Rizhi Chen

Professor

Address：College of Chemical Engineering

Email：rizhichen@njtech.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience

Jul. 2012 -,  Professor

College of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University

May 2011 - Apr. 2012, Visiting Scholar

Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University

Jul. 2007 - Jun. 2012, Associate Professor

College of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University

Jul. 2004- Jun. 2007, Lecturer

College of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University

Sep. 1999 - Jun. 2004, Ph. D. (Chemical Engineering)

College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China

Sep. 1995- Jun. 1999, B. Sc. (Chemical Engineering)

College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Chemical Technology, Nanjing (Now the university is renamed as: Nanjing Tech University), China Research Interests

 Fabrication and characterization of catalytic membranes

 Membrane reactors for heterogeneous catalytic reactions

Academic achievements

In 2021, Chang Jiang Scholars, Ministry of Education, People’s Republic of China

In 2020, First Prize of Science and Technology Award of the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China

In 2019, Outstanding Contribution Award of the Youth Science and Technology Award of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association

In 2011, Second-class Award of the National Science and Technology Progress Award

In 2010, First-class Award of the Science and Technology Progress Award of Jiangsu Province

In 2009, First-class Award of the Technology Innovation Award of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association

Selected Publications

[1] Jiuxuan Zhang, Ze-Xian Low, Yanhua Shao, Hong Jiang*, Rizhi Chen*. Two-dimensional N-doped Pd/carbon for highly efficient heterogeneous catalysis. Chemical Communications, 2022, 58: 1422-1425.

[2] Lei Xu, Bin Yu, Cong Wang, Hong Jiang, Yefei Liu*, Rizhi Chen*. Particle-resolved CFD simulations of local bubble behaviors in a mini-packed bed with gas-liquid concurrent flow. Chemical Engineering Science, 2022, 254: 117631.

[3] Yucheng Liu, Zaidong Qi, Meng Zhao, Hong Jiang*, Yefei Liu, Rizhi Chen*. Kinetics of liquid-phase phenol hydrogenation enhanced by membrane dispersion. Chemical Engineering Science, 2022, 249: 117346.

[4] Qingqing Chen, Hong Jiang, Rizhi Chen*. Synthesis of ZIF-67 derived Co-based catalytic membrane for highly efficient reduction of p-nitrophenol. Chemical Engineering Science, 2022, 248: 117160.

[5] Xinhui Shen, Jiuxuan Zhang, Hong Jiang, Yan Du*, Rizhi Chen*. Hierarchical Pd@PC-COFs as efficient catalysts for phenol hydrogenation. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2022, 61: 4534-4545.

[6] Hong Jiang, Manman Liu, Minghui Zhou, Yan Du*, Rizhi Chen*. Hierarchical Pd@ZIFs as efficient catalysts for p-nitrophenol reduction. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2021, 60, 15045-15055.

[7] Hong Jiang, Xinhui Shen, Fengnan Wang, Jiuxuan Zhang, Yan Du,* Rizhi Chen*. Palladium nanoparticles anchored on COFs prepared by simple calcination for phenol hydrogenation. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2021, 60, 13523-13533.

[8] Hong Jiang, Yefei Liu, Weihong Xing, Rizhi Chen*. Porous membrane reactors for liquid-phase heterogeneous catalysis. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2021, 60: 8969-8990.

[9] Yanhua Shao, Jiuxuan Zhang, Hong Jiang, Rizhi Chen*. Well-defined MOF-derived hierarchically porous N-doped carbon materials for the selective hydrogenation of phenol to cyclohexanone. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2021, 60: 5806-5815.

[10] Minghui Zhou, Manman Liu, Hong Jiang, Rizhi Chen*. Controllable synthesis of Pd-ZIF-L-GO: The Role of drying temperature. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2021, 60, 4847-4859.

