Sun Kang

Prof.  Sun Kang

Organization: Research Institute of Chemical Processing and Utilization of Forest Products, Chinese Academy of Forestry

Research category: Chemical Processing Engineering of Forest Products

Research field: Biomass pyrolysis; advanced carbon materials

E-mail: Sunkang@icifp.cn

Main work

Prof. Sun Kang specialized in the theoretical research, technology development and achievement transformation of bio-based advanced carbon materials, focusing on the research and development of advanced carbon materials such as energy storage, catalysis, and high-adsorption activated carbon. He has presided over more than 20 national key R&D projects, national funds and other projects, published more than 56 research papers in journals such as Angew, Applied Catalysis B, and Small, formulated 8 national and industry standards, and authorized 11 invention patents. He won the first prize of Henan Science and Technology Progress Award (ranked 1st), the first prize of Liang Xi Science and Technology Progress Award (ranked 2nd), the second prize of Jiangsu Science and Technology Progress Award (ranked 2nd), and the "Golden Bridge Award" of China Technology Market Association (ranked 1st), and served as the deputy secretary-general of the Activated Carbon Branch of China Forest Products Industry Association and the deputy secretary-general of the Agricultural Power Branch of China Energy Research Society.

Key research projects

  • National Key R&D Program Projects: Key Technologies for Creating Advanced Energy Materials from Lignin Residues in the Production Process of Biomass Liquid Fuel 2023-2027

  • National Natural Science Foundation: Research on the adsorption mechanism of gaseous mercury on coconut shell activated carbon and its surface chemical modification regulation, 2018-2021

Awards & achievements

  • The first Prize of Henan Province Science and Technology Progress Award (2021)

  • Second Prize of Jiangsu Province Science and Technology Progress Award (2021)

  • National prize for science and technology award (2013)

  • National prize for science and technology award (2009)

Published articles & books

  • Ning Shuwang, Li Meng, Wang Xuan, Zhang Di, Zhang Baiyu, Wang Caikang, Sun Dongmei, Tang Yawen, Li Hao, Sun Kang*, Fu Gengtao*. Importing Antibonding‐Orbital Occupancy through Pd-O-Gd Bridge Promotes Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction. Angew. Chem. 2023, 62(52):

  • Wu Dichao, Zhang Gaoyue, Wang Ao, Sun Kang*. Lignin derived carbon with Pyridine N-B doping and Nano-sandwich structure for high and stable lithium storage. Carbon Energy. 2023.

  • Zhou Guangyao, Zhang Sike, Zhu Yufeng, Li Jing, Sun Kang*, Pang Huan, Zhang Mingyi, Tang Yawen* and Lin Xu*. Manipulating the Rectifying Contact between Ultrafine Ru Nanoclusters and N‐Doped Carbon Nanofibers for High‐Efficiency pH‐Universal Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. Small 2023, 19. 2206781.

  • Yuan Qixin, Fan Mengmeng*, Sun Kang*. Facile fabrication of carbon dots containing abundant h-BN/graphite heterostructures as efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen peroxide synthesis. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2023, 324, 122195.

  • Zhu Haotian, Wu Dichao, Zhang Gaoyue, Wang Ao, Sun Kang*. The effects of doped phosphorus on the electrochemical performance of hard carbon anode for lithium ion capacitors, Journal of Energy Storage. 2023, 57, 106172