Professor WANG Tao received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University in 1984 and 1989 respectively. He joined the Department in 1994. Prior to that he worked at Laboratory of Process Equipment, Delft University of Technology as a postdoctoral research fellow. During 1998 to 2000, he was a visiting scholar in Research Center of Supercritical Fluid Technology, Tohoku University, Japan. He was promoted as a full professor in 2004.

His research specializes in the field of Supercritical Fluids, Ionic Liquids, Green Chemical Processes and Products, and Nanostructured Materials. His works focus on the following aspects:

1. Fundamentals of dissolution, transport and reaction in supercritical fluids;

2. Supercritical fluid technology, including extraction, reaction, drying and material processing;

3. Preparation and applications of ionic liquids;

4. Nanostructured materials;

5. Nanomaterials for printed and flexible electronics.

1. Copper-based conductive inks for printed electronics

2. Shell-core nanoparticle of multi-metals

3. Metallic nanowires for flexible transparent conductive films

4. Nano-porous aerogels

5. Metal coated microsphere for anisotropic conductive adhesives

33. Yabing Zhang, Teng Zhang, Hongbin Shi, Qing Liu, Yuling Shi, Tao Wang, Electroless Plating Cycle Process for High-Conductivity Flexible Printed Circuits, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2021, 9, 11991-2004

32. Hongbin Shi, Xiaofeng Dai, Qing Liu, Teng Zhang, Yabing Zhang, Yuling Shi, and Tao Wang, Magnetic CuNi Alloy Nanoparticles for Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Nitroarene，Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2021, 60(44), 16011-16022

31.Teng Zhang, Hongbin Shi, Yabing Zhang, Qing Liu, Weiyang Fei, Tao Wang, Hollow Flower-like Nickel Particles as the Promoter of Ammonium Perchlorate-based Solid Propellant，Applied Surface Science, 552(2021), 149506

30. Yabing Zhang, Teng Zhang, Hongbin Shi, Qing Liu, Tao Wang, Fabrication of flexible copper patterns by electroless plating with copper nanoparticles as seeds, Applied Surface Science, 547(2021), 149220

29. Xiaofeng Dai, Teng Zhang, Hongbin Shi, Yabing Zhang, Tao Wang，Reactive Sintering of Cu Nanoparticles at Ambient Conditions for Printed Electronics，ACS Omega, 5 (22), 13416-13423, 2020

28. Xiaofeng Dai, Wen Xu, Teng Zhang, Hongbin Shi, Tao Wang, Room temperature sintering of Cu-Ag core-shell nanoparticles conductive inks for printed electronics, Chemical Engineering Journal, 364(2019), 310-319

27. Wen Xu, Xiaofeng Dai, Teng Zhang, Tao Wang, Dual effects of water on the performance of copper complex conductive inks for printed electronics, Chemical Engineering Science, 190 (2018), 40-47

26. Kang Qin, Kai Wang, Rui Luo, Yang Li, Tao Wang, Dispersion of supercritical carbon dioxide to [Emim][BF4] with a T-junction microtube connector, Chemical Engineering and Processing, 127(2018), 58-64

25. Xiaofeng Dai, Wen Xu, Teng Zhang, and Tao Wang, Self-Reducible Cu Nanoparticles for Conductive Inks, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2018, 57(7), 2508-2516

24. Wen Xu, Tao Wang, Synergetic effect of blended alkylamines for copper complex ink to form conductive copper film, Langmuir, 2017, 33(1), 82-90

23. Yuping Wu, Tao Wang, Enthalpy of Solid−Liquid Phase Change Confined in Porous Materials, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2016, 55 (44), pp 11536-11541

22. Kang Qin, Kai Wang, Rui Luo, Yang Li, Tao Wang, Interfacial tension and wetting properties of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate in carbon dioxide, from atmospheric pressure to supercritical state, J. of Supercritical Fluids, 116 (2016) 83-89

21. Li Han, Tao Wang, Preparation of glycerol monostearate from glycerol carbonate and stearic acid, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 34137-34145

20.Yuping Wu, Tao Wang, The dependence of phase change enthalpy on the pore structure and interfacial groups in hydrated salts/silica composites via sol–gel, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 448, 100-105, 2015

19.Yang Li, Kai Wang, Kang Qin and Tao Wang, Beckmann Rearrangement Reaction of Cyclohexanone Oxime in Sub/Supercritical Water: Byproduct and Selectivity, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 25365-25371

18.GUO Qiang, WANG Tao, Study on preparation and thermal properties of sodium nitrate /silica composite as shape-stabilized phase change material, Thermochimica Acta, 613 (2015), 66-70