[11] Xinru Zhu, Zhiwei Pan, Hong Jiang, Yan Du*, Rizhi Chen*. Hierarchical Pd/UiO-66-NH2-SiO2 nanofibrous catalytic membrane for highly efficient removal of p-nitrophenol. Separation and Purification Technology, 2021, 279, 119731.

[12] Jia Lu, Qingqing Chen, Sibai Chen, Hong Jiang, Yefei Liu, Rizhi Chen*. Pd nanoparticles loaded on ceramic membranes by atomic layer deposition with enhanced catalytic properties. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2020, 59: 19564-19573.

[13] Fengnan Wang, Jiuxuan Zhang, Yanhua Shao, Hong Jiang, Yefei Liu, Rizhi Chen*. Pd nanoparticles loaded on two-dimensional COFs with enhanced catalytic performance for phenol hydrogenation. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2020, 59, 41: 18489-18499.

[14] Hong Jiang, Zhengyan Qu, Yefei Liu, Xiangli Liu, Genlin Wang, Yiming Wang, Lin Xu, Kehong Ding, Weihong Xing, Rizhi Chen*. Pilot-scale cyclohexanone production through phenol hydrogenation over Pd/CN in a continuous ceramic membrane reactor. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2020, 59: 13848-13851.

[15] Jiuxuan Zhang, Chunhua Zhang, Hong Jiang, Yefei Liu, Rizhi Chen*. Highly efficient phenol hydrogenation to cyclohexanone over Pd@CN-rGO in aqueous phase. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2020, 59, 10768-10777.

[16] Xiaoli Li, Hong Jiang*, Miaomiao Hou, Yefei Liu, Weihong Xing, Rizhi Chen*. Enhanced phenol hydrogenation for cyclohexanone production by membrane dispersion. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020, 386: 120744.

[17] Jianfeng Miao, Jia Lu, Hong Jiang, Yefei Liu, Weihong Xing, Xuebin Ke*, Rizhi Chen*. Continuous and complete conversion of high concentration p-nitrophenol in a flow-through membrane reactor. AIChE Journal, 2019, 65: e16692.

[18] Manman Liu, Hong Jiang, Yefei Liu, Rizhi Chen*. Pd nanoparticles immobilized in layered ZIFs as efficient catalysts for heterogeneous catalysis. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019, 58, 20553-20561.

[19] Xiaoli Li, Yefei Liu*, Hong Jiang, Rizhi Chen*. Computational fluid dynamics simulation of a novel membrane distributor of bubble columns for generating microbubbles. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019, 58: 1087-1094.

[20] Yanhua Shao, Jiuxuan Zhang, Yan Du*, Hong Jiang, Yefei Liu, Rizhi Chen*. Controllable structure and basic sites of Pd@N-doped carbon derived from Co/Zn-ZIFs: Role of Co. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019, 58: 14678-14687.

[21] Miaomiao Hou, Hong Jiang*, Yefei Liu, Changlin Chen, Weihong Xing, Rizhi Chen*. Membrane based gas-liquid dispersion integrated in fixed-bed reactor: a highly efficient technology for heterogeneous catalysis. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2018, 57:158-168.

[22] Zhengyan Qu, Shuo Hu, Hong Jiang, Yefei Liu, Jun Huang, Weihong Xing, Rizhi Chen*. A side-stream catalysis/membrane filtration system for continuous liquid-phase hydrogenation of phenol over Pd@CN to produce cyclohexanone. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2017, 56: 11755-11762.

[23] Yefei Liu, Minghua Peng, Hong Jiang, Weihong Xing, Yong Wang, Rizhi Chen*. Fabrication of ceramic membrane supported palladium catalyst and its catalytic performance in liquid-phase hydrogenation reaction. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017, 313: 1556-1566.

[24] Yang Zou, Hong Jiang, Yefei Liu, Huanxin Gao, Weihong Xing, Rizhi Chen*. Highly efficient synthesis of cumene via benzene isopropylation over nano-sized beta zeolite in a submerged ceramic membrane reactor. Separation and Purification Technology, 2016, 170: 49-56.

