2013.09 - 2016.07 Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ph.D.
2010.09 - 2013.07 Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Master.
2006.09 - 2010.07 South China University of Technology, Bachelor.

2020.12-present Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2018.10-2020.12 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
2017.06-2018.10 Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University, Canada

1. Baowen Zhou，International Conference on Carbon Neutrality 2023 (ICCN 2023), Shanghai, Invited, 2023
2. Baowen Zhou，2023-International Joint Graduate Course on Sustainable Energy, Tokyo, Japan, Invited，2023
3. Baowen Zhou，The 6th International Conference on Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Beijing, Invited，2023
4. Baowen Zhou, The 5th Chinese Symposium on Photocatalytic Materials, Hubei Wuhan, Invited, 2023
5. Baowen Zhou，The 24th Cross Strait Symposium on Energy and Environmental Science and Technology, Keynote, 2022
6. Baowen Zhou, 2022 International Conference on Energy Storage Technology and Power Systems , Invited, 2022
7. Baowen Zhou, The 61st Electronic Materials Conference, USA, Oral, 2019

Our group's research interest is focused on the development of new generation Carbon-Neutral Energy Device, System and Solution (CEDSS) for green hydrogen, solar fuels and biofuels from water, carbon dioxide, biomass, nitrogen, and plastics, as well as on green power technologies. We have openings at all levels including appealing opportunities for Postdoctors, Ph.D Candidates, Master Students, and Undergraduates. Please send your CV to zhoubw@sjtu.edu.cn if you are interested.

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China
2. Shanghai Pilot Program for Basic Research
3. The Oceanic Interdisciplinary Program of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
4. Startup Fund by Shanghai Jiao Tong University

