Book, Review & Perspectives:

100.Min Wang; Feng Wang*. Catalytic Scissoring of Lignin into Aryl Monomers. Advanced Materials, 2019, 31(50), 1901866.

99.Chaofeng Zhang; Feng Wang*. Sell a dummy: Adjacent functional group modification strategy for the catalytic cleavage of lignin beta-O-4 linkage. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2017, 38(7), 1102-1107.

Research articles:

98.Nengchao Luo; Tiziano Montini; Jian Zhang; Paolo Fornasiero; Emiliano Fonda; Tingting Hou; Wei Nie; Jianmin Lu; Junxue Liu; Marc Heggen; Long Lin; Changtong Ma; Min Wang; Fengtao Fan; Shengye Jin; Feng Wang*.Visible-light-driven coproduction of diesel precursors and hydrogen from lignocellulose-derived methylfurans. Nature Energy, 2019, 4(7), 575-584.

97.Qi Song; Feng Wang*; Jiaying Cai; Yehong Wang; Junjie Zhang; Weiqiang Yu; Jie Xu*.Lignin depolymerization (LDP) in alcohol over nickel-based catalysts via a fragmentation-hydrogenolysis process. Energy & Environmental Science, 2013, 6(3), 994-1007.

96.Chaofeng Zhang; Zhipeng Huang; Jianmin Lu; Nengchao Luo; Feng Wang*. Generation and Confinement of Long-Lived N-Oxyl Radical and Its Photocatalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140(6), 2032-2035.

95.Jinghua An‡; Yehong Wang‡; Jianmin Lu; Jian Zhang; Zhixin Zhang; Shutao Xu; Xiaoyan Liu; Tao Zhang; Martin Gocyla; Marc Heggen; Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowsk; Paolo Fornasiero; Feng Wang*. Acid-Promoter-Free Ethylene Methoxycarbonylation over Ru-Clusters/Ceria: The Catalysis of Interfacial Lewis Acid-Base Pair. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140(11), 4172-4181.

94.Yehong Wang; Feng Wang*; Qi Song; Qin Xin; Shutao Xu; Jie Xu*, Heterogeneous Ceria Catalyst with Water-Tolerant Lewis Acidic Sites for One-Pot Synthesis of 1,3-Diols via Prins Condensation and Hydrolysis Reactions. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135(4), 1506-1515.

93.Yehong Wang; Mi Peng; Jian Zhang; Zhixin Zhang; Jinghua An; Shuyan Du; Hongyu An; Fengtao Fan; Xi Liu; Peng Zhai; Ding Ma*; Feng Wang*. Selective production of phase-separable product from a mixture of biomass-derived aqueous oxygenates. Nature Communnications, 2018, 9(1), 5183.

92.Hu Yancheng‡; Zhao Zhitong‡; Liu Yanting; Li Guangyi; Wang Aiqin; Cong Yu; Zhang Tao; Wang Feng*; Li Ning*. Synthesis of 1,4-Cyclohexanedimethanol, 1,4-Cyclohexanedicarboxylic Acid and 1,2-Cyclohexanedicarboxylates from Formaldehyde, Crotonaldehyde and Acrylate/Fumarate. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57(23), 6901-6905.

91.Jinghua An; Yehong Wang; Zhixin Zhang; Zhitong Zhao; Jian Zhang; Feng Wang*. The Synthesis of Quinazolinones from Olefins, CO, and Amines over a Heterogeneous Ru-clusters/Ceria Catalyst. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57(38), 12308-12312.

90.Min Wang; Jianmin Lu; Jiping Ma; Zhe Zhang; Feng Wang*. Cuprous Oxide Catalyzed Oxidative C-C Bond Cleavage for C-N Bond Formation: Synthesis of Cyclic Imides from Ketones and Amines. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54(47), 14061-14065.

89.Feng Wang*; Wataru Ueda*; Jie Xu*. Detection and Measurement of Surface Electron Transfer on Reduced Molybdenum Oxides (MoOx) and Catalytic Activities of Au/MoOx. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,2012, 51(16), 3883-3887.

