General
I'm Weiguo Cheng. I received my PhD degree from Dalian University of Technology. I am a full professor of chemical engineering at Institute of Process Engineering, CAS. I collaborated with Professor Flora Ng as a senior visiting scholar at University of Waterloo during October 2010 and February 2011. I have authored or coauthored more than 40 publications and am the holder of 17 patents including 1 PCT patent. I am very excited about my research in the field of applied catalysis, green chemical engineering and functional catalytic materials. I am privileged to be working and collaborating with many talented researchers around the world. Welcome to my webpage!
Weiguo Cheng / Call 86-10-82544800 / wgcheng@ipe.ac.cn / Institute of Process Engineering，Chinese Academy of Sciences，1 Beiertiao Zhongguancun, Beijing，China
Weiguo Cheng / Call 86-10-82544800 / wgcheng@ipe.ac.cn / Institute of Process Engineering，Chinese Academy of Sciences，1 Beiertiao Zhongguancun, Beijing，China
Education
Ph.D. Dalian University of Technology 2005
B.S. Tianjin Institute of Light Industry 1993
B.S. Tianjin Institute of Light Industry 1993
Experience
Work Experience
2014.08- present, Professor, Institute of Process Engineering, CAS
2008.05- 2014.08, Associate Professor, Institute of Process Engineering, CAS
2005.06- 2014.05, Assistant Professor, Institute of Process Engineering, CAS
1993.07- 1999.09, Engineer, Taiyuan Coates Lorilleux Chemicals Ltd
2008.05- 2014.08, Associate Professor, Institute of Process Engineering, CAS
2005.06- 2014.05, Assistant Professor, Institute of Process Engineering, CAS
1993.07- 1999.09, Engineer, Taiyuan Coates Lorilleux Chemicals Ltd
Selected Publications
1. Weiguo Cheng, Xiangsheng Wang, Gang Li, Xinwen Guo, Suojiang Zhang. Highly efficient epoxidation of propylene to propylene oxide over TS-1 using urea+hydrogen peroxide as oxidizing agent. Journal of Catalysis, 2008, 255(2), 343-346
2. Weiguo Cheng, Benneng Xiao, Jian Sun, Kun Dong, Peng Zhang, Suojiang Zhang , Flora T. T. Ng. Effect of hydrogen bond of hydroxyl-functionalized ammonium ionic liquids on cycloaddition of CO2. Tetrahedron Letters, 2015, 56(11), 1416-1419
3. Weiguo Cheng, Xi Chen, Jian Sun, Jinquan Wang, Suojiang Zhang. SBA-15 supported triazolium-based ionic liquids as highly efficient and recyclable catalysts for fixation of CO2 with epoxides. Catalysis Today, 2013,200, 117-124
4. Weiguo Cheng, Zengzeng Fu, Jinquan Wang, Jian Sun and Suojiang Zhang. ZnBr2-based choline chloride ionic liquid for efficient fixation of CO2 to cyclic carbonate. Synthetic Communications, 2012, 42 ( 17), 2564-2573
5. Weiguo Cheng, Qian Su, Jinquan Wang, Jian Sun, Flora T.T. Ng. Ionic liquids: the synergistic catalytic effect in the synthesis of cyclic carbonates. Catalysts, 2013, 3, 878-901
6. Weiguo Cheng, Fei Xu, Jian Sun, Kun Dong, Congkai Ma, Suojiang Zhang. Superbase/saccharide: an ecological benign catalyst for efficient fixation of CO2 into cyclic carbonates. Synthetic Communications, 2012, (DOI:10.1080/00397911.2016.1151050)
