Biomass conversion; ionic liquids

Xiumei Liu obtained her Ph.D. degree from Dalian University of Technology University on 2008.

Xiumei Liu, Peifang Yan, Zhanwei Xu and Zongchao Zhang*. The effect of mix-milling with P₂O₅ on cellulose physicochemical properties responsible for increased glucose yield. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021, 258(12), 117652.

(2)  Xiumei Liu, Huifang Liu, Peifang Yan, Liaoyuan Mao, Zhanwei Xu and Zongchao Zhang*. Mechanocatalytic synergy for expedited cellulosic ethanol production compatible with integrated biorefinery. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2020, 8, 6, 2399-2408.

(3)  Xiumei Liu, Peifang Yan, Zhanwei Xu, Wenjuan Xu and Zongchao Zhang*. Structure dependent toxicity of lignin phenolics and PEG detoxification in VHG ethanol fermentation. RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 99924-99932.

(4)  Xiumei Liu, Wenjuan Xu, Liaoyuan Mao, Chao Zhang, Peifang Yan, Zhanwei Xu and Zongchao Zhang*. Lignocellulosic ethanol production by starch-base industrial yeast under PEG detoxification. Scientific Reports, 2016, 20361.

(5)  Xiumei Liu, Wenjuan Xu, Chao Zhang, Peifang Yan, Songyan Jia, Zhanwei Xu and Zongchao Zhang*. Vitalized yeast with high ethanol productivity. RSC Adv., 2014,4(94), 52299-52306.

(6)  Xiumei Liu*, Huiyuan Ma, Yue Wu, Chang Wang, Miao Yang, Peifang Yan and Urs Welz-Biermann*. Esterification of glycerol with acetic acid using double SO₃H-functionalized ionic liquids as recoverable catalysts. Green. Chem., 2011, 13(3), 697-701.

(7)  Xiumei Liu, Junning Zhao, Qingshan Liu, Lixian Sun, Zhicheng Tan*, and Urs Welz-Biermann*. Heat capacity and thermodynamic properties of sulfonate-containing zwitterions. J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2010, 55, 4260-4266.

(8)  Xiumei Liu, Min Liu, Xinwen Guo*, and Jinxia Zhou. SO₃H-functionalized ionic liquids for selective alkylation of m-cresol with tert-butanol. Catal. Comm., 2008, 9, 1-7.

(9)  Xiumei Liu, Jinxia Zhou, Xinwen Guo*, Min Liu, Xiaoliang Ma, Chunshan Song, and Chang Wang. SO₃H-functionalized ionic liquids for selective alkylation of p-cresol with tert-butanol, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2008, 47, 5298-5303.

(10) Peifang Yan, Xiumei Liu, Zhanwei Xu and Zongchao Zhang*. Markedly different decomposition temperature and products of biomass pyrolysis at low temperature-differentiation of acids in their effects on pretreatment. Sustain. Chem., 2021, 2(1), 8-23.

(11) Chang Wang, Xiumei Liu, Miao Yang, Huiyuan Ma, Peifang Yan, John M. Slattery and Yanan Gao*. A green and efficient amine-functionalized ionic liquid/H₂O catalytic system for the synthesis of α,α’-bis(substituted benzylidene) cyclopentanones. RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 8796-8804.

(12) ShijuanLiu*, Xiumei Liu, Chang Wang. Isopropylation of m-cresol catalyzed byrecoverable acidic ionic liquids, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2013, 52(47), 16719-16723.

(13) Jinxia Zhou*, Xiumei Liu, Shuguang Zhang, Jingbo Mao, and  Xinwen Guo. Ab initio study of the selective alkylation of m-cresol with tert-butanol catalyzed by SO₃H-functionalized ionic liquids. Catal. Today, 2010, 149, 232-237.

(14) Peifang Yan, Miao Yang, Xiumei Liu, Chang Wang, Zhicheng Tan*, Urs Welz-Biermann*. Activity coefficients at infinite dilution of organic solutes in the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetracyanoborate [EMIM][TCB] using gas-liquid chromatography. J. Chem. Thermodynamics, 2010, 42, 817-822.

(15) Peifang Yan, Miao Yang, Xiumei Liu, Qingshan Liu, Zhicheng Tan, and Urs Welz-Biermann*. Activity coefficients at infinite dilution of organic solutes in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tris(pentafluoroethyl)trifluorophosphate [EMIM][FAP] using gas-Liquid chromatography. J. Chem. Eng. Data., 2010, 55, 2444-2450.

(16) Xiao Jiang, Peipei Li, Xiumei Liu, Xinwen Guo, Li Liu*. One-pot synthesis

-assembly-separation of cucurbit[6]uril vi SO₃H-functionalized ionic liquids,

J. Incl. Phenom Macrocycl. Chem. 2014, 80,457-461.

(17) Tingyu Huang, Zhanwei Xu, Peifang Yan, Xiumei Liu, Hongjun Fan* and Zongchao Zhang*. Direct partial oxidation of methane catalyzed by an in-situ generated active Au(III) complex at low temperature in ionic liquids, Organometallics, 2021, DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00714.

