Name:
 zhuyulei
Education:
 PhD
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Academic title:
Phone:
 13073561497
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E-mail:
 zhuyulei@sxicc.ac.cn
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Postal Code:
 030001
Mailing Address:
 Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.27 South Taoyuan Road, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, P. R. China, 030001

Resume:
Yulei Zhu is Professor of Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SXICC-CAS). He received his MS. and Ph.D. from SXICC-CAS in 1990 and 2004. During 2005.12 to 2007.02, he worked as a senior visiting scholar in Monash University (Australia). The scope of his research interesting is biomass refinery and platform molecule conversion. He is first author or corresponding author of over 70 peer-reviewed papers in ACS Catalysis, Chemical Communications, Journal Catalysis, Green Chemistry and Applied Catalysis B. As project leader or main investigators, Professor Zhu has completed several projects supported by Natural Science Foundation of China, the National High Technology Research and Development Program, and the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (973 Program) (No. 2012CB215305). In 2005, he was award to the Science and Technology Invention Award (2nd grand) of China Government, due to the achievement in “the Study and Application on Synthesis of -butyrolactone and 2-methylfuran by coupling method”. He is the winner of the Natural Science Award (2nd grand, in 2013) and Science and Technology Award (2nd grand, in 2004) of Shanxi Province Government.

Direction:
Prof. Yulei Zhu’s research interests main include catalytic hydrogenation reaction process for furfural and maleic anhydride derivatives, diol dehydrogenation to fine chemicals. In catalytic mechanism, his group comprehensively studied that the catalytic preparation, structure, surface acidity of Cu- and Ni-based catalysts, industrial catalyst preparation engineering and catalytic reaction kinetics on both fine chemical synthesis and fuels for the industrial process development of the conversion of biomass-derived saccharides to oxygen-containing fuels.
Community service:
‘Shanxi chemical society’ board of director
‘Biomass energy industry technology innovation strategic alliance’ board of director

Achievements:
Prof. Zhu won the second prize of national technological innovation on the technological development of coupled synthesis of γ-butyrolactone in 2005. His research team obtained the award of the outstanding achievement of science and technology of CAS for the development of industrial technology of coal-based synfuels in slurry reactor in 2005. He also won the second prize of Shanxi Science and Technology Awards, and First Science and Technology Invention Award of China petroleum and Chemical Industry Association etc. in 2004 and 2013. He got Special experts allowances of the state council in 2006.
Article:
[1] Yu-Lei Zhu, Hong-Wei Xiang, Gui-Sheng Wu, Liang Bai, Yong-Wang Li, A novel route for synthesis of γ-butyrolactone through the coupling of hydrogenation and dehydrogenation, Chem. Commun., 2002,3:254-255.
[2] Yu-Lei Zhu, Hong-Wei Xiang , Yong-Wang Li, Haijun Jiao, Gui-Sheng Wu, Bing Zhong, Guang-Qing Guo; New strategy for the efficient synthesis of 2-methylfuran and -butyrolactone, New J. Chem., 2003, 27:208-210.
[3] Yu-Lei Zhu*, Gang-Wei Zhao, Jie Chang, Jun Yang, Hong-Yan Zheng, Hong-Wei Xiang, Yong-Wang Li, New insight for reaction route of hydrogenation of maleic anhydride to γ-butyrolactone, Catal. Lett., 2004, 96(3-4):123-127.
[4] Yu-Lei Zhu, Jun Yang, Gen-Quan Dong, Hong-Yan Zheng, Hao-Hong Zhang, Hong-Wei Xiang, Yong-Wang Li, An environmentally benign route to -butyrolactone through the coupling of hydrogenation and dehydrogenation, Appl. Catal. B: Environmental, 2005, 57(3)：183-190.
[5] Yulei Zhu, Jim Patel, Selma Mujcinovic, W. Roy Jackson and Andrea J. Robinson, Preparation of terminal oxygenates from renewable natural oils by a onepot metathesis- isomerisation–methoxycarbonylation–transesterification reaction sequence, Green Chem., 2006, 8: 746–749.
[6] Hong-Yan Zheng, Yu-Lei Zhu*, Zong-Qing Bai, Long Huang, Hong-Wei Xiang, Yong-Wang Li, An environmentally benign process for the efficient synthesis of cyclohexanone and 2-methylfuran; Green Chem., 2006, 8:107-109.
[7] Long Huang, Yulei Zhu*, Hongyan Zheng, Mingxian Du, Yongwang Li, Vapor-phase hydrogenolysis of biomass-derived lactate to 1,2-propanediol over supported metal catalysts, Appl. Catal. A: General, 2008, 349(2):204-211.
