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2023-09-05

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Name: Dan Zhao

Gender: Male

Job title: Associate Professor

Email Address: zhaodan@ncu.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience:

2018.06~present: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Associate Professor

2016.09~2019.12: Joint Postdoctoral Workstation of Nanchang Water Industry Group & Nanchang University, Post-doctor

2016.12~2017.12: Aarhus University (Denmark)，Visiting Scholar

2003.09~2007.07: Tsinghua University, Doctor degree

2000.09~2003.07: Dalian University of Technology, Master degree

1995.09~1999.07: Dalian University of Technology, Bachelor degree

Teaching：

<Physical Chemistry> (32 or 40 or 64 hours) and <College Chemistry> (32 hours) for domestic undergraduate students in Chinese

<College Chemistry> (47 hours including Experiments) for international undergraduate students in English

<Kinetic of Chemical Reactions> (32 hours) and <Design and Development of Industrial Catalysts> (32 hours) for graduate students

Guidance for 2-5 undergraduate students on their scientific research training courses or related projects every year

Thesis advisor for 2 undergraduate students and 2-3 Master degree applicants every year

Research fields:

New energy group member of expert committee of China energy society, 2021.07-2025.07; Evaluation expert of hi-tech enterprises in jiangxi provinces, 2020.06-2023.06; Senior member of the Key Laboratory on Environment&Energy Catalysis of Jiangxi Province (2018-2021), and the Key Laboratory on Development&Utilization of Rare-earth Materials of Nanchang City (2022-2024).

Leader of a group to carry projects focusing on the green production of high-value added chemicals (biomass fuel, medicine intermediates of esters, ketones etc.) from cellulosic biomass resources (agriculture&forestry plant wastes such as straw, grass) and derived platform compounds (levulinic acid, furfural etc.).

Particular interest in design and development of micro-nano-scaled composite solid interface such as rare earth phosphate/metal phosphide composite interface as advanced catalysts for biomass transformation reactions.

Research aims at exploring and industrializing efficient, cheap and durable heterogeneous catalytic system for low-carbon and sustainable production fine chemicals under green and mild conditions, for instance, hydrogenation transformation of levulinic acid or furfural in aqueous solution with low pressure (0.1-0.5 MPa) hydrogen to achieve superior yield (beyond 90%) to desirable products.

Research projects：

Controllable construction and characterization of rare earth phosphate/metal phosphide catalytic interface for hydrogenation transformation of cellulose platform molecules, the national natural science foundation of China, No. 40 22062014, ￥400,000, 2021.01-2024.12

Controllable construction and characterization of completely-dispersed metal catalytic interface in unconventional crystalline state, the national natural science foundation of China, No. 21563018, ￥400,000, 2016.01-2019.12

Synthesis and characterization of precious metal catalysts in nano-subnano composite structure, the national natural science foundation of China, No. 21003071, ￥190,000, 2011.01-2013.12

Synthesis and characterization of subnano-scaled gold catalysts supported by metal or carbon nano-materials, doctoral fund of national Ministry of Education, No. 20093601120007, ￥36,000, 2010.01-2012.12

Design and development of Light-response&nano-scale targeted drug delivery system for rheumatism, ￥72,000, commissioned research project from Jiangxi Lianzhen co., LTD., HX202207210005, 2020.07 -2024.07.

Development of non-metal catalytic system for synthesis of ester-based compounds from levulinic acid, ￥30,000, commissioned research project from Nantong Huanyuboxin environmental technology co., LTD., HX202010120002, 2020.09-2021.12

Design, development and application of function-integrated polypropylene amide based water purifier, Nanchang water industry group-Nanchang University joint postdoctoral program, 171538, ￥300,000, 2016.09 -2019.12

Awards and Honors：

Natural science prize of Jiangxi province: Design, development and application of green efficient catalytic systems (second member), Jiangxi people's government, 2017.05.

Excellent oral report award in the third session of the national energy and environmental science&technology academic conference: Design of rare earth phosphate/metal phosphide composite catalysts for preparation of γ‑valerolactone from levulinic acid, 2021.04.

Excellent oral report award in the 11th national science and technology conference on catalyst preparation: Synthesis of RE-Ni-P compound catalysts for hydrogenation transformation of biomass platform molecules, 2022.11, Chinese chemical society.

The first prize of competition on VR courseware production and application in 2023 world VR industry congress: the VR courseware for harmful gas analysis in chemical workshop, 2022.11, Jiangxi province education department, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology office of Jiangxi province, Nanchang people's government.

Excellence award on teaching quality of <Physical chemistry>, 2018.10; 2019.10; 2020.11; 2021.06; 2021.12, Nanchang university.

Representative papers and patents：

  1. Jing-Jing Shi, Hui-Juan Feng, Chang-Lin Qv, Dan Zhao⁎, San-Guo Hong, Ning Zhang，One-pot synthesized CePO4/Ni2P nanocomposites as general hydrogenation catalysts: The attractive contribution of CePO4，Appl. Catal. A, Gen. 2018, 561, 127-136.

  2. Bo Chen, Hai-Jun Guo, Zhe Wan, Xiao-Cheng Xu, Hai-Rong Zhang, Dan Zhao*, Xin-De Chen* and Ning Zhang，Efficient catalytic hydrogenation of butyl levulinate to γ‑valerolactone over a stable and magnetic CuNiCoB amorphous alloy catalyst, Energy Fuels, 2018, 32, 5527-5535.

  3. Hui-Juan Feng, Xiao-Chen Li, Hao Qian, Ya-Fang Zhang, Di-Hui Zhang, Dan Zhao*, San-Guo Hong and Ning Zhang, Efficient and sustainable hydrogenation of levulinic-acid to gamma-valerolactone in aqueous solution over acid-resistant CePO4/Co2P catalysts, Green Chem., 2019, 21, 1743-1756.

