Research Interests

1. Development of porous materials for adsorption and catalysis.

2. Organic-inorganic hybrid membranes for gas separation and sea water desalination

3. Catalytic reactions in membrane reactors.

4. New technologies for the CO₂ capture, H₂ purification, water splitting, and solar-driven sea water desalination.

Education

04/2007 - 05/2010: Ph. D. student (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter) at the group of Prof. Dr. Jürgen Caro, Institute of Physical Chemistry & Electrochemistry, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (Physical Chemistry), Mark: Excellent

09/2001 - 07/2004: Graduate student at the group of Prof. Dr. Zhijun Zhang, Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng, China

Degree: Master of Science (Inorganic chemistry), Mark: Excellent

09/1997 – 07/2001: Undergraduate student at the Department of Chemistry, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
Degree: Bachelor of Science (Chemistry), Mark: Excellent

Experience

03/2013 – Present: Professor and Leader of Membrane Separation & Catalysis Group at Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (Thousand Young Talents Program)

12/2010 – 03/2013: Postdoctoral researcher (Max Planck Grant) with Prof. Ferdi Schüth, Department of Heterogeneous Catalysis, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim, Germany

04/2007 – 11/2010: Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter at the group of Prof. Jürgen Caro, Institute of Physical Chemistry & Electrochemistry, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

07/2004 – 04/2007: Research assistant at the group of Prof. Shaojun Dong, State Key Lab of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Publications

1. Jian Zhou, Zhongkang Han, Xingkun Wang, Huiyu Gai, Zhongkun Chen, Tong Guo, Xianbiao Hou, Liangliang Xu, Xiaojuan Hu, Minghua Huang*, Sergey V. Levchenko, Heqing Jiang*, Discovery of Quantitative Electronic Structure-OER Activity Relationship in Metal-Organic Framework Electrocatalysts Using an Integrated Theoretical-Experimental Approach, Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202102066.

2. Lujian Jia, Guanghu He, Yan Zhang, Jürgen Caro*, Heqing Jiang*, Hydrogen purification through dual-phase oxygen permeable membrane with excellent stability, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 60, 5204-5208.

3. Xiangju Song, Yajing Zhang, Hamdy Maamoun Abdel-Ghafarad, El-Sayed Ali Abdel-Aald, Minghua Huang, Saeed Gu, Heqing Jiang，Polyamide membrane with an ultrathin GO interlayer on macroporous substrate for minimizing internal concentration polarization in forward osmosis, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 412, 128607

4. Yan Zhang, Xia Xu, Heqing Jiang, Improved ethane conversion to ethylene and aromatics over a Zn/ZSM-5 and CaMnO3-δ composite catalyst. J. Energy Chem., 2020, 51, 161-166.

5. Yajing Zhang, Yuchao Wang, Heqing Jiang, and Minghua Huang, Multifunctional nickel sulfide nanosheet arrays for solar-intensified oxygen evolution reaction. Small, 2020, 16 (33), e2002550.

6. Yuchao Wang, Canzhu Wang, Wenyuan Liang, Xiangju Song, Yajing Zhang, Minghua Huang, Heqing Jiang,Multifunctional perovskite oxide for efficient solar-driven evaporation and energy-saving regeneration. Nano Energy, 70 (2020) 104538, doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.10453 

7. Xiangju Song, Yuchao Wang, Chengli Jiao, Minghua Huang, Guang-Hui Wang, Heqing Jiang, Microstructure regulation of polyamide nanocomposite membrane by functional mesoporous polymer for high-efficiency desalination. Journal of Membrane Science, 2019 DOI:10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117783

8. Yan Zhang, Shide Wu, Xia Xu, Heqing Jiang, Ethane aromatization and evolution of carbon deposits over nanosized and microsized Zn/ZSM-5 catalysts. Catalysis Science & Technology, 2019 DOI:10.1039/C9CY01903K

9. Yuchao Wang, Canzhu Wang, Xiangju Song, Suresh Kumar Megarajan and Heqing Jiang, A facile nanocomposite strategy to fabricate a rGO–MWCNT photothermal layer for efficient water evaporation, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 963–971.

