（一）基础研究方面，研究方向包括：

1. 固定床气化高温气-固反应体系与多场联控机制；

2. 还原区干湿重整反应与无机元素自催化行为；

3. 热解-气化解耦与气相化学链高选择性产气；

4. 气化合成气高温催化脱硫与硫单质回收；

5. 气化过程卤素和氮素反应转化与过程抑制；

6. 气化过程无机组分炉内成渣行为与炉外材料化利用；

7. 变换合成气高分压CO₂吸附与硫/氮/氯耐受机制；

8. 离子液体/低温共熔溶剂辅助合成多孔碳吸附材料；

9. 异相催化CO₂环氧加成制备环碳酸酯，等。

（二）装备开发与工程应用方面，研究方向包括：

1. 针对生活垃圾、厌氧沼渣、脱水泥饼、园林废物、大件垃圾破碎物等城镇生活源有机固废，开发中高温固定床固态出渣气化、燃气净化以及末端电-热-氢-化多元利用成套技术装备；

2. 针对高分子工业有机固废、汽车拆解破碎残余物、光风电工业有机边角料与报废组件有机组分、生物制药与工业发酵残渣干化料等工业高热值废料，开发薄料层固定床气化及燃气或蒸汽耦合工业窑炉成套装备；

3. 针对涉重金属有机危废、医疗废物等有机危险废物，开发高温富氧气化熔融一体化技术与装备；

4. 针对农作物秸秆等纤维素类高固定碳有机固废，开发顺流式自压贫氧热解气-炭联产，及末端“氢-热-电-炭-肥”多元利用成套技术装备，等。

（三）政策研究与标准化工作方面，研究方向包括：

1. 有机固废资源化产品装备相关标准体系建设；

2. 有机固废低碳利用产业研究与技术方案开发；

3. 有机固废利用项目自愿减排核算方法学开发；

4. 无废城市建设规划方案制定与技术装备支撑，等。

1. 国家自然科学基金面上项目“汽车破碎残余物气化过程含硫污染物的迁移转化机制研究”，2023-2026；

2. 企业委托技术服务项目“《陈腐生活垃圾制备固体回收燃料技术规范》团体标准制订技术服务”，2022-2024；

3. 清华大学-丰田联合研究院联合共建支撑项目“城市减污降碳协同增效关键技术及示范”子任务，2022-2024；

4. 国家高端智库-801 年度重点课题“减污降碳协同增效实现路径及支撑制度研究”，2022；

5. 企业委托技术服务项目“团体标准《固体回收燃料（SRF） 分类 分级》以及《MBT法处理生活垃圾制备固体回收燃料（SRF）的技术要求》技术服务”，2022-2023；

