Kun Qi(祁琨)Professor, Born in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 1990E-mail: kunqi@dicp.ac.cnEducational Experience:2008-2012, Bachelor’s degree (Metal Materials Engineering), Yantai University, China2012-2017, Doctoral degree (Materials Physics and Chemistry), Jilin University, ChinaWork Experience:2017-2019, Postdoc Researcher, Monash University, Australian2019-2022, Postdoc Researcher, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France2022-2024, Research Assistant, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany2024-present, Professor, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy and State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Research Interest: Metastable electrocatalysis CO2 reduction reactionBrief introduction of research work: Dr. Kun Qi has devoted his efforts to tackling the challenge of achieving both catalytic activity/selectivity and stability simultaneously. His research focuses on the systematic design and synthesis of metastable electrocatalytic materials and their structural transformations, with a particular emphasis on the metastable CO2 reduction reaction (catalyst and reaction system). He has published 46 peer-reviewed publications in the journals such as Nature Catalysis, Nature Communications, ACS Nano (2), ACS Catalysis, Nano-Micro Letters (2), among others. Additionally, he holds authorship of 6 patents, distributed across the European Union (3), Australia (1), and China (2).Representative Publications: (*corresponding author; #co-first author)9. Yang Zhang, Kun Qi*, Damien Voiry* et al. Grain-boundary engineering boosted undercoordinated active sites for scalable conversion of CO2 to ethylene. ACS Nano, 2024, 18, 17483-17491.8. Kun Qi, Damien Voiry*. et al. Unlocking direct CO2 electrolysis to C3 products via electrolyte supersaturation. Nature Catalysis, 2023, 6, 319-331.7. Huali Wu#, Amrita Singh-MorganMougel#, Kun Qi#, Victor Mougel* & Damien Voiry*. Electrocatalyst microenvironment engineering for enhanced product selectivity in carbon dioxide and nitrogen reduction reactions. ACS Catalysis, 2023, 13, 8, 5375-5396.6. Feihong Ren#, Kun Qi#, Damien Voiry*, Stefano Deabate* et al. Converting the liquid electrolyte of Li batteries into a catalyst for CO2RR via laser irradiation. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2023, 6, 12, 6773-6780.5. Kun Qi#, Yang Zhang#, Damien Voiry* et al. Enhancing the CO2-to-CO conversion from 2D silver nanoprisms via superstructure assembly. ACS Nano, 2021, 15, 4, 7682-7693.4. Keqiang Chen#, Kun Qi#, Tong Zhou#, Yupeng Zhang*, Han Zhang*, Paras N. Prasad* et al. Water-dispersible CsPbBr3 perovskites nanocrystals with ultra-stability and its application in electrochemical CO2 reduction. Nano-Micro Letters, 2021, 11, 102.3. Kun Qi& Damien Voiry* et al. Single-atom is not alone: Metal-support interactions in single-atom catalysis. Materials Today, 2020, 40, 173-192.2. Lahcene Maachou#, Kun Qi#, Damien Voiry* et al. Biomimetic electro-oxidation of alkyl sulfides from exfoliated molybdenum disulfide nanosheets. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, 8, 25053-25060.1. Kun Qi, Damien Voiry* et al. Single-atom cobalt array bound to distorted 1T MoS2 with ensemble effect for hydrogen evolution catalysis. Nature Communications, 2019, 10, 5231.
Kun Qi(祁琨)
Professor, Born in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 1990
E-mail: kunqi@dicp.ac.cn
Educational Experience:
2008-2012, Bachelor’s degree (Metal Materials Engineering), Yantai University, China
2012-2017, Doctoral degree (Materials Physics and Chemistry), Jilin University, China
Work Experience:
2017-2019, Postdoc Researcher, Monash University, Australian
2019-2022, Postdoc Researcher, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France
2022-2024, Research Assistant, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
2024-present, Professor, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy and State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Research Interest: Metastable electrocatalysis CO2 reduction reaction
Brief introduction of research work:
Dr. Kun Qi has devoted his efforts to tackling the challenge of achieving both catalytic activity/selectivity and stability simultaneously. His research focuses on the systematic design and synthesis of metastable electrocatalytic materials and their structural transformations, with a particular emphasis on the metastable CO2 reduction reaction (catalyst and reaction system). He has published 46 peer-reviewed publications in the journals such as Nature Catalysis, Nature Communications, ACS Nano (2), ACS Catalysis, Nano-Micro Letters (2), among others. Additionally, he holds authorship of 6 patents, distributed across the European Union (3), Australia (1), and China (2).
Representative Publications: (*corresponding author; #co-first author)
9. Yang Zhang, Kun Qi*, Damien Voiry* et al. Grain-boundary engineering boosted undercoordinated active sites for scalable conversion of CO2 to ethylene. ACS Nano, 2024, 18, 17483-17491.
8. Kun Qi, Damien Voiry*. et al. Unlocking direct CO2 electrolysis to C3 products via electrolyte supersaturation. Nature Catalysis, 2023, 6, 319-331.
7. Huali Wu#, Amrita Singh-MorganMougel#, Kun Qi#, Victor Mougel* & Damien Voiry*. Electrocatalyst microenvironment engineering for enhanced product selectivity in carbon dioxide and nitrogen reduction reactions. ACS Catalysis, 2023, 13, 8, 5375-5396.
6. Feihong Ren#, Kun Qi#, Damien Voiry*, Stefano Deabate* et al. Converting the liquid electrolyte of Li batteries into a catalyst for CO2RR via laser irradiation. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2023, 6, 12, 6773-6780.
5. Kun Qi#, Yang Zhang#, Damien Voiry* et al. Enhancing the CO2-to-CO conversion from 2D silver nanoprisms via superstructure assembly. ACS Nano, 2021, 15, 4, 7682-7693.
4. Keqiang Chen#, Kun Qi#, Tong Zhou#, Yupeng Zhang*, Han Zhang*, Paras N. Prasad* et al. Water-dispersible CsPbBr3 perovskites nanocrystals with ultra-stability and its application in electrochemical CO2 reduction. Nano-Micro Letters, 2021, 11, 102.
3. Kun Qi& Damien Voiry* et al. Single-atom is not alone: Metal-support interactions in single-atom catalysis. Materials Today, 2020, 40, 173-192.
2. Lahcene Maachou#, Kun Qi#, Damien Voiry* et al. Biomimetic electro-oxidation of alkyl sulfides from exfoliated molybdenum disulfide nanosheets. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, 8, 25053-25060.
1. Kun Qi, Damien Voiry* et al. Single-atom cobalt array bound to distorted 1T MoS2 with ensemble effect for hydrogen evolution catalysis. Nature Communications, 2019, 10, 5231.