Educations and Work Experiences：

PhD., Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2004.09-2007.07)

Visiting Scholar, University of California, Riverside (USA)  (2011.04-2012.04)

Postdoc, University of California, Riverside (USA) (2014.05-2016.05)

Prof. Shaanxi Normal University (From 2007 to now)

Research interests:

Functional Coordination Chemistry and Crystal Engineering

Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) Materials

Awards and Honors:

Director, Shaanxi Higher Education Association, 2026

Baosteel Outstanding Teacher Award, 2025

Lu Jiaxi Outstanding Supervisor Award, 2025

Deputy Director, Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, 2022

First Prize of Shaanxi University Science and Technology Award, 2020

Young Chang Jiang Scholar, Ministry of Education, 2019

Second Prize of Shaanxi Provincial Natural Science Award, 2019

New Star of Science and Technology for Young Scholars of Shaanxi Province, 2014

New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET), Ministry of Education, 2012

Research Projects as Principal Investigator:

1. National Key R&D Program Project, Grant No. 2022YFA1205501, “Fabrication of Photosensitive Crystalline Organic Nanoporous Materials”, May 2023 – April 2028, RMB 7.00 million.

2. General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 22471149, “Controlled Synthesis of Cluster–Cluster Ultramicroporous Coordination Frameworks and Their Applications in Separation and Conversion of Low-Calorific-Value Coal Gas”, January 2025 – December 2028, RMB 0.50 million.

3. General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 22071140, “High-Efficiency Gas Adsorption and Separation Performance of Metal–Organic Frameworks via Precise Pore Partitioning to Break the Trade-off Effect”, January 2021 – December 2024, RMB 0.63 million.

4. Shaanxi Coal Joint Fund Project, Grant No. 2021JLM-20, “High-Efficiency Adsorptive Separation and Catalytic Conversion of Pyrolysis Coal Gas Using MOF-Based Porous Materials”, January 2021 – December 2023, RMB 0.50 million.

5. Shaanxi Provincial Outstanding Youth Science Fund, Grant No. 2018JC-019, “Controllable Preparation and Performance Regulation of Functional Crystalline Coordination Materials”, January 2018 – December 2020, RMB 0.60 million.

6. General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 21671126, “Design and Synthesis of Magnesium-Based Porous Coordination Frameworks for CO₂ Capture and Conversion Applications”, January 2017 – December 2020, RMB 0.62 million.

7. General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 21271123, “Construction of Non-Centrosymmetric Functional Compounds Based on Imidazolium Ionic Liquids and Research on Their Photoelectric Properties”, January 2013 – December 2016, RMB 0.75 million.

Representative Publications

(1) Molecular-rotor-enhanced pore-space partition in metal-organic frameworks for boosting one-step ethylene purification.

Li-Qiu Yang, Jia-Yao Liu, Yan-Fei Li, Wen-Yu Yuan, Ying Wang, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2026, e7624038.

(2) Local-global synergistic pore space partition in metal-organic frameworks for boosting CO₂ capture and conversion.

Shu-Cong Fan, Yong-Peng Li*, Jia-Wen Wang, Chen-Chen Xing, Zi-Yuan Liu, Ying Wang, Wen-Yu Yuan*, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147, 39379−39390.

(3) Pore-space-partition-oriented sandwich platinum array confined in a metal-organic framework for boosting overall water splitting.

Jia-Min Huo, Ying Wang*, Ze-Lin Ma, Jie Meng, Tian-Shu He, Bo-Lin Sun, Shu-Ni Li*, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147, 21855−21864.

(4) Molecular-rotor-engineered various interpenetrated degrees and modes of metal-organic frameworks with tunable porosity and stability for benchmark ternary C₂H₂/CO₂/C₂H₄ separation.

Zhen-Hua Guo,⁺ Li-Qiu Yang,⁺ Quan-Guo Zhai*, Guo-Ping Yang*, Yao-Yu Wang, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, e202519278.

