Zhao Di, doctoral supervisor. Under the background of the national double carbon goal, the production and utilization of hydrogen energy and the conversion of valuable chemicals of greenhouse gas CO2 are realized through the use of new energy methods such as electricity/light. Specifically, it focuses on the surface interface regulation synthesis of nano, cluster and single atom catalysts and basic application research in new energy directions involving H2, O2 and CO2 small molecule reactions, such as fuel cells, electrolytic water and CO2 electric reduction. Related research results were first and corresponding author in J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew.Chem. Int.Ed., Nat. Commun., Energy Environ. Sci., Chem. Soc. Rev., ACS More than 20 papers have been published in Nano and other international academic journals, and some papers have been invited to do magazine covers and C&EN special reports, including 3 ESI highly cited papers. Apply for two international patents and authorize one. Awarded the second post-doctoral Innovative Talent Support Program. As the project leader, he undertook the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation project, the National Natural Science Foundation Youth Fund project, and the enterprise horizontal project.

1. Study on Synthesis and catalytic performance of nano, cluster and single atom catalysts
2. Development and application of new energy related electrocatalysts such as electrolytic water, CO2 electroreduction, oxygen reduction and hydrogen oxidation

2016.09-2017.06 Drexel University, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Joint doctoral training
2011.09-2017.07 Beijing Institute of Technology, Chemistry major, Doctor of Science

2017.07-2020.07 Postdoc, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University
07/2020.-Present Associate Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology

