{"id":6459,"date":"2026-07-12T13:50:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T05:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodrefinery.com\/zhenfang\/?p=6459"},"modified":"2026-07-12T13:50:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T05:50:22","slug":"%e5%a1%91%e6%96%99%e5%88%b6%e7%83%b7%e5%9f%ba%e8%8a%b3%e7%83%83coupling-polyolefin-conversion-and-methanol-reduction-for-c9-c10-alkylaromatic-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodrefinery.com\/zhenfang\/%e5%a1%91%e6%96%99%e5%88%b6%e7%83%b7%e5%9f%ba%e8%8a%b3%e7%83%83coupling-polyolefin-conversion-and-methanol-reduction-for-c9-c10-alkylaromatic-production\/","title":{"rendered":"\u5851\u6599\u5236\u70f7\u57fa\u82b3\u70c3Coupling Polyolefin Conversion and Methanol Reduction for C9-C10 Alkylaromatic Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">Coupling Polyolefin Conversion and Methanol Reduction for C<sub>9<\/sub>-C<sub>10<\/sub>\u00a0Alkylaromatic Production<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0 Recently, under the supervision of Professor <strong>Zhen Fang<\/strong>, collaborated with Profs. Richard L. Smith (Tohoku Univ, Japan) and Janusz Kozinski (Lakehead Univ, Canada), PhD student Mr. Sheng-ren Li published a research article focusing on polyolefin conversion into C<sub>9<\/sub>-C<sub>10<\/sub>\u00a0Alkylaromatic in\u00a0<em>Angewandte Chemie International Edition\u00a0<\/em>(Q1; Impact factor: 17.6).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0 This work presents a strategy for integrating polyethylene (PE) aromatization and Friedel\u2013Crafts-type alkylation reactions via methanol reduction for upgrading PE to 79.0 wt% liquid with 56.1 wt% aromatics at 280 \u00b0C, enabled by a bifunctional NiGa\/ZSM-5-H catalyst. In the catalyst design, hierarchical ZSM-5-H promotes cracking of PE, while Ga serves not only as an active site for aromatization and alkylation, but also suppresses Ni\u2070 formation by withdrawing electron density from Ni, ensuring that Ni<sup>2+<\/sup>\u00a0remains as the active catalytic site for methanol reduction. Hydrogen species derived from PE aromatization participate in methanol reduction, while methanol functions mainly as a hydrogen sink and methyl donor yet also releases some hydrogen under reaction conditions, allowing the PE aromatization and methanol reduction steps to be coupled. In the presence of hydrogen, methanol reduction generates methyl species that promote Friedel\u2013Crafts-type alkylation, incorporating methyl groups into the alkyl substituents of aromatics and boosting C<sub>9<\/sub>-C<sub>10\u00a0<\/sub>alkylaromatics yields by more than 600%. By introducing 0.99 g\/g methanol equivalent into the PE-catalyst reaction system, aromatic and C<sub>9<\/sub>-C<sub>10\u00a0<\/sub>alkylaromatics yields are more than double those without methanol. The strategy is applicable to upgrading of polyolefins and offers a practical route for industrial processing of plastic waste.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0 Results were accepted in <em>Angewandte Chemie International Edition<\/em><\/span>\uff1a<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">SR Li, RL. Smith, JA Kozinski,<strong>\u00a0Zhen Fang*<\/strong>, Coupling Polyolefin Conversion and Methanol Reduction for C<sub>9<\/sub>-C<sub>10<\/sub>\u00a0Alkylaromatic Production, Angewandte Chemie International Edition,\u00a0<strong>2026<\/strong>, e5589662,\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/anie.5589662\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/anie.5589662<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6460\" src=\"https:\/\/woodrefinery.com\/zhenfang\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GA-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodrefinery.com\/zhenfang\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GA-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/woodrefinery.com\/zhenfang\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GA-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/woodrefinery.com\/zhenfang\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GA-1024x630.