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Pingwu Du is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China in China. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and chemistry, with significant contributions in materials chemistry and organic chemistry. The work also spans into interdisciplinary areas such as renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, and spectroscopy.

Their research topics cover a range of specific scientific interests, including:

  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Fullerene Chemistry and Applications
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Graphene Research and Applications
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts

Frequent publication venues for Pingwu Du include leading journals in the chemistry and materials science domains, such as:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Nature Communications
  • Chemical Communications
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

They have collaborated extensively with several co-authors, frequent collaborators being Muqing Chen, Shangfeng Yang, Gui-Lin Zhuang, Xinyu Zhang, and Shengda Wang. This collaborative network highlights a sustained engagement with research groups focused on chemical synthesis and materials applications.

Representative recent papers illustrate the range of Pingwu Du's research interests and outputs. These include:

  • "An unexpected dual-emissive luminogen with tunable aggregation-induced emission and enhanced chiroptical property," published in 2022 in Nature Communications
  • "Large π-Extended and Curved Carbon Nanorings as Carbon Nanotube Segments," published in 2021 in Accounts of Chemical Research
  • "A Highly Strained All-Phenylene Conjoined Bismacrocycle," published in 2021 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Boosting Antitumor Sonodynamic Therapy Efficacy of Black Phosphorus via Covalent Functionalization," published in 2021 in Advanced Science
  • "Homogeneous Molecular Iron Catalysts for Direct Photocatalytic Conversion of Formic Acid to Syngas (CO+H2)," published in 2020 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Best Publications

  • Catalysts made of earth-abundant elements (Co, Ni, Fe) for water splitting: Recent progress and future challenges

    Pingwu Du;Richard Eisenberg

  • Extraordinarily efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution in water using semiconductor nanorods integrated with crystalline Ni2P cocatalysts

    Zijun Sun;Huafei Zheng;Jingshi Li;Pingwu Du

  • Making Hydrogen from Water Using a Homogeneous System Without Noble Metals

    Theodore Lazarides;Theresa McCormick;Pingwu Du;Gengeng Luo

  • A Homogeneous System for the Photogeneration of Hydrogen from Water Based on a Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Acetylide Chromophore and a Molecular Cobalt Catalyst

    Pingwu Du;Kathryn Knowles;Richard Eisenberg

  • Black Phosphorus Revisited: A Missing Metal-Free Elemental Photocatalyst for Visible Light Hydrogen Evolution.

    Xianjun Zhu;Taiming Zhang;Zijun Sun;Huanlin Chen

  • Visible light-driven hydrogen production from aqueous protons catalyzed by molecular cobaloxime catalysts.

    Pingwu Du;Jacob Schneider;Genggeng Luo;William W. Brennessel

  • Photocatalytic generation of hydrogen from water using a platinum(II) terpyridyl acetylide chromophore.

    Pingwu Du;Jacob Schneider;Paul Jarosz;Richard Eisenberg

  • Degradation Chemistry and Stabilization of Exfoliated Few-Layer Black Phosphorus in Water

    Taiming Zhang;Yangyang Wan;Huanyu Xie;Yang Mu

  • A novel two-dimensional nickel phthalocyanine-based metal–organic framework for highly efficient water oxidation catalysis

    Hongxing Jia;Yuchuan Yao;Jiangtao Zhao;Yuyue Gao

  • Photodriven charge separation dynamics in CdSe/ZnS core/shell quantum dot/cobaloxime hybrid for efficient hydrogen production.

    Jier Huang;Karen L. Mulfort;Pingwu Du;Lin X. Chen;Lin X. Chen

  • Mimicking the Key Functions of Photosystem II in Artificial Photosynthesis for Photoelectrocatalytic Water Splitting

    Sheng Ye;Sheng Ye;Chunmei Ding;Ruotian Chen;Fengtao Fan

  • Catalytic water oxidation at single metal sites

    Rui Cao;Wenzhen Lai;Pingwu Du

  • Synthesis and Enhanced Electrochemical Catalytic Performance of Monolayer WS2(1–x)Se2x with a Tunable Band Gap

    Qi Fu;Lei Yang;Wenhui Wang;Ali Han

  • Incorporating Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g‐C3N4) Quantum Dots into Bulk‐Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells Leads to Efficiency Enhancement

    Xiang Chen;Qing Liu;Qiliang Wu;Pingwu Du

  • A cocatalyst-free CdS nanorod/ZnS nanoparticle composite for high-performance visible-light-driven hydrogen production from water

    Daochuan Jiang;Zijun Sun;Hongxing Jia;Dapeng Lu

  • Microwave-assisted heating synthesis: a general and rapid strategy for large-scale production of highly crystalline g-C3N4 with enhanced photocatalytic H2 production

    Yu-Peng Yuan;Yu-Peng Yuan;Li-Sha Yin;Shao-Wen Cao;Li-Na Gu

  • MoS2 nanosheet/TiO2 nanowire hybrid nanostructures for enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activities

    Meng Shen;Zhiping Yan;Lei Yang;Pingwu Du

  • Crystalline Copper Phosphide Nanosheets as an Efficient Janus Catalyst for Overall Water Splitting

    Ali Han;Hanyu Zhang;Ruihan Yuan;Hengxing Ji

  • MoP is a novel, noble-metal-free cocatalyst for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production from water under visible light

    Qiudi Yue;Yangyang Wan;Zijun Sun;Xiaojun Wu

  • Stabilizing black phosphorus nanosheets via edge-selective bonding of sacrificial C 60 molecules.

    Xianjun Zhu;Taiming Zhang;Daochuan Jiang;Hengli Duan

  • Bi- and terpyridyl platinum(II) chloro complexes: molecular catalysts for the photogeneration of hydrogen from water or simply precursors for colloidal platinum?

    Pingwu Du;Jacob Schneider;Fan Li;Wei Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Eisenberg
Richard Eisenberg University of Rochester
Shangfeng Yang
Shangfeng Yang University of Science and Technology of China
Rui Cao
Rui Cao Shaanxi Normal University
William W. Brennessel
William W. Brennessel University of Rochester
Bin Xiang
Bin Xiang University of Science and Technology of China
Hengxing Ji
Hengxing Ji University of Science and Technology of China
Can Li
Can Li Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Xiaojun Wu
Xiaojun Wu University of Science and Technology of China
Junfa Zhu
Junfa Zhu University of Science and Technology of China
Jun Jiang
Jun Jiang University of Science and Technology of China

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