Professor Lin Zhang
Nanomaterials Engineering Research Center, Henan University
Email: lin.zhang@henu.edu.cn
Address: Room 523B, Nanomaterials Engineering Research Center, Jinming Campus, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, China
I. Personal Profile
Lin Zhang, born in 1988, is a Professor at Henan University. Her research primarily focuses on bioelectrochemistry and bipolar electrochemistry. She has served as the Principal Investigator for multiple research projects, including one General Program and one Young Scientist Project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), as well as the Henan Provincial Excellent Youth Fund and several international collaboration programs. She has published more than 40 peer-reviewed papers in international journals.
II. Education and Work Experience
2024.08 – Present: “Youth Talent A Position”, Henan University
2020.06 – Present: Full professor, Nanomaterials Engineering Research Center, Henan University
2019.01 – 2024.07: “Yellow River Scholar”, special-term professor, Henan University
2017.02 – 2018.10: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute des Sciences Moléculaires (ISM), CNRS, France. Supervisor: Prof. Alexander Kuhn
2013.11 – 2016.12, Ph.D. in Chemistry, Université de Lorraine, France. Supervisor: Dr. Mathieu Etienne & Dr. Neus Vila
2011.10 – 2013.06, M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry, University of Bordeaux, France.
2011.10 – 2013.06, M.Sc. in Advanced Functional Materials, University of Augsburg, Germany
2006.09 – 2010.06, B.Sc. in Chemistry, Henan University, China
III. Research Projects (as Principal Investigator)
1. NSFC General Project: Design of Janus Microelectrodes for Their Application in Bipolar Electroenzymatic Catalysis at Oil/Water Interfaces, 2023.01–2026.12, ¥ 540,000.
2. NSFC Young Scientist Project: Preparation of Enzyme-Functionalized Microelectrodes for Wireless Bipolar Electrochemical Enzymatic Synthesis, 2020.01–2022.12, ¥ 250,000.
3. Henan Excellent Youth Science Foundation: Design of Functionalized Electrodes and Their application in Bipolar Electrochemistry, 2023.01–2025.12, ¥ 250,000.
4. Innovation Introduction Platform (Renewal): Outstanding Foreign Scientist Studio on Bioelectrochemistry of Henan Province, 2024.01–2026.12, ¥ 1,000,000.
5. Innovation Introduction Platform: Outstanding Foreign Scientist Studio on Bioelectrochemistry, 2020.01–2022.12, ¥ 1,000,000.
6. Ministry of Science and Technology of China: Exploration of Wireless Electrochemical Enzymatic Synthesis, ¥ 40,000.
7. Henan Provincial Science and Technology R&D Project: Bioelectrochemistry Based on Silica Hybrid Materials, 2022.01–2022.12, ¥ 40,000.
8. Henan Overseas Returnee Research Funding Program: ¥ 30,000.
9. Henan University International Cooperation Major Cultivation Project: Enzymatic Synthesis of Chiral Molecules via Bipolar Electrochemistry, ¥ 300,000.
10. “Yellow River Scholar” Start-up Fund, 2019.01–2023.12, ¥ 600,000.
11. Henan University “Youth Talent A Position” Start-up Fund, 2024.08–2029.07, ¥ 1,000,000.
IV. Publications
41. Huahua Dong, Kaige Qv, Qunyan Zhu*, Jinshuo Li, Chang Liu, Lin Zhang*,Wensheng Yang*,Construction of closed bipolar electrochemiluminescence sensor based on Co‑MOF‑derived Au/CoO‑modified carbon cloth for uric acid detection, Microchimica Acta, 2025,192, 698.
40. Ruchao Gao, Sabrina Bichon, Sébastien Gounel, Gerardo Salinas, Lin Zhang*, Nicolas Mano*, Alexander Kuhn*, Magnetic field-enhanced transformation of biochemical energy into motion of enzyme-modified graphene monolayers, Chem. Commun. 2025, 61, 14410.
