Dr. Yazhou ZHOUH-Index: 32
VSB - Technical University Ostrava, Czech Republic, EU
Position: Group leader/Senior Research at Materials-Envi (ME) Lab at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) at VSB-Technical University Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Specialization: Carbon nanostructures; Electrocatalysts.
At the NANOCON´25 conference Yazhou Zhou will present the invited talk “Single-Atom Catalysts: Unveiling Synthesis Strategies and Catalytic Potential” at the Session A – Nanomaterials for Electronic, Magnetic and Optic Applications, Carbon Nanostructures, Quantum Dots.
Personal Background and Education:
Yazhou Zhou studied Materials Science and Engineering at the Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China and completed his PhD by the end of 2015 in the group of Professor Xiaonong Cheng, and partly in the group of Professor Yuehe Lin at the Washington State University (WSU), USA. In 2015, he joined the Jiangsu University as a lecture and then promoted to be an associate professor. In 2018, he joined the group of Professor Klaus Müllen at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) in Mainz, Germany, as a visiting postdoc. Beginning in July 2020, he was appointed as an administrative project leader in the Synthetic Chemistry Department at MPI-P and as an independent member to lead the materials science research.
Currently (from 2025), Dr. Zhou is leading a dynamic research division in electrocatalysis at MELab at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) at VSB-Technical University Ostrava, Czech Republic, while continuing his senior postdoctoral work (guest) at the prestigious Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany.
Research interests:
His expertise lies in the development of heterogeneous catalysts, particularly single-atom catalysts (SACs), and their application in critical areas such as energy storage, CO2 conversion, and environmental sustainability. Dr. Zhou's group focuses on designing and precisely synthesizing SACs, understanding the relationship between atomic structure and catalytic activity, and exploring innovative applications such as hydrogen energy (including water splitting and fuel cells) and the conversion of CO2 into valuable products like ethanol, acetylene, and propanol.
Summary of publication activity:
Author and co-author over 80 peer-reviewed publications, which have been cited over 3.000 times, reflecting a current H-index of ≥ 32, (Scopus, February 2025); ORCID ID 