Catalysis for Highly-Efficient Conversion of Fossil Energy

Catalysis is a science at the interface between chemistry, physics, biology, engineering and material sciences that enables chemical processes to e realized in a cost- , energy and eco-efficient way. More than 80% of the processes in the chemical industry, worth approximately €1500 billion, depend on catalytic technologies. Catalysis gives a key contribution to sustainable mobility, quality of life and health protection and environment protection, as well as the rational use of resources. The present talk will describe the character and application of the catalyst in several very important processes of energy conversion. The emphasis is on the optimal utilizations of natural gas(methane) and the controlled conversion of syngas to the alternative energy, such as liquid fuel and alcohols. The nano-effects as the unique properties in catalysis will be demonstrated in this presentation, and some important concepts, such as the so-called size-dependency, quantum well states and synergetic confinement will also be illustrated with several real processes catalyzed by the nano-sized oxide islands deposited on metal surfaces and the nano-structured carbon materials, e.g. carbon nanotubes and nano grapheme.Catalysis is a science at the interface between chemistry, physics, biology, engineering and material sciences that enables chemical processes to e realized in a cost- , energy and eco-efficient way. More than 80% of the processes in the chemical industry, worth approximately €1500 billion, depend on catalytic technologies. Catalysis gives a key contribution to sustainable mobility, quality of life and health protection and environment protection, as well as the rational use of resources. The present talk will describe the character and application of the catalyst in several very important processes of energy conversion. The emphasis is on the optimal utilizations of natural gas(methane) and the controlled conversion of syngas to the alternative energy, such as liquid fuel and alcohols. The nano-effects as the unique properties in catalysis will be demonstrated in this presentation, and some important concepts, such as the so-called size-dependency, quantum well states and synergetic confinement will also be illustrated with several real processes catalyzed by the nano-sized oxide islands deposited on metal surfaces and the nano-structured carbon materials, e.g. carbon nanotubes and nano grapheme