Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
GAO Dunfeng
Title: Professor
Subject: Professor
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Email: dfgao@dicp.ac.cn
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Research Interests
1. Electrochemical catalysis & activation of small molecules (e.g. CO2, CO, CH4, H2O, N2)
2. Electrocatalytic reactions and materials
3. In situ and operando characterizations and mechanistic studies Biography
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Professor, 2021/01 - present
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Associate Professor, 2019/09 - 2021/01
Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany, Postdoctoral Researcher, Advisor: Prof. Beatriz Roldan Cuenya, 2018/09 - 2019/08
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, Postdoctoral Researcher, Advisor: Prof. Beatriz Roldan Cuenya, 2015/09 - 2018/08
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Ph.D, Physical Chemistry, Advisors: Profs. Xinhe Bao & Guoxiong Wang, 2009/09 - 2015/05
China University of Petroleum, B.Sc., Materials Chemistry, 2005/09 - 2009/07
Honors and Awards
DICP Zhang Dayu Young Scholar (2021)
Young Star Editor of Nano Research (2021-2023) Publications
1. H. F. Li, T. F. Liu, P. F. Wei, L. Lin, D. F. Gao*, G. X. Wang*, X. H. Bao, High-rate CO2 electroreduction to C2+ products over a copper-copper iodide catalyst, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 14329–14333.
2. D. F. Gao*, T. F. Liu, G. X. Wang*, X. H. Bao, Structure sensitivity in single-atom catalysis toward CO2 electroreduction, ACS Energy Lett. 2021, 6, 713–727.
3. P. F. Wei, H. F. Li, L. Lin, D. F. Gao*, X. M. Zhang, H. M. Gong, G. Y. Qing, R. Cai, G. X. Wang*, X. H. Bao, CO2 electrolysis at industrial current densities using anion exchange membrane based electrolyzers, Sci. China Chem. 2020, 63, 1711–1715.
4. D. F. Gao, R. M. Aran-Ais, H. S. Jeon, B. Roldan Cuenya*, Rational catalyst and electrolyte design for CO2 electroreduction towards multicarbon products, Nat. Catal. 2019, 2, 198–210.
5. D. F. Gao, I. Sinev, F. Scholten, R. M. Aran-Ais, N. J. Divins, K. Kvashnina, J. Timoshenko, B. Roldan Cuenya*, Selective CO2 electroreduction to ethylene and multicarbon alcohols via electrolyte-driven nanostructuring, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 17047–17053.
6. P. Grosse#, D. F. Gao#, I. Sinev, H. Mistry, F. Scholten, B. Roldan Cuenya*, Dynamic changes in the structure, chemical state and catalytic selectivity of Cu nanocubes during CO2 electroreduction: size and support effects, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6192–6197.
7. D. F. Gao, I. T. McCrum, S. Deo, Y.-W. Choi, F. Scholten, W. M. Wan, J. G. Chen, M. J. Janik*, B. Roldan Cuenya*, Activity and selectivity control in CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products over CuOx catalysts via electrolyte design, ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 10012–10020.
8. R. M. Aran-Ais#, D. F. Gao#, B. Roldan Cuenya*, Structure- and electrolyte-sensitivity in CO2 electroreduction, Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 2906–2917.
9. D. F. Gao, H. Zhou, F. Cai, J. G. Wang, G. X. Wang*, X. H. Bao*, Pd-containing nanostructures for electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction, ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 1510–1519.
10. D. F. Gao#, Y. Zhang#, Z. W. Zhou#, F. Cai, X. F. Zhao, W. G. Huang, Y. S. Li, J. F. Zhu, P. Liu, F. Yang*, G. X. Wang*, X. H. Bao*, Enhancing CO2 electroreduction with the metal-oxide interface, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 5652–5655.
11. D. F. Gao#, I. Zegkinoglou#, N. J. Divins, F. Scholten, I. Sinev, P. Grosse, B. Roldan Cuenya*, Plasma-activated copper nanocube catalysts for efficient carbon dioxide electroreduction to hydrocarbons and alcohols, ACS Nano 2017, 11, 4825–4831.
12. D. F. Gao, F. Scholten, B. Roldan Cuenya*, Improved CO2 electroreduction performance on plasma-activated Cu catalysts via electrolyte design: halide effect, ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 5112–5120.
13. D. F. Gao#, H. Zhou#, F. Cai#, D. N. Wang, Y. F. Hu, B. Jiang, W.-B. Cai, X. Q. Chen, R. Si, F. Yang, S. Miao, J. G. Wang*, G. X. Wang*, X. H. Bao*, Switchable CO2 electroreduction via engineering active phases of Pd nanoparticles, Nano Res. 2017, 10, 2181–2191.
14. Z. Yin#, D. F. Gao#, S. Yao, B. Zhao, F. Cai, L. L. Lin, P. Tang, G. X. Wang*, D. Ma*, X. H. Bao, Highly selective palladium-copper bimetallic electrocatalysts for the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO, Nano Energy 2016, 27, 35–43.
15. D. F. Gao#, H. Zhou#, J. Wang, S. Miao, F. Yang, G. X. Wang*, J. G. Wang*, X. H. Bao, Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 over Pd nanoparticles, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 4288–4291.