Zhao Jincai
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Zhao Jincai | |
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赵进才 | |
| Born | December 1960 (age 65) Fengzhen, Inner Mongolia, China |
| Alma mater | Inner Mongolia University; Meisei University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Environmental chemistry |
| Institutions | Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Zhao Jincai (Chinese: 赵进才; born December 1960) is a Chinese environmental chemist and researcher of the Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In April 1994, he obtained a doctorate from Meisei University in Japan.[1] In 2011 he was elected as an academician of CAS. He is a professor at the Institute of Chemistry, CAS; Deputy Director of Key Laboratory of Photochemistry; Deputy Director of Science Committee of Molecular Sciences Centre, CAS.[2] His research mainly focuses on the photocatalytic degradation of toxic and persistent organic pollutants. Zhao introduced TiO
2-based photocatalyst under visible light, and discovered a new way for oxygen atom transfer during photocatalytic reactions.[2]