88.Hongji Li; Anon Bunrit; Jianmin Lu; Zhuyan Gao; Nengchao Luo; Huifang Liu; Feng Wang*. Photocatalytic Cleavage of Aryl Ether in Modified Lignin to Non-phenolic Aromatics. ACS Catalysis, 2019, 9(9), 8843-8851.

87.Jian Zhang; Yehong Wang; Feng Wang*. Microreactor-assisted synthesis of a nickel-based infinite coordination polymer and its application in the selective adsorption of alcohols. Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2019, 109, 107566.

86.Hongji Li‡; Elena Subbotina‡; Anon Bunrit; Feng Wang*; Joseph S. M. Samec*. Functionalized spirolactones by photoinduced dearomatization of biaryl compounds. Chemical Science, 2019, 10(12), 3681-3686.

85.Kimberly N. Heck; Yehong Wang; Gang Wu; Feng Wang; Ah-Lim Tsai; David T. Adamson; Michael S. Wong. Effectiveness of metal oxide catalysts for the degradation of 1,4-dioxane. RSC Advances, 2019, 9(46), 27042-27049.

84.Jianyu Han; Jianmin Lu; Min Wang; Yehong Wang; Feng Wang*. Single Atom Alloy Preparation and Applications in Heterogeneous Catalysis. Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2019, 37(9), 977-988.

83.Min Wang; Xiaochen Zhang; Hongji Li; Jianmin Lu; Meijiang Liu; Feng Wang*. Carbon Modification of Nickel Catalyst for Depolymerization of Oxidized Lignin to Aromatics. ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8(2), 1614-1620.

82.Min Wang; Jiping Ma; Huifang Liu; Nengchao Luo; Zhitong Zhao; Feng Wang*. Sustainable Productions of Organic Acids and Their Derivatives from Biomass via Selective Oxidative Cleavage of C-C Bond. ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8(3), 2129-2165.

81.Min Wang; Meijiang Liu; Hongji Li; Zhitong Zhao; Xiaochen Zhang; Feng Wang*. Dealkylation of Lignin to Phenol via Oxidation-Hydrogenation Strategy. ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8(8), 6837-6843.

80.Huifang Liu; Hongji Li; Jianmin Lu; Shu Zeng; Min Wang; Nengchao Luo; Shutao Xu; Feng Wang*. Photocatalytic Cleavage of C-C Bond in Lignin Models under Visible Light on Mesoporous Graphitic Carbon Nitride through pi-pi Stacking Interaction. ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8(6), 4761-4771.

79.Zhixin Zhang; Yehong Wang; Jianmin Lu; Jian Zhang; Mingrun Li; Xuebin Liu; Feng Wang*.Pr-Doped CeO₂ Catalyst in the Prins Condensation-Hydrolysis Reaction: Are All of the Defect Sites Catalytically Active? ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8(4), 2635-2644.

78.Jintao Xia; Zhipeng Huang; Xukai Zhou; Xifa Yang; Feng Wang; Xingwei Li*.Rh(III)-Catalyzed Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling of (Hetero)arenes with 2-Carboxyl Allylic Alcohols. Organic Letters, 2018, 20(3), 740-743.

77.Yehong Wang; Jian Zhang; Zhixin Zhang; Tingting Hou; Chaofeng Zhang; Jinghua An; Feng Wang*. The in situ transformation of the co-product formaldehyde in the reversible hydrolysis of 1,3-dixoane to obtain 1,3-propanediol efficiently. Green Chemistry, 2018, 20(7), 1455-1458.

76.Hongji Li; Min Wang; Huifang Liu; Nengchao Luo; Jianmin Lu; Chaofeng Zhang; Feng Wang*.NH₂OH-Mediated Lignin Conversion to Isoxazole and Nitrile. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018, 6(3), 3748-3753.

75.Chaofeng Zhang; Hongji Li; Jianmin Lu; Xiaochen Zhang; Katherine E. MacArthur; Marc Heggen; Feng Wang*. Promoting Lignin Depolymerization and Restraining the Condensation via an Oxidation-Hydrogenation Strategy. ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7(5), 3419-3429.

