Educations and Work Experiences：

PhD., Fuzhou University (China), (2008.09-2013.07）

Exchange student, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore),  (2012.09-2013.02)

Postdoc, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore),  (2013.10-2015.12)

Associate professor, Shaanxi Normal University (2015.05-2022.12)

Professor, Shaanxi Normal University (From 2023 to now)

Research Interests:

Photocatalysis

Photoelectrochemistry

Awards and Honors:

Youth Editorial Board Member of Photocatalysis: Research and Potential, 2026

Special Prize of Shaanxi Higher Education Institutions Outstanding Scientific and Technological Research Achievement Awar, 2018(5/8)

Shaanxi Province Youth Science and Technology New Star, 2022

Research Projects as Principal Investigator :

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program), Grant No. 22679110, “Construction of Interfacial Integrated "A-C-D" Units and Their Mechanism in Photocatalytic Methane-to-Ethylene Conversion”, January 2027-December 2030, 500,000 CNY.

2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program), Grant No. 21872089, “Construction and Mechanism of Coupling Photocatalytic System of Ullmann C-C Coupling and Selective Oxidation of Alcohol”, January 2019-December 2022, 650,000 CNY.

3. National Natural Science Foundation of China (Young Scientists Fund), Grant No. 21503127, “Study on Designed Synthesis and Mechanism of Dual Molecular Junction Photocatalysts for Photocatalytic Water Splitting”, January 2016-December 2018, 210,000 CNY.

4. Shaanxi Province Youth Science and Technology New Star Program, Grant No. 2022KJXX-28, “Construction of Dual Active Sites on Photocatalyst Surfaces for Carbonylation Reactions”, January 2022-December 2023, 100,000 CNY.

5. Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (General Program), Grant No. 2025JC-YBMS-148, “Creation of Photocatalysts Based on Transition-State H₂O-CO₂ Bimolecular Activation and Exploration of Novel Mechanisms for Artificial Photosynthesis”, January 2025-December 2026, 50,000 CNY.

6. Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (General Program), Grant No. 2017JM2008, “Design and Synthesis of Photocatalysts for Water Splitting Based on Surface Organometallic Chemistry”, January 2017-December 2018, 40,000 CNY.

7. Open Project of the State Key Laboratory of Fluorine & Nitrogen Chemicals, Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Grant No. 204-J-2024-2601, “Photocatalytic Isomerization of Alkenes for the Synthesis of cis-Hydrofluoroolefins”, December 2024-December 2026, 100,000 CNY.

Representative Publications:

(1) Donor-length engineering in directly linked covalent heptazine frameworks for photocatalytic H₂O₂ production.

Sanqi Liang, Yufan Zhang, Ming Hou, Yanyan Wang, Jiwu Zhao*, Quan Gu* and Ziwei Gao*, Nature Communications, 2026, 17, 5386.

(2) General method for carbon–heteroatom cross-coupling reactions via semiheterogeneous red-light metallaphotocatalysis.

Geyang Song, Wei Zhang, Jiameng Song, Qi Li, Yuyu Feng, Hongyu Liang, Tengfei Kang, Jianyang Dong, Gang Li, Juan Fan, Xue-Peng Zhang, Quan Gu*, Chao Wang and Dong Xue*, Nature Communications, 2025, 16(1), 7045.

(3) Balancing surface single-atom Ti active sites and N vacancies for controlled synthesis of azo- and azoxy-aromatics.

Wei Zhang, Jiwu Zhao, Ning Han, Yuxuan Zhang, Yanyan Wang, Ziwei Gao*, Quan Gu*, Journal of Catalysis, 2025, 450, 116326.

(4) Tandem dual-heterojunctions in Au/ZnGa₂O₄/ZnO for promoted photocatalytic nonoxidative coupling of methane.

Yuxuan Zhang, Yubo Zhang, Han Wu, Yanyan Wang, Quan Gu*, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 2024, 358, 124427.

(5) Grafting a Rh-bipyridine complex on carbon nitride through coordination: ligand modification of single-atom Rh for enhanced CO₂ reduction and inhibited H⁺ reduction.

Ling Li, Yulu Mao, Jiwu Zhao, Yuxuan Zhang, Han Wu, Quan Gu*, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024, 12(26), 15762–15771.

(6) Regulating CO and H₂ ratios in syngas produced from photocatalytic CO₂/H₂O reduction by Cu and Co dual active centers on carbon nitride hollow nanospheres.

Wei Zhang, Quan Gu*, Xianliang Fu, Yanyan Wang, Yajun Jian, Huaming Sun, Ziwei Gao*, Inorganic Chemistry, 2023, 62(33), 13615–13625.

(7) Low-crystalline PdCu alloy on large-area ultrathin 2D carbon nitride nanosheets for efficient photocatalytic Suzuki coupling.

Xiaoxia Jia, Jiwu Zhao, Yujing Lv, Xianliang Fu, Yajun Jian, Weiqiang Zhang, Yanyan Wang, Huaming Sun, Xuxu Wang, Jinlin Long, Peng Yang*, Quan Gu*, Ziwei Gao*, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2022, 300, 120756.

(8) Sn-Triggered Two-Dimensional Fast Protein Assembly with Emergent Functions.

Bassam Saif, Wenxin Zhang, Xu Zhang, Quan Gu*, Peng Yang*, ACS Nano, 2019, 13(7), 7736-7749.

(9) Amorphous NiO as co-catalyst for enhanced visible-light-driven hydrogen generation over g-C₃N₄ photocatalyst.

Jianni Liu, Qiaohui Jia, Jinlin Long, Xuxu Wang, Ziwei Gao, Quan Gu*, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2018, 222, 35-43.

(10) Compact carbon nitride based copolymer film with controllable thickness for photoelectrochemical water splitting.

Quan Gu, Xuezhong Gong, Qiaohui Jia, Jianni Liu, Ziwei Gao, Xuxu Wang, Jinlin Long, Can Xue*, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5, 19062-19071.

(11) Self-Sensitized Carbon Nitride Microspheres for Long-Lasting Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Generation.

Quan Gu, Ziwei Gao, Can Xue*, Small, 2016, 12, 3543–3549.

(12) Template-free synthesis of porous graphitic carbon nitride microspheres for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen generation with high stability.

Quan Gu, Yusen Liao, Lisha Yin, Jinlin Long, Xuxu Wang, Can Xue*, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2015, 165, 503-510.

(13) Single-site Sn grafted Ru/TiO₂ photocatalysts for biomass reforming: Synergistic effect of dual cocatalysts and molecular mechanism.

Quan Gu, Jinlin Long*, Lizhou Fan, Liming Chen, Lulu Zhao, Xuxu Wang*, Journal of Catalysis, 2013, 303, 141-155.

(14) Single-site tin grafted anatase TiO₂ for photocatalytic hydrogen production: towards understanding the nature of interfacial molecular junctions formed in semiconducting composite photocatalysts.

Quan Gu, Jinlin Long*, Yangen Zhou, Rusheng Yuan, Huaxiang Lin, Xuxu Wang*, Journal of Catalysis, 2012, 289, 88-99.

(15) Photocatalytic reforming of C₃-polyols for H₂ production Part II. FTIR study on the adsorption and photocatalytic reforming reaction of 2-propanol on Pt/TiO₂.

Quan Gu, Xianliang Fu, Xuxu Wang*, Shifu Chen, Dennis Y. C. Leung, Xiuqiang Xie, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2011, 106, 689-696. 1.