Tengfang passed his dissertation defense today. Congrats! The title of his thesis is “Study on the Catalytic Performances and Mechanism of Propane Dehydrogenation over Supported vanadium Catalysts”. He will start his new career in Huizhou Yussen Chemical Co.,Ltd. All the best, Tengfang!

​Prof. Xiaodong Chen from Nanyang Technological University visits us today. He gave a talk titled “Mechanomaterials Design for Energy Storage”

Our new proposal focusing on CO2 reduction collaborated with Prof. Felix Studt at Karlsruher Institut für Technologie was approved!2018-2020: “Understanding the CO2 reduction mechanism over CoCu-based catalyst by combined theoretical and experimental studies”, PI Prof. Zhi-Jian Zhao

​Prof. Zhao has been appointed as Associate Editor of Chemical Engineering Science. Chemical Engineering Science (CES) has been publishing papers on the fundamentals of chemical engineering since 1951. CES is the platform where the most significant advances in the discipline have ever since been published. Chemical Engineering Science has accompanied and sustained chemical engineering through ...

​Prof Gong won the Lectureship Award in Osaka-Kansai International Symposium on Catalysis. Congratulations

​Prof. Gong won the The SCEJ (Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan) Award for Outstanding Asian Researcher and Engineer. Congratulations

​Prof. Wang wins the Hou Debang Chemical Engineering Science and Technology Award For Youth on October 14th at the 2017 CIESC Annual Meeting. The Hou Debang Chemical Engineering S&T Award dedicates to the memory of Mr Hou Debang for his whole life contribution to chemical industry and chemical engineering career development. Congratulations

Prof Gong host the ChemComm Symposium on Energy Science and Materials at Tianjin University. In the symposium, nine worldwide famous specialists discussed the recent progress and future trend in energy science and other interdisciplinary investigations such as advanced materials, nanotechnology, CO2 conversion, etc

Prof Gong has been appointed as an editorial advisory board member of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering invites Letters, Articles, Features, and Perspectives (Reviews) that address challenges of sustainability in the chemical enterprise and advance principles of Green Chemistry and Green Engineering.Ang's work on "Synergy between Thin Heterojunctio...

​Prof. Neyman from Universitat de Barcelona visited us today and gave a lecture with the title “Modelling Catalytic Nanomaterials-as Simple as Possible, but not Simpler”. Welcome to Tianjin!

​We are excited to welcome 19 new graduate students to the Energy and Environmental Catalysis Group. They are Xin Chang, Zhiqiang Chen, Hongfang Li, Lulu Li, Bin Liu, Rui Liu, Sihang Liu, Tao Liu, Jieli Wang, Meilin Wang, Shujie Wang, Xianhui Wang, Quan Xiao, Yufei Xie, Xintong Yuan, Gong Zhang, Xianhua Zhang, Chen Zhao and Jing Zhao. Welcome!

​Prof. Wang has been appointed as Subject Editor of Renewable Energy. Renewable Energy seeks to promote and disseminate knowledge on the various topics and technologies of renewable energy systems and components. The journal aims to serve researchers, engineers, economists, manufacturers, NGOs, associations and societies to help them keep abreast of new developments in their specialist fields ...

​Prof. Gong has been listed as one of the Top 1% highly cited Chinese researchers in general chemistry by RSC. Congratulations

​Prof. Wang receives NSFC Young Talent Award. Congratulations

​Prof Gong has been appointed as an Associate Editor of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

New funding was approved from National Nature Science Foundation of China, collaborated with Chulalongkorn University, Thailand:2017-2020: “Sorption enhanced chemical looping reforming of bio-ethanol for hydrogen production”, PI Prof. Jinlong Gong

​Zhiqi, Xinyu, Ke, Yijia, Shengnan and Sika passed their dissertation defense. Congrats!

Prof. Studt from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology visited us today and gave a lecture with the title “Thermal and Electrochemical Reduction of CO2”. Welcome to Tianjin

​Prof. Xin Chen from Boston University visits our lab today. He gave a talk “Application of non-linear optics in surface science and catalysis”

​Xiaoxia is elected as SciFinder Future Leader. The program select only 24 Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers from around the world to collaborate with CAS scientists, innovators, and business leaders to expand their professional network and build connections.Congratulations!

​Chengcheng’s work on “Surviving High-Temperature Calcination: ZrO2-Induced Hematite Nanotubes for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation” is highlighted by Advanced Science News (Wiley). Congrats, Chengcheng!http://url.cn/465xzpX

Welcome Dr. Janewit Phromprasit to visit our research lab for the collaborative research between Tianjin University and Chulalongkorn University. The research topic is hydrogen production from sorption enhanced ethanol steam reforming using multifunctional catalysts. Feel free to discuss with Janewit about reforming catalyst and CO2 sorbent. 

​Zhiqi is elected to attend the 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Congrats, Zhiqi

​Xiaoxia’s work on “Enhanced Surface Reaction Kinetics and Charge Separation of p–n Heterojunction Co3O4/BiVO4 Photoanodes” is selected as ESI Hot Article (0.1%).

​Prof Gong has been elected as Changjiang Chair Professor by the Ministry of Education. Congratulations

​Congratulate Xiaoxia Chang, Ang Li, Jijie Zhang and Xinyu Li on receiving the National Scholarship!

​Prof Gong has been appointed as an editorial advisory board member of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering invites Letters, Articles, Features, and Perspectives (Reviews) that address challenges of sustainability in the chemical enterprise and advance principles of Green Chemistry and Green Engineering

​We are excited to welcome 13 new graduate students to the Energy and Environmental Catalysis Group. They are Wanyu Deng, Shijia Feng, He Li, Kang Li, Sier Sang, Jimin Song, Guishuo Wang, Qi Wang, Yanan Wang, Yihe Wang, Chuanye Xiong, Piaoping Yang, and Wenjin Zhu. Welcome

​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...

​Our group receives funding support for CO2 utilization from the National Key Research and Development Program during the 13th Five-Year Plan Period. Prof. Gong has been appointed as the Chief Scientist. Congrats!!!

​Di and Gang passed their master’s dissertation defense. Congrats

​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 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

​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!

​Dr. Zhang’s work on “Porous Single-Crystalline Au-Pt Bimetallic Nanocrystals with High Mass Electrocatalytic Activities” is selected as Cover Article by Chem Sci. Congrats!

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

​Zhibin’s work on “Highly-oriented Fe2O3/ZnFe2O4 Nanocolumnar Heterojunction with Improved Charge Separation for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation” is selected as the Cover Story by Chem. Commun. Congrats!

​Peng’s work on “Synergistic Cocatalytic Effect of Carbon Nanodots and Co3O 4 Nanoclusters for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation on Hematite” is selected as Cover Article by Angew Chem. Congrats!

​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.