Jingjie Wu

Jingjie Wu

Assoc Professor

Associate Professor

University of Cincinnati
2901 Woodside Drive
578 MC
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
Phone 5135562756
Email jingjie.wu@uc.edu

Education

Ph.D.: University of South Carolina Columbia, 2014 (Chemical Engineering)

M.S.: Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan, 2009 (Materials Science and Engineering)

B.S.: Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan, 2006 (Materials Science and Engineering)

Research and Practice Interests

Electro-/-photo-/thermo-chemical conversion of CO2 into commodity chemicals or liquid fuels.

Modular/distributed electrosynthesis of polymers from CO2 and biomass feedstocks.

Atomic-scale material synthesis and application in energy conversion, corrosion protection, and water desalination.

Positions and Work Experience

08-2017 -08-2023 Assistant professor, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati

05-2014 -07-2017 Postdoc fellow, Rice University, Houston

08-2023 -To Present Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati

Research Support

Grant: #Wu – URC research cost award March 2018 Investigators:Wu, Jingjie 05-01-2018 -06-30-2019 UC's University Research Council Wu URC Faculty Reserach Cost Support Awards 2018 Role:PI $7,500.00 Active Level:Internal UC

Grant: #ORAU 2018 Investigators:Wu, Jingjie 06-01-2018 -05-31-2019 Oak Ridge Associated Universities Developing the Design Principe of Layered Perovskites Catalysts for Chemical Synthesis Role:PI $5,000.00 Awarded Level:Private Non-Profit

Grant: #URS Wu New Faculty Development Award – 2017/18 Investigators:Wu, Jingjie 06-01-2018 -06-30-2019 UC's Research Support URS Wu New Faculty Development Award – 2017/18 Role:PI $2,500.00 Active Level:Internal UC

Grant: #R40205 Investigators:Sun, Yujie; Watzman, Sarah; Wu, Jingjie 07-01-2019 -12-31-2020 UC's Collaborative Research Advancement Grant Program - Track 1: Pilot Teams Magneto-electrocatalysis for renewable energy applications Role:Collaborator $25,000.00 Active Level:Internal UC

Grant: #R40211 Investigators:Tu, Maobing; Wu, Jingjie 07-01-2019 -12-31-2020 UC's Collaborative Research Advancement Grant Program - Track 1: Pilot Teams Modular and Scalable CO2-to-Solar Liquid Fuels Production Role:PI $25,000.00 Active Level:Internal UC

Grant: #CBET-2033343 Investigators:Weidner, John; Wu, Jingjie 01-01-2021 -12-31-2023 National Science Foundation Selective Ethylene Production from Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction via Gas Diffusion Electrode Engineering Role:PI $449,003.00 Active

Grant: #330224-01/DE-FE0031919 Investigators:Wu, Jingjie 09-01-2020 -08-31-2022 Department of Energy High-Efficiency Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 to Ethylene Role:PI $450,000.00 Active

Grant: #Sub# 330249-02 / DE-EE0009421 Investigators:Wu, Jingjie 06-01-2021 -05-31-2024 Department of Energy Modular Reactors for Capture and Electrohydro-Conversion of CO2 in Various Industrial Processes to Value-Added Chemicals Role:PI 450000.00 Active

Grant: #2022 I-Corps Investigators:Wu, Jingjie 05-01-2022 -10-31-2022 Ohio Department of Higher Education Vale Technologies Role:PI 12000.00 Hold Level:Ohio, State of

Grant: #BNL User Agreement Investigators:Wu, Jingjie 08-25-2022 -08-25-2027 Department of Energy Non-Proprietary User Agreement - 5 year term Role:PI 0.00 Hold Level:Federal

Grant: #CHE-2328176 Investigators:Angelopoulos, Anastasios; Sun, Yujie; Walla, Sarah; White, Ryan; Wu, Jingjie 01-01-2024 -12-31-2025 National Science Foundation MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a high-performance X-ray photoelectron spectrometer for research and training (no cost share required per CHIPS And Science Act of 2022) Role:Collaborator 499997.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Grant: #CHE-2320116 Investigators:Angelopoulos, Anastasios; Sun, Yujie; Walla, Sarah; White, Ryan; Wu, Jingjie 09-01-2023 -08-31-2026 National Science Foundation MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a high-performance X-ray photoelectron spectrometer for research and training (no cost share required per CHIPS And Science Act of 2022) Role:Collaborator 841753.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Grant: #DE-EE0010836 Investigators:Sun, Yujie; Thiel, Stephen; Wu, Jingjie 10-01-2023 -09-30-2026 Department of Energy Selective, Durable, and Energy-Efficient Electrolyzer for Carbon Dioxide to Ethylene Conversion Role:PI 679003.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

