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报告题目：Molecular Basket Sorbents for CO2 Capture and Plasma-Catalytic CO2 Conversion and SO2 Reduction
报告时间：2025-11-20 09:00
报告人： 宋春山 教授
香港中文大学
报告地点：卢嘉锡楼202报告厅
转播地点：翔安校区能源材料大楼3号楼会议室5，漳州校区生化主楼307教室
报告摘要：
Capture and conversion of CO2 from industrial flue gases are important for reduction of carbon emissions and for sustainable energy solutions, so are the capture and conversion of SO2 from various industrial flue gases or tail gases. This presentation will highlight the new design approach to CO2 capture using molecular basket sorbents, and the synergy of non-thermal plasma with dielectric barrier discharge and heterogeneous catalysis in CO2 hydrogenation to hydrocarbons, as well as SO2 reduction to elemental sulfur using supported metal-based catalysts related to CCU. For removal of SO2 from flue gas, flue gas desulfurization (FGD) is used worldwide in scrubbers to convert SO2 with Ca-based sorbent to form CaSO3 which is then disposed as solid waste. We present a new design approach based on non-thermal plasma-enhanced catalysis for direct one-step SO2 reduction to elemental sulfur (SO2 to S) over transition metal sulfide catalysts. We have developed SO2-selective solid molecular basket sorbent that is regenerable for adsorptive separation of SO2 from gas mixture. For low-temperature SO2 reduction to elemental sulfur in a flow reactor, coupling non-thermal plasma with supported transition metal catalysts can significantly promote low-temperature reduction of SO2 by up to 200%, with over 98% selectivity to elemental sulfur. Strong synergistic effects are attained, as the sulfur yield is about 47–82% higher than the sum of the yield when using plasma alone or catalyst alone. Recent advance in synergy of non-thermal plasma and supported metal catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to hydrocarbon chemicals and fuels at low temperatures will also be briefly discussed.
报告人简介：
Prof. Chunshan Song (宋春山) is the Dean of Science and Wei Lun Professor of Chemistry at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is a Fellow of American Chemical Society and Royal Society of Chemistry, and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Fuel Science and Chemical Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University, USA. With BSc in Chemical Engineering from Dalian University of Technology and Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry from Osaka University, his research focuses on chemistry and catalysis of energy and fuels including CO2 capture and utilization, heterogeneous catalysis and plasma catalysis, adsorptive desulfurization, hydrocarbon conversion and fuel processing. He has 550 refereed journal papers, 9 patents, 15 edited books, 35 book chapters and received 56,000 science citations with H-index of 114 (Google Scholar, Oct 2025). He is among World’s Top 2% Most-cited Scientists according to Stanford University studies since 2019. His original research has been recognized by many awards such as George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry, and Henry H. Storch Award in Energy Chemistry from American Chemical Society, Distinguished Researcher Award from ACS Energy and Fuels Division, Distinguished Fulbright Scholar Award from US-UK, Outstanding Achievement Award from the Chinese American Chemical Society (CACS), Distinguished Fellow of International Association for Carbon Capture, and the Faculty Scholar Medal, Distinguished University Professor, and Wilson Award for Excellence in Research from the Pennsylvania State University. Recently he was honored by the Michele Aresta Prize in CO2 Utilization Research from the 22nd International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization in Portugal in June 2025, and the Carbon Capture Outstanding Achievement Award at the 4th International Conference on Carbon Capture Science and Technology in Aug 2025. Most recently he was selected for the 2025 Pioneer in Energy Research (PIER) Award by the Energy & Fuels journal of the American Chemical Society, and elected as Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences in 2025.
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