E-mail: dengwp@xmu.edu.cn;
Tel: 2180480

Education:
2009 graduated from Xiamen University doctoral, stay in the alcohol ether ester national engineering experimental center work

rincipal Research Interests:
Biomass catalytic conversion

Selected Recent Publications:

1. 1. H.Y. Song, P. Wang, S. Li, W.P. Deng*, Y.Y. Li, Q.H. Zhang, Y. Wang*,Direct conversion of cellulose into ethanol catalysed by a combination of tungstic acid and zirconia-supported Pt nanoparticles, Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 4303-4306(Inside Front Cover).

2. 2. J.C. Lin, H.Y. Song, X. Shen, B.J. Wang, S.J. Xie, W.P. Deng*, D.Y. Wu, Q.H. Zhang, Y. Wang*, Zirconia-supported rhenium oxide as an efficient catalyst for the synthesis of biomass-based adipic acid ester, Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 11017-11020(Inside Front Cover).

3. 3. L.F. Wei, J.X. Zhang, W.P. Deng*, S.J. Xie, Q.H. Zhang, Y. Wang*,Catalytic transformation of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid to adipic acid over niobic acid-supported Pt nanoparticles, Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 8013-8016.

4. 4. W.P. Deng#, Y.Z. Wang#, S. Zhang, K. M. Gupta, M. J. Hülsey, H. Asakura, L.M. Liu, Y. Han, E. M. Karp, G. T. Beckham, P. J. Dyson, J.W. Jiang, T. Tanaka, Y. Wang, Ning Yan*, Catalytic amino acid production from biomass-derived intermediates, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 2018, 115，5093-5098.

5. 5. Y.L. Wang#, W.P. Deng#, B.J. Wang#, Q.H. Zhang, X.Y. Wan, Z.C. Tang, Y. Wang*, C. Zhu, Z.X. Cao, G.C. Wang, H.L. Wan, Chemical synthesis of lactic acid from cellulose catalysed by lead(II) ions in water, Nat. Commun. 2013, 4: 2141.

6. 6. W.P. Deng, P. Wang, B.J. Wang, Y.L. Wang, L.F. Yan, Y.Y. Li, Q.H. Zhang, Z.X. Cao, Y. Wang*, Transformation of cellulose and related carbohydrates into lactic acid with bifunctional Al(III)-Sn(II) catalysts, Green Chem. 2018, 20, 735-744 (Invited article for Themed Collection of International Symposium on Green Chemistry 2017).

7. 7. L.Q. Xue, K. Cheng, H.X. Zhang, W.P. Deng*, Q.H. Zhang, Y. Wang*, Mesoporous H-ZSM-5 as an efficient catalyst for conversions of cellulose and cellobiose into methyl glucosides in methanol, Catal. Today 2016, 274, 60-66.

8. 8. C.M. Zhou, W.P. Deng*, X.Y. Wan, Q.H. Zhang, Y.H. Yang*, Y. Wang*, Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Biomass Conversion: The Base-Free Aerobic Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid over Platinum Supported on a Carbon Nanotube Catalyst, ChemCatChem 2015, 7, 2853-2863 (Inside Cover).

9. 9. W.P. Deng, H.X. Zhang, X.J. Wu, R.S. Li, Q.H. Zhang, Y. Wang*, Oxidative conversion of lignin and lignin model compounds catalyzed by CeO2-supported Pd nanoparticles, Green Chem. 2015, 17, 5009-5018.

10. 10. W.P. Deng, Q.H. Zhang, Y. Wang*, Catalytic transformation of cellulose and its derived carbohydrates into chemicals involving C-C bond cleavage, J. Energy Chem. 2015, 24, 595-607.