2008年7月于复旦大学获化学专业学士学位，2014年1月于复旦大学获无机化学专业博士学位（导师：赵东元院士、邓勇辉教授），2015年8月于加拿大Laval大学获化学工程专业博士学位（导师：Serge Kaliaguine 教授），2016-2017年于加拿大自然资源部 CanmetENERGY能源技术研究中心任 Canadian Government Laboratory Visiting Fellow, 2017-2019年于加拿大自然资源部CanmetENERGY能源技术研究中心任 Research Scientist，2019年12月加入东南大学能源与环境学院。已发表SCI论文100余篇，Google Citation 9600+，h-index 45。
研究方向：
1、GHGs捕集与转化利用
2、多孔材料设计与颗粒化
3、光/磁/热辅助多相催化
4、固废的资源化与能源化
o 《Chinese Chemical Letters》（Elsevier & CCS）青年编委，2024-至今；
o 《EcoEnergy》（Wiley）青年编委，2023-至今；
o 《Micro-Nano Science》青年编委，2025-至今；
o 《稀土》编委，2025-至今；
o 《热能动力工程》编委，2024-至今；
o 江苏省低碳技术学会碳捕集利用与封存（CCUS）专业委员会委员，2022-至今；
o 奥地利科学基金 Austrian Science Fund (FWF) 专家。
o 本科生课程：《工程热力学》（主讲：段伦博教授）
o 本科生课程：《能源化学基础与燃烧学》
o 本科生课程：《氢能利用技术》（英文研讨）
o 硕士生课程：《Advanced Catalysis for Energy and Environment》（英文选修）
o 2024年，国家重点研发计划-催化专项-课题三 (2024-2029, 2024YFA1509803) 课题负责人
o 2024年，江苏省碳达峰碳中和科技创新专项资金项目 (2024-2027, BT2024009) 东南大学任务负责人
o 2024年，内蒙古鄂尔多斯市科技突围 "揭榜挂帅" 重大项目 (2024-2027, JBGS2024006) 项目负责人
o 2023年，国家自然科学基金-面上项目 (2024-2027, 52376100) 项目负责人
o 2023年，中央高校优秀青年团队 (首届) (2023-2024) 参与人 (排2/10)
o 2022年，国家自然科学基金-联合基金-重点项目 (2023-2026, U22A20435) 参与人 (排3/6)
o 2022年，江苏省双碳专项 (产业前瞻与关键核心技术攻关) (2022-2026, BE2022024-1) 子课题负责人
o 2022年，江苏省双碳专项 (前沿基础) (2022-2024, BK20220001) 参与人 (排3/10)
o 2021年，安徽省重点研究与开发计划 (2021-2023, 202104a05020014) 东南大学任务负责人
o 2021年，东南大学学科振兴计划项目 (2021-2022) 项目负责人
o 2020年，国家自然科学基金-青年项目 (2021-2023, 52006032) 项目负责人
o 2020年，国家重点研发计划-政府间国合专项 (2020-2023, 2019YFE014400) 东南大学任务负责人
o 2020年, 入选国家高层次人才计划-青年项目
o 2020年，入选江苏省SC人才项目
o 2020年，南京市留学人员科技创新项目 (2020-2021) 项目负责人
o 2020年，东南大学引进人才启动项目 (2020-2022) 项目负责人
o 作为负责人承担企业委托科研项目若干，聚焦于以工程应用为导向的先进材料与过程创新
— 耐尘抗失活COS水解催化剂：
— 高硫工况高稳定CO氧化催化剂：
— 基于商品化高端大孔径高强度耐磨损微球Al2O3载体的催化剂开发与评价
论文：
[1] Hongkun Jin, Zhongyi An, Qichao Li, Yuanqiang Duan, Zhihao Zhou, Zhenkun Sun*, Lunbo Duan*; Catalysts of Ordered Mesoporous Alumina with a Large Pore Size for Low-Temperature Hydrolysis of Carbonyl Sulfide; Energy Fuels 2021, 35, 8895-8908
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[2] Zhihao Zhou, Guoshu Deng, Lin Li, Xue Liu, Zhenkun Sun*, Lunbo Duan*; Chemical Looping Co-Conversion of CH4 and CO2 Using Fe2O3/Al2O3 Pellets as Both Oxygen Carrier and Catalyst in a Fluidized Bed Reactor; Chem. Eng. J. 2022, 428, 132133
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[3] Xue Liu, Lin Li, Zhihao Zhou, Zhenkun Sun*, Lunbo Duan*; Oxygen Uncoupling Behaviour for Ilmenite Ore Oxygen Carrier Generated from a Calcination Treatment Mixed with Natural Manganese Ore; Can. J. Chem. Eng. 2022, 101, 805-818
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[4] Zhihao Zhou, Lin Li, Xue Liu, Zhengang Zhou, Zhenkun Sun*, Lunbo Duan*; Accelerated Syngas Generation from Chemical Looping CH4 Reforming by Using Reduced Ilmenite Ore as Catalyst; Fuel Process. Technol. 2022, 232, 107270
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[5] Zhihao Zhou, Zhenkun Sun*, Lunbo Duan*; Chemical Looping: A Flexible Platform Technology for CH4 Conversion Coupled with CO2 Utilization; Curr. Opin. Green Sustain. Chem. 2022, 39, 100721
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[6] Chao Huang, Yu Wang, Rui Zhong, Zhenkun Sun*, Yonghui Deng*, Lunbo Duan*; Induction Heating Enables Efficient Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions over Superparamagnetic Nanocatalysts; Chinese Chem. Lett. 2023, 34, 108101
