Current Research Interests

My research focuses on the rational synthesis/fabrication of membranes/films with two dimensional materials such as zeolite nanosheets, graphene etc. as building blocks, aiming at the applications in gas separation and anticorrosion.

Education

u  2004.09-2007.06 College of Chemistry, Nankai University, China, PhD, Advisor: Prof. Tiehong Chen

u  2001.09-2004.07 College of Chemistry, Nankai University, China, M.S., Advisor: Prof. Shouhe Xiang

u  1997.09-2001.07 Department of Chemistry, Qufu Normal University, China

B.S.       Majoring in Chemistry EducationProfessional Appointments

u  2016.12-present        Professor, Institute of Advanced Fluorine-Containing Materials , Zhejiang Normal University Jinhua, Zhejiang, P.R. China

u  2014.08-2015.08      Visiting Scholar, University of Minnesota, with Michael Tsapatsis

u  2012.12-2013.03      Visiting Scholar, Tokyo Institute of Technology, with Takashi Tatsumi

u  2009.10-2016.12      Associate Professor, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University Jinhua, Zhejiang, P.R. China

u  2007.07-2009.10      Lecturer, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University Jinhua, Zhejiang, P.R. China

Fundings

u  Synergistic effect of mesotemplate and silane coupling agent to construct ordered mesoporous ZSM-5, Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Granted No. 21101139), 2012.01-2014.12 (Principle Investigator)

u  Melamine based microporous polymeric materials for CO2 adsorption and separation, Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Granted No. 21471131), 2015.01-2018.12 (PI)

u  Synthesis of hierarchical zeolites aided by silane coupling agent, Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, China (Granted No. Y4090473), 2010.01-2011.12 (PI)

u  Improvement on mass transfer properties of zeolites, Science and Technology Department of Zhejiang Province (Granted No. 2011R09020-05), 2010.07-2012.12 (PI)

Summary of Research

u  Zeolites

²   Hierarchical ZSM-5 zeolites

²   Modification of ZSM-5 and mordenite to improve their pore accessibility

²   FeZSM-5 and their applications in the N₂O direct decomposition and the direct oxidation of benzene to phenol with N₂O as oxidant

u  CO₂ capture and sequestration

²   Amino-functionalized mesoporous materials as CO₂ adsorbents

²   High temperature CO₂ captors e.g. Li₂ZrO₃ and Li₄SiO₄

u  Catalytic hydrogenation

²   Selective hydrogenation of α, β-unsaturated aldehydes

²   Hydrodechlorination of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC-12 and CFC-115) to hydrofluorocarbons

List of Publications

[1]      Q. Xiao*, J. Wen, Y. Guo, J. Hu, J. Wang, F. Zhang, G. Tu, Y. Zhong, W. Zhu, "Synthesis, Carbonization, and CO2 Adsorption Properties of Phloroglucinol–Melamine–Formaldehyde Polymeric Nanofibers." Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2016, 55(49): 12667-12674.

[2]      Kai-Rui Fu, Ji-Kang Yao, Qiang Xiao, Hai-Xia Liu, Tian-Duo Li, Takashi Tatsumi and Jin-Gui Wang, A

[3]      low-deactivation-rate Lewis acid zeolite prepared in an alkali metal ion-containing system for alkene epoxidation, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 98514 - 98519

[4]      H. Zhang, Q. Xiao*, X. Guo, N. Li, P. Kumar, N. Rangnekar, M. Y. Jeon, S. Al-Thabaiti, K. Narasimharao, S. N. Basahel, B. Topuz, F. J. Onorato, C. W. Macosko, K. A. Mkhoyan, M. Tsapatsis*, Open-Pore Two-Dimensional MFI Zeolite Nanosheets for the Fabrication of Hydrocarbon-Isomer-Selective Membranes on Porous Polymer Supports, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 7184.

[5]      Lulu Li, Qinglun Meng, Junjun Wen, Jingui Wang, Gaomei Tu, Chunhui Xu, Fumin Zhang, Yijun Zhong, Weidong Zhu, Qiang Xiao*, Improved performance of hierarchical Fe-ZSM-5 in the direct oxidation of benzene to phenol by N₂O, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2016, 227, 252-257.

