Prof. Lo Tsz-woon, Benedict

PolyU Scholars Hub

Associate Professor (Presidential Young Scholar)

PolyU Scholars Hub

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Research Overview

Our research focuses on the development of new nanomaterials and nanocomposites for the applications in clean and renewable energy, including solar cell, water splitting, CO2 reduction, and batteries.

Research Interests

Education and Academic Qualifications

Master of Chemistry, University of Oxford
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University of Oxford

Achievements

The Young Scientists Fund-Type B – The National Science Foundation of China (2025)
Top 47, 2025 Advanced Science Young Innovator Award (2025)
Young Innovator Research Award, PolyU (2022)

Liu, L.; Liu, J.; Li, G.; Shi, X.; Yin, J.; Zheng, S.; Yung, K.-F.; Yang, H. B.; Lo, T. W. B. Exceptional CO2 Hydrogenation to Ethanol via Precise Single-Atom Ir Deposition on Functional P Islands. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2025, 64, e202422744. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202422744
Li, G.; Foo, C.; Fan, R.; Zheng, M.; Wang, Q.; Chu, Y.; Li, J.; Day, S.; Steadman, P.; Tang, C.; Lo, T. W. B.; Deng, F.; Tsang, S. C. E. Atomic locations and adsorbate interactions of Al single and pair sites in H-ZSM-5 zeolite. Science 2025, 387, 388–393. DOI: 10.1126/science.adq6644
He, Z.; Li, K.; Chen, T.; Feng, Y.; Villalobos-Portillo, E.; Marini, C.; Lo, T. W. B.; Yang, F.; Zhang, L.; Liu, L. High-purity hydrogen production from dehydrogenation of methylcyclohexane catalyzed by zeolite-encapsulated subnanometer platinum-iron clusters. Nature Communications 2025, 16, 92. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55370-z
Chen, T.; Li, Y.; Ho, P.-L.; Leung, K. C.; Liu, J.; Wun, C. K. T.; Li, Z.; Tang, C. C.; Kawaguchi, S.; Wu, T.-S.; Soo, Y.-L.; Yin, J.; Edman Tsang, S. C.; Lo, T. W. B. Unraveling the Nuclearity Effect of Atomically Choreographed Triatom Cu3 Clusters Supported on Zeolites. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, 147, 17170–17180. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c02706.
Chen, T.; Yu, W.; Wun, C. K. T.; Wu, T.-S.; Sun, M.; Day, S. J.; Li, Z.; Yuan, B.; Wang, Y.; Li, M.; Wang, Z.; Peng, Y.-K.; Yu, W.-Y.; Wong, K.-Y.; Huang, B.; Liang, T.; Lo, T. W. B. Cu–Co Dual-Atom Catalysts Supported on Hierarchical USY Zeolites for an Efficient Cross-Dehydrogenative C(sp2)–N Coupling Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145, 8464–8473. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c00114
Chen, T.; Huang, B.; Day, S.; Tang, C. C.; Tsang, S. C. E.; Wong, K.-y.; Lo, T. W. B. Differential Adsorption of l- and d-Lysine on Achiral MFI Zeolites as Determined by Synchrotron X-Ray Powder Diffraction and Thermogravimetric Analysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59, 1093–1097. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201909352
Teixeira, I. F.; Lo, T. W. B.; Kostetskyy, P.; Ye, L.; Tang, C. C.; Mpourmpakis, G.; Tsang, S. C. E. Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass-Derived Furan and Ethanol to Ethylbenzene. ACS Catalysis 2018, 8, 1843–1850. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b03952
Lo, T. W. B.; Ye, L.; Chang, G. G. Z.; Purchase, K.; Day, S.; Tang, C. C.; Mei, D.; Tsang, S. C. E. Dynamic modification of pore opening of SAPO-34 by adsorbed surface methoxy species during induction of catalytic methanol-to-olefins reactions. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2018, 237, 245–250. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.05.090.
Teixeira, I. F.; Lo, T. W. B.; Kostetskyy, P.; Stamatakis, M.; Ye, L.; Tang, C. C.; Mpourmpakis, G.; Tsang, S. C. E. From Biomass-Derived Furans to Aromatics with Ethanol over Zeolite. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016, 55, 13061–13066. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201604108
Lo, T. W. B.; Ye, L.; Qu, J.; Sun, J.; Zheng, J.; Kong, D.; Murray, C. A.; Tang, C. C.; Tsang, S. C. E. Elucidation of Adsorbate Structures and Interactions on Brønsted Acid Sites in H-ZSM-5 by Synchrotron X-ray Powder Diffraction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016, 55, 5981–5984. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201600487