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Wenbin Cai
Physical Chemistry
Professor
wbcai@fudan.edu.cn
Room A2014, Chemistry Building, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University 2005 Songhu Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai 200438, China
86-21-31244050
Research Interests
Surface Electrochemistry
Spectro-electrochemistry
Electrocatalysis
Prizes and awards
2003, Excellent Oversea Returned Scholar Award from Shanghai Municipality.
2004, Second Class Prize for Advancement of Science & Technology from MOE
2004, New Century Excellent Talent Program awardee from MOE
Biography
Bachelor degree from Shangai Univeristy of Science & Techgranology, (1989)
Master degree from Shangai Univeristy of Science & Techgranology, (1992)
PhD degree from Fudan University (1995)
Postdoctor, Xiamen Univeristy (July 1995 to July 1997)
COE research fellow, Hokkaido University (August 1997 to March 1999)
Postdoctoral research associate, Case Western Reserve University (June 1999 to June 2002)
Professor, Fudan University, (since July 2002)
Teaching
Physical Chemistry (III), Analytical Electrochemistry, Topics of Modern Chemistry-Techniques, Chemistry Specialty English
Key Publications
Xianxian Qin, Jiejie Li, Tian-Wen Jiang, Xian-Yin Ma, Kun Jiang, Bo Yang*, Shengli Chen, Wen-Bin Cai*.Disentangling heterogeneous thermocatalytic formic acid dehydrogenation from an electrochemical perspective. Nat. Commun, 2024, 15, 7509. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51926-1.
Yan Wei, Zijie Mao, Tian-Wen Jiang, Hong Li, Xian-Yin Ma, Chao Zhan,* Wen-Bin Cai*. Uncovering Photoelectronic and Photothermal Effects in Plasmon-Mediated Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63(13),202317740. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202317740.
Tian-Wen Jiang, Xianxian Qin, Ke Ye, Wei-Yi Zhang, Hong Li, Wenhui Liu, Shengjuan Huo, Xia-Guang Zhang,* Kun Jiang,* Wen-Bin Cai*. An Interactive Study of Catalyst and Mechanism for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to Formate on Pd Surfaces.Appl. Catal. B-Environ., 2023, 334: 122815. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.122815.
Zijie Mao,# Chen Ding,# Xuan Liu, Qing Zhang, Xianxian Qin, Hong Li, Fan Yang, Qing Li,* Xia-Guang Zhang,* Junliang Zhang, Wen-Bin Cai*.Interstitial B-doping in Pt Lattice to Upgrade Oxygen Electroreduction Performance. ACS Catal., 2022, 12(15): 8848-8856. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c01052.
Kun Jiang,* Xian-Yin Ma, Seoin Back,* Jiajun Zhao, Fangling Jiang, Xianxian Qin, Junliang Zhang, Wen-Bin Cai*. Local Coordination and Reactivity of a Pt Single-Atom Catalyst as Probed by Spectroelectrochemical and Computational approaches. CCS Chem., 2021, 3(12): 241-251. DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.020.202000667.
Ya-Wei Zhou, Ya-Feng Chen, Kun Jiang, Zhen Liu, Zi-Jie Mao, Wei-Yi Zhang, Wen-Feng Lin*, Wen-Bin Cai*. Probing the Enhanced Methanol Electrooxidation Mechanism on Platinum-Metal Oxide Catalyst. Appl. Catal. B-Environ., 2021, 280: 119393. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119393.
Xianxian Qin, Hong Li , Songhai Xie, Kai Li, Tianwen Jiang, Xian-Yin Ma, Kun Jiang, Qing Zhang, Osamu Terasaki, Zhijian Wu*, Wen-Bin Cai*. Mechanistic Analysis Guided Pd-Based Catalysts for Efficient Hydrogen Production from Formic Acid Dehydrogenation. ACS Catal., 2020, 10(6): 3921-3932. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c00225.
Bei Jiang, Xia-Guang Zhang, Kun Jiang, De-Yin Wu*, Wen-Bin Cai*. Boosting Formate Production in Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction over Wide Potential Window on Pd Surfaces. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140(8): 2880–2889. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b12506.
Jiang, K.; Xu, K.; Zou, S.; Cai, W. B.* B-Doped Pd Catalyst: Boosting Room-Temperature Hydrogen Production from Formic Acid–Formate Solutions. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136(13): 4861-4864. DOI: 10.1021/ja5008917.
Wang, J. Y.; Zhang, H. X.; Jiang, K.; Cai, W. B.*. From HCOOH to CO at Pd electrodes: A surface-enhanced infrared spectroscopy study. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133 (38), 14876-14879 DOI: 10.1021/ja205747j.
