(1) Heterogeneous catalysis
(2) Synthesis and application of molecular sieve materials
(3) Basic and applied research of shape-selective catalysis
(4) New technology of methanol and aromatics conversion
(1) Outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Prize of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Principal Contributor)
(2) The Top Prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award by China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation
(3) The Top Prize of the Technology Invention Award by China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation
(4) The First Prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award by The People’s Government of Liaoning Province
(5) The First Prize of the Technology Invention Award by The People’s Government of Dalian Municipality
(6) The Second Prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award by The Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China
1. Lei Chen, Xiaomin Zhang*, Siyu Zhang, Lanjian Xu, Yangyang Yuan, Lei Xu*, A highly efficient Fe/Beta catalyst for the liquid-phase oxidation of naphthalene: The influence of Fe species and zeolite acidity, Molecular Catalysis, 2021, 514, 111646
2. Peidong Li, Qiao Han, Yangyang Yuan, Xiaomin Zhang, Hongchen Guo, Lei Xu*, The role of boron sites in side-chain alkylation of toluene with methanol and a high performance composite catalyst, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2020, 10, 4321
3. Lei Chen, Xiaomin Zhang*, Qiao Han, Lanjian Xu, Siyu Zhang, Yangyang Yuan, Lei Xu*, Postsynthesis of hierarchical TS-1 and its unique catalytic performance in the direct hydroxylation of toluene, Applied Catalysis A, General, 2020, 598, 117588
4. Lanjian Xu, Yangyang Yuan*, Qiao Han, Lei Dong, Lei Chen, Xiaomin Zhang, Lei Xu*, High yield synthesis of nanoscale high-silica ZSM-5 zeolites via interzeolite transformation with a new strategy, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2020, 10, 7904
5. Zhihua Huang, Jie Zhang, Qiao Han, Xiaomin Zhang, Peng Lu, Lanjian Xu, Yangyang Yuan*, Lei Xu*, Promoting effects of desilication and dealumination on the catalytic performance of Al-rich HMOR for catalysing naphthalene tert-butylation with tertiary butanol, Applied Catalysis A, General, 2019, 572, 80
6. Jie Zhang, Zhihua Huang, Lanjian Xu, Xiaomin Zhang, Xinzhi Zhang, Yangyang Yuan*, Lei Xu*, Verifying the olefin formation mechanism of the methanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction over H-ZSM-48, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2019, 9, 2132
7. Qiao Han, Peidong Li, Yanfei Zhang, Peng Lu, Li Xu, Hongchen Guo, Lei Xu*, Conversion of MeOH and Toluene into Styrene and Ethylbenzene Using Composite Catalysts Containing MeOH Dehydrogenation Components, ChemCatChem, 2019, 11, 2132
8. Jie Zhang, Lanjian Xu, Yanfei Zhang, Zhihua Huang, Xiaomin Zhang, Xinzhi Zhang, Yangyang Yuan*, Lei Xu*, Hydrogen transfer versus olefins methylation: On the formation trend of propene in the methanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction over Beta zeolites, Journal of Catalysis, 2018, 368, 248
9. Yanfei Zhang, Lanjian Xu, Jie Zhang, Peidong Li, Yangyang Yuan, Hongchen Guo, Xiaomin Zhang* and Lei Xu*, Insight into the dissolution–crystallization strategy towards macro/meso/microporous Silicalite-1 zeolites and their performance in the Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2018, 8, 4526
10. Peidong Li, Qiao Han, Xiaomin Zhang, Yangyang Yuan, Yanfei Zhang, Hongchen Guo, Li Xu, Lei Xu*, A new insight into the reaction behaviors of side-chain alkylation of toluene with methanol over CsX, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2018, 8, 3346