Zhongxin Chen,
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Dr. Zhongxin Chen is currently a tenure-track assistant professor in the School of Science and Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen). He obtained his B. Sc and M. Sc in polymer science from Fudan University in 2011 and 2014, respectively, and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the National University of Singapore under the supervision of Professor Loh Kian Ping in 2018. His particular focus is the atomic-level regulation of the coordination environment of catalysts and the understanding of the catalytic cycle, using advanced microscopic and spectroscopic techniques (such as STEM and operando XAS), as well as flow chemistry techniques for the synthesis of advanced catalysts.
Slurry-based Continuous-Flow Techniques for Advanced Materials Production
Sunday, 7 June 2026 at 15:30
Add to Calendar ▼2026-06-07 15:30:002026-06-07 16:30:00Europe/LondonSlurry-based Continuous-Flow Techniques for Advanced Materials ProductionFlow Chemistry Asia 2026 in Shenzhen, ChinaShenzhen, ChinaSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com
People are seeking greener, cheaper, and more scalable ways to produce advanced chemicals and materials. In this talk, I will introduce our work on slurry-based continuous-flow technologies for making single-atom catalysts, in which individual metal atoms serve as highly efficient active sites. I will first highlight how these catalysts can help produce fine chemicals and support energy-conversion reactions. Then, I will present two new production strategies: electricity-powered slurry electrolysis, which enables controllable catalyst synthesis at much lower cost and with much lower carbon emissions, and light-driven slurry photosynthesis, which allows continuous preparation of ultrahigh-loading single-atom catalysts at the 100-gram scale. By combining flow reactors, real-time characterization, computational simulations, and techno-economic analysis, this work shows a practical pathway toward cleaner, continuous, and scalable manufacturing of future catalysts, chemicals, and materials.
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