†Equal contribution, *Corresponding author

At SJTU.
1. B. W. Zhou†*, Y. J. Ma†, P. F. Ou†, Z. W. Ye†, X. Y. Li, S. Vanka, T. Ma, H. D. Sun, P. Wang, P. Zhou, J. K. Cooper, Y. X. Xiao, I. A. Navid, J. Pan, J. Song*, and Z. T. Mi*, Light-driven synthesis of C2H6 from CO2 and H2O on a bimetallic AuIr composite supported on InGaN nanowires. Nat. Catal. 2023, DOI:10.1038/s41929-023-01023-1.
2. 李景林，周宝文*. Aulr@InGaN纳米组装体人工光合成C2+燃料联产H2O2，科学通报，2023，https://doi.org/10.1360/TB-2023-0969.
3. J. X. Zhai, Z. H. Xia, B. W. Zhou*, H. H. Wu*, T. Xue, X. Chen, J. P. Jiao, S. Q. Jia, M. Y. He*, B. X. Han*, Photo-thermal coupling to enhance CO2 hydrogenation toward CH4 over Ru/MnO/Mn3O4. 2023, Nat. Commun. 2023, Accepted.
4. D. K. Li†, Z. W. Wu†, Y. X. Li†, X. X. Fan, S.M Najib Hasan, S. Arafin, Md A. Rahman, J. L. Li, Z. Z. Wang, T. Q. Yu, X. H. Kong*, L. Zhu, S. Md. Sadaf*, B. W. Zhou*. A semiconducting hybrid of RhOx/GaN@InGaN for simultaneous activation of methane and water toward syngas by photocatalysis. PNAS NEXUS 2023, DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad347.
5. J. L. Li†, B. W. Sheng†, Y. Q. Chen†, J. J. Yang, T. Ma, C. You, Y. X. Li, T. Q. Yu, J. Song*, H. Pan, X. Q. Wang*, B. W. Zhou*. Nickel-iron bimetal as a cost-effective cocatalyst for light-driven hydrogen release from methanol in water. ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 10153–10160.
6. Y. X. Li, S. M. Sadaf*, B. W. Zhou*, Ga(X)N/Si nanoarchitecture: An emerging semiconductor
platform for sunlight-powered water splitting toward hydrogen. Front. Energy 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-023-0881-9.
7. B. W. Zhou†*, J. L. Li†, X. Y. Dong, L. Yao*, GaN Nanowires/Si Photocathodes for CO2 Reduction towards Solar Fuels and Chemicals: Advances, Challenges, and Prospects. Sci. China Chem. 2023, 66, 739-754.
8. B. W. Zhou*, S. H. Sun*, Approaching the commercial threshold of solar water splitting toward hydrogen by III-nitrides nanowires. Front. Energy 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-023-0870-z.
9. P. Zhou, I. A. Navid, Y. J. Ma, Y. X. Xiao, P. Wang, Z. W. Ye, B. W. Zhou, K. Sun, Z. T. Mi*, Solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of more than 9% in photocatalytic water splitting. Nature 2023, 613, 66-70.
10. Z. Z. Wang†, B. W. Sheng†, Y. Q. Chen†, S. M. Sadaf, J. L. Li, J. J. Yang, J. Song*, L. Yao, Y. Yu*, L. Zhu, X. Q. Wang*, Z. Huang, B. W. Zhou*. Photocatalytic syngas production from bio-derived glycerol and water on AuIn-decorated GaN nanowires supported by Si wafer. Green Chem. 2023，25，288-295.
11. X. Y. Zou, A. Li, C. Ma, Z. Gao, B. W. Zhou, L. Zhu*, Z. Huang. Nitrogen-doped carbon confined Cu-Ag bimetals for efficient electroreduction of CO2 to high-order products. Chem. Eng. J. 2023, 468, 143606.
12. Y. X. Xiao†, X. H. Kong†, S. Vanka†, W. J. Dong†, G. S. Zeng, Z. W. Ye, K. Sun, I. A. Navid, B. W. Zhou, T. Ma, M. Francesca, H. Guo*, Z. T. Mi*, Oxynitrides enabled photoelectrochemical water splitting with over 3,000 hrs stable operation in practical two-electrode configuration. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 2047.
13. R. T. Rashid†, Y. Q. Chen†, X. D. Liu , M. X. Liu , J. Song , Z. T. Mi*, B. W. Zhou*, Tunable Green Syngas Generation from CO2 and H2O with Sunlight as the Only Energy Input. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2022, 119, 26, e2121174119.
14. J. L. Li†, B. W. Sheng†, Y. Q. Chen†, S. M. Sadaf, J. J. Yang, P. Wang, H. Pan, T. Ma, L. Zhu, J. Song*, H. Lin, X. Q. Wang*, Z. Huang*, B. W. Zhou*. Oxynitride-surface engineering of rhodium-decorated gallium nitride for efficient thermocatalytic hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide. Commun. Chem. 2022, 5, 107.
15. J. X. Zhai, B. W. Zhou*, H. H. Wu*, S. Q. Jia, M. E. Chu, S. T. Han, W. Xia, M. Y. He*, B. X. Han*, Photocatalytic cleavage of C(sp3)-N bond in trialkylamines to dialkylamines and olefins. ChemSusChem. 2022, e202201119.
16. J. X. Zhai, B. W. Zhou*, H. H. Wu*, S. Q. Jia, M. E. Chu, S. T. Han, W. Xia, M. Y. He*, B. X. Han*, Selective photocatalytic aerobic oxidation of methane into carbon monoxide over Ag/AgCl@SiO2. Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 4616-4622.

