石油化工

1. 废弃碳资源(塑料/生物质)增值回收：开发热/光/电及其催化耦合技术，实现废弃塑料和生物质的高效解聚与高值化利用，突破催化剂设计、反应路径优化与产物选择性调控等关键技术。
2. 催化重质石蜡烷烃裂化与轻质烷烃烷基化：研发高效催化剂，专注于重质石蜡烷烃的裂化和轻质烷烃的烷基化，推动标准汽油生产技术的创新。
3. 碳一分子（CO2/CO等）催化转化：开发高效、稳定的催化材料与反应体系，深入研究动力学及反应机理，以实现高效转化为高密度能量载体，推动低碳能源技术创新。
4. 水作为氢源和介质的催化反应及相关体系：研究以水作为氢源和反应介质的催化反应体系，开发新型催化材料与工艺，探索其在可持续能源转化中的应用潜力。

15. W. Zhang,* B. Yang, B. Jackson, J. Zhao, H. Shi, D. Camaioni,  S. Kim, H. Wang, J. Szanyi, M. Lee, J. G. Chen and J. A. Lercher*, Integrating Low-temperature PVC and Polyolefin Upgrading. 2025, submitted.
14. Wei Zhang,* Sungmin Kim, Michele L. Sarazen, Mingyuan He, Jingguang G. Chen and Johannes A. Lercher*, Advances and Challenges in Low-temperature Upcycling of Waste Polyolefins via Tandem Catalysis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202500559.
13. W. Zhang,* R. Khare, S. Kim, L. Hale, W. Hu, C. Yuan, Y. Sheng, P. Zhang, L. Wahl, J. Mai, B. Yang, O. Y. Gutiérrez, D. Ray, J. Fulton, D. Camaioni, J. Hu, H. Wang, M. Lee and J. A. Lercher*, Active species in chloroaluminate ionic liquids catalyzing low-temperature polyolefin deconstruction. Nat. Commun. 2024,15, 5785.(Editor's Highlight paper)
12. W. Zhang, H. Yao, R. Khare, P. Zhang, B.  Yang, W. Hu, D. Ray, J. Hu, D. Camaioni, H. Wang, S. Kim, M. Lee, M. Sarazen, J. G. Chen, J. A. Lercher,* Hydride transfer as key to catalytic upcycling of polyethylene into liquid alkanes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202319580.
11. W. Zhang,* S. Kim, L. Wahl, R. Khare, L. Hale, J. Hu, D Camaioni, O.Gutiérrez, Y. Liu, J. A. Lercher,* Low-temperature upcycling of polyolefins into liquid alkanes via tandem cracking-alkylation. Science 2023, 379, 807–811.(高被引)
10. W. Zhang,‍ P. Oulego, S. K. Sharma, X. Yang, L-J. Li, G. Rothenberg, N. R. Shiju, Self-exfoliated Synthesis of Transition Metal Phosphate Nanolayers for Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Ethyl Lactate to Ethyl Pyruvate. ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 3958-3967.
9. W. Zhang, C. Xu, T. Kobayashi, Z. Guo, M. Pruski, W Huang, Hydrazone-linked heptazine-based mesoporous conjugated polymer for visible-light-driven oxidation of benzyl alcohols with molecular oxygen.Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 7358-7364.
8. W. Zhang, Y. Mei, X. Huang, P. Wu, H. Wu, M. Y. He, Size-controlled growth of silver nanoparticles onto functionalized ordered mesoporous polymers for efficient CO2 upgrading. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11, 47, 44241.
7. W. Zhang, Y. Mei, P. Wu, H. Wu, M.Y. He, Highly tunable periodic imidazole-based mesoporous polymers as cooperative catalysts for efficient carbon dioxide fixation. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2019, 9, 1030-1038.
6. W. Zhang, P. Oulego, T. K. Slot, G. Rothenberg, N. R. Shiju, Selective aerobic oxidation of lactate to pyruvate catalysed by vanadium-nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets.ChemCatChem 2019,11, 3831-3387.
5.  W. Zhang, G. Innocenti, P. Oulego, H. Wu, B. Ensing, F. Cavani, G. Rothenberg, N. R. Shiju, Highly selective oxidation of ethyl lactate to ethyl pyruvate catalysed by mesoporous vanadia–titania. ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 2365-2374.
4. W. Zhang, B. Ensing, G. Rothenberg, N. R. Shiju, Designing effective solid catalysts for biomass conversion: Aerobic oxidation of ethyl lactate to ethyl pyruvate. Green Chem. 2018, 20, 1866-1873.
3.  W. Zhang, G. Innocenti, M. Ferbinteanu, E. V. Ramos Fernandez, A. Sepulveda-Escribano, H. Wu, F. Cavani, G. Rothenberg, N. R. Shiju, Understanding the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethyl lactate to ethyl pyruvate over vanadia/titania catalysts. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2018, 8, 3737-3747.(封面文章)
2. W. Zhang, T. Liu, H. Wu, P. Wu, M. Y. He, Direct synthesis of ordered imidazolyl-functionalized mesoporous polymers for efficient chemical fixation of CO2. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 682-684.
1. W. Zhang, Q. Wang, H. Wu, P. Wu, M. Y. He, A highly ordered mesoporous polymer supported imidazolium-based ionic liquid: an efficient catalyst for cycloaddition of CO2 with epoxides to produce cyclic carbonates. Green Chem. 2014, 16, 4767-4774.