WANG, Hongsheng
Associate Professor/PhD supervisor, School of Engineering Science, National High-level Young Talent, The Chief Scientist of the National Key Research and Development Program of China, PI
Email: wanghongsheng@ucas.ac.cn
Research interests include: solar energy utilization, thermochemical energy storage, hydrogen generation, carbon dioxide capture and conversion, membrane reactor preparation and application
Enrollment information
The research group enrolls research assistants/postdocs, doctoral students, master's students and visiting scholars all year round.
I sincerely welcome young scholars in engineering thermophysics/thermal engineering/Energy power system and automation/chemical engineering/materials/Resources and environment and other related majors to contact me.
Education
Ph. D. Engineering Thermophysics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2017
Thesis: Study on Solar Thermochemical System based on Selective Membrane Separation
B. Eng. Energy Power Systems and Automation, Wuhan University (rank 1/111), 2012
Thesis: Experimental study on solar-driven electricity and water co-generation
Experience
Assistant Professor School of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University 7/2017 – 9/2019
Research leader: Prof. Xuejiao Hu (胡雪蛟)
Projects: Solar thermochemical fuel generation in membrane reactor;
Full-spectrum utilization of solar energy: spectral-splitting and PV-thermal fuel generation.
Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo 9/2019 – 6/2022
Supervisor: Prof. Kazuhiro Takanabe (髙鍋和広) and Prof. S. Ted Oyama (大山茂生)
Projects: Thermal catalysis for fuel generation and CO2 conversion;
Selective membrane preparation and optimization via sol-gel and CVD methods.
Research Associate School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong 6/2022-10/2023
PI: Dr. Jian Wang (王健) and Prof. Wenjun Zhang（张文军）
Projects: Oxygen evolution reaction via LiCoO2-based catalyst and its operando characterization
Associate Professor College of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 11/2023 to present
Research Interests
Ø Solar thermochemical fuel generation (proposed a novel multi-products sequential separation method in thermodynamics for high-efficient hydrogen generation with >99% CH4 conversion in methane steam reforming at 400 ºC);
Ø Full-spectrum solar energy utilization;
Ø Oxygen evolution reaction (OER);
Ø Membrane reactor for hydrogen generation;
Ø Thermochemical energy storage;
Ø Membrane/coating preparation.