Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering

Industrial Chemistry

Prof. Yongdan Li leads the Research Group of Industrial Chemistry. Our group focuses on teaching and research related to chemical reaction engineering and reactor design.
Research topics Industrial Chemistry made by Yingnan Zhao

Research Focus:

The group of Industrial Chemistry focuses on the principles of chemical convertors and those of the processes based on chemical convertors.

The group is active with two categories of projects:

  1. Improving the performance of existing commercial chemical convertors and the understanding on the governing factors, e.g. the mechanical strength of solid catalyst and the mechanical reliability of the catalytic convertors; improvement of the performance of DeNOx, three-way and hydrogen production catalysts and convertors.
  2. Promoting the commercialization of promising new reactions through revealing the limiting factors, e.g. lignocellulose fractionation and transformation to chemicals and fuels; photo-catalytic water splitting; advanced batteries; solid oxide fuel cells with direct carbon and hydrocarbon fuels; methane catalytic decomposition to hydrogen and nano-carbons and NO direct decomposition.

Teaching tasks:

  • CHEM-E7150 - Reaction Engineering
  • CHEM-E7135 - Reactor Design

Vacancies in the Industrial Chemistry group

No open vacancy in the Industrial Chemistry group at the moment.

Upcoming Lectures and Events

General Reactor Design Practice in Industry-- Guest lecture given by Dr Lin Li

General Reactor Design Practice in Industry—a lecture related to the design of a reactor in industry.

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Combustion kinetics-- Guest lecture given by Professor Olivier Herbinet

This lecture includes three parts: 1) Phenomena Observed in the Combustion of Hydrocarbons, 2) Generalities about Gas-Phase Kinetics, 3) Modeling of the oxidation of Fuels.

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Undergoing EU projectS

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Industrial Chemistry Group at the 2021 Fall ACS Meeting

Here are the presentations from Industrial Chemistry Group at the 2021 Fall ACS Meeting.

Renewable fuel made from biorefinery residues

Lignin-based automotive and aviation fuels are one step closer to market as a new EU-funded project aims to develop new production methods for lignin-based transport fuels.

Biorefinery and fuels

Workshop on Catalytic Reactions with Ion Transfer through Interfaces

Welcome to Workshop on Catalytic Reactions with Ion Transfer through Interfaces (ITICAT2019), organized in August 15 - 17, 2019, as a pre-conference of EuropaCat2019. 

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Latest publications from the Industrial Chemistry group

The latest publications from the Industrial Chemistry research group.

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Latest publications:

Photocatalytic N-formylation of amines with CO2 over Pt-Bi bimetallic decorated CeO2−x

Yi He, Peng Bai, Shibo Yuan, Jiafa Chen, Yicheng Zhao, Yongdan Li 2024 Molecular Catalysis

Acid-Treated RuO2/Co3O4 Nanostructures for Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysis

Xinhui Huang, Carmen Lee, Yongdan Li, Junhua Xu, Daobin Liu 2024 ACS Applied Nano Materials

Improved photoelectrochemical water splitting performance of Sn-doped hematite photoanode with an amorphous cobalt oxide layer

Qiuyang Huang, Yicheng Zhao, Yongdan Li 2024 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Direct conversion of enzymatic hydrolysis lignin to cycloalkane fuel with hydrotalcite-derived Ni catalyst

Hairui Jiao, Guifeng Xu, Yushuai Sang, Hong Chen, Yongdan Li 2024 Catalysis Today

Distinct structure-activity relationship and reaction mechanism over BaCoO3/CeO2 catalysts for NO direct decomposition

Running Kang, Xuehai Wang, Junqin Huang, Sufeng An, Lu Wang, Gang Wang, Hong Chen, Cuijuan Zhang, Feng Bin, Yongdan Li 2024 Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Support effect and reaction pathway for NO direct decomposition over CuMn/A (A=ZSM-5, Beta, SSZ-13) catalysts

Running Kang, Sufeng An, Xuehai Wang, Gang Wang, Hong Chen, Cuijuan Zhang, Feng Bin, Yongdan Li 2024 Catalysis Today

2nd Workshop on Catalytic Reactions with Ion Transfer through Interfaces (ITICAT2023)

Hongjiao Li, Yongdan Li, Takeharu Yoshii, Sibudjing Kawi, Cuijuan Zhang 2024 Catalysis Today

BaO-modified finger-like nickel-based anode for enhanced performance and durability of direct carbon solid oxide fuel cells

Lin Li, Yujiao Xie, Tingting Han, Jinjin Zhang, Fangyong Yu, Gen Li, Jaka Sunarso, Naitao Yang, Yongdan Li 2024 Fuel
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