姚元根 男，博士生导师，中国科学院福建物质结构研究所研究员。1962年出生于江苏省常熟市，理学博士（南京大学，1988年），福建物构所研究员，博士生导师，煤制乙二醇技术攻关组组长，中国科学院能源委员会专家组成员。1991年－1993年在海外工作，曾任福建物构所副所长（2000年－2008年），“KDP类晶体材料”攻关组组长。主持和承担了国家重点研发计划、国家科技支撑计划、中国科学院弘光专项、中国科学院先导专项课题和福建省重大专项等科研项目，发表学术论文200余篇，授权中国发明专利40多件。2005年获得国务院政府特殊津贴，2009年获中国科学院杰出科技成就奖（集体、项目组长），2013年获中国科学院王宽诚科技成果转移转化团队突出贡献奖（集体、项目组长）。率领物构所“煤制乙二醇”技术攻关组，完成了煤制乙二醇核心催化剂研发及工艺技术集成创新，与企业合作率先建成了世界首套20万吨级煤制乙二醇工业示范装置，并在河南等地建成5套年产20万吨装置，均实现满负荷运行。此后带领新攻关组进一步持续技术创新，成功开发了新型高效的新一代煤制乙二醇技术，完成了新一代技术的千吨级工业性试验，正在推进技术产业化。率领研究团队与企业合作，在世界上率先实现了煤制乙二醇技术的工业化。率领研究团队完成的煤制乙二醇技术成果2018年入选中国科学院改革开放四十年40项标志性重大科技成果。率领福建物构所“KDP类晶体材料”攻关组完成多项技术创新，为某重大工程项目顺利推进做出重大贡献。

1. 姚元根等著，《煤制乙二醇》，厦门大学出版社，2021年。

2. 姚元根，吴越峰，诸慎主编，《煤制乙二醇、技术与工程》，化学工业出版社，2025年。

3. W. Shen, X. Zhang, Y. Y. Huang, L. Y. Xu, R. Wang, W. X. Yang, P. B. Pan*, Y. G. Yao*, Enhanced catalytic decomposition of methyl formate to carbon monoxide and methanol using palladium/activated carbon catalyst: Mechanistic insights and catalyst design considerations, Fuel, 2025, 381, 133099.

4. L. Y. Qiao, X. G. Wang, S. S. Zong, Z. S. Huang, Z. F. Zhou*, M. H. Fan, Y. G. Yao*, Anion-Doping-Mediated Metal-Support Interactions in CeO2-Supported Pd Catalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation, ACS Catalysis, 2024, 14(17), 13181-13194.

5. Z. Liu, L. Y. Qiao*, Z. F. Zhou, S. S. Zong, X. Y. Cao, J. K. Cheng, Y. G. Yao*, Length High coking resistance of Ni/A2Ti2O7 catalysts via modulating the A site of A2Ti2O7 (A = La, Gd) for dry reforming of methane, Fuel, 2024, 368, 131639.

6. S. Q. Wu, R. Guo, J. S. Chen, R. P. Ye, Y. Y. Qin*, H. Y. Wu, S. S. Zong, Y. Liu, Y. G. Yao*, Rational design of Ga-substituted NaY zeolites with controllable acidity for remarkable carbonylation of methyl nitrite to dimethyl carbonate, Fuel, 2023, 342, 127756.

7. Siqi Wu, Jianshan Chen, Rong Guo*, Haoyi Tong, Shanshan Zong, Zhifang Diao, Yeyan Qin*, Yuangen Yao*, Synergistic effect of the framework boron and Al-rich region to enhance the metal-support interaction for boosting Pd-based catalyst activity of dimethyl carbonate synthesis, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 486, 150188.

8. Y. Y. Huang, P. B. Pan, Q. H. Li, B. Y. Han, R. P. Ye, Y. G. Yao*, Regulating the metal-support interactions by tuning the ratios between N and B based on the C2N motif to develop efficient Pd-based catalysts for CO oxidative coupling to DMO: A DFT study, Applied Surface Science, 2023, 614, 156205.

9. H. Y. Wu, Y. Y. Qin, Y. H. Xiao, J. S. Chen, R. Guo, S. Q. Wu, L. Zhang, J. Zhang, Y. G. Yao*, Synergistic Lewis acid and Pd active sites of metal-organic frameworks for highly efficient carbonylation of methyl nitrite to dimethyl carbonate, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2022, 9(10), 2379-2388.

10. L. Huang, L. Lin, C. C. Chen, R. P. Ye*, L. B. Zhu, J. X. Yang, Y. Y. Qin, J. K. Cheng, Y. G. Yao*, beta-Cyclodextrin promoted the formation of copper phyllosilicate on Cu-SiO2 microspheres catalysts to enhance the low-temperature hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate, Journal of Catalysis, 2022, 413, 943-955.

11. R. Guo#, Z. F. Hou#, J. S. Chen, Y. Y. Qin*, G. L. Chai*, Y. G. Yao*, Improved catalytic performance of Pd-Cu/NaY zeolite by tunning Al distribution for the synthesis of dimethyl carbonate, Fuel, 2022, 330, 125484.

12. C. C. Chen, L. Lin, R. P. Ye, L. Huang, L. B. Zhu, Y. Y. Huang, Y. Y. Qin, Y. G. Yao*, Construction of Cu-Ce composite oxides by simultaneous ammonia evaporation method to enhance catalytic performance of Ce-Cu/SiO2 catalysts for dimethyl oxalate hydrogenation, Fuel, 2021, 290, 1-11.

13. C. C. Chen, L. Lin, R. P. Ye, M. L. Sun, J. X. Yang, F. Li, Y. G. Yao*, Mannitol as a novel dopant for Cu/SiO2: A low-cost, environmental and highly stable catalyst for dimethyl oxalate hydrogenation without hydrogen prereduction, Journal of Catalysis, 2020, 389, 421-431.

14. R. P. Ye#, L. Lin#, L. C. Wang, D. Ding, Z. F. Zhou, P. B. Pan, Z. H. Xu, J. Liu, H. Adidharma, M. Radosz, M. H. Fan*, Y. G. Yao*, Perspectives on the Active Sites and Catalyst Design for the Hydrogenation of Dimethyl Oxalate, Acs Catalysis, 2020, 10, 4465-4490.

15. R. P. Ye#, Q. H. Li#, W. B. Gong, T. T. Wang, J. J. Razink, L. Lin, Y. Y. Qin, Z. F. Zhou, H. Adidharma, J. Tang, A. G. Russell, M. H. Fan*, Y. G. Yao*, High-performance of nanostructured Ni/CeO2 catalyst on CO2 methanation, Applied Catalysis B-Environmental, 2020, 268, 118474.