2008年7月，获上海交通大学应用化学专业学士学位。2013年6月，获上海交通大学高分子化学与物理专业博士学位。2013年-2018年，先后在汉高，阿克苏诺贝尔等跨国企业研发总部主持研究项目，历任研发经理，技术发展经理等职。主要研究领域包括：高分子化学，粘合剂技术，导热技术，化工基础原材料等。2018年至今，加入中国科学院重庆绿色智能技术研究院有机半导体材料研究中心。发表学术论文10余篇；获授权发明专利8项。 

有机半导体材料

1.Songming Cai, Peihao Huang, Guilong Cai,* Xinhui Lu, Dingqin Hu,* Chao Hu,* and Shirong Lu*, Symmetrically Fluorinated Benzo[1,2？b:4,5？b′]dithiophene-Cored Donor for High-Performance All-Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells with Improved Active Layer Morphology and Crystallinity. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2022, 14, 14532？14540   

2.Chao Hu,* Jingjing Xu, Songming Cai, Peihao Huang, Jiyeon Oh, Changduk Yang, Shanshan Chen, Kuan Sun, Ke Yang,* and Shirong Lu*Efficiency Improvement of All-small-molecule Organic Solar Cells through Fused-aromatic-ring Side-chained Donor. Solar RRL, 2021, 5, 2100705   

3.Dai, Xuexin,* Cheng, Xiaodonga, Kan, Zhipeng, Xiao, Zeyun, Duan, Tainan, Hu, Chao,* Lu, Shirong*, Research Progress on Small-Molecule Photovoltaic Materials Based on Donor-Acceptor-Donor Type Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2020, 40, 4031-4045   

4.Chao Hu, Yingying Fu, Shugang Li, Zhiyuan Xie* and Qing Zhang*, Synthesis and photovoltaic properties of new conjugated polymers based on syn- and anti-benzodifuran. Polymer Chemistry, 2012, 3, 2949-2955   

5.Chao Hu, Zhongwei Wu, Kangli Cao, Baoquan Sun*, Qing Zhang,* Synthesis and photovoltaic properties of new conjugated polymers based on di(2-furyl)thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole and benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']di-thiophene. Polymer, 2013, 54, 1098-1105   

6.Chao Hu and Qing Zhang*, Dithieno[a,e]pentalene Based Conjugated Polymers: Synthesis and Characterization. Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2013, 11, 1404-1408   

7.Chao Hu and Qing Zhang*, Synthesis and characterization of pyromellitic diimides-containing conjugated polymers. Polymer Bulletin, 2012, 69, 63-69   

授权专利   

1．Photo-curable adhesive composition, its preparation and use thereof.   PCT/CN2015/0797992    特許第6649964号 (日本)   

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3. 可溶性含苯四羰基二亚胺基团的全共轭聚合物及制备方法。ZL201110361802.1   

4. 聚噻吩衍生物及其合成方法。ZL201010257736.9   

5. 稠合三氟甲基的苯并咪唑萘酰亚胺衍生物、制备方法及用途。ZL201110418599.7   

6. 萘并二呋喃基的半导体聚合物及其制备方法、用途。ZL201310176074.6   

7. N-酰基取代异靛蓝基的共轭聚合物及其制备方法。ZL201310176081.6   

8. N-酰基化的苯并吡咯二酮基共轭聚合物及其制备、用途。ZL201210144479.7