Dr Tiancun Xiao
Senior Research Fellow, Inorganic Chemistry; CEO, OxCCU Tech Ltd
About
Tiancun’s research is focused on overcoming the impacts of excessive emissions.
His research group have developed novel processes and catalysts to:
- capture and utilise CO2, including turning it into jet fuel, fine chemicals or biodegradable plastics, e.g., poly glycolic acid (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyglycolide)
- strip usable hydrogen from fossil fuels and
- create clean hydrogen from plastic waste.
He is the CEO of OxCCU Tech Ltd, (www.oxccu.com) a spinout company from Oxford University.
Expertise
- Biodegradable plastics from green house gas
- Sustainable aviation fuels and CO2 utilization
- Hydrogen for indoor heating
- CO2 capture
- Energy transition
- Renewable energy
Selected publications
- Yolk-Shell Nanocapsule Catalysts as Nanoreactors with Various Shell Structures and Their Diffusion Effect on the CO2 Reforming of Methane. (2021)
- D-orbital nano oxide catalysts for indoor air purification
- Transforming carbon dioxide into jet fuel using an organic combustion-synthesized Fe-Mn-K catalyst
- Microwave-initiated catalytic deconstruction of plastic waste into hydrogen and high-value carbons
Recent media work
- Turning CO2 into aviation fuel
- New, cheaper catalyst turns carbon dioxide into jet fuel | Research | Chemistry World
- Green travel: Electric planes, recycled roads and is that fuel made from coffee? | ITV News Meridian
- Letter: COP26 should highlight an aviation fuel innovation | Financial Times (ft.com)
- Iron catalyst converts CO₂ to jet fuel (acs.org)
- Could Carbon Dioxide Be Turned Into Jet Fuel? | WIRED
- Oxford researchers hope to convert carbon dioxide into jet fuel - The Washington Post
- No more guilt trips? Revolutionary process converts CO2 into jet fuel | Daily Mail Online
Languages
English, Chinese (Mandarin)