Name: Pengxin Yu

Gender: Female

Title:

Degree: Doctorate

Major: Industrial Catalysis

Email: yupengxin@ncu.edu.cn

Research Interests: Catalytic conversion of biomass

Educational Background:

2025.01 - Present: Experimentalist, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University

2019.09 - 2024.12: Doctorate degree, Nanchang University

2015.09 - 2019.06: Bachelor's degree, Xi'an Polytechnic University

Teaching Profile

Research Profile: Mainly engaged in the utilization of biomass resources, including the preparation of bio-based chemicals and the quality improvement of bio-oil. Published 5 SCI papers in journals such as ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., Appl. Energ., Appl. Surf. Sci., and has been granted 2 national invention patents.

Representative Papers and Patents:

Papers:

(1) Xinge Miao#, Pengxin Yu#, Mingzhi Du, Yongsheng Yuan, Jianyu Han, Jingen Long, Lingzhao Kong, Junju Mu* and Weiran Yang*. Production of succinic acid directly from tartaric acid by iodine mediated transfer hydrogenation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2025, 13(1): 187-195.

(2) Conghao Ku, Jiansheng He, Pengxin Yu, Jinglong Chen* and Weiran Yang*. Fluoropyridine modulated local charge distribution of carbon nitride to facilitate photocatalytic oxidative γ-valerolactone production. Applied Surface Science, 2025, 679: 161261.

(3) Pengxin Yu, Jianshen He, Mingzhi Du, Ying Lai, Yang Peng, Fuqing Yu, Hongming Wang* and Weiran Yang*. Mechanistic study on the disproportionation of alcohols catalyzed by molecular iodine. Catalysis Letters, 2024, 154: 4594-4605.

(4) Ying Hu, Mei Hu, Haiwei Jiang, Pengxin Yu and Weiran Yang*. Co-liquefaction of livestock manure and food waste: Synergistic effects and product combustion performance. Applied Energy, 2023, 341: 121073.

(5) Pengxin Yu, Guangyu Sun, Lu Xiong, Boying Zhen, Teng Li, Jun Jiang, Yantao Wang and Weiran Yang*. Biomass to drugs: green production of salicylic acid from 2-furoic acid in two steps. Molecular Catalysis, 2022, 521: 112187.

Patents:

(1) Weiran Yang, Pengxin Yu, Teng Li. A method for preparing salicylic acid from 2,3-benzofuran. Chinese Invention Patent, ZL 202111251298.X, 2022.

(2) Weiran Yang, Xinge Miao, Pengxin Yu, Yongsheng Yuan. A method for preparing 1-isobutyl-3,5-dimethylbenzene and 1,3,5-triisobutylbenzene from methyl isobutyl ketone. Chinese Invention Patent, ZL 202310210670.5, 2024.