Chao Zhao,Associate Professor,Doctoral supervisor, graduated from Nanjing Agricultural University in 2014 with a Ph.D.in Agricultural Biology and Energy and Environment Engineering. He is a visiting scholar at Rutgers, TheState University of New Jersey (2018.7-2019.8).He is mainly engaged in biomass energy conversion and utilizationand equipment research.He presided over the National Natural Science Foundation of China,Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China.He has been a reviewer and guest editor of several journals for a long time, and he has won the third prizeof Liang Xi’s Forestry Science and TechnologyPaperAward of China.He has published more than50 academic papers, of which more than30 were included in SCI. He has been authorized7patents. He has published 3textbooksin Chinese Science Press and ChineseForestryPress.
His representative papers are as follows:
1.Jiajun Lu, Mingyang Cheng,Chao Zhao*, Bin Li, Hehuan Peng, Yongjian Zhang,Qianjun Shao, Muhammad Hassan,Application of lignin in preparation of slow-release fertilizer: Current status and future perspectives.Industrial Crops and Products, 2022. 176: 114267.
2.Jiajun Lu, Mingyang Cheng,Chao Zhao*, Qianjun Shao, Muhammad Hassan, Combined oxidization and liquid ammonia pretreatment of bamboo of various ages and species for maximizing fermentable sugar release.Bioresource Technology, 2022. 343(1): 126085.
3.Sana Gohar Khan, Muhammad Hassan, Mustafa Anwar, Zeshan, Uneeb Masood Khan,Chao Zhao*, Mussel shell based CaO nano-catalyst doped with praseodymium to enhance biodiesel production from castor oil.Fuel, 2022. 330: 125480.
4.Muhammad Hassan,Mustafa Anwar,Ram Sarup Singh,Chao Zhao,Esmaeil Mehryar, Co-digestion of chicken manure with goose manure and thermo-oxidative-treated wheat straw in CSTR: co-digestion synergistics and OLR optimization through kinetic modeling.Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2022.02757
5.Muhammad Hassan,Shah Fahad Bin Masud,Mustafa Anwar,Chao Zhao,Ram Sarup Singh,Esmaeil Mehryar, Methane enhancement by the co-digestion of thermochemical alkali solubilized rice husk and cow manure: Lignocellulosics decomposition perspectives.Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2022. 12(1): 2310.
6.Chao Zhao*, Xianliang Qiao, Qianjun Shao, Hassan Muhammad, Zhongqing Ma*, Evolution of the Lignin Chemical Structure during the Bioethanol Production Process and Its Inhibition to Enzymatic Hydrolysis,Energy & Fuels, 2020. 34(5): 5938-5947.
7.Chao Zhao*, Xianliang Qiao, Qianjun Shao, Hassan Muhammad, Lijian Yao*, Synergistic effect of hydrogen peroxide and ammonia on lignin.Industrial Crops & Products, 2020. 146(4): 112177.
8.Chao Zhao, Qianjun Shao, Shishir P.S. Chundawat*, Recent advances on ammonia-based pretreatments of lignocellulosic biomass.Bioresoure Technology, 2020. 298: 122446.
9.Hassan Muhammad,Chao Zhao*, Weimin Ding, Enhanced methane generation and biodegradation efficiencies of goose manure by thermal-sonication pretreatment and organic loading management in CSTR.Energy, 2020: 198C. 117370
10.Chundawat S P S, Sousa L D C, Roy S, Yang Z, Gupta S, Pal R,ChaoZhao, Liu S, Petridis L, O'Neill H, Pingali S V. Ammonia-salt solvent promotes cellulosic biomass deconstruction under ambient pretreatment conditions to enable rapid soluble sugar production at ultra-low enzyme loadings.Green Chemistry. 2020. 22(1). 204-218.
11.Xiaorong Du, Bin Li*, Kunjie Chen,Chao Zhao, Lijun Xu, Zidong Yang, Qian Sun, Chandio Farman Ali, Guiru Wu.Rice straw addition and biological inoculation promote the maturation of aerobic compost of rice straw biogas residue.Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2020, 1.
12.Maoqun Zhang,ChaoZhao*, Qianjun Shao,Zidong Yang, Xuefeng Zhang, Xiaofeng Xu,Hassan Muhammad. Determination of water content in corn stover silage using near-infrared spectroscopy.International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 2019. 12(6): 143-148.
13.Zhongqing Ma*, Yu Zhang, Cong Li, Youyou Yang, Wenbiao Zhang,Chao Zhao, Shurong Wang.N-doping of biomass by ammonia (NH3) torrefaction pretreatment for the production of renewable N-containing chemicals by fast pyrolysis.Bioresoure Technology, 2019. 292: 122034.
14.Zhongqing Ma*, Junhao Wang, Cong Li, Youyou Yang, Xiaohuan Liu,Chao Zhao, Dengyu Chen.New sight on the lignin torrefaction pretreatment: Relevance between the evolution of chemical structure and the properties of torrefied gaseous, liquid, and solid products,Bioresoure Technology, 2019. 288: 121528.
