Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
LIU Yong
Title: Professor
Subject: Industrial Catalysis
Phone: 0411-84379468
Email: yongl@dicp.ac.cn
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Research Interests
1. Syngas conversion to valuable chemicals

2. Carbonylation reaction such as dimethyl ether etc.

3. Ester hydrogenation to alcohols

Biography
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Professor, 2022/07 - present: 
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Associate Professor, 2012/12 - 2022/06: 
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Assistant Professor, 2009/04 - 2012/11: 
Toyama University, Japan, Ph. D., Catalysis and Energy Material, 2005/10 - 2009/3: 
Dalian University of Technology, M.S, Chemical Engineering and Technology, 2001/09 - 2005/10 
University of Science and Technology Liaoning, B.S., City Gas Engineering, 1997/09 - 2001/07 
Honors and Awards
Science & Technology for Development Award, CAS, 2018 (Personal Ranking 6/10)
Publications
1. Fang Zhang, Zhi Yang Chen, Xu Dong Fang, Hong Chao Liu, Yong Liu*, Wen Liang Zhu*, Catalytic activity of Cu/ZnO catalysts mediated by MgO promoter in hydrogenation of methyl acetate to ethanol, J. Energy Chem. 61 (2021) 203.

2. Jie Liu, Yong Liu*, Hong Chao Liu, Yi Fu, Zhi Yang Chen, Wen Liang Zhu*, Silicalite-1 Supported ZnO as an Efficient Catalyst for Direct Propane Dehydrogenation, ChemCatChem 13 (2021) 4780.

3. Jie Liu#, Yong Liu#, You Ming Ni, Hong Chao Liu, Wen Liang Zhu*, Zhong Min Liu*, Enhanced propane dehydrogenation to propylene over zinc-promoted chromium catalysts, Catal. Sci. Technol. 10 (2020) 1739.

4. You Ming Ni, Yong Liu, Zhi Yang Chen, Miao Yang, Hong Chao Liu, Yan Li He, Yi Fu, Wen Liang Zhu*, Zhong Min Liu*, Realizing and Recognizing Syngas-to-Olefins Reaction via a Dual-Bed Catalyst, ACS Catal. 9 (2019) 1026.

5. You Ming Ni, Zhi Yang Chen, Yi Fu, Yong Liu, Wen Liang Zhu*, Zhong Min Liu*, Selective conversion of CO2 and H2 into aromatics, Nat. Commu. 9 (2018) 3457