Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, Chinese Academy of Forestry | China
Dr. Ao Wang is an Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF) and currently serves as a visiting scholar at Nanyang Technological University, fostering international research collaborations. His professional expertise centers on the preparation and application of advanced functional carbon materials derived from biomass, with a particular focus on electrochemical energy storage. He has led major research projects, including national key programs and fundamental research initiatives at CAF. Dr. Wang’s contributions include elucidating the evolution mechanism of carbon microcrystals during lignin and cellulose pyrolysis, demonstrating that the isotropy of carbon crystal seeds drives the ordered growth of graphite-like microcrystals, and revealing the critical influence of catalyst-induced pore sizes on the formation of closed pore structures in energy storage carbon materials. He has published over 30 articles in high-impact journals such as Progress in Materials Science, Advanced Functional Materials, and Carbon Energy, and has been granted 8 invention patents. His research skills encompass biomass carbon material synthesis, catalytic carbonization, pore structure engineering, and electrochemical characterization for lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries, as well as supercapacitors. Dr. Wang continues to advance the field of biomass-derived carbon materials for energy storage, demonstrating a strong commitment to sustainable energy solutions and functional material innovation, with a documented record of 1,899 citations, 99 documents, and an h-index of 24.
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Featured Publications
1. Fan, M., Yuan, Q., Zhao, Y., Wang, Z., Wang, A., Liu, Y., Sun, K., Wu, J., Wang, L., … (2022). A facile “double‐catalysts” approach to directionally fabricate pyridinic N–B‐pair‐doped crystal graphene nanoribbons/amorphous carbon hybrid electrocatalysts for efficient … Advanced Materials, 34(13), 2107040. Cited by 163.
2. Fan, M., Wang, Z., Sun, K., Wang, A., Zhao, Y., Yuan, Q., Wang, R., Raj, J., Wu, J., … (2023). N–B–OH site-activated graphene quantum dots for boosting electrochemical hydrogen peroxide production. Advanced Materials, 35(17), 2209086. Cited by 150.
3. Wang, A., Sun, K., Xu, R., Sun, Y., Jiang, J. (2021). Cleanly synthesizing rotten potato-based activated carbon for supercapacitor by self-catalytic activation. Journal of Cleaner Production, 283, 125385. Cited by 118.
4. Chen, C., Sun, K., Huang, C., Yang, M., Fan, M., Wang, A., Zhang, G., Li, B., Jiang, J., … (2023). Investigation on the mechanism of structural reconstruction of biochars derived from lignin and cellulose during graphitization under high temperature. Biochar, 5(1), 51. Cited by 66.
5. Cao, M., Liu, Y., Sun, K., Li, H., Lin, X., Zhang, P., Zhou, L., Wang, A., Mehdi, S., … (2022). Coupling Fe3C nanoparticles and N‐doping on wood-derived carbon to construct reversible cathode for Zn–Air batteries. Small, 18(26), 2202014. Cited by 58.