Educations and Work Experiences：

Ph. D., Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1997)

KISTEP Scientist, KRICT, Korea (2001.01-2002.07)

Professor, Nanjing University of Technology (2003.06-2006.08)

Visiting Professor., The University of Kitakyushu, Japan (2005.07-2005.10)

Professor, Shaanxi Normal University (2006-)

Research Interests:

Syngas to chemicals & fuels

Chemical utilization of CO₂ as a soft oxidant

Synthesis of fine chemicals by using CO/CO₂ as a C1 source

Representative Publications

（1）Chao Peng, Jiang Li, Han-Qing Ge, Meng Yan, Zhong-Wen Liu*, MgO-modified PtSn/Ce-DMSN as an efficient catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation of propane with carbon dioxide, Chem. Eng. J., 2026, 542: 178176.

（2） Han Yang, Jiageng Li, Zhong-Wen Liu*, Process Validation of Propane Dehydrogenation in a CFB Reactor with Heat Supply and Catalyst Regeneration: CFD Simulation Coupled with Reaction Kinetics, Chem. Eng. Sci., 2025, 313: 121756.

（3）Xi-Yang Yu, Zheng-Qing Huang, Tao Ban, Yun-Hua Xu, Zhong-Wen Liu*, Chun-Ran Chang*.Finding Natural, Dense, and Stable Frustrated Lewis Pairs on Wurtzite Crystal Surfaces for Small-Molecule Activation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63: 202405405.

（4） Min-Li Zhu, Xingwu Liu, Yiming Niu, Guo-Qing Yang, Jun Bao, Yong-Hong Song, Yi-Fan Yan, Ning Du, Mei-Ling Shui, Kaiyu Zhu, Bingsen Zhang, Zhao-Tie Liu, Ding Ma*, Zhong-Wen Liu*, Long-chain α-olefins production over Co-MnO_x catalyst with optimized interface, Appl. Catal. B Environ., 2024, 346: 123783.

（5） Gui-Qiu Huang, Dan Yang, Chang Liu, Han-Qing Ge, Zhao-Tie Liu, Zhong-Wen Liu*, Understanding the Catalytic Stability of Cs₂O–P₂O₅ over Acid-Activated Montmorillonite for the Gas-Phase Dehydration of Monoethanolamine to Ethylenimine, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2024, 63(11): 4795–4806.

（6） Lei Zhang, Yiming Niu*, Yinghui Pu, Yongzhao Wang, Shaoming Dong, Yuefeng Liu, Bingsen Zhang*, Zhong-Wen Liu*, In Situ Visualization and Mechanistic Understandings on Facet-Dependent Atomic Redispersion of Platinum on CeO₂, Nano Lett., 2023, 23(24): 11999–12005.

（7） Guo-Qing Yang, Yiming Niu, Vita A. Kondratenko, Xianfeng Yi, Chang Liu, Bingsen Zhang*, Evgenii V. Kondratenko*, Zhong-Wen Liu*, Controlling Metal-Oxide Reducibility for Efficient C−H Bond Activation in Hydrocarbons, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62: e202310062.

（8） En-Hui Yuan, Yiming Niu, Xing Huang, Meng Li, Jun Bao, Yong-Hong Song, Bingsen Zhang*, Zhao-Tie Liu, Marc-Georg Willinger, Zhong-Wen Liu*, Finned Zn-MFI Zeolite Encapsulated Noble Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts for the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane with Carbon Dioxide, J. Energy Chem., 2023, 80: 479–491.

（9） Jian Wang, Min-Li Zhu, Yong-Hong Song, Zhao-Tie Liu, Li Wang, Zhong-Wen Liu*, Molecular-level Investigation on Supported CrO_x Catalyst for Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane with Carbon Dioxide, J. Catal., 2022, 409: 87–97.

（10） Chang Liu, Jincan Kang, Zheng-Qing Huang, Yong-Hong Song, Yong-Shan Xiao, Jian Song, Jia-Xin He, Chun-Ran Chang*, Han-Qing Ge, Ye Wang*, Zhao-Tie Liu & Zhong-Wen Liu*, Gallium Nitride Catalyzed the Direct Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Dimethyl Ether as Primary Product, Nat. Commun., 2021, 12: 2305