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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

VISITING SCIENTISTS

GRADUATE STUDENTS

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Prof. Kuizhi Chen

 


State Key Laboratory of Catalysis (SKLC)

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP)

the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

457 Zhongshan Road, 116023, Dalian, P. R. China

E-mail: kchen@dicp.ac.cn

Tel: 0411-84379831

Introduction

  陈魁智,研究员,博士生导师。2017年毕业于美国俄克拉荷马州立大学,获得物理化学专业博士学位,师从Jeffery L. White教授,从事分子筛催化相关研究。2017-2018年在俄克拉荷马州立大学开展博士后工作,从事油页岩孔结构研究。2018-2021赴美国强磁场国家实验室(National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, US)开展第二期博士后工作,合作导师Zhehong Gan教授,从事高场、超高场、包括世界最高场35.2T (1500 MHz) NMR在材料科学领域的应用。2021年入职大连化物所任副研究员,获得国家高层次人才项目支持,2022年晋升为研究员。现研究方向包括多相催化与电池储能材料,擅长从原子级尺度解析物质结构与微观机理,同时聚焦高场、超高场固体核磁共振方法开发、推广与应用拓展。


RESEARCH AREAS

(1)Solid-State NMR methodology and applications, specialized in high-field and quadrupolar NMR techniques;

(2)Zeolite-Based catalysis, focusing on atomic-scale elucidation of active-site structure, siting, distribution and their relations to reactivity;

(3)CO2 reduction at low temperatures;

(4)Battery materials, focusing on fundamental investigation of structural-performance relationship of cathode and solid-state electrolyte materials.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor


Associate Professor

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China


Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

2022-present


2021-2022


Postdoctoral

Scholar


National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL, US


2018-2021


Postdoctoral

Scholar



Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, US

2017-2018

EDUCATION




Ph. D.

Chemistry

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, US


2012-2017


B. Sc.

Chemistry

Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China


2007-2011

BOOK CHAPTERS

Chen, K.; Sun, Y.; Hou, G. 9.17 - NMR of Catalytic Sites. In Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry III (Third Edition), Reedijk, J., Poeppelmeier, K. R. Eds.; Elsevier, 2023; pp 471-513.


REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

1. Ji, Y.; Chen, K.*; Han, X.; Bao, X.; Hou, G.* Precise Structural and Dynamical Details in Zeolites Revealed by Coupling-Edited 1H–17O Double Resonance NMR Spectroscopy. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2024, 146 (16), 11211-11224

2. Li, F.; Dong, T.; Ji, Y.; Liang, L.; Chen, K.*; Zhang, H.*; Cui, G.; Hou, G.* Mechanism of High Li-Ion Conductivity in Poly(Vinylene Carbonate)-Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Cross-Linked Network Based Electrolyte Revealed by Solid-State NMR. J. Energy Chem. 2024, 93, 377-383.

3. Zhang, B.; Ji, Y.; Liang, L.; Zheng, Q.; Chen, K.*; Hou, G.* Solid-State Synthesis Improves Stability and Cycling Performance of Layered Sodium Oxide Cathodes: A Solid-State NMR Study. Chem. Eng. J. 2024, 485, 149879.

4. Ji, Y.; Liu, Z.; Zhao, Z.; Gao, P.; Bao, X.; Chen, K.*; Hou, G.* Untangling Framework Confinements: A Dynamical Study on Bulky Aromatic Molecules in MFI Zeolites. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 15288-15297.

5. Wang, Z.; Xiao, D.; Chen, K.*; Lou, C.; Liang, L.; Xu, S.*; Hou, G.* Identity, Evolution, and Acidity of Partially Framework-Coordinated Al Species in Zeolites Probed by TMP 31P-NMR and FTIR. ACS Catal. 2023, 13 (7), 4960-4970.

6. Chen, K.*; Zornes, A.; Nguyen, V.; Wang, B.; Gan, Z.; Crossley, S. P.; White, J. L.* 17O Labeling Reveals Paired Active Sites in Zeolite Catalysts. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144 (37), 16916-16929.

7. Chen, K.;  Zornes, A.;  Bababrik, R.;  Crouch, J.;  Alvarez, W.;  Wulfers, M.;  Resasco, D.;  Wang, B.;  Crossley, S.; White, J. L.*, First-Formed Framework Species and Phosphate Structure Distributions in Phosphorus-Modified MFI Zeolites. J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126 (1), 227-238.

8. Chen, K.*; Gan, Z.; Horstmeier, S.; White, J. L.*, Distribution of Aluminum Species in Zeolite Catalysts: 27Al NMR of Framework, Partially-Coordinated Framework, and Non-Framework Moieties J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 6669-6689

9. Chen, K.*, A Practical Review of NMR Lineshapes for Spin-1/2 and Quadrupolar Nuclei in Disordered Materials Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21, 5666, invited review

10. Chen, K.*; Horstmeier, S.; Nguyen, V. Wang, B.; Crossley, S.; Pham, T.: Gan, Z.; Hung, I.; White, J. L.*, Structure and Catalytic Characterization of a Second Framework Al(IV) Site in Zeolite Catalysts Revealed by NMR at 35.2 T J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 7514-7523

11. Chen, K.; Abdolrhamani, M.; Sarah, H.; Pham, T.; Nguyen, V.; Zeets, M.; Wang, B.; Crossley, S.; White, J. L.*, Brønsted–Brønsted Synergies between Framework and Noncrystalline Protons in Zeolite H-ZSM-5 ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 6124-6136

12. Chen, K.; Abdolrhamani, M.; Freeman, J; Ward, G; Sheets, E; White, J. L.*, Direct Detection of Multiple Acidic Proton Sites in Zeolite HZSM-5 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 18698-18704

13. Chen, K.; Gumidyala, A.; Abdolrhamani, M.; Villines, C; Crossley, S.; White, J. L.*, Trace Water Amounts Can Increase Benzene H/D Exchange Rates in an Acidic Zeolite J. Catal. 2017, 351, 130-135

14. Chen, K.; Kelsey, J.; Zhang, L.; Resasco, D.; White, J. L.*, Water Interactions in Zeolite Catalysts and Their Hydrophobically Modified Analogues ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 7480-7487

15. Chen, K.; Damron, J.; Pearson, C.; Resasco, D.; Zhang, L.; White, J. L.*, Zeolite Catalysis: Water Can Dramatically Increase or Suppress Alkane C-H Bond Activation ACS Catal. 2014, 4, 3039-3044