基本介绍
致力于开发绿色环境新技术变革百年来的线性“化石能源→产品→废品”范式，为人类可持续发展和环境-能源-粮食安全提供新思路。围绕前沿光热催化技术，开发了先进塑料资源化、N2活化合成氨、CO2合成甲醇、绿色氢能、尿素合成、NOx去除的新材料和零/负碳新途径，揭示了光热催化中的独特机理——光致纳米级局域热引发非平衡化学，已成为区别传统光催化或者热催化机理的标志之一，并基于局域热非平衡化学的最大化利用思路推动了原创性光热反应器的设计、制备和中试，以及光热催化初创。
欢迎对以上领域感兴趣的本科生进组做科研、竞赛或者毕业设计，欢迎申报硕博研究生和博士后。
欢迎对以上领域感兴趣的本科生进组做科研、竞赛或者毕业设计，欢迎申报硕博研究生和博士后。
教育经历
- 2019-09-2020-07：多伦多大学，博士
- 2010-09-2014-07：中国地质大学（武汉），学士
- 2014-09-2020-07：华中师范大学，博士
工作经历
- 2020-09-2024-07：多伦多大学化学院,博士后
- 2024-09-厂长资源 ,长聘教轨副教授，博士生导师
研究方向
- 固废处置与资源化
- 光热催化
- 环境功能材料
科研项目
- 研究成果以第一/通讯作者在Nat. Catal., Nat. Commun.(3), JACS(2), Angew. Chem.(2)，Chem(2)，Joule等期刊发表论文20篇，SCI引用5000余次，H指数33，ESI全球1%高被引论文11篇，获得中国、美国发明专利授权各1项，申请加拿大发明专利6项。共同指导的多名国内国际学生被厂长资源 、剑桥大学、洛桑联邦理工学院、多伦多大学、加州大学伯克利分校的硕博研究生项目录取。
论文信息
- 研究论文（//scholar.google.com/citations?user=_5Lye9UAAAAJ&hl=en）
- C. Xing#, C. Mao#, S. Wang, Y. Zhou, L. Wu, D. Zhang, D. Kang, D. Yang, W. Gong, W. Wei, L. Wang, C. Li, G. A. Ozin*, D. Yang*, W. Sun*. Ambient solar thermal catalysis for polyolefin upcycling using copper encapsulated in silicon nanosheets and chloroaluminate ionic liquid. Nat. Catal., 2025, 8, 556–568.
- S. Tang#, C. Mao#*, G. Zhao, J. Ye, W. Qu, L. Wu, G. A. Ozin*. Fact or fiction: What is in your 15N2 and 15NH3 cylinders for sustainable ammonia and urea research?. iScience, 2025, 28, 112072 (Invited).
- Y. Shi, H. Li*, X. Liu, X. Zhang, G. Zhan, J. Cheng, J. Wang, C. Mao*, L. Zhang*. Green energy-driven ammonia production for sustainable development goals. Chem, 2024, 10, 2636-2650 (Invited).
- C. Mao, J. Byun, H. W. MacLeod, C. T. Maravelias, G. A. Ozin*, Green Urea Production for Sustainable Agriculture, Joule, 2024, 8, 1224-1238.
- F. Guo; C. Mao*, C. Liang, P. Xing, L. Yu, Y. Shi, S. Cao, F. Wang, X. Liu, Z. Ai, L, Zhang*, Triangle Cl-Ag1-Cl Sites for Superior Photocatalytic Molecular Oxygen Activation and NO Oxidation of BiOCl. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202314243.
- C. Mao, J. Wang, Y. Zou, Y. Shi, C. J. Viasus, J. Y. Loh, M. Xia, S. Ji, M. Li, H. Shang, M. Ghoussoub, Y.-F. Xu, J. Ye, Z. Li, N. P. Kherani, L. Zheng*, Y. Liu, L. Zhang*, G. A. Ozin*. Photochemical Acceleration of Ammonia Production by Pt1-Ptn-TiN Reduction and N2 Activation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 13134–13146.
- Z. Li#, C. Mao #, Q. Pei, P. N. Duchesne, T. He, M. Xia, J. Wang, L. Wang, R. Song, A. A. Jelle, D. M. Meira, Q. Ge, K. K. Ghuman*, L. He, X. Zhang, G. A. Ozin *. Engineered Disorder in CO2 Photocatalysis. Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 7205.
