Prof. Maochang Liu
State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710049, China
E-mail: maochangliu@xjtu.edu.cn
Maochang Liu is currently a full professor in International Research Center for Renewable Energy, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. He is also the Young Yangtze River Scholar, Ministry of Education, and holds the Top Young Talent program of Xi’an Jiaotong University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermal Physics in 2014 from Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. From Sep. 2011 to Sep. 2013, he worked as a visiting scholar at Washington University in St. Louis and Georgia Institute of Technology with Prof. Younan Xia. Prof. Liu’s research interest centered on the fundamental theory of solar to hydrogen conversion with high efficiency and low cost, as well as the design and development of corresponding reaction systems. He has published more than 60 SCI papers in major international journals, including Nat. Energy, Nat. Commun., PNAS, JACS, Energy Environ. Sci.. He is currently a member of Committee on Hydrogen Energy of the Chinese Renewable Energy Society, the academic secretary of the Multi-phase Flow Branch of the Chinese Society of Engineering Thermology, serves as the guest editor or editorial board member of the Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, J. Photon. Energy, Prog. Energy Fuels and Energy Saving Technology. He has received a number of prestigious awards, including 1st Class Science and Technology Award of Shaanxi Province, 2nd Class National Natural and Science Award, and 1st Class Academic Paper in Natural Science of Shaanxi Province.
Title：Multifield coupled concentrated-solar-driven catalytic water splitting for hydrogen production
Abstract：Solar photocatalytic water splitting hydrogen production is an ideal solution for the future renewable energy supply system. Large-scale hydrogen production relies on the effective coupling of the catalyst particles and solar radiation in the multiphase reaction fluid. In our work, the coupling characteristics of solar concentrating radiation and reaction are regulated. The lens/attenuator group concentrating system is constructed to achieve the continuous modulation of light intensity and successfully coupled with the photocatalytic reaction process. To overcome the mass transfer limitation of water molecules in the catalytic material, a MOF support material with high water transport characteristics is developed to realize the efficient adsorption and desorption of water molecules on the surface of catalytic materials, leading to efficient photothermal hydrogen production under concentrated light condition. For the interfacial bubble dynamics in the process of photothermal splitting water for hydrogen production, a PIV/PLIF method is developed to achieve accurate measurement of the flow and temperature fields around the bubbles. In addition, a magnetically coupled integrated concentrating photocatalytic hydrogen production system is proposed. Furthermore, a solar-photothermal coupled water-splitting hydrogen production system with Fresnel lens and composite parabolic concentrator was constructed. The above work may provide new ideas for the study of multifield coupled concentrated-solar-driven catalytic water splitting for hydrogen production.