74.Nengchao Luo; Min Wang; Hongji Li; Jian Zhang; Tingting Hou; Haijun Chen; Xiaochen Zhang; Jianmin Lu; Feng Wang*.Visible-Light-Driven Self-Hydrogen Transfer Hydrogenolysis of Lignin Models and Extracts into Phenolic Products. ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7(7), 4571-4580.

73.Tingting Hou; Nengchao Luo; Hongji Li; Marc Heggen; Jianmin Lu; Yehong Wang; Feng Wang*. Yin and Yang Dual Characters of CuOx Clusters for C-C Bond Oxidation Driven by Visible Light. ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7(6), 3850-3859.

72.Haijun Chen; Chao Liu; Min Wang; Chaofeng Zhang; Nengchao Luo; Yehong Wang; Hadi Abroshan; Gao Li; Feng Wang*. Visible Light Gold Nanocluster Photocatalyst: Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Amines to Imines. ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7(5), 3632-3638.

71.Zhitong Zhao; Yong Liu; Feng Wang; Xuekuan Li; Shuping Deng; Jie Xu; Wei Wei; Feng Wang*. Life cycle assessment of primary energy demand and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of four propylene production pathways in China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017, 163, 285-292.

70.Xiaomei Yang; Jingjing Bian; Jianhao Huang; Weiwen Xin; Tianliang Lu; Chen Chen; Yunlai Su; Lipeng Zhou; Feng Wang; Jie Xu*. Fluoride-free and low concentration template synthesis of hierarchical Sn-Beta zeolites: efficient catalysts for conversion of glucose to alkyl lactate. Green Chemistry, 2017, 19(3), 692-701.

69.Yehong Wang; Jian Zhang; Haijun Chen; Zhixin Zhang; Chaofeng Zhang; Mingrun Li; Feng Wang*. Ru/ceria-catalyzed direct formylation of amines and CO to produce formamides. Green Chemistry, 2017, 19(1), 88-92.

68.Min Wang; Jianmin Lu; Lihua Li; Hongji Li; Huifang Liu; Feng Wang*. Oxidative C(OH)-C bond cleavage of secondary alcohols to acids over a copper catalyst with molecular oxygen as the oxidant. Journal of Catalysis, 2017, 348, 160-167.

67.Min Wang; Lihua Li; Jianmin Lu; Nengchao Luo; Xiaochen Zhang; Feng Wang*. Photocatalytic coupling of amines to imidazoles using a Mo-ZnIn2S4 catalyst. Green Chemistry, 2017, 19(21), 5172-5177.

66.Min Wang; Lihua Li; Jianmin Lu; Hongji Li; Xiaochen Zhang; Huifang Liu; Nengchao Luo; Feng Wang*. Acid promoted C-C bond oxidative cleavage of beta-O-4 and beta-1 lignin models to esters over a copper catalyst. Green Chemistry, 2017, 19(3), 702-706.

65.Huifang Liu; Min Wang; Hongji Li; Nengchao Luo; Shutao Xu; Feng Wang*. New protocol of copper-catalyzed oxidative C(CO)-C bond cleavage of aryl and aliphatic ketones to organic acids using O2 as the terminal oxidant. Journal of Catalysis, 2017, 346, 170-179.

64.Tingting Hou; Chaofeng Zhang; Yehong Wang; Zhenting Liu; Zhixin Zhang; Feng Wang*. Metal-free protocol for the synthesis of N-arylpyrrolidines catalyzed by hydrogen iodine. Catalysis Communications, 2017, 94, 56-59.

63.Tingting Hou; Yehong Wang; Jian Zhang; Mingrun Li; Jianmin Lu; Marc Heggen; Carsten Sievers; Feng Wang*. Peculiar hydrogenation reactivity of Ni-Ni delta+ clusters stabilized by ceria in reducing nitrobenzene to azoxybenzene. Journal of Catalysis, 2017, 353, 107-115.

