Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Current
My research interests at KAUST include the catalytic conversion of naphtha/methanol to light olefins and other chemicals, gas separation.
Highly Active Heterogeneous Catalyst for Ethylene Dimerization Prepared by Selectively Doping Ni on the Surface of a Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework
C. Chen, M. Alalouni, X. Dong, Z. Cao, Q. Cheng, L. Zheng, L. Meng, C. Guan, L. Liu, E. Abou-Hamad, J. Wang, Z. Shi, K. Huang, L. Cavallo, and Y. Han
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2021)
Engineering effective structural defects of metal–organic frameworks to enhance their catalytic performances
J. Wang, L. Liu, C. Chen, X. Dong, Q. Wang, L. Alfilfil, M. Alalouni, K. Yao, J. Huang, D. Zhang, and Y. Han
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2020)
Investigating the influence of mesoporosity in zeolite beta on its catalytic performance for the conversion of methanol to hydrocarbons
Z. Liu, X. Dong, Y. Zhu, A.-H. Emwas, D. Zhang, Q. Tian, Y. Han
ACS Catalysis, 5837-5845, (2015)
Catalytic pyrolysis of microalga Chlorella pyrenoidosa for production of ethylene, propylene and butene
X. Dong, Z. Chen, S. Xue, J. Zhang, J.Zhou, Y. Liu, Y. Xu, Z. Liu
Rsc Advances, 3: 25780, (2013)
The production of light olefins by catalytic cracking of the microalga Isochrysis zhanjiangensis over a modified ZSM-5 catalyst
X. Dong, S. Xue, J. Zhang, W. Huang, J. Zhou, Z. Chen, D. Yuan, Y. Xu, Z. Liu
Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 35, (2014)
Selective synthesis of para-cresol by conversion of anisole on ZSM-5 zeolites
K. Wang, X. Dong, Z. Chen, Y. He, Y. Xu, Z. Liu
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 185, 61-65, (2014)