Biography

Prof. Chenglin Sun (born: 1963, Liaoning, China) began his research career in Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics since 1988. The major research field is Industrial Wastewater Treatment. Prof. Sun focuses on the research and development of industrial catalysts and wastewater treatment technologies. To date, Prof. Sun has filed over 100 patent applications, been granted 60 patents, achieved 9 appraisal-certified research accomplishments, and published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers. Prof. Sun has supervised nearly 50 postdoctoral fellows, doctoral students, and master's students.

Research Interests

1. To develop industrial catalysis for its application

2. To treat industrial organic wastewater

Research focuses are thus placed on:

1. Development and application of industrial catalyst and new process;

2. Wet air catalytic oxidation of industrial wastewater;

3. Photocatalysis and electro-photocatalysis;

4. Biological treatment of wastewater;

5. Combination of bio-treatment and other physic-chemical method;

6. Electro-heterogeneous catalysis.

Educational Background


1988 M.S. in Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Liaoning, China

1985 B.S. in Chemistry Department, Shandong University, Shandong, China

Working Experience


2026.03 - Present Academic Counsellor of 2D Materials Chemistry and Energy Applications Group at DICP

2023.12 - 2026.02 Academic Counsellor of the Wastewater Treatment Engineering Research Group at DICP

1999 - 2023 Head of the Wastewater Treatment Engineering Research Group, a Distinguished Researcher, and a Doctoral Supervisor at DICP, CAS

1998 - 1999 Research on environmental catalysis at the Laboratory of Surface and Reactivity, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)

Projects and honors


Prof. Sun has led projects under the national "Eighth Five-Year Plan" and "Ninth Five-Year Plan" key research programs. Prof. Sun was one of the principal investigators for the project "Synthesis of Light Olefins (Ethylene, Propylene, etc.) from Syngas via Dimethyl Ether", which received the Special Award for Scientific and Technological Progress from the CAS in 1996, as well as the National Key Science and Technology Achievement Award during the Eighth Five-Year Plan period, jointly conferred by the State Planning Commission, the State Science and Technology Commission, and the Ministry of Finance. From 2000 to 2001, Prof. Sun led the development of a vehicle-mounted wet catalytic oxidation wastewater treatment system (0.5 ton/day), for which he received the Second Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress from the State Machinery Industry in 2002. In 2002, Prof. Sun served as Principal Investigator for the National High-Tech R&D Program (863 Program) key project "Development of Catalysts and Reactors for Wet Catalytic Oxidation Technology". In 2009, Prof. Sun directed the 863 Program project "Enhanced Catalytic Oxidation Integrated Technology and Equipment". In 2015, Prof. Sun was awarded the Second Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress by Shandong Province.

Other duties


1. Member of the Chemical Physical Hazard Technical Committee under the State Administration of Work Safety

2. Executive Council Member of the Dalian Society of Environmental Sciences

3. Council Member of the Dalian Chemical Engineering Society

4. Member of the Technical Committee of the Dalian Petrochemical Engineering Society

5. Member of the Second Expert Group of the Dalian Municipal Emergency Management Committee

6. The Chairperson of the Dalian Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association

7. Evaluation expert for the Dalian Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Dalian Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology, Dalian Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, and Dalian Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment

Publications


1. Shengzhe Wang, Xianru Li, Weiyang Xue, Bin Gu, Peiwei Han, Chenxing Yao, Huangzhao Wei*, Chenglin Sun*, Surface hydroxyl groups mediated g-C3N4-Modified perovskite catalytic ozone oxidation interface activation and silicon salt resistance mechanism, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 490: 151302

2. Mengyang Liu, Lingxi Huang, Yuping Duan, Bin Gu*, Jingmei Li, Huangzhao Wei, Weiyang Xue, Yukun Jiang, Chenglin Sun*, Heating induced self-assemble pomegranate-like Fe3C@Graphite magnetic microspheres on amorphous carbon for high-performance microwave absorption, Composites Part B: Engineering, 2023, 260: 110767

3. Shengzhe Wang, Lei Ma, Rui Wang, Chengyu Jin, Ying Zhao, Xuefei Tan, Yanan Zhang, Mengyang Liu, Chenxing Yao, Huangzhao Wei*, Chenglin Sun*, Fe3C@C/C for catalytic ozonation of silicon-containing wastewater: dual improvement of silicon resistance and catalytic effect, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2023, 136: 65-77

4. Xiangdong Tan, Huanqiao Li, Xianru Li, Wenjing Sun, Chengyu Jin, Lili Chen, Huangzhao Wei*, Chenglin Sun*, A novel isophorone wastewater treatment technology-wet electrocatalytic oxidation and its degradation mechanism study, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020, 389: 122035

5. Wenjing Sun, Huangzhao Wei, Lu yang An, Chengyu Jin, Huiling Wu, Zi-ang Xiong, Chunying Pu*, Chenglin Sun*, Oxygen vacancy mediated La1-xCexFeO3-δ perovskite oxides as efficient catalysts for CWAO of acrylic acid by A-site Ce doping, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2019, 245: 20-28