62.Zhixin Zhang; Yehong Wang; Jianmin Lu; Chaofeng Zhang; Min Wang; Mingrun Li; Xuebin Liu; Feng Wang*. Conversion of Isobutene and Formaldehyde to Diol using Praseodymium-Doped CeO₂ Catalyst. ACS Catalysis, 2016, 6(12), 8248-8254.

61.Min Wang; Jianmin Lu; Xiaochen Zhang; Lihua Li; Hongji Li; Nengchao Luo; Feng Wang*. Two-Step, Catalytic C-C Bond Oxidative Cleavage Process Converts Lignin Models and Extracts to Aromatic Acids. ACS Catalysis, 2016, 6(9), 6086-6090.

60.Nengchao Luo; Min Wang; Hongji Li; Jian Zhang; Huifang Liu; Feng Wang*. Photocatalytic Oxidation-Hydrogenolysis of Lignin beta-O-4 Models via a Dual Light Wavelength Switching Strategy. ACS Catalysis, 2016, 6(11), 7716-7721.

59.Jianmin Lu; Min Wang; Xiaochen Zhang; Andreas Heyden; Feng Wang*. beta-O-4 Bond Cleavage Mechanism for Lignin Model Compounds over Pd Catalysts Identified by Combination of First-Principles Calculations and Experiments. ACS Catalysis, 2016, 6(8), 5589-5598.

58.Zhixin Zhang; Yehong Wang; Min Wang; Jianmin Lu; Chaofeng Zhang; Lihua Li; Jingyang Jiang; Feng Wang*. The cascade synthesis of alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones via oxidative C-C coupling of ketones and primary alcohols over a ceria catalyst. Catalysis Science & Technology, 2016, 6(6), 1693-1700.

57.Xiaochen Zhang; Min Wang; Chaofeng Zhang; Jianmin Lu; Yehong Wang; Feng Wang*. Epoxide hydrolysis and alcoholysis reactions over crystalline Mo-V-O oxide. RSC Advances, 2016, 6(75), 70842-70847.

56.Chaofeng Zhang; Zhixin Zhang; Xu Wang; Mingrun Li; Jianmin Lu; Rui Si; Feng Wang*. Transfer hydrogenation of nitroarenes to arylamines catalysed by an oxygen-implanted MoS₂ catalyst. Applied Catalysis a-General, 2016, 525,85-93.

55.Chaofeng Zhang; Xu Wang; Mingrun Li; Zhixin Zhang; Yehong Wang; Rui Si; Feng Wang*. Chemoselective transfer hydrogenation to nitroarenes mediated by oxygen-implanted MoS₂. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2016, 37(9), 1569-1578.

54.Chaofeng Zhang; Jianmin Lu; Xiaochen Zhang; Katherine MacArthur; Marc Heggen; Hongji Li; Feng Wang*. Cleavage of the lignin beta-O-4 ether bond via a dehydroxylation-hydrogenation strategy over a NiMo sulfide catalyst. Green Chemistry, 2016, 18(24), 6545-6555.

53.Chaofeng Zhang; Jianmin Lu; Mingrun Li; Yehong Wang; Zhe Zhang; Haijun Chen; Feng Wang*. Transfer hydrogenation of nitroarenes with hydrazine at near-room temperature catalysed by a MoO2 catalyst. Green Chemistry, 2016, 18(8), 2435-2442.

52.Min Wang; Jiping Ma; Miao Yu; Zhe Zhang; Feng Wang*. Oxidative coupling of anilines to azobenzenes using heterogeneous manganese oxide catalysts. Catalysis Science & Technology, 2016, 6(6), 1940-1945.

51.Haijun Chen; Chao Liu; Min Wang; Chaofeng Zhang; Gao Li; Feng Wang*. Thermally robust silica-enclosed Au-25 nanocluster and its catalysis. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2016, 37(10), 1787-1793.

