An Research Group

Dr. Yunxuan Ding

Address: 122 Luoshi Street, State Key Lab of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China.

Email:yxding@whut.edu.cn Tel: (86)17786498525


EDUCATION

2016.12-2020.7 PhD in Computational Chemistry, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom

2015.9-2016.11 M.Phil in Computational Chemistry, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom

2011.9-2015.6  BEng in Applied Chemistry (Fine Chemical Engineering), East China University of Science and Technology, China

WORK EXPERIENCE

2026.1-Present Lecturer, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, China

2022.9-2025.12 Assistant Research Fellow, Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels, Westlake University, China

2020.9-2022.9 Postdoctoral Researcher, Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels, Westlake University, China

RESEARCH INTEREST

The fundamental scientific research directions mainly include:

1. Theoretical research on the reaction mechanisms of the solar fuel system;

2. Theoretical rresearch on the physical properties of photovoltaic materials.

SELECTED PUBLICATION

  1. Ding, Y.; Shen, Y.; Lee, M. H.; Wang, H.; Hu, P.; Huang, M. Insights into the dynamic electron-hole separation process induced by a trapped electron in lead halide perovskites in the presence of solutions. JACS Au 2025, 5, 1738-1745.

  2. Ding, Y.#; Du, J.#; Wang, T.; Sun, L. Identifying the active site of water oxidation catalyst based on defective Fe-doped Ni oxyhydroxide. CCS Chem. 2024, 6, 365-376.

  3. Wei, Z.;Ding, Y.*; Shi, W.; Zhang, F.; Song, Y.; Cui, X.; Guo, Y.; Sun, L.; Jiang, Q.; Zhang, B. Lanthanum-assisted lattice anchoring of iridium in Co3O4 for efficient oxygen evolution reaction in low-iridium water electrolysis. Nat. Commun. 2025,16, 8145.

  4. Cui, X.#;Ding, Y.#; Zhang, F.; Cao, X.; Guo, Y.; Sun, L.; Zhang, B. Reserved charges in long-lived NiOOH phase drive catalytic water oxidation. Nat. Chem. 2026, 18, 120-127.

  5. Li, W.#;Ding, Y.#; Zhao, Y.#; Li, Z.; Lin, G.; Wang, L.; Sun, L. Zwitterion-modified NiFe OER catalyst achieving ultra-stable anion exchange membrane water electrolysis via dynamic alkaline microenvironment engineering. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2025, e202505924.

Awards and Honors

  1. Excellent Post Award (the 7th International Symposium on Solar Fuels and Solar cells)

  2. Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) and QUB Joint Scholarship (Queen’s University Belfast)