(1) Synthesis, characterization and catalytic applications of molecular sieves

(2) Heterogeneous catalysis

2008.09-2014.07:  Ph.D Candidate in Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China

2004.09-2008.07: Bachelor student in College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China

2019.07-present: Associate Professor in Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2017.07-2019.06: Assistant Professor in Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2015.04-2017.04:  FFCSA Post-doctoral fellow in Laboratory of Catalysis and Spectrochemistry （ENSICAEN, Caen-Normandie University, CNRS), Caen, France

1. Kaipeng Cao^Δ, Dong Fan^Δ, Lingyun Li, Benhan Fan, Linying Wang, Dali Zhu, Quanyi Wang, Peng Tian* and Zhongmin Liu*. Insights into the Pyridine-Modified MOR Zeolite Catalysts for DME Carbonylation, ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 3372-3380. 

2. Dong Fan, Nicolas Barrier, Aurelie Vicente, Jean-Pierre Gilson, Simon Clevers, Valerie Dupray, Gerard Coquerel and Valentin Valtchev*. Organic template-free synthesis of an open framework silicoaluminophosphate (SAPO) with high thermal stability and high ionic conductivity, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2020,7, 542-553

3. Dong Fan, Yuyan Qiao, Kaipeng Cao, Lijing Sun, Shutao Xu, Peng Tian* and Zhongmin Liu*. Preparation of hierarchical SAPO-18 via alkaline/acid etching, Micro. Meso. Mater. 2020, 300,1101563

4. Miao Yang, Dong Fan, Yingxu Wei, Peng Tian* and Zhongmin Liu*. Recent Progress in Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) Catalysts, Adv. Mater. 2019, 1902181.

5. Yi Cao, Dong Fan, Lijng Sun, Miao Yang, Lei Cao, Tantan Sun, Shutao Xu, Peng Tian* and Zhongmin Liu*. The self-protection effect of reactant gas on the moisture stability of CuSAPO-34 catalyst for NH₃-SCR, Chemical Engineering Journal 2019,374,832-839

6. Beibei Gao^Δ, Dong Fan^Δ, Lijing Sun, Hongyu An, Fengtao Fan, Shutao Xu, Peng Tian* and Zhongmin Liu*. Insights into the aminothermal crystallization process of SAPO-34 and its comparison with hydrothermal system, Micro. Meso. Mater. 2017, 248, 204-213. 

7. Dong Fan, Peng Tian*, Shutao Xu, Dehua Wang, Yue Yang, Jinzhe Li, Quanyi Wang, Miao Yang and Zhongmin Liu*, SAPO-34 templated by dipropylamine and diisopropylamine: synthesis and catalytic performance in the methanol to olefin (MTO) reaction, New J. Chem., 2016, 40, 4236-4244

8. Dong Fan, Peng Tian, Xiong Su, Yangyang Yuan, Dehua Wang, Chan Wang, Miao Yang, Linying Wang, Shutao Xu, Zhongmin Liu*, 2013, Aminothermal Synthesis of CHA-Type SAPO Molecular Sieves and Their Catalytic Performance in Methanol to Olefins (MTO) Reaction, J. Mater. Chem. A., 2013, 1, 14206-14213

9. Dong Fan, Peng Tian, Shutao Xu, Qinghua Xia, Xiong Su, Lin Zhang, Ying Zhang, Yanli He and Zhongmin Liu*, A Novel Solvothermal Approach to Synthesize SAPO Molecular Sieves Using Organic Amines as the Solvent and Template, J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 6568-6574

(1) Designed synthesis of zeolite materials

(2) Zeolite-related heterogeneous catalysis 

(3) High-efficiency catalyst development for specified reactions