & Technology of China

2008-2011

ME in Analytical Chemistry, University of Science & Technology of China

2004-2008

BS in Applied Chemistry, Heilongjiang University

Professional Experience

2019-now

Professor, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology

2017-2019

Postdoctor, School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide

2016-2017

Postdoctor, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,

Nanyang Technological University

2014-2016

Postdoctor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Utah State University

Courses Taught

1.Structural Chemistry (for undergraduate student)

Awards and Honors

2019

Top Peer Reviewer 2019, Publons, Web of Science Group

2014

Zhuliyuehua Scholar, China Academy of Sciences

2013

P&G Researcher Scholar, University of Science & Technology of China

Selected Projects Funded

1.Start-up Funding of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)

2.Program for HUST Academic Frontier Youth Team

Selected Publications

[1] Nan Jiang, Zhiwei Zhu, Wenjie Xue, Bao Yu Xia,* Bo You,* Emerging Electrocatalysts for Water Oxidation under Near-Neutral CO₂ Reduction Conditions. Adv. Mater. 2021, DOI:10.1002/adma.202105852.

[2] 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. Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 2008.

[3] Bo You, Yadong Zhang, Yan Jiao, Kenneth Davey, Shi Zhang Qiao,* Negative Charging of Transition-Metal Phosphides via Strong Electronic Coupling for Destabilization of Alkaline Water. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 11796-11800.

[4] Bo You, Michael T Tang, Charlie Tsai, Frank Abild-Pedersen, Xiaolin Zheng, and Hong Li,* Enhancing Electrocatalytic Water Splitting by Strain Engineering. Adv. Mater. 2019, 31, 1807001.

[5] Bo You,* Yujie Sun,* Innovative Strategies for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting. Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 1571-1580.

[6] Bo You, Xuan Liu, Guoxiang Hu, Sheraz Gul, Junko Yano, De-en Jiang,* Yujie Sun,* Universal Surface Engineering of Transition Metals for Superior Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution in Neutral Water. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 12283-12290.

[7] Bo You, Xuan Liu, Nan Jiang, Yujie Sun,* A General Strategy for Decoupled Hydrogen Production from Water Splitting by Integrating Oxidative Biomass Valorization. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 13639-13646.

[8] Bo You, Nan Jiang, Xuan Liu, Yujie Sun,* Simultaneous H2 Generation and Biomass Upgrading in Water by an Efficient Noble-Metal-Free Bifunctional Electrocatalyst. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 9913-9917.