Bioinspired Interface Technologies for Energy Applications Research Center (Group Cluster)----Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Groups

Group Name	Leader
Bioinspired Interface Engineering	GAO Jun
Bioinspired Ionic Energy	-
Bioinspired CO₂Conversion	-
Bioinspired Green Hydrogen Production	-

Research Interest

1. Inspired by the special wettability interfaces of biological species, researchers aim to develop disruptive enhanced oil recovery technologies that focus on engineering the oil/rock interface.

2. Inspired by the high-efficient energy conversion of electric eels, the group research on the bioinspired ion nanochannel membranes to harvest the osmotic energy, focusing on the novel membrane design concept to promote the industrial applications.

3. Taking inspiration from the diving bell spider, submerged hydrophobic surfaces would trap appreciable amounts of gas at the micro-/nanoscale, which would allow gaseous CO₂ to accumulate at the solid-liquid interface. By further taking inspirations from enzyme, the bioinspired catalysts with special wettability could work as practical candidate for the scaling up of CO₂ reduction at industrial level current density (500 mA/cm²).

4. The group aim to provide solutions, e.g., biomimetic catalysts, to key technical challenges in utilizing the renewable resources to greatly improve efficiency of hydrogen production.

Research Fields

Bioinspired interfacial science and engineering, energy applications

Representative Research

Oil recovery technologies; osmotic energy conversion; green hydrogen production; CO₂ conversion

Contact

jun.gao@qibebt.ac.cn

Research Divisions