RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Flame-retardant materials; Functional foam and fabric materials
EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC CAREER:
Hai-Bo Zhao is a professor at the College of Chemistry, Sichuan University. He is the associate director of the National Engineering Laboratory for Eco-Friendly Polymeric Materials (Sichuan). He received his Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry and Physics (2014) and B.S. in Applied Chemistry from Sichuan University (2009). He continued his research at the China Academy of Engineering Physics (2014–2017). In 2017, he joined Professor Yu-Zhong Wang' s group at Sichuan university, and his current research interests are focused on the design, synthesis, and properties of flame-retardant polymers and functional foam materials.
HONORS AND AWARDS: He received various awards including Chinese Chemical Society Young Chemist Award (2020), the national second-class prizes in natural science from the State Council of China (2019), and the first-class prizes in natural science from the Education Ministry of China (2018). He was selected in Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by China Association for Science and Technology.
EDITORIAL BOARDS:
Young Editorial Board Member of China Materials Progress
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
In the past five years, 30 peer-reviewed first/corresponding-author papers have been published. All papers have been cited for 1500 times without self-citation. 15 domestic patents were granted, and the core technology has undergone application development.
Representative papers in the past three years:
1. Ai-Ning Zhang; Hai-Bo Zhao*; Jin-Bo Cheng; Meng-En Li; Shu-Liang Li; Min Cao; Yu-Zhong Wang*; Construction of durable eco-friendly biomass-based flame-retardant coating for cotton fabrics, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 410: 128361
2. Shi-Hai Gang; Shu-Liang Li; Jin-Bo Cheng; Hai-Bo Zhao*; Yu-Zhong Wang*; Multifunctional Photothermal Conversion Nanocoatings Toward Highly Efficient and Safe High-Viscosity Oil Cleanup Absorption, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 11948.
3. Min Cao; Shu-Liang Li; Jin-Bo Cheng; Ai-Ning Zhang; Yu-Zhong Wang; Hai-Bo Zhao*; Fully bio-based, low fire-hazard and superelastic aerogel without hazardous cross-linkers for excellent thermal insulation and oil clean-up absorption, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 403: 123977
4. Ting Wang; Man-Cheng Long; Hai-Bo Zhao*; Bo-Wen Liu; Hai-Gang Shi; Wen-Li An; Shu-Liang Li; Shi-Mei Xu; Yu-Zhong Wang*; An ultralow-temperature superelastic polymer aerogel with high strength as a great thermal insulator under extreme conditions, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, 8(36): 18698-18706. Hot Paper
5. Han Wang; Min Cao; Hai-Bo Zhao*; Jin-Xu Liu; Cheng-Zhen Geng; Yu-Zhong Wang*; Double-cross-linked aerogels towards ultrahigh mechanical properties and thermal insulation at extreme environment, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020, 399: 125698.
6. Jin-Bo Cheng; Hai-Bo Zhao*; Min Cao; Meng-En Li; Ai-Ning Zhang; Shu-Liang Li; Yu-Zhong Wang*; Banana Leaflike C-Doped MoS2 Aerogels toward Excellen Microwave Absorption Performance, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12(23): 26301-26312
7. Meng-En Li; Yuan-Wei Yan; Hai-Bo Zhao*; Rong-Kun Jian; Yu-Zhong Wang*; A facile and efficient flame-retardant and smoke-suppressant resin coating for expanded polystyrene foams, Composites Part B: Engineering, 2020, 185: 107797
8. Zhi-Jie Cao; Liao Wang; Shui-Xiu Wang; Hai-Bo Zhao*; Yu-Zhong Wang*; Polyurethane foams with functionalized graphene towards high fire resistance, low smoke release, superior thermal insulation, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019, 361: 1245-1254
9. Meng-En Li; Shui-Xiu Wang; Lin-Xuan Han; Wen-Jie Yuan; Jin-Bo Cheng; Ai-Ning Zhang; Hai-Bo Zhao*; Yu-Zhong Wang*; Hierarchically porous SiO2/polyurethane foam composites towards excellent thermal insulating, flame-retardant and smoke-suppressant performances, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2019, 375: 61.
10. Rong-Kun Jian*; Yuan-Fang Ai; Long Xia; Li-Jing Zhao; Hai-Bo Zhao*; Single component phosphamide-based intumescent flame retardant with potential reactivity towards low flammability and smoke epoxy resins, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2019, 371: 529-539.
