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Wu Zhou is affiliated with the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their academic work primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a particular focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, as well as Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Their research topics cover a range of themes related to advanced materials and catalytic processes, including:

  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Graphene Research and Applications
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts

Wu Zhou has contributed to several recent publications in high-profile journals within the materials and chemical sciences communities. Significant recent papers include:

  • Non-Bonding Interaction of Neighboring Fe and Ni Single-Atom Pairs on MOF-Derived N-Doped Carbon for Enhanced CO2 Electroreduction, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • A Stable Low-Temperature H2-Production Catalyst by Crowding Pt on α-MoC, 2021, Nature
  • Dynamic Behavior of Single-Atom Catalysts in Electrocatalysis: Identification of Cu-N3 as an Active Site for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to Ethylene by Ultrathin CuO Nanoplate Arrays, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Boosting Hydrogen Evolution on MoS2 via Co-Confining Selenium in Surface and Cobalt in Inner Layer, 2020, Nature Communications

The venues where Wu Zhou frequently publishes reflect a strong presence in top-tier journals and repositories, with multiple publications in:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Nature Communications
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Collaborative research features prominently in Wu Zhou's work, with several frequent coauthors who have contributed extensively to joint publications. These include Ding Ma, Roger Guzmán, Mingquan Xu, Jinan Shi, and Aowen Li.

Beyond journal articles, Wu Zhou has also contributed to academic literature through book publication, notably "Neural Computing for Advanced Applications" (2021), published by Springer Science+Business Media.

Best Publications

  • Vertical and in-plane heterostructures from WS2/MoS2 monolayers.

    Yongji Gong;Junhao Lin;Xingli Wang;Gang Shi

  • Intrinsic Structural Defects in Monolayer Molybdenum Disulfide

    Wu Zhou;Xiaolong Zou;Sina Najmaei;Zheng Liu

  • Vapour phase growth and grain boundary structure of molybdenum disulphide atomic layers

    Sina Najmaei;Zheng Liu;Wu Zhou;Wu Zhou;Xiaolong Zou

  • Vapor Phase Growth and Grain Boundary Structure of Molybdenum Disulfide Atomic Layers

    Sina Najmaei;Zheng Liu;Wu Zhou;Xiaolong Zou

  • Nanoscale nickel oxide/nickel heterostructures for active hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis

    Ming Gong;Wu Zhou;Mon-Che Tsai;Jigang Zhou

  • An oxygen reduction electrocatalyst based on carbon nanotube–graphene complexes

    Yanguang Li;Wu Zhou;Wu Zhou;Hailiang Wang;Liming Xie

  • Low-temperature hydrogen production from water and methanol using Pt/α-MoC catalysts

    Lili Lin;Wu Zhou;Rui Gao;Siyu Yao

  • Defects Engineered Monolayer MoS2 for Improved Hydrogen Evolution Reaction.

    Gonglan Ye;Yongji Gong;Junhao Lin;Bo Li

  • van der Waals Epitaxy of MoS2 Layers Using Graphene As Growth Templates

    Yumeng Shi;Wu Zhou;Wu Zhou;Ang-Yu Lu;Wenjing Fang

  • Room-temperature ferroelectricity in CuInP2S6 ultrathin flakes.

    Fucai Liu;Lu You;Kyle L. Seyler;Xiaobao Li

  • In-plane heterostructures of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride with controlled domain sizes

    Zheng Liu;Lulu Ma;Gang Shi;Wu Zhou;Wu Zhou

  • Ultrathin high-temperature oxidation-resistant coatings of hexagonal boron nitride.

    Zheng Liu;Yongji Gong;Wu Zhou;Wu Zhou;Lulu Ma

  • PdSe2: Pentagonal Two-Dimensional Layers with High Air Stability for Electronics.

    Akinola D. Oyedele;Shize Yang;Liangbo Liang;Alexander A. Puretzky

  • Atomic-layered Au clusters on α-MoC as catalysts for the low-temperature water-gas shift reaction

    Siyu Yao;Xiao Zhang;Wu Zhou;Wu Zhou;Rui Gao

  • High‐Electron‐Mobility and Air‐Stable 2D Layered PtSe2 FETs

    Yuda Zhao;Jingsi Qiao;Jingsi Qiao;Zhihao Yu;Peng Yu

  • Structural defects on converted bismuth oxide nanotubes enable highly active electrocatalysis of carbon dioxide reduction.

    Qiufang Gong;Pan Ding;Mingquan Xu;Xiaorong Zhu

  • Strain and structure heterogeneity in MoS2 atomic layers grown by chemical vapour deposition.

    Zheng Liu;Matin Amani;Sina Najmaei;Quan Xu

  • Two-step growth of two-dimensional WSe2/MoSe2 heterostructures

    Yongji Gong;Sidong Lei;Gonglan Ye;Bo Li

  • Non-Bonding Interaction of Neighboring Fe and Ni Single-Atom Pairs on MOF-Derived N-Doped Carbon for Enhanced CO2 Electroreduction.

    Long Jiao;Juntong Zhu;Yan Zhang;Weijie Yang

  • Band gap engineering and layer-by-layer mapping of selenium-doped molybdenum disulfide.

    Yongji Gong;Zheng Liu;Zheng Liu;Andrew R. Lupini;Gang Shi

  • Atomically thin noble metal dichalcogenide: a broadband mid-infrared semiconductor.

    Xuechao Yu;Peng Yu;Di Wu;Bahadur Singh

Frequent Co-Authors

Sokrates T. Pantelides
Sokrates T. Pantelides Vanderbilt University
Stephen J. Pennycook
Stephen J. Pennycook University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Junhao Lin
Junhao Lin Southern University of Science and Technology
Juan Carlos Idrobo
Juan Carlos Idrobo University of Washington
Zheng Liu
Zheng Liu Nanyang Technological University
Pulickel M. Ajayan
Pulickel M. Ajayan Rice University
Kian Ping Loh
Kian Ping Loh National University of Singapore
Xiaoxu Zhao
Xiaoxu Zhao Peking University
Matthew F. Chisholm
Matthew F. Chisholm Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jun Lou
Jun Lou Rice University

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