- Z. Zhang, C. Mao*, D. M. Meira, P. N. Duchesne, A. A. Tountas, Z. Li, C. Qiu, S. Tang, R. Song, X. Ding, J. Sun, J. Yu, J. Y. Howe, W. Tu, L. Wang*, G. A. Ozin*, New black indium oxide—tandem photothermal CO2-H2 methanol selective catalyst, Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 1512.
- M. Xia, C. Mao*, A. Gu, A. A. Tountas, C. Qiu, T. E. Wood, Y. F. Li, U. Ulmer, Y. Xu, C. J. Viasus, J. Ye, C. Qian*, G. A. Ozin*, Solar Urea: Towards a Sustainable Fertilizer Industry, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202110158.
- Y. Shi#, J. Li#*, C. Mao#, S. Liu, X. Wang, X. Liu, S. Zhao, X. Liu, Y. Huang, L. Zhang*, Van Der Waals gap-rich BiOCl atomic layers realizing efficient, pure-water CO2-to-CO photocatalysis, Nat. Commun., 2021, 12, 5923.
- C. Mao, J. Wang, Y. Zou, G. Qi, J. Y. Y. Loh, T. Zhang, M. Xia, J. Xu, F. Deng, M. Ghoussoub, N. P. Kherani, L. Wang, H. Shang, M. Li, J. Li, X. Liu, Z. Ai, G. A. Ozin*, J. Zhao, L. Zhang*, Hydrogen Spillover to Oxygen Vacancy of TiO2–xHy/Fe: Breaking the Scaling Relationship of Ammonia Synthesis, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 17403-17412.
- X. Xiong#, C. Mao#, Z. Yang, Q. Zhang, G. I. Waterhouse, L. Gu, T. Zhang, Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction to CO over Ni Single Atoms Supported on Defect‐Rich Zirconia, Adv. Energy Mater., 2020, 10, 2002928.
- C. Mao, H. Li, H. Gu, J. Wang, Y. Zou, W. Shen, J. Li, S. Liu, J. Zhao, L. Zhang*, Beyond the thermal equilibrium limit of ammonia synthesis with dual temperature zone catalyst powered by solar light, Chem, 2019, 5, 2702-2717.
- C. Mao, J. Wang, Y. Zou, H. Li, J. Zhao, L. Zhang*, Anion (O, N, C and S) vacancies promoted photocatalytic nitrogen fixation, Green Chem., 2019, 21, 2852-2867 (Invited).
- C. Mao, L. Yu, J. Li, J. Zhao, L. Zhang*, Energy-confined solar thermal ammonia synthesis with K/Ru/TiO2-xHx, Appl. Catal. B Environ., 2018, 224, 612-620.
- C. Mao, H. Cheng, H. Tian, H. Li, W.-J. Xiao., H. Xu., J. Zhao, L. Zhang*,Visible light driven selective oxidation of amines to imines with BiOCl: Does oxygen vacancy concentration matter?, Appl. Catal. B Environ., 2018, 228, 87-96.
- 专著、科技进展评述与分享
- Book Chapter: B. Xie, C. Mao, R. Amal. Toward innovative photothermal catalysis, in Unlocking the renewable energy and chemistry future through catalysis (Editors: Vasile I. Parvulescu, Bert M. Weckhuysen, Gabriele Centi, Siglinda Perathoner). Elsevier, August 29, 2025, ISBN: 9780443333323
- G. A. Ozin, C. Mao. Making ammonia from thin air, Advanced Science News, May 10, 2023
- G. A. Ozin, C. Mao. “Greening” brown ammonia no longer looks like a pipe dream, Advanced Science News, Mar 10, 2021
- G. A. Ozin, C. Mao. Playing ball with the Haber–Bosch process, Advanced Science News, Dec 23, 2020
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获奖信息
- 2025年，英国皇家化学会Horizon团队奖： Environment, Sustainability and Energy Horizon Prize
- 2021-2023年，多伦多大学艺术与科学博士后奖学金
- 2020年，中国化学会-化学化工与材料京博优秀博士论文提名奖