周生辉，东南大学能源与环境学院青年首席教授、博导、国家高层次青年人才入选者。2020年博士毕业于华南理工大学（与新加坡国立大学联合培养，导师：祁海松教授、颜宁教授）。2021年至2026年先后在新加坡国立大学（导师：曾华淳教授，亚太材料科学院院士，全球TOP50化学家）、剑桥大学先进研究院碳减排化工技术中心、南洋理工大学Energy Research Institute（导师：Rong Xu教授）从事博士后研究，之后进入东南大学能源与环境学院任教。主要从事可再生能源转化与存储、废弃碳资源（生物质、CO2等）热转化、液态有机储氢和多相催化研究。共发表SCI论文20余篇，其中以唯一第一作者在本领域国际著名学术期刊上发表研究性论文13篇，包括Nat. Commun., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Appl. Catal. B: Environ. Energy, ACS Catal., Chin. J. Catal., Green Chem.等，他引1300余次。获授权发明专利5项。受邀担任 Nano-Micro Lett. (IF: 36.3)、Carbon Neutrality (IF: 12.5)、Carbon Neutralization (IF: 12)、Tungsten (IF: 11.2)、Resour. Environ. Sustain.、EcoEnergy、DeCarbon等国际期刊青年编委和Appl. Catal. B: Environ. Energy等10余个期刊审稿人。获2025国际碳未来青年研究者奖和第四届钱易院士环境奖等荣誉。
课题组每年招收硕士/博士研究生3-4名，长期招聘博士后和科研助理。
目前主要聚焦以下研究方向：
(1) 新能源转化与存储；
(2) CO2催化热转化；
(3) 生物质高值利用与热转化；
(4) 液态储氢；
(5) 纳米催化/单原子催化/工业催化；
2025年国家高层次青年人才项目（海外）
(1) Zhou, S.; Ma, W.; Anjum, U.; Kosari, M.; Xi, S.; Kozlov, S. M.; Zeng, H. C. Strained few-layer MoS2 with atomic copper and selectively exposed in-plane sulfur vacancies for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol. Nature Communications 2023, 14 (1), 5872.
(2) Zhou, S.; Kosari, M.; Zeng, H. C. Boosting CO2 hydrogenation to methanol over monolayer MoS2 nanotubes by creating more strained basal planes. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024, 146 (14), 10032–10043.
(3) Zhou, S.; Kosari, M.; Akhoundzadeh, H.; Wang, Z.; Ahmadian, H.; Chong, C. C.; Kraft, M.; Xu, R. Single-Atom Pt with Significantly Boosted Performance by Mesoporous Hollow Ceria Support for Dehydrogenation of Methylcyclohexane. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2026, e24617. (Hot Paper)
(4) Zhou, S.; Wang, Z.; Lim, V. H.; Chong, C. C.; Akhoundzadeh, H.; Wu, C.; Kosari, M.; Xi, S.; Kraft, M.; Xu, R. Subnanometer molybdenum oxide-stabilized platinum nanocatalysts enable efficient hydrogen production from methylcyclohexane. Chinese Journal of Catalysis 2026, 80, 347–357.
(5) Zhou, S.; Ma, W.; Kosari, M.; Lim, A. M.; Kozlov, S. M.; Zeng, H. C. Highly active single-layer 2H-MoS2 for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol. Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy 2024, 349, 123870.
(6) Zhou, S.; Zeng, H. C. Boxlike assemblages of few-layer MoS2 nanosheets with edge blockage for high-efficiency hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol. ACS Catalysis 2022, 12 (16), 9872–9886.
(7) Zhou, S.; Dai, F.; Xiang, Z.; Song, T.; Liu, D.; Lu, F.; Qi, H. Zirconium–lignosulfonate polyphenolic polymer for highly efficient hydrogen transfer of biomass-derived oxygenates under mild conditions. Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy 2019, 248, 31–43.
(8) Zhou, S.; Dai, F.; Chen, Y.; Dang, C.; Zhang, C.; Liu, D.; Qi, H. Sustainable hydrothermal self-assembly of hafnium–lignosulfonate nanohybrids for highly efficient reductive upgrading of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural. Green Chemistry 2019, 21 (6), 1421–1431.
(9) Zhou, S.; Dai, F.; Dang, C.; Wang, M.; Liu, D.; Lu, F.; Qi, H. Scale-up biopolymer-chelated fabrication of cobalt nanoparticles encapsulated in N-enriched graphene shells for biofuel upgrade with formic acid. Green Chemistry 2019, 21 (17), 4732–4747.
(10) Zhou, S.; Chen, G.; Feng, X.; Wang, M.; Song, T.; Liu, D.; Lu, F.; Qi, H. In situ MnOx/N-doped carbon aerogels from cellulose as monolithic and highly efficient catalysts for the upgrading of bioderived aldehydes. Green Chemistry 2018, 20 (15), 3593–3603.
(11) Zhou, S.; Qi, H. A sustainable natural nanofibrous confinement strategy to obtain ultrafine Co3O4 nanocatalysts embedded in N-enriched carbon fibers for efficient biomass-derivative in situ hydrogenation. Nanoscale 2020, 12 (33), 17373–17384.
(12) Zhou, S.; You, K.; Gao, H.; Deng, R.; Zhao, F.; Liu, P.; Ai, Q.; Luo, H. Mesoporous silica-immobilized FeCl3 as a highly efficient and recyclable catalyst for the nitration of benzene with NO2 to nitrobenzene. Molecular Catalysis 2017, 433, 91–99.
(13) Zhou, S.; You, K.; Yi, Z.; Liu, P.; Luo, H. Metal salts with highly electronegative cations as efficient catalysts for the liquid-phase nitration of benzene by NO2 to nitrobenzene. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering 2017, 11 (2), 205–210.
(1) 一种过渡金属天然高分子杂化催化剂及其制备方法与应用, ZL201810318748.4.
(2) 一种催化5-羟甲基糠醛一步还原醚化的方法, ZL2018115389754.
(3) 一种2, 5-二甲基呋喃的制备方法, ZL201811537903.8.
(4) 一种多孔碳气凝胶催化剂及其制备方法与应用, ZL201810341125.9.
(1) 2025年国家高层次青年人才（海外）
(2) 2025年国际碳未来青年研究者奖
(3) 第四届钱易院士环境奖
(4) Nano-Micro Lett. (IF: 36.3)、Carbon Neutrality (IF: 12.5)等期刊青年编委
(5) 广东省优秀博士生、湖南省优秀毕业生
(6) 博士国家奖学金、华南理工大学校长将学金
每年招收博士、硕士研究生多名，并长期开放博士后和科研助理职位申请。诚邀具有工程热物理、化学化工、材料、环境、能源催化等相关专业背景的优秀本科生、研究生及博士后加入。课题组与新加坡、美国、英国等多所著名高校保持长期密切合作，可为团队成员提供国际化的学术视野与交流平台。欢迎联系：shenghui.zhou@seu.edu.cn