10. Guanghu He, Tianmiao Hu, Hangyue Zhou, Fangyi Liang, Stefan Baumann, Wilhelm A Meulenberg, and Heqing Jiang, Syngas production by biogas reforming in a redox-stable and CO₂-tolerant oxygen transporting membrane reactor. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2017, 56, 10134−10141.

11. Wenyuan Liang, Zhengwen Cao, Guanghu He, Jürgen Caro, Heqing Jiang,Oxygen transport membrane for thermochemical conversion of water and carbon dioxide into synthesis gas. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2017, 5, 8657−8662.

12. Heqing Jiang and Juergen Caro,Interfacial Au/MoC catalyst for low-temperature water-gas shift reaction. Chem., 2017, 3, 198–210. (Invited Preview)

13. Dandan He, Guanghu He, Heqing Jiang, Zongkun Chen and Minghua Huang, Enhanced durability and activity of the perovskite electrocatalyst Pr_0.5Ba_0.5CoO_3−δ by Ca doping for the oxygen evolution reaction at room temperature. Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 5132--5135.

14. Ming Tan, Jingting Lu, Yang Zhang and Heqing Jiang*, Ionic liquid confined in mesoporous polymer membrane with improved stability for CO₂/N₂ separation. Namomaterials, 2017, 7, 299.

15. Guanghu He, Zhengwen Cao, Wenyuan Liang, Yan Zhang, Xin Liu, Jürgen Caro, Heqing Jiang, Codoping strategy to improve stability and permeability of Ba_0.6Sr_0.4FeO_3−δ-based perovskite membranes. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2016, 55, 10386-10393.

16. Chengli Jiao, Xia Jiang, Hailiang. Chu, Heqing Jiang, Lixian Sun, A mixed-valent CuI/CuII metal-organic framework with selective chemical sensing properties. Cryst Eng Comm., 2016, 18 (44), 8683-8687.

17. Wenyuan Liang, Suresh Kumar Megarajan, Fangyi Liang, Yan Zhang, Guanghu He, Zhenzhen Liu, Heqing Jiang, Coupling of N₂O decomposition with CO₂ reforming of CH4 in novel colbalt-free BaFe_0.9Zr_0.05Al_0.05O_3-δ oxygen transport membrane reactor, Chem. Eng. J., 2016, 305, 176-181.

18. Jingting Lu, Yan Zhang, Chengli Jiao, Suresh Kumar Megarajan, Dong Gu, Guocheng Yang, Heqing Jiang, Chunjiang Jia, Ferdi Schuth, Effect of reduction-oxidation treatment on structure and catalytic properties of ordered mesoporous Cu-Mg-Al composite oxides, Sci. Bull., 2015, 60, 1108-1113.

19. Zhengwen Cao, Heqing Jiang, Huixia Luo et al., Natural Gas to Fuels and Chemicals: Improved methane aromatization in an oxygen-permeable membrane reactor, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 13794. (Hot Paper)

20. Huixia Luo, Konstantin Efimov, Heqing Jiang et al., Novel CO₂-stable and cobalt-free dual phase membrane for oxygen separation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2011, 50, 759.

21. Heqing Jiang, Zhengwen Cao, Steffen Schirrmeister et al., A coupling strategy to produce hydrogen and ethylene in a membrane reactor, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 5656. (Frontispiece)

22. Heqing Jiang, Haihui Wang, Fangyi Liang et al., Direct decomposition of nitrous oxide to nitrogen by in situ oxygen removal with a perovskite membrane,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2009, 48, 2983. (Front Cover; Highlighted by Nature)

23. Heqing Jiang, Haihui Wang, Steffen Werth et al., Simultaneous production of hydrogen and synthesis gas by combining water splitting with partial oxidation of methane in a hollow-fiber membrane reactor,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 9341.(Highlighted by Chemistry World)

24. Zhengwen Cao, Heqing Jiang, Huixia Luo, et. al. Simultaneous overcome of the equilibrium limitations in BSCF oxygen-permeable membrane reactors: Water splitting and methane coupling, Catal. Today, 2012, 193, 2.