50.Lipeng Zhou; Xiaomei Yang; Jiaolong Xu; Meiting Shi; Feng Wang*; Chen Chen; Jie Xu*. Depolymerization of cellulose to glucose by oxidation-hydrolysis. Green Chemistry, 2015, 17(3), 1519-1524.

49.Zhixin Zhang; Yehong Wang; Min Wang; Jianmin Lu; Lihua Li; Zhe Zhang; Mingrun Li; Jingyang Jiang; Feng Wang*. An investigation of the effects of CeO₂ crystal planes on the aerobic oxidative synthesis of imines from alcohols and amines. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2015, 36(9), 1623-1630.

48.Zhe Zhang; Min Wang; Chaofeng Zhang; Zhixin Zhang; Jianmin Lu; Feng Wang*. The cascade synthesis of quinazolinones and quinazolines using an alpha-MnO2 catalyst and tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as an oxidant. Chemical Communications, 2015, 51(44), 9205-9207.

47.Yehong Wang; Jian Zhang; Jing Liu; Chaofeng Zhang; Zhixin Zhang; Jie Xu*; Shutao Xu; Fangjun Wang; Feng Wang*, CN and NH Bond Metathesis Reactions Mediated by Carbon Dioxide. Chemsuschem, 2015, 8(12), 2066-2072.

46.Min Wang; Xiang-Kui Gu; Hai-Yan Su; Jian-Min Lu; Ji-Ping Ma; Miao Yu; Zhe Zhang; Feng Wang*. Preferential cleavage of C-C bonds over C-N bonds at interfacial CuO-Cu₂O sites. Journal of Catalysis, 2015, 330, 458-464.

45.Penghua Che; Fang Lu; Xin Nie; Yizheng Huang; Yanliang Yang; Feng Wang; Jie Xu*. Hydrogen bond distinction and activation upon catalytic etherification of hydroxyl compounds. Chemical Communications, 2015, 51(6), 1077-1080.

44.Zhe Zhang; Feng Wang*; Min Wang; Shutao Xu; Haijun Chen; Chaofeng Zhang; Jie Xu*. tert-Butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP)-mediated oxidative self-coupling of amines to imines over a alpha-MnO₂ catalyst. Green Chemistry, 2014, 16(5), 2523-2527.

43.Xiaochen Zhang; Min Wang; Yehong Wang; Chaofeng Zhang; Zhe Zhang; Feng Wang*; Jie Xu*. Nanocoating of magnetic cores with sulfonic acid functionalized shells for the catalytic dehydration of fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2014, 35(5), 703-708.

42.Yehong Wang; Feng Wang*; Chaofeng Zhang; Jian Zhang; Mingrun Li; Jie Xu*. Transformylating amine with DMF to formamide over CeO₂ catalyst. Chemical Communications, 2014, 50(19), 2438-2441.

41.Min Wang; Feng Wang*; Jiping Ma; Jie Xu*. Organic linker geometry controlled synthesis of coordination polymer spheres and their thermal transformation to yolk-shell metal oxides. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014, 2(37), 15480-15487.

40.Min Wang; Feng Wang*; Jiping Ma; Mingrun Li; Zhe Zhang; Yehong Wang; Xiaochen Zhang; Jie Xu*. Investigations on the crystal plane effect of ceria on gold catalysis in the oxidative dehydrogenation of alcohols and amines in the liquid phase. Chemical Communications, 2014, 50(3), 292-294.

39.Min Wang; Feng Wang*. What and where are the active sites of oxide-supported nanostructured metal catalysts? Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2014, 35(4), 453-456.

38.Xiuquan Jia; Jiping Ma; Min Wang; Zhongtian Du; Fang Lu; Feng Wang; Jie Xu*. Promoted role of Cu(NO₃)₂ on aerobic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-diformylfuran over VOSO4. Applied Catalysis a-General, 2014, 482, 231-236.

37.Guifu Chen; Feng Wang*; Yehong Wang; Xiaochen Zhang; Hongqiang Qin; Hanfa Zou; Jie Xu*. Imine-linked conjugated organic polymer bearing bis(imino)pyridine ligands and its catalytic application in C-C coupling reactions. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2014, 35(4), 540-545.

