Gao Chao
Associate Professor
E-mail: gaoc@ustc.edu.cn
Personal homepage: https://faculty.ustc.edu.cn/gaochao/
Personal Profile
Gao Chao, an associate professor and supervisor of doctorate candidates at the University of Science and Technology of China, the recipient of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars. He has published over 70 papers in high-impact international academic journals, with over 9,000 citations (H index of 38). As the first author or co-corresponding author, he has published more than 30 papers in international academic journals, including Nat. Commun., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Chem. Rev. and Chem. Soc. Rev. He was selected as a member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2021. He won the First Class Prize in the Anhui Provincial Natural Sciences Awards in 2021 (as the third achiever), and the President’s Excellence Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2015.
Education and Research Experience：
April 2020 - Present: Associate Professor of the Department of Applied Chemistry of the University of Science and Technology of China
2017 - 2020: Special-term Associate Researcher of the Department of Applied Chemistry of the University of Science and Technology of China
2015 - 2017: Postdoctoral Researcher of the Department of Chemistry of the University of Science and Technology of China
2013 - 2015: Joint training at National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
2010 - 2015: Ph.D. from the University of Science and Technology of China
2006 - 2010: Bachelor’s Degree from Anhui Normal University
Research Directions:
Currently, his research focuses on the controlled synthesis, design and integration of inorganic nanomaterials and biological hybrid systems, and their applications in artificial photosynthesis, aiming to realize the catalytic conversion of key small molecules such as CO2, N2 and CH4 to synthesize high value-added chemicals. The research involves the fields of material chemistry, coordination chemistry, synthetic biology, photocatalysis and biocatalysis.
Scientific Research Projects:
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Excellent Youth Science Fund Project, 2025.1-2027.12, Principal Investigator;
National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Project, 2022.1-2025.12, Principal Investigator;
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Training Program of the Major Research Plan, 2020.1-2022.12, Principal Investigator;
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Youth Science Fund Project, 2018.1-2020.12, Principal Investigator;
Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation, Youth Science Fund Project, 2017.7-2019.6, Principal Investigator;
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (First-Class Funding), 2015.11-2017.11, Principal Investigator
Awards and Honors:
First Prize of the Natural Science Award of Anhui Province (as the third achiever);
President’s Excellence Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2015);
National Scholarship for Doctoral Students (2013);
Zhu Li Yuehua Excellent Doctoral Student Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2013);
Guanghua Scholarship of the University of Science and Technology of China (2014)
Publications and Monographs：
[1] Solar-Driven Sugar Production Directly from CO2 via a Customizable Electrocatalytic-Biocatalytic Flow System
Liu, G.; Zhong, Y.; Liu, Z.; Wang, G.; Gao, F.; Zhang, C.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, H.; Ma, J.; Hu, Y.; Chen, A.; Pan, J.; Min, Y.; Tang, Z.; Gao, C.;* Xiong, Y.* Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 2636.
[2] Continuous Flow System for Highly Efficient and Durable Photocatalytic Oxidative Coupling of Methane
Chen, Y.; Zhao, Y.; Liu, D.; Wang, G.; Jiang, W.; Liu, S.; Zhang, W.; Li, Y.; Ma, Z.; Shao, T.; Liu, H.; Li, X.; Tang, Z.; Gao, C.;* Xiong, Y.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 2465-2473.
[3] Efficient Thermal Management with Selective Metamaterial Absorber for Boosting Photothermal CO2 Hydrogenation under Sunlight
Liu, S.; Wang, X.; Chen, Y.; Li, Y.; Wei, Y.; Shao, T.; Ma, J.; Jiang, W.; Xu, J.; Dong, Y.; Wang, C.; Liu, H.; Gao, C.;* Xiong, Y.* Adv. Mater. 2024, 36, 2311957.
