1. Construction of oxide defects and multi-scale modulation of their catalytic performance

2. Surface chemistry of single atom catalysts

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Professor, 2022/07 - present

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Associate Professor, 2019/04 - 2022/07

Tianjin University, Associate Professor, 2016/03 - 2019/03

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Postdoctoral Researcher, 2012/11 - 2015/12

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Research Associate, 2012/05 - 2012/10

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Ph.D, Physical Chemistry, 2006/09 - 2012/05

Young Scientist Prize of the 16th International Congress on Catalysis, 2016

Excellent Award of the President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2012

1. Aiyi Dong#, Le Lin#, Rentao Mu*, Rongtan Li, Kun Li, Chao Wang, Yunjun Cao, Yunjian Ling, Yuxiang Chen, Fan Yang, Xiulian Pan, Qiang Fu*, Xinhe Bao*, Modulating the Formation and Evolution of Surface Hydrogen Species on ZnO through Cr Addition, ACS Catal., 2022, 12: 6255-6264

2. Siqin Zhao#, Le Lin#, Wugen Huang, Rankun Zhang, Dongqing Wang, Rentao Mu*, Qiang Fu*, Xinhe Bao, Design of Lewis Pairs via Interface Engineering of Oxide-Metal Composite Catalyst for Water Activation, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2021, 12: 1443-1452

3. Jimin Song, Sihang Liu, Chengsheng Yang, Guishuo Wang, Hao Tian, Zhi-jian Zhao, Rentao Mu*, Jinlong Gong, The Role of Al Doping in Pd/ZnO Catalyst for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol, Appl. Catal. B-Environ., 2020, 263: 118367

4. Shuai Wang#, Zhi-Jian Zhao#, Xin Chang, Jiubing Zhao, Hao Tian, Chengsheng Yang, Mingrun Li, Qiang Fu, Rentao Mu*, Jinlong Gong*, Activation and Spillover of Hydrogen on Sub-1 nm Palladium Nanoclusters Confined within Sodalite Zeolite for the Semi-Hydrogenation of Alkynes, Angew. Chem. Int. Edit., 2019, 58: 7668-7672