17. Yuping Wu, Tao Wang, Hydrated salts/expanded graphite composite with high thermal conductivity as a shape-stabilized phase change material for thermal energy storage, Energy Conversion and Management, 2015, 101, 164-171

16 Kang Qin, Kai Wang, Yang Li, Fanhe Kong and Tao Wang, High pressure phase behavior of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate and carbon dioxide system, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 32416-32420

15. Yuping Wu, Tao Wang, Preparation and characterization of hydrated salts/silica composite as shape-stabilized phase change material via sol-gel process, Thermochimica Acta, 591, 10-15, 2014

14.Qiang Guo, Tao Wang，Preparation and Characterization of Sodium Sulfate/Silica Composite as a Shape-stabilized Phase Change Material by Sol-gel Method, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 22(3), 360-364, 2014

13.Qiang Guo, Tao Wang，Influence of SiO₂ pore structure on phase change enthalpy of shape-stabilized polyethylene glycol/silica composites, J. Mater Sci. (2013) 48:3716-3721

12. Jiabo Li, Tao Wang，Chemical equilibrium of glycerol carbonate synthesis from glycerol，J. Chem. Thermodynamics 43 (2011) 731-736

11. Jiabo Li, Tao Wang，On the deactivation of alkali solid catalysts for the synthesis of glycerol carbonate from glycerol and dimethyl carbonate, Reac. Kinet. Mech. Cat. (2011) 102:113-126

10. Jiabo Li, Tao Wang，Coupling reaction and azeotropic distillation for synthesis of glycerol carbonate from glycerol and dimethyl carbonate, Chemical Engineering & Processing: Process Intensification, 49 (2010), pp. 530-535

9. H. Xing, T. Wang, Y. Dai, Continuous synthesis of D, L-tocopherol catalyzed by sulfonic acid-functionalized ionic liquid in supercritical carbon dioxide, The Journal of Supercritical Fluids,49(2009), 52-58

8. Ting Li, Tao Wang，Preparation of silica aerogel from rice hull ash by drying at atmospheric pressure, Materials Chemistry and Physics 112 (2008) 398-401

7. Huabin Xing, Tao Wang, Zhenhuan Zhou, Youyuan Dai, The sulfonic acid-functionalized ionic liquids with pyridinium cations: Acidities and their acidity–catalytic activity relationships, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 264 (2007) 53-59

6. Zhenhuan Zhou, Tao Wang, and Huabin Xing, Butyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride Preparation in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2006, 45, 525-529

5. Huabin Xing, Tao Wang, Zhenhuan Zhou, and Youyuan Dai, D,L-α-Tocopherol Synthesis Catalyzed by the Brønsted Acidic Ionic Liquids, Synthetic Communications, 36: 2433-2439, 2006

4. Tao Wang, Qi Tang, Preparation of silica aerogel from rice hull ash by supercritical carbon dioxide drying, Journal of Supercritical Fluids, Vol 35/1 pp 91-94, 2005

3. Tao Wang, Xiuyun Wang, R.L. Smith, Modeling of diffusivities in supercritical carbon dioxide using a linear solvation energy relationship, Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 35(1), 18-25, 2005

2. T Wang, YF Guan, Extraction of arsenic-containing anions by supercritical CO2 with ion-pairing, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL 108 (1-2): 145-153 APR 1 2005

HB Xing, T Wang, ZH Zhou, YY Dai, Novel bronsted-acidic ionic liquids for esterifications, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH 44 (11): 4147-4150 MAY 25 2005

9. Tao Wang, Xiaofeng Dai, A method of room temperature sintering of shell-core Cu@Ag nanoparticles ink for conductive patterns,CN 201811028936.X

8. Tao Wang, Xiaofeng Dai, A method of preparing shell-core Cu@Ag nanoparticle, CN 201611072652.1

7. Tao Wang, Qiang Guo, The method of preparing sodium sulfate/silica shape-fixed phase change material from rice hull ash, CN 200910236014.2

6. Zhenhuan Zhou, Tao Wang, and Huabin Xing, A method for synthesis of tributylcitrate catalyzed by ionic liquids, CN 200510086546.4

5. Huabin Xing, Tao Wang, Youyuan Dai, Continuous synthesis of D, L-tocopherol catalyzed by ionic liquids, CN 200510011440.8

4. Zhenhuan Zhou, Tao Wang, and Huabin Xing, A method for Preparation of Alkylimidazolium Halide Ionic liquids, CN 200510011377.8

3. Tao Wang, Ting Li, Preparation of hydrophobic aerogel from rice hull ash, CN 200510012186.3

2. Tao Wang, Ting Li, Preparation of aerogel from rice hull ash by atmospheric drying, CN 200510011378.2

1. Tao Wang, Qi Tang, The method of preparing silica aerogel from rice hull ash, CN 03127920.1