Hydrogen uptake and release in arene–cycloalkanepairs provide an attractive opportunity for on-board and offboard hydrogen storage. However, the efficiency of arene-cycloalkane pairs currently is limited by unfavorable thermodynamics for hydrogen release. It is shown here that thethermodynamics can be optimized by replacement of H in the-OH group of cyclohexanol and phenol with alkali or alkal...
A Chinese research team has developed a “milder” way to synthesize ammonia by requiring lower temperature and pressure than the current method. The process offers great promise for saving energy and reducing carbon dioxide emissions.The new process was developed by a research team led by Prof. CHEN Ping and Dr. GUO Jianping from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese...
Recently, a research team led by Prof. Ping Chen and Dr. Jianping Guo from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed high efficiency manganese-based catalysts for ammonia synthesis. This research entitled “Alkali and alkaline earth hydrides-driven N2activation and transformation over Mn nitride catalyst” was published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.(DOI...
In this viewpoint, Chen discusses recent progress in nitrogen chemistry, high-lighting a path toward minimizing the use of fossil fuels by developing more efficient heterogeneous, homogeneous, photo- and electrocatalytic processes, or by adapting the enzymatic processes underlying the natural nitrogen cycle. She focuses in particular on NH3, which possesses great potential as a carbon-neutral s...
Complex Hydride Materials Research Group focuses on the research and development of nitrogen-based hydrogen storage materials; explores the relationship between structure and activity, develops new concept for material design; investigates the mechanism of hydrogen absorption/desorption; optimizes thermodynamic and kinetics for hydrogen storage; and employs complex hydrides as catalysts or co-catalysts in heterogeneous catalysis, such as ammonia synthesis, ammonia decomposition and hydrogenation.
The group has three professors, three associate professors, a post-doctor and more than twenty graduate students.
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