About Shigang Sun’s work
Shigang Sun held a Croucher Visitorship at Hong Kong Baptist University from October 1995 to March 1996. At the time, Sun was based at Xiamen University.
Biography
Shigang Sun graduated from Xiamen University in 1982, upon graduation he pursued a Doctorate at Université Curie in Paris, France. After receiving a National Doctorate from Université Curie in Paris, France in 1986, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Interfacial Electrochemistry of the French Academy of Sciences. In 1987 He returned to China and entered Xiamen University as a postdoctoral fellow in chemistry. Sun proposed a structural model of electrocatalytic active sites, revealing the structure-activity relationship between surface atomic arrangement and electrocatalytic performance.
A highly sensitive and time-resolved electrochemical in-situ infrared reflectance spectroscopy method was developed to systematically study the electrocatalytic process and elucidate the interaction mechanism between various organic small molecules and the platinum electrode surface. Created an electrochemical structure controlled synthesis method, solved the problem of preparing high surface energy nanocrystals, and prepared for the first time high surface energy platinum icosahedral nanocrystals surrounded by high index crystal faces, significantly improving the activity of platinum catalysts.