(5) Metal cluster-powered ultramicropore alliance in pore-space-partitioned metal-organic frameworks for benchmark one-step ethylene purification.

Shu-Yi Li, Shu-Cong Fan, Peng Zhang, Wen-Yu Yuan, Ying Wang, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Chem, 2024, 10, 2761-2775.

(6) Rational structure transformation triggered by titanium modulation in metal-organic frameworks for efficient flue gas utilization

Shu-Cong Fan, Jia-Wen Wang, Wenyu Yuan*, Peng Zhang, Ying Wang, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Chem, 2024, 10, 1804-1820.

(7) De-linker-enabled exceptional volumetric acetylene storage capacity and benchmark C₂H₂/C₂H₄ and C₂H₂/CO₂ separations in metal-organic frameworks.

Jia-Wen Wang, Shu-Cong Fan, Hai-Peng Li, Xianhui Bu*, Ying-Ying Xue, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202217839.

(8) Radical-bridged heterometallic single-molecule magnets incorporating four lanthanoceniums.

Peng Zhang*, Qian-Cheng Luo, Zhenhua Zhu, Wanrong He, Nan Song, Junting Lv, Xuning Wang, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Yan-Zhen Zheng*, Jinkui Tang*, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202218540.

(9) Competitive coordination-oriented monodispersed ruthenium sites in conductive MOF/LDH heteronanotree catalysts for efficient overall water splitting in alkaline media.

Ying Wang, Shuo Wang, Ze-Lin Ma, Li-Ting Yan, Xue-Bo Zhao, Ying-Ying Xue, Jia-Min Huo, Xiao Yuan, Shu-Ni Li, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Advanced Materials, 2022, 2107488.

(10) Precise pore space partition combined with high-density hydrogen-bonding acceptor within a metal-organic framework for highly efficient acetylene storage and separation.

Ying-Ying Xue, Xiao-Ying Bai, Jing Zhang, Ying Wang, Shu-Ni Li, Yu-Cheng Jiang, Man-Cheng Hu, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 10122-10128.

(11) Lattice matching growth of conductive hierarchical porous MOF/LDH heteronanotube arrays for highly efficient water oxidation.

Ying Wang, Liting Yan, Kamran Dastafkan, Chuan Zhao*, Xuebo Zhao, Yingying Xue, Jiamin Huo, Shuni Li, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Advanced Materials, 2021, 2006351.

(12) Ultramicroporous building unit as a path to bi-microporous metal-organic framework with high acetylene storage and separation performance.

Yong-Peng Li, Ying Wang, Ying-Ying Xue, Hai-Peng Li, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Shu-Ni Li, Yu-Cheng Jiang, Man-Cheng Hu, Xianhui Bu*, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 13590-13595.

(13) Pore space partition in metal-organic frameworks.

Quan-Guo Zhai, Xianhui Bu, Xiang Zhao, Dong-Sheng Li, Pingyun Feng, Accounts of Chemical Research, 2017, 50, 407-417.

(14) Systematic and dramatic tuning on gas sorption performance in heterometallic metal-organic frameworks.

Quan-Guo Zhai, Xianhui Bu; Chengyu Mao, Xiang Zhao, Pingyun Feng, , Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016, 138, 2524-2527.

(15) An ultra-tunable platform for molecular engineering of high-performance crystalline porous materials.

Quan-Guo Zhai, Xianhui Bu, Chengyu Mao, Xiang Zhao, Luke Daemen, Yongqiang Cheng, Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta, Pingyun Feng, Nature Communications, 2016, 7, 13645.

(16) Cooperative crystallization of heterometallic indium–chromium metal–organic polyhedra and their fast proton conductivity.

Quan-Guo Zhai, Chengyu Mao, Xiang Zhao, Qipu Lin, Fei Bu, Xitong Chen, Xianhui Bu, Pingyun Feng, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54, 7886-7890.