  4. Fabrication of magnetic Pd/MOF hollow nanospheres with double-shell structure: toward highly efficient and recyclable nanocatalysts for hydrogenation reaction, Yi-Cheng Zhong, Yue-Lin Mao, Shun-Li Shi, Ming-Ming Wan, Chong Ma, Shu-Hua Wang, Chao Chen,* Dan Zhao* and Ning Zhang, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11, 32251-32260.

  5. Xiu-Rong Liu, Ruo-nan Ma, Dan Zhao*, Chao Chen*, and Ning Zhang, Construction of a highly-dispersed and efficient charge separation-transferring interface by oxidatively-bonding Rh in Cu2O surface for dye photodegradation，J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123, 11611-11620.

  6. Wei-jie Lian, Bo Chen, Bing-yu Xu, Song Zhang, Zhe Wan, Dan Zhao*, Ning Zhang, and Chao Chen*，Acquiring clean and highly dispersed nickel particles (ca. 2.8 nm) by growing nickel-based nanosheets on Al2O3 as efficient and stable catalysts for harvesting cyclohexane carboxylic acid from the hydrogenation of benzoic acid, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2019, 58, 2846-2856.

  7. Qian Sun, Chun Zeng, Meng-Meng Xing, Bo Chen, Dan Zhao*, San-Guo Hong and Ning Zhang，Efficiently engineering Cu-based oxide by surface embedding of Ce for selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3，NANO: Bri. Rep. Rev., 2019, 14(6), 1950079 (Cover Paper)

  8. Yi-Jian Liu#, Di-Hui Zhang#, Xiao-Chen Li, Sheng-Jun Deng, Dan Zhao*, Ning Zhang and Chao Chen*, Construction of highly-dispersed and composition-adjustable CoxN in stable Co@CoxN@C nanocomposite catalysts via a dual-ligand-MOF strategy for the selective hydrogenation of citral, Appl. Surf. Sci., 2020, 505,144387.

  9. Ya-Fang Zhang#, Ben Dai#，Dan Zhao*, Di-Hui Zhang , Meng-Xing Xu , Xiang-Hua He , Chao Chen*，Promotion effect of PrPO4 for hydrogenation transformation of biomass-derived compounds over Pr-Ni-P composites, Mater. Adv., 2021, 2, 3927-3939.

  10. Xiang-Hua He #, Ben Dai #, Ya-Fang Zhang, Dan Zhao*, Di-Hui Zhang, Ru-Ping Liang，Chao Chen*，Unique Capability of NdPO4 to Activate Hydrogen for Efficient Hydrogenation of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol over Nd-Co-P Composites，J. Rare Earths, 2022, 40, 1073-1082.

  11. Meng-xing Xu1, Yan Xu1, Yu-zhen Liu, Dan Zhao *, Shun-min Ding, Chao Chen *，NiyCo2-yP alloy catalysts with assistance of Y for boosting Low-pressure hydrogenation transformation of Biomass-derived levulinic acid or furfural in water, Appl. Surf. Sci., 2022, 601, 154142

  12. Meng Xu 1, Xiao-song Jia 1, Dan Zhao *, Cheng-shan Zhao, Heng Ke, Chao Chen, Modification of Ni2P with LaPO4 for efficiently photocatalytic and electrocatalytic production of green-H2, Catal. Today, 2022, 402, 310-318.

  13. Lei Wang, Huan Peng, Wen-quan Xie, Shun-li Shi, Ming-wei Yuan, Dan Zhao*, Shu-hua Wang, Chao Chen*, Microwave pyrolysis-engineered MOFs derivatives for efficient preferential CO oxidation in H2-rich stream,Chem. Engin. Sci., 2022, 256, 117675.

  14. Chao Cheng， Cheng-shan Zhao， Dan Zhao*, Shun-min Ding, Chao Chen*， The importance of constructing triple-functional Sr2P2O7/Ni2P catalysts for smoothing hydrogenation Ring-rearrangement of Biomass-derived Furfural compounds in water，J. Catal.，2023, 421, 117-133.

Patents：

  1. Dan Zhao et al, Nanchang University, A method to directly prepare 1, 4- butyl glycol from hydrogenation of levulinic acid by cooper-based catalyst, Patent no. ZL201710621151.2, 2020.03, Announcement no. CN 107597116 B

  2. Dan Zhao et al, Nanchang University, A method and application to purify anionic dye wastewater by hydroxyl iron oxide nanometer sheet, Patent no. ZL201810973814.1, 2021.03, Announcement no. CN 109046226 B

  3. Dan Zhao et al, Nanchang University, A method to prepare highly dispersed metal catalyst by in situ growth of two dimensional nano-piece, Patent no. ZL201811403170.9, 2021.11, Announcement no. CN 109621961 B

  4. Dan Zhao et al, Nanchang University, Preparation of nickel -nitriding nickel composite surface from ligand-controlled MOF precursors and relative applications, Patent no. ZL2012110007145.4, 2022.12, Announcement no. CN110669171 B

  5. Dan Zhao et al, Nanchang University, A hydrogenation catalyst and its application for preparing cyclopentanone or furfuryl alcohol from catalytic hydrogenation of furfural, Patent no. ZL 202210027573.8, 2023.05, Announcement no. CN 114289045 B

  6. Dan Zhao et al, Nanchang University, A chemical engineering method to convert biomass derivative compounds by catalytic hydrogenation transformation in aqueous solution with low-pressure hydrogen, Patent no. ZL202210027572.3, 2023.06, Announcement no. CN 114292251 B

Position:

Associate Professor / Advisor of master degree applicant

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