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Catalysis is a technology which increases the rate of a chemical reaction.Catalysts are materials which change the rate of attainment of chemical equilibrium without themselves being changed or consumed in the process. Catalysts also provide selectivity or specificity to particular products which are more desirable than others. All these attributes about catalysis and catalysts translate to energy savings, less pollution, fewer side products, lower cost reactor materials, and ultimately products which reduce global warming.
Our main research interests lie in the area of heterogeneous catalysis and reaction engineering, especially for the sustainable energy (chemicals/fuel) production and the environment protection. Catalytic reaction plays a major role in most environmentally friendly, energy- and material-efficient chemical processes. To meet the challenges of continuously changing nature of feedstocks and demand, new processes must be developed, and existing processes must be improved toward the direction of the cleaner environment and the higher energy efficiency. The desired innovation can be assisted significantly by an adequate understanding of catalytic reactions and an ability to design catalytic centers. Therefore, our research goal is to search for and develop the underlying chemical and engineering rules governing catalysis, especially regarding the relationship between the active sites and product activity/selectivity. Afterward, the obtained fundamental knowledge about catalyst can be utilized to design novel and efficient catalytic processes for the practical application as follows.