Botao Qiao received his Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry from Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2008. After 3 years’ postdoctoral research in professor Tao Zhang’s group at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, he joined the same group and was promoted to associated professor in 2011. He was visiting scholar and did postdoctoral research at Arizona State University in 2012-2015. He was working on the design and development of supported nano and subnano noble metal catalytic materials in the application of green and environmental catalysis. And later, under the supervision of professor Zhang, he developed the first single-atom catalyst and presented the concept of “single-atom catalysis”. Now his research interests are mainly focused on: 1) single-atom catalysts and their application in energy and environmental catalysis; 2) novel strong metal-support interaction and their mechanism and applications in heterogeneous catalysis. He has published 70 peer-reviewed papers including Nat Chem, Sci Adv, JACS (2), Nat Commun (5), Angew Chem (8) with over 6000 citations.
Representative publications:
1. Qiao, B.; Wang, A.; Yang, X.; Allard, L. F.; Jiang, Z.; Cui, Y.; Liu, J.*; Li, J.*; Zhang, T.*, Single-atom catalysis of CO oxidation using Pt1/FeOx. Nat Chem 2011, 3 (8), 634-641.
2. Tang, H.; Su, Y.; Zhang, B.; Lee, A. F.; Isaacs, M. A.; Wilson, K.; Li, L.; Ren, Y.; Huang, J.; Haruta, M.; Qiao, B*.; Liu, X.; Jin, C.; Su, D.; Wang, J*.; Zhang, T., Classical strong metal-support interactions between gold nanoparticles and titanium dioxide. Sci Adv 2017, 3 (10), e1700231.
3. Akri, M.; Zhao, S.; Li, X.; Zang, K.; Lee, A. F.; Isaacs, M. A.; Xi, W.; Gangarajula, Y.; Luo, J.; Ren, Y.; Cui, Y.-T.; Li, L.; Su, Y.; Pan, X.; Wen, W.; Pan, Y.; Wilson, K.; Li, L.; Qiao, B*.; Ishii, H.; Liao, Y.-F.; Wang, A.; Wang, X.; Zhang, T*., Atomically dispersed nickel as coke-resistant active sites for methane dry reforming. Nature Communications 2019, 10 (1), 5181.
4. Lang, R.; Xi, W.; Liu, J.-C.; Cui, Y.-T.; Li, T.; Lee, A. F.; Chen, F.; Chen, Y.; Li, L.; Li, L.; Lin, J.; Miao, S.; Liu, X.; Wang, A.-Q.; Wang, X.; Luo, J.*; Qiao, B*.; Li, J.*; Zhang, T., Non defect-stabilized thermally stable single-atom catalyst. Nature Communications 2019, 10 (1), 234.
5. Liu, K.; Zhao, X.; Ren, G.; Yang, T.; Ren, Y.; Lee, A. F.; Su, Y.; Pan, X.; Zhang, J.; Chen, Z.; Yang, J.; Liu, X.; Zhou, T.; Xi, W.; Luo, J.; Zeng, C.; Matsumoto, H.; Liu, W.; Jiang, Q.; Wilson, K.; Wang, A.; Qiao, B*.; Li, W*.; Zhang, T*., Strong metal-support interaction promoted scalable production of thermally stable single-atom catalysts. Nature Communications 2020, 11 (1), 1263.
6. Zhang, Y.; Zhang, J.; Zhang, B.; Si, R.; Han, B.; Hong, F.; Niu, Y.; Sun, L.; Li, L.; Qiao, B.*; Sun, K.*; Huang, J*.; Haruta, M., Boosting the catalysis of gold by O2 activation at Au-SiO2 interface. Nature Communications 2020, 11 (1), 558.
7. Zhao, S.; Chen, F.; Duan, S.; Shao, B.; Li, T.; Tang, H.; Lin, Q.; Zhang, J.; Li, L.; Huang, J.; Bion, N.; Liu, W.; Sun, H.; Wang, A.-Q.; Haruta, M.; Qiao, B.*; Li, J.*; Liu, J.*; Zhang, T., Remarkable active-site dependent H2O promoting effect in CO oxidation. Nature Communications 2019, 10 (1), 3824.
8. Tang, H.; Wei, J.; Liu, F.; Qiao, B.*; Pan, X.; Li, L.; Liu, J.; Wang, J.*; Zhang, T., Strong Metal–Support Interactions between Gold Nanoparticles and Nonoxides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138 (1), 56-9.
9. Lang, R.; Li, T.; Matsumura, D.; Miao, S.; Ren, Y.; Cui, Y. T.; Tan, Y.; Qiao, B.*; Li, L.; Wang, A.; Wang, X.; Zhang, T.*, Hydroformylation of Olefins by a Rhodium Single-Atom Catalyst with Activity Comparable to RhCl(PPh3)3. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55 (52), 16054-16058.
10. Li, T.; Liu, F.; Tang, Y.; Li, L.; Miao, S.; Su, Y.; Zhang, J.; Huang, J.; Sun, H.; Haruta, M.; Wang, A.; Qiao, B.*; Li, J.*; Zhang, T., Maximizing the Number of Interfacial Sites in Single-Atom Catalysts for the Highly Selective, Solvent-Free Oxidation of Primary Alcohols. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2018, 57 (26), 7795-7799.
