The State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis was jointly established by Sinopec Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology Co., Ltd. and East China University of Science and Technology with the approval of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China on September 30th, 2015. In April 2023, it passed the expert panel review organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.
Addressing the critical demands of China’s Dual-Carbon strategy and bottleneck technologies, alongside major challenges in green chemical industry and industrial catalysis industry, the Laboratory aligns with three important development directions: resource diversification, process greening and product premiumization.
It focuses on four research directions: catalytic conversion technology of diversified carbon resources, catalytic technology of process greening and low-carbon catalytic technology, production technology of high-end chemicals and new catalytic materials.
Through constructing precise catalytic systems, identifying and refining key scientific issues, and developing efficient R&D paradigms, the Laboratory aims to break through critical common technologies in green chemical catalysis to achieve atom-economical precision manufacturing of chemicals.
The Laboratory aims to establish itself as a pioneering hub for applied fundamental research innovation, and an international talent nexus in green chemical engineering and industrial catalysis.
This mission will provide robust technical underpinnings for China’s green chemical industrial chain development, and world-leading catalytic technologies to drive global sustainable chemical production.
The Laboratory provides a research team with optimal age distribution and sustained innovation, including 196 full-time researchersi n the fields of industrial catalysis, chemical engineering, analytical chemistry, theoretical catalysis, etc.
Professional Ranks and Titles:
90 with senior professional titles;
91 with associate senior titles;
14 with intermediate titles;
1 with junior title.
In terms of academic qualifications:
154 with doctoral degrees;
32 with master’s degrees.
This highly qualified and experienced team lays a solid foundation for the development of the Laboratory, driving innovation and excellence in its scientific endeavors.
The team also includes:
1 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering;
2 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences;
1 Member of the Royal Irish Academy;
3 National Outstanding Mid-aged and Young Experts with Significant Contributions;
2 Recipients of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars;
2 Chang Jiang Scholars Program Professors;
3 Experts of the National High-Level Talents;
4 Talents recognized under the National Ten Thousand Talents Project;
3 National Leading Mid-aged and Young Scientific and Technological Innovation Talents;
9 Recipients of the National “Four Youth” Talent Programs;
1 ASTM Technical Committee Chair.
The Laboratory has achieved numerous innovative results and won 26 national and provincial awards.
“Complete set of technology development and application of high-efficiency and eco-friendly aromatics” was awarded the grand prize of National Scientific and Technological Progress (2016);
“High-efficiency full-process methanol-to-olefins technology” was awarded the first prize of National Scientific and Technological Progress (2017);
“High-efficiency catalyst and complete set of technology for value-added conversion of diluted ethylene” was awarded the second prize of National Scientific and Technological Progress (2018);
“Energy-saving and consumption-reducing operation optimization technology for styrene production process” was awarded the first prize of Shanghai Technological Invention (2016);
“Development of series catalyst and process technology for the ammoxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons to aromatic nitriles” was awarded the first prize of Science and Technology Advancement of China Petrochemical Federation (2016);
Two Silver Awards of China Patent;
Four Excellence Awards of China Patent;
The ethylbenzene and olefin cracking technologies developed by the Laboratory were awarded the Best Petrochemical Technology Nomination 2019;
Best Catalytic Technology Nomination 2020 by Hydrocarbon Processing;
Best Petrochemical Technology 2021 by Hydrocarbon Processing.
