Dr. Qiang Liu

Interests:

Nanocatalysts design and synthesis, green chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, reaction mechanism

Publications:

1. A. Fu, Q. Liu, M. Jiang, G. Xu. Selective N-Monomethylation of Amines and Nitroarenes using Methanol over an Encapsulated Iridium Nanocatalyst. Asian J. Org. Chem, 2019, 131, 5471-5475. DOI: external page 10.1002/ajoc.201900140
2. Q. Liu, G. Xu, Z. Wang, X. Liu, X. Wang, L. Dong, X. Mu, and H. Liu. Iridium Clusters Encapsulated in Carbon Nanospheres as Nanocatalysts for Methylation of (Bio)Alcohols. ChemSusChem, 2017, 10, 4748-4755. DOI: external page 10.1002/cssc.201701607
3. Q. Liu, G. Xu, X. Wang, X. Mu. Selective upgrading of ethanol with methanol in water for the production of improved biofuel-isobutanol. Green Chem., 2016, 18, 2811-2818. DOI: external page 10.1039/C5GC02963E
4. Q. Liu, G. Xu, X. Wang, X. Liu, and X. Mu. Highly Selective Upgrading of Biomass-Derived Alcohol Mixtures for Jet/Diesel Fuel Components. ChemSusChem, 2016, 9, 3465-3472. DOI: external page 10.1002/cssc.201601152
5. G. Xu, T. Lammens, Q. Liu, X. Wang, L. Dong, A. Caiazzo, N. Ashraf, J. Guan, X. Mu. Direct self-condensation of bio-alcohols in the aqueous phase. Green Chem., 2014, 16, 3971-3977. DOI: external page 10.1039/C4GC00510D
6. G. Xu, Q. Li, J. Feng, Q. Liu, Z. Zhang, X. Wang, X. Zhang, and X. Mu. Direct α-alkylation of ketones with alcohols in water. ChemSusChem, 2014, 7, 105-109. DOI: external page 10.1002/cssc.201300815
7. X. Liu, X. Wang, Q. Liu, G. Xu, X. Li, X. Mu. A sustainable process for the production of 2-methyl-1,4-butanediol by hydrogenation of biomass-derived itaconic acid. Catal. Today, 2016, 274, 88-93. DOI: external page 10.1016/j.cattod.2016.01.041
8. X. Liu, X. Wang, G. Xu, Q. Liu, X. Mu, H. Liu. Tuning the catalytic selectivity in biomass-derived succinic acid hydrogenation on FeOx-modified Pd catalysts. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 23560-23569. DOI: external page 10.1039/C5TA03843J

Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Qiang Liu