Zhang Tao

Zhang Tao

Zhang Tao, born in Ankang, Shaanxi Province in 1963, is a physical chemist, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, academician of developing country academy of Sciences, researcher and doctoral supervisor of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, vice president of Chinese Academy of Sciences and member of the Party group.

In 1989, Zhang Tao received his doctorate from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and then went to Birmingham University as a visiting scholar. After returning to China in 1990, he worked in Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and successively held the posts of deputy group leader, group leader, office director, deputy director, party secretary, etc. In 2003, it was supported by the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars. From 2007 to 2017, he served as director of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2008, he won the China catalytic Youth Award. In 2009, he won the National May 1st Labor Medal. He was elected a member of the Royal Society of chemistry in 2012. In 2013, he was co elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2016, he won the science and technology progress award of He Liang He Li foundation. In the same year, he served as vice president and member of the Party group of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was elected academician of the Academy of Sciences of developing countries in 2018.

Zhang Tao is mainly engaged in the research of energy, chemical industry and new catalytic materials. His research directions include: spacecraft attitude control catalyst; Environmental Catalysis (NOx and CO removal); monatomic catalysis; biomass catalytic conversion.

Character experience

In 1978, 15-year-old Zhang Tao was admitted to Hanzhong Normal University, majoring in chemistry. In 1982, he graduated from university. In 1989, Zhang Tao graduated from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences with a doctorate. After that, he went to Birmingham University as a visiting scholar. In 1990, after returning to China, Zhang Tao worked in Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and successively held the posts of deputy group leader, group leader, office director, deputy director, etc. In 1995, Zhang Tao was employed as a researcher of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 1997, Zhang Tao was employed as doctoral supervisor of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2003, Zhang Tao was supported by the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars. From March 2003 to October 2009, Zhang Tao served as secretary of the Party committee of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. from February 2007 to March 2017, Zhang Tao served as director of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. in February 2010, the team led by Zhang Tao won the outstanding scientific and technological achievement award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. in October 2012, Zhang Tao was elected a member of the Royal Society of chemistry. in December 2013, Zhang Tao was co elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. in April 2014, Zhang Tao was selected as the first batch of leading talents of scientific and technological innovation in the "ten thousand talents plan". On October 21, 2016, Zhang Tao won the science and technology progress award of He Liang He Li foundation. In December, he served as vice president and member of the Party group of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. on November 28, 2018, Zhang Tao was elected academician of the Academy of Sciences for developing countries.

Main achievements

Achievements in scientific research

Zhang Tao is mainly engaged in the research of space propellant catalytic decomposition technology, environmental protection catalysis, new catalytic materials and biomass catalytic conversion. Combined with the background and characteristics of major tasks, Zhang Tao's research group has systematically carried out the basic research on the application of space and aviation catalysts, aiming at the rapid decomposition of propellant in millisecond time scale and gas expansion reaction process, in a new ordered reactor with controllable pore size Great progress has been made in the research of mesoporous alumina, ordered mesoporous carbon materials and transition metal carbon / nitrogen / phosphide catalysts with noble metal like properties. He led the scientific research team to make creative achievements in the research of catalytic science and technology, and expanded the new field of catalyst application in aerospace. in 2008, the team led by Zhang Tao first discovered a new one-step catalytic conversion of cellulose to ethylene glycol (published in Angew.Chem.Int .Edit.,2008,47,8510-8513）。 In 2011, Zhang Tao's research team, together with Professor Li Jun of Tsinghua University and Professor Liu Jingyue of University of Arizona, proposed a new concept of "single atom catalysis" for the first time in the world (published in nature chemistry, 2011, 3634-641). At present, single atom catalysis has become a research frontier in the field of materials science and catalysis science. in December 2016, Zhang Tao's team's achievements on "monatomic catalysis" were selected as the "top ten scientific research achievements" in the field of chemistry and chemical engineering in 2016 by the chemical engineering news of American Chemical Society. as of June 2018, Zhang Tao's Nat.Chem .、 Nat.Energy 、 Acc.Chem.Res .、 Chem.Rev .、 Angew.Chem.Int More than 400 SCI papers have been published in. Ed., JACS and other journals, among which the representative papers are as follows: Xiaoyan Liu, Aiqing Wang, Xiaofeng Yang, Tao Zhang *, Chung Yuan Mou, dangsheng Su, Jun Li, SynthesisofthermallystableandhighlyactivebimetallicAu-Agnanoparticlesoninertsupports,ChemistryofMaterials,21(2009),410-418. HongkuiCheng,YanqiangHuang,AiqinWang,LinLi,XiaodongWang,TaoZhang*,N2OdecompositionoverK-promotedCo-Alcatalystspreparedfromhydrotalcite-likeprecursors,AppliedC atalysisB:Environmental ,89(2009),391-397. NaJi,TaoZhang*, MingyuanZheng,AiqinWang,HuiWang,XiaodongWang,JingguangChen*，Directcatalyticconversionofcelluloseintoethyleneglycolusingnickel-promotedtungstencarbidecatalysts， Angew.Chem.Int .Ed.,47(2008),8510-8513. YanqiangHuang,AiqinWang,LinLi,XiaodongWang,DangshengSu,TaoZhang*，"Ir-in-ceria":AhighlyselectivecatalystforpreferentialCOoxidation，J.Catal., 255(2008),144-152. HuiWang,AiqinWang,XiaodongWang,TaoZhang*，One-potsynthesizedMoCimbeddedinorderedmesoporouscarbonasacatalystforN2H4decomposition， Chem.Commun .,2008,2565-2567. PengGao,AiqinWang,XiaodongWang,TaoZhang*，SynthesisofhighlyorderedIr-containingmesoporouscarbonmaterialsbyorganic-organicself-assembly， Chem.Mater .,20(2008), 1881-1888. ShaominZhu,XiaodongWang,AiqinWang,YuCong,TaoZhang*，AnovelIr-hexaaluminatecatalystforN2Oasapropellant， Chem.Commun .,2007,1695-1697. RuihuaCheng,YuyingShu,MingyuanZheng,LinLi,JunSun,XiaodongWang,TaoZhang*,Molybdenumphosphide,anewhydrazinedecompositio ncatalyst:microcalorimetryandFTIRstudies ,J.Catal.,249(2007),397-400. NingLi,AiqinWan

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