Dr Shaoliang Guan

Shaoliang obtained his BSc from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China and his MSc in Chemical Enzymology from Queen's University Belfast.

His PhD was entitled 'Determination of the role of nanoparticle active sites in catalytic hydrogenation reactions by cyclic voltammetry and novel in-situ surface spectroscopies' from Cardiff University.

Shaoliang Guan

Research Interests

  • Surface chemistry of halogens with nano-particulate gold on carbon substrates, utilising a range of surface sensitive methods (STM, XPS, LEED, AFM).
  • Oxy-chlorination of CO on supported copper catalysts to generate phosgene.
  • DFT calculations of the surfaces and reactants of interest to the project.