個人資料
2003 年從北京大學化學與分子工程學院獲得學士學位,2008 年從美國埃默里大學 (Emory University) 化學系獲得博士學位。分別於 2008-2009 年在埃默里大學化學系,2009-2011 年在
麻省理工學院 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 化學系 Stephen J. Lippard 課題組進行博士後研究工作。
分子模擬與太陽能轉化團隊首席教授,博士生導師。2011 年入選中共中央組織部第一批“青年千人計畫”;2014 年入選陝西省“百人計畫”;2006 年獲美國 Emory University 的 Osborne R. Quayle 獎;2009-2011 年獲美國 Camille and Henry Dreyfus 基金;目前已在國內外重要影響力期刊上發表論文三十餘篇。
研究領域
人工模擬光合反應中基於分子催化劑的水分解反應。
通過使用有機金屬簇主體,從結構和功能上模擬生物界中的蛋白酶。
離子的識別和控制等與環境相關的課題。
代表性成果
1. Wu, Y. Z.; Chen, M. X.; Han, Y. Z.; Luo, H. X.; Su, X. J.; Zhang, M.-T.; Lin, X. H.; Sun, J. L.; Wang, L.; Deng, L.; Zhang, W.; Cao, R.*, "Fast and simple preparation of iron-based thin films as highly efficient water oxidation catalysts in neutral aqueous solution" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, in press. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201412389.
2. Gong, H.-Y.*; Tang, F.; Rambo, B. M.; Cao, R.*; Xiang, J.-F.*; Sessler, J. L.*, "Aromatic sulfonate anion-induced pseudorotaxanes: environmentally benign synthesis, selectivity, and structural characterization" Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 1795-1798.
3. Tang, F.; Cao, R.*; Gong, H.-Y.*, "Aromatic plane effect study in pseudorotaxane construction between 'Texas-sized' molecular box and carboxylate anions" Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 820-823.
4. Liu, X.; Yi, Q. L.; Han, Y. Z.; Liang, Z. N.; Shen, C. H.; Zhou, Z. Y.; Sun, J. L.; Li, Y. Z.; Du, W. B.*; Cao, R.*, "A robust microfluidic device for the synthesis and crystal growth of organometallic polymers with highly organized structures" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 1846-1850.
5. Han, A.; Jia, H. X.; Ma, H.; Ye, S. F.; Wu, H. T.; Lei, H. T.; Han, Y. Z.; Cao, R.*; Du, P. W.*, "Cobalt porphyrin electrode films for electrocatalytic water oxidation" Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 11209-11217.
6. Han, A.; Du, P. W.*; Sun, Z. J.; Wu, H. T.; Jia, H. X.; Zhang, R.; Liang, Z. N.; Cao, R.*; Eisenberg, R.*, "Reversible mechanochromic luminescence at room temperature in cationic platinum(II) terpyridyl complexes" Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 3338-3344.
7. Zhang, R.; Liang, Z. N.; Han, A.; Wu, H. T.; Du, P. W.*; Lai, W. Z.*; Cao, R.*, "Structural, spectroscopic and theoretical studies of a vapochromic platinum(II) terpyridyl complex" CrystEngComm 2014, 16, 5531-5542 (cover article).
8. Lei, H. T.; Han, A. L.; Li, F. W.; Zhang, M. N.; Han, Y. Z.; Du, P. W.*; Lai, W. Z.*; Cao, R.*, "Electrochemical, spectroscopic and theoretical studies of a simple bifunctional cobalt corrole catalyst for oxygen evolution and hydrogen production" Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 1883-1893.
9. Liu, X.; Du, P. W.*; Cao, R.*, "Trinuclear zinc complexes for biologically relevant μ3-oxoanion binding and carbon dioxide fixation" Nature Commun. 2013, 4, 2375.
10. Lai, W. Z.*; Cao, R.*; Dong, G.; Shaik, S.; Yao, J. N.; Chen, H.*, "Why is cobalt the best transition metal in transition-metal hangman corroles for O-O bond formation during water oxidation?" J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2012, 3, 2315-2319.
11. Cao, R.*; Lai, W. Z.; Du, P. W.*, "Catalytic water oxidation at single metal sites" Energy Environ. Sci. 2012, 5, 8134-8157.
12. Cao, R.; McCarthy, B. D.; Lippard, S. J. “Immobilization, Trapping, and Anion Exchange of Perrhenate Ion Using Copper-Based Tripodal Complexes” Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 9499-9507.
13. Li, Y.; Cao, R.; Lippard, S. J. “Design and Synthesis of a Novel Triptycene-Based Ligand for Modeling Carboxylate-Bridged Diiron Enzyme Active Sites” Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 5052-5055.
14. Cao, R.; Müller, P.; Lippard, S. J. “Tripodal Tris-tacn and Tris-dpa Platforms for Assembling Phosphate-Templated Trimetallic Centers” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 17366-17369.