Bingzhang Lu, Ph.D., born in September 1992, is a Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor at Xi'an Jiaotong University. He is a recipient of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Overseas) and the Xi'an Jiaotong University "Talent young scholars" Program (Category A).

His research primarily focuses on the electrochemical production and application of green hydrogen, electrocatalytic conversion of small molecules, and atomic-scale structural analysis of active sites in electrocatalysts. He has established preparation and structural analysis methods for complex electrocatalysts such as amorphous oxides. He has published over 20 research papers as first or corresponding author (including co-corresponding) in prestigious international journals including Nature Catalysis , Nature Communications , Journal of the American Chemical Society , and Angewandte Chemie International Edition . He has also been granted 2 US patents. His work has received a total of 4,066 citations, with an H-index of 26.

He serves as a committee member of the Youth Academic Committee and the Nanoscale Analysis Branch of the China Association for Instrumental Analysis. He is also a Youth Editorial Board Member of Chinese Chemical Letters  and a reviewer for renowned journals such as Nature Sustainability , Advanced Materials , Advanced Functional Materials , and Advanced Energy Materials .

Contact:bingzhang@xjtu.edu.cn

18. B. Lu†, C. Wahl†, R.D. Reis, J. Edgington, X.K. Lu, R. Li, M.E. Sweers, B. Ruggiero, G.T.K.K. Gunasooriya, V.P. Dravid and L.C. Seitz*, “Key Role of Paracrystalline Motifs on Iridium Oxide Surfaces for Acidic Water Oxidation”, Nat. Catal., 2024, 7, 868-877.

17. J. Li, Y. Zhou, M. Xi, L. Hu, B. Lu*, W. Gu, and C. Zhu*, “Potential-Resolved Ratiometric Aptasensor for Sensitive Acetamiprid Analysis Based on Coreactant-free Electrochemiluminescence Luminophores of Gd-MOF and “Light Switch” Molecule of [Ru(bpy)2dppz]2+”, Anal. Chem., 2024, 96, 12, 5022–5028

16. Y. He, R. Zhang, Z. Wang, H. Ye, H. Zhao, B. Lu*, P. Du*, and X. Lu*, “Unveiling the Influence of Sulfur Doping on Photoelectrochemical Performance in BiVO4/FeOOH Heterostructures”, Anal. Chem., 2024, 96, 1, 110–116.

15. S. Zhang, P. Du, H. Xiao, Z. Wang, R. Zhang, W. Luo, J. An, Y. Gao and B. Lu*, “Fast Interfacial Carrier Dynamics Modulated by Bidirectional Charge Transport Channels in ZnIn2S4-based Composite Photoanodes Probed by Scanning Photoelectrochemical Microscopy”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, e202315763.

14. B. Lu, C. Wahl, X.K. Lu, M. Sweers, H. Li, V. Dravid and L. Seitz*, “Iridium-Incorporated Strontium Tungsten Oxynitride Perovskite for Efficient Acidic Hydrogen Evolution”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 30, 13547–13555.

13. Q. Liu†, B. Lu†, F. Nichols, J. Ko, R. Mercado, F. Bridges and Shaowei Chen*, “Rapid preparation of carbon-supported ruthenium nanoparticles by magnetic induction heating for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction in both acidic and alkaline media”, SusMat, 2022,2, 335-346.

12. B. Lu†,Q. Liu†, C. Wang, Z. Masood, D. Morris, F. Nichols, R. Mercado, P. Zhang, Q. Ge*, H. L. Xin* and S. Chen*, “Ultrafast Preparation of Nonequilibrium FeNi Spinels by Magnetic Induction Heating for Unprecedented Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis”, Research, 2022, 9756983.

11. Y. Peng†, Q. Liu†, B. Lu†, T. He, F. Nichols, X. Hu, T. Huang, G. Huang, L. Guzman, Y. Ping* and S. Chen*, “Organically Capped Iridium Nanoparticles as High Performance Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Full Water Splitting in Both Acidic and Alkaline Media: Impacts of Metal-Ligand Interfacial Interactions”, ACS Catal., 2021, 11 (3), 1179.

10. B. Lu, Q. Liu, F. Nichols, R. Mercado, D. Morris, N. Li, P. Zhang, P. Gao, Y. Ping and S. Chen*, “Oxygen reduction reaction catalyzed by carbon-supported platinum few-atom clusters: Significant enhancement by doping of atomic cobalt”, Research, 2020, 9167829. 

9. B. Lu†, Q. Liu† and S. Chen*, “Electrocatalysis of Single Atom Sites: Impacts of Atomic Coordination”, ACS Catal., 2020, 10, 14, 7584.(ESI highly cited)

8. X.Ning†, B. Lu†, Z. Zhang, P. Du, H. Ren, D. Shan, J. Chen, Y. Gao and X. Lu*, “An Efficient Strategy for Boosting Photogenerated Charge Separation by Using Porphyrins as Interfacial Charge Mediators”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 16800.

7. T. He†, B. Lu†, Y. Chen, Y. Wang, Y. Zhang, J. Davenport, A. Chen, C. Pao, M. Liu, Z. Sun, A. Stram, A. Mordaunt, J. Velasco, Y. Ping, Y. Zhang*, S. Chen*, “Nanowrinkled Carbon Aerogels Embedded with FeNx Sites as Effective Oxygen Electrodes for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery”, Research, 2019, 13, 6813585.

6. B. Lu, L. Guo, F. Wu, Y. Peng, J. Lu, T. Smart, N. Wang, Y. Finfrock, D. Morris, P. Zhang, N. Li, P. Gao, Y. Ping* and S. Chen*, “Ruthenium atomically dispersed in carbon outperforms platinum toward hydrogen evolution in alkaline media”, Nat. Commun., 2019, 10, 631. (ESI highly cited)

5. Y. Peng†, B. Lu†, F. Wu, F. Zhang, J. Lu, X. Kang, Y. Ping* and S. Chen*, “Point of Anchor: Impacts on Interfacial Charge Transfer of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 15290. 

4. Y. Peng†, B. Lu†, S. Chen*, “Carbon-Supported Single Atom Catalysts for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage”, Adv. Mater., 2018, 1801995.(ESI highly cited)

3. B. Lu, T. Smart, D. Qin, J. Lu, N. Wang, L. Chen, Y. Peng, Y. Ping*, and S. Chen*, “Nitrogen and Iron-Codoped Carbon Hollow Nanotubules as High-Performance Catalysts Towards Oxygen Reduction Reaction: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study”, Chem. Mater., 2017, 29, 5617 

2. B. Lu†, B. Yao†,G. Roseman, C. P. Deming, J. Lu, G. Millhauser, Y. Li and S. Chen*, “Ethanol oxidation reaction catalyzed by palladium nanoparticles supported on hydrogen-treated TiO2 nanobelts: Impacts of oxygen vacancies”, ChemElectroChem, 2017, 4, 2211.

1. Y. Peng†, B. Lu†, N. Wang, L. Li, and S. Chen*, “Impacts of interfacial charge transfer on nanoparticle electrocatalytic activity towards oxygen reduction”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 9336.