Welcome to Qian’s Lab in NUS

We develop and apply advanced electron microscopy to study interesting materials, including model catalysts we synthesize/test in house. Together with collaborators, our research aims to help developing better catalysts, batteries, computing devices, etc.

We hope you enjoy your visit!
(Meet the Team)

Recent News

01 Sep 2020 [New Members] Dr ZANG Wenjie joined the group, welcome!!

11 Aug 2020 [New Paper] Kang L. et al. “Adsorption and activation of molecular oxygen over atomic copper(I/II) site on ceria”, Nature Communications

10 Aug 2020 [New Members] TAN Shengdong joined the group, welcome!!

10 Aug 2020 [New Members] TANG Yaxin joined the group, welcome!!

07 Aug 2020 [New Paper] Sun Q. et al. “Zeolite‐Encaged Pd‐Mn Nanocatalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation and Formic Acid Dehydrogenation”, Angewandte Chemie

5 Aug 2020 [Conference Talk] Shikai. et al. “Probing Composition Distribution of Nanoalloy Catalysts with Correlative Electron Microscopy”, M&M 2020, USA. (Click to watch)

6 July 2020 [New Paper] Jarvis, J.S. et al. “Inhibiting the Dealkylation of Basic Arenes during n-Alkane Direct Aromatization Reactions and Understanding the C6 Ring Closure Mechanism”, ACS Catalysis

7 May 2020 [New Paper] Douthwaite, M. et al. “Glycerol selective oxidation to lactic acid over AuPt nanoparticles; Enhancing reaction selectivity and understanding by support modification”, ChemCatChem

5 May 2020 [New Paper] Richard, N. et al. “Structure-sensitivity of alumina supported palladium catalysts for N2O decomposition”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

13 Apr 2020 [New Paper] Sun et al. “Facile synthesis of precious-metal single-site catalysts using organic solvents”, Nature Chemistry

30 Mar 2020 [New Paper] Sankar et al. “Role of the Support in Gold-Containing Nanoparticles as Heterogeneous Catalysts”, Chemical Reviews