(18) Tingyu Huang, Peifang Yan, Zhanwei Xu, Xiumei Liu, Qin Xin, Haitao Liu, and Zongchao Zhang*. Structural dependence and spectroscopic evidence of methane dissolution in ionic liquids, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122(22), 6007-6016.

(19) Zhanwei Xu, Peifang Yan, Wenjuan Xu, Xiumei Liu, Zhi Xia, Benjamin Chung, Songyan Jia, and Zongchao Zhang*. Hydrogenation/hydrolytic ring opening of 5‑HMF by Cp*-Iridium(III) Half-Sandwich complexes for bioketones synthesis, ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 788-792.

(20) Chao Zhang, Wenjuan Xu, Peifang Yan, Xiumei Liu and Zongchao Zhang, Overcome the recalcitrance of eucalyptus bark to enzymatic hydrolysis by concerted ionic liquid pretreatment, Process Biochemistry, 2015, 50, 2208-2214.

(21) Peifang Yan, Zhanwei Xu, Chao Zhang, Xiumei Liu, Wenjuan Xu, Zongchao Zhang*. Fractionation of lignin from eucalyptus bark using amine-sulfonatefunctionalized ionic liquids, Green Chem., 2015, 17(11), 4913-4920.

(22) Miao Yang*, Feifei Xu, Chang Wang, Xiumei Liu, Peifang Yan, Peipei Li, and Urs Welz-Biermann*. Synthesis, characterization, and catalytic properties of two zwitterionic hybrid SBA-15 mesoporous silicas. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 4500-4506.

(23) Miao Yang*, Qingshan Liu, Peiang Yan, Xiumei Liu, Urs Weiz-Biermann*. Multiple cobalt phosphate ring system from 1-Alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate Ionic Liquids, Heterocycl. commun., 2009,15(2), 97-104.

(24) Zhanwei Xu, Peifang Yan, Huixiang Li, Kairui Liu, Xiumei Liu, Songyan Jia, Z. Conrad Zhang*, Active Cp*Iridium(III) Complex with ortho-hydroxyl group functionalized bipyridine ligand containing an electron-donating group for the production of diketone from 5‑HMF, ACS Catal., 2016, 6, 3784-3788.

(25) Songyan Jia, Kairui Liu, Zhanwei Xu, Peifang Yan, Wenjuan Xu, Xiumei Liu, Z. Conrad Zhang*. Reaction media dominated product selectivity in the isomerization ofglucose by chromium trichloride: from aqueous to non-aqueoussystems. Catalysis Today, 2014, 234, 83-90.

(26) Yansheng Chi, Changping Li*, Qingzhu Jiao, Qingshan Liu, Peifang Yan, Xiumei Liu, Urs Welz-Biermann*. Desulfurization by oxidation combined with extraction using acidic room-temperature ionic liquids. Green. Chem. 2011,13(5), ‏ 1224-1229.

(27) Zhanwei Xu, Peifang Yan, Kairui Liu, Lu Wan, Wenjuan Xu, Huixiang Li, Xiumei Liu, Z. Conrad Zhang*,  Synthesis of bis(hydroxylmethylfurfuryl)- amine monomers from 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural, ChemSusChem, 2016, 9(11), 1255-1258.

(28) Huixiang Li, Wenjuan Xu, Tingyu Huang, Songyan Jia, Zhanwei Xu, Peifang Yan, Xiumei Liu, Z. Conrad Zhang*, Distinctive aldose ismerization characteristic and the coordination chemsitry of metal chlorides in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride, ACS Catal., 2014, 4, 4446-4454.

(1)        Zongchao Zhang, Xiumei Liu. Surfactant-improved ethanol fermentation method field of the invention, 2020.10.20，欧盟，3045539

(2)         張宗超，劉秀梅, 毛燎原。界面活性剤を利用して改良したりグノセルロースの同時糖化発酵方法，2020.05.15,日本，JP2017-519930

(3)         Zongchao Zhang, Xiumei Liu.Surfactant-improved ethanol fermentation method field of the invention, 2020.12.15，印度，353702

(4)         Zongchao Zhang, Xiumei Liu. Ethanol fermentation method with surfactant improvement. 2020.04.06，马来西亚，MY-174304-A

(5)         Zongchao Zhang, Xiumei Liu, Liaoyuan Mao. Surfactant-improved simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation method for lignocellulose, 2019.09.10，美国，US 10,407,700 B2

(6)         Zongchao Zhang, Xiumei Liu. Ethanol fermentation method with surfactant improvement, 2018.10.02，加拿大，2,923,932

(7)         Zongchao Zhang, Xiumei Liu. Surfactant improved ethanol fermentation method, 2018.09.04，美国，US 10,066,243 B2

现指导学生

孙露露  硕士研究生  085600-材料与化工