Prof. Jarrn-Horng Lin

Prof. Chien-Hung Lin received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from National Sun Yat-sen University and currently serves as Director of the Sustainable Technology Degree Program. Over the past three decades, he has accumulated extensive experience in both industry and academia.

He previously worked for 11 years in the R&D Division of China Synthetic Rubber Corporation (CSRC), where he led the development of advanced nanocarbon materials and collaborated with Michelin (France) on the development of low rolling resistance energy-saving tires.

Prof. Lin pioneered a globally unique analytical technique—Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (Pyrolysis GC–MS)—which has since been successfully adopted by Taiwan’s tire industry. He later joined the Department of Materials Science at National University of Tainan, where he developed non-traditional copper catalysts for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes, breaking through conventional growth mechanisms.

In recent years, his research has focused on energy storage batteries and supercapacitor materials. By utilizing biomass and environmental waste materials such as spent coffee grounds, sawdust, rice husks, and waste plastics, his team has developed high-performance carbon materials capable of enhancing energy storage capacity by approximately three to five times, demonstrating strong commercialization potential.

He has also established a Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) research team, transforming carbon dioxide into methane and nanocarbon materials, thereby advancing next-generation energy storage technologies.

With over 30 years of dedication to carbon materials research, Prof. Lin has led numerous national-level research projects. In 2017, he founded the Taiwan Carbon Materials Society and organized the first International Conference on Carbon Materials in 2023, playing a pivotal role in advancing carbon materials research in Taiwan.

1. J. H. Lin* "Identification of the surface characteristics of carbon blacks by pyrolysis GC–MASS" Carbon 2002, 40, 183-187.
2. C. S. Chen*, J. H. Lin, J. H. You and C. R. Chen "Properties of Cu(thd)2 as a Precursor to Prepare Cu/SiO2 Catalyst Using the Atomic Layer Epitaxy Technique" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 15950-15951.
3. J. H. Lin*, C. S. Chen, H. L. Ma, C. Y. Hsu and H. W. Chen “Synthesis of MWCNTs on CuSO4/Al2O3 using chemical vapor deposition from methane” Carbon 2007, 45(1), 223-225.
4. C.S. Chen*, J. H. Lin, S. J. Lin, H. T. Huang and H. L. Ma "Synthesis of Carbon Nanofibers from CO2 on Ni-K/Al2O3 catalysts" Carbon 2008, 46, 369-317.
5. J. H. Lin*, C. S. Chen, H. L. Ma, C. Y. Hsu and H. W. Chen "Self-Assembly of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on a porous carbon surface by catalyst-free chemical vapor deposition" Carbon 2008, 46, 1619-1623.
6. C. S. Chen*, J. H. Lin, J. H. You and K. H. Yang "The effects of potassium on Ni-K/Al2O3 catalysts in the synthesis of carbon nanofibers by catalytic hydrogenation of CO2". J. Phys. Chem. A. 2010, 114, 3773-3781.
7. M. H. Rümmeli, A. Bachmatiuk, A. Scott, F. Börrnert, J. H. Warner, V. Hoffmann, J. H. Lin, G. Cuniberti, B. Büchner "Low temperature graphene via non-metal catalytic chemical vapor deposition" ACS Nano 2010, 4(7), 4206-4210.
8. J. H. Lin*, C. S. Chen, M. H. Rümmeli and Z. Y. Zeng "Self-assembly of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on gold surfaces" Nanoscale 2010, 2(12), 2835-2840.
9. J. H. Lin*, C. S. Chen, Z. Y. Zeng, H. L. Ma and H. W. Chen "The growth of carbon nanotubes on defect-rich graphite surfaces" Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 1637-1639.
10. J. H. Lin*, C. S. Chen, Z. Y. Zeng, C. W. Chang and H. W. Chen "Sulfate-activated growth of bamboo-like carbon nanotubes over copper catalysts" Nanoscale 2012, 4, 4757-4764.
11. H. C. Wu, Y. C. Chang, J. H. Wu, J. H. Lin, I. K. Lin and C. S. Chen "Methanation of CO2 and reverse water gas shift reactions on Ni/SiO2 catalysts: the influence of particle size on selectivity and reaction pathway" Catal. Sci. Technol. 2015, 5, 4154-416.
12. J. H. Lin* and S. B. Wang “An effective route to transform scrap tire carbons into highly-pure activated carbons with a high adsorption capacity of ethylene blue through thermal and chemical treatments” Environ. Technol. Inno. 2017, 8, 17-27.
13. C. H. Hsiao and J. H. Lin* "Growth of a Superhydrophobic Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube Forest on quartz Using Flow-vapor-Deposited Copper Catalysts" Carbon 2017, 124, 637-641.
14. M. D. Liao, C. Peng, S. P. Hou, J. Chen*, X. G. Zeng, H. L. Wang, J. H. Lin* "Large-scale synthesis of nitrogen-doped activated carbon fibers with high specific surface area for high-performance supercapacitors" Energy Technol. 2020, 8, 1901477.
15. C.-H. Chiang, J. Chen, J. H. Lin* "Preparation of pore-size tunable activated carbon derived from waste coffee grounds for high adsorption capacities of organic dyes" J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 2020, 8(4), 103929.
16. C. Peng, M. D. Liao, X. L. Lv, L. Chen, S. P. Hou, D. Min, J. Chen*, H. L. Wang and J. H. Lin* "Large-scale synthesis of highly structural-connecting carbon nanospheres as an anodes material for lithium-ion batteries with high-rate capacity" Chem. Eng. J.-Adv. 2020, 2, 100014.
17. T. H. Hsieh, H. L. Wang, G. T. Yu, G. M. Huang, J. H. Lin* "Meso-pore dominant activated carbon from spent coffee grounds for high- performance electrochemical capacitors in organic electrolyte", J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 2021, 9, 106418.
18. J. H. Lin* and C. Y. Chen "Thickness-controllable coating on graphite surface as anode materials using glucose-based suspending solutions for Lithium-ion Battery" Surf. Coating Technol. 2022, 436, 128270.
19. G. T. Yu, T. H. Hsieh,* Y.- H. Lin, J. H. Lin* "Porous Carbon Nanosheets Derived from Spent Coffee Grounds for Highly Stable Electric Double-Layer Capacitors Enabled by Structurally Complementary Carbons", ACS Sustainable Resour. Manage. 2024, 1, 76-87.
20. T. H. Hsieh, T. J. Chang, Y.- H. Lin, J. H. Lin* “One-step generation of hollow graphitic carbon nanospheres with suitable oxygenated structures as conductive additives for water-soluble binder in highly stable supercapacitor electrodes” Electrochimica Acta 2024, 483, 144050.