Chaoji Chen

Institute: University of Maryland (UMD), College Park

Address: 1147 Engineering Lab Building (Building 89), University of Maryland College Park, MD, USA 20742

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3BLQH4UAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN

E-mail: [email protected]

Research Interests:

• Biomaterials (e.g., wood, cellulose, chitin, etc.) engineering and functionalization toward sustainable applications, including lightweight structural materials, energy storage/conversion, environmental remediation, electronic, optical and acoustic devices, etc.


• Advanced nanomanufacturing (e.g., 3D printing, microwave heating, thermal shock heating, etc.) of functional materials for energy storage, environmental remediation and beyond.


• Energy storage materials and devices, including batteries and supercapacitors. 

Education & work experience:

• Postdoc., Material Science, Oct.2017-present, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland College Park

• Postdoc., Material Science, Sep.2015-Sep. 2017, Materials Science and Engineering, HUST

• Doctor, Material Science, Sep.2010-June.2015, College of Materials Science and Engineering, HUST


• B.S. degree, Material Science, Sep.2006-Jun.2010, College of Materials Science and Engineering,  HUST

Honors:

1         Selected as one of the “100 Most Influence International Papers of China in 2015”

2         2018 R&D 100 Winner, Super Wood: Stronger and Lighter Than Steel (published in Nature)

3         Co-Inventor, Invention of the Year 2018, Physical Science (UMD), Strong and Tough Graphite-Paper Composites

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (^‡ equal contribution; * corresponding author)

1. Jianwei Song^‡, Chaoji Chen^‡, Shuze Zhu^‡, Mingwei Zhu^‡, Jiaqi Dai, Upamanyu Ray, Yiju Li, Yudi Kuang, Yongfeng Li, Nelson Quispe, Yonggang Yao, Amy Gong, Ulrich H. Leiste, Hugh A. Bruck, J.Y. Zhu, Azhar Vellore, Heng Li, Marilyn Minus, Zheng Jia, Ashlie Martini, Teng Li*, Liangbing Hu* Processing bulk natural wood into a high-performance structural material. Nature, 2018, 554, 224-228. (ESI Hot paper & Highly cited paper, highlighted by Nature, selected as R&D100 Award Winner 2018, and reported by 100+ media including BBC, VOA, CBS, Scientific American, MIT Technology Review Pakistan, International Business Times, The Sun, New York Post, Xinhua, CCTV, The Hindu, Indian Express, LA Presse, Le Scienze, Materials Today, etc)

2. Tian Li^‡, Chaoji Chen^‡, Alexandra Brozena, J.Y. Zhu, Lixian Xu, Carlos Driemeier, Alexandra H. Brozena, Jiaqi Dai, Orlando J. Rojas, Akira Isogai, Lars Wågberg, Liangbing Hu* Developing fibrillated cellulose as a sustainable technological material. Nature, 2021, 590, 47–56.

3. Chaoji Chen, Yudi Kuang, Shuze Zhu, Ingo Burgert, Tobias Keplinger, Amy Gong, Teng Li, Lars Berglund, Stephen J. Eichhorn, Liangbing Hu* Structure–property–function relationships of natural and engineered wood. Nat. Rev. Mater. 2020, 5, 642–666. (Front Cover, Highly cited paper)

4. Qinqin Xia^‡, Chaoji Chen^‡, Yonggang Yao, Jianguo Li, Shuaiming He, Yubing Zhou, Teng Li, Xuejun Pan, Yuan Yao,* Liangbing Hu* A Strong, Biodegradable and Recyclable Lignocellulosic Bioplastic. Nat. Sustain. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00702-w.

5. Chaoji Chen^‡, Jianwei Song^‡, Shuze Zhu^‡, Yiju Li, Yudi Kuang, Jiayu Wan, Dylan Kirsch, Lisha Xu, Yanbin Wang, Tingting Gao, Yilin Wang, Hao Huang, Wentao Gan, Amy Gong, Teng Li*, Jia Xie*, Liangbing Hu* Scalable and Sustainable Approach toward Highly Compressible, Anisotropic, Lamellar Carbon Sponge.Chem, 2018, 4, 544-554. (Highly cited paper, highlighted by MIT Technology Review, reported by 30+ media including Science Daily, c&en, EurekAlert, etc)

6. Chaoji Chen^‡, Ying Zhang^‡, Yiju Li, Jiaqi Dai, Jianwei Song, Yonggang Yao, Yunhui Gong, Iain Kierzewski, Jia Xie*, Liangbing Hu*, All-wood, Low Tortuosity, Aqueous, Biodegradable Supercapacitors with Ultra-High Capacitance, Energy Environ. Sci., 2017, 10, 538-545. (ESI Hot paper & Highly cited paper, Highlighted by Frontiers in Energy Research Newsletter, and reported by 10+ media including BBC Future and VOA)

7. Chaoji Chen^‡, Yanwei Wen^‡, Xianluo Hu*, Xiulei Ji, Mengyu Yan, Liqiang Mai, Pei Hu, Bin Shan, Yunhui Huang* Na⁺ intercalation pseudocapacitance in graphene coupled titanium oxide enabling ultra-fast sodium storage and long-term cycling Nat. Commun., 2015, 6, 6929. (ESI Hot paper & Highly cited paper, selected as one of the “2015 China's 100 Most Influential International Academic Papers”)

8. Chaoji Chen^‡, Yiju Li^‡, Jianwei Song^‡, Zhi Yang, Yudi Kuang, Emily Hitz, Chao Jia, Amy Gong, Feng Jiang, J. Y. Zhu, Bao Yang, Jia Xie^*, Liangbing Hu^* Highly Flexible and Efficient Solar Steam Generation Device. Adv. Mater., 2017, 29, 1701756. (ESI Hot paper & Highly cited paper)

9. Dawei Zhao, Ying Zhu, Wanke Cheng, Guangwen Xu, Qingwen Wang, Shouxin Liu, Jian Li, Chaoji Chen*, Haipeng Yu*, Liangbing Hu* A Dynamic Gel with Reversible and Tunable Topologic Networks and Performances. Matter, 2020, 2, 390-403. (Highlighted by Trends in Chemistry, Highly cited paper)

10. Chaoji Chen^‡, Yudi Kuang^‡, Liangbing Hu* Challenges and Opportunities for Solar Evaporation. Joule, 2019, 3, 683-718. (ESI Hot paper & Highly cited paper)