Research


l  Heterogeneous Asymmetric Catalysis

l  Novel Catalytic Molecular Sieves and Porous Materials

l  Catalytic Conversion of Biomass 

PersonalProfile

Research Experience:

2015.06 ~ Current   Associate Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University

2016.12 ~ 2017.12   Visitor, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

2010.12 ~ 2015.06   Associate Professor, College of Chemistry, Nankai University

2007.07 ~ 2010.12   Lecturer, College of Chemistry, Nankai University


Education:

2002.09 ~ 2007.06   College of Chemistry, Nankai University, P.R. China. Ph.D. in Materials Physics and Chemistry

1998.09 ~ 2002.06   College of Chemistry, Nankai University, P.R. China. B.Sc. in Chemistry


Representative results

1. W. Yang, H. Yu, B. Wang, X. Wang, H. Zhang, D. Lei, L.-L. Lou*, K. Yu*, S Liu. Leveraging Pt/Ce1−xLaxO2−δ to elucidate interfacial oxygen vacancy active sites for aerobic oxidation of 5‑hydroxymethylfurfural. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 37667-37680. 

2. F. Qi, W. Yang, H. Yu, L.-L. Lou*, S. Liu, K. Yu*. Manipulating interfacial atomic structure of Pt/Ce1−xYxO2−δ to improve charge transfer capacity and catalytic activity in aerobic oxidation of HMF. Applied Surface Science, 2022, 598, 153769.

3. H. Zhang, L. Hu, K. Yu*, L.-L. Lou*, Shuangxi Liu. Efficient one-step synthesis of 3-(indol-2-yl)quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones via electrochemical oxidative cross-dehydrogenative coupling. New Journal of Chemistry, 2022, 46, 8037–8042.

4. H. Zhang, L.-L. Lou*, K. Yu, S. Liu*. Advances in chiral metal–organic and covalent organic frameworks for asymmetric catalysis. Small, 2021, 17(22): 2005686. 

5. K. Yu, L.-L. Lou*, S. Liu, W. Zhou*Asymmetric oxygen vacancies: The intrinsic redox active sites in metal oxide catalysts, Advanced Science, 2019, 7, 1901970.

6. K. Yu, Da Lei, Y. Feng, H. Yu, Y. Chang, Y. Wang, Y. Liu, G.-C. Wang, L.-L. Lou*, S. Liu*, W. Zhou*. The role of Bi-doping in promoting electron transfer and catalytic performance of Pt/3DOM-Ce1-xBixO2-δJournal of Catalysis, 2018, 365, 292-302.

7. L.-L. Lou, H. Qu, W. Yu, B. Wang, L. Ouyang, S. Liu*, W. Zhou*. Covalently immobilized lipase on a thermoresponsive polymer with an upper critical solution temperature as an efficient and recyclable asymmetric catalyst in aqueous media. ChemCatChem, 2018, 10, 1166-1172.

8. H. Hao, Y. Chang, W. Yu, L.-L. Lou*, S. Liu*. Hierarchical porous MCM-68 zeolites: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic performance in m-xylene isomerization. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2018, 263, 135-141.

9. T. Yang, L.-L. Lou*, W. Yu, Y. Feng, H. li, K. Yu, S. Liu*. 3 D ordered macroporous alumina–carbon nanocomposite supported platinum nanoparticles as effective and reusable catalysts for asymmetric hydrogenation. ChemCatChem, 2017, 9, 458-464.

10. L.-L. Lou, K. Yu, F. Ding, X. Peng, M. Dong, C. Zhang, S. Liu*. Covalently anchored chiral Mn(III) salen-containing ionic species on mesoporous materials as effective catalysts for asymmetric epoxidation of unfunctionalized olefinsJournal of Catalysis, 2007, 249, 102-110.