Laboratory of Catalysts and New Materials

PROF. TAO ZHANG APPOINTED AS ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS)

Prof. Tao Zhang, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), has been appointed as Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS)-one of the most prestigious journalsin the global field of chemistry

Tao Zhang Attends the 2024 Future Science Prize Ceremony and Series of Events

On the afternoon of November 3, the grand ceremony for the 2024 Future Science Prize was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Academician Tao Zhang from our institution and Academician Yadong Li from Tsinghua University received the 2024 Future Science Prize in Physical Sciences for their groundbreaking contributions to the development and application of "single-atom catalysi...

Prof. Tao Zhang Appointed as Hans Fischer Senior Fellow at TUM-IAS

Founded in 1868, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is a top-tier research university, renowned for excellence in science, engineering, and technology. It ranks 28th globally and 1st in Germany in the QS World University Rankings 2025. As a member of Germany’s Universities of Excellence, to date, 19 Nobel Laureates have been affiliated with TUM

Academician Tao Zhang Honored with the First Aoqing Tang Chemistry Prize

On the afternoon of June 15th, 2024, during the opening ceremony of the 34th Academic Annual Conference of the Chinese Chemical Society, the awarding ceremony for the series of academic awards of the Chinese Chemical Society for the 2023 - 2024 period was grandly held. Academician Tao Zhang was bestowed with the inaugural Aoqing Tang Chemistry Prize. The rationale behind this prestigious ...

Academician Zhang Tao Honored with CCS-Sinopec Chemical Contribution Award

Academician Zhang Tao was recently awarded the 8th Chinese Chemical Society (CCS)-China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Group) Chemical Contribution Award, alongside fellow recipients Academicians He Mingyuan, Lin Guoqiang, and Xi Zhenfeng. The presentation ceremony took place on June 17 during the opening ceremony of the 33rd CCS Academic Annual Conference, where the award was jointl...

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Prof. Tao Zhang Visits the Technical University of Munich for Academic Exchange

At the invitation of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Professor Tao Zhang paid a visit to TUM from June 14 to June 27, 2025. The visit featured a series of high-level academic interactions and collaborative discussions, markin-g a new chapter in scientific exchange between China and Germany in the field of catalysis.During his visit, Prof. Zhang delivered a well-received academic lec...

Our team has revealed the mechanism of the peripheral effect of single-atom catalysts.

Recently, our team led by Researcher Xiaodong Wang and Researcher Jian Lin, in collaboration with Professor Sen Lin's team from Fuzhou University, has made new progress in the research on the regulation of the outer structure of single-atom catalysts and their mechanisms of action.Since the concept of single-atom catalysis was proposed, it has become one of the research hotspots in the field ...

Our team has achieved site-selective deuteration of benzyl alcohol compounds using palladium single-atom catalysis

Recently, our team, led by Researcher Botao Qiao, Assistant Researcher Xiangting Min, and Dr. Jingjing Tang from Dalian University of Technology, has made new progress in the site-selective deuteration of benzyl alcohol compounds using palladium single-atom catalysts. The research team utilized the synthesized Pd1/FeOx single-atom catalyst (Pd SAC) to achieve efficient α-site selective hydroge...

The 4th International Symposium on Single-Atom Catalysis (ISSAC-4) will be held in August 2025 in Singapore

The International Symposium on Single-Atom Catalysis (ISSAC) is the world’s most authoritative academic conference in the field of single-atom catalysis. Previous editions were held in Dalian (China), Beijing (China), and California, USA (canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic). The 4th edition (ISSAC-4) will be jointly held with the 10th Asia-Pacific Congress on Catalysis (APCAT-10) in 2025, m...

With a Dash of Water and Sunlight: Researchers Turn Propane into Propylene Using Copper Single-Atom Catalyst

Propane dehydrogenation reaction (PDH) is a highly endothermic reaction, typically requiring temperature above 600°C in conventional thermo-catalysis. However, elevated temperatures lead to significant energy consumption, catalyst sintering, and coke deposition. Overcoming these thermodynamic and kinetic challenges to achieve propane dehydrogenation under ambient conditions remains a major go...

DICP Proposes Frontier Molecular Orbital Theory for Single-Atom Catalyst Design

Single-atom catalysts (SACs), with their excellent metal atom utilization and unique physicochemical properties, hold promise for broad applications, especially in heterogeneous catalysis and energy conversions. In essential, the activity and stability of SACs are governed by the pair of metal-adsorbate and metal-support interactions. However, the rationale of these interactions with their cata...

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Rhenium-based catalysts for biomass conversion

Water Splitting Integrated with Self-Transfer Hydrogenolysis for Efficient Demethoxylation of Guaiacols to Phenols over the Ni/MgO Catalyst

Redox-neutral depolymerization of lignin over heterogeneous Co-NC catalyst

Catalytic Refining Lignin-derived Monomers: Seesaw Effect between Nanoparticle and Single-Atom Pt

Replacing Phenol and Formaldehyde for Green Adhesive Synthesisby Lignin and Furfural

Base-free aerobic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid over a Fe single-atom catalyst†

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