text: *2001: Outstanding President Prize by The Chinese Academy of Sciences.
  *2003–2005: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
  *2008: Young Scientist Award for research on renewable solar energy by The International Association of Catalysis Societies.
  *2014: Runner-up of the Global Innovator of the Year by IChemE.
  *2018: IPS Scientist Award in the 22nd International Conference on Chemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy.
  *2019: Winner of the IChemE Global Business Start-Up Award 2019 and Runner-up of the IChemE Global Oil and Gas Award 2019 .
  *2021: Winder of the IChemE Innovative Product Global Award.
  *2021: Winner of the 2021 Corday-Morgan Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry.
  *2021: Winner of the IChemE Medal Round: The Andrew Medal.
  *2021   IChemE Innovative Product Award, IChemE
  *2021   Member of the Academy of Europe
  *2022   IChemE Global Oil and Gas Award 
  *2022   Fellow of Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining