Title: Special Associate Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor
Contact number:
Department: Optical Physics
E-mail: zhonglx@bit.edu.cn
Address: A307 Building, Liangxiang Campus, Beijing Institute of Technology, Fangshan District, Beijing

Combining theory with experiment, research on reaction mechanism, energetic materials, new energy and other fields, including the following aspects:
1. Study on the properties and reaction mechanism of energetic materials;
2. Study on catalytic reaction mechanism;
3. Study of surface/interface properties of materials;
4. Research on energy conversion and storage.

2016-07-2020-06, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, PhD
2013-09 to 2016-06, Tsinghua University, Master
2008-09 to 2012-07, University of Science and Technology of China, B.S.

2022-01 till now, Beijing Institute of Technology, Special Associate Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor
2020-08 to 2021-12, Postdoctoral Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Approved by the national high-level young Talent Program, presided over the National Natural Science Foundation Youth project, Beijing Institute of Technology young teachers academic start-up project. Has published more than 40 papers, h-index (H-index) 25, In recent years, he has been the corresponding author or first author (including co-author) in Nature Sustainability, JACS, Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, ACS Nano, Nano Energy, ACS Catalysis, ACS Materials Letters, Green Chemistry, Nanoscale and other journals published 17 papers. The representative papers are as follows (corresponding authors *, together #) :
[1] Wu W, Feng C, Chen M, Tan Q, Deng Y, Zeng C, Zhong L*, Dai C*. Novel benzimidazole-linked microporous conjugated polymers for highly selective adsorption and photocatalytic reduction of diluted CO2. Green Chemistry (2023).
[2] Yin Y, Zhang X, Li A, Lyu J, Zhong L*, Liu R*. High-Precision and Rapid In Situ Ore Element Detection Based on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2023).
[3] Li A, Zhang X, Yin Y, Wang X, He Y, Shan Y, Ying Z, Liu X, Zhong L*, Liu R*. High-accuracy measurement on heat of detonation with good robustness by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy of Energetic Materials. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (2023).
[4] Chai C, Shu Q, Su Q, Wang J, Lv X, Wang D*, Zhong L*. Theoretical investigation on intermolecular interactions, co-crystal structure, thermal decomposition mechanism, and shock properties of 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) and ammonium perchlorate. CrystEngComm (2023).
[5] Li Q, Zhang J*, Zhong L*, Geng F, Tao Y, Geng C, Li S, Hu B, Yang Q-H*. Unraveling the key atomic interactions in determining the varying Li/Na/K storage mechanism of hard carbon anodes. Advanced Energy Materials (2022).
[6] Lv C#, Zhong L#, Liu H#, Fang Z, Yan C, Chen M, Kong Y, Lee C, Liu D, Li S*, Liu J, Song L*, Chen G, Yan Q*, Yu G*. Selective electrocatalytic synthesis of urea with nitrate and carbon dioxide. Nature Sustainability (2021).
[7] Zhong L, Zhang L*, Li S*. Understanding the activity of carbon-based single-atom electrocatalysts from ab initio simulations. ACS Materials Letters (2021).
[8] Gu H#, Zhong L#, Shi G, Li J, Yu K, Li J, Zhang S, Zhu C, Chen S, Yang C, Kong Y, Chen C, Li S*, Zhang J*, Zhang L*. Graphdiyne/graphene heterostructure: a universal 2D scaffold anchoring monodispersed transition-metal phthalocyanines for selective and durable CO2 electroreduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2021).
[9] Lv C#, Zhou X#, Zhong L#, Yan C, Srinivasan M, Seh Z W, Liu C, Pan H, Li S*, Wen Y*, Yan Q*. Machine learning: an advanced platform for materials development and state prediction in lithium ion batteries. Advanced Materials (2021).
[10] Shang L#, Lv X#, Zhong L#, Li S*, Zheng G*. Efficient CO2 electroreduction to ethanol by Cu3Sn catalyst. Small Methods (2021).
[11] Zhong L, Li S*. Unconventional oxygen reduction reaction mechanism and scaling relation on single-atom catalysts. ACS Catalysis (2020).
[12] Zhu C#, Zhang Z#, Zhong L#, Hsu C-S#, Xu X, Li Y, Zhao S, Chen S, Yu J, Chen S, Wu M, Gao P, Li S*, Chen H M*, Liu K*, Zhang L*. Product-specific active site motifs of Cu for electrochemical CO2 reduction. Chem (2020).
[13] Zhong L, Li S*. Crystal phase effect upon O2 activation on gold surfaces through intrinsic strain. Nanoscale (2019).
[14] Liang Q#, Zhong L#, Du C, Luo Y, Zhao J, Zheng Y, Xu J, Ma J, Liu C, Li S*, Yan Q*. Interfacing epitaxial dinickel phosphide to 2D nickel thiophosphate nanosheets for boosting electrocatalytic water splitting. ACS Nano (2019).
[15] Dai C#, Zhong L#, Gong X, Zeng L, Xue C, Li S*, Liu B*. Triphenylamine based conjugated microporous polymers for selective photoreduction of CO2 to CO under visible light. Green Chemistry (2019).
[16] Liang Q#, Zhong L#, Du C, Luo Y, Zheng Y, Li S, Yan Q*. Achieving highly efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution with ultrathin 2D Fe-doped nickel thiophosphate nanosheets. Nano Energy (2018).
[17] Zhong L, Li J*, Li Y*, Lu H, Du H, Gan L, Xu C, Chiang S W, Kang F. Unraveling the influence of metal substrates on graphene nucleation from first-principles study. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2016).
[18] Wei J, Zhong L, Xia H, Lv Z, Diao C, Zhang W, Li X, Du Y, Xi S, Salanne M, Chen X, Li S. Metal ion oligomerization inside electrified carbon micropores and its effect on capacitive charge storage. Advanced Materials (2021).
[19] Li J, Zhong L, Tong L, Yu Y, Liu Q, Zhang S, Yin C, Qiao L, Li S, Si R, Zhang J. Atomic Pd on graphdiyne/graphene heterostructure as efficient catalyst for aromatic nitroreduction. Advanced Functional Materials (2019).
[20] Niu B, Zhong L, Hao W, Yang Z, Duan X, Cai D, He P, Jia D, Li S, Zhou Y. First-principles study of the anisotropic thermal expansion and thermal transport properties in h-BN. SCIENCE CHINA Materials (2020).