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Professor Gong wins the 2017 ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award.

​Professor Gong wins the 2017 ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award. The awards recognize early career (first 10 years or less) investigators’ research contributions to green chemistry, green engineering, and sustainability in the chemical enterprise from three geographic regions. Prof. Gong is the only laureate for Asia/Pacific, honored for development of chemical technol...

Xiaoxia’s Work on is Highlighted by Materials Views.

​Xiaoxia’s work on “Stable Aqueous Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction by Cu2O Dark Cathode with Improved Selectivity for Carbonaceous Products“ is highlighted by Materials Views. Highlighted by Materials Views: “Turning Greenhouse Gas to Valuable Carbonaceous Products in High Yield,” May 27, 2016

Zhiqi’s Paper is Selected as Cover Article on JACS

Zhiqi’s paper on “Synthesis of Platinum Nanotubes and Nanorings via Simultaneous Metal Alloying and Etching“ is selected as Cover Article by JACS. His paper on “Collapsed Polymer-directed Synthesis of Multicomponent Coaxial-like Nanostructures“ is also accepted by Nature Commun. Congrats

Two Cover Stories by Xiaoxia

​Xiaoxia’s paper on “Stable Aqueous Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction by Cu2O Dark Cathode with Improved Selectivity for Carbonaceous Products“ is selected as Cover Article and VIP Paper by Angew Chem. His paper on “CO2 Photo-reduction: Insights into CO2 Activation on Surfaces of Photocatalysts” is also accepted by Energy Environmental Science. Congrats!

Peng’s work is highlighted by Chemistry Views

​Peng’s work on “Synergistic Cocatalytic Effect of Carbon Nanodots and Co3O4 Nanoclusters for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation on Hematite” is highlighted by Chemistry Views

Welcome Asso. Prof. Rentao Mu to join our lab!

​Welcome Asso. Prof. Rentao Mu to join our lab! Dr. Mu’s research interests include the molecular-level understanding of correlation between the structure and catalytic performance in heterogeneous catalysis, by employing surface science techniques and in-situ characterizations. Feel free to talk to Dr. Mu about his research experience.

Ang’s work on is highlighted by both Materials Views (Wiley) and Chemical & Engineering News (ACS)

​Ang’s work on “Spatial Separation of Oxidation and Reduction Co-catalysts for Efficient Charge Separation: Pt@TiO2@MnOx Hollow Spheres for Photocatalytic Reactions” is highlighted by both Materials Views (Wiley) and Chemical & Engineering News (ACS). Congrats, Ang!http://www.materialsviews.com/novel-photocatalytic-system-with-remarkably-high-activity/http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i3/Resea...

Our lab has moved to the new Peiyang Park Campus

​Our lab has moved to the new campus – the Peiyang Park Campus, which is located in the Tianjin Haihe Education Park in Jinnan District of Tianjin. The campus covers an area of 3,750 mu (2.5 million square meters) with numerous buildings designed by domestically renowned architects. Many of the landmark buildings such as the main building, library, Student Activity Center, and gymnasium gaine...

Dr. Fanxing Li visits our lab!

​Dr. Fanxing Li visits our lab and presents his research on “Tailored Transition Metal Oxides for Sustainable Carbonaceous Fuel Conversion“. Dr. Li is an Assistant Professor in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at North Carolina State University. He has won numerous awards including the Best PhD in Particle Technology Award, the U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER Awar...

Welcome Asso. Prof. Zhi-Jian Zhao to join our lab.

​Welcome Asso. Prof. Zhi-Jian Zhao to join our lab! Dr. Zhao’s research interest is in mechanistic studies on heterogeneous catalyst, and he is willing to share his research experience with our group members.

Prof Gong has been appointed as an associate editor of Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

​Prof Gong has been appointed as an associate editor of Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering. The Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering is the official journal of the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China with the aim to develop the international exchange of scientific and technical information in the field of chemical engineering