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Wenguang Tu is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen in China. Their research spans fields primarily focused on Energy and Materials Science, with notable work in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Materials Chemistry.

Their research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Copper-based Nanomaterials and Applications

Wenguang Tu's recent publications include:

  • "Catalytic Polysulfide Conversion and Physiochemical Confinement for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries" (2020, Advanced Energy Materials)
  • "Raw biomass electroreforming coupled to green hydrogen generation" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "New black indium oxide-tandem photothermal CO2-H2 methanol selective catalyst" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Isolated Ni single atoms in nitrogen doped ultrathin porous carbon templated from porous g-C3N4 for high-performance CO2 reduction" (2020, Nano Energy)
  • "BiVO4@MoS2 core-shell heterojunction with improved photocatalytic activity for discoloration of Rhodamine B" (2020, Applied Surface Science)

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Tu include:

  • Zhigang Zou
  • Yong Zhou
  • Lu Wang
  • Xue Ding
  • Junchuan Sun

The venues where Wenguang Tu has been published frequently include:

  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Joule
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Science China Materials

This body of work reflects a comprehensive involvement in areas critical to catalysis, renewable energy, and advanced material development applied to energy conversion and storage technologies.

Best Publications

  • Photocatalytic Conversion of CO 2 into Renewable Hydrocarbon Fuels: State‐of‐the‐Art Accomplishment, Challenges, and Prospects

    Wenguang Tu;Yong Zhou;Zhigang Zou

  • State‐of‐the‐Art Progress in Diverse Heterostructured Photocatalysts toward Promoting Photocatalytic Performance

    Haijin Li;Haijin Li;Yong Zhou;Wenguang Tu;Jinhua Ye;Jinhua Ye

  • Z-Scheme Photocatalytic Systems for Promoting Photocatalytic Performance: Recent Progress and Future Challenges

    Haijin Li;Haijin Li;Wenguang Tu;Yong Zhou;Zhigang Zou

  • Nickel Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Few-Layer Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Derived from Metal-Organic Frameworks as Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting.

    You Xu;You Xu;Wenguang Tu;Bowei Zhang;Shengming Yin

  • Amino-Assisted Anchoring of CsPbBr3 Perovskite Quantum Dots on Porous g-C3N4 for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

    Man Ou;Man Ou;Wenguang Tu;Shengming Yin;Weinan Xing

  • Visible-light-driven removal of tetracycline antibiotics and reclamation of hydrogen energy from natural water matrices and wastewater by polymeric carbon nitride foam.

    Hou Wang;Yan Wu;Mingbao Feng;Wenguang Tu

  • An In Situ Simultaneous Reduction‐Hydrolysis Technique for Fabrication of TiO2‐Graphene 2D Sandwich‐Like Hybrid Nanosheets: Graphene‐Promoted Selectivity of Photocatalytic‐Driven Hydrogenation and Coupling of CO2 into Methane and Ethane

    Wenguang Tu;Yong Zhou;Qi Liu;Shicheng Yan

  • Robust Hollow Spheres Consisting of Alternating Titania Nanosheets and Graphene Nanosheets with High Photocatalytic Activity for CO2 Conversion into Renewable Fuels

    Wenguang Tu;Yong Zhou;Qi Liu;Qi Liu;Zhongping Tian

  • Unique P ? Co ? N Surface Bonding States Constructed on g-C3N4 Nanosheets for Drastically Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of H2 Evolution

    Chunmei Li;Chunmei Li;Chunmei Li;Yonghua Du;Danping Wang;Shengming Yin

  • Quasi-polymeric construction of stable perovskite-type LaFeO3/g-C3N4 heterostructured photocatalyst for improved Z-scheme photocatalytic activity via solid p-n heterojunction interfacial effect.

    Yan Wu;Hou Wang;Hou Wang;Wenguang Tu;Yue Liu

  • Investigating the Role of Tunable Nitrogen Vacancies in Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanosheets for Efficient Visible-Light-Driven H2 Evolution and CO2 Reduction

    Wenguang Tu;You Xu;Jiajia Wang;Bowei Zhang

  • Versatile Graphene-Promoting Photocatalytic Performance of Semiconductors: Basic Principles, Synthesis, Solar Energy Conversion, and Environmental Applications

    Wenguang Tu;Yong Zhou;Zhigang Zou

  • Formation of quasi-core-shell In2S3/anatase TiO2@metallic Ti3C2Tx hybrids with favorable charge transfer channels for excellent visible-light-photocatalytic performance

    Hou Wang;Hou Wang;Yan Wu;Tong Xiao;Xingzhong Yuan

  • Electrical promotion of spatially photoinduced charge separation via interfacial-built-in quasi-alloying effect in hierarchical Zn2In2S5/Ti3C2(O, OH)x hybrids toward efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution and environmental remediation

    Hou Wang;Yuanmiao Sun;Yan Wu;Wenguang Tu

  • Metal-free photocatalysts for various applications in energy conversion and environmental purification

    Chunmei Li;Chunmei Li;Chunmei Li;You Xu;You Xu;Wenguang Tu;Gang Chen

  • Construction of hierarchical 2D-2D Zn3In2S6/fluorinated polymeric carbon nitride nanosheets photocatalyst for boosting photocatalytic degradation and hydrogen production performance

    Yan Wu;Hou Wang;Wenguang Tu;Yue Liu

  • Photogenerated charge transfer via interfacial internal electric field for significantly improved photocatalysis in direct Z-scheme oxygen-doped carbon nitrogen/CoAl-layered double hydroxide heterojunction

    Yan Wu;Hou Wang;Hou Wang;Yuanmiao Sun;Tong Xiao

  • Template-Induced High-Crystalline g-C3N4 Nanosheets for Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Evolution

    Weinan Xing;Weinan Xing;Wenguang Tu;Zhonghui Han;Yidong Hu

  • A Highly Efficient Oxygen Evolution Catalyst Consisting of Interconnected Nickel-Iron-Layered Double Hydroxide and Carbon Nanodomains.

    Shengming Yin;Wenguang Tu;Yuan Sheng;Yuan Sheng;Yonghua Du

  • Interface engineering of a noble-metal-free 2D–2D MoS2/Cu-ZnIn2S4 photocatalyst for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production

    Yong-Jun Yuan;Daqin Chen;Jiasong Zhong;Ling-Xia Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhigang Zou
Zhigang Zou Nanjing University
Rong Xu
Rong Xu Nanyang Technological University
Hou Wang
Hou Wang Hunan University
Markus Kraft
Markus Kraft University of Cambridge
Jia Wei Chew
Jia Wei Chew Chalmers University of Technology
Min Xiao
Min Xiao University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Xingzhong Yuan
Xingzhong Yuan Hunan University
Chunmei Li
Chunmei Li Jiangsu University
Yong-Jun Yuan
Yong-Jun Yuan Hangzhou Dianzi University
Chunfeng Zhang
Chunfeng Zhang Nanjing University

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