7. Weiguo Cheng, Xiangsheng Wang, Gang Li, Xinwen Guo, Bingjuan Du. Characterization and catalytic activity of hydrothermally treated TS-1/SiO2 in propylene epoxidation. Catalysis Letters, 2004,95(3-4),185-190
8. Weiguo Cheng, Xiangsheng Wang, Gang Li, Xinwen Guo. Highly effective epoxidation of propylene in the TS-1/ urea/ hydrogen peroxide system Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2004,25(7), 513-514
9. Weiguo Cheng, Xiangsheng Wang, Gang Li, Xinwen Guo, Qingsong Lin. Highly effective propylene epoxidation over TS-1/SiO2 hydrothermally treated. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2005,16(1), 103-106
10. Jinquan Wang, Jian Sun, Chunyan Shi, Weiguo Cheng*, Xiangping Zhang, Suojiang Zhang*. Synthesis of dimethyl carbonate from CO2 and ethylene oxide catalyzed by K2CO3 based-binary salts in the presence of H2O. Green Chem., 2011. 13, 3213-3217
11. Qian Su, Jian Sun, Jinquan Wang, Zifeng Yang, Weiguo Cheng*, Suojiang Zhang*. Urea-derived graphitic carbon nitride as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for CO2 conversion into cyclic carbonates. Catalysis Science & Technology, 2014,4, 1556-1562 12. Tianyuan Shi, Jinquan Wang, Jian Sun, Minghui Wang*, Weiguo Cheng*, Suojiang Zhang. Efficient fixation of CO2 into cyclic carbonates catalyzed by hydroxyl-functionalized poly (ionic liquids). RSC Adv., 2013, 3 (11), 3726-3732
13. Xi Chen, Jian Sun, Jinquan Wang, Weiguo Cheng*. Polystyrene-bound diethanolamine based ionic liquids for chemical fixation of CO2. Tetrahedron Letters, 2012, 53, 2684-2688
14. Benneng Xiao, Jian Sun, Jinquan Wang, Chunyan Liu*, Weiguo Cheng*. Triethanolamine/KI: a multifunctional catalyst for CO2 activation and conversion with epoxides into cyclic carbonates. Synthetic Communications, 2013, 43(22), 2985-2997
15. Jian Sun, Weiguo Cheng, Zifeng Yang, Jinquan Wang, Tiantian Xu, Jiayu Xin, Suojiang Zhang. Superbase/cellulose: An environmental benign catalyst for chemical fixation of carbon dioxide into cyclic carbonates. Green Chem., 2014,16, 3071-3078
16. Jian Sun, Weiguo Cheng, Wei Fan, Yaohong Wang, Zhenying Meng, Suojiang Zhang. Reusable and efficient polymer-supported task-specific ionic liquid catalyst for cycloaddition of epoxide with CO2. Catalysis Today,2009,148(3-4), 361-367
17. Jinquan Wang, Weiguo Cheng, Jian Sun, Tianyuan Shi, Xiangping Zhang, Suojiang Zhang. Efficient fixation of CO2 into organic carbonates catalyzed by 2-hydroxymethyl-functionalized ionic liquids. RSC Adv., 2014,4, 2360-2367
18. Wei Zhao,Weiguo Cheng, Zengxi Li, Suojiang Zhang. Oxidative esterification of methacrolein to methyl methacrylate over supported palladium catalyst, Chinese Chemical Letters, 2006,17(6), 739-742
19. Jinglin Chen, Weiguo Cheng, Hongfeng Liu，Qingsong Lin，Lianhai Lu. Vapor-phase ntration of benzene to nitrobenzene over supported sulfuric acid catalyst. Chinese Chemical Letters,2002,13(4), 311-314
20. Jian Sun, Xiaoqian Yao, Weiguo Cheng, Suojiang Zhang. 1,3-Dimethylimidazolium-2-carboxylate: A zwitterionic salt for the efficient synthesis of vicinal diols from cyclic carbonates. Green Chem., 2014,16, 3297-3304
21. Jian Sun, Lijun Han, Weiguo Cheng, Jinquan Wang, Xiangping Zhang, Suojiang Zhang. Efficient acid–base bifunctional catalysts for the fixation of CO2 with epoxides under metal- and solvent-free conditions. ChemSusChem., 2011, 4(4), 502-507
