Total citation: 1291 H index: 16 (as to 2020.12)
Email: suren@macvns.com Tel：+86-15600461864
Personal info
Gender: Male DOB: 26.07.1983 Place of birth: ShanXi
Nationality: China Marital: Married
Education
08/2009 – 08/2012: PhD, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO), Aarhus University, Denmark.
09/2006 – 07/2008: Master, Department of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology.
09/2002 – 07/2006: Bachelor, School of Chemistry, Harbin Institute of Technology.
Professional career
03/2019 – present: Professor, Soochow University
02/2015 – 03/2019: Research scientist, Syngaschem BV, Syncat@Beijing (co PI: Prof. J. W. Niemantsverdriet)
05/2017 – 10/2018: Visiting researcher, The UK Catalysis Hub (PI: Prof. G. Hutchings, & Prof. R. Catlow)
05/2013 – 05/2015: Visiting researcher, The UK Catalysis Hub (PI: Prof. G. Hutchings, & Prof. R. Catlow).
09/2012 – 01/2015: Postdoc. researcher, iNANO, Aarhus University, Denmark (PI: Prof. F. Besenbacher).
Research interests
Photocatalytic organic synthesis: mechani**s, catalyst design & scale-up
Electrocatalytic organic synthesis, mechani**s, catalyst design & scale-up
In-situ spectroscopy coupling surface science techniques: application & development
Project management experiences
03/2019 – present: PI: “Photocatalytic synthesis of value-added chemicals”
Collaborators: Prof. F. Besenbacher at iNANO; SynfuelChina Technology Co. Ltd.
Outcome: Startup a PhotocatSyn Lab;
2 grants (2.6 M RMB in total);
02/2015 – 03/2019: PI: “Photocatalysis: from fundamental to industrial applications”
Collaborators: Prof. G. Hutchings at CCI; Prof. F. Besenbacher at iNANO; Prof. X. Yang at DICP;
Outcome: Startup a Photocat. Lab at Syncat@Beijing;
12 papers, 2 book chapters, 1 European patent, 3 grants (4.4 M RMB in total);
08/2010 – 01/2015: Key participant: “Metal/TiO 2 photocatalyst materials”
Collaborators: Prof. G. Hutchings at CCI; Prof. R. Catlow at UCL; Prof. C. Kiely at Leigh University.
Outcome: 10 papers, 6 oral presentations
08/2009 – 08/2014: Key participant: “Porous thin film photocatalyst materials”
Collaborators: Prof. A. Palmqvist at Chalmers University of Technology, Haldor Topsøe A/S.
Outcome: 8 papers, 5 posters presented in conferences.
Student supervision
08/2012 – present: Current students: 3 PhD, 4 master; Graduated students: 3 PhD, 2 master;
Academic Honours
03/2017: Beijing Overseas Talent Program (BHTO) award (500,000 CNY).
08/2019: Beijing Talent Program award (500,000 CNY).
05/2013 & 05/2017: Visiting researcher scholarships from the UK Catalysis Hub.
Other responsibilities
Journal reviewer: Journal of Catalysis, Nat. Commun.
2020.12
Skills
Language skills: English (fluent).
Instrumental skills: Building in-situ and in-operando setup (MS, XPS, FT-IR, UV-vis)
Selected Publications, Book Chapters, and Patent
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[1] Y. Dai, et. al., N. Lock*, Ren Su*, Light-tuned Selective Photosynthesis of Azo- and Azoxy-aromatics Using
Graphitic C 3 N 4 , Nat. Commun., 2018, 9, 60, 1-7.
[2] Y. Dai, et. al., Ren Su*, Efficient Solar-Driven Hydrogen Transfer by Bi**uth-Based Photocatalyst with
Engineered Basic Sites, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 48, 16711-16719.
[3] Y. Dai, et. al., Ren Su*, Solid Base Bi 24 O 31 Br 10 (OH) δ with Active Lattice Oxygen for Efficient
Photo-oxidation of Primary Alcohols to Aldehydes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 6265-6270.
[4] Ren Su, et. al., Designer Titania-Supported Au-Pd Nanoparticles for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen
Production, ACS Nano, 2014, 8, 3490-3497.
[5] Ren Su, et. al., Mechanistic Insight into the Interaction Between a Titanium Dioxide Photocatalyst and Pd
Cocatalyst for Improved Photocatalytic Performance, ACS Catal., 2016, 6, 4239-4247.
[6] Y. Huang, et. al., Ren Su* & Bin Zhang*, Photoimmobilized Ni Clusters Boost Photodehydrogenative
Coupling of Amines to Imines via Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Kinetics, ACS Catal., 2020, 10, 3904-3010.
[7] Ren Su, et. al., Promotion of Phenol Photodecomposition over TiO2 Using Au, Pd, and Au-Pd Nanoparticles,
ACS Nano, 2012, 6, 6284-6292.
[8] Y. Dai, et. al., Ren Su*, Boosting Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production by Modulating Recombination Modes
and Proton Adsorption Energy, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2019, 10, 5381-5386.
[9] X. Wang, Ren Su*, et. al., Tweaking the composition of NiMoZn alloy electrocatalyst for enhanced hydrogen
evolution reaction performance, Nano Energy, 2015, 12, 9-18.
[10] C. Li, et. al., Ren Su*, In-situ probing photocatalytic C-C bond cleavage in ethylene glycol under ambient
conditions and the effect of metal cocatalyst, J. Catal., 2018, 365, 313-319.
[11] X. Jin, et. al., Ren Su*, X. Yang*, Photocatalytic C-C bond cleavage in ethylene glycol on TiO 2 : A molecular
level picture and the effect of metal nanoparticles J. Catal., 2017, 354, 37-45.
[12] Ren Su, et. al., Selective photocatalytic oxidation of benzene for the synthesis of phenol using engineered
Au-Pd alloy nanoparticles supported on titanium dioxide, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 12612-12614.
[13] X. Wang, L. So, Ren Su*, et. al., The influence of crystallite size and crystallinity of anatase nanoparticles on
the photo-degradation of phenol, J. Catal., 2014, 310, 100-108.
Selected Presentations at Conferences :
[1] Ren Su, Oral, ChinaNano, Beijing, 2019;
[2] Ren Su, Oral, The 8th Tokyo Conference on Advanced Catalytic Science and Technology, Yokohama, 2018;
[3] Ren Su, Oral, the UK Catalysis Conference 2018 (UKCC-2018), Loughborough, 2018;
[4] Y. Dai, & Ren Su*, Keynote, the UK Catalysis Conference 2018 (UKCC-2018), 2018;
[5] Ren Su, Oral, the 7th Asia-Pacific Congress on Catalysis (APCAT), Mumbai, 2017;
[6] Ren Su, Keynote, the Photocatalysis for Energy, IFPEN International Conference, Lyon, 2014;
[7] Ren Su, Oral, the 4th International Symposium on Solar Fuels and Solar Cells, Dalian, 2014;