(1) Synthesis of renewable aviation fuels with lignocellulose.
(2) Synthesis of renewable polycarboxylic acids with lignocellulosic platform compounds.
1. Zhenjie Yu, Zhufan Zou, Ran Wang, Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Yu Cong, Tao Zhang,* Ning Li,* Synthesis of Cyclopentadiene and Methylcyclopentadiene with Xylose or Extracted Hemicellulose, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202300008.
2. 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.
3. Zhenjie Yu, Guangyi Li, Fang Lu, Xiaoqin Si, Aiqin Wang, Xiaodong Wang, Yu Cong, Tao Zhang, Ning Li*, Synthesis of renewable nylon monomers with poplar wood, Chem Catalysis, 2022, 2(3): 595-609.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
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.
