Dec 2023
Abstract
Chemical reactions such as in burning fuels and synthesis of chemicals are an integral part of technologies that promote the global civilization. Understanding the chemical reaction mechanism is crucial for optimization of the reaction process to achieve efficient conversion with high selectivity. In addition, the reaction mechanism elucidation is beneficial for control of the emissions. The first part of this seminar is on the introduction of National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, the principle of the synchrotron photoionization mass spectrometry, and development of apparatus to study the combustion reactions, atmospheric reactions, and catalytic reactions. In the second part, the presentation focuses on the recent progress for the low-temperature combustion chemistry, including the revealing of the reaction mechanism, the quantification of key chain branching intermediates, and the reaction kinetics of the key chain branching intermediates.
Bio
Zhandong Wang is Professor at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). He obtained his Ph. D. from USTC in 2014. Then He worked at the Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Research Scientist from 2014-2018. He joined in USTC as a professor since the September of 2018. Prof. Wang’s research interests include developing the synchrotron radiation photoionization mass spectrometry technique to study the chemical reactions involved in combustion, atmospheric chemistry, and catalysis. He has published more than 130 papers in peer-reviewed international journals, including Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.、Prog. Energ. Combust. Sci.、Combust. Flame、Proc. Combust. Inst.、J. Am. Chem. Soc. etc. He received the Research Excellence Award from the Combustion Institute in 2020, and the Bernard Lewis Fellowship at the 35th International Symposium on Combustion in 2014.