39. Leslie R. Arias-Aranda, Ruchao Gao, Lin Zhang*, Alexander Kuhn, Neso Sojic, Laurent Bouffier, Gerardo Salinas*, Magnetoelectrochemical Rotation of Light Emitting Graphene Monolayers, Small, 2025, e00778.
38. Qunyan Zhu, Huahua Dong, Guoliang Lu, Kaige Qv, Wensheng Yang*, Lin Zhang*, Wireless Bipolar Electrochromic Sensor Based on Metal–Organic Framework-Derived NiCo Bimetallic Carbon Nanocomposite for Visual Detection of Uric Acid, ChemElectroChem， 2025, 12, e202500250. (Invited, "Electrochemistry Talents"特刊)
37. Bingbing Xie, Yuheng Fu, ZhongshunWang, Yun Li, Qunyan Zhu, Lin Zhang,* Wensheng Yang,* Alexander Kuhn*, One-Pot Single-Step Approach for the Controlled Synthesis of Multifunctional Microparticles, Adv. Mater., 2025, 2506777.
36. Jinshuo Li, Chi Cao, Xiaoyu Zhang, Huahua Dong, Mengfei Wang, Lin Zhang, Zihao Xing*, Wensheng Yang*, Carbon Energy, 2025, 7, e700.
35. Yang Hu, Xiaoyu Zhang, Lin Zhang*, Wensheng Yang*, Synthesis of Multishelled Silica Particles by Using Choline Hydroxide as Catalyst, Langmuir, 2025, 41, 4195-4202.
34. Zhongshun Wang, Qunyan Zhu, Chang Liu, Kun Chen, Yuheng Fu, Bingbing Xie, Lin Zhang*, Wensheng Yang*, Ultrasensitive and quantitative SERS detection using SiO2@Au core-satellite structures on paper-based super-hydrophobic substrates for food safety applications, Microchemical Journal, 2025, 209, 112763.
33. Chang Liu, Yang Hu, Lin Zhang*, Wensheng Yang*, Controllable Synthesis of Amino-Functionalized Silica Particles via Co-condensation of Tetraethoxysilane and (3-Aminopropyl)triethoxysilane, Langmuir, 2024, 40, 25166-25172.
32. Yuheng Fu, Bingbing Xie, Miaoxia Liu, Shaojuan Hou, Qunyan Zhu, Alexander Kuhn, Lin Zhang*, Wensheng Yang*, Neso Sojic*, Bipolar Electrochemiluminescence at the Water/Organic Interface, Chemical Science 2024, 15, 19907-19912.
31. Xiaoyu Zhang, Hao Kang, Lin Zhang*, Wensheng Yang*, Sonication-Assisted Electrochemical Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles, Langmuir, 2024, 40, 22455−22461.
30. Ziman Zheng, Xingmei Chen, Yafei Wang, Ping Wen, Qingfang Duan, Pei Zhang, Liangjie Shan, Zhipeng Ni, Yinghui Feng, Yu Xue, Xing Li, Lin Zhang*, Ji Liu*, Self-Growing Hydrogel Bioadhesives for Chronic Wound Management, Adv. Mater. 2024, 2408538.
29. Feifei Li, Wassim EI Hosseini, Qunyan Zhu, Lin Zhang*, Wensheng Yang, Mathieu Etienne*, Functionalized Metal-organic Framework for NADH Regeneration by Hydrogen in a Redox Flow Bioreactor, Chemistry - A European Journal 2024, e202401893.
28. Yang Hu, Chi Cao, Lin Zhang*, Wensheng Yang*, Synthesis of Silica Particles with Controlled Microstructure via the Choline Hydroxide Cocatalyzed Stöber Method, Langmuir, 2024, 40, 15933−15940.
