教授，博士生导师，陕西省高层次引进青年人才。研究领域为材料科学领域，主要围绕纳米/团簇/单原子材料、界面工程复合材料、电化学催化和工业催化等方向开展工作。在Nature Catalysis, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials, Small, Chemistry European Journal A, ACS Applied Nano Materials, ACS Sustainable Chemistry Engineering等期刊发表文章50余篇（SCI收录），ESI Top 0.1%热点论文1篇，ESI Top 1%高被引论文3篇。Advanced Materials和Small期刊封面报道文章各一篇；总引用为6000余次，H因子32，单篇文章最高引用461次(数据来源：Google Scholar (截止2022.04))。申报并获授权中国发明专利5项。连续两年 （2022-2023）入选科睿唯安全球交叉学科（物理、化学、材料）高被引学者。

主持科研项目：
1.陕西省高层次人才引进计划青年项目（2022） 2022.05-2028.04
2.国家自然科学基金面上项目（2022）限域诱导的非贵金属双原子氧还原催化剂精准设计和反应机理研究 22275147  2023.01-2026.12

3.国家自然科学基金青年项目（2019）宏量可控构筑原子尺度非贵金属氧还原催化剂及催化机理研究 21902150 2020.01-2022.12 已结题

4.陕煤-秦岭基础科学研究五年行动计划基础科学研究项目-电化学合成双氧水 SMY.IY20220469 （2022） 2022.11-2024.02

代表性成果：

1.Y. Qu, Z. Li, W. Chen, Y. Lin, T. Yuan, Z. Yang, C. Zhao, J. Wang, C. Zhao, X. Wang, F. Zhou, Z. Zhuang, Y. Wu*, Y. Li*. Direct transformation of bulk copper into copper single sites via emitting and trapping of atoms. Nat. Catal. 2018, 1, 781-786. 

2.Y. Qu,# B. Chen,# Z. Li,# X. Duan,* L. Wang, Y. Lin, T. Yuan, F. Zhou, Y. Hu, Z. Yang, C. Zhao, J. Wang, C. Zhao, Y. Hu, G. Wu, Q. Zhang, Q. Xu, B. Liu, P. Gao, R. You, W. Huang, L. Zheng, L. Gu, Y. Wu,* Y. Li. Thermal emitting strategy to synthesize atomically dispersed Pt metal sites from bulk Pt metal, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141(11), 4505-4509. 

3.Y Qu,# L. Wang,# Z. Li, P. Li, Q. Zhang, Y. Lin, F. Zhou, H. Wang, Z. Yang, Y. Hu, M. Zhu, X. Zhao, X. Han, C. Wang, Q. Xu, L. Gu, J. Luo, L. Zheng, Y. Wu*. Ambient synthesis of single atom catalysts from bulk metal via trapping of atoms by surface dangling bond, Adv. Mater. 2019, 31(44), 1904496.  

4.J. Diao, Y. Qiu, S. Liu, W. Wang, K. Chen, H. Li, W. Yuan, Y. Qu,* X. Guo*. Interfacial Engineering of W2N/WC Heterostructures Derived from Solid-State Synthesis: A Highly Efficient Trifunctional Electrocatalyst for ORR, OER, and HER, Adv. Mater. 2020, 32(7), 1905679.  

5.Z. Yang,# C. Zhao,# Y. Qu,# H. Zhou, F. Zhou, J. Wang, Y. Wu,* Y. Li. Trifunctional Self-Supporting Cobalt-Embedded Carbon Nanotube Films for ORR, OER, and HER Triggered by Solid Diffusion from Bulk Metal, Adv. Mater. 2019, 31, 1-8. 

6.S. Ma, Z. Han, Y. Wang,* Y. Qu,* J. Bai*. Ionic Exchange of Metal−Organic Frameworks for constructing unsaturated copper single atom catalysts for boosting oxygen reduction reaction. Small, 2020, 16(23), 2001384. 

7.Y. Qu, Y. Gao,* L. Wang, J. Rao, G. Yin. Mild Synthesis of Pt/SnO2/Graphene Nanocomposites with Remarkably Enhanced Ethanol Electro-oxidation Activity and Durability, Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22(1), 193-198. 

8.Y. Qu, C. Li, L. Wang, Y. Gao,* G. Yin. Mild synthesis of layer-by-layer SnO2 nanosheet/Pt/graphene composites as catalysts for ethanol electro-oxidation, Int. J. Hydrogen. Energ. 2016, 41(32), 14036-14046. 

9.Y. Qu, L. Wang, C. Li, Y. Gao,* J. Sika, J. Rao, G. Yin. Quantitative pinhole on-line electrochemical mass spectrometry study on ethanol electro-oxidation at carbon-supported Pt and Ir-containing catalysts. Int. J. Hydrogen. Energ., 2017, 42(1), 228-235. 

10.Z. Qin, X. Tang, Y. Su, Z. He, Y. Qu,* S. Tong.* SnS Micro/Nanocrystals with Urchinlike Architectures for Capture of Au(III), Pt(IV), and Pd(II). ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2020, 3(8), 8505. 

11.Kunyue Leng, Jianting Zhang, Yi Wang, Dingding Li, Lei Bai, Jingbo Shi, Xiaolin Li*, Lirong Zheng*, Jinbo Bai*, Yunteng Qu*, Interfacial Cladding Engineering Suppresses Atomic Thermal Migration to Fabricate Well‐Defined Dual‐Atom Electrocatalysts, Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 2205637. 
12.Boqian Jia, Lei Bai, Zheng Han, Ren Li, Junxiu Huangfu, Chongao Li, Jiming Zheng, Yunteng Qu*, Kunyue Leng*, Yi Wang*, and Jinbo Bai*, High-Performance Styrene Epoxidation with Vacancy-Defect Cobalt Single-Atom Catalysts,  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2022, 14, 8, 10337-10343.

13.Qikui Fan, Pengfei Gao, Shan Ren,  Yunteng Qu*, Chuncai Kong*, Jian Yang*, Yuen Wu,Total conversion of centimeter-scale nickel foam into single atom electrocatalysts with highly selective CO₂ electrocatalytic reduction in neutral electrolyte,  Nano Research, 2022.