Synthesis and applications of nanomaterials with sophisticated nanostructures and compositions; Synthesis and applications of zeolites

2011.09–2015.08  Ph. D Candidate in Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Supervisors: Prof. Qihua Yang. Thesis: Sulfonic acid functionalized organic-inorganic hybrid mesoporous materials as solid acid catalyst.

2008.09–2011.01  Master in chemical technology, Advisor Prof. Benxian Shen, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST).

2004.09–2008.07  B.S. in Chemical engineering and technology, Qingdao University of Science and Technology (QUST), China.

   

1. Xiaomin Zhang, Yaopeng Zhao, Shutao Xu, Yan Yang, Jia Liu, Yingxu Wei, Qihua Yang,* Polystyrene sulphonic acid resins with enhanced acid strength via macromolecular self-assembly within confined nanospace. Nature Communications, 2013, 5, 3170.

2. Xiaomin Zhang, Lei Zhang, Qihua Yang,* Designed synthesis of sulfonated polystyrene/mesoporous silica hollow nanospheres as efficient solid acid catalysts. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014, 2 (20), 7546-7554.

3. Xiaomin Zhang, Yaopeng Zhao, Qihua Yang,* PS-SO3H@phenylenesilica with yolk-double-shell nanostructures as efficient and stable solid acid catalysts. Journal of catalysis, 2014, 320, 180-188.2. Li Ding, Fuwei Xie, Mingyue Zhao, Jianping Xie* and Guowang Xu*, Rapid characterization of the sucrose esters from oriental tobacco using liquid chromatography/ion trap mass spectrometry, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom, 20, 1-7 (2006)

4. LeiChen, XiaominZhang*, QiaoHan, LanjianXu, SiyuZhang, YangyangYu ana LeiXu*, Postsynthesis of hierarchical TS-1 and its unique catalytic performance in the direct hydroxylation of toluene, Applied Catalysis A: General, Accepted.

5. 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, 4526-4536.

6. Yanfei Zhang, Peng Lu, Yangyang Yuan, Li Xu, Hongchen Guo, XiaominZhang*, Lei Xu*, One pot synthesis of hierarchically macro/microporous ZSM-5 single crystals, CrystEngComm, 2017.8.28, 19(32): 4713-4719(front cover).

7. Peng Lu, Lei Chen, Yanfei Zhang, Yangyang Yuan, Li Xu, Xiaomin Zhang*, Lei Xu*, Rapid synthesis of ZSM-22 zeolites using imidazolium-based ionic liquids as OSDAs in fluoride media. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2016, 236, 193-201.

8. Lei Chen, Peng Lu, Yangyang Yuan, Li Xu, Xiaomin Zhang*, Lei Xu*, Hydrothermal synthesis of nanosized ZSM-22 and their catalytic performances in the conversion of methanol. Chinese journal of catalysis, 2016, 37, 1381-1388.