(1) Catalytic conversion of biomass.
(2) Subnano- and single-atom catalysts.
(3) Green synthesis of value-added chemicals.
1. 2009-: Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
2. 2005-2008: Associate professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics;
3. 2003-2005: Postdoc research scientist, Taiwan University;
4. 2001-2003: Assistant professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics;
5. 1997-2001: PhD student of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, received PhD degree in 2001.
6. 1993-1997: Research assistant, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics;
7. 1990-1993: Graduate student of Dalian University of Technology, received Master degree in 1993;
8. 1986-1990: Undergraduate student of Dalian University of Technology, received BS degree in 1990;
(1) Outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Prize of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2009.
(2) Natural Science award of Liaoning province, 2022.
[1] Botao Qiao, Aiqin Wang, Xiaofeng Yang, Lawrence F. Allard, Zheng Jiang, Yitao Cui, Jingyue Liu*, Jun Li*, Tao Zhang*, Single-atom catalysis of CO oxidation using Pt1/FeOx, Nature Chem.,2011, 3: 634-641.
[2] Aiqin Wang, Tao Zhang*, One-pot conversion of cellulose to ethylene glycol with multifunctional tungsten-based catalysts, Acc. Chem. Res., 2013, 46: 1377-1386.
[3] Haisheng Wei, Xiaoyan Liu, Aiqin Wang*, Leilei Zhang, Botao Qiao, Xiaofeng Yang, Yanqiang Huang, Shu Miao, Jingyue Liu*, Tao Zhang*, FeOx-supported platinum single-atom and pseudo-single-atom catalysts for chemoselective hydrogenation of functionalized nitroarenes, Nat. Comm., 2014, 5: 5634.
[4] Wengang Liu, Leilei Zhang, Xin Liu, Xiaoyan Liu, Xiaofeng Yang, Shu Miao, Wentao Wang, Aiqin Wang*, Tao Zhang*, Discriminating Catalytically Active FeNx Species of Atomically Dispersed Fe-N-C Catalyst for Selective Oxidation of the C-H Bond, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139(31): 10790–10798.
[5] Haifeng Qi, Ji Yang, Fei Liu, LeiLei Zhang*, Jingyi Yang, Xiaoyan Liu, Lin Li, Yang Su, Yuefeng Liu, Rui Hao, Aiqin Wang*, Tao Zhang*, Highly selective and robust single-atom catalyst Ru1/NC for reductive amination of aldehydes/ketones, Nat. Commun., 2021, 12: 3295.
[6] Yanliang Zhou, Fenfei Wei, Haifeng Qi, Yicong Chai, Liru Cao, Jian Lin*, Qiang Wan, Xiaoyan Liu, Yanan Xing, Sen Lin*, Aiqin Wang*, Xiaodong Wang*, Tao Zhang, Peripheral-nitrogen effects on the Ru1 centre for highly efficient propane dehydrogenation, Nat. Catal., 2022, 5(12): 1145-1156.
[7] Ji Yang, Haifeng Qi, Anqi Li, Xiaoyan Liu, Xiaofeng Yang, Shengxin Zhang, Qiao Zhao, Qike Jiang, Yang Su, Leilei Zhang, Jian-Feng Li*, Zhong-Qun Tian, Wei Liu*, Aiqin Wang*, Tao Zhang, Potential-Driven Restructuring of Cu Single Atoms to Nanoparticles for Boosting the Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144(27): 12062-12071.
[8] Haifeng Qi, Yurou Li, Zhitong Zhou, Yueqiang Cao, Fei Liu, Weixiang Guan, Leilei Zhang, Xiaoyan Liu, Lin Li, Yang Su, Kathrin Junge, Xuezhi Duan*, Matthias Beller*, Aiqin Wang*, Tao Zhang, Synthesis of piperidines and pyridine from furfural over a surface single-atom alloy Ru1CoNP catalyst, Nat. Commun., 2023, 14: 6329.
[9] An Wang, Leilei Zhang*, Zhounan Yu, Shengxin Zhang, Lin Li, Yujing Ren, Ji Yang, Xiaoyan Liu, Wei Liu, Xiaofeng Yang, Tianyu Zhang*, Aiqin Wang*, Ethylene Methoxycarbonylation over Heterogeneous Pt1/MoS2 Single-Atom Catalyst: Metal-Support Concerted Catalysis, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146: 695-706.
[10] Zhounan Yu, Shengxin Zhang, Leilei Zhang*, Xiaoyan Liu, Zhenghao Jia, Lin Li, Na Ta, An Wang, Wei Liu*, Aiqin Wang*, Tao Zhang, Suppressing Metal Leaching and Sintering in Hydroformylation Reaction by Modulating the Coordination of Rh Single Atoms with Reactants, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146: 11955-11967.