[8] Long Huang, Yulei Zhu∗, Chunfang Huo, Hongyan Zheng, Gang Feng, Chenghua Zhang, Yongwang Li, Mechanistic insight into the heterogeneous catalytic transfer hydrogenation over Cu/Al2O3: Direct evidence for the assistant role of support, J. Mol. Catal. A: General, 2008, 288(1-2):109-115.
[9] Guoqiang Ding, Yulei Zhu*, Hongyan Zheng, Wei Zhang, Yongwang Li, Study on the reaction pathway in the vaporphase hydrogenation of biomass-derived diethyl succinate over CuO/ZnO catalyst, Catal. Commun., 2010, 11(14):1120-1124.
[10] Xiaoyuan Liao, Yulei Zhu*, Sheng-Guang Wang, Hongmei Chen, Yongwang Li, Theoretical elucidation of acetylating glycerol with acetic acid and acetic anhydride, Appl. Catal. B: Environmental, 2010, 94 (1-2): 64-70.
[11] Wei Zhang, Yulei Zhu*, Shasha Niu, Yongwang Li,A study of furfural decarbonylation on K-doped Pd/Al2O3 catalysts, J. Mol. Catal. A: Chemical, 2011, 335(1-2):71–81.
[12] Shanhui Zhu, Yulei Zhu*, Shunli Hao, Hongyan Zheng, Tao Mo and Yongwang Li, One-step hydrogenolysis of glycerol to biopropanols over Pt–H4SiW12O40/ZrO2 catalysts, Green Chem., 2012, 14:2607–2616.
[13] Tiansheng Deng, Xiaojing Cui, Yongqin Qi, Yinxiong Wang, Xianglin Hou, Yulei Zhu*, Conversion of carbohydrates into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural catalyzed by ZnCl2 in water, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48 (44):5494 – 5496.
[14] Lungang Chen, Yulei Zhu*, Hongyan Zheng, Chenghua Zhang, Yongwang Li, Aqueous-phase hydrodeoxygenation of propanoic acid over the Ru/ZrO2 and Ru-Mo/ZrO2 catalysts, Appl. Catal. A: General, 2012,411−412:95−104.
[15] Bin Zhang, Yulei Zhu*, Guoqiang Ding, Hongyan Zheng, Yongwang Li, Modification of the supported Cu/SiO2 catalyst by alkaline earth metals in the selective conversion of 1,4-butanediol to γ-butyrolactone, Appl. Catal. A: General, 2012, 443−444:191-201.
[16] Bin Zhang, Yulei Zhu*, Guoqiang Ding, Hongyan Zheng, Yongwang Li, Selective conversion of furfuryl alcohol to 1,2-pentanediol over a Ru/MnOx catalyst in aqueous phase, Green Chem., 2012, 13:3402-3409.
[17] Shanhui Zhu, Yanan Qiu, Yulei Zhu*, Shunli Hao, Hongyan Zheng, Yongwang Li, Hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol over bifunctional catalysts containing Pt and heteropolyacids, Catal. Today. 2013, 212:120-126.
[18] Shanhui Zhu, Yulei Zhu*, Xiaoqing Gao, Tao Mo, Yifeng Zhu, Yongwang Li, Production of bioadditives from glycerol esterification over zirconia supported heteropolyacids, Bioresour. Technol., 2013, 130(8):45-51.
[19] Shanhui Zhu, Xiaoqing Gao, Yulei Zhu*, Yifeng Zhu, Hongyan Zheng, Yongwang Li, Promoting effect of boron oxide on Cu/SiO2 catalyst for glycerol hydrogenolysis to 1,2-propanediol, J. Catal., 2013, 303:70-79.
[20] Shanhui Zhu, Xiaoqing Gao, Yulei Zhu*, Yifeng Zhu, Xiaomin Xiang, Caixia Hu, Yongwang Li, Alkaline metals modified Pt–H4SiW12O40/ZrO2 catalysts for the selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol, Appl. Catal. B: Environmental, 2013, 140-141: 60-67.
[21] Shanhui Zhu, Xiaoqing Gao, Fang Dong, Yulei Zhu*, Hongyan Zheng, Yongwang Li, Design of a highly active silver exchanged phosphotungstic acid catalyst for glycerol esterification with acetic acid, J. Catal., 2013, 306:155-163.
[22] Yifeng Zhu, Yulei Zhu*, Guoqiang Ding, Shanhui Zhu, Hongyan Zheng, Yongwang Li, Highly selective synthesis of ethylene glycol and ethanol via hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate on Cu catalyst: influence of support, Appl. Catal. A: General, 2013,468: 296-304.
[23] Hongliang Wang, Tiansheng Deng, Yingxiong Wang, Yongqin Qi, Xianglin Hou, Yulei Zhu*, Efficient catalytic system for the conversion of fructose into 5-ethoxymethylfurfural, Bioresour. Technol., 2013, 136:394-400.
