重点实验室学术报告会通知（2019.07.30）-尊龙最新版

prior to his appointment at cityu, dr. jason lam was a postdoctoral fellow at yale university and a visiting assistant professor at wesleyan university. his research interests revolve around transforming industrial waste and biomass to platform chemicals through electrocatalysis. one of his recent projects was to develop an electrocatalytic protocol to convert crude glycerol into lactic acid for biodegradable plastics manufacturing. these works have been published in green chem., angew. chem. int. ed., bioresour. technol., and other peer-reviewed journals. outside of lab work, dr. lam is also an educator and an environment enthusiast. he has mentored numerous undergraduate researchers throughout his academic appointments. he has also been invited to design and teach a certificate program on the practice of green chemistry to professional students for the university of washington’s continuing education programs. more information can be found at his lab website (http://www.cityu.edu.hk/see/personal/jason_lam.htm).

报告摘要：

biomass fast pyrolysis liquid (aka bio-oil) has been long regarded as one of the most promising renewable carbon feedstocks. however, freshly pyrolyzed bio-oil is acidic and corrosive containing large quantities of carbonyl and phenolic compounds that polymerize under acidic conditions. this presentation shares an electrochemical strategy to hydrogenate the carbonyl groups using only earth abundant metal catalysts. the resulting upgraded biofuel benefits from greater stability and higher specific energy. in addition to chemical significance, this talk will also discuss why electrocatalysis is a technique in the biofuel circle.

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