15.Xianliang Qiao,Chao Zhao*, Qianjun Shao, Hassan Muhammad, Structural characterization of corn stover lignin after hydrogen peroxide presoaking prior to ammonia fiber expansion pretreatment.Energy & Fuels, 2018. 32(5): 6022-6030.
16.Zhongqing Ma*, Junhao Wang, Youyou Yang, Yu Zhang,Chao Zhao, Youming Yu, Shurong Wang*.Comparison of the thermal degradation behaviors and kinetics of palm oil waste under nitrogen and air atmosphere in TGA-FTIR with a complementary use of model-free and model-fitting approaches. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 2018.134:12-24.
17.Chao Zhao*，Xianliang Qiao, Yan Cao, Qianjun Shao, Application of hydrogen peroxide presoaking prior to ammonia fiber expansion pretreatment of energy crops，Fuel, 2017. 205: 184-191
18.Chao Zhao, Yan Cao, Zhongqing Ma, Qianjun Shao*, Optimization of liquid ammonia pretreatment conditions for maximizing sugar release from giant reed (Arundo donax L.),Biomass and Bioenergy, 2017, 98: 61-69
19.Chao Zhao,Qianjun Shao*,Zhongqing Ma,Bin Li,Xiangjun Zhao,Physical and chemical characterizations of corn stalk resulting from hydrogen peroxide presoaking prior to ammonia fiber expansion pretreatment,Industrial Crops and Products,2016,83: 86-93
20.Chao Zhao*,Zhongqing Ma,Qianjun Shao*,Bin Li,Jiewang Ye,Hehuan Peng,Enzymatic hydrolysis and physiochemical characterization of corn leaf after H-AFEX pretreatment.Energy & fuels,2016,30(2):1154-1161
21.Chao Zhao,Weimin Ding*,Feng Chen,Cheng Cheng,Qianjun Shao*,Effects of compositional changes of AFEX-treated and H-AFEX-treated corn stover on enzymatic digestibility.Bioresource Technology,2014,155: 34-40
22.Chao Zhao*, Qianjun Shao, Bin Li, Weimin Ding*, Comparison of hydrogen peroxide and ammonia pretreatment of corn stover: Solid recovery, composition changes and enzymatic hydrolysis.Energy & fuels, 2014, 28(10): 6392-6397
23.Hassan Muhammad,Umar Muhammad, Mamat Tursun, Muhayodin Furqan, Talha Zahir, Mehryar Esmaeil, Ahmad Fiaz, Ding Weimin,Chao Zhao*, Methane Enhancement through Sequential Thermochemical and Sonication Pretreatment for Corn Stover with Anaerobic Sludge,Energy & Fuels, 2017, 31(6), 6145-6153
24.Qianjun Shao*,Chao Zhao, Assessment of the lignin-derived inhibition of enzymatic hydrolysis by adding untreated and ammonia-fiber-expansion-treated lignin isolated from switchgrass.Energy & Fuels, 2016. 30(11): 9517-9523
25.Qianjun Shao*,Cheng Cheng,Rebecca G. Ong,Li Zhu,Chao Zhao,Hydrogen peroxide presoaking of bamboo prior to AFEX pretreatment and impact on enzymatic conversion to fermentable sugars.Bioresource Technology,2013,142: 26-31
26.Zhongqing Ma*, Qingfeng Sun,Jiewang Ye, Qiufang Yao,Chao Zhao,Study on the thermal degradation behaviors and kinetics of alkali lignin for production of phenolic-rich bio-oil using TGA-FTIR and Py-GC/MS.Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis,2016, 117:116-124
27.Bin Li*,Kunjie Chen,Xiang Gao,Chao Zhao,Qianjun Shao,Qian Sun,Hua Li,The use of steam explosion to increase the nutrition available from rice straw.Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry. 2015,62(6): 823-832
28.Bin Li*,Kunjie Chen*,Chao Zhao,Gao Xiang,Qianjun Shao,Guiru Wu,Influence of steamexplosion on rice straw fiber content，Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy,2015,9(6): 596~608
29.Zhongqing Ma*,Jiewang Ye,Chao Zhao,Qisheng Zhang, Gasification of rice husk in a downdraft gasifier: the effect of equivalence ratio on the gasification performance, properties, and utilization analysis of byproducts of char and tar.Bioresources,2015, 10(2): 2888-2902
30.ChaoZhao,Weimin Ding*, Chen Feng, Cheng Cheng, Qianjun Shao*.Effects of compositional changes of AFEX-treated and H-AFEX-treated corn stover on enzymatic digestibility.Bioresource Technology,2014. 155: 34-40.
31.ChaoZhao*,Qianjun Shao, Bin Li, Weimin Ding*. Comparison of Hydrogen Peroxide and Ammonia Pretreatment of Corn Stover: Solid Recovery, Composition Changes, and Enzymatic Hydrolysis.Energy & Fuels, 2014. 28(10): 6392-6397.
32.Qianjun Shao*, Cheng Cheng, Rebecca Ong, Zhu Li,Chao Zhao. Hydrogen peroxide presoaking of bamboo prior to AFEX pretreatment and impact on enzymatic conversion to fermentable sugars.Bioresource Technology,2013. 142: 26-31.
