个人简介：

主要研究方向为光/电催化含氮废水的资源化利用，硝酸盐还原，CO₂还原及高级氧化等。近五年以第一/通讯作者身份共发表SCI论文15篇，包括Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.（1篇）、Chem Catal.（1篇），Environ. Sci. Technol.（2篇）、Nano Lett.、 Water Res.等高影响力期刊，总引2200余次，H因子27；获授权发明专利3项。申请人曾入选全球前2%顶尖科学家（2025年），获上海交通大学优秀博士学位论文（2021年），上海同济高廷耀环保科技基金会“青年博士生杰出人才奖学金”（2020年），山东大学优秀硕士学位论文（2017年）。主持国家自然科学基金面上项目、国家自然科学基金青年项目，上海市超级博士后激励计划、博士后面上项目、“兴辽英才计划”优秀博士后项目等；参与国家重点研发计划、国家自然科学基金面上、香港Innovation and Technology Fund等科研项目。

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教育及工作经历：

2016. 09 ~2020. 09  上海交通大学       博士         环境科学与工程

2013. 09 ~2016. 06  山东大学               硕士         环境科学与工程

2009. 09 ~2013. 06  哈尔滨工业大学   学士         环境工程

2022.07 ~ 2025.07  香港科技大学       博士后     化工与生物系

2020. 09 ~2022. 07  上海交通大学      博士后     环境科学与工程学院

研究方向：

1，针对传统含氮废水处理中“去污染不回收”的局限，致力于构建“以废治废、变废为宝”的新型电化学处理体系。一方面，通过高效的电催化还原技术，将废水中的硝酸盐定向转化为高价值氨进行回收，实现氮元素的增值循环；另一方面，耦合尿素的阳极氧化，替代传统低效的析氧反应，显著降低反应能耗并同步实现绿氢的高效制备。该研究旨在打通从“污染治理”到“能源与资源回收”的技术链条，为工业废水处理提供低碳、高值化的解决方案。

代表论文：

1. Qingming Zeng, Yan Zhang*, Shuyan Yu, Yian Wang, Xie Quan, Nadeeshani Nanayakkara, Yanbiao Liu*, Remodeling Interfacial Hydrogen-Bond Network Via Crystal Facet Control for Efficient Urea Electrosynthesis. Nano Lett., 26 (32): 10843-10850.

2. Ruiting Liu, Jiachen Wang, Yan Zhang*, Lu Wang, Jingjing Zhan, Baoxue Zhou*, Breaking the chlorine and oxygen evolution scaling relation via the selective shielding effect of oxophilic Ti sites. Chem. Commun. 2026; 62 (49): 12318-12321.

3. Yuan Yuan, Xitang Qian, Shiyuan Liu, Qingbo Wa, Yinuo Wang, Xiaoyi Qiu, Yan Zhang, Siqi Lu, Yuxiang Lyu, Hua Zhang, Minhua Shao*, Tandem Catalysis in CuO/ZnMnO3 Heterostructures for Efficient Electrooxidation of N2 to Nitrate. Journal American Chemical Society, 2026.

4.      Yan Zhang, Gefei Huang, Haichuan Zhang, Xiaoyi Qiu, Guimei Liu, Yinuo Wang, Juhee Jang, Yian Wang, Zidong Wei, Zongwei Cai*, Minhua Shao* , Reliable and accessible methods for urea quantification in co-reduction of carbon-dioxide- and nitrogen-containing species, Chem Catalysis, 2025, 5, 101234.

5.      Long Zheng^#, Yan Zhang^#, Weiwei Chen, Xiangou Xu, Ruiqi Zhang, Xiao Ren*, Xiaozhi Liu, Wenbin Wang, Junlei Qi, Gang Wang, Chen Ma, Lei Xu, Peng Han, Qiyuan He, Ding Ma, Jinlan Wang, Chongyi Ling*, Dong Su*, Minhua Shao*, Ye Chen*, Carbon‐Extraction‐Triggered Phase Engineering of Rhodium Nanomaterials for Efficient Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction Reaction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202500985.

6.      Hongfeng Zhao, Yan Zhang*, Chaoyue Xie, Jiachen Wang, Tingsheng Zhou, Changhui Zhou, Jinhua Li, Jing Bai, Xinyuan Zhu, Baoxue Zhou*，Facile, controllable, and ultrathin NiFe-LDH in situ grown on a Ni foam by ultrasonic self-etching for highly efficient urine conversion. Environmental Science & Technology, 2023, 57, 2939-2948.

7.      Yan Zhang, Xiaoya Huang, Jinhua Li*, Jing Bai, Changhui Zhou, Lei Li, Jiachen Wang, Mingce Long, Xinyuan Zhu and Baoxue Zhou, Rapid Conversion of Co2+ to Co3+  by Introducing Oxygen Vacancies in Co₃O₄ Nanowire Anodes for Nitrogen Removal with Highly Efficient H₂ Recovery in Urine Treatment. Environmental Science &  Technology, 2022, 56, 9693-9701.