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[7] Zhenkun Sun, Negar Manafi Rasi, Dennis Y. Lu*, Robert T. Symonds, Nader Mahinpey, Binchen Wu, Lunbo Duan*; Chemical Looping Reforming for Syngas Production with Co-Conversion of CH4 and CO2 by Using Ilmenite OIre as Both Oxygen Carrier and Catalyst; Chem. Eng. Sci. 2023, 280, 119050
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[8] Zhihao Zhou, Soomro Sarmad, Chao Huang, Guoshu Deng, Zhenkun Sun*, Lunbo Duan*; Ni-based Catalyst Supported on Ordered Mesoporous Al2O3 for Dry CH4 Reforming: Effect of the Pore Structure; Int. J. Hydrogen Energ. 2024, 52, 275-288
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[9] Guoshu Deng, Zhihao Zhou, Guangze Nie, Chao Huang, Zhen Xu, Zhenkun Sun*, Lunbo Duan*; MgO-Based Granular Sorbent Pelletized by Using Ordered Mesoporous Silica as Binder for Low-Temperature CO2 Capture; Energy Fuels 2024, 38, 3238-3250
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[10] Zhihao Zhou, Runnan Huang, Chao Huang, Guangze Nie, Zhenkun Sun*, Lunbo Duan*; Non-Chemically Valorizing the Retired Cathode of Ternary Lithium-Ion Battery to High-Performance Oxygen Carrier for Chemical Looping Combustion; J. Clean. Prod. 2024, 444, 141301
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[11] Chao Huang, Yunchuan Hong, Binchen Wu, Hongchao Yu, Xiangqian Du, Min Pan, Weiyi Fan, Fei Gao, Feng Wu, Yixin Zhong, Lin Li, Guoshu Deng, Zhenkun Sun*, Lunbo Duan*; Performance Boosting by Induction Heating For Hydrolysis of Carbonyl Sulfide Using Magnetic Ordered Mesoporous Alumina as Catalyst; Chem. Eng. J. 2024, 485, 150160
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[12] Jinyu Sun, Xiangqian Du, Zhipeng Li, Hongchao Yu, Yunchuan Hong, Min Pan, Guangze Nie, Weiyi Fan, Fei Gao, Feng Wu, Lin Li, Guoshu Deng, Zhenkun Sun*, Lunbo Duan*; Rational Design of Poisoning-Resistant Catalyst Based on γ-Al2O3 for Hydrolysis of Carbonyl Sulfide; Chem. Eng. Sci. 2024, 295, 120150
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[13] Guangze Nie, Xiangqian Du, Hongchao Yu, Weiyi Fan, Min Pan, Fei Gao, Feng Wu, Yunchuan Hong, Hongjian Tang, Zhihao Zhou, Guoshu Deng, Lin Li, Zhenkun Sun*, Lunbo Duan*; Mechanochemical Transformation of Spent Ternary Lithium-Ion Battery Electrode Material to Perovskite Oxides for Catalytic CO Oxidation; J. Mater. Chem., A 2024, 12, 26877-26889
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[14] Guoshu Deng, Guangze Nie, Xuehui He, Lin Li, Zhenkun Sun*, Lunbo Duan*; La2O3-Modified Ni-Based Catalysts Supported on Ordered Mesoporous Silicas for CO2 Methanation; ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2024, 7, 28436-28447
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[15] Zhihao Zhou, Siyuan Duan, Guangze Nie, Zhenkun Sun*, Lunbo Duan*; Repurposing E-Waste Cathodes as Catalysts for CO2 Reduction via Reverse Water-Gas Shift Reaction; J. Mater. Chem., A 2024, 13, 3402-3412 (2025 HOT Paper)
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[16] Yidong Zou,# Zhenkun Sun,# Qiyue Wang,# Yanmin Ju; Nianrong Sun, Qin Yue, Yu Deng, Shanbiao Liu, Shengfei Yang, Zhiyi Wang, Fangyuan Li, Yanglong Hou,* Chunhui Deng,* Daishun Ling,* Yonghui Deng*; Core-Shell Magnetic Particles: Tailored Synthesis and Applications; Chem. Rev. 2024, 125, 972–1048 (封面论文)
