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Associate Professor CHEN PING
B. Sc. 1991, Xiamen University; M. Sc. 1994, Xiamen University; Ph. D. 1997, Xiamen University; senior research fellow, 2006, NUS.
Contact Information:
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Department of Chemistry, NUS
3 Science Drive 3
Singapore 117543
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Office: S13-02-05
Tel: (65) 6516-2982
Fax: (65) 6779-1691
E-mail: chmchenp@nus.edu.sg
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Research Interests
Solid-state Hydrogen Storage Materials
On-board hydrogen storage is one of the biggest technical challenges in the global energy transition from fossil fuel to hydrogen energy. Novel Metal-N-H system has been developed for hydrogen storage in the team since 2001. Reversible H2 storage over Li-N-H, Li-Mg-N-H and Li-Ca-N-H systems has been demonstrated.
Synthesis and Characterization of ternary and multinary nitrides, imides and amides
N, like O, has strong potential to bond to metals and hydrogen. Therefore, a variety of ternary and multinary Metal-N-H compounds could exist. However, unlike organic imides and amides, little work has been done on the synthesis, structural identification, chemical & physical properties and practical applications of inorganic ternary and multinary amides and imides. We are synthesizing new imides, amides and nitrides by reactive high-energy ball milling, ammonolysis, and conventional Solid State Reaction (calcinations) etc. The electronic and structural properties of these newly developed compounds are characterized by XPS, UPS, XRD and FTIR etc.
Heterogeneous catalysis
Catalytic partial oxidation of methane and CH4-CO2 reforming to syngas by using Ni and Co-based catalysts. Coal gasification by using alkali compounds as catalyst.
Publications
 P. Chen, ZT. Xiong, LF. Yang, GT. Wu, WF. Luo. Mechanistic Investigations on the Heterogeneous Solid-State Reaction of Magnesium Amides and Lithium Hydrides. J. Phys. Chem. B, published online, July 2006.
JJ. Hu, GT. Wu, YF. Liu, ZT. Xinog, P. Chen, K. Murata, K. Sakata and G. Wolf. Hydrogen Release from Mg(NH2)2-MgH2 through Mechanochemical Reaction. J. Phys. Chem. B, published online, July 2006.
ZT. Xiong, GT. Wu, JJ. Hu, P. Chen. Thermodynamic and kinetic investigations of the hydrogen storage in the Li-Mg-N-H system. J. Alloys Compd. 398 235-239, (2005).
ZT. Xiong, GT. Wu, JJ. Hu, P. Chen. Ternary imides for hydrogen storage. Adv. Mater. 16, 1522-1524 (2004).
P. Chen, ZT. Xiong, JZ. Luo, JY. Lin and K. L. Tan. Interaction between Lithium Amide and Lithium Hydride. J. Phys. Chem. B. 107, 10967-10970 (2003).
P. Chen, ZT. Xiong, JZ. Luo, JY. Lin and K. L. Tan. Interaction of hydrogen with nitrides and imides. Nature. 420 (6913), 302-304, (2002).
B. Xue, P. Chen, Q. Hong, JY. Lin and K. L. Tan. Growth of Pd, Pt, Ag and Au nanoparticles on carbon nanotubes. J. Mater Chem. 11: (9) 2378-2381 (2001).
P. Chen, X. Wu, X. Sun, JY. Lin, W. Ji, and K. L. Tan. Electronic structure and optical limiting behavior of carbon nanotubes. Phys. Rew. Lett. 82: (12) 2548-2551 (1999).
P. Chen, HB. Zhang, GD. Lin, and KR. Tsai. Development of coking-resistant Ni-based catalyst for partial oxidation and CO2-reforming of methane to syngas. Appl. Catal. A. 166 (2): 343-350 (1998).
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