Prof. Suojiang Zhang was elected as a Member of CAS in 2015. He is currently Director General of Institute of Process Engineering (IPE), CAS, Dean of College of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).

Prof. Zhang’s research interests focus on green chemistry and process engineering. He is dedicated to promoting innovation and application of Ionic Liquids (ILs) in green process engineering and has achieved groundbreaking results. He has published over 500 peer-reviewed articles such as Chem. Rev., Nat. Comm., Angew., JACS, and ect., authored 10 monographs and granted more than 130 patents. Till now, his publications have received more than 19000 citations with an H-index of 79 (Google Scholar). He has also won several academic awards, such as the Second Class Prize of National Natural Science Award, the Hou Debang Chemical Science and Technology Outstanding Achievement Award, and the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Progress Awards. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Green Energy & Environment, Green Chemical Engineering and Process Engineering Journal of China.

1.J. Q. Feng, H. S. Gao, L. R. Zheng, Z. P. Chen, S. J. Zeng, C. Y. Jiang, H. F. Dong, Licheng Liu, S. J. Zhang*, X. P. Zhang*. A Mn-N3 single-atom catalyst embedded in graphitic carbon nitride for efficient CO2 electroreduction. Nat. Commun., 2020, 11(1):4341

2.K. C. Pan, L. Zhang*, W. W. Qian, X. K. Wu, K. Dong, H. T. Zhang, S. J. Zhang*，Flexible Ceramic/Polymer Hybrid Solid Electrolyte for Solid State Lithium Metal Batteries. Adv. Mater., 2020, 32, 2000399

3.D. L. Fang, Y. L. Wang, C. Qian, X. Z. Liu, X. Wang, S. M. Chen*, S. J. Zhang*. Synergistic regulation of polysulfides conversion and deposition by MOF‐derived hierarchically ordered carbonaceous composite for high‐energy Lithium–sulfur batteries. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2019, 29(19): 1900875

4.S. Xu, Y. Y. Cheng, L. Zhang*, K. H. Zhang, F. Huo, X. P. Zhang, S. J. Zhang*. An effective polysulfides bridgebuilder to enable long-life lithium-sulfur flow batteries. Nano Energy, 2018, 51, 113-121

5.Q. Q. Miao, Y. Y. Du, G. T. Wang, Z. C. Sun, Y. H. Zhao, S. J. Zhang*. In-situ Generated 3D Hierarchical Co3O4@MnO2 Core-Shell Hybrid Materials: Self-assembled Fabrication, Morphological Control and Energy Applications. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7(11): 5967-5980

6.Y. Y. Cheng, L. Zhang, S. Xu, H. T. Zhang, B. Z. Ren, T. Li*, S. J. Zhang*. Ionic liquid functionalized electrospun gel polymer electrolyte for use in a high-performance lithium metal battery. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6(38): 18479-18487

7.K. Dong, X. M. Liu, H. F. Dong, X. P. Zhang, S. J. Zhang*. Multiscale studies on ionic liquids. Chem. Rev., 2017, 117 (10): 6636-6695

8.S. J. Zeng, X. P. Zhang, L. Bai, X. C. Zhang, H. Wang, J. J. Wang, D. Bao, M. D. Li, X. Y. Liu, S. J. Zhang*. Ionic Liquid based CO2 Capture System: Structure, Interaction and Process. Chem. Rev., 2017, 117 (14): 9625-9673

9.X. Zhang, D. Bao, Y. Huang, H. F. Dong, X. P. Zhang*, S. J. Zhang*. Gas–liquid mass-transfer properties in CO2 absorptionsystem with ionic liquids. AIChE J., 2014,60(8): 2929-2939

10.Q. Su, Y. Q. Qi, X. Q. Yao, W. G. Cheng*, L Dong, S. S. Chen, S. J. Zhang*. Ionic Liquids Tailored and Confined by One-Step Assembly with Mesoporous Silica for Boosting the Catalytic Conversion of CO2 into Cyclic Carbonates. Green Chem., 2018, 20, 3232–3241