6. 企业委托技术服务项目“有机固废燃料化领域综合技术服务”，2021-2023；

7. 部委委托项目“环境领域工程科技未来20年发展战略研究”，2021-2022；

8. 企业委托技术服务项目“油漆渣危废热解气化用于有机物去除和锌组分定向富集的原理与工艺研究”，2021-2022；

9. 科技部重点研发计划课题“有机固废协同处理能源化利用技术及应用研究” 子任务，2020-2023；

10. 企业委托技术服务项目“有机固废成型物料低焦油气化及能源利用工艺与装备设计优化与标准化研究”，2020-2021；

11. 企业委托技术服务项目“高温熔融实验技术服务”，2020-2021；

12. 科技部重点研发计划课题“危废焚烧飞灰、炉渣无害化及资源化利用技术研发” 子任务，2020-2023；

13. 科技部重点研发计划课题“多源城市固废协同处理利用与二次污染控制集成技术”子任务，2020-2023；

14. 2020 国家疫情应急攻关项目-工程院攻关-新型冠状病毒传播与环境的关系及风险防控，2020-2021；

15. 企业委托技术服务项目“《固体废弃物制备垃圾衍生燃料工艺技术要求》团体标准立项调研”，2019-2020；

16. 科技部重点研发计划“有机固废高效清洁稳定焚烧关键技术与装备”项目子课题“多种烟气污染物协同净化超低排放技术及装备研究”课题，2019-2022；

17. 宁波市科技创新2025重大专项 “生活垃圾热解气化成套装备研究及工程示范”项目，“重金属、二噁英等危害特性热阻断技术”课题，2019-2021；

18. 企业委托技术服务项目，汽车拆解有机废物立式热解气化处理技术服务，2018-2019；

19. 青年人才科研启动项目，2015-2018；

20. 清华大学自主科研计划学科交叉专项“城市污泥与木质废物共气化处理技术的研究”，2016-2018；

21. 国家自然科学基金青年基金项目“高循环性能钙基吸收剂用于烟气CO₂捕集与联合水泥生产的基础研究”，2016-2018；

22. 清华大学自主科研计划重点基础研究课题“基于钙硅基工业固废的碳捕集材料开发及其应用基础研究”，2015-2017；

23. 绿色经济与可持续发展中心项目，课题二“区域土壤污染及综合控制策略研究”，2015-2018；

24. 北京市优秀人才资助项目“二氧化碳捕集联合水泥生产技术”，2015-2017；

25. 教育部留学回国基金项目“工业废渣源多晶态材料用于钙基二氧化碳吸收剂抗烧结失活的机理研究”，2015-2017

1. 日内瓦国际发明展，金奖，2022

2. 中国发明创业奖成果奖，二等奖，2022

3. 国家生态环境保护专业技术青年拔尖人才，2021

4. 中国环境科学学会青年科学家奖，金奖，2020

5. 国家级教学成果奖，二等奖，2018

6. 北京市高等教育教学成果奖，一等奖，2017

7. 入选国家第十一批青年人才，2015

8. 入选北京市优秀人才计划，2014

9. 入选“清华大学骨干人才支持计划”，2014

10. 入选教育部“春晖计划”，2012

11. 第八届清华大学 – 横山亮次优秀论文，2011

12. 首届澳大利亚十大杰出华人青年（金合欢奖）– 专业学术界获奖人，2011

13. 澳大利亚能源协会优秀博士论文，2010

代表性论文（H-Index=35, 截至2022-9-20；仅列出一作及通讯的Q1文章，按引用次数排序）：

1. Vineet Singh Sikarwar, Ming Zhao^*, Peter Clough, Joseph Yao, Xia Zhong, Mohammad Zaki Memon, Nilay Shah, Edward J. Anthony and Paul S. Fennell^*. An overview of advances in biomass gasification. Energy & Environmental Science, 2016, 9, 2939-2977. (EES封面论文; ESI高被引, 引用603次)

2. Vineet Singh Sikarwar, Ming Zhao^*, Paul S. Fennell, Nilay Shah and Edward J. Anthony^*. Progress in biofuel production from gasification. Progress in Energy & Combustion Science, 2017, 61, 189-248. (ESI高被引, 引用341次)

3. Abdul Raheem, Vineet Singh Sikarwar, Jun He, Wafa Dastyar, Dionysios D. Dionysiou, Wei Wang, and Ming Zhao^*. Opportunities and Challenges in Sustainable Treatment and Resource Reuse of Sewage Sludge: A Review. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018, 337, 616-641. (ESI高被引,引用330次)

4. Xiao Zhao, Hui Zhou, Vineet S. Sikarwar, Ming Zhao^*, Ah-Hyung A. Park^*, Paul S. Fennell, Laihong Shen and Liang-Shih Fan. Biomass-based Chemical Looping Technologies: the Good, the Bad and the Future. Energy & Environmental Science, 2017, 10(9), 1885-1910. (EES封面论文, ESI高被引, 引用280次)

5. Abdul Raheem^#, Pepijn Prinsen^#, Arun K. Vuppaladadiyam^#, Ming Zhao^* and Rafael Luque^*. A review on sustainable microalgae based biofuel and bioenergy production: Recent developments. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018, 181, 42-59. (ESI高被引, 引用224次)

6. Ming Zhao^*, Minett AI, Harris AT^*. A review of techno-economic models for the retrofitting of conventional pulverized-coal power plants for post-combustion capture (PCC) of CO₂. Energy & Environmental Science, 2013, 6, 25-40. (引用218次)

7. Ming Zhao^*, Jeffrey Shi, Xia Zhong, Sicong Tian, John Blamey, Jianguo Jiang^*, and Paul S. Fennell^*. Novel Calcium Looping Absorbent Incorporated with Polymorphic Spacers for CO₂ Capture and Hydrogen Production. Energy & Environmental Science, 2014, 7, 3291-3295. (引用89次)

8. Guozhao Ji, Joseph G. Yao, Peter T. Clough, João C. Diniz da Costa, Edward J. Anthony, Paul S. Fennell, Wei Wang and Ming Zhao^*. Enhanced hydrogen production from thermochemical processes. Energy & Environmental Science, 2018, 11, 2647-2672. (封面论文, 引用75次)

