Introduction:

Name:Yonghai Cao

Title: Associate Professor

E-mail: meyhcao@scut.edu.cn

Supervisor: Master’s Supervisor

Personal homepage: https://www2.scut.edu.cn/cnn_ch/2017/0329/c16608a516091/page.htm

Area: 

Industrial Catalysis; Environmental Chemical Engineering

Education:

2017.4-present    Associate professor            South China University of Technology (SCUT)                                2014.7-2017.4     Research Associate            SCUT/University of Tennessee Knoxville

2010.9-2014.7     Research Assistant             SCUT

Research interests:

(1) Develop new and efficient non-noble metal catalysts for the catalytic oxidation process of hydrocarbons， understand the reaction mechanism through molecular simulation and spectroscopic analysis， and further guide industrial-scale production through kinetic modeling.

 (2) Construct carbon-based composite materials for the treatment of organic/inorganic pollutants in industrial wastewater. Through the design of electrochemical devices， achieve continuous use of formed carbon， high stability， and extraction of high-value heavy metals.

Representative publications :

(1) Yang， J.; Huang， X.; Huang， J.; Wang， H.-F.; Wang， H.; Yu， H.; Cao， Y. Tailoring N/O functionalities on porous carbons for high-efficiency CO2 cycloaddition: Mechanistic insights and kinetic modeling. Chem. Eng. Sci. 2026， 320， 122490 

(2) Huang， J.; Chai， C.; Wang， H.; Wang， H.-F.; Li， S.; Yu， H.; Cao， Y. Catalytic baeyer-villiger oxidation over N-doped carbon with aliphatic aldehyde: Mechanism， kinetic modeling， life cycle assessment， and techno-economic analysis. Chem. Eng. Sci. 2026， 320， 122666

 (3) Su， Y.; Liu， H.; Wang， H.; Huang， J.; Yu， H.; Zhang， Q.; Cao， Y.; Peng， F. Insights into ethylbenzene oxidation catalyzed by transition-metal oxides: Crucial role of hydroperoxide transformation. Chem. Eng. J. 2024， 479， 147594 

(4) Wang， B.; Jiang， Q.; Yang， G.; Wang， H.; Wang， H.; Peng， F.; Yu， H.; Huang， J.; Zhong， G.; Cao， Y. Electric Field-Assisted Uptake of Hexavalent Chromium Ions with In Situ Regeneration of Carbon Monolith Adsorbents. Adv. Sci. 2023， 2301419.

(5) Su， Y.; Huang， J.; Yang， G.; Wang， H.; Yu， H.; Zhang， Q.; Cao， Y.; Peng， F. Elucidating mechanism of ethylbenzene oxidation catalyzed by carbon-based catalysts with kinetic modeling. AlChE J. 2023， 69， e18007.