Education
Sep. 2014-Nov. 2019, PhD in Organic Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Dalian, China
Sep. 2010-Sep. 2014, BSc in Chemical Engineering and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Work Experience
Feb. 2020- to present
Associate professor in Department of Bioenergy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Dalian, China
Research Interest
1. Photocatalytic reconstruction of biomass carbon chains
2. Photocatalytic conversion of alkanes
3. Photochemical synthesis of catalysts
Projects
The Youth Innovation Promotion Association (YIPA) of the CAS, 2023-2026
General Project of NSFC, 2022-2025
Research Funding for Innovative Exploration, DICP-CAS, 2024-2025
The Young Scientist Funding of NSFC, 2021-2023
Awards
1. First Prize of Dalian Natural Science, 2023, the second contributor
2. First Prize of Liaoning Provincial Natural Science Academic Achievement Award, 2022
3. CPCIF-Clariant Sustainable Development Youth Innovation Award, China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, 2021
4. Chinese Academy of Sciences President's Special Award, CAS, 2019
Publications
1. Luo, N.; Montini, T.; Zhang, J.; Fornasiero, P.; Fonda, E.; Hou, T.; Nie, W.; Lu, J.; Liu, J.; Heggen, M.; Lin, L.; Ma, C.; Wang, M.; Fan, F.; Jin, S.; Wang, F*. Visible-light-driven coproduction of diesel precursors and hydrogen from lignocellulose-derived methylfurans. Nat. Energy 2019, 4, 575-584.
2. Gao, Z.#; Ren, P.#; Sun, L.; Luo, N.*; Wang, F*. Photocatalysts for steering charge transfer and radical reactions in biorefineries. Nat. Syn. 2024, 3, 438-451.
3. Ren, P.#; Gao, Z.#; Montini, T.#; Zhao, Z.; Ta, N.; Huang, Y.; Luo, N.*; Fonda, E.; Fornasiero, P.*; Wang, F*. Stepwise photo-assisted decomposition of carbohydrates to H2. Joule 2023, 7, 333-349.
4. Xu, Q.#; Ren, P.#; Peng, Y.; Luo, N.*; Gao, Z.; Meng, C.; Zhang, J.; Wang, F*. Photocatalytic 2-Iodoethanol Coupling to Produce 1,4-Butanediol Mediated by TiO2 and a Catalytic Nickel Complex. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202301668.
5. Gao, Z.#; Mu, J.#; Zhang, J.; Huang, Z.; Lin, X.; Luo, N.*; Wang, F*. Hydrogen bonding promotes alcohol C-C coupling. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 18986-18994.
6. Liu, S.#; Huang, Y.#; Luo, N.*; Zhang, J.; Qiao, B.; Wang, F. Water-Mediated Photocatalytic Coproduction of Diesel Fuel Additives and Hydrogen from Dimethyl Ether. ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 6807-6815.
7. Sun, L.; Luo, N*. Catalyst design and structure control for photocatalytic refineries of cellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals. J. Energy Chem. 2024, 94, 102-127.
8. Ren, P.#; Zhou, Y.#; Su, K.; Sun, L.; Luo, N.*; Wang, F. Visible-Light-Driven Furfural Oxidation over CuOx/Nb2O5. Chem. Asian J. 2023, 18, e202300732.
9. Sun, L.#; Huang, Y.#; Liu, S.; Liu, X.; Luo, N.*; Wang, F*. Photocatalytic reductive C-O bond scission promoted by low-work-function Cd single atoms and clusters. Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 2102-2105.
10. Wang, X.; Luo, N.*; Wang, F*. Advances and challenges of photocatalytic methane C-C coupling. Chin. J. Chem. 2022, 40, 1492-1505.
11. Luo, N.#; Nie, W.#; Mu, J.#; Liu, S.; Li, M.; Zhang, J.; Gao, Z.; Fan, F.; Wang, F*. Low-work function metals boost selective and fast scission of methanol C-H bonds. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 6375-6384.
12. Gao, Z.; Luo, N.*; Huang, Z.; Taylor, S. H.; Wang, F*. Controlling radical intermediates in photocatalytic conversion of low-carbon-number alcohols. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2021, 9, 6188-6202.
13. Luo, N.; Hou, T.; Liu, S.; Zeng, B.; Lu, J.; Zhang, J.; Li, H.; Wang, F*. Photocatalytic coproduction of deoxybenzoin and H2 through tandem redox reactions. ACS Catal. 2019, 10, 762-769.
14. Luo, N.; Wang, M.; Li, H.; Zhang, J.; Hou, T.; Chen, H.; Zhang, X.; Lu, J.; Wang, F*. Visible-light-driven self-hydrogen transfer hydrogenolysis of lignin models and extracts into phenolic products. ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 4571-4580.
15. Luo, N.; Wang, M.; Li, H.; Zhang, J.; Liu, H.; Wang, F. Photocatalytic oxidation–hydrogenolysis of lignin β-O-4 models via a dual light wavelength switching strategy. ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 7716-7721.