[25] Shuaishuai Ding, Qing Yan, Hong Jiang, Zhaoxiang Zhong, Rizhi Chen*, Weihong Xing*. Fabrication of Pd@ZIF-8 catalysts with different Pd spatial distributions and their catalytic properties. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2016, 296: 146-153.

[26] Hong Jiang, Zhengyan Qu, Ying Li, Jun Huang, Rizhi Chen*, Weihong Xing*. One-step semi-continuous cyclohexanone production via hydrogenation of phenol in a submerged ceramic membrane reactor. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2016, 284: 724-732.

[27] Cancan Wang, Hong Jiang, Changlin Chen, Rizhi Chen*, Weihong Xing*. A submerged catalysis/membrane filtration system for hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol over Cu-ZnO catalyst. Journal of Membrane Science, 2015, 489: 135-143.

[28] Cancan Wang, Hong Jiang, Changlin Chen, Rizhi Chen*, Weihong Xing*. Solvent effect on hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol over Cu-ZnO catalyst. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2015, 264: 344-350.

[29] Rizhi Chen, Honglin Mao, Xiangrong Zhang, Weihong Xing*, Yiqun Fan. A dual-membrane airlift reactor for cyclohexanone ammoximation over titanium silicalite-1. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2014, 53: 6372-6379.

[30] Hong Jiang, Xiulong Jiang, Fei She, Yong Wang, Weihong Xing, Rizhi Chen*. Insights into membrane fouling of a side-stream ceramic membrane reactor for phenol hydroxylation over ultrafine TS-1. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2014, 239: 373-380.

[31] Rizhi Chen, Jianfeng Yao, Qinfen Gu, Stef Smeets, Christian Baerlocher, Haoxue Gu, Dunru Zhu, William Morris, Omar M. Yaghi, Huanting Wang*. A two-dimensional zeolitic imidazolate framework with a cushion-shaped cavity for CO2 adsorption. Chemical Communications, 2013, 49: 9500-9502.

[32] Hanyang Li, Hong Jiang, Rizhi Chen*, Yong Wang, Weihong Xing. Enhanced catalytic properties of palladium nanoparticles deposited on a silanized ceramic membrane support with a flow-through method. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2013, 52: 14099-14106.

[33] Rizhi Chen*, Yuanguo Jiang, Weihong Xing, Wanqin Jin. Preparation of palladium nanoparticles deposited on a silanized hollow fiber ceramic membrane support and their catalytic properties. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2013, 52: 5002-5008.

[34] Rizhi Chen*, Yuanguo Jiang, Weihong Xing, Wanqin Jin. Fabrication and catalytic properties of palladium nanoparticles deposited on a silanized asymmetric ceramic support. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2011, 50: 4405-4411.

[35] Yuqi Yang, Rizhi Chen*, Weihong Xing. Integration of ceramic membrane microfiltration with powdered activated carbon for advanced treatment of oil-in-water emulsion. Separation and Purification Technology, 2011, 76: 373-377.

[36] Rizhi Chen, Zhen Bu, Zhaohui Li, Zhaoxiang Zhong, Wanqin Jin, Weihong Xing*. Scouring-ball effect of microsized silica particles on operation stability of the membrane reactor for acetone ammoximation over TS-1. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2010, 156:418-422.

[37] Rizhi Chen, Yan Du, Qinqin Wang, Weihong Xing, Wanqin Jin*, Nanping Xu. Effect of catalyst morphology on the performance of submerged nanocatalysis /membrane filtration system. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2009, 48:6600-6607.

[38] Rizhi Chen, Qinqin Wang, Yan Du, Weihong Xing, Nanping Xu*. Effect of initial solution apparent pH on nano-sized nickel catalysts in p-nitrophenol hydrogenation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2009, 145: 371-376.