Shu Hu

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Hu Research Group

Assistant Professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering

Office Address:

9 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT; Lab Address: Energy Science Center II, 810 West Campus Drive, West Haven, CT 06516

Phone: (203) 436-4764

Fax: (203) 432-4387

Email: shu.hu@yale.edu

Degrees:

Ph.D., Stanford University
B.S., Tsinghua University

Interests:

The Hu research group at Yale synthesize chemicals or fuels from light by using small molecules like water, CO₂, and methane or ions like carbonates. We design efficient particle-based photocatalysts by combining coating protection, bio-inspired active sites, and corrosion mitigation. We use modeling to guide nano-materials and device approaches to eventually enable sunlight to everything. We specialize in developing multifunctional coatings for catalyst tuning, color switching, membrane separation, and quantum information processing.

We are currently investigating the following areas:

Probing energetics, kinetics, and local environments of photocatalysts
Negative emission science: Indirect ocean capture and utilization of CO₂
Reactive-Transport modeling for design and engineering of photocatalytic reactors
Multi-Functional coatings for corrosion mitigation, interface repair, and regeneration
Light-driven C-H activation, dehydrogenation, and partial oxidation

Selected Awards & Honors:

Brown & Williamson Chemistry Lectureship (2022)
Future Chemical Engineering Scholar, Global Academy of Chinese Chemical Engineers (2022)
DOE Early Career Award (2021)
Fellow, International Association of Advanced Materials (2021)
Scialog Fellow, Negative Emissions Science (2020)
Electrochemical Society, Division Young Investigator Award (2019)
Journal of Materials Chemistry Emerging Young Investigator (2018)
Gold Award, Materials Research Society (2011)
TMS Ross N. Tucker Memorial Award (2011)

Selected Publications:

For a full list, visit Prof. Hu's Google Scholar profile.

A General Interfacial-Energetics-Tuning Strategy for Enhanced Artificial Photosynthesis, T. Liu, Z. Pan, K. Kato, J. Vequizo, R. Yanagi, X. Zheng, W. Yu, A. Yamakata, B. Chen, S. Hu, K. Katayama, and C. Chu, Nature Communications, in press (2022).
Biocement from the Ocean: Hybrid Microbial-Electrochemical Mineralization of CO₂, A. Kludze, D. Solanki, M. Lejeune, R. Yanagi; M. Ishii, N. Raychaudhuri, P. Anastas, N. Boyle, S. Hu, iScience, 25(10), 1055156 (2022). doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105156.
Tuning Intermediate Bands of Protective Coatings to Reach the Bulk-Recombination Limit of Stable Water-Oxidation GaP Photoanodes, X. Shen, T. Zhao, H. Su, M. Yang, J. Chen, Y. Liu, J. Li, R. Yanagi, D. Solanki, and S. Hu, Advanced Energy Materials, 12, 220314 (2022). doi: 10.1002/aenm.202201314.
Emerging Dual-Functional 2D Transition Metal Oxides for Carbon Capture and Utilization: A Review, L. Yang, J. Heinlein, C. Hua, R. Gao, S. Hu, L. Pfefferle, Y. He, Fuel, 324 (B15), 124706 (2022). doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2022.124706. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2022.124706.
Charge Separation in Photocatalysts: Mechanisms, Physical Parameters, and Design Principles, R. Yanagi, T. Zhao, D. Solanki, Z. Pan, and S. Hu, ACS Energy Letters, 7, 432–452 (2022). doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.1c02516.
A Coating Strategy to Achieve Effective Local Charge Separation for Photocatalytic Coevolution, T. Zhao, R. Yanagi, Y. Xu, Y. He, Y. Song, M. Yang, and S. Hu, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, 16, 119(7) e2023552118 (2021). doi: 10.1073/pnas.2023552118.
Selective Two-Electron Hydrogen Peroxide Conversion Tailored by Surface, Interface, and Device Engineering, J. Tang, D. Solanki, T. Zhao, and S. Hu, Joule, 6, 1432–1461 (2021). doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2021.04.012.
In situ Identification of Reaction Intermediates and Mechanistic Understandings of Methane Oxidation over Hematite: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study, Y. He, F. Guo, K. Yang, J. Heinlein, S. Bamonte, J. Fee, S. Hu, S. Suib, G. Haller, V. Batista, L. Pfefferle, Journal of American Chemical Society, 142, 40, 17119–30 (2020). doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c07179.
Stable CdTe Photoanodes with Energetics Matching to Coating Intermediate Band, Xiangyan Chen, Xin Shen, Shaohua Shen, Matthew O. Reese, and Shu Hu, ACS Energy Letters, 5, 1865 (2020). doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.0c00603.
RGB Arrays for Micro-LED Applications Using Nanoporous GaN Embedded With Quantum Dots, Jin-Ho Kang, Bingjun Li, Tianshuo Zhao, Muhammad Ali Johar, Chien-Chung Lin, Yen-Hsiang Fang, Wei-Hung Kuo, Kai-Ling Liang, Shu Hu, Sang-Wan Ryu, and Jung Han, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12, 27, 30890–30895(2020). doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c00839.
Mutually-dependent kinetics and energetics of photocatalyst/ co-catalyst/two-redox liquid junctions, Zhenhua Pan, Yanagi Rito, Q. Wang, X. Shen, Q. Zhu, Y. Xue, J. A. Rohr, Takashi Hisatomi, Kazunari Domen, and Shu Hu, Energy & Environmental Science, 13, 162–173 (2019). doi: 10.1039/C9EE02910A
Membrane-Less Photoelectrochemical Devices for H₂O₂ Production Enabled by Selective Water Oxidation to H₂O₂, S. Hu, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 3, 101–114 (2019) doi: 10.1039/C8SE00329G.
Controlled TiO₂ Growth on Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration Membranes by Atomic Layer Deposition: Mechanisms and Potential Applications, X. Zhou, Y.-Y. Zhao, S.-R. Kim, M. Elimelech, S. Hu, J. Kim, Environmental Science & Technology, 52(24), 14311–14320 (2018). doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b03967
Stable Water Oxidation In Acid Using Manganese-Modified TiO₂ Protective Coatings, G. Siddiqi, Z. Luo, Y. Xie, Z. Pan, Q. Zhu, J. A. Röhr, J. J. Cha, S. Hu, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10, 18805–18815 (2018). doi: 10.1021/acsami.8b05323
Amorphous TiO₂ Coatings Stabilize Si, GaAs and GaP Photoanodes for Efficient Water Oxidation, S. Hu, M. R. Shaner, J. A. Beardslee, M. Lichterman, B. S. Brunschwig, N. S. Lewis, Science, 344, 1005–1009 (2014). doi: 10.1126/science.1251428
Twin-Free GaAs Nanosheets by Selective Area Growth: Implications for Defect-Free Nanostructures, C.-Y. Chi, C.-C. Chang, S. Hu, T.-W. Yeh, S. B., Cronin, and P. D. Dapkus, Nano Letters, 13 (6), 2506 – 2515 (2013). doi: 10.1021/nl400561j
Optical, Electrical, and Solar Energy-Conversion Properties of Gallium Arsenide Nanowire-Array Photoanodes, S. Hu, C.-Y. Chi, K. Fountaine, M. Q. Yao, H. A. Atwater, P. D. Dapkus, N. S. Lewis, and C. Zhou, Energy & Environmental Science, 6, 1879–1890 (2013). doi: 10.1039/C3EE40243F