Research
Research
In this postdoctoral project, I will focus on CO2 hydrogenation using Ni-based catalysts under reaction conditions employing operando spectroscopy to gain a deeper understanding of the structure-composition-performance relationships and the related reaction and deactivation mechanisms.
CV
CV
Since 2025
Postdoctoral fellow, Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Utrecht University, Netherlands;
Supervisor: Prof. dr. ir. Bert M. Weckhuysen
2019 – 2024
Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China;
PhD thesis: Mechanistic study on direct syngas conversion to light olefins OXZEO-TO reaction;
Supervisors: Prof. Xinhe Bao and Prof. Xiulian Pan
2018 – 2019
Visiting Study, Material Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (UC, Berkeley), the United States;
2015 – 2019
B.S., Material Science and Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), China;
Supervisor: Prof. Jiannian Yao
Publications
Surface Structure Dependent Activation of Hydrogen over Metal Oxides during Syngas Conversion Journal Article
In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 146, no. 50, pp. 34909 – 34915, 2024, (Cited by: 0).
Tuning the Crystal Phase to Form MnGaOx-Spinel for Highly Efficient Syngas to Light Olefins Journal Article
In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, vol. 62, no. 25, 2023, (Cited by: 26).
Disentangling the activity-selectivity trade-off in catalytic conversion of syngas to light olefins Journal Article
In: Science, vol. 380, no. 6646, pp. 727 – 730, 2023, (Cited by: 83).
Steering the reaction pathway of syngas-to-light olefins with coordination unsaturated sites of ZnGaOx spinel Journal Article
In: Nature Communications, vol. 13, no. 1, 2022, (Cited by: 42; All Open Access, Gold Open Access, Green Open Access).
Enhanced formation of multi-branched isoparaffins in syngas conversion by ZnCrOx-MCM-22 composites Journal Article
In: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol. 316, 2022, (Cited by: 11).