Dr. Cao Minna
Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
mncao@fjirsm.ac.cn
Research Areas
Nanomaterials for clean energy
Electrocatalysis
Experience
Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2020/01 Prof.
2013/10-2019/12 A/Prof.
Publications
(1) Chen, R.; Cao, M.; Wang, J.; Li, H.; Cao, R. Decamethylcucurbit[5]uril based supramolecular assemblies as efficient electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55 (78), 11687-11690, 10.1039/C9CC05899K. DOI: 10.1039/c9cc05899k.
(2) Chen, R.; Cao, M.; Yang, W.; Wang, H.; Zhang, S.; Li, H.; Cao, R. Ultra-small Pd nanoparticles derived from a supramolecular assembly for enhanced electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55 (66), 9805-9808. DOI: 10.1039/c9cc02393c.
(3) Wu, D.; Cao, M.; Cao, R. Replacing PVP by macrocycle cucurbit[6]uril to cap sub-5 nm Pd nanocubes as highly active and durable catalyst for ethanol electrooxidation. Nano Res 2019, 12 (10), 2628-2633. DOI: 10.1007/s12274-019-2499-0.
(4) Wu, D.; Cao, M.; You, H.; Zhao, C.; Cao, R. N-Doped holey carbon materials derived from a metal-free macrocycle cucurbit[6]uril assembly as an efficient electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55 (92), 13832-13835, 10.1039/C9CC06939A. DOI: 10.1039/c9cc06939a.
(5) You, H.; Wu, D.; Chen, Z.-n.; Sun, F.; Zhang, H.; Chen, Z.; Cao, M.; Zhuang, W.; Cao, R. Highly Active and Stable Water Splitting in Acidic Media Using a Bifunctional Iridium/Cucurbit[6]uril Catalyst. ACS Energy Lett. 2019, 4 (6), 1301-1307. DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.9b00553.
(6) Gong, Z.; Wu, D.; Cao, M.; Zhao, C.; Cao, R. Ultrafine Ru nanoclusters anchored on cucurbit[6]uril/rGO for efficient hydrogen evolution in a broad pH range. Chem. Commun. 2020, 56 (65), 9392-9395, 10.1039/D0CC03652H. DOI: 10.1039/d0cc03652h.
(7) Zhang, S.; Cao, M.; Cao, R. Multipod Pd-Cucurbit[6]uril as an Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Ethanol Oxidation and Oxygen Reduction Reactions. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2020, 8 (24), 9217-9225. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c03355.
(8) Song, X.; Cao, M.; Chen, R.; Wang, H.; Li, H.; Cao, R. Enhanced selectivity and stability towards CO2 reduction of sub-5 nm Au NPs derived from supramolecular assembly. Chem. Commun. 2021, 57 (20), 2491-2494, 10.1039/D0CC08353D. DOI: 10.1039/d0cc08353d.
(9) Wang, H.; Chen, Z. N.; Wu, D.; Cao, M.; Sun, F.; Zhang, H.; You, H.; Zhuang, W.; Cao, R. Significantly Enhanced Overall Water Splitting Performance by Partial Oxidation of Ir through Au Modification in Core-Shell Alloy Structure. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143 (12), 4639-4645. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c12740.
(10) Zhang, S.; Yang, W.; Liang, Y.; Yang, X.; Cao, M.; Cao, R. Template-free synthesis of non-noble metal single-atom electrocatalyst with N-doped holey carbon matrix for highly efficient oxygen reduction reaction in zinc-air batteries. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2021, 285, 119780. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119780.
(11) Geng, W.; Song, X.; Wei, Z.; Cao, M.; Cao, R. Ultralow Pt Catalyst Loading Prepared by the Electroreduction of a Supramolecular Assembly for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2022, 5 (12), 15597-15604. DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.2c03184.
(12) You, H.; Wu, D.; Si, D.; Cao, M.; Sun, F.; Zhang, H.; Wang, H.; Liu, T. F.; Cao, R. Monolayer NiIr-Layered Double Hydroxide as a Long-Lived Efficient Oxygen Evolution Catalyst for Seawater Splitting. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144 (21), 9254-9263. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c00242 From NLM PubMed-not-MEDLINE.
(13) Zhao, H.; Yang, S.; Yang, W.; Zhao, C.; Cao, M.; Cao, R. Ultrasmall Mo2C Embedded in N-Doped Holey Carbon for High-Efficiency Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ChemElectroChem 2022, 9 (10), e202200141, https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202200141. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202200141 (acccessed 2022/05/30).
(14) Zong-Nan Wei, M.-N. C. R. C. Research Progress in Cucurbit[n]uril-Based Metal Nanomaterials for Electrocatalytic Applications. Journal of Electrochemistry 2022, 0.
(15) Liu, C.; Wei, Z.; Cao, M.; Cao, R. Pt nanodendrites with a PtIr alloy surface structure exhibit excellent stability toward acidic hydrogen evolution reaction. Nano Research 2023. DOI: 10.1007/s12274-024-6454-3.
(16) Wang, H. M.; Fu, Y. Q.; Chen, Z. N.; Zhuang, W.; Cao, M. N.; Cao, R. Tunable CO2 enrichment on functionalized Au surface for enhanced CO2 electroreduction. Nano Research 2023, 16 (4), 4723-4728. DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-5159-8.
(17) Wei, Z.; Yue, S.; Gao, S.; Cao, M.; Cao, R. Synergetic effects of gold-doped copper nanowires with low Au content for enhanced electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to multicarbon products. Nano Research 2023, 16 (5), 7777-7783. DOI: 10.1007/s12274-023-5430-z.
(18) Wu, D.; Cao, M. Homogeneous and complex catalysts. Nature Synthesis 2023, 2 (7), 595-596. DOI: 10.1038/s44160-023-00299-2.
(19) Xiong, X.; Geng, W.; Cao, M.; Cao, R. Hierarchically structured flower-like Ru nanoparticles-cucurbit[6]uril/multiwalled carbon nanotubes as efficient pH-universal hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst. Chinese Chemical Letters 2023, 34 (6). DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.07.060.
(20) You, H.; Wang, Y.; Sun, F.; Cao, M.; Cao, R.; Wu, D. Stabilizing Sub-2-nm CuIr Nanoalloys with Cucurbit[6]uril for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Strong Acid. ACS Materials Letters 2023, 5 (11), 2887-2895. DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.3c00834.
(21) Wang, H.; Chen, Z. N.; Wang, Y.; Wu, D.; Cao, M.; Sun, F.; Cao, R. Sub-10-nm-sized Au@Au(x)Ir(1-)(x) metal-core/alloy-shell nanoparticles as highly durable catalysts for acidic water splitting. Natl Science Review 2024, 11 (4), nwae056. DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwae056 (acccessed 2/20/2024). From NLM PubMed-not-MEDLINE.
Research Interests
nanomaterials for clean energy
electrocatalysis