Bao-Lian Su is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Namur, Belgium, and a Strategic Scientist at Wuhan University of Technology, China. He specializes in the design of hierarchically porous and bio-inspired materials for catalysis, artificial photosynthesis, and energy conversion. His research integrates molecular engineering with advanced material synthesis for sustainable applications. He has published over 690 peer-reviewed articles with 35 000 citations, holds 70 patents, and is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and the Royal Academy of Belgium.

Lecture Title:

Pore Science and Engineering for Green Catalysis

From single pore structure (porous materials 1.0) to hierarchical pore structure (porous materials 2.0), porous materials play a very important role in the human development. The revolution in chemical, petrochemical and environmental protection industries is inseparable from porous materials. The design and synthesis of high-efficiency porous materials is thus crucial to reducing pollution emissions, improving reaction process efficiency, supporting high-quality development of the energy and chemical industries, and achieving iterative upgrades for a sustainable evolution. 

This report will be divided into three parts: 

1) The development history of porous materials, 

2) The current development status of porous materials: Porous Materials 2.0, 

3) The future of porous materials development: Pore Science and Engineering