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

Electrocatalysis and electrochemical engineering,
CO2 capture and utilization,
Autonomous catalyst discovery, 
Extraction and processing technologies of critical minerals and materials,
Perovskite solar cells

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

Grant: #410977 (DOE DE-EE0011208) Investigators:Wu, Jingjie 08-01-2024 -07-31-2027 Department of Energy Dual-Recycle Reactor for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide to Ethylene Conversion Role:PI 202962.00 Hold 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