Prof. Dr. Weixin Huang

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsKinetics and Catalysis,Solid State Chemistry and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis
KeywordsSurface chemistry, Heterogeneous catalysis, Model catalysts, Nanocatalysis
Honours and awards

2020: Humboldt Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

2019: Chinese Catalysis Youth Award, Chinese Catalysis Society

2019: Young Faculty Achievement Award, USTC Alumni Foundation

2018: Enrolled in the “Innovation Talent Program” of Central Government of China

2017: Changjiang professorship of Ministry of Education of China

2015: Funded by Distinguished Youth Science Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China

2009: Young Chemist Award, Chinese Chemical Society

2008: Team leader, Innovation Research Team of Ministry of Education

2008: Youth Innovation Award, Chinese Vacuum Society

2007: Group leader, The MPG-CAS Partner Group on “Structure-Activity Relation of Model Systems for Heterogeneous Catalysis” (The German partner group is headed by Prof. H.-J. Freund at Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG)

2007: Young Faculty Career Award, USTC Alumni Foundation

2005: Enrolled in the “Bairen Program” (“Hundred Talent Program”) of Chinese Academy of Sciences

2004: Young Scientists Prize, The 13th International Conference on Catalysis (Paris, France)

2003: Alexander von Humboldt research fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Current contact address

CountryPeople's Republic of China
CityHefei
InstitutionUniversity of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
InstituteHefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale
Homepagehttp://staff.ustc.edu.cn/~huangwx

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Robert SchlöglAbteilung Anorganische Chemie, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim FreundAbteilung Chemische Physik, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Beatriz Roldan CuenyaInterface Science Department, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Robert SchlöglAlexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2004

Programme(s)

2003Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme
2020Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Huang is one of the outstanding figures in the field of catalysis. He promoted the concept of nanocrystal model catalysis. Using model catalysts from traditional single crystals to novel nanocrystals, he has studied the surface chemistry of important heterogeneous catalytic systems, where he successfully correlated the structure of catalysts with their performance, and provided a new level of understanding. During his research stay in Germany, he will investigate thermo-catalytical and photo-catalytical reactions at interfaces.

Publications (partial selection)

2021Zhaorui Li, Kristin Werner, Lu Chen, Aiping Jia, Kun Qian, Jian-Qiang Zhong, Rui You, Lihui Wu, Liyuan Zhang, Haibin Pan, Xin-Ping Wu, Xue-Qing Gong, Shamil Shaikhutdinov, Weixin Huang, Hans-Joachim Freund: Interaction of Hydrogen with Ceria: Hydroxylation, Reduction, and Hydride Formation on the Surface and in the Bulk. In: Chemistry—A European Journal, 27, 2021, 5268–5276
2019Zhaorui Li, Kristin Werner, Kun Qian, Rui You, Agata Płucienik, Aiping Jia, Lihui Wu, Liyuan Zhang,Haibin Pan, Helmut Kuhlenbeck, Shamil Shaikhutdinov, Weixin Huang, Hans-Joachim Freund: Oxidation of Reduced Ceria by Incorporation of Hydrogen. In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58, 2019, 14686-14693
2007 Weixin Huang, Wolfgang Ranke, Robert Schloegl: Reduction of an alpha-Fe2O3(0001) Film Using Atomic Hydrogen. In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, 2007, 2198-2204
2006Weixin Huang, Wolfgang Ranke: Autocatalytic partial reduction of FeO(111) and Fe3O4(111) films by atomic hydrogen. In: Surface Science, 600, 2006, 793-802
2005 Weixin Huang, Wolfgang Ranke, Robert Schloegl: Molecular-Level Understanding of the Catalytic Cycle of Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene to Styrene over Iron Oxide-Based Catalyst. In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, 2005, 9202-9204