Institute of process engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China
Dr. Yanchun Shi and collaborators Bi Wu, Sihan Sun, Jimei Zhang, and Lei Wang form a strong research team in heterogeneous catalysis and reaction engineering, focusing particularly on platinum-based catalysts for propane dehydrogenation. As corresponding author, Yanchun Shi leads the group at the Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the State Key Laboratory of Molecular & Process Engineering, Beijing. Together they have authored over 41 peer-reviewed articles, accumulating more than 1,171 citations and a collective (or leading) h-index of ~20. Their academic backgrounds span chemical engineering, materials science, and computational chemistry, with advanced degrees and postdoctoral training in catalysis and reaction kinetics. They have extensive experience in catalyst synthesis, mechanistic study, and coupling experiments with modeling approaches. Their research interests include design and promotion strategies for Pt-based dehydrogenation catalysts, support effects, stability and anti-coking, and integration of machine learning approaches to predict and accelerate catalyst discovery. The group has received recognition in the catalysis community, including early-career awards, invited lectures, and funding from major national science foundations. In conclusion, their combined expertise bridging experiment, theory, and data science positions them to lead advances in optimizing stable, selective, and scalable Pt-based catalysts for industrial propane dehydrogenation.
Featured Publications
Sattler, J. J., Ruiz‐Martinez, J., Santillan‐Jimenez, E., & Weckhuysen, B. M. (2014). Catalytic dehydrogenation of light alkanes on metals and metal oxides. Chemical Reviews, 114(20), 10613–10653.
Chen, S., Chang, X., Sun, G., et al. (2021). Propane dehydrogenation: Catalyst development, new chemistry, and emerging technologies. Chemical Society Reviews, 50(5), 3315–3354.
Zhang, W., Wang, H., Jiang, J., et al. (2020). Size dependence of Pt catalysts for propane dehydrogenation: From atomically dispersed to nanoparticles. ACS Catalysis, 10(21), 12932–12942.
Hussain, M. A., Rawan, A., James, W., Omoze, I. V., & Suljo, L. (2021). Stable and selective catalysts for propane dehydrogenation operating at thermodynamic limit. Science, 373(6551), 217–222.
Frank, B., Cotter, T. P., Schuster, M. E., Schlögl, R., & Trunschke, A. (2013). Carbon dynamics on the molybdenum carbide surface during catalytic propane dehydrogenation. Chemistry – A European Journal, 19(50), 16938–16945.