Huanhao Chen

Professor

Address：College of Chemical Engineering

Email：h.chen@njtech.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience

Dr Chen is a Professor in the State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering and College of Chemical Engineering at Nanjing Tech University, China. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from South China University of Technology in 2014. After that, he continued his research as a Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate at University of Puerto Rico and University of Southern California, United States. From 2018 to 2020, he served as Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom.

Research Interests

His research interests are catalytic reaction engineering and reaction process intensification, including heterogeneous catalysts and reactor development, plasma catalysis, reactive separation process, CO2 capture and conversion, ammonia synthesis and hydrogen production.

Academic achievements

He has been awarded the Marie Curie Individual Fellow by European Commission, the Emerging Investigator by Catalysis & Science Technology, and the Jiangsu Specially-Appointed Professor.

Selected Publications

[1]Chen Huanhao, Hardacre Christopher, Fan Xiaolei. Dry reforming of methane on bimetallic Pt–Ni@CeO2 catalyst: a in situ DRIFTS-MS mechanistic study. Catalysis Science & Technology, 2021, 11, 5260-5272. (Emerging Investigator Series)

[2]Chen Huanhao, Hardacre Christopher, Jiao Yilai, Fan Xiaolei. Structured Silicalite-1 Encapsulated Ni Catalyst Supported on SiC Foam for Dry Reforming of Methane. AIChE Journal, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.17126

[3]Chen Huanhao, Hardacre Christopher, Fan Xiaolei. Non-thermal plasma (NTP) activated metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) catalyst for catalytic CO2 hydrogenation. AIChE Journal, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.16853

[4]Chen Huanhao, Hardacre Christopher, Fan Xiaolei. Effect of metal dispersion and support structure of Ni/silicalite-1 catalysts on non-thermal plasma (NTP) activated CO2 hydrogenation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119013

[5]Chen Huanhao, Tsotsis Theodore T. Experimental study of an intensified water-Gas shift reaction process using a membrane reactor/adsorptive reactor sequence. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2018, 57, 13650-13660.

[6]Chen Huanhao, Hardacre Christopher, Fan Xiaolei. Integration of membrane separation with nonthermal plasma catalysis: A proof-of-concept for CO2 capture and utilization. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2020, 59, 17, 8202–8211.