1. Education Background
2004.09 - 2007.07: PhD, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, CAS, Supervisor: Prof. Canzhong Lu
2001.09 - 2004.07: MS, Shaanxi Normal University, Supervisor: Prof. Mancheng Hu & Shiyang Gao
1997.09 - 2001.07: BS, Shaanxi Normal University
2. Professional Experience
2015.01 - now: Professor, Shaanxi Normal University
2014.05 - 2016.05: Postdoctor (w/Prof. Pingyun Feng), University of California, Riverside, USA
2011.04 - 2012.04: Visiting Scholar (w/Prof. Pingyun Feng), University of California, Riverside, USA
2010.01 – 2014.12: Associate Professor, Shaanxi Normal University
2007.07 - 2009.12: Lecturer, Shaanxi Normal University
3. Research Interests
Functional Coordination Chemistry; Crystalline Porous Materials; Metal-Organic Frameworks
4. Representative Publications
(1) Shu-Cong Fan, Yong-Peng Li*, Jia-Wen Wang, Chen-Chen Xing, Zi-Yuan Liu, Ying Wang, Wen-Yu Yuan*, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Local-global synergistic pore space partition in metal-organic frameworks for boosting CO2 capture and conversion, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 10.1021/jacs.5c11494.
(2) Jia-Min Huo, Ying Wang*, Ze-Lin Ma, Jie Meng, Tian-Shu He, Bo-Lin Sun, Shu-Ni Li*, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Pore-space-partition-oriented sandwich platinum array confined in a metal-organic framework for boosting overall water splitting, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 21855−21864.
(3) Zhen-Hua Guo,+ Li-Qiu Yang,+ Quan-Guo Zhai*, Guo-Ping Yang*, Yao-Yu Wang, Molecular-rotor-engineered various interpenetrated degrees and modes of metal-organic frameworks with tunable porosity and stability for benchmark ternary C2H2/CO2/C2H4 separation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, e202519278.
(4) Chen-Chen Xing, Hua-Rui He, Jing Ma, Jie Meng, Zi-Chang Li, Shu-Cong Fan, Yan-Ying Liu, Zhang-Lei Zhong, Xiao-Lin Zhu, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Pore-space-partition enabled through-space-charge-transfer in metal-organic frameworks for enhanced sarin simulant recognition, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2025, e19089.
(5) Li-Yang Shao, Ying Wang*, Jie Meng, Jiao-Na Yue, Ai-Min Zhang, Wen-Yu Yuan, Shu-Ni Li, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Exclusive bridged *OCHO pathway activated by phenol-quinone conversion on the surface of Cu(OH)2 for highly selective formate production in CO2 electroreduction, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2025, e14222.
(6) Jia-Wen Wang, Shu-Cong Fan, Wenyu Yuan, Ying Wang, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Inter-cluster-linker-absence-enabled sub-Ångstrom pore modulation in metal-organic framework for multi-scenario CO2 capture, Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 11447–11455.
(7) Yan-Ying Liu, Jia-Wen Wang, Shu-Chong Fan, Chen-Chen Xing, Zhang-Lei Zhong, Fei Yuan, Wen-Yu Yuan, Ying Wang, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Maximizing the density of π-electron in metal-organic frameworks for benchmark paraffin separation, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2025, 202504614.
(8) Shu-Yi Li, Shu-Cong Fan, Peng Zhang, Wen-Yu Yuan, Ying Wang, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Metal cluster-powered ultramicropore alliance in pore-space-partitioned metal-organic frameworks for benchmark one-step ethylene purification, Chem, 2024, 10, 2761-2775.
(9) Shu-Cong Fan, Jia-Wen Wang, Wenyu Yuan*, Peng Zhang, Ying Wang, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Rational structure transformation triggered by titanium modulation in metal-organic frameworks for efficient flue gas utilization, Chem, 2024, 10, 1804-1820.
(10) Jia-Wen Wang, Shu-Cong Fan, Zhuo Li, Qi-Qi Zhang, Yu-Fan Zhang, Zheng-Yuan Wang, Wenyu Yuan, Ying Wang, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Finely pore-engineered ultra-stable cluster-cluster-type metal-organic frameworks with shifting one-step ethylene purification, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2024, 2420070.
