【人物简介】

　2003 年从北京大学化学与分子工程学院获得学士学位，2008 年从美国埃默里大学 (Emory University) 化学系获得博士学位。分别于 2008－2009 年在埃默里大学化学系，2009－2011 年在麻省理工学院 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 化学系 Stephen J. Lippard 课题组进行博士后研究工作。 　分子模拟与太阳能转化团队首席教授，博士生导师。2011 年入选中共中央组织部第一批“青年千人计划”；2014 年入选陕西省“百人计划”；2006 年获美国 Emory University 的 Osborne R. Quayle 奖；2009-2011 年获美国 Camille and Henry Dreyfus 基金；

【研究方向】

1. 人工模拟光合反应中基于分子催化剂的水分解反应。 2. 通过使用有机金属簇主体，从结构和功能上模拟生物界中的蛋白酶。 3. 离子的识别和控制等与环境相关的课题。

【研究成果】

目前已在国内外重要影响力期刊上发表论文三十余篇。

【科研项目】

【论文著作】

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.