On 05 November, at the invitation of the university, Professor Noritatsu Tsubaki, academician of the Japanese Academy of Engineering and member of the National University of Toyama, Japan, visited the university and gave a lecture entitled ‘New CO2 Conversion Technology for Low Carbon Era’ in the conference room 103 of the main building of the Advanced Manufacturing Building. Carbon Dioxide Conversion Technology for a Low Carbon Era’ in Room 103 of the Main Building of the Advanced Manufacturing Building. The lecture was hosted by Prof Li Guisheng, Dean of the School of Materials and Chemistry.

In this presentation, Professor Fanli Tsubaki introduced his unique insights in low carbon chemistry, including catalyst, reaction pathway and reactor design, for the new technology of CO2 conversion in the low carbon era and its key issues for industrialisation. For the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to paraxylene, Professor Tsubaki designed a capsule-type catalyst, which effectively facilitates the conversion of intermediate products and at the same time improves the product selectivity by taking advantage of the selective catalytic properties of molecular sieves. In terms of the reaction pathway, Professor Tsubaki designed a low-temperature carbon dioxide hydrogenation route to methanol, which not only effectively reduces energy consumption, but also significantly improves the methanol yield. When talking about the development direction of catalyst active site size and the real reactor size, Prof Tsubaki used 3D printing technology to make a kind of micro reactor, which breaks the perception of catalysts and gives great inspiration to teachers and students here. Finally, Prof Tsubaki introduced some successful cases of co-operation with enterprises, and pointed out that he hoped to make his own contribution to the use of CO2 conversion.

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