Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
PAN Xiulian
Title: Professor
Subject: Catalysis
Phone: 0411-84379969
Email: panxl@dicp.ac.cn
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Research Interests
1. Zeolites, metal oxides and nano-structured carbon for catalysis
2. Syngas chemistry
3. Activation of C-H bonds, including methane conversion, acetylene hydrogenation and hydrochlorination
4. Confined catalysis in nanopores 
Biography

1996-2001  Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Fraunhofer Institute of Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology, PhD

2001-2003  Fraunhofer Institute of Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology, Germany, Postdoctor

2003-2009  Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, associate professor

Since 2009  Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, full professor

Since 2013  Group leader for “Carbon-based Energy Nanomaterials” at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics

Honors and Awards
2020   China National Nature Science Award for the contribution to “Nano-confined Catalysis” from the State Council of the People's Republic of China
2019   Science & Technology Award for Chinese Youth 
2017   Young Woman Scientist Award of China (Sponsored by All-China Women’s Federation, China Association for Science and Technology, National Commission of The People's Republic of China for UNESCO, and L'ORéAL China)
2014   The Award for Distinguished Young Scholars from the National Natural Science Foundation of China  
Publications
1. N. Li, Y. Zhu, F. Jiao, X. Pan*, Q. Jiang, J. Cai, Y. Li, W. Tong, C. Xu, S. Qu, B. Bai, D. Miao, Z. Liu, X. Bao*, Steering the reaction pathway of syngas-to-light olefins with coordination unsaturated sites of ZnGaOx spinel". Nat. Commun. 13(2022) 2742.
2. J. Feng, D. Miao, Y. Ding, F. Jiao, X. Pan*, X. Bao*, Direct synthesis of isoparaffin-rich gasoline from syngas, ACS Energy Lett., 7(2022)1462-1468.
3. X. Pan*, F. Jiao, D. Miao, X. Bao*. Oxide-zeolite-based composite catalyst concept that enables syngas chemistry beyond Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis. Chem. Rev. 121(2021) 6588?6609.
4. Y. Chen, K. Gong, F. Jiao, X. Pan*, G. Hou*, R. Si, X. Bao. C-C Bond Formation in Syngas Conversion over Zinc Sites Grafted on ZSM-5 Zeolite. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59 (2020) 6529-6534.
5. N. Li, F. Jiao, X. Pan*, Y. Chen, J. Feng, G. Li, X. Bao*, High-quality gasoline directly from syngas by dual metal oxide-zeolite (OX-ZEO) catalysis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 58 (2019) 7400-7404.
6. F. Jiao, X. Pan*, K. Gong, Y. Chen, G. Li, X. Bao*, Shape-Selective Zeolites Promote Ethylene Formation from Syngas via a Ketene Intermediate, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 57 (2018) 4692-4696.  
7. P. Schwach, X. Pan*, X. Bao*. Direct Conversion of Methane to Value-Added Chemicals over Heterogeneous Catalysts: Challenges and Prospects. Chem. Rev. 117 (2017) 8497-8520.
8. F. Jiao, J. Li, X. Pan*, J. Xiao, H. Li, H. Ma, M. Wei, Y. Pan, Z. Zhou, M. Li, S. Miao, J. Li, Y. Zhu, D. Xiao, T. He, J. Yang, F. Qi, Q. Fu, X. Bao*, Selective conversion of syngas to light olefins. Science 351 (2016) 1065-1068.
9. J. Xiao, X. Pan*, S. Guo, P. Ren, X. Bao*. Toward Fundamentals of Confined Catalysis in Carbon Nanotubes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137 (2015) 477?482.
10. X. Li, X. Pan*, L. Yu, P. Ren, X. Wu, L. Sun, F. Jiao, X. Bao*, Silicon carbide-derived carbon nanocomposite as a substitute for mercury in the catalytic hydrochlorination of acetylene. Nat. Commun. 5 (2014) 3688.
11. D. Deng, L. Yu, X. Chen, G. Wang, L. Jin, X. Pan*, J. Deng, G. Sun, X. Bao*, Iron Encapsulated within Pod-like Carbon Nanotubes for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52 (2013) 371-375.
12. F. Zhang, X. Pan*, Y. Hu, X. Chen, P. Jiang, H. Zhang, S. Deng, T. Bolin, S. Zhang, Y. Huang, J. Zhang, X. Bao*. Tuning the redox activity of encapsulated metal clusters via the metallic and semiconducting character of carbon nanotubes. PNAS 110 (2013) 14861-14866.