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合成含氮化合物A paper was published in Nature Communications
2019-02-17 Rapid heating and selective amination of platform chemicals with formamide and formic acid to produce N-formyl compounds快速加热和甲酰胺与甲酸选择性胺化平台化学品以产生N-甲酰基物质---------------------------------------------------------------------------N-formyl-stabilizing quasi-catalytic species afford rapid and selective solvent-free amination of biomass-derived feedstocks.Recently, Dr. H ... -
A paper was published in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews
2019-01-28Levoglucosan and Its Hydrolysates via Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulose for Microbial Biofuels.Recently, Dr. LQ Jiang (Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, CAS) and Prof Zhen Fang, collaborated with Prof ZL Zhao (Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion), published a review paper in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews about Fast Pyrolysis for Microbial Biofuels. Fast pyrolysis, which is... -
聘为教指委委员Prof. Zhen Fang was appointed as the Member of the National Tea...
2019-01-24方真教授聘为教育部高等学校农业工程教学指导委员会委员(南农滨江本科2025）---------------------------------------------------------------------------Prof. Zhen Fang was appointed as the Member of the National Teaching Steering Committee In Oct. 2018, Prof. Zhen Fang was appointed as the Member of the National Teaching Steering Committee for Agricultural Engineering of Higher Learning in Colleges a... -
3个国际会议Prof. Zhen Fang attended three International meetings and gave i...
2019-01-24Prof. Zhen Fang attended 3 Int’l meetings and gave invited talks in 2018 In 2018, Prof. Zhen Fang gave three invited talks in Int'l meetings: 1) Zhen Fang*, Hydrolysis of Lignocellulose for Biofuels and Chemicals, i-BioN 2018, The Symposium on Biorefinery and Bioprocess Topics - Innovative Bio-production of Fuels and Chemicals, 1st Synthetic Biology World Forum, 10-13th Nov., 2018, Nan... -
2018日东北大学Smith教授和郭海心博士来访Professor Richard L. Smith Jr. from To...
2018-12-31日东北大学Smith教授和郭海心博士来访Prof. RL Smith Jr. and Dr. HX Guo from Tohoku Univ. (Japan) visiting our Lab---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Professor Richard L. Smith Jr. and Dr. HX Guo from Tohoku University visited our labIn the morning of November 27th, 2018, Professor Richard L. Smith Jr. and assistant Professor Haixin Guo from... -
Springer book “Production of Materials from Sustainable Biomass Resources”
2018-11-17Springer book “Production of Materials from Sustainable Biomass Resources” Recently, Springer has published (in press) a book entitled “Production of Materials from Sustainable Biomass Resources” edited by Profs. Zhen Fang, RL Smith Jr. and Dr. XF Tian, Springer, Hardcover ISBN978-981-13-3767-3, 500 pages, 2019 (https://www.springer.com/cn/book/9789811337673) .Lignocellulosic biomass consis... -
Supercritical water gasification (SCWG) of waste cooking oil
2018-10-30Supercritical water gasification (SCWG) of waste cooking oil Recently, Prof. JA Kozinski group at Waterloo collaborated with Profs. AK Dalai at U Saskatchewan and Zhen FANG studied SCWG of waste cooking oil.In the work, Dr. S Nanda (U Western Ontario) et al. studied waste cooking oil gasification at variable temperatures (375-675°C), feed concentration (25-40 wt%) and reaction time (1... -
Esterification of oleic acid to biodiesel catalyzed by a highly acidic carbon...
2018-09-17Esterification of oleic acid to biodiesel catalyzed by a highly acidic carbonaceous catalystCarbonaceous acid catalyst with high acid content was synthesized by metal (Zr) ion chelation and sulfonation of sodium carboxymethylcellulose. It catalyzed the esterification of oleic acid, with biodiesel yield > 99% at 40-90oC (activation energy of 24.7 KJ/mol). (在低温下通过两步法合成的碳基固体酸Zr-SO... -
Catalytic conversion of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to some value-added derivativ...
2018-07-14Catalytic conversion of 5-hydroxymethylfurfuralto some value-added derivativesRecently, Dr. X. Kong and Prof Zhen Fang, collaborated with Profs. IS Butler (McGill, Montreal) and JA Kozinski (New Model Institute – Hereford University, UK), published a critical review paper in Green Chemistry about 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) for biofuels and chemicals. HMF is a platform chemical derived from ... -
One-step production of biodiesel from oil with high acid value by magnetic ac...
2018-06-20One-step production of biodiesel fromJatrophaoils with high acid valueby magnetic acid-base amphoteric nanoparticles.Alkaline oxides concerted with acidic -COOFe structure, for the one-pot esterification and transesterification of high AVJatrophaoils without saponification. Zn8@Fe-C400achieved nearly 100%Jatrophabiodiesel yield at 160oC within 4 h, and was used for at least 10 cycles with biodi...
- 2025中农校庆报告“Renewables Solutions for Our Global Challenges” Keynote Talk at CAU 120th Anniversary
- 2025科学筑梦"Science Builds Dreams • Lights Up the Future" – Sanming, Where My Dreams Started
- 2024院士大会（年会）Prof. Zhen FANG attended 2024 CAE Annual Conference & Induction Ceremony of New Fellows
- 2024国庆Prof. Zhen Fang Invited to the Celebration of the National Day of China in Nanjing
- 2023腾冲科学家论坛-腾冲一中演讲Lectures in Tengchong No.1 Middle School
- 2022国际会议Intl Symp on Biomass Utilization in Agriculture and Forestry (BUAF2022)
- 2021方真教授当选加拿大工程院院士Prof. Zhen Fang has been elected as 2021 Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
- 2024芬兰访问Prof. Zhen Fang and Dr. LJ Xu visiting Tampere University in Finland
- 2025泰宁实小演讲My Experiences in Learning and Study – Taining, where my dream started
- 2019欧洲超临界流体会议Prof. Zhen Fang attended the 17th European Meeting in Supercritical Fluids and gave keynote speech
- 2012云南省政府彩云奖Prof. Zhen FANG won the Governor’s Friendship (Caiyun) Award
- 2025Springer series book生物燃料和生物炼制丛书： 新书new book “Production of Organic Acids and Alcohols from Agricultural Residues and Food Wastes”
- 2025院士讲座“New Wave Engineering Linking Megatrends and Future Skills” by JA Kozinski
- 2017访问加拿大约克和麦吉尔大学Prof. Zhen Fang visited York and McGill in Canada
- 2023慈溪中学演讲Lecture in Cixi middle school
- 2016Kozinski院士访问Prof. Janusz Kozinski at York (Toronto) visiting Nanjing Agricultural University
- 2012: Fast Hydrolysis Process (美国专利快速水解）
- 2019: Nature Communications: amines synthesis from biomass无溶剂氨化生物质原料合成含氮化合物
- 2021 Green Chem: Hydrothermal amination of biomass to nitrogenous chemicals水热胺化
- 2021: Green Chem: MOF-based functional catalytic materials for biodiesel production MOF制生物柴油
- 2020 Springer-Nature China New Development Awards
- 2020: Appl Energy：biodiesel from waste oils with solid base(固体碱催化高酸值油为生物柴油)
- 2020 Green Chem: Cycloamination strategies for renewable N-heterocycles（氮杂环的环胺化策略）
- 2016: Biodiesel synthesized in a pilot flow reactor （生物柴油中试装置）
- 2017: ChemSusChem: m-PhPZr nanoparticles for GVL production 介孔金属-有机膦酸层片催化合成GVL
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