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Dr. Bernard Baffour Asare-Bediako

bbasarebediako@umat.edu.gh


Position

Lecturer

Department

Chemical and Petrochemical Engineering

Research Interest

Green Chemistry

Green Engineering

Catalysis

CO2 utilization

Porous materials

Ionic liquids




Dr. Asare-Bediako has postgraduate interdisciplinary education training and research experience in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry. His research interest focuses on catalytic utilisation of renewable resources (including CO2, biomass-based molecules) to chemicals and the synthesis of porous materials. He is passionate about using ionic liquids as reaction media for reactions. Overall, he focuses on applying green chemistry and green engineering principles to make contributions towards a sustainable future.

Web presence:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=judowJAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernard_Asare_Bediako

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernard-baffour-asare-bediako-3a0089123/

2021
PhD (Chemistry)
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing)
2017
MEng (Chemical Engineering)
Xiamen University (Xiamen)
2012
PGDE
University of Education, Winneba
2009
BSc (Agricultural Engineering)
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
2017--2021
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2015--2017
Xiamen University
2011--2012
University of Education, Winneba
2005--2009
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
2021--Date
Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE)
2019--Date
Chinese Chemical Society (CCS)
2021
Awardee, Excellent International Graduates, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)
2020
Bronze Award (Best Students, Physical Chemistry), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS)
2019
Best Poster Presentation Award, The 1st International Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference, Beijing- China
2017
Chinese Academy of Sciences-The World Academy of Sciences (CAS-TWAS) Fellowship
2017
Distinguished International Graduate Students, Xiamen University
2015
Awardee, Chinese Scholarship Council
2021--Date
Lecturer
  1. Asare Bediako, B. B., Qian, Q., Wang, Y., Zhang, J., Wang, Z., Li, S., Liu, H., Wu, T., Ge, M. & Han B. (2021), "Synthesis of Higher Carboxylic Acids via Reaction of Biomass-derived Polyols with CO2 and H2", Chem Catalysis, 2 1, 114-124

  2. Asare Bediako, B. B., Qian, Q. & Han B. (2021), "Synthesis of C2+ Chemicals from CO2 and H2 via C-C Bond Formation", Accounts of Chemical Research, 54 10, 2467–2476

  3. Cui, M., Qian, Q., Zhang, J., Wang, Y., Asare Bediako, B.B. , Liu, H. & Han B. (2021), "Liquid fuel synthesis via CO2 hydrogenation by coupling homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis", Chem, 7 , 726−737

  4. Chen, C., Sun, X., Yan, X., Wu, Y., Asare Bediako B.B. & Han, B. (2020), "Boosting CO2 Electroreduction on N,P-Co-doped Carbon Aerogels", Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59 , 11123

  5. Asare Bediako, B.B., Qian, Q., Zhang, J., Wang, Y., Shen, X., Shi, J., Cui, M., Yang, G. & Han B. (2019), "Ru-Catalyzed Methanol Homologation with CO2 and H2 in Ionic Liquid", Green Chemistry, 21 , 4152-4158

  6. Asare Bediako, B.B., Cao, J., Liu, Q. & Li, J. (2019), "An antisolvent crystallization involved process for drying silica hydrogel", Drying Technology, 13 , 1605-1614

  7. Asare Bediako B.B., Zhou P., Rugabirwa B., Liu Q., Su Y., Wang H. & Li J. (2019), "A switchable hydrophilicity solvent-mediated process to prepare fine silica aerogel powder as an excellent flatting agent", Advanced Powder Technology, 30 , 565–571

  8. Wang, Y., Qian, Q., Zhang, J., Asare Bediako, B.B., Liu, H. & Han, B. (2019), "Synthesis of Higher Carboxylic acids from Ethers, CO2 and H2", Nature Communications, 10 , 5395

  9. Zhang, J., Qian, Q., Wang, Y., Asare Bediako, B.B., Yang, J. & Han, B. (2019), "Synthesis of Ethanol from Aryl Methyl Ether/Lignin, CO2 and H2", Chemical Science, 10 , 10640-10646

  10. Wang, Y., Qian, Q., Zhang, J., Asare Bediako B.B., Cui, M., Yang, G., Yan, J., & Han, B. (2018), "Efficient synthesis of Ethanol by Methanol Homologation using CO2 at lower temperature", Green Chemistry, 21 , 589-596

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B. B. Asare Bediako, Q. Qian & B. Han(2022), Reduction of CO2 to Formic acid The Chemical Transformations of C1 Compounds, 1003-1026
Inorganic Chemistry