Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, focusing on the development and application of atomic-scale metal catalysts. Published more than 10 papers as first/corresponding author in top journals including Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and Energy & Environmental Science. Authorized 1 invention patent and applied for 4 more. Principal Investigator of projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation, and Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation. Youth Editorial Board member of several international journals.

█Research Interests

Exploration, synthesis and structural regulation of 1D ordered single-atom materials
High-efficiency catalytic conversion of energy-related small molecules

█Professional & Education Experience

Apr. 2025 – Present | Carbon Neutrality Laboratory, School of New Energy, Ningbo University of Technology | Associate Professor

Apr. 2022 – Mar. 2025 | Division of Advanced Materials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, CAS | Postdoc / Assistant Professor

Jul. 2018 – Mar. 2022 | University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale | Postdoc / Associate Researcher

Sep. 2012 – Jun. 2018 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS | Ph.D.

Sep. 2008 – Jul. 2012 | Henan Normal University, Chemistry | B.Sc.

█Principal Investigator (PI) Projects

National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 22505287, 2026.01–2028.12, ￥300,000, Ongoing
Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China, No. LQN26B010003, 2026.01–2027.12, ￥100,000, Ongoing
Basic Research Program of Jiangsu, No. BK20240471, 2024.09–2027.08, ￥200,000, Ongoing
Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, No. LCCU-KF-2025B-02, 2025.11–2027.10, ￥50,000, Ongoing
Jiangsu Excellent Postdoctoral Program, No. 2022ZB849, 2022.06–2025.03, ￥300,000, Completed
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, No. 2019M662163, 2019.11–2020.12, ￥80,000, Completed

█Selected Publications (*Corresponding Author, #Co-First Author)

Junyi Du, Shuai Liu, Ye Liu, Geng Wu, Xiaocheng Liu, Wujun Zhang, Yong Zhang, Xun Hong*, Qingwen Li*, Lixing Kang*. One-Dimensional High-Entropy Compounds. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024, 146, 8464. (Selected for JACS Spotlights)
Minxing Du*, Junyi Du#,*, Huili Fu#, Lin Geng, Xiaoxuan Xie, Chengxu Zhou, Yunlei Zhong, Yong Zhang, Dan Tian*, Lixing Kang*. Quasi‐industrial Preparation of SWCNTs‐confined High‐entropy Oxides as Self‐supported Electrodes for Continuous Electrosynthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2025, 64, e202501669.
Yike Xu#, Junyi Du#, Jingyun Jiang#, Yumin Miao, Zechao Zhuang, Zhenyu Liu, Yuanyuan Yan, Rongrong Pan, Jin Yang, Meiling Wang*, Shaonan Gu*, Lixing Kang*, Dingsheng Wang. Co Nanoparticle: An Efficient H-pump for Pt Single Atoms Towards Enhanced Hydrogen Spillover. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2025, 64, e202502227.
Zhenyu Liu#, Junyi Du#, Jin Yang, Yuanyuan Yan, Yatong Wang, Meiling Wang*, Tian Wang*, Lixing Kang*, Dingsheng Wang. Precision N-Species Engineering in Pt–N4 via Ring-Reconstruction towards Efficient Alkaline Water Electrolysis. Energy & Environmental Science 2025, 18, 6780.
Yuanyuan Yan#, Junyi Du#, Chenyang Li, Jin Yang, Yike Xu, Meiling Wang*, Yapeng Li, Tian Wang*, Xiaosong Li, Xianming Zhang, Huang Zhou, Xun Hong, Yuen Wu*, Lixing Kang*. H-Buffer Effects Boosting H-Spillover for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Energy & Environmental Science 2024, 17, 6024.
Junyi Du#, Yan Huang#, Zixiang Huang#, Geng Wu, Bei Wu, Xiao Han, Cai Chen, Xusheng Zheng, Peixin Cui, Yuen Wu, Jun Jiang*, Xun Hong*. Reversing the Catalytic Selectivity of Single-Atom Ru via Support Amorphization. JACS Au 2022, 2, 1078.
Junyi Du, Geng Wu, Kuang Liang, Jia Yang, Yida Zhang, Yue Lin, Xusheng Zheng, Zhen‐Qiang Yu*, Yuen Wu*, Xun Hong*. Rapid Controllable Synthesis of Atomically Dispersed Co on Carbon under High Voltage within One Minute. Small 2021, 17, 2007264.
Junyi Du, Chengxia Miao, Chungu Xia, Yong-Min Lee, Wonwoo Nam*, Wei Sun*. Mechanistic Insights into the Enantioselective Epoxidation of Olefins by Bioinspired Manganese Complexes: Role of Carboxylic Acid and Nature of Active Oxidant. ACS Catalysis 2018, 8, 4528.
Bei Wu#, Junyi Du#, Geng Wu#, Peigen Liu, Rongbo Sun, Xiao Han, Xusheng Zheng, Qingwei Zhang, Xun Hong*. Amorphous Strategy to Nickel Oxide Nanosheets for Highly Active and Selective Hydrogenation Reaction. Science China Materials 2023, 66, 3895.
Xinwei Shi, Junyi Du*, Zhao-Sheng Xu, Jin-Feng Du, Xing-Pei Liu, Jing-Shuai Chen, Chang-Jie Mao*, BaoKang Jin. Steering the Construction of Amorphous/Crystalline Hierarchical Structure for Accelerating the Oxygen Evolution Reaction Rate. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2022, 47, 40895.

█Patents

Gram-scale supported single-atom catalyst, preparation method and application thereof, ZL202211474976.3
High-entropy metal phosphide nanowires, preparation method and application thereof, CN202311810521.9
Method for rapidly preparing nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes, CN202411792735.2
Carbon nanotube coaxial heterojunction material, mass preparation method and application thereof, CN202511247720.2
Carbon nanotube-embedded metal oxide composite material, preparation method and application thereof, CN202511245214.X

█Academic Presentations

The 12th International Conference on Advanced Fibers and Polymer Materials, Shanghai, Nov 2025, Invited Talk
The 2nd New Energy Materials Industry Innovation Conference, Ningbo, Jun 2025, Invited Talk
34th Annual Conference of the Chinese Chemical Society, Guangzhou, Jun 2024, Oral Presentation
The 20th National Youth Symposium on Catalysis, Dalian, May 2024, Oral Presentation

█Academic Services

Youth Editorial Board Member: Nano-Micro Letters, Advanced Powder Materials, Materials Futures, Carbon Neutralization, Chinese Chemical Letters.