27. Yuheng Fu; Kun Chen; Bingbing Xie; Xiaoyu Zhang; Lin Zhang*; Alexander Kuhn*; Wensheng Yang*，Design of Janus Particles by Bipolar Electrochemistry at the Water–Organic Interface, Chemistry of Materials, 2024, 36, 7079−7088.
26. Chi Cao, Jinshuo Li, Linfeng Zhang, Yang Hu, Lin Zhang*, Wensheng Yang*, MXene-based 2D/2D Ti3C2/TiO2 heterojunction with spatially separated redox sites for efficient photocatalytic N2 reduction towards NH3, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2025, 214, 180-193.
25. Chang Liu; Yandong Han; Zhongshun Wang; Lin Zhang*; Wensheng Yang*, Preparation of (3-Aminopropyl)triethoxysilane-Modified Silica Particles with Tunable Isoelectric Point, Langmuir, 2024, 40, 24, 12565–12572.
24. Ruchao Gao; Mohsen Beladi‐Mousavi; Gerardo Salinas; Lin Zhang*; Alexander Kuhn*, Synthesis of Multi‐Functional Graphene Monolayers via Bipolar Electrochemistry, ChemPhysChem, 2024, e202400257.
23. Yandong Han; Lin Zhang; Wensheng Yang*, Synthesis of Mesoporous Silica Using the Sol–Gel Approach: Adjusting Architecture and Composition for Novel Applications, Nanomaterials, 2024, 14(11), 903
22. Chi Cao; Jinshuo Li; Yang Hu; Lin Zhang; Wensheng Yang*, Mechanism investigation of A-site doping on modulating electronic band structure and photocatalytic performance towards CO2 reduction of LaFeO3 perovskite, Nano research, 2024, 17, 3733–3744.
21. Ruchao Gao, S. Mohsen Beladi-Mousavi,* Gerardo Salinas, Patrick Garrigue, Lin Zhang,* and Alexander Kuhn*, Spatial Precision Tailoring the Catalytic Activity of Graphene Monolayers for Designing Janus Swimmers, Nano Lett. 2023, 23, 8180−8185.
20. Jingwen Ba; Yandong Han; Lin Zhang; Wensheng Yang*, Au (III) cross-linked hollow organosilica capsules from 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023, 641, 428-436.
19. Xiaoyu Zhang; Zhenzhen Huang; Lin Zhang; Wensheng Yang*, Synthesis of Au Nanoclusters by Reduction of Bovine Serum Albumin: The Role of Sodium Hydroxide, Langmuir, 2023, 39, 6748-6755.
18. Chunhua Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yuheng Fu, Lin Zhang*, Alexander Kuhn*，Metal-organic framework functionalized bipolar electrodes for bulk electroenzymatic synthesis，Journal of Catalysis, 2023, 421, 95.
17. Chunhua Zhang; Huiting Zhang; Junying Pi; Lin Zhang*; Kuhn, Alexander*; Bulk Electrocatalytic NADH Cofactor Regeneration with Bipolar Electrochemistry, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202111804.
16. Weiwei Li; Chunhua Zhang; Ziman Zheng; Xiaoyu Zhang; Lin Zhang*; Alexander Kuhn*; Fine-Tuning the Electrocatalytic Regeneration of NADH Cofactor Using [Rh(Cp)(bpy)Cl]+-Functionalized Metal–Organic Framework Films, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14(41): 46673.
15. Tien Dung Le; Didier Lasseux; Lin Zhang; Cristina Carucci; Sébastien Gounel; Sabrina Bichon; F. Lorenzutti; Alexander Kuhn; T. Šafarik; Nicolas Mano, Multiscale modelling of diffusion and enzymatic reaction in porous electrodes in Direct Electron Transfer mode, Chemical Engineering Science, 2022, 248, 117157
14. Bhavana Gupta #; Lin Zhang # ; Ambrose Ashwin Melvin; Bertrand Goudeau; Laurent Bouffier; Alexander Kuhn; Designing Tubular Conducting Polymer Actuators for Wireless Electropumping, Chemical Science, 2021, 12(6): 2071.
