Interface properties are key factors dominating in heterogeneous catalysis. People have devoted plenty efforts to this specific area for a long time while conclusive summarization only exist in limited topics. That is why more and more people jumping into this specific area and trying to find the ultimate solution of catalysis based on there own research. Our group is a team of passionate research chemists led by Dr. Hongbo Zhang at Nankai University. The group is designed to address energetic and environmental challenges from a fundamental perspective via combination studies with nano-fabrication, kinetic analysis and in-situ/operando characterizations to achieve strong structure and performance correlations, especially on the interface structure. Specifically, we are interested in C-H bond activation, C-C bond coupling, selective hydrogenation/ dehydrogenation of small platform moleculars, such as CH4, ethanol, furfural and CO2 etc to generate value added chemicals and even gasolines/diesels. The in-situ and operando characterization techniques and spectroscopies include XAFS, FTIR, Raman, XPS, XRD and solid-state NMR etc. The catalytic materials we are looking at include Zeolites, atomic layer deposition functionalized materials, metal organic frameworks, as well as some highly dispersied materials. Our research efforts include but not limited to：
