Education Experience

2022–2026: Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry

2019–2022: Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, M.S. in Inorganic Chemistry

2015–2019: School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Fuyang Normal University, B.S. in Chemistry

     Research Fields

1. Photoelectrocatalytic treatment technology and reaction mechanisms for ammonia nitrogen wastewater in environmental remediation;

2. Environmental chemical regulation of photoelectrocatalytic aqueous oxidation reactions;

3. In situ spectrochemical characterization of semiconductor/electrolyte interfaces and molecular dynamics simulations driven by ab initio deep neural network potentials.

Projects

Research Startup Fund for High-Level Talents under the Junma Program of Inner Mongolia University, 2026–2031, Principal Investigator (PI).

SELECTED KEY PUBLICATIONS:

1. Kun Dang, Lei Wu, Siqin Liu, Shenlong Zhao, Yuchao Zhang* and Jincai Zhao, Harnessing Adsorbate-Adsorbate Interaction to Activate C−N Bond for Exceptional Photoelectrochemical Urea Oxidation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202423457.

2. Kun Dang, Lei Wu, Siqin Liu, Hongwei Ji, Chuncheng Chen, Yuchao Zhang* and Jincai Zhao, Cooperating Oxidation of NH₃ and H₂O to selectively Produce Nitrate via a Nearly Barrierless N−O Coupling Pathway, Energy Environ. Sci. 2024, 17, 4681−4691.

3. Kun Dang, Siqin Liu, Lei Wu, Daojian Tang, Jing Xue, Jiaming Wang, Hongwei Ji, Chuncheng Chen, Yuchao Zhang* and Jincai Zhao, Bias Distribution and Regulation in Photoelectrochemical Overall Water-Splitting Cells, Natl. Sci. Rev. 2024, 11, nwae053.

4. Kun Dang, Hongliang Dong, Ligang Wang, Mai Jiang, Sen Jiang, Wenming Sun*, Dingsheng Wang, Yang Tian*. Boosting Electrochemical Styrene Transformation via Tandem Water Oxidation over a Single-Atom Cr₁/CoSe₂ Catalyst. Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, e2200302.

5. Kun Dang, Shihao Zhang, Xuewei Wang, Wenming Sun*, Ligang Wang, Yang Tian*, Sihui Zhan*. Cobalt diselenide (001) surface with short-range Co−Co interaction triggering high-performance electrocatalytic oxygen evolution, Nano Res., 2021, 14, 4848−4856.

6. Zhenlin Chen#, Kun Dang#, Lei Wu, Yuchao Zhang* and Jincai Zhao, Unbalancing the Hydrogen Bond Accepting and Donating Effects of Water for Photoelectrocatalytic Ammonia Oxidation Reaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 14835−14845. (Co-first author)

7. Lei Wu#, Kun Dang#, Qiaozhen Li, Yi Xu, Yuchao Zhang*, Jincai Zhao. Direct generation of nitrogen-centered radicals via non-covalent interaction between Cu complexes and BiVO₄ photoanodes. Nat. Commun., 2025, 16, 8676. (Co-first author)

8. Siqin Liu#, Kun Dang#, Lei Wu, Shuming Bai, Yuchao Zhang* and Jincai Zhao, Nearly Barrierless Four-Hole Water Oxidation Catalysis on Semiconductor Photoanodes with High Density of Accumulated Surface Holes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 4520−4530. (Co-first author)

9. Qiaozhen Li#, Kun Dang#, Lei Wu, Siqin Liu, Yuchao Zhang* and Jincai Zhao, Regulating Chlorine and Hydrogen Atom Transfer for Selective Photoelectrochemical C−C Coupling by Cu-coordination Effect at Semiconductor/Electrolyte Interfaces, Adv. Sci. 2024, 11, 2408767. (Co-first author)