CURRICULUM VITAE

Wenbo Gao, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dalian, China, 116023

Education and Work Experiences:

2020.10 - now: Associate Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS.

2024.09 - 2025.08: GuestAssociate Professor, Surface Catalysis and Physics Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark.

2020.05 - 2020.10: Special Research Assistant, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS.

2013.09 - 2020.01: PhD, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Physics Chemistry.

2009.09 - 2013.07: BE, Sichuan University, Chemical Engineering.

Research interests:

1.Ammonia synthesisand decompositionunder mild conditions

2.Hydrogen energy

3.Chemical looping

4.Heterogeneous catalysis

5.Electrocatalysis

Scholarships and Awards:

1. 2023 Elite Award for Outstanding Posteron the First Frontier Symposium on Energy Catalysis, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis

2. 2022 First Prize in Natural Science of Liaoning Provincial Science and Technology Award, Liaoning Province

3. 2022 Member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences

4. 2021 100 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertations of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

5. 2021 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Materials, Jingbo Technology Award

6. 2020 Excellent young PhD researcher (优秀青年博士人才), Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics

7. 2020 Outstanding PhD graduate, Chinese Academy of Sciences

8. 2020 Outstanding PhD graduate, Beijing City

9. 2019 Presidential award for excellence postgraduate, Chinese Academy of Sciences

10. 2019 Zhu-Li-Yue-Hua award for outstanding PhD candidate, Chinese Academy of Sciences

11. 2019 Lu Jiaxi award for outstanding postgraduate, Lu Jiaxi Education Foundation

Selected Publications:

1. Gao, Wenbo; Guo, Jianping^*; Wang, Peikun; Wang, Qianru; Chang, Fei; Pei, Qijun; Zhang, Weijin; Liu, Lin; Chen, Ping^*; Production of ammonia via a chemical looping process based on metal imides as nitrogen carriers, Nature Energy, 2018, 3(12): 1067-1075.

2.Feng, Sheng; Gao, Wenbo*; Wang, Runze;  Guan, Yeqin; Wu, Han; Wang, Qianru; Cao, Hujun; Liu, Lin; Guo, Jianping; Chen, Ping*,Chemical Looping Ammonia Decomposition Mediated by Alkali Metal and Amide Pairs for H₂ Production and Thermal Energy Storage, Advanced Energy Materials, 2024, 14(43), 2470190.(Cover paper)

3.Feng, Sheng; Gao, Wenbo*; Guo, Jianping; Cao, Hujun*; Chen, Ping, Electrodriven chemical looping ammonia synthesis mediated by lithium imide, ACS Energy Letters, 2023,8(3), 1567-1574.(Cover paper)

4.Chen, Jiaqi; Gao, Wenbo*; Zhu, Liangzhu; Tao, Haoliang; Feng, Sheng; Cao, Hujun; Guo, Jianping; Chen, Yanxia*; Chen, Ping, A mixed proton–electron-conducting cathode with a Ru nanoparticle catalyst for electrochemical ammonia synthesis based on a proton-conducting BZCYYb electrolyte,Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024,12(39), 26667-26677.

5.Wang, Runze; Gao, Wenbo*; Feng, Sheng; Guan, Yeqin; Wang, Qianru; Guo, Jianping*; Chen, Ping, Zn Promotes chemical looping ammonia synthesis mediated by LiH−Li₂NH couple, ChemSusChem, 2023,16(22), e202300813.

6.Wang Peikun^#; Chang Fei^#; Gao Wenbo; Guo Jianping^*; Wu Guotao; He Teng; Chen Ping^*; Breaking scaling relations to achieve low-temperature ammonia synthesis through LiH-mediated nitrogen transfer and hydrogenation, Nature Chemistry, 2017, 9(1): 64-70.

7.Gao, Wenbo; Wang, Peikun; Guo, Jianping^*; Chang, Fei; He, Teng; Wang, Qianru; Wu, Guotao; Chen, Ping^*; Barium Hydride-Mediated Nitrogen Transfer and Hydrogenation for Ammonia Synthesis: A Case Study of Cobalt,ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7(5): 3654-3661.

8.Feng Sheng^#; Gao Wenbo^#; Wang Qianru; Guan Yeqin; Yan Hanxue; Wu Han; Cao Hujun^*; Guo Jianping^*; Chen Ping; A multi-functional composite nitrogen carrier for ammonia production via a chemical looping route, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, 9(2): 1039-1047.

9.Chang Fei^#; Gao Wenbo^#; Guo Jianping^*; Chen Ping^*; Emerging Materials and Methods toward Ammonia-Based Energy Storage and Conversion, Advanced Materials, 2021, 33 (50), 2005721.

10.Gao, Wenbo; Feng, Sheng; Yan, Hanxue; Wang, Qianru; Xie, Hua; Jiang, Ling; Zhang, Weijin; Guan, Yeqin; Wu, Han; Cao, Hujun, Guo, Jianping*; Chen,Ping; In situ formed Co from a Co–Mg–O solid solution synergizing with LiH for efficient ammonia synthesis, Chemical Communications, 2021,57(69), 8576-8579.

11.Gao, Wenbo*; Wang, Qianru; Guan, Yeqin; Yan, Hanxue; Guo, Jianping*; Chen, Ping, Barium hydride activates Ni for ammonia synthesis catalysis, Faraday Discussions, 2023,243, 27-37.(There was a presentation atthe Sustainable Nitrogen Activation Faraday Discussion, London, 2023)