Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong 4 articles published in JoVE Chemistry Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles Supported on Carbon Nanotube with Doped Co and N Atoms and its Catalytic Applications in Hydrogen Production Pui-Ching Poon*1, Ka-Man Lee*1, Yuanhao Wang2, William Wai Yan Lam1, Peter Shu-Wai Leung1, Xiao-Ying Lu1, Weiqun Li3, B. Layla Mehdi3, Yang Lu4, Chi-Wing Tsang1, Eugene Yin Cheung Wong2 1Faculty of Science and Technology, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi), 2Department of Supply Chain and Information Management, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, 3Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, University of Liverpool, 4Laboratory of Building Environment and New Energy Resources, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Infrastructure Engineering, Dalian University of Technology Here, we present a protocol to synthesize Co nanoparticles supported on carbon nanotubes with Co- and N- dopants for hydrogen productions. Chemistry Tuning the Acidity of Pt/ CNTs Catalysts for Hydrodeoxygenation of Diphenyl Ether Weixiang Guan1, Chuang Li1, Xiao Chen1, Xiao-Ying Lu2, Chi-Wing Tsang2, Haoquan Hu3, Hongxu Qi2, Changhai Liang1 1Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Catalytic Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2Faculty of Science and Technology, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, 3State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Institute of Coal Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology A protocol for the synthesis of HNbWO6, HNbMoO6, HTaWO6 solid acid nanosheet modified Pt/CNTs is presented. Chemistry Chemical Precipitation Method for the Synthesis of Nb2O5 Modified Bulk Nickel Catalysts with High Specific Surface Area Chuang Li1, Shaohua Jin1, Weixiang Guan1, Chi-Wing Tsang2, Wing-Kin Chu2, Wai Kin Lau2, Changhai Liang1 1Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Catalytic Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2Faculty of Science and Technology, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong A protocol for the synthesis of sponge-like and fold-like Ni1-xNbxO nanoparticles by chemical precipitation is presented. Chemistry TiO2-coated Hollow Glass Microspheres with Superhydrophobic and High IR-reflective Properties Synthesized by a Soft-chemistry Method Yinting Wong1, Dan Zhong2, Aotian Song4, Yan Hu3 1Department of Biomedical Science, City University of Hong Kong, 2Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, 3Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 4Pavotech Co. Ltd. This manuscript proposes a soft-chemistry method to synthesize superhydrophobic, TiO2-coated hollow glass microspheres (HGM) with high IR-reflective properties.