1.Mengyun Hou,1,+ Lirong Zheng,2,+ Di Zhao,1,* Xin Tan,3 Wuyi Feng,1 Jiantao Fu, 1 Tianxin Wei,1 Minhua Cao,*,1 Jiatao Zhang,*,1 Chen Chen,*,3 Microenvironment Reconstitution of Highly Active Ni Single Atoms on Oxygen-Incorporated Mo2C for Water Splitting, Nat. Commun., 2024, 15,1342.
2.Pan Zhu,+ Wuyi Feng,+ Di Zhao,* Pengyu Song, Mengwei Li, Xin Tan, Ting Liu, Shoujie Liu,* Wei Zhu, Zhongbin Zhuang, Jiatao Zhang* and Chen Chen*, p-Block Bismuth Nanoclusters Sites Activated by Atomically Dispersed Bismuth for Tandem Boosting Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 135, e202304488. (Hot paper)
3.Di Zhao,#,* Ke Yu,# Pengyu Song,# Wuyi Feng, Botao Hu, Weng-Chon (Max) Cheong, Zewen Zhuang, Shoujie Liu,* Kaian Sun, Jiatao Zhang* and Chen Chen,* Atomic-level engineering Fe1N2O2 interfacial structure derived from oxygen-abundant metal–organic frameworks to promote electrochemical CO2 reduction, Energy Environ. Sci., 2022, 15, 3795-3804.
4.Di Zhao#, Zheng Chen#, Wenjuan Yang#, Shoujie Liu,Xun Zhang, Yi Yu, Weng-Chon Cheong, Lirong Zheng, Fuqiang Ren, Guobing Ying, Xing Cao, Dingsheng Wang, Qing Peng, Guoxiu Wang, and Chen Chen*, MXene (Ti3C2) vacancy-confined single-atom catalyst for efficient functionalization of CO2, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 4086-4093. (Cover paper; Highly cited paper; Highlighted by Chemical & Engineering News)
5.Di Zhao#, Kaian Sun#, Weng-Chon Cheong, Lirong Zheng, Chao Zhang, Shoujie Liu, Xing Cao, Konglin Wu, Yuan Pan, Zewen Zhuang, Botao Hu, Dingsheng Wang, Qing Peng, Chen Chen*, and Yadong Li, Synergistically Interactive Pyridinic-N-MoP Sites: Identified Active Centers for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution in Alkaline Solution, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 8982-8990.
6.Di Zhao, Zewen Zhuang, Xing Cao, Chao Zhang, Qing Peng, Chen Chen* and Yadong Li*, Atomic site electrocatalysts for water splitting, oxygen reduction and selective oxidation, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2020, 49, 2215-2264.
7.Pengyu Song,# Botao Hu,# Di Zhao,* Jiantao Fu, Xiaoran Su, Wuyi Feng, Ke Yu, Shoujie Liu, Jiatao Zhang,* and Chen Chen,* Modulating the Asymmetric Atomic Interface of Copper Single Atoms for Efficient CO2 Electroreduction, ACS Nano 2023, 17, 5, 4619–4628.
8.Mengwei Li, Pengyu Song, Mengyun Hou, Wuyi Feng, Di Zhao,* Jiatao Zhang,* Atomic-level functionalized carbon-based materials for effective electrosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide: A review, Chem. Eng. J., 479, 147608.
9.Xiaoran Su, Caiyue Wang, Fang Zhao, Tianxin Wei, Di Zhao* and Jiatao Zhang,* Size effects of Supported Cu-based catalysts for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction, J. Mater. Chem. A 2023, accepted.
10.Di Zhao,†,* Mengyun Hou,†, Wuyi Feng, Pengyu Song, Kaian Sun, Lirong Zheng, Shoujie Liu, Jiatao Zhang,* Minhua Cao,* Chen Chen,* Multi-interfacial Charge Polarization for Enhancing Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2023, 13, 4107.
11.Pan Zhu, Pengyu Song, Wuyi Feng, Di Zhao* Ting Liu, Jiatao Zhang* and Chen Chen,* Tailoring the Selectivity and Activity of Oxygen Reduction by Regulating the Coordination Environments of Carbon-Supported Atomically Dispersed Metal Sites, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 17948-17967.
12.Pengyu Song, Pan Zhu, Xiaoran Su, Mengyun Hou, Di Zhao,* and Jiatao Zhang,* Microenvironment Modulation in Carbon-Supported Single-Atom Catalysts for Efficient Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction, CHEM-ASIAN J, 2022, e202200716.
13.Di Zhao, Jinwen Qin, Lirong Zheng, Donglei Guo, Jie Wang, and Minhua Cao*, Covalent interfacial coupling of vanadium nitride with nitrogenrich carbon textile boosting its lithium storage performance as binder-free anode, Nano Res., 2021, 14, 4336−4346.
14.Di Zhao, Ying Xiao, Xia Wang, Qing Gao, Minhua Cao,* Ultra-high lithium storage capacity achieved by porous ZnFe2O4/α-Fe2O3 micro-octahedrons, Nano Energy, 2014, 7, 124-133.
15.Di Zhao, Jinwen Qin, Lirong Zheng, and Minhua Cao*, Amorphous vanadium oxide/molybdenum oxide hybrid with three-dimensional ordered hierarchically porous structure as a high-performance li-ion battery anode, Chem. Mater. 2016, 28, 4180-4190.
16.Di Zhao, Mallory Clites, Guobing Ying, Sankalp Kota, Jie Wang, Varun Natu, Xin Wang, Ekaterina Pomerantseva, Minhua Cao* and Michel W. Barsoum*, Alkali-induced crumpling of Ti3C2Tx (MXene) to form 3D porous networks for sodium ion storage, Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 4533-4536.
17.Di Zhao, Zhentao Cui, Shuguang Wang, Jinwen Qin and Minhua Cao* VN hollow spheres assembled from porous nanosheets for high-performance lithium storage and the oxygen reduction reaction, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 7914-7923.
18.Di Zhao, Lirong Zheng, Ying Xiao, Xia Wang, Minhua Cao,* Lithium storage in microstructures of amorphous mixed-valence vanadium oxide as anode materials, ChemSusChem, 2015, 8, 2212-222. (Cover paper)
19.Di Zhao, Minhua Cao,* Constructing highly graphitized carbon-wrapped Li3VO4 nanoparticles with hierarchically porous structure as a long life and high capacity anode for lithium-ion batteries, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2015, 7, 25084-25093.
20.Di Zhao, Tao Meng, Jinwen Qin, Wei Wang, Zhigang Yin, and Minhua Cao,* Rational construction of multivoids-assembled hybrid nanospheres based on VPO4 encapsulated in porous carbon with superior lithium storage performance, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 9, 1437-1445.
21.Barsoum M W, Zhao D, Varun N. Crumpled mesoporous MXene powders synthesized by acid-, base-, or salt-induced crumpling: U.S. Patent 11,554,961[P]. 2023-1-17.
22.Barsoum M W, Zhao D, Varun N. Mesoporous MXene Powders Synthesized By Acid Or Base Induced Crumpling And Their Use As NA-Ion Battery Anodes: U.S. Patent Application 18/063,093[P]. 2023-4-27.