Our Mission
ZhaoLab develops electrochemical catalysts and systems for sustainable electrosynthesis across molecular and device scales.
Electrochemical performance is strongly governed by catalyst surfaces and local interfacial microenvironments.
We develop electrocatalysts and engineered interfaces to control adsorption behaviour, ion transport, reaction pathways and product selectivity in energy conversion reactions including CO₂, CO, O₂, H₂ and hydrocarbon electrochemistry.
We design electrochemical reactors and integrated systems to bridge molecular electrocatalysis with scalable chemical manufacturing.
Our research focuses on mass transport, membrane-electrode assemblies, flow management and electrolyser architectures for practical energy conversion technologies.
Understanding the dynamic evolution of electrocatalysts and electrode interfaces under operating conditions is essential for revealing true structure–activity relationships.
We employ in situ and operando spectroscopies to probe catalyst structures, surface intermediates and interfacial processes during electrochemical reactions.