9. Ming Zhao, Florin NH and Harris AT^*. The influence of supported Ni catalysts on the product gas distribution and H₂ yield during cellulose pyrolysis, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2009, 92, 185-193 (引用71次)

10. Ming Zhao^*, Church TL and Harris AT^*. SBA-15 supported Ni-Co bimetallic catalysts for enhanced hydrogen production during cellulose decomposition, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2011, 101, 522-530. (引用70次)

11. Yiran Fan, Geoff D. Fowler, Ming Zhao^*. The Past, Present and Future of Carbon Black as A Rubber Reinforcing Filler – A Review. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020, 247, 119115. (引用67次)

12. Zhao Xiao, Ji Guozhao, Liu Wen, He Xu, Anthony Edward J. and Zhao Ming^*, Mesoporous MgO promoted with NaNO₃/NaNO₂ for rapid and high-capacity CO₂ capture at moderate temperatures, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018, 332, 216-226. (引用64次)

13. Arun K. Vuppaladadiyam^#, Joseph G. Yao^#, Nicholas Florin, Anthe George, Xiaoxiong Wang, Leen Labeeuw, Yuelu Jiang, Ryan W. Davis, Ali Abbas, Peter Ralph, Paul S. Fennell and Ming Zhao^*. Impact of Flue Gas Compounds on Microalgae and Mechanisms for Carbon Assimilation and Utilization – A Review. ChemSusChem, 2018, 11(2), 334-355. (引用61次)

14. Wafa Dastyar, Abdul Raheem, Jun He, and Ming Zhao^*. Biofuel Production Using Thermochemical Conversion of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Biomass (HMCB) Harvested from Phytoextraction Process. Chemical Engineering Journal. 2019, 358, 759-785. (引用60次)

15. Ming Zhao, Abdul Raheem, Zaki Mohammad Memon, Arun K.Vuppaladadiyam, Guozhao Ji^*. Iso-conversional kinetics of low-lipid micro-algae gasification by air. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019, 207, 618-629. (引用50次)

16. Muhammad Zaki Memon, Xiao Zhao, Vineet Singh Sikarwar, Arun K. Vuppaladadiyam, Steven J. Milne, Andy P. Brown, Jinhui Li, Ming Zhao^*. Alkali Metal CO₂ Sorbents and the Resulting Metal Carbonates: Potential for Process Intensification of Sorption-Enhanced Steam Reforming. Environmental Science & Technology, 2017, 51(1), 12-27. (引用48次)

17. Ming Zhao^*, Yang, X, Church TL and Harris AT^*. Novel CaO-SiO₂ sorbent and bifunctional Ni/Co-CaO/SiO₂ complex for selective H₂ synthesis from cellulose, Environmental Science & Technology, 2012, 46, 2976-2983. (引用46次)

18. Abdul Raheem, Guozhao Ji, Asif Memon, Siva Sivasangar, Wei Wang, Ming Zhao^* and Yun Hin. Taufiq-Yap. Catalytic gasification of algal biomass for hydrogen-rich gas production: Parametric optimization via central composite design. Energy Conversion and Management, 2018, 158, 235-245. (引用46次)

19. Guozhao Ji, Muhammad Zaki Memon, Haoran Zhuo, Ming Zhao^*. Experimental study on CO₂ capture mechanisms using Na₂ZrO₃ sorbents synthesized by soft chemistry method. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017, 313, 646–654. (引用40次)

20. Ming Zhao, Florin NH and Harris AT. Mesoporous supported cobalt catalysts for enhanced H₂ production during cellulose decomposition, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2010, 97, 142-150. (引用40次)

21. Guozhao Ji, Ming Zhao^*, and Geoff Wang. Computational fluid dynamic simulation of a sorption-enhanced palladium membrane reactor for enhancing hydrogen production from methane steam reforming. Energy, 2018, 147, 884-895. (引用39次)

22. Arun K. Vuppaladadiyam, Hao Liu^*, Ming Zhao^*, Abdul F. Soomro, Muhammad Zaki Memon, Valerie Dupont, Thermogravimetric and kinetic analysis to discern synergy during the co-pyrolysis of microalgae and swine manure digestate. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 2019, 12, 170. (引用38次)

23. Arun K. Vuppaladadiyam, Pepijn Prinsen, Abdul Raheem, Rafael Luque, and Ming Zhao^*. Sustainability Analysis of Microalgae Production Systems: A Review on Resource with Unexploited High-Value Reserves. Environmental Science & Technology. 2018, 52(24), 14031–14049. (引用37次)

