Professor Hong He’s research group is committed to fundamental and applied research in environmental catalysis and its application in the control of air pollution complex. His research team focuses on the basic science issues of heterogeneous transformation of pollutants in environmental catalysis and multi-phase reaction process in atmospheric chemistry. In terms of research methods, his research team adopts a combination of theory and experiment, advanced surface/interface science methods to characterize the catalytic reaction in situ, assisted by theoretical model calculations. Based on these fundamental achievements, his research team tries to develop new theory and technology for the control of mobile/stationary source and indoor air pollution, to provide scientific and technical support for the control of air pollution complex.

Since 2003, the Center for Air Pollution Control Technology led by Academician Prof. Hong He has published more than 380 peer-reviewed scientific articles in international journals as well as Chinese journals. In addition, they applied for more than 70 national invention patents, among them 45 patents were authorized, some of which have already been implemented in commercial applications. Prof. He, as the first award winner, won the National Technology Invention Award (China, Second Class) in 2011, the National Science and Technology Progress Award (China, Second Class) in 2014, and the National Natural Science Award (China, Second Class) in 2019. Overall, they have made substantial contributions for air pollution control in China and achieved good social and economic benefits.

Reducing the nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from learn-burn engines: reduction of NOx by catalysis technology

• ·Selective catalytic reduction of NOx by NH₃ (NH₃-SCR)

• ·Selective catalytic reduction of NOx by hydrocarbons (HC-SCR)

• ·Applied techonlogy for diesel emission control

Catalytic oxidation of indoor air pollutants: reduce indoor air pollutions by catalysis technology to improve the indoor air quality

• ·Ambient HCHO oxidation

• ·Catalytic oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

• ·Catalytic oxidation of indoor air ammonia

• ·Catalytic decomposition of ozone

• ·Catalytic sterilization and disinfection

Haze chemistry: study formation mechanism of secondary particles under the condition of air pollution complex

• ·Strategic Priority Research of Chinese Academy of Sciences: Formation mechanism and control strategies of haze

• ·Synergistic effect in interface reactions

• ·Formation mechanism of secondary organic aerosol under complex pollution condition