25. Oliver Czuprat, Heqing Jiang. Catalytic Membrane Reactors – Chemical Upgrading and Pollution Control, Chem. Ing. Tech., 2011, 83, 2219. (Invited Review)

26. Huixia Luo, Heqing Jiang, Konstantin Efimov, et. al.Influence of the preparation methods on the microstructure and oxygen permeability of a CO₂-stable dual phase membrane, AIChE Journal, 2011,57, 2738.

27. Fangyi Liang, Heqing Jiang, Huixia Luo, et. al. Phase stability and permeation behavior of a dead-end Ba_0.5Sr_0.5Co_0.8Fe_0.2O_3-δ tube membrane in high-purity oxygen production, Chem. Mater., 2011, 23, 4765.

28. Heqing Jiang, Fangyi Liang, Oliver Czuprat et al., Hydrogen production by water dissociation in surface-modified BaCo_xFe_yZr_1-x-yO_3-δ hollow fiber membrane reactor with improved oxygen permeation, Chem. Eur. J., 2010,16, 7898.

29. Heqing Jiang, Haihui Wang, Fangyi Liang et al., Improved water dissociation and nitrous oxide decomposition by in situ oxygen removal in perovskite catalytic membrane reactor, Catal. Today, 2010, 156, 187.

30. Heqing Jiang, Lei Xing, Oliver Czuprat et al., Highly effective NO decomposition by in situ removal of inhibitor oxygen using an oxygen transporting membrane, Chem. Commun., 2009, 6738.

Conferences

1. Heqing Jiang, Oxygen transport membranes for air separation under harsh conditions. The 8th Sino-US Joint Conference of Chemical Engineering, 2015, Shanghai, China. (Keynote)

2. Heqing Jiang, Oxygen permeability and stability of ceria-based membranes under reaction conditions,12^th International conference on Catalysis in Membrane Reactors, 2015, Szczecin, Poland. (Session Chair)

3. Heqing Jiang, Process intensification: energy/environment related reactions in catalytic membrane reactor, 2nd International Conference on Clean Energy, 2014, KL-04, Qingdao, China. (Keynote Lecture)

4. Heqing Jiang, Catalytic membrane reactors and the related catalytic reactions, 8th National Conference on Membrane and Membrane Processes, 2013, Dalian, China. (Invited Lecture)

5. Heqing Jiang, Hans Bongard, Wolfgang Schmidt, Ferdi Schüth. Bifunctional catalysts with mesoporous structure for one-step dimethyl ether synthesis. Third International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials, 2013, OC-28, Sorrento, Italy. (Oral Presentation)

6. Heqing Jiang, Haihui Wang, Fangyi Liang, Steffen Werth, Steffen Schirrmeister, Thomas Schiestel, and Jürgen Caro. Improved nitrous oxide decomposition and water splitting by in-situ oxygen removal in perovskite catalytic membrane reactor. 9th International Conference on Catalysis in membrane reactors, 2009, S08-O3, Lyon, France.    (Oral Presentation)

7. Heqing Jiang, Haihui Wang, Fangyi Liang, Steffen Werth, Steffen Werth, Thomas Schiestel, Jürgen Caro. Water splitting and catalytic N₂O decomposition by in-situ removing oxygen in the hollow fiber perovskite membrane reactor. 42nd Annual Meeting of the German Catalysis Society, 2009, Weimar, Germany. (Oral Presentation)

Group members

Dr. Fangyi Liang	Dr. Chengli Jiao	Dr. Guanghu He	Dr. Yan Zhang
Dr. Wengyuan Liang

Students

Hangyue Zhou, Doctoral Student, Chemical Engineering

Fangfang Yang, Doctoral Student, Chemical Engineering

Tianmiao Hu, Doctoral Student, Chemical Engineering

Jingting Lu, Doctoral Student, Chemical Engineering

Lujian Jia, Doctoral Student, Chemical Engineering

Saeed Jamali Ashtiani, Doctoral Student, Chemical Engineering

Xiangju Song, Doctoral Student, Chemical Engineering