(1) Nano- and single-atom catalysis.
(2) Theoretical and computational catalysis.
(1) Award for Young Science and Technology Star, Dalian City (2016)
(2) Member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS (2017)
(3) Excellent Young Scientist of DICP (2017)
[1] Qiao, Botao; Wang, Aiqin; Yang, Xiaofeng; Allard, Lawrence F.; Jiang, Zheng; Cui, Yitao; Liu, Jingyue*; Li, Jun*; Zhang, Tao*. Single-atom catalysis of CO oxidation using Pt1/FeOx. NATURE CHEMISTRY (2011)
[2] Yang, Xiaofeng; Wang, Aiqin; Qiao, Botao; Li, Jun*; Liu, Jingyue*; Zhang, Tao*. Single-Atom Catalysts: A New Frontier in Heterogeneous Catalysis. ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH (2013)
[3] Zhou, Huiran+; Yang, Xiaofeng+; Li, Lin; Liu, Xiaoyan; Huang, Yanqiang; Pan, XiaoLi; Wang, Aiqin*; Li, Jun; Zhang, Tao*. PdZn Intermetallic Nanostructure with Pd-Zn-Pd Ensembles for Highly Active and Chemoselective Semi-Hydrogenation of Acetylene. ACS CATALYSIS (2016)
[4] Liu Qinggang; Yang, Xiaofeng*; Li, Lin; Miao, Shu; Li, Yong; Li, Yanqin; Wang Xinkui*; Huang, Yanqiang*; Zhang, Tao. Direct catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 to formate over a Schiff-base-mediated gold nanocatalyst. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2017)
[5] Shao, Xianzhao; Yang, Xiaofeng*; Xu, Jinming; Liu, Song; Miao, Shu; Liu, Xiaoyan; Su, Xiong; Duan, Hongmin; Huang, Yanqiang*, Zhang Tao. Iridium Single-Atom Catalyst Performing a Quasi-homogeneous Hydrogenation Transformation of CO2 to Formate. CHEM (2019)