22. Jinquan Wang, Jian Sun, Weiguo Cheng, Kun Dong, Xiangping Zhang，Suojiang Zhang. Experimental and theoretical studies on hydrogen bond-promoted fixation of carbon dioxide and epoxides in cyclic carbonates. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14, 11021-11026
23. Jian Sun, Jinquan Wang, Weiguo Cheng, Jianxin Zhang, Xiaohua Li, Suojiang Zhang, Yuanbin She. Chitosan functionalized ionic liquid as a recyclable biopolymer-supported catalyst for cycloaddition of CO2. Green Chemistry, 2012, 14, 654-660
24. Jinquan Wang, Kun Dong, Weiguo Cheng, Jian Sun, Suojiang Zhang. Insights into quaternary ammonium salts-catalyzed fixation carbon dioxide with epoxides. Catalysis Science & Technology, 2012, 2, 1480-1484
25. Jian Sun, Suojiang Zhang, Weiguo Cheng. Hydroxyl-functionalized ionic liquid: A novel efficient catalyst for chemical fixation of CO2 to cyclic carbonate, Tetrahedron Letters, 2008,49, 3588-3591
26. Jinquan Wang, Jian Sun, Weiguo Cheng, Chunyan Shi, Kun Dong, Xiangping Zhang, Suojiang Zhang. Synthesis of dimethyl carbonate catalyzed by carboxylic functionalized imidazolium salt via transesterifcation reaction Catalysis Science & Technology, 2012,2, 600-605
27. Zifeng Yang, Jian Sun, Weiguo Cheng, Jinquan Wang, Qian Li, Suojiang Zhang. Biocompatible and recyclable amino acid binary catalyst for efficient chemical fixation of CO2. Catalysis Communications, 2014,44, 6-9
28. Chengxia Miao, Jinquan Wang, Bing Yu, Weiguo Cheng, Jian Sun, Sébastien Chanfreau, Liangnian He, Suo-Jiang Zhang. Synthesis of bimagnetic ionic liquid and application for selective aerobic oxidation of aromatic alcohols under mild conditions. Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 2697-2699
29. Kun Dong, Yuting Song, Xiaomin Liu, Weiguo Cheng, Xiaoqian Yao, Suojiang Zhang. Understanding structures and hydrogen bonds of ionic liquids at electronic level. J. Phys. Chem.B. J., 2012, 116, 1007-1017
30. Xianglei Meng, Yi Nie, Jian Sun, Weiguo Cheng, Jinquan Wang, Hongyan He, Suojiang Zhang. Functionalized dicyandiamide-formaldehyde polymers as efficient heterogeneous catalysts for conversion of CO2 into organic carbonates. Green Chem., 2014,16, 2771-2778
31. Jian Sun, Junyi Ren, Suojiang Zhang, Weiguo Cheng. Water as an efficient medium for the synthesis of cyclic carbonate. Tetrahedron Letters, 2009,50(4), 423-426
2. Weiguo Cheng, Benneng Xiao, Jian Sun, Kun Dong, Peng Zhang, Suojiang Zhang , Flora T. T. Ng. Effect of hydrogen bond of hydroxyl-functionalized ammonium ionic liquids on cycloaddition of CO2. Tetrahedron Letters, 2015, 56(11), 1416-1419
3. Weiguo Cheng, Xi Chen, Jian Sun, Jinquan Wang, Suojiang Zhang. SBA-15 supported triazolium-based ionic liquids as highly efficient and recyclable catalysts for fixation of CO2 with epoxides. Catalysis Today, 2013,200, 117-124
4. Weiguo Cheng, Zengzeng Fu, Jinquan Wang, Jian Sun and Suojiang Zhang. ZnBr2-based choline chloride ionic liquid for efficient fixation of CO2 to cyclic carbonate. Synthetic Communications, 2012, 42 ( 17), 2564-2573
