1. Education Background
· Ph.D. in Chemistry
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences
Period: 2006 – 2013
· B.S. in Chemistry
Northwest University
Period: 2002 – 2006
2. Professional Experience
l Associated Professor
Shaanxi Normal University
Period: 2015 to presence
l Post-doc.
Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Period: 2013 to 2014
3. Research Interests
l Heterojunction semiconductor photocatalysts for solar energy conversion
l Composite photoelectrocatalytic materials for solar energy conversion
l Catalyst design for electrocatalytic energy conversion using low-cost metals
l Hydrophilic modification of polymer surfaces based on electroless plating technology
4. Representative Publications
1) Yuan Cao,# Zhuo Han,# Rui Song,# Yuqi Liu, Shucai Xia, Xinlei Zhang, Jing Leng, Changhao Wang, Wenliang Zhu,* Yin Yu, Xiaomin Tian, Jiaqi He, Yu Zou, Yi Ma,* Jianzhi Gao,* Chuanyao Zhou,* Feng Song,* Wei Huang* and Minghu Pan,* Topological Luttinger-semimetal CoAs3 dye-sensitized photocatalyst for efficient solar hydrogen evolution. Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 8759.
2) Shunfeng Li, Miao Hu, Chengcai Hu, Zishuai Hu, Yuqi Liu, Weixing Peng, Xin Bo, Guanna Li,* Zenglin Wang,* Rengui Li,* and Yi Ma,* Facilitating charge utilization via semi-embedding cocatalyst adjacent to the interfacial region in composite photocatalyst. Chem. Eng. J. 2025, 519, 165350.
3) Yu Sun,# Manman Qi,# Xin Tan,# Shiyi Tao, Chen Jia, Yachao Zeng, Yulian Zhao, Kaiqiang Liu, Sean C. Smith, Lingxing Zan, Somnath Mukherjee, Kamran Dastafkan, Zenglin Wang, Yi Ma,* Xin Bo,* Chuan Zhao,* Gram-scale synthesis of N-NiMo/MoO2 heterostructures to boost hydrogen evolution in low-alkalinity anion exchange membrane water electrolysis. Nano Energy 2025, 146, 111489.
4) Xinyi Yun, Miao Hu, Yuqi Liu, Yuan Zhang, Sizhuo Xu, Xin Bo, Zenglin Wang, Yi Ma,* A ternary-structured NiCo-LDH/Ni/BiVO4 photoanode with enhanced charge dynamics for photoelectrochemical water splitting. Surf. Interf. 2025, 56, 105444.
5) Yushu Li,# Huizhen Han,# Xiuhang Wang, Yu Sun, Yulian Zhao, Shiyi Tao, Aoxing Duan, Yi Ma,* Xin Bo,* and Zenglin Wang*, A facile N-doped NiFe(B) (Oxy)hydroxide monolithic electrode for enhanced water oxidation. Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 4052.
6) Shunfeng Li, Tingting Song, Wenting Zhou, Zenglin Wang, Yi Ma,* Modulation of active site environment in an embedded CuOx@TiO2 photocatalyst for enhanced hydrogen evolution and CO2 reduction. Mol. Catal. 2023, 550,113553
7) Xinyu Wang, Yubo Lei, Yuying Gao, Xinyi Yun, Zenglin Wang, Fengtao Fan, Yi Ma,* Multi-Function of the Ni Interlayer in the Design of a BiVO4‑Based Photoanode for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 48682.
8) Tingting Song, Wenting Zhou, Shunfeng Li, Zhiguang Yin, Zenglin Wang, Yi Ma,* Optimizing the charge migration pathways via embedding Pd NPs in porous TiO2 for boosting photocatalytic H2 production, Micropor. Mesopor. Mat. 2022, 344, 112235.
9) Zhiguang Yin,# Tingting Song,# Wenting Zhou, Zenglin Wang, Yi Ma,* Highly isolated Pt NPs embedded in porous TiO2 derived from MIL-125 with enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production activity, J. Catal. 2021, 402, 289.
10) Zhiguang Yin, Zihao Wang, Jiani Wang, Xinyu Wang, Tingting Song, Zenglin Wang, Yi Ma,* HF Promoted Incresed Nitrogen Doping in TiO2(B) Photocatalyst, Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 5609.
11) Wan Zhang, Ruotian Chen, Zhiguang Yin, Xinyu Wang, Zenglin Wang, Fengtao Fan, Yi Ma,* Surface Assistant Charge Separation in PEC Cu2S−Ni/Cu2O Cathode. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11, 3400
12) Zihao Wang, Yilan Wang, Wan Zhang, Zenglin Wang, Yi Ma,* Xin Zhou,* Fabrication of TiO2(B)/Anatase Heterophase Junctions at High Temperature via Stabilizing the Surface of TiO2(B) for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity. J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 1799.
13) Yilan Wang, Wan Zhang, Zihao Wang, Yimeng Cao, Jiami Feng, Zenglin Wang, Yi Ma,* Fabrication of TiO2(B)/anatase heterophase junctions in nanowires via a surface-preferred phase transformation process for enhanced photocatalytic activity, Chin. J. Catal. 2018, 39, 1500.
14) Yi Ma, Xiuli Wang, Can Li,* Charge separation promoted by phase junctions in photocatalysts, Chin. J. Catal. 2015, 36, 1519 .
15) Yi Ma, Xiuli Wang, Yushuai Jia, Xiaobo Chen, Hongxian Han, and Can Li,* Titanium Dioxide Based Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic Fuel Generations, Chem. Rev. 2014, 114, 9987.
16) Yi Ma, Ruifeng Chong, Fuxiang Zhang, Qian Xu, Shuai Shen, and Can Li*, Synergetic effect of dual cocatalysts in photocatalytic H2 production: a new insight into dual cocatalyst location. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 17734.
17) Yi Ma, Qian Xu, Xu Zong, Donge Wang, Guopeng Wu, Xiang Wang, and Can Li*, Photocatalytic H2 production on Pt/TiO2-SO42- with tuned surface–phase structures: enhancing activity and reducing CO formation, Energy Environ. Sci. 2012, 5, 6345.
5. Awards and Honors
2016 Youth Talent Supporting Program of the Shaanxi Association for Science and Technology.