Y. Liu†, J. Wu†, K. P Hackenberg†, J. Zhang, Y M. Wang, Y. Yang, K. Keyshar, J. Gu, T. Ogitsu, R. Vajtai, J. Lou, P. M Ajayan, B. C. Wood, B. I Yakobson (2017. ) Self-optimizing layered hydrogen evolution catalyst with high basal-plane activity .Nature Energy, , 6 ,17127

Tianyu Zhang, Justin C. Bui, Zhengyuan Li, Alexis T. Bell, Adam Z. Weber*, Jingjie Wu* (2022. ) Highly Selective and Productive Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Multicarbon Products via in-situ CO Management using Segmented Tandem Electrodes .Nature Catalysis, , 5 ,202

Tianyu Zhang, Weitao Li, Kai Huang, Huazhang Guo, Zhengyuan Li, Yanbo Fang, Ram Manohar Yadav, Vesselin Shanov, Pulickel M Ajayan, Liang Wang, Cheng Lian, Jingjie Wu* (2021. ) Regulation of functional groups on graphene quantum dots directs selective CO2 to CH4 conversion .Nature Communications, , 12 ,1

Xiaojie She, Tianyu Zhang, Zhengyuan Li, Huaming Li, Hui Xu, Jingjie Wu (2020. ) Tandem Electrodes for Carbon Dioxide Reduction into C2+ Products at Simultaneously High Production Efficiency and Rate .Cell Reports Physical Science, , 1 ,100051

Xiao-Chen Liu, Shuyang Zhao, Xueping Sun, Liangzi Deng, Xiaolong Zou, Youcheng Hu, Yun-Xiao Wang, Ching-Wu Chu, Jia Li, Jingjie Wu, Fu-Sheng Ke, Pulickel M Ajayan (2020. ) Spontaneous self-intercalation of copper atoms into transition metal dichalcogenides .Science Advances, , 6 (7 ) ,eaay4092

Hui Xu, Xiaojie She, Ting Fei, Yanhua Song, Daobin Liu, Hongping Li, Xiaofei Yang, Jinman Yang, Huaming Li, Li Song, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Jingjie Wu (2019. ) Metal-Oxide-Mediated Subtractive Manufacturing of Two-Dimensional Carbon Nitride for High-Efficiency and High-Yield Photocatalytic H2 Evolution .ACS Nano, , 13 ,11294-11302

Jingjie Wu, Tiva Sharifi, Ying Gao, Tianyu Zhang, Pulickel M. Ajayan (2018. ) Emerging Carbon‐Based Heterogeneous Catalysts for Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide into Value‐Added Chemicals .Advanced Materials, , 31 ,1804257

Presentations

Invited Presentations

Jingjie Wu (11-2016. ) Heterogeneous catalysis of renewable fuels synthesis on low-dimensional materials .University of South Carolina, Columbia.

Jingjie Wu (05-2015. ) Two-Dimensional Materials for Electrochemical Synthesis of Fuels .227th ECS meeting, Chicago.

Jingjie Wu (10-2019. ) Developing Carbon Catalysts for Selective Electro-reduction of Carbon Dioxide into Target Products .236th ECS Meeting, Atlanta.

Jingjie Wu (10-2017. ) Atomic Carbon based Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction .232nd ECS meeting, National Harbor.

Jingjie Wu (10-2019. ) Tandem Catalytic Electro-Reduction of Carbon Dioxide into Ethylene at Industrial Scale .236th ECS Meeting, Atlanta.

Professional Affiliation

2010 -To Present: member of ECS, AIChE, ACS and MRS

Patents and Inventions

USSN 14/951,885 Self-improving electrocatalysts for gas evolution reactions Awarded

USSN 62/334,825 Metal-free catalysts for converting carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons and oxygenates

USSN 62/380,902 A scalable and cost-effective synthesis method for pristine two-dimensional materials

USSN 62/390,102 Methods and application of polymer composites incorporating high-aspect ratio and atomically-thin 2D materials

11,686,004 Gas diffusion electrodes with segmented catalyst layers for CO2 reduction Jingjie Wu, Tianyu Zhang, Awarded 06-11-2023

Contact Information

Academic - University of Cincinnati
2901 Woodside Drive
Cincinnati  Ohio, 45221
Phone: 5135562756
jingjie.wu@uc.edu