Qingfeng Ge | Chemistry and Biochemistry | SIU

Qingfeng Ge

Professor, Distinguished Scholar and Director

Understanding complex systems at the molecular level is important but difficult using experiments alone. Computer simulations based on fundamental physical and chemical principles can complement experiments and provide new insights into the behavior of these systems. My research program is centered on the investigation of the molecular processes that govern materials processing and catalytic properties with applications in clean energy and sustainable development. State-of-the-art theoretical methods combined with molecular simulations are employed in our research. 

Education

B.S., Tianjin University, 1985
M.S., Tianjin University, 1988
Ph.D., Tianjin University, 1991
Postdoc, Copenhagen University, 1991-1994
Postdoc, University of Cambridge, 1994-1999
Research Scientist, University of Virginia, 1999-2003

Awards

University Level Outstanding Scholar Excellence Award, 2018.
ACS Midwest Award, 2018.
College of Science Scholar Excellence Award, 2017.

Selected Publications

Zhao, Y.; Wang, H.; Han, J.; Zhu, X. & Ge, Q. “Active Site Ensembles Enabled C−C Coupling of CO₂ and CH₄ for Acetone Production”, J. Phys Chem. C. 122, 9570-9577 (2018).

Yuan, H.; Zhu, X.; Han, J.; Wang, H. & Ge, Q. “Rhenium-promoted Selective CO2 Methanation on Ni-based Catalyst”, J. CO₂ Utilization, 26, 8-18 (2018).

Tang, M. & Ge, Q. Mechanistic Understanding on Oxygen Evolution Reaction on γ-FeOOH (010) in Alkaline Solution Based on DFT Computational Study, Chin. J. Catal. 38, 1621-1628 (2017).

Liu, D.; Li, G.; Yang, F.; Wang, H.; Han, J.; Zhu, X. & Ge, Q. Competition and Cooperation of Hydrogenation and Deoxygenation Reactions during Hydrodeoxygenation of Phenol on Pt(111), J. Phys. Chem. C, 121, 12249–12260 (2017).

Zhao, Y.; Cui, C.; Han, J.; Wang, H.; Zhu, X. & Ge, Q. Direct C-C Coupling of CO₂ and the Methyl Group from CH₄ Activation Through Facile Insertion of CO₂ into Zn-CH₃ σ-bond, Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 10191-8 (2016).

Cui, C.; Han, J.; Zhu, X.; Liu, X.; Wang, H. & Ge, Q. Promotional Effect of Surface Hydroxyls on Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂ over SnO_x/Sn Electrode, J. Catal. 343, 257-265 (2016).

Li, G.; Han, J.; Wang, H.; Zhu, X. & Ge, Q. Role of Dissociation of Phenol in Its Selective Hydrogenation on Pt(111) and Pd(111), ACS Catal. 5, 2009-16 (2015).

Zhang, Z.; Tang, M.; Wang, Z.-T.; Xia, Y.; Park, K. T.; Lyubinetsky, I.; Dohnalek, Z. & Ge, Q. Imaging of Formaldehyde Adsorption and Diffusion on TiO₂(110), Top. Catal. 58, 103-113 (2015).

Ye, J.; Liu, C.-j.; Mei, D. & Ge, Q. Methanol Synthesis from CO₂ Hydrogenation over a Pd₄/In₂O₃ Model Catalyst: A Combined DFT and Kinetic Study, Catal. 317, 44-53 (2014).

Ye, J.  Liu, C.J. ; Me, D. & Ge, Q.  Active Oxygen Vacancy Site for Methanol Synthesis from CO₂ Hydrogenation on In₂O₃(110): A DFT Study.  ACS Catal. 2013, 3. 1296-1306.

 Xu, L. & Ge, Q. Effect of defects and dopants in graphene on hydrogen interaction in graphene-supported NaAlH₄. Inter. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2013, 38, 3670-3680.