24. Ji Guozhao^#, Xu Xiaoyin^#, Yang Hang, Zhao Xiao, He Xu, Zhao Ming^*, Enhanced hydrogen production from sawdust decomposition using hybrid-functional Ni-CaO-Ca₂SiO₄ materials, Environmental Science & Technology, 2017, 51(19), 11484–11492. (引用36次)

25. Hang Yang, Guozhao Ji, Peter T. Clough, Xiaoyin Xu, Ming Zhao^*. Kinetics of catalytic biomass pyrolysis using Ni-based functional materials. Fuel Processing Technology. 2019, 195, 106145. (引用29次)

26. Wafa Dastyar, Ming Zhao^*, Wenyi Yuan, Hui Li, Zhao Jia Ting, Hosein Ghaedi, Hairong Yuan, Xiujin Li, Wei Wang. Effective Pretreatment of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Biomass Using a Low-Cost Ionic Liquid (Triethylammonium Hydrogen Sulfate): Optimization by Response Surface Methodology-Box Behnken Design. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 2019, 7(13), 11571-11581. (引用29次)

27. Ming Zhao, Hanlu Fan, Feng Yan, Yinqiang Song, Xu He, Muhammad Zaki Memon, Suresh K. Bhatiac and Guozhao Ji^*, Kinetic analysis for cyclic CO₂ capture using lithium orthosilicate sorbents derived from different silicon precursors, Dalton Transactions, 2018, 47, 9038-9050. (引用28次)

28. Faith Bamiduro, Guozhao Ji, Andy P. Brown, Valerie A. Dupont, Ming Zhao^* and Steven J. Milne^*. Spray-dried sodium zirconate: a rapid absorption powder for CO₂ capture with enhanced cyclic stability. ChemSusChem, 2017, 10, 2059-2067. (引用25次)

29. Guozhao Ji, Hang Yang, Muhammad Z Memon, Yuan Gao, Boyu Qu, Weng Fu, Gianni G Olguin, Ming Zhao^*, Aimin Li^*. Recent advances on kinetics of carbon dioxide capture using solid sorbents at elevated temperatures. Applied Energy. 2020, 267, 114874. (引用22次)

30. Azra Nawar, Hosein Ghaedi^*, Majid Ali^*, Ming Zhao^*, Naseem Iqbal, Rashid Khan. Recycling waste-derived marble powder for CO₂ capture. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2019, 214-225. (引用22次)

31. Arun K. Vuppaladadiyam, Muhammad Zaki Memon, Guozhao Ji, Abdul Raheem, Ting Zhao Jia, Valerie Dupont, and Ming Zhao^*. Thermal Characteristics and Kinetic Analysis of Woody Biomass Pyrolysis in the Presence of Bifunctional Alkali Metal Ceramics. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 2019, 7(1), 238–248. (引用19次)

32. Arun K. Vuppaladadiyam, Elsa Antunes, Paula Blanco Sanchez, Hubao Duan^*, Ming Zhao^*. Influence of microalgae on synergism during co-pyrolysis with organic waste biomass: A thermogravimetric and kinetic analysis. Renewable Energy. 2021, 167, 42-55. (引用17次)

33. Ming Zhao, Muhammad Zaki Memon, Arun K Vuppaladadiyam, Guozhao Ji, Yinqiang Song, Abdul Raheem, Li Jinhui^*, Hui Zhou^*. Alkali metal bifunctional catalyst-sorbents enabled biomass pyrolysis for enhanced hydrogen production. Renewable Energy. 2020, 148, 168-175. (引用16次)

34. Hosein Ghaedi, Ming Zhao^*, Peter T. Clough, Edward. Anthony, Paul S. Fennell. High CO₂ absorption in new amine based-transition-temperature mixtures (deep eutectic analogues) and reporting thermal stability, viscosity and surface tension: Response surface methodology (RSM). Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020, 316, 113863. (引用8次)

35. Ming Zhao, Xiaomin Cui, Guozhao Ji, Hui Zhou, Arun K. Vuppaladadiyam, and Xiao Zhao^*. Alkaline Thermal Treatment of Cellulosic Biomass for H₂ Production Using Ca-based Bi-functional Materials. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 2019, 7(1), 1202–1209. (引用8次)

