Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
LI Ning
Title: Professor
Subject: Industrial Catalysis
Phone: 0411-84379738
Email: lining@dicp.ac.cn
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Research Interests

1. Synthesis of renewable aviation fuels with lignocellulose.

2. Synthesis of renewable polycarboxylic acids with lignocellulosic platform compounds.

Biography
1. 2015/07-present: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Professor
2. 2010/09-2015/06: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Associate Professor
3. 2008/09-2010/08: University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Post-doc
4. 2005/09-2008/08: Institute of Research on Catalysis Lyon (IRCE LYON), Post-doc
5. 2004/07-2005/08: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Assistant Professor
6. 2000/09-2004/07: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Ph.D, Industrial Catalysis
7. 1997/09-2000/07: Jilin University, M.S., Physical Chemistry
8. 1993/09-1997/07: Jilin University, B.S., Applied Chemistry
Honors and Awards
2006-2008 Marie Curie (FP-6) international incoming fellowship from European Commission.
Publications

1. Lin Yuan, Yancheng Hu, Zhitong Zhao, Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Yu Cong, Feng Wang,* Tao Zhang,* Ning Li,* Production of Copolyester Monomers from Plant-Based Acrylate and Acetaldehyde, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61(4): e202113471.

2. Yanting Liu, Ran Wang, Haifeng Qi, Xiao Yan Liu, Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Xiaodong Wang, Yu Cong, Tao Zhang,* Ning Li,* Synthesis of bio-based methylcyclopentadiene via direct hydrodeoxygenation of 3-methylcyclopent-2-enone derived from cellulose, Nature Communications, 2021, 12(1): 46.

3. Ran Wang, Yanting Liu, Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Xiaodong Wang, Yu Cong, Tao Zhang, Ning Li,* Direct Synthesis of Methylcyclopentadiene with 2,5-Hexanedione over Zinc Molybdates, ACS Catalysis, 2021, 11(8): 4810-4820.

4. Guangyi Li, Baolin Hou, Aiqin Wang, Xuliang Xin, Yu Cong, Xiaodong Wang, Ning Li,* Tao Zhang*, Making JP-10 Superfuel Affordable with a Lignocellulosic Platform Compound, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58(35)：12154-12158.

5. Yanting Liu, Guangyi Li, Yancheng Hu, Aiqin Wang, Fang Lu, Ji-Jun Zou, Yu Cong, Ning Li,* Tao Zhang*, Integrated Conversion of Cellulose to High-Density Aviation Fuel, Joule, 2019, 3:1028-1036.

6. Xueru Sheng, Guangyi Li, Wentao Wang, Yu Cong, Xiaodong Wang, George W. Huber, Ning Li,* Aiqin Wang, Tao Zhang*, Dual-bed catalyst system for the direct synthesis of high density aviation fuel with cyclopentanone from lignocellulose, AIChE Journal, 2016, 62(8): 2754-2761.

7. Yancheng Hu, Zhitong Zhao, Yanting Liu, Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Yu Cong, Tao Zhang, Feng Wang*, Ning Li,* Synthesis of 1,4‐Cyclohexanedimethanol, 1,4‐Cyclohexanedicarboxylic Acid and 1,2‐Cyclohexanedicarboxylates from Formaldehyde, Crotonaldehyde and Acrylate/Fumarate, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57(23): 6901-6905.

8. Jilei Xu, Ning Li*, Xiaofeng Yang, Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Yu Cong, Xiaodong Wang, Tao Zhang*, Synthesis of Diesel and Jet Fuel Range Alkanes with Furfural and Angelica Lactone, ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7(9): 5880-5886.

9. Yancheng Hu, Ning Li,* Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Yu Cong, Xiaodong Wang, Tao Zhang,* Solid Acid-Catalyzed Dehydration of Pinacol Derivatives in Ionic Liquid: Simple and Efficient Access to Branched 1,3-Dienes, ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7(4): 1663-1667.

10. Jinfan Yang, Shanshan Li, Leilei Zhang, Xiaoyan Liu, Junhu Wang, Xiaoli Pan, Ning Li,* Aiqin Wang, Yu Cong, Xiaodong Wang, Tao Zhang,* Hydrodeoxygenation of furans over Pd-FeOx/SiO2 catalyst under atmospheric pressure, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2017, 201, 266-277.