5. Weiguo Cheng, Qian Su, Jinquan Wang, Jian Sun, Flora T.T. Ng. Ionic liquids: the synergistic catalytic effect in the synthesis of cyclic carbonates. Catalysts, 2013, 3, 878-901
6. Weiguo Cheng, Fei Xu, Jian Sun, Kun Dong, Congkai Ma, Suojiang Zhang. Superbase/saccharide: an ecological benign catalyst for efficient fixation of CO2 into cyclic carbonates. Synthetic Communications, 2012, (DOI:10.1080/00397911.2016.1151050)
7. Weiguo Cheng, Xiangsheng Wang, Gang Li, Xinwen Guo, Bingjuan Du. Characterization and catalytic activity of hydrothermally treated TS-1/SiO2 in propylene epoxidation. Catalysis Letters, 2004,95(3-4),185-190
8. Weiguo Cheng, Xiangsheng Wang, Gang Li, Xinwen Guo. Highly effective epoxidation of propylene in the TS-1/ urea/ hydrogen peroxide system Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2004,25(7), 513-514
9. Weiguo Cheng, Xiangsheng Wang, Gang Li, Xinwen Guo, Qingsong Lin. Highly effective propylene epoxidation over TS-1/SiO2 hydrothermally treated. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2005,16(1), 103-106
10. Jinquan Wang, Jian Sun, Chunyan Shi, Weiguo Cheng*, Xiangping Zhang, Suojiang Zhang*. Synthesis of dimethyl carbonate from CO2 and ethylene oxide catalyzed by K2CO3 based-binary salts in the presence of H2O. Green Chem., 2011. 13, 3213-3217
11. Qian Su, Jian Sun, Jinquan Wang, Zifeng Yang, Weiguo Cheng*, Suojiang Zhang*. Urea-derived graphitic carbon nitride as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for CO2 conversion into cyclic carbonates. Catalysis Science & Technology, 2014,4, 1556-1562 12. Tianyuan Shi, Jinquan Wang, Jian Sun, Minghui Wang*, Weiguo Cheng*, Suojiang Zhang. Efficient fixation of CO2 into cyclic carbonates catalyzed by hydroxyl-functionalized poly (ionic liquids). RSC Adv., 2013, 3 (11), 3726-3732
13. Xi Chen, Jian Sun, Jinquan Wang, Weiguo Cheng*. Polystyrene-bound diethanolamine based ionic liquids for chemical fixation of CO2. Tetrahedron Letters, 2012, 53, 2684-2688
14. Benneng Xiao, Jian Sun, Jinquan Wang, Chunyan Liu*, Weiguo Cheng*. Triethanolamine/KI: a multifunctional catalyst for CO2 activation and conversion with epoxides into cyclic carbonates. Synthetic Communications, 2013, 43(22), 2985-2997
15. Jian Sun, Weiguo Cheng, Zifeng Yang, Jinquan Wang, Tiantian Xu, Jiayu Xin, Suojiang Zhang. Superbase/cellulose: An environmental benign catalyst for chemical fixation of carbon dioxide into cyclic carbonates. Green Chem., 2014,16, 3071-3078
16. Jian Sun, Weiguo Cheng, Wei Fan, Yaohong Wang, Zhenying Meng, Suojiang Zhang. Reusable and efficient polymer-supported task-specific ionic liquid catalyst for cycloaddition of epoxide with CO2. Catalysis Today,2009,148(3-4), 361-367
17. Jinquan Wang, Weiguo Cheng, Jian Sun, Tianyuan Shi, Xiangping Zhang, Suojiang Zhang. Efficient fixation of CO2 into organic carbonates catalyzed by 2-hydroxymethyl-functionalized ionic liquids. RSC Adv., 2014,4, 2360-2367
18. Wei Zhao,Weiguo Cheng, Zengxi Li, Suojiang Zhang. Oxidative esterification of methacrolein to methyl methacrylate over supported palladium catalyst, Chinese Chemical Letters, 2006,17(6), 739-742