(11) Shu-Yi Li, Ying-Ying Xue, Jia-Wen Wang, Hai-Peng Li, Jiao Lei, Hong-Juan Lv, Xianhui Bu*, Peng Zhang, Ying Wang, Wen-Yu Yuan, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Metal−organic frameworks with two different-sized aromatic ring-confined nanotraps for benchmark natural gas upgrade, Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 17547-17555.
(12) Jia-Wen Wang, Shu-Cong Fan, Hai-Peng Li, Xianhui Bu*, Ying-Ying Xue, Quan-Guo Zhai*, De-linker-enabled exceptional volumetric acetylene storage capacity and benchmark C2H2/C2H4 and C2H2/CO2 separations in metal-organic frameworks, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202217839.
(13) Peng Zhang*, Qian-Cheng Luo, Zhenhua Zhu, Wanrong He, Nan Song, Junting Lv, Xuning Wang, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Yan-Zhen Zheng*, Jinkui Tang*, Radical-bridged heterometallic single-molecule magnets incorporating four lanthanoceniums, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202218540.
(14) Ying Wang, Shuo Wang, Ze-Lin Ma, Li-Ting Yan, Xue-Bo Zhao, Ying-Ying Xue, Jia-Min Huo, Xiao Yuan, Shu-Ni Li, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Competitive coordination-oriented monodispersed ruthenium sites in conductive MOF/LDH heteronanotree catalysts for efficient overall water splitting in alkaline media, Adv. Mater., 2022, 2107488.
(15) Ying-Ying Xue, Xiao-Ying Bai, Jing Zhang, Ying Wang, Shu-Ni Li, Yu-Cheng Jiang, Man-Cheng Hu, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Precise pore space partition combined with high-density hydrogen-bonding acceptor within a metal-organic framework for highly efficient acetylene storage and separation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 10122-10128.
(16) Yong-Peng Li, Yong-Ni Zhao, Shu-Ni Li, Da-Qiang Yuan, Yu-Cheng Jiang, Xianhui Bu*, Man-Cheng Hu, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Ultra-high uptake capacity-enabled gas separation and fruit preservation by a new single-walled nickel-organic framework, Adv. Sci., 2021, 2003141.
(17) Ying Wang, Liting Yan, Kamran Dastafkan, Chuan Zhao*, Xuebo Zhao, Yingying Xue, Jiamin Huo, Shuni Li, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Lattice matching growth of conductive hierarchical porous MOF/LDH heteronanotube arrays for highly efficient water oxidation, Adv. Mater., 2021, 2006351.
(18) Yong-Peng Li, Ying Wang, Ying-Ying Xue, Hai-Peng Li, Quan-Guo Zhai*, Shu-Ni Li, Yu-Cheng Jiang, Man-Cheng Hu, Xianhui Bu*, Ultramicroporous building unit as a path to bi-microporous metal-organic framework with high acetylene storage and separation performance, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 13590-13595.
(19) Quan-Guo Zhai, Xianhui Bu, Xiang Zhao, Dong-Sheng Li, Pingyun Feng*, Pore space partition in metal-organic frameworks, Acc. Chem. Res., 2017, 50, 407-417.
(20) Quan-Guo Zhai, Xianhui Bu*, Chengyu Mao, Xiang Zhao, Pingyun Feng*, Systematic and dramatic tuning on gas sorption performance in heterometallic metal-organic frameworks, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 2524-2527.
(21) Quan-Guo Zhai, Xianhui Bu*, Chengyu Mao, Xiang Zhao, Luke Daemen, Yongqiang Cheng, Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta, Pingyun Feng*, An ultra-tunable platform for molecular engineering of high-performance crystalline porous materials, Nature Commun., 2016, 7, 13645.
(22) Quan-Guo Zhai, Chengyu Mao, Xiang Zhao, Qipu Lin, Fei Bu, Xitong Chen, Xianhui Bu*, Pingyun Feng*, Cooperative crystallization of heterometallic indium–chromium metal–organic polyhedra and their fast proton conductivity, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 7886-7890.
5. Awards and Honors
Young Yangtze River Scholar
Distinguished Young Scholar of Shaanxi Province
Winner of New Century Excellent Talents in Universities of Ministry of Education of China
Young Science and Technology Star of Shaanxi Province
Winner of the Lu Jiaxi Outstanding Mentor Award
6. Academic Services
Editorial Board Member of University Chemistry
Youth Editorial Board Member of Rare Metals
Youth Editorial Board Member of Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry
