个人简介

于 2003 年从北京大学化学与分子工程学院获得学士学位，2008 年从美国埃默里大学 (Emory University) 化学系获得博士学位。分别于 2008－2009 年在埃默里大学化学系，2009－2011 年在麻省理工学院 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 化学系 Stephen J. Lippard 课题组进行博士后研究工作。2011 年回国加入中国人民大学化学系，2014 年调入williamhill威廉希尔官网。

目前担任williamhill威廉希尔官网分子模拟与太阳能转化团队首席教授，博士生导师。2018 年获得霍英东青年教师基金；2006 年获美国 Emory University 的 Osborne R. Quayle 奖；2009-2011 年获美国 Camille and Henry Dreyfus 基金。自 2011 年独立工作后，目前已在国内外重要影响力期刊上发表论文六十余篇。2019 年受聘担任 Chemical Society Reviews 期刊编委。

研究领域：

1. 分子催化在能源相关小分子活化中的应用。

2. 水分解反应机理研究，氧氧成键和氢氢成键机制研究。

3. 分子催化剂的多相化研究。

课题组主页：http://glx.sy.snnu.edu.cn/thecaogroup/index.htm

近五年代表性成果

1. Zhang, W.; Lai, W. Z.; Cao, R. Energy-Related Small Molecule Activation Reactions: Oxygen Reduction and Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions Catalyzed by Porphyrin- and Corrole-Based Systems. Chem. Rev. 2017, 117, 3717-3797.

2. Li, X. L.; Lei, H. T.; Liu, J. Y.; Zhao, X. L.; Ding, S. P.; Zhang, Z. Y.; Tao, X. X.; Zhang, W.; Wang, W. C.; Zheng, X. H., et al. Carbon Nanotubes with Cobalt Corroles for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution in pH 0-14 Solutions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 15070-15075.

3. Liang, Z. Z.; Fan, X.; Lei, H. T.; Qi, J.; Li, Y. Y.; Gao, J. P.; Huo, M. L.; Yuan, H. T.; Zhang, W.; Lin, H. P., et al. Cobalt-Nitrogen-Doped Helical Carbonaceous Nanotubes as a Class of Efficient Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 13187-13191.

4. Han, Y. Z.; Fang, H. Y.; Jing, H. Z.; Sun, H. L.; Lei, H. T.; Lai, W. Z.; Cao, R. Singly Versus Doubly Reduced Nickel Porphyrins for Proton Reduction: Experimental and Theoretical Evidence for a Homolytic Hydrogen-Evolution Reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 5457-5462.

5. Wu, Y. Z.; Chen, M. X.; Han, Y. Z.; Luo, H. X.; Su, X. J.; Zhang, M.-T.; Lin, X. H.; Sun, J. L.; Wang, L.; Deng, L., et al. Fast and Simple Preparation of Iron-Based Thin Films as Highly Efficient Water-Oxidation Catalysts in Neutral Aqueous Solution. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 4870-4875.

6. Liu, X.; Yi, Q. L.; Han, Y. Z.; Liang, Z. N.; Shen, C. H.; Zhou, Z. Y.; Sun, J. L.; Li, Y. Z.; Du, W. B.; Cao, R. A Robust Microfluidic Device for the Synthesis and Crystal Growth of Organometallic Polymers with Highly Organized Structures. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 1846-1850.

7. Wan, S. H.; Qi, J.; Zhang, W.; Wang, W. N.; Zhang, S. K.; Liu, K. Q.; Zheng, H. Q.; Sun, J. L.; Wang, S. Y.; Cao, R. Hierarchical Co(OH)F Superstructure Built by Low-Dimensional Substructures for Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation. Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1700286.

8. Liu, Y. J.; Han, Y. Z.; Zhang, Z. Y.; Zhang, W.; Lai, W. Z.; Wang, Y.; Cao, R. Low Overpotential Water Oxidation at Neutral pH Catalyzed by a Copper(II) Porphyrin. Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 2613-2622.

9. Wang, N.; Lei, H. T.; Zhang, Z. Y.; Li, J. F.; Zhang, W.; Cao, R. Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution with Gallium Hydride and Ligand-Centered Reduction. Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 2308-2314.

10. Liu, H. F.; Gao, X. Q.; Yao, X. L.; Chen, M. X.; Zhou, G. J.; Qi, J.; Zhao, X. L.; Wang, W. C.; Zhang, W.; Cao, R. Manganese(II) Phosphate Nanosheet Assembly with Native out-of-Plane Mn Centres for Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation. Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 191-197.

11. Liang, Z. Z.; Huang, Z. H.; Yuan, H. T.; Yang, Z. Y.; Zhang, C. C.; Xu, Y.; Zhang, W.; Zheng, H. Q.; Cao, R. Quasi-Single-Crystalline CoO Hexagrams with Abundant Defects for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation. Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 6961-6968.

12. Lei, H. T.; Liu, C. Y.; Wang, Z. J.; Zhang, Z. Y.; Zhang, M. N.; Chang, X. M.; Zhang, W.; Cao, R. Noncovalent Immobilization of a Pyrene-Modified Cobalt Corrole on Carbon Supports for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction and Oxygen Evolution in Aqueous Solutions. ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 6429-6437.

13. Lei, H. T.; Fang, H. Y.; Han, Y. Z.; Lai, W. Z.; Fu, X. F.; Cao, R. Reactivity and Mechanism Studies of Hydrogen Evolution Catalyzed by Copper Corroles. ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 5145-5153.

14. Qi, J.; Zhang, W.; Cao, R. Solar-to-Hydrogen Energy Conversion Based on Water Splitting. Adv. Energy Mater. 2018, 8, 1701620.

15. Zhang, W.; Wu, Y. Z.; Qi, J.; Chen, M. X.; Cao, R. A Thin NiFe Hydroxide Film Formed by Stepwise Electrodeposition Strategy with Significantly Improved Catalytic Water Oxidation Efficiency. Adv. Energy Mater. 2017, 7, 1602547.

16. Zhang, W.; Qi, J.; Liu, K. Q.; Cao, R. A Nickel-Based Integrated Electrode from an Autologous Growth Strategy for Highly Efficient Water Oxidation. Adv. Energy Mater. 2016, 6, 1502489.

17. Qi, J.; Zhang, W.; Xiang, R. J.; Liu, K. Q.; Wang, H. Y.; Chen, M. X.; Han, Y. Z.; Cao, R. Porous Nickel-Iron Oxide as a Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Adv. Sci. 2015, 2, 1500199.