On December 17th, 2016, the launch of National key R&D project Nano issue "Nano-Catalysis Technologies and Industrial Demonstration of Small Molecule Resources for High-Efficiency Transformation" was held in DICP. Director YAN Jinding (Basic research management center of Ministry of science and technology), Prof. LIU Zhongmin (Academician of CAE), Prof. SHEN Wenjie (DICP), Prof. XIE Zaiku (China Petrochemical Corp.), Prof. LI Jun (Tsinghua University) are members of the expert advisory group. The attendees include more than 30 people as principal investigators or representatives from the project. The expert group heard reports from the project leader Prof. ZHANG Tao and other subject leaders and gave some specific suggestions for the implementation of the program.
An efficient activation of the chemical bonds with oriented recombination of small molecular resources, such as CO, H2, CH4 and CO2, is pivotal in the transitioning of natural gas and coal into value-added products and clean energy. This project aims at precise controlled C-C bond coupling and C-O/C-H bond activation in the typical conversion processes of these resources, through the creation of multifunctional catalysts at nanometer, sub-nanometer and even single-atom scales. On the basis of these research works, we intend to establish the industrial demonstration processes of syngas production with lower H/C ratio from CO2 and natural gas, and the selective conversion of syngas into low carbon olefins, aromatics, etc. over self-promoted OX-ZEO bi-functional catalysts.(Text by FAN Sisi and Imaged by LIU Wansheng)
