Introduction:

Prof. Xinfa Dong

Director, Department of chemical Engineering.
Tel.: 86-20-87110659: Fax: 86-20-87113778: E-mail: cexfdong@scut.edu.cn.

1996-Ph. D., (Ind. Catal.) South China University of Technology, China.
1988-M. S., (Chem. Eng. ) South China University of Technology, China.
1985-B. S., (Chem. Eng. ) South China University of Technology, China..

Research Areas:
New energy focused on (1) Hydrogen production from methane and methanol, (2) Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, (3) Selective removal by methanation of carbon monoxide from hydrogen-rich gas, and (4) Selective removal by oxidation of carbon monoxide from hydrogen-rich gas.
New catalytic materials and catalytic processes.
Green chemical reaction processes.

Current Research Projects:
The CO selective oxidation of hydrogen-rich gas for fuel cell automobiles, sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
The CO selective oxidation of hydrogen-rich gas for fuel cell automobiles, sponsored by the Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation.
Process safety study, sponsored by the Procter & Gamble.

Recent Publications:
Dong Xinfa, Song Yibing, Lin Weiming. A new way to enhance the coke resistance of Mo/HZSM-5 catalyst for methane dehydroaromatization, Catalysis Communications, 2007, 8:539-542
Dong Xinfa, Zou Hanbo, Lin Weiming. Effect of the preparation conditions of CuO-CeO2-ZrO2 catalyst on CO removal from hydrogen-rich gas, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2006, 31: 2337-2344
Zhang Heng, Dong Xinfa and Lin Weiming. Preparation of SrFe0.6Cu0.3Ti0.1O3-δ Mixed Oxygen-Ionic and Electronic Conductor, Key Engineering Materials, 2008, 368-372: 259-262
Xinfa Dong, Xiulan Cai, Yibing Song, Weiming Lin. Effect of Transition Metals (Cu, Co and Fe) on the Autothermal Reforming of Methane over Ni/Ce0.2Zr0.1Al0.7O Catalyst, Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry, 2007,16(1):31-36
Dong Xinfa, Zhang Heng, Lin Weiming. Preparation and characterization of a perovskite-type mixed conducing SrFe0.6Cu0.3Ti0.1O3-δ membrane for partial oxidation of methane to syngas, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2008, 16(3): 411-415
Zou Hanbo, Dong Xinfa, Lin Weiming. Selective CO oxidation in hydrogen-rich gas over CuO/CeO2 catalysts, Applied Surface Science, 2006, 253: 2893–2898