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This post was last edited by liaifeng on 2018-9-10 at 21:41. The achievement of \"direct production of olefins from coal-based syngas\" was included in the list of China’s Top 10 Scientific Advances of the year. Author/Source: Date: 2017-02-28. Views: 18. On February 20, the Ministry of Science and Technology announced China’s Top 10 Scientific Advances for 2016, and the achievement of Academician Bao Xinhe and Researcher Pan Xiulian’s team from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, which involved developing a new shortcut for producing olefins from coal, was among them. By leveraging the fundamental principles of nanocatalysis, this approach creatively separates the two types of catalytic active centers responsible for controlling reaction activity and product selectivity, thereby enabling the efficient one-step production of olefins from coal-based syngas. The one-pass selectivity for low-carbon olefins in the range of C2 to C4 exceeds 80%, whereas the theoretical maximum selectivity for low-carbon olefins in the conventional Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process is 58%. This breakthrough technology abandons the traditional \"Fischer-Tropsch synthesis\" route used in coal conversion for over 90 years, and fundamentally creates a new pathway for converting coal-based syngas into olefins with low water and energy consumption. The relevant research findings were published in the American journal Science (351:1065-1068). In the same issue, Science published expert commentary and perspectives under the title “Surprising Selectivity,” praising the principle-breaking advance of this research as one that would bring significant competitive advantages in industry, and it was hailed by peers in the sector as a “milestone-style breakthrough in the field of coal conversion.”