PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2019.09–present Associate Professor

State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian, China

2018.09–2019.08  Postdoctoral Researcher

Department of Interface Science, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany

2015.09–2018.08  Postdoctoral Researcher

Department of Physics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

EDUCATION:

2009.09–2015.05  Ph.D. Physical Chemistry (Catalysis)

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian, China

2005.09–2009.07  B.Sc. Materials Chemistry

China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, China

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

1. Electrocatalytic reactions including CO₂ electroreduction and water electrolysis

2. Development of active/selective/stable catalytic materials

3. In-situ/operando electrochemical characterizations

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

1. D. F. Gao, R. M. Arán-Ais, H. S. Jeon, B. oldan Cuenya, Rational catalyst and electrolyte design for CO₂ electroreduction towards multicarbon products, Nat. Catal. 2019, 2, 198–210.

2. D. F. Gao,# H. Zhou,# J. Wang, S. Miao, F. Yang, G. X. Wang, J. G. Wang, X. H. Bao, Size-Dependent Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 over Pd nanoparticles, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 4288–4291.

3. D. F. Gao, I. Sinev, F. Scholten, R. M. Arán-Ais, N. J. Divins, K. Kvashnina, J. Timoshenko, B. Roldan Cuenya, Selective CO2 Electroreduction to Ethylene and Multicarbon Alcohols via Electrolyte-Driven Nanostructuring, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 17047–17053.

4. D. F. Gao,# Yi Zhang,# Zhiwen Zhou,# Fan Cai, Xinfei Zhao, Wugen Huang, Yangsheng Li, Junfa Zhu, Ping Liu, Fan Yang, Guoxiong Wang, Xinhe Bao, Enhancing CO2 Electroreduction with the Metal-Oxide Interface, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 5652–5655.

5. P. Grosse,# D. F. Gao,# I. Sinev, H. Mistry, F. Scholten, B. Roldan Cuenya, Dynamic Changes in the Structure, Chemical State and Catalytic Selectivity of Cu Nanocubes during CO2 Electroreduction: Size and Support Effects, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6192–6197.

6. D. F. Gao,# I. Zegkinoglou,# N. J. Divins, F. Scholten, I. Sinev, P. Grosse, B. Roldan Cuenya, Plasma-Activated Copper Nanocube Catalysts for Efficient Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction to Hydrocarbons and Alcohols, ACS Nano 2017, 11, 4825–4831.

7. R. M. Arán-Ais,# D. F. Gao,# B. Roldan Cuenya, Structure- and Electrolyte-Sensitivity in CO2 Electroreduction, Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 2906–2917.

8. D. F. Gao, I. T. McCrum, S. Deo, Y.-W. Choi, F. Scholten, W. M. Wan, J. G. Chen, M. J. Janik, B. Roldan Cuenya, Activity and Selectivity Control in CO2 Electroreduction to Multicarbon Products over CuOx Catalysts via Electrolyte Design, ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 10012–10020.

9. D. F. Gao, F. Scholten, B. Roldan Cuenya, Improved CO2 Electroreduction Performance on Plasma-Activated Cu Catalysts via Electrolyte Design: Halide Effect, ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 5112–5120.

10. D. F. Gao, H. Zhou, F. Cai, J. G. Wang, G. X. Wang, X. H. Bao, Pd-Containing Nanostructures for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Reaction, ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 1510–1519.

11. Z. Yin,# D. F. Gao,# S. Yao, B. Zhao, F. Cai, L. L. Lin, P. Tang, G. X. Wang, D. Ma, X. H. Bao, Highly selective palladium-copper bimetallic electrocatalysts for the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO, Nano Energy 2016, 27, 35–43.

12. D. F. Gao,# H. Zhou,# F. Cai,# D. N. Wang, Y. F. Hu, B. Jiang, W.-B. Cai, X. Q. Chen, R. Si, F. Yang, S. Miao, J. G. Wang, G. X. Wang, X. H. Bao, Switchable CO2 electroreduction via engineering active phases of Pd nanoparticles, Nano Res. 2017, 10, 2181–2191.