Advanced catalysis and adsorption materials are key to achieve sustainable industrial production. The Catalysis and Adsorption Lab aims at developing heterogeneous catalytic materials, biomimetic catalytic materials, and new adsorption materials for the application in realm of energy, environment and resource utilization. Emphasis is placed in an in-depth understanding of catalysis and adsorption mechanisms. Specific research activities include:

1. Energy catalysis: efficient CH₄ conversion, CO₂ catalytic conversion (thermal catalysis, electronic-catalysis, photo-catalysis); H₂ production (photo-catalytic water splitting, electronic-catalytic water splitting)

2. Environmental catalysis: catalytic purification of vehicle exhaust gas, catalytic combustion of air pollutant (VOCs, particulate matter etc.), acetylene hydrochlorination with non-mercury catalyst;

3. Photo (electronic)-catalysis: Photo (electronic)-catalyzed water splitting to produce H2, photo-catalytic degradation of organic pollutants;

4. Adsorption: CO₂ adsorption, CH₄ adsorption, oil adsorption and VOCs adsorption.

Lab Manager: Prof. Li Xingyun