[6]      S. Song, J.Y. Yu, Q. Xiao*, Ye, X.R. Ye, Y.J. Zhong, W.D. Zhu, A stepwise loading method to magnetically responsive Pt-Fe₃O₄/MCNT catalysts for selective hydrogenation of 3-methylcrotonaldehyde, Nanoscale Research Letters, 9 (2014) 677-683.

[7]      J.Y. Yu, L. Yan, G.M. Tu, C.H. Xu, X.R. Ye, Y.J. Zhong, W.D. Zhu, Q. Xiao* Magnetically responsive core-shell Pd/Fe₃O₄@C composite catalysts for the hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde, Catal. Lett. 144 (2014) 2065-2070.

[8]      L.L. Chu, G. Liu, Q. Xiao*, Direct construction of hierarchical ZSM-5 microspheres aided by 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane, Mater. Res. Bulletin, 60 (2014) 746-751.

[9]      J.X. Hu, H. Shang, J.G. Wang, L. Luo, Q. Xiao*, Y.J. Zhong, W.D. Zhu, Highly enhanced selectivity and easy regeneration for the separation of CO₂ over N₂ on melamine-based microporous organic polymers, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 53 (2014), 11828-11837.

[10]  Q. Xiao, X.D. Tang, Y.F. Liu, Y.J. Zhong, W.D. Zhu, Comparison study on strategies to prepare nanocrystalline Li₂ZrO₃-based absorbents for CO₂ capture at high temperatures, Front. Chem. Sci. Eng. 7 (2013) 297-302.

[11]  H.Y. Zhang, L.L. Chu, Q. Xiao, L.F. Zhu, C.G. Yang, X.J. Meng, F.S. Xiao, One-pot synthesis of Fe-Beta zeolite by an organotemplate-free and seed-directed route, J. Mater. Chem. A 1 (2013) 3254-3257.

[12]  Q. Xiao*, Q.S. Yao, J. Zhuang, G. Liu, Y.J. Zhong, W.D. Zhu, A localized crystallization to hierarchical ZSM-5 microspheres aided by silane coupling agent, J. Colliod Interf. Sci. 394 (2013) 604-610.

[13]  Q. Xiao, F.F. Yang, J. Zhuang, G.P. Qiu, Y.J. Zhong, W.D. Zhu, Facile synthesis of uniform FeZSM-5 crystals with controlled size and their application to N₂O decomposition, Micropor. Mesopor. Mater. 167 (2013) 38-43.

[14]  Q. Xiao, X.D. Tang, Y.F. Liu, Y.J. Zhong, W.D. Zhu, A facile starch-assisted sol-gel method to synthesize K-doped Li₂ZrO₃ sorbents with excellent CO₂ capture properties, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 95 (2012) 1544-1548.

Meeting Presentations

[1]    Oral presentation, “Open-pore 2-dimensional MFI nanosheets for selective zeolite membrane”, the 7th International Zeolite Membrane Meeting, IZMM2016, Dalian, August 20-23, 2016, Oral presentation, O-13

[2]    Oral presentation, “Magnetic recyclable Pt/Fe₃O₄-MCNT catalysts for hydrogenation of 3-methyl-butenal with extraordinary C=O activity”, Sixth Asia-Pacific Congress on Catalysis (APCAT-6), Taiwan Taipei, October 11-18, 2013, Oral presentation, Mon-S13-04

[3]    Oral presentation, “Nanocrystalline Li₂ZrO₃ Based Materials as CO₂ Captors at High Temperatures”, 14^th International IUPAC Conference on High Temperature Materials Chemistry (HTMC-XIV), Beijing, P.R. China, 2012

[4]    Oral presentation, “Synthesis of hierarchical ZSM-5 zeolites aided by silane coupling agent”, 16^th Chinese Zeolite Conference (16^th CZC), Beijing, P.R. China, 2011

[5]    Oral presentation, “Hydrodechlorination of CFCs over Pd/C”, 13^th National Youth Congress on Catalysis of China (13^th NYCC), Kunming, Yunnan Province, P.R. China, 2011

[6]    Oral presentation, “Catalytic decomposition of N₂O over FeZSM-5 with different crystal sizes”, 6^th International Conference on Environmental Catalysis (ICEC 2010), Beijing, P.R. China, 2010

[7]    Oral presentation, “Zeolite Membranes Applied in Catalytic Processes”, 15^th Chinese Zeolite Conference (15^th CZC), Luoyang, Henan Province, P.R. China, 2009