Yan Huang   

Professor

Address：College of Chemical Engineering

Email：huangy@njtech.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience

2004.08 - Today, Nanjing Tech University

2002.02 - 2004.07, Research scientist, Karl-Winnacker Institute, Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (DECHEMA e.V.), Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

1999.06 - 2001.01, Postdoc, Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

1998.02 - 1999.06, Visiting scholar, Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry, Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Madrid, Spain.

1987.09 - 1997.12, B.S., M.S. and Ph. D Degrees, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, China.

Research Interests

Mainly focusing on inorganic membrane materials and their applications. (1) Composite palladium membranes: hydrogen purifiers; membrane reactors for hydrogen generation and separation; hydrogen purity analyzer; hydrogen energy. (2) Porous stainless-steel membranes and ceramic membranes: filter elements; filter systems; filtration engineering; porous supporting materials. (3) Automated instruments for membrane testing: porometer (pore size distribution analyzer); integrity tester; pure water flux-meter; dust filtration tester; molecular weight cut-off tester; membrane contact-angle tester (by bubble point method); comprehensive testing platform. (4) Animal drug doser and blood sampler for pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism studies.

Academic achievements

Rich working experience from fundamental research to commercialization, application and engineering. Published 1 book and roughly 100 articles. Granted roughly 70 patents. Engaged in 4 standards of GB and CSTM. Completed research projects funded by NFSC, National Hi-Tech Program, European FP-6, etc.

Selected Publications

[1] X. Liu, W. Ding, X. Hu, Y. Huang. In-situ repair of composite palladium membranes with macro defects: a case study. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2021, 46(64): 32577-32582.

[2] Y. Huang, Q. Liu, X. Jin, W. Ding, X. Hu, H. Li. Coating the porous Al2O3 substrate with a natural mineral of Nontronite-15A for fabrication of hydrogen-permeable palladium membranes. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2020, 45(12): 7412-7422.