8.      Yan Zhang, Jinhua Li, Jing Bai*, Linsen Li, Shuai Chen, Tingsheng Zhou, Jiachen Wang, Ligang Xia, Qunjie Xu, and Baoxue Zhou*, Extremely Efficient Decomposition of Ammonia N to N₂ Using ClO• from Reactions of HO• and HOCl Generated in Situ on a Novel Bifacial photoelectroanode. Environmental Science & Technology, 2019, 53, 6945-6953.

9.      Yan Zhang, Jinhua Li, Jing Bai*, Zhaoxi Shen, Linsen Li, Ligang Xia, Shuai Chen, Baoxue Zhou*, Exhaustive Conversion of Inorganic Nitrogen to Nitrogen Gas Based on a Photoelectro-Chlorine Cycle Reaction and a Highly Selective Nitrogen Gas Generation Cathode, Environmental Science & Technology, 2018, 52, 1413-1420.

10.      Yan Zhang, Jinhua Li, Jing Bai*, Linsen Li, Ligang Xia, Shuai Chen, Baoxue Zhou*, Dramatic enhancement of organics degradation and electricity generation via strengthening superoxide radical by using a novel 3D AQS/PPy-GF cathode, Water Research, 2017, 125,259-269.

11.      Yan Zhang, Jinhua Li, Jing Bai*, Xiaoyan Li, Zhaoxi Shen, Ligang Xia, Shuai Chen, Qunjie Xu, Baoxue Zhou*, Total organic carbon and total nitrogen removal and simultaneous electricity generation for nitrogen-containing wastewater based on the catalytic reactions of hydroxyl and chlorine radicals, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2018, 238, 168-176.

12.      Yan Zhang, Wenjing Tang, Jing Bai*, Jinhua Li, Jiachen Wang, Tingsheng Zhou, Xiaohong Guan, Baoxue Zhou*, Highly efficient removal of total nitrogen and dissolved organic compound in waste reverse osmosis concentrate mediated by chlorine radical on 3D Co3O4 nanowires anode, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022, 424, 127662.

13.   Tingsheng Zhou, Jiachen Wang, Yan Zhang*, Changhui Zhou, Jing Bai, Jinhua Li, Baoxue Zhou*, Oxygen vacancy-abundant carbon quantum dots as superfast hole transport channel for vastly improving surface charge transfer efficiency of BiVO₄ photoanode, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 431,133414.

14.   Yan Zhang, Jing Bai, Jiachen Wang, Shuai Chen, Hong Zhu, Jinhua Li⁎, Linsen Li, Tingsheng Zhou, Baoxue Zhou⁎, In-situ and synchronous generation of oxygen vacancies and FeOx OECs on BiVO4 for ultrafast electron transfer and excellent photoelectrochemical Performance, Chemical Engineering Journal 2020,401,126134.

15.   Yan Zhang, Youzhi Ji, Jinhua Li, Jing Bai*, Shuai Chen, Linsen Li, Jiachen Wang, Tingsheng Zhou, Panyu Jiang, Xiaohong Guan, Baoxue Zhou*, Efficient ammonia removal and toxic chlorate control by using BiVO₄/WO₃ heterojunction photoanode in a self-driven PEC-chlorine system, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 402, 123725.

16.   Geying Liu, Chaoyue Xie, Yan Zhang*, Ye Du, Jie Wang, Jia Lin, Jing Bai, Jinhua Li, Changhui Zhou, Tingsheng Zhou, Baoxue Zhou*, Synergistic etching of nickel foam by Fe³⁺ and Cl- ions to synthesize nickel-iron-layered double hydroxide nanolayers with abundant oxygen vacancies for superior urea oxidation, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2024, 668, 375-384.

17.   Mukaddas Kurban, Yan Zhang*, Yaobin Wang, Zhiyuan Su, Tingsheng Zhou, Changhui Zhou, Chaoyue Xie, Lei Li, Jinhua Li, Jing Bai*, Baoxue Zhou*, Chlorine oxide radical: An emerging free radical for denitrification and pollutant degradation, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2024,12,112630.

18.   Zhaoxi Shen^#, Yan Zhang^#, Changhui Zhou, Jing Bai, Shuai Chen, Jinhua Li*, Jiachen Wang, Xiaohong Guan, Mohammadi Rahim, Baoxue Zhou*, Exhaustive denitrification via chlorine oxide radical reactions for urea based on a novel photoelectrochemical cell, Water Research, 2020, 170, 115357.

[1] 2013.09 -- 2016.07
山东大学     环境科学与工程     硕士

[2] 2016.09 -- 2020.09
上海交通大学     环境科学与工程     博士

[1] 2020.10 -- 2022.08
上海交通大学     博士后

[2] 2022.07 -- 2025.07
香港科技大学     博士后

[3] 2025.08 -- 至今
大连理工大学     副教授