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Dr. Heng Zhao

University : Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary

Country : Canada

Research Interest : 1. Catalyst and reactor design for biomass photorefinery to simultaneously produce hydrogen and value-added chemicals. 2. Development interdisciplinary for biomass valorization such as photoelectrocatalysis, photothermal- and photobioprocessing method. 3 3. Fabrication and application of ultrafine nanostructures photo(electro)catalytic water splitting, conversion of carbon dioxide, biomass conversion, water treatment.

Bio :

Heng Zhao received his Ph.D. degree from Wuhan University of Technology majored in Material Science and Engineering in 2019. He is currently a post-doctoral researcher in the department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at University of Calgary under the guidance of Prof. Jinguang Hu and Prof. Zhangxin Chen. He has published about 60 articles in journals including Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, Nano Energy, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental etc. His research mainly focuses on the design and synthesis of functional catalysts for sustainable hydrogen and value-added bio-products co-production from biomass photoreforming.