On April 19th, the launch and implementation plan review meeting for the project "Research on Hydrogen-Involved Reactions in Single-Atom Catalysis," part of the "Catalysis Science" key special project under the National Key R&D Program, led by our laboratory, was held at our institute. Professor Yan Zhu from Nanjing University, the project tracking expert, served as the chair of the expert panel. Other distinguished members included Academician Dongyuan Zhao from Fudan University, Academician Tao Zhang from our institute, Academician Nanfeng Zheng from Xiamen University, Professor Guiyuan Jiang from China University of Petroleum, along with other technical experts. The meeting was attended by over 40 participants, including Researcher Feng Wang, the Deputy Director of our institute, staff from relevant functional departments, the project leader, Researcher Aiqin Wang, sub-project leaders, and key members of the project team.
At the meeting, Researcher Feng Wang, the Deputy Director of our institute, delivered an opening speech on behalf of our institute. The project leader and the leaders of each sub-project presented their respective implementation plans. The attending experts engaged in in-depth discussions and offered suggestions regarding the scientific objectives, implementation strategies, assessment indicators, and the division of tasks and collaboration among the sub-projects.
This project is led by our institute and is being carried out in collaboration with five partner institutions: Southern University of Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Sinopec (Beijing) Chemical Industry Research Institute Co., Ltd., Peking University, and Northwestern Polytechnical University. The project will span a period of five years. Its implementation is expected to uncover the physicochemical principles behind the specificity of hydrogen-involved reactions in single-atom catalysis, leading to new insights into single-atom catalysis. It aims to develop innovative strategies for regulating the activity, selectivity, and stability of hydrogen-involved reactions in single-atom catalysis, overcome the challenges of scaling up single-atom catalysts, achieve demonstration applications of single-atom catalysis in hydrogen-involved reactions, and facilitate the transition of single-atom catalysis from concept to practical application. (Text/Photos: Rongxiu Guo)