Prior to SJTU
1. B. W. Zhou†, P. F. Ou†, N. Pant, S. B. Chen, S. Vanka, S. Chu, R. T. Rashid, G. Botton, J. Song*, Z. T. Mi*, Highly efficient binary copper-iron catalyst for photoelectrochemical carbon dioxide reduction toward methane. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2020, 117, 3, 1330-1338.
2. B. W. Zhou†, P. F. Ou†, R. T. Rashid†, S. Vanka, K. Sun, L. Yao, H. D. Sun, J. Song*, Z. T. Mi*, Few-atomic-layers iron for hydrogen evolution from water by photoelectrocatalysis. iScience. 2020, 23,101613.
3. B. W. Zhou†, X. H. Kong†, S. Vanka, S. B. Cheng, N. Pant, S. Chu, P. Ghamari, Y. C. Wang, G. Botton, H. Guo, Z. T. Mi*, A GaN:Sn nanoarchitecture integrated on a silicon platform for converting CO2 to HCOOH by photoelectrocatalysis. Energy Environ. Sci. 2019, 12, 2842-2848.
4. B. W. Zhou†, X. H. Kong†, S. Vanka, S. Chu, P. Ghamari, Y. C. Wang, N. Pant, I. Shih, H. Guo*, Z. T. Mi*, GaN nanowire as an outstanding linker of MoSx and planar silicon for photoelectrocatalytic water splitting. Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 3856.
5. B. W. Zhou, J. L. Song, C. Xie, C. J. Chen, Q. L. Qian, B. X. Han*, Mo-Bi-Cd ternary metal chalcogenides: highly efficient photocatalyst for CO2 reduction to formic acid under visible light. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2018, 6, 5754-5759.
6. B. W. Zhou, J. L. Song*, Z. R. Zhang, Z. W. Jiang, P. Zhang, B. X. Han*, Highly selective photocatalytic oxidation of biomass-derived chemicals to carboxyl compounds over Au/TiO2. Green Chem. 2017, 19, 1075-1081.
7. B. W. Zhou, J. L. Song*, T. B. Wu, H. Z. Liu, C. Xie, G. Y. Yang, B. X. Han*, Simultaneous and selective transformation of glucose to arabinose and nitrosobenzene to azoxybenzene driven by visible-light. Green Chem. 2016, 18, 3852-3857.
8. B. W. Zhou, J. L. Song*, H. C. Zhou, T. B. Wu, B. X. Han*, Using the hydrogen and oxygen in water directly for hydrogenation reactions and glucose oxidation by photocatalysis. Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 463–468.
9. B. W. Zhou, J. L. Song*, H. C. Zhou, L. Q. Wu, T. B. Wu, Z. M. Liu, B. X. Han*, Light-driven integration of the reduction of nitrobenzene to aniline and the transformation of glycerol into valuable chemicals in water. RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 36347-36352.
10. B. W. Zhou, C. Y. Ha, L. L. Deng, J. Q. Mo, C. N. Sun, M. M. Shen*, Preparation of surfactant with the aid of ultrasonic treatment via alkylation of sodium lignosulfonate. Acta Polym. Sin. 2013, 11, 1363-1368.
11. S. Vanka, B. W. Zhou, R. A. Awni, Z. N. Song, F. A. Chowdhury, X. D. Liu, H. Hajibabaei, W. Shi, Y. X. Xiao, I. A. Navid, A. Pandey, R. Chen, G. A. Botton, T. W. Thomas, D. W. Wang, Y. F. Yan, Z. T. Mi*, InGaN/Si double-junction photocathode for unassisted solar water splitting. ACS Energy. Lett. 2020, 5, 3741-3751.
12. J. L. Song*, B. W. Zhou, H. Z. Liu, C. Xie, Q. L. Meng, Z. R. Zhang, B. X. Han*, Biomass-derived gamma-valerolactone as an efficient solvent and catalyst for the transformation of CO2 to formamides. Green Chem. 2016, 18, 3956-3961.
13. J. L. Song*, B. W. Zhou, H. C. Zhou, L. Q. Wu, Q. L. Meng, Z. M. Liu, B. X. Han*, Porous zirconium-phytic acid hybrid: a highly efficient catalyst for Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reductions. Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2015, 54, 9399-9403.
14. M. X. Liu, L. D. Tan, B. W. Zhou, L. Li, Z. T. Mi*, C. J. Li*. Group-III nitrides catalyzed transformation of organic molecules. Chem. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2020.09.014.
15. S. Chu, P. F. Ou, P. Ghamari, S, Vanka, B. W. Zhou, I. Shih, J. Song*, Z. T. Mi*, Photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction into syngas with the metal/oxide interface. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 7869-7877.

1. Hydrogen Energy Technology and Application, Undergraduate
2. Frontiers in Renewable Synthetic Fuels and Carbon-Nuetral Powertrain Technologies, Graduate
3. Lower Carbon Energy Technology, Graduate

1. The Member of Carbon Dioxide Chemistry Committee of Chinese Chemical Society
2. The Committee Member of Chinese Energy Society
3. Invited Editorial Board Member of Science Bulletin/Chinese Science Bulletin
4. The Youth Editorial Board Member of Frontiers in Energy （Engineering - Transcations of Chinese Academy of Engineering）
5. The Youth Editor of The Innovation

1. The "Xiaomi Young Scholars" of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2022
2. The World's Top 10 Scientific and Technological Advances in 2020