19. Jinglin Chen, Weiguo Cheng, Hongfeng Liu，Qingsong Lin，Lianhai Lu. Vapor-phase ntration of benzene to nitrobenzene over supported sulfuric acid catalyst. Chinese Chemical Letters,2002,13(4), 311-314
20. Jian Sun, Xiaoqian Yao, Weiguo Cheng, Suojiang Zhang. 1,3-Dimethylimidazolium-2-carboxylate: A zwitterionic salt for the efficient synthesis of vicinal diols from cyclic carbonates. Green Chem., 2014,16, 3297-3304
21. Jian Sun, Lijun Han, Weiguo Cheng, Jinquan Wang, Xiangping Zhang, Suojiang Zhang. Efficient acid–base bifunctional catalysts for the fixation of CO2 with epoxides under metal- and solvent-free conditions. ChemSusChem., 2011, 4(4), 502-507
22. Jinquan Wang, Jian Sun, Weiguo Cheng, Kun Dong, Xiangping Zhang，Suojiang Zhang. Experimental and theoretical studies on hydrogen bond-promoted fixation of carbon dioxide and epoxides in cyclic carbonates. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14, 11021-11026
23. Jian Sun, Jinquan Wang, Weiguo Cheng, Jianxin Zhang, Xiaohua Li, Suojiang Zhang, Yuanbin She. Chitosan functionalized ionic liquid as a recyclable biopolymer-supported catalyst for cycloaddition of CO2. Green Chemistry, 2012, 14, 654-660
24. Jinquan Wang, Kun Dong, Weiguo Cheng, Jian Sun, Suojiang Zhang. Insights into quaternary ammonium salts-catalyzed fixation carbon dioxide with epoxides. Catalysis Science & Technology, 2012, 2, 1480-1484
25. Jian Sun, Suojiang Zhang, Weiguo Cheng. Hydroxyl-functionalized ionic liquid: A novel efficient catalyst for chemical fixation of CO2 to cyclic carbonate, Tetrahedron Letters, 2008,49, 3588-3591
26. Jinquan Wang, Jian Sun, Weiguo Cheng, Chunyan Shi, Kun Dong, Xiangping Zhang, Suojiang Zhang. Synthesis of dimethyl carbonate catalyzed by carboxylic functionalized imidazolium salt via transesterifcation reaction Catalysis Science & Technology, 2012,2, 600-605
27. Zifeng Yang, Jian Sun, Weiguo Cheng, Jinquan Wang, Qian Li, Suojiang Zhang. Biocompatible and recyclable amino acid binary catalyst for efficient chemical fixation of CO2. Catalysis Communications, 2014,44, 6-9
28. Chengxia Miao, Jinquan Wang, Bing Yu, Weiguo Cheng, Jian Sun, Sébastien Chanfreau, Liangnian He, Suo-Jiang Zhang. Synthesis of bimagnetic ionic liquid and application for selective aerobic oxidation of aromatic alcohols under mild conditions. Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 2697-2699
29. Kun Dong, Yuting Song, Xiaomin Liu, Weiguo Cheng, Xiaoqian Yao, Suojiang Zhang. Understanding structures and hydrogen bonds of ionic liquids at electronic level. J. Phys. Chem.B. J., 2012, 116, 1007-1017
30. Xianglei Meng, Yi Nie, Jian Sun, Weiguo Cheng, Jinquan Wang, Hongyan He, Suojiang Zhang. Functionalized dicyandiamide-formaldehyde polymers as efficient heterogeneous catalysts for conversion of CO2 into organic carbonates. Green Chem., 2014,16, 2771-2778
31. Jian Sun, Junyi Ren, Suojiang Zhang, Weiguo Cheng. Water as an efficient medium for the synthesis of cyclic carbonate. Tetrahedron Letters, 2009,50(4), 423-426
Research Interests
Novel catalytic materials, Green process, Ionic liquid, Mechanisms and kinetics of catalytic reaction, CO2 utilization