[24] Hongliang Wang, Tiansheng Deng, Yingxiong Wang, Xiaojing Cui, Yongqin Qi, Xindong Mu, Xianglin Hou and Yulei Zhu*, Graphene oxide as a facile acid catalyst for the one-pot conversion of carbohydrates into 5-ethoxymethylfurfural, Green Chem., 2013, 15: 2379 –2383.
[25] Bin Zhang, Guoqiang Ding, Hongyan Zheng, Yulei Zhu*, Transesterification of dimethyl carbonate with tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol on the K2CO3/ZrO2 catalyst—Function of the surface carboxylate species, Appl. Catal. B: Environmental, , 2014,152-153: 226–232.
[26] Hongliang Wang, Qingqiang Kong, Yingxiong Wang, Tiansheng Deng, Chengmeng Chen, Xianglin Hou and Yulei Zhu*, Graphene Oxide Catalyzed Dehydration of Fructose into 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural with Isopropanol as Cosolvent, ChemCatChem, 2014, 6(3): 728–732.
[27] Yifeng Zhu, Xiao Kong, Dong-Bo Cao, Jinglei Cui, Yulei Zhu*, and Yong-Wang Li. The rise of calcination temperature enhances the performance of Cu catalysts: contributions of support, ACS Catal., 2014, 4(10): 3675-3681
[28] Yifeng Zhu, Xiao Kong, Xianqing Li, Guoqiang Ding, Yulei Zhu*, and Yong-Wang Li, Cu nanoparticles inlaid mesoporous Al2O3 as a high-performance bifunctional catalyst for ethanol synthesis via dimethyl oxalate hydrogenation, ACS Catal., 2014, 4(10): 3612-3620
[29] Shanhui Zhu, Xiaoqing Gao, Yulei Zhu*, Jinglei Cui, Hongyan Zheng, Yongwang Li, SiO2 promoted Pt-WOx/ZrO2 catalysts for the selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol, Appl. Catal. B, 2014, 158–159: 391-399.
[30] Chengwei Liu, Chenghua Zhang, Jian Xu, Yulei Zhu*. Effect of WOX on Bifunctional Pd-WOX/A12O3 Catalysts for the selective hydrogenolysis of glucose to 1,2-Propanediol, ACS Catal., 2015, 5: 4612-4623.
[31] Jinglei Cui, Jingjing Tan, Yulei Zhu* and Yongwang Li. Direct conversion of carbohydrates to γ-valerolactone facilitated by a solvent effect, Green Chem., 2015, 17: 3084-3089.
[32] Jingjing Tan, Jinglei Cui, Guoqiang Ding, Yulei Zhu*, Yongwang Li. Water-Promoted Hydrogenation of Levulinic Acid to γ-Valerolactone on Supported Ruthenium Catalyst, ChemCatChem, 2015, 7(3): 508-512
[33] Fang Dong, Yulei Zhu,* Guoqiang Ding, Jinglei Cui, Xianqing Li, Yongwang Li. One-step conversion of furfural into 2-methyltetrahydrofuran under mild conditions, ChemSusChem, 2015, 8: 1534-1537.
[34] Xiao Kong, Yifeng Zhu, Guoqiang Ding, Yulei Zhu* and Yong-Wang Li. Rational design of Ni-based catalysts derived from hydrotalcite for selective hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, Green Chem., 2015, 17: 2504-2514.
[35] Xiao Kong, Yifeng Zhu, Hongyan Zheng, Xianqing Li, Yulei Zhu*, and Yong-Wang Li. Ni Nanoparticles Inlaid Nickel Phyllosilicate as a Metal-Acid Bifunctional Catalyst for Low-Temperature Hydrogenolysis Reactions, ACS Catal., 2015, 5(10): 5914-5920
[36] Yifeng Zhu, Xiao Kong, Yulei Zhu*, Yong-Wang Li. Construction of Cu/ZrO2/A12O3 composites for ethanol synthesis: Synergies of ternary sites for cascade reaction, Appl. Catal. B, 2015, 166-167: 551-559.
[37] Jinglei Cui, Jingjing Tan, Yulei Zhu*, Yongwang Li. Conversion of xylose to furfuryl alcohol and 2-methylfuran in a continuous fix-bed reactor, ChemSusChem, 2016, 9:1259-1262.
[38] Jinglei Cui, Jingjing Tan, Yulei Zhu*, Yongwang Li. Conversion of carbohydrates to furfural via selective cleavage of carbon-carbon bond: cooperative effect of zeolite and solvent, Green Chem., 2016, 18: 1619-1624.

Commitment to research the situation:
National Key Basic Research Program of China (973 Program): fundmental study for catalytic conversion of biomass-derived saccharides to oxygen-containing fuels (No: 2012CB215305).