[4] Artificial Photosynthetic Cells with Biotic-Abiotic Hybrid Energy Modules for Customized CO2 Conversion
Gao, F.; Liu, G.; Chen, A.; Hu, Y.; Wang, H.; Pan, J.; Feng, J.; Zhang, H.; Wang, Y.; Min, Y.; Gao, C.;* Xiong, Y.* Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 6783.
[5] Sunlight-Driven Highly Selective Catalytic Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Towards Tunable Products
Xia, T.; Gong, W.; Chen, Y.; Duan, M.; Ma, J.; Cui, X.; Dai, Y.; Gao, C.;* Xiong, Y.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202204225.
[6] Stacked Plasmonic Metamaterial with Strong Localized Electric Field Enables Highly Efficient Broadband Light-Driven CO2 Hydrogenation
Shao, T.; Wang, X.; Dong, H.; Liu, S.; Duan, D.; Li, Y.; Song, P.; Jiang, H.;* Hou, Z.; Gao, C.;* Xiong, Y.* Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2202367.
[7] Altering Hydrogenation Pathways in Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation by Tuning Local Electronic Structure of Oxygen Vacancy with Dopant
Bo, Y.; Wang, H.; Lin, Y.; Yang, T.; Ye, R.; Li, Y.; Hu, C.; Du, P.; Hu, Y.; Liu, Z.; Long, R.; Gao, C.;* Ye, B.; Song, L.; Wu, X.;* Xiong, Y.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 16085-16092.
[8] Tracking Mechanistic Pathway of Photocatalytic CO2 Reaction at Ni Sites Using Operando, Time-Resolved Spectroscopy
Hu, Y.; Zhan, F.; Wang, Q.; Sun, Y.; Yu, C.; Zhao, X.; Wang, H.; Long, R.; Zhang, G.; Gao, C.;* Zhang, W.;* Jiang, J.; Tao, Y.;* Xiong, Y.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 5618-5626.
[9] Heterogeneous Single-Atom Photocatalysts: Fundamentals and Applications
Gao, C.; Low, J.; Long, R.; Kong, T.; Zhu, J.; Xiong, Y.* Chem. Rev. 2020, 120, 12175-12216.
[10] Metal-Organic Framework Coating Enhances the Performance of Cu2O in Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction
Deng, X.; Li, R.; Wu, S.; Wang, L.; Hu, J.; Ma, J.; Jiang, W.; Zhang, N.; Zheng, X.; Gao, C.;* Wang, L.; Zhang, Q.;* Zhu, J.; Xiong, Y.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 10924-10929.
[11] Heterogeneous Single-Atom Catalyst for Visible-Light-Driven High-Turnover CO2 Reduction: The Role of Electron Transfer
Gao, C.; Chen, S.; Wang, Y.; Wang, J.; Zheng, X.; Zhu, J.; Song, L.;* Zhang, W.; Xiong, Y.* Adv. Mater. 2018, 30, 1704624.
[12] Refining Defect States in W18O49 by Mo Doping: A Strategy for Tuning N2 Activation towards Solar-Driven Nitrogen Fixation
Zhang, N.; Jalil, A.; Wu, D.; Chen, S.; Liu, Y.; Gao, C.;* Ye, W.; Qi, Z.; Ju, H.; Wang, C.; Wu, X.;* Song, L.; Zhu, J.; Xiong, Y.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 9434–9443.
[13] Coordination Chemistry in the Design of Heterogeneous Photocatalysts (Review article)
Gao, C.; Wang, J.; Xu, H.; Xiong, Y.* Chem. Soc. Rev. 2017, 46, 2799-2823.
[14] Co3O4 Hexagonal Platelets with Controllable Facets Enabling Highly Efficient Visible-Light Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2
Gao, C.; Meng Q.; Zhao K.; Yin H.; Wang D.; Guo J.; Zhao S.; Chang L.; He M.; Li Q.; Zhao H.; Huang X.*; Gao Y.* and Tang Z.*, Adv. Mater., 2016, 28, 6485-6490.