Title:“Hydrogen Energy Storage:Current Status and Future Outlook,and Research on Hydrogen Carriers of Hydrogen-Rich Compounds”
Speaker:Professor Huang Zhen Guo(University of Technology Sydney,Australia)
Time:10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.,Tuesday,July 1,2025
Venue:Room 105 of the Shaw Engineering Building,School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Inviter:Liu Wei Feng
Organizing Unit:School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry Product Technology
Speaker Profile:
Huang Zhen Guo is a professor at the University of Technology Sydney,Australia.He is the president of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy,a senior fellow of the Humboldt Foundation in Germany,and a scientific advisor at the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan.He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Northeastern University in 2001 and received his Ph.D.from the University of Wollongong,Australia,in 2007.After that,he conducted postdoctoral research at The Ohio State University in the United States.He has successively received the Australian Research Council's Discovery Early Career Researcher Award(DECRA),the Future Fellowship from the Australian Research Council,the University of Wollongong Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research Commercialization,and the University of Technology Sydney Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research Leadership and Development.His research interests include hydrogen storage,the preparation of electrolytes,and the preparation and application of boron-containing nanomaterials.So far,he has obtained four authorized invention patents.He has provided technology to Korea Gas Corporation(the world's largest importer of liquefied natural gas),Petronas(one of the top ten energy groups in the world),and Rio Tinto,some of which have been transformed into patents.He has published more than 130 academic papers in international journals(such as J.Am.Chem.Soc.,Angew.Chemi,EES,Adv.Mater,Adv.Energy Mater.,etc.)as the first author or corresponding author.
Abstract:
In this talk, I will begin with an overview ofhydrogen research in both global and domestic contexts, followed by adiscussion of our recent work on hydrogen carriers. Hydrogen-rich systemscomposed of light elements such as boron (B), carbon (C), and nitrogen (N) havebeen extensively investigated as promising materials for hydrogen storage. Iwill briefly introduce borohydrides such as sodium borohydride (NaBH₄) andmagnesium borohydride (Mg(BH₄)₂), and then focus on reactions betweenamine–borane complexes and amines, which can generate high-purity hydrogen gasunder ambient conditions. I will also highlight our recent synthesis of1,6;2,3-bis-BN cyclohexane, an isostere of cyclohexane featuring two adjacentBN pairs. This compound demonstrates a ring-flipping barrier comparable to thatof cyclohexane and exhibits a hydrogen storage capacity exceeding 9.0 wt%,nearly double that of its 1,2;4,5-bis-BN counterpart. Finally, I will introduceour latest research on the electrolysis of ammonia/water solutions, whichenables the co-production of green hydrogen and value-added nitrite/nitratecompounds.
