主要研究方向：1、能源环境材料；2、分子定向转化与合成；3、碳基废弃资源价值利用
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主要研究方向为催化材料精准创制和反应器件设计，应用于清洁能源高效化学转换和生态碳基资源价值转化，为“双碳”战略背景下的能源和环境问题提供研究思路。截至目前，已在国际高水平期刊发表论文40余篇，授权发明专利2项，其中以第一/通讯作者在Nature Communications、Journal of the American Chemical Society 、JACS Au、Energy & Environmental Science、ACS Nano等期刊发表论文21篇，总被引超过5600次，12篇论文被选为ESI高被引论文，H指数为23。目前担任Nano-Micro Letters、Nano Research Energy、EcoEnergy期刊青年编委，指导学生获得中国科学技术大学“雄鹰基金”产业课题项目支持。
2022.08-至今 中国科学技术大学，特任教授
2022.08-2023.11 中国科学技术大学，特任研究员
2018.08-2022.08 香港理工大学，博士后研究员（合作导师：Yang Chai教授）
2013.09-2018.06 中国科学技术大学，博士（导师：熊宇杰 教授）
2009.09-2013.06 中国科学技术大学，学士
1. 无机固相/仿生微生物催化材料体系的精准设计、创制与调控；
2. 清洁能源（电/光等）驱动的关键碳/氮基小分子的高效定向转化；
3. 废弃碳基资源（生物质、塑料等）的价值化绿色回收转化；
4. 原位谱学的催化反应过程精准表征；
5. 高效分子转化的规模化器件设计探索。
国家级海外高层次人才引进计划青年项目，2023年
中国科学院率先行动人才计划B类（择优支持），2022年
Nanoscale新锐科学家奖（Emerging Investigators），2024年
全球前2%顶尖科学家，2023年
Hong Kong PolyU Postdoc Matching Fund Fellowship，2020年
Science China-Materials期刊优秀论文奖，2019年
N. Zhang, X. Feng, D. Rao, X. Deng, L. Cai, B. Qiu, R. Long, Y. Xiong, Y. Lu*, Y. Chai*. Lattice oxygen activation enabled by high-valence metal sites for enhanced water oxidation. Nature Communications 2020, 11, 4066.(ESI Highly Cited Paper)
N. Zhang, A. Jalil, D. Wu, S. Chen, Y. Liu, C. Gao*, W. Ye, Z. Qi, H. Ju, C. Wang, X. Wu*, L. Song, J. Zhu, Y. Xiong*. Refining defect states in W18O49 by Mo doping: a strategy for tuning N2 activation towards solar-driven nitrogen fixation. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140, 9434-9443. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)
N. Zhang, X. Li, H. Ye, S. Chen, H. Ju, D. Liu, Y. Lin, W. Ye, C. Wang, Q. Xu, J. Zhu, L. Song, J. Jiang*, Y. Xiong*. Oxide defect engineering enables to couple solar energy into oxygen activation. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016, 138, 8928-8935. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)
M. Duan, C. Hu, H. Li, Y. Chen, R. Chen, W. Gong, Z. Lu*, N. Zhang*, R. Long*, L. Song, Y. Xiong*. Synergizing inter and intraband transitions in defective tungsten oxide for efficient photocatalytic alcohol dehydration to alkene. JACS Au 2022, 2, 1160-1168.
N. Zhang, Y. Chai*. Lattice oxygen redox chemistry in solid-state electrocatalysts for water oxidation. Energy & Environmental Science 2021, 14, 4647-4671 . (ESI Highly Cited Paper)
N. Zhang, J. Shang, X. Deng, L. Cai, R. Long, Y. Xiong, Y. Chai*. Governing interlayer strain in bismuth nanocrystals for efficient ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate reduction. ACS Nano 2022, 16, 4795-4804.(ESI Highly Cited Paper)
N. Zhang, C. Wang, J. Chen, C. Hu, J. Ma, X. Deng, B. Qiu, L. Cai, Y. Xiong*, Y. Chai*. Metal substitution steering electron correlations in pyrochlore ruthenates for efficient acidic water oxidation. ACS Nano 2021, 15, 8537-8548.
J. Li, Y. Jiang, J. Li, X. Wang, H. Liu, N. Zhang*, R. Long*, Y. Xiong*. “Pyrolysis-free synthesis of high-loading single-atomic Cu catalyst for efficient electrocatalytic CO2-to-CH4 conversion.” Nanoscale 2024, 16(1), 171-179.
N. Zhang*, Y. Xiong*. “Lattice oxygen activation for enhanced electrochemical oxygen evolution.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2023, 127(5), 2147-2159.
N. Zhang, C. Wang, J. Chen, Y. Chai*. “Oxygen reactivity regulation via double-exchange interaction for enhanced water oxidation.” EcoMat 2023, 5(2), e12290.
N. Zhang*, Y. Xiong*. “Dynamic characterization for artificial photosynthesis through in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.” Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 2023, 41, 100796.
K. Chen, W. Zhang*, Y. Bai, W. Gong, N. Zhang*, R. Long*, Y. Xiong*. Boosting electrochemical hydrogen evolution by coupling anodically oxidative dehydrogenation of benzylamine to benzonitrile. Chinese Chemical Letters 2023, 34(3), 107319. (ESI highly cited paper)
K. Chen, K. Mao, Y. Bai, D. Duan, S. Chen, C. Wang, N. Zhang*, R. Long*, X. Wu, L. Song, Y. Xiong*. Phosphate-induced interfacial electronic engineering in VPO4-Ni2P heterostructure for improved electrochemical water oxidation. Chinese Chemical Letters 2022, 33(1), 452-456.
N. Zhang, C. Gao, Y. Xiong*. Defect engineering: a versatile tool for tuning the activation of key molecules in photocatalytic reactions. Journal of Energy Chemistry 2019, 37, 43-57.
N. Zhang, R. Long, C. Gao*, Y. Xiong*. “Recent progress on advanced design for photoelectrochemical reduction of CO2 to fuels.” Science China Materials 2018, 61(6), 771-805.
N. Zhang, X. Li, Y. Liu, R. Long, M. Li, S. Chen, Z. Qi, C. Wang, L. Song, J. Jiang, Y. Xiong*. “Defective tungsten oxide hydrate nanosheets for boosting aerobic coupling of amines: synergistic catalysis by oxygen vacancies and Brønsted acid sites.” Small 2017, 13(31), 1701354.
