Prof. Dr. Xuebo Zhao, awarded "One Hundred Talents Program" of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2010 and "Taishan Scholar" of Shandong Province in 2015, is a professor and research team leader of Hydrogen-Electric Energy Materials laboratory in School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences). He has published more than 110 full papers in Science, Nature, JACS, Angew, AM, AFM, ACS Nano and other international journals, which have been cited more than 8000 times, and the highest single paper has been cited more than 1200 times. Prof. Zhao graduated from Fushun Petroleum Institute (now Liaoning Petrochemical University) in 1986 and taught there. He received his master's degree from China University of Petroleum in 1993. In 2000, he went abroad to study with the British Full Award. In 2005, he received his doctorate from the University of  Newcastle upon Tyne and continue to work there as a research fellow. During his stay in The UK, he was awarded "National Outstanding Self-funded Student Award" and "The Derek Ezra Award for Outstanding Research Achievement" . In 2010, he returned to China to do research work as a PI. The research team he is responsible for now has 6 formal members and 11 doctoral and master students, mainly engaged in the preparation of new metal organic frame materials (MOFs), new carbon materials and the research work in hydrogen energy, gas separation and storage, new electrode materials, energy storage materials.

Selected publications：

1、Hysteretic Adsorption and Desorption of Hydrogen by Nanoporous Metal-Organic Frameworks, Science, 2004, 306, 1012-1015，cited 1200+

2、Hydrogen Adsorption on Functionalized Nanoporous Activated Carbons, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109, 8880-8088，cited 210+

3、Kinetic isotope effect for H-2 and D-2 quantum molecular sieving in adsorption/desorption on porous carbon materials, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006, 110, 20, 9947-9955, cited 120+

4、Kinetic molecular sieving, thermodynamic and structural aspects of gas/vapor sorption on metal organic framework [Ni-1.5(4,4'-bipyridine)(1.5)(H3L)(H2O)(3)][H2O](7) where H6L=2,4,6-trimethylbenzene-1,3,5-triyl tris(methylene)triphosphonic acid，JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A，2016，4，4，1353-1365，cited 40+

5、Ultrafine TiO2 Nanoparticles Confined in N-Doped Porous Carbon Networks as Anodes of High-Performance Sodium-Ion Batteries，CHEMELECTROCHEM，2017, 4, 6, 1516-1522 ，cited 30+

6、A Freestanding 3D Heterostructure Film Stitched by MOF-Derived Carbon Nanotube Microsphere Superstructure and Reduced Graphene Oxide Sheets: A Superior Multifunctional Electrode for Overall Water Splitting and Zn-Air Batteries，ADVANCED MATERIALS，2020,32,48,2003313，cited 130+

7、Metal-Organic Frameworks Derived Nanotube of Nickel-Cobalt Bimetal Phosphides as Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting, ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS , 2017，27, 40 , 1703455, cited 550+

8、Spherical Superstructure of Boron Nitride Nanosheets Derived from Boron-Containing Metal-Organic Frameworks，JACS，2020，142，19，8755-8762，cited 50+

9、 Adsorption Site Selective Occupation Strategy within a Metal-Organic Framework for Highly Efficient Sieving Acetylene from Carbon Dioxide，ANGEW，2021，60，9，4570-4574，cited 50+

10、Adsorption in Reversed Order of C? Hydrocarbons on an Ultramicroporous Fluorinated Metal-Organic Framework, ANGEW，2022, 61, 25，e202204046, cited 10+

11、High H2 Adsorption by Coordination-Framework Materials, Angew. Chem. Int. Edit., 2006, 45, 7358-7364, cited 700+

12、High-capacity hydrogen and nitric oxide adsorption and storage in a metal-organic framework. J. Am.Chem. Soc, 129，5，1203-9，2007-Feb-07，cited 430+

13、Surface interactions and quantum kinetic molecular sieving for H-2 and D-2 adsorption on a mixed metal-organic framework material, J. Am.Chem. Soc, 2008, 130, 6411-6423. cited 380+

14、Rationally tuned micropores within enantiopure metal-organic frameworks for highly selective separation of acetylene and ethylene，NATURE COMMUNICATIONS，FEB 2011 2，204，cited 390+

15、Chemically Blockable Transformation and Ultra-selective Low Pressure Gas Adsorption in a Metal Organic Framework, Nature-Chemistry, 2009，1(4), 289-294，cited160+