36.Xiaochen Zhang; Zhe Zhang; Feng Wang*; Yehong Wang; Qi Song; Jie Xu*. Lignosulfonate-based heterogeneous sulfonic acid catalyst for hydrolyzing glycosidic bonds of polysaccharides. Journal of Molecular Catalysis a-Chemical, 2013, 377, 102-107.

35.Yanliang Yang; Zhongtian Du; Yizheng Huang; Fang Lu; Feng Wang; Jin Gao; Jie Xu*. Conversion of furfural into cyclopentanone over Ni-Cu bimetallic catalysts. Green Chemistry, 2013, 15(7), 1932-1940.

34.Min Wang; Feng Wang*; Jiping Ma; Chen Chen; Song Shi; Jie Xu*. Insights into support wettability in tuning catalytic performance in the oxidation of aliphatic alcohols to acids. Chemical Communications, 2013, 49(59), 6623-6625.

33.Qi Song; Jiaying Cai; Junjie Zhang; Weiqiang Yu; Feng Wang*; Jie Xu*, Hydrogenation and cleavage of the C-O bonds in the lignin model compound phenethyl phenyl ether over a nickel-based catalyst. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2013, 34(4), 651-658.

32.Qiuhe Ren; Yizheng Huang; Hong Ma; Feng Wang; Jin Gao; Jie Xu*. Conversion of Glucose to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Catalyzed by Metal Halide in N,N-Dimethylacetamide. Bioresources, 2013, 8(2), 1563-1572.

31.Jiazhi Chen; Fang Lu; Junjie Zhang; Weiqiang Yu; Feng Wang; Jin Gao; Jie Xu*. Immobilized Ru Clusters in Nanosized Mesoporous Zirconium Silica for the Aqueous Hydrogenation of Furan Derivatives at Room Temperature. Chemcatchem, 2013, 5(10), 2822-2826.

30.Zhan Zhang; Jin Gao; Feng Wang; Jie Xu*. 4-N,N-Dimethylaminopyridine Promoted Selective Oxidation of Methyl Aromatics with Molecular Oxygen. Molecules, 2012, 17(4), 3957-3968.

29.Qi Song; Feng Wang*; Jie Xu*. Hydrogenolysis of lignosulfonate into phenols over heterogeneous nickel catalysts. Chemical Communications, 2012, 48(56), 7019-7021.

28.Xing Chen; Wenguang Zhao; Feng Wang*; Jie Xu*. Preparation and characterization of vanadium(IV) oxide supported on SBA-15 and its catalytic performance in benzene hydroxylation to phenol using molecular oxygen. Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry, 2012, 21(5), 481-487.

27.Qiaohong Zhang; Chen Chen; Jie Xu*; Feng Wang; Jin Gao; Chungu Xia*. A Complexation Promoted Organic N-Hydroxy Catalytic System for Selective Oxidation of Toluene. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2011, 353, 226-230.

26.Zhongtian Du; Jiping Ma; Feng Wang; Junxia Liu; Jie Xu*, Oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to maleic anhydride with molecular oxygen. Green Chemistry, 2011, 13(3), 554-557.

25.Xing Chen; Feng Wang*; Jie Xu*. Preparation of VO₂(B) Nanoflake with Glycerol as Reductant Agent and its Catalytic Application in the Aerobic Oxidation of Benzene to Phenol. Topics in Catalysis, 2011, 54, 1016-1023.

24.Feng Wang*; Jie Xu*; Jean-Luc Dubois; Wataru Ueda*. Catalytic Oxidative Dehydration of Glycerol over a Catalyst with Iron Oxide Domains Embedded in an Iron Orthovanadate Phase. Chemsuschem, 2010, 3(12), 1383-1389.

23.Feng Wang*; Jean-Luc Dubois; Wataru Ueda*. Catalytic performance of vanadium pyrophosphate oxides (VPO) in the oxidative dehydration of glycerol. Applied Catalysis a-General, 2010, 376, 25-32.