Chen Zhao（赵陈）
Ph.D., Distinguished Associate Professor, Master's Supervisor, A-Class Talent of Guangdong University of Technology's "Young 100 Talents Program", and recipient of the National Funded Postdoctoral Research Program (Grade C). He has long been committed to the design and synthesis of polymer-based semiconductor photocatalysts. His research interests include photocatalytic CO₂ reduction, H₂O₂ production, and organic matter conversion. He has published more than 20 SCI papers, among which over 10 have been published as the first/corresponding author in top journals such as Angew. Chem. Int. Ed (2 papers), Adv. Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., Nano Research (2 papers), and J. Mater. Chem. A. He presides over several scientific research projects, including the General Program of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation and the National Funded Postdoctoral Research Program.
Educational Background
2020.09-2023.06:
Ph.D. in Materials Physics and Chemistry,Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Supervisor: Professor Jian Liu)
2017.09-2020.06:
Master's in Analytical Chemistry, Heilongjiang University (Supervisor: Professor Baojiang Jiang)
2013.09-2017.06:
Bachelor's in Materials Chemistry, Heilongjiang University
Work Experience
2025.09-Present:
Distinguished Associate Professor, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology
2023.08-2025.08:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology (Collaborative Supervisor: Academician Qiang Xu)
Representative Publications
1.Chen Zhao#, Bingxian Chu#, Hao Nian, Bing Shao, Yu Lu, Fanchao Zhang, Yanggang Wang, Qiang Xu*, Sulfur-Mediated Microenvironment Modulation of High-Density Fe-N₄ Sites for High-Efficiency Oxygen Reduction and Cryotolerant Quasi-Solid-State Zinc-Air Batteries, Adv. Mater., 2025, 37, e10621.
2.Chen Zhao, Haitao Li, Yanfeng Yin, Wenming Tian*, Jinlu He*, Sheng Ye*, Jian Liu*, Non-Radical Mediated Photocatalytic H₂O₂ Synthesis in Conjugate-Enhanced Phenolic Resins with Ultrafast Charge Separation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 64, e20242089.
3.Chen Zhao, Sheng Ye*, Jian Liu*, Molecular Level Modulation of Anthraquinone-containing Resorcinol-formaldehyde Resin Photocatalysts for H₂O₂ Production with Exceeding 1.2% Efficiency, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, 2218318.
4.Qiang Tian, Xiangkang Zeng, Chen Zhao (Co-first author), Xiwang Zhang*, and Jian Liu*, Exceptional Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production from Sandwich-structured Graphene Interlayered Phenolic Resins Nanosheets with Mesoporous Channels, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2023, 33, 2213173.
5.Chen Zhao, Qi Li, Yanqing Jiao, Cameron Alexander Hurd Price, Baojiang Jiang*, Jian Liu*, Construction of Three-dimensional Porous Carbon Nitride as Nanoreactors for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 305-312.
6.Chen Zhao, Qi Li, Jianan Liu, Baojiang Jiang*, Honggang Fu*, Supramolecular Precursor Derived Loofah Sponge-like Fe₂Oₓ/C for Effective Synergistic Reaction of Fenton and Photocatalysis, Nano Res., 2022, 15, 1949-1958.
7.Jing Zhu, Min Liao, Chen Zhao (Co-first author), Mengmeng Liu, Sheng Ye*, Haiqun Cao*, A comprehensive review on semiconductor-based photocatalysts toward the degradation of persistent pesticides, Nano Res., 2023, 16, 6402.
8.Chen Zhao, Xinyao Wang, Sheng Ye*, Jian Liu*, Graphene Quantum Dots Modified Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Resin for Efficient Hydrogen Peroxide Production, Solar RRL, 2022, 6, 2200427.
9.Chen Zhao, Chunjing Shi, Qi Li, Xinyao Wang, Guang Zeng, Baojiang Jiang*, Sheng Ye*, Jian Liu*, Nitrogen Vacancy-Rich Porous Carbon Nitride Nanosheets for Efficient Photocatalytic H₂O₂ Production, Mater. Today Energy, 2022, 24, 100926.
10.Chen Zhao, Mang Zheng, Dan Wang, Qi Li, Baojiang Jiang*, Enhanced Charge Separation and Transfer of Fe₂O₃@Nitrogen-Rich Carbon Nitride Tubes for Photocatalytic Water Splitting, Energy Technol.-Ger., 2020, 8, 2000108.
Undertaken Projects
1.A-Class Research Start-up Project of "Young 100 Talents Program" at Guangdong University of Technology, 400,000 RMB, Principal Investigator, Ongoing
2.2024 National Funded Postdoctoral Research Program (Grade C), 240,000 RMB, Principal Investigator, Completed
3.General Program of the 76th China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 80,000 RMB, Principal Investigator, Completed
