Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
ZHAO Ziang
Title: Associate Professor
Subject: Catalytic Chemistry
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Email: zhaoziang@dicp.ac.cn
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Research Interests

Heterogeneous catalysis, catalytic conversion of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, dehydration, selective oxidization


1. High selective synthesis of higher alcohols from syngas via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. 

2. Selective conversion of syngas to higher oxygenates via tandem catalysis. 
3. Synthesis of clean liquid fuels from syngas via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. 
4. Carbon dioxide hydrogenation to carbon monoxide/methane.
5. Dehydration of higher alcohols to long-chain α-olefins.
6. Selective Oxidization of higher alcohols to fatty acids.
Biography
Associate Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 2019/07 - present
Ph.D. in Industrial Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 2014/09 - 2019/06
B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, 2010/09 - 2014/06
Honors and Awards
Top Ten Popular Science Talent of Dalian, 2017
Outstanding Young Doctor of DICP-CAS, 2019
Outstanding Graduate of UCAS, 2019
Publications
1. Ziang Zhao, Wei Lu, Ruoou Yang, Hejun Zhu*, Yunjie Ding*, et al. Insight into the Formation of Co@Co2C Catalysts for Direct Synthesis of Higher Alcohols and Olefins from Syngas. ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8, 228. 
2. Ziang Zhao, Wei Lu, Hejun Zhu*, Wenda Dong, Yunjie Ding*, et al. Tuning the Fischer-Tropsch reaction over CoxMnyLa/AC catalysts toward alcohols: Effects of La promotion. Journal of Catalysis, 2018, 361, 156. 
3. Ziang Zhao, Wei Lu, Chenghai Feng, Hejun Zhu*, Yunjie Ding*, et al. Increasing the activity and selectivity of Co-based FTS catalysts supported by carbon materials for direct synthesis of clean fuels by the addition of chromium. Journal of Catalysis, 2019, 370, 251. 
4. Yihui Li#, Ziang Zhao#, Wei Lu, Hejun Zhu*, Yunjie Ding*, et al. Highly Selective Conversion of Syngas to Higher Oxygenates over Tandem Catalysts. ACS Catalysis. 2021, 11, 14791.(co-first author)
5. Rongwen Lu*, Ziang Zhao, Xinyu Hao, Beibei Shao, Shufen Zhang. Kinetic analysis of experiment data for the formation of C.I. Acid Blue 9 leuco compound. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2017, 25, 1422.
6. Min Zhao, Ziang Zhao, Yuan Lyu*, Wei Lu, Yunjie Ding*, et al. Co–Al Spinel as an Efficient Support for Co-Based Fischer–Tropsch Catalyst: The Effect of Metal–Support Interaction. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 2021, 60, 2849.
7. Yihui Li, Wei Lu, Ziang Zhao, Hejun Zhu*, Yunjie Ding*, et al. Tuning surface oxygen group concentration of carbon supports to promote Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. Applied Catalysis A: General. 2021, 613, 118017.
8. Min Zhao, Yihui Li, Ziang Zhao, Yuan Lyu*, Yunjie Ding*, et al. Mn doping of Co-Al spinel as Fischer-Tropsch catalyst support. Applied Catalysis A: General. 2021, 624, 118308.
9. Hong Du, Miao Jiang, Ziang Zhao, Hejun Zhu*, Yunjie Ding*, et al. Alcohol Synthesis via Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis over Activated Carbon Supported Alkaline Earth Modified Cobalt Catalyst. Catalysis Letters. 2021, 151, 3632.
10. Ruoou Yang, Zhaoming Xia, Ziang Zhao, Yunjie Ding*, Zheng Jiang*, et al. Characterization of CoMn catalyst by in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy and wavelet analysis for Fischer–Tropsch to olefins reaction. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 2019, 32, 118.