13. Bowen Li; Qiuye Li; Bhavana Gupta; Zhongjie Guan; Lin Zhang; Min Zhang; Jianjun Yang, Space-induced charge carriers separation enhances photocatalytic hydrogen evolution on hollow urchin-like TiO2 nanomaterial, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020, 837, 155547.
12. Tien Dung Le; Lin Zhang; Alexander Kuhn; Nicolas Mano; Gerard L. Vignoles; Didier Lasseux, Upscaled model for diffusion and serial reduction pathways in porous electrodes, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2019, 855, 113325.
11. Lin Zhang; Cristina Carucci; Stéphane Reculusa; Bertrand Goudeau; Pauline Lefrançois; Sébastien Gounel; Nicolas Mano*; Alexander Kuhn*, Rational Design of Enzyme‐Modified Electrodes for Optimized Bioelectrocatalytic Activity, ChemElectroChem, 2019, 6, 4980-4984.
10. Bhavana Gupta; Mariana C. Afonso; Lin Zhang; Cédric Ayela; Patrick Garrigue; Bertrand Goudeau; Alexander Kuhn*, Wireless Coupling of Conducting Polymer Actuators with Light Emission, ChemPhysChem, 2019, 20, 941-945.
9. Tien Dung Le; Lin Zhang; Stéphane Reculusa; Gerard L. Vignoles; Nicolas Mano; Alexander Kuhn; Didier Lasseux*, Optimal Thickness of a Porous Micro-Electrode Operating a Single Redox Reaction, ChemElectroChem, 2019, 6, 173-180.
8. Lin Zhang; Bhavana Gupta; Bertrand Goudeau; Nicolas Mano; Alexander Kuhn*; Wireless Electromechanical Readout of Chemical Information, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140(45): 15501.
7. Lin Zhang; Mathieu Etienne*; Neus Vila; Thi Xuan Huong Le; Gert-Wieland Kohring; Alain Walcarius, Electrocatalytic biosynthesis using a bucky paper functionalized by [Cp*Rh(bpy)Cl]+ and a renewable enzymatic layer, ChemCatChem, 2018, 10(18), 4067-4073
6. Lin Zhang; Neus Vilà*; Alain Walcarius; Mathieu Etienne*, Molecular and Biological Catalysts Coimmobilization on Electrode by Combining Diazonium Electrografting and Sequential Click Chemistry, ChemElectroChem, 2018, 5, 2208-2217
5. Lin Zhang; Neus Vila; Gert-Wieland Kohring; Alain Walcarius; Mathieu Etienne*; Covalent immobilization of (2,2’-Bipyridyl) (Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)-Rhodium Complex on a Porous Carbon Electrode for Efficient Electrocatalytic NADH Regeneration, ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7, 4386.
4. Lin Zhang; Mathieu Etienne; Neus Vila; Alain Walcarius, Functional Electrodes for Enzymatic Electrosynthesis, World Scientific publising, 2017 (Book Chapter)
3. Lin Zhang; Neus Vilà; Tobias Klein; Gert-Wieland Kohring; Ievgen Mazurenko; Alain Walcarius; Mathieu Etienne*, Immobilization of Cysteine-Tagged Proteins on Electrode Surfaces by Thiol–Ene Click Chemistry, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016, 8, 17591-17598
2. Tauqir Nasir; Lin Zhang; Neus Vilà; Grégoire Herzog; Alain Walcarius*, Electrografting of 3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane on a Glassy Carbon Electrode for the Improved Adhesion of Vertically Oriented Mesoporous Silica Thin Films, Langmuir, 2016, 32, 4323-4332
1. Mathieu Etienne; Lin Zhang; Neus Vilà; Alain Walcarius*, Mesoporous Materials-Based Electrochemical Enzymatic Biosensors, Electroanalysis, 2015, 27, 2028-2054