36. Wafa Dastyar, Abdul Raheem, Ming Zhao^*, Wenyi Yuan^*, Hui Li, Zhao Jia Ting. Effects of Ionic Liquid-Assisted Pretreatment of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Biomass on the Yield and Composition of Syngas Production Using Noncatalytic and Catalytic Pyrolysis and Gasification Processes. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, 7(22), 18303-18312. (引用5次)

37. Shujuan Zou^#, Weiguo Dong^#, Binhai Cheng^*, Yeshui Zhang, Paul T. Williams^*, Ming Zhao, Hybrid-functional material for sorption-enhanced hydrogen-rich syngas production from biomass: Effect of material preparation process. Biomass and Bioenergy, 2021, 144, 105886. (引用4次)

38. Fan Wang, Binhai Cheng, Zhao Jia Ting, Weiguo Dong, Hui Zhou, Edward Anthony, Ming Zhao^*. Two-stage gasification of sewage sludge for enhanced hydrogen production: alkaline pyrolysis coupled with catalytic reforming using waste-supported Ni catalysts. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 2020, 8, 13377-13386. (引用4次)

39. Wei Wang, Binhai Cheng, Ming Zhao^*, Edward Anthony, Rafael Luque, Dionysios D. Dionysiou. Boosting H₂ yield from photoreforming of lignocellulose by thermo-alkaline hydrolysis with selective generation of a key intermediate product: Tartaric acid. Energy Conversion and Management, 2022, 257, 115444.

授权发明专利：

1. 赵明, 王凡. 一种利用污泥热化学反应制氢的方法. ZL 201711353051.2.国家发明专利.（2019-11-27授权）清华大学成果转化

2. 赵明, 崔晓敏, 王凡. 一种用于生物质低温气化制取高纯度氢的催化剂及其制备方法. ZL 201810054507.3. 国家发明专利.（2019-8-2授权）清华大学成果转化

3. 赵明, 顾龙生, 周永林，徐帆帆，杨航，杨竹，王伟，赵翔宇. 汽车拆解废物热解气化制取燃气用于熔铝炉的系统与工艺. ZL 202010027385.6国家发明专利.（2021-9-7授权）已产业化应用

4. 赵明，董卫果，杨竹. 有机固废加压气化及余热回收利用系统和方法. ZL 202011616462.8 国家发明专利（2021-8-13授权）已产业化应用

5. 赵明，董卫果，杨竹. 有机固废加压气化系统和方法. ZL 202011620969.0 国家发明专利（2021-8-3授权）已产业化应用

6. 赵明，董卫果，杨竹. 双层炉体固定床气化炉及有机固废气化方法. ZL 202011620956.3 国家发明专利（2021-8-6授权）已产业化应用

7. 赵明, 董卫果, 杨竹. 有机固废外延环形空腔导气固定床气化炉及气化方法. ZL 202011617512.4 国家发明专利（2022-1-4授权）已产业化应用

8. 赵明, 杨竹, 董卫果. 有机固废低焦油气化热电联供的系统及方法. ZL 202011616352.1 国家发明专利（2022-3-15 授权）已产业化应用

9. Zhao M, Wang F，Memon M. Method for synthesizing sodium zirconate and application thereof. AU2019202626. 国际专利.（2019-9-25授权）

10. 赵明, 王凡，梅蒙·穆罕默德·扎基·哈桑. 锆酸钠在污泥热解制氢过程中的应用. ZL 201811560659.7. 国家发明专利.（2019-12-27授权）

11. 赵明, 何煦, 王凡. 一种利用锆酸钙稳定的钙基CO₂吸收剂及其制备方法. ZL 201810054506.9. 国家发明专利.（2019-9-27授权）

12. 赵明, 宋银强. 一种用于CO₂捕集的高性能钙基吸收剂、制备方法及应用. ZL 201810029415.X 国家发明专利.（2020-10-20授权）

13. 赵明, 范怡然，张蓝谛. 一种利用硫酸氢三乙胺离子液体去除土壤或植物中重金属的方法. ZL 201911134568.1. 国家发明专利.（2021-6-15授权）

14. 赵明, 崔晓敏, 吕熠. 赤泥改性及用于有机固废热解气化过程除焦脱硫的方法. 202110022008.8 国家发明专利.（2022-4-22授权）

15. 赵明, 英杰, 王伟. 二氧化硅介孔材料及其制备方法和应用. ZL 202110693184.4 国家发明专利.（2022-9-16授权）

16. 赵明, 英杰, 王伟. 以废玻璃为原料的二氧化硅介孔材料及其制备方法和用途. ZL 202110691365.3 国家发明专利.（2022-9-16授权）