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[17] Yu Zhang, Ming Xu, Lin Li, Dennis Yong Lu, Zhenkun Sun*, Lunbo Duan*; Advanced Upcycling of Spent Electrolyte: Detoxification and Selective Alkene Production via Vacuum Co-Pyrolysis Catalyzed by In-Situ Generated Alkyl Lithium-Synergized ZSM-5; J. Hazard. Mater. 2025, 495, 139142
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[18] Zhenkun Sun, Xuehui He, Lunbo Duan*; Multifunctional Soft and Solid Materials for Integrated CO2 Capture and Utilization: Prospects and Opportunities; Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, e24549
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[19] Guangze Nie, Xiangqian Du, Qihang Cheng, Guoshu Deng, Zhihao Zhou, Min Pan, Hongchao Yu, Tongxing Zhang, Xuehui He, Jiawei Yu, Zhenkun Sun*, Lunbo Duan*; Surface-Engineered Perovskite Oxides Enabling Dual Activation of Lattice and Adsorbed Oxygen for CO Oxidation; AIChE J. 2025, e70099
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[20] Yuhan Shi, Guoshu Deng, Xuehui He, Tongxing Zhang, Jiawei Yu, Guangze Nie, Hongjian Tang, Zhenkun Sun*, Lunbo Duan*; Enhanced Low-Temperature Dry Reforming of Methane over Ni/MCF Catalysts via Photothermal Synergy; Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2025, 64, 20625-20637.
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[21] Jiawei Yu, Guoshu Deng, Guangze Nie, Xuehui He, Yuhan Shi, Tongxing Zhang, Hongjian Tang, Zhenkun Sun*, Lunbo Duan*; Boosted Productivity in Photothermal-Catalyzed Ammonia Decomposition over Iron-Incorporated Ordered Mesoporous Carbon; J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 2025, 13, 119741
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[22] Zhihao Zhou, Yuanqiang Duan, Zhenkun Sun*, Lunbo Duan*; Anchoring Nanosized Iron Oxide into Ordered Mesoporous Alumina as Oxygen Carrier for Chemical Looping Dry Methane Reforming; Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2025, 64, 23300
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[23] Xuehui He, Jiawei Yu, Guoshu Deng, Guangze Nie, Yuhan Shi, Zhihao Zhou, Rui Zhong, Zhenkun Sun*, Lunbo Duan*; Induction-Heating Driven Performance Enhancement of Amine-Based Integrated CO2 Capture and Electrochemical Conversion; J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 2026, 121359
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书籍：
[1] Zhenkun Sun, and Zhihao Zhou; Chapter 9, Chemical Looping with H2O/CO2 Splitting, in CHEMICAL LOOPING PROCESSES - Fundamentals, Current Status, and Future Perspectives, Edited by Nader Mahinpey, 2025, ISBN: 978-0-443-26659-1.
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2021, 东南大学青年首席教授
2018，CanmetENERGY-Ottawa Employee Awards in Innovation & Creativity
2016，上海市优秀博士学位论文
2015，NSERC Visiting Fellowships in Canadian Government Laboratories Award
2015，American Chemical Society (ACS) Membership Award
2014，Primes d'Excellence, Département de Génie Chimique, Université Laval
2013，DOW® Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award (DOW® SISCA), Grand Prize
2013，DOW® Special Award
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