General

Nengchao Luo, male,

Email: nclu@dicp.ac.cn 

Address: 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian, China 

Postcode: 116023

Research Areas

1. Photocatalysis C-C bond coupling

2. Photocatalytic fragmentation of biomass

3. Research on photocatalytic oxidation co-catalyst

Education

2014.9~2020.1 Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2010.9-2014.6  B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Experience

   
Work Experience

2020.2-  Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Associate professor

Publications

   
Papers

1. 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, e202301668.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Wang, X.; Luo, N.*; Wang, F*. Advances and challenges of photocatalytic methane C-C coupling. Chin. J. Chem. 2022, 40, 1492-1505.

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. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

Research Interests

1. Photocatalysis C-C bond coupling

2. Photocatalytic fragmentation of biomass

3. Study of photocatalytic reaction mechanism by advanced characterization techniques

Conferences

1. Nengchao Luo, Feng Wang*. Visible-light-driven coproduction of diesel precursors and hydrogen from lignocellulose-derived methylfurans. Symposium of catalytic conversion of biomass-derived oxygenates in 258th ACS Fall 2019, San Diego, USA, Aug. 25−29, Oral presentation.

2. Nengchao Luo, Min Wang, Feng Wang*. Visible-light-driven self-hydrogen transfer hydrogenolysis of lignin models and extracts into phenolic products. The 4th international congress on catalysis for biorefineries, Lyon, France, Dec. 11−15, Oral presentation.


Students

现指导学生

付宸  硕士研究生  070303-有机化学  

吴健涵  硕士研究生  070303-有机化学  

Honors & Distinctions

President special award of Chinese Academy of Sciences