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/woodrefinery.com\/zhenfang\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GA-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/woodrefinery.com\/zhenfang\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GA-1536x945.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/woodrefinery.com\/zhenfang\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GA-2048x1260.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u805a\u70ef\u70c3\u8f6c\u5316\u4e0e\u7532\u9187\u8fd8\u539f\u8026\u8054\u751f\u4ea7<span lang=\"EN-US\">C9-C10<\/span>\u70f7\u57fa\u82b3\u70c3<span lang=\"EN-US\">Coupling Polyolefin Conversion and Methanol Reduction for C9-C10 Alkylaromatic Production<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u535a\u58eb\u751f\u674e\u80dc\u4efbAngew: \u805a\u70ef\u70c3\u8f6c\u5316\u4e0e\u7532\u9187\u8fd8\u539f\u8026\u8054\u751f\u4ea7<\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">C<sub>9<\/sub>-C<sub>10<\/sub><\/span><\/strong><strong>\u70f7\u57fa\u82b3\u70c3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u6700\u8fd1\uff0c\u5728<strong>\u65b9\u771f\u6559\u6388<\/strong>\u7684\u6307\u5bfc\u4e0b\uff0c\u4e0e\u65e5\u672c\u4e1c\u5317\u5927\u5b66<span lang=\"EN-US\">Richard L. Smith<\/span>\u6559\u6388\u548c\u52a0\u62ff\u5927\u6e56\u9996\u5927\u5b66<span lang=\"EN-US\">Janusz Kozinski<\/span>\u6559\u6388\u5408\u4f5c\uff0c\u535a\u58eb\u751f\u674e\u80dc\u4efb\u5728\u300aAngewandte Chemie International Edition\u300b(Q1; Impact factor: 17.6)<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span>\u4e0a\u53d1\u8868\u4e86\u4e00\u7bc7\u5173\u4e8e\u805a\u70ef\u70c3\u5851\u6599\u5347\u7ea7\u5236\u5907\u9ad8\u4ef7\u503c<span lang=\"EN-US\">C<sub>9<\/sub>-C<sub>10<\/sub><\/span>\u70f7\u57fa\u82b3\u70c3\u7684\u7814\u7a76\u6027\u8bba\u6587\u3002\u8fd9\u662f\u674e\u80dc\u4efb\u540c\u5fd7\u4e00\u4f5c\u53d1\u8868\u5173\u4e8e\u6db2\u5316\u7684\u7b2c3\u7bc7\u8bba\u6587\uff08\u6b64\u524d\u5728CEJ\u548cRE\u5df2\u53d1\u8868)\u3002<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u8be5\u7814\u7a76\u63d0\u51fa\u4e86\u4e00\u79cd\u901a\u8fc7\u7532\u9187\u8fd8\u539f\u5c06\u805a\u4e59\u70ef\uff08<span lang=\"EN-US\">PE<\/span>\uff09\u82b3\u6784\u5316\u548c\u5085\u514b\u578b\u70f7\u57fa\u5316\u53cd\u5e94\u76f8\u7ed3\u5408\u7684\u7b56\u7565\uff0c\u5229\u7528\u53cc\u529f\u80fd<span lang=\"EN-US\">NiGa\/ZSM-5-H<\/span>\u50ac\u5316\u5242\uff0c\u5728<span lang=\"EN-US\">280 \u00b0C<\/span>\u4e0b\u5c06<span lang=\"EN-US\">PE<\/span>\u5347\u7ea7\u4e3a\u542b<span lang=\"EN-US\">56.1 wt%<\/span>\u82b3\u70c3\u7684<span lang=\"EN-US\">79.0 wt%<\/span>\u6db2\u4f53\u3002\u5728\u50ac\u5316\u5242\u8bbe\u8ba1\u4e2d\uff0c\u5206\u7ea7\u7ed3\u6784\u7684<span lang=\"EN-US\">ZSM-5-H<\/span>\u4fc3\u8fdb\u4e86<span lang=\"EN-US\">PE<\/span>\u7684\u88c2\u89e3\uff0c\u800c<span lang=\"EN-US\">Ga<\/span>\u4e0d\u4ec5\u4f5c\u4e3a\u82b3\u6784\u5316\u548c\u70f7\u57fa\u5316\u7684\u6d3b\u6027\u4f4d\u70b9\uff0c\u8fd8\u901a\u8fc7\u4ece<span lang=\"EN-US\">Ni<\/span>\u4e2d\u62bd\u79bb\u7535\u5b50\u5bc6\u5ea6\u6765\u6291\u5236<span lang=\"EN-US\">Ni\u2070<\/span>\u7684\u5f62\u6210\uff0c\u4ece\u800c\u786e\u4fdd<span lang=\"EN-US\">Ni\u00b2\u207a<\/span>\u4f5c\u4e3a\u7532\u9187\u8fd8\u539f\u7684\u6d3b\u6027\u50ac\u5316\u4f4d\u70b9\u3002\u6765\u81ea\u805a\u4e59\u70ef\u82b3\u6784\u5316\u7684\u6c22\u7269\u79cd\u53c2\u4e0e\u7532\u9187\u8fd8\u539f\u53cd\u5e94\uff0c\u800c\u7532\u9187\u4e3b\u8981\u4f5c\u4e3a\u6c22\u6e90\u548c\u7532\u57fa\u4f9b\u4f53\uff0c\u4f46\u5728\u53cd\u5e94\u6761\u4ef6\u4e0b\u4e5f\u4f1a\u91ca\u653e\u90e8\u5206\u6c22\uff0c\u4ece\u800c\u4f7f\u805a\u4e59\u70ef\u82b3\u6784\u5316\u548c\u7532\u9187\u8fd8\u539f\u6b65\u9aa4\u5f97\u4ee5\u8026\u5408\u3002\u5728\u6c22\u6c14\u5b58\u5728\u4e0b\uff0c\u7532\u9187\u8fd8\u539f\u4f1a\u751f\u6210\u7532\u57fa\u7269\u79cd\uff0c\u8fd9\u4e9b\u7269\u79cd\u80fd\u4fc3\u8fdb\u5085\u514b\u578b\u70f7\u57fa\u5316\u53cd\u5e94\uff0c\u5c06\u7532\u57fa\u5f15\u5165\u82b3\u9999\u65cf\u5316\u5408\u7269\u7684\u70f7\u57fa\u53d6\u4ee3\u57fa\u4e2d\uff0c\u5e76\u5c06\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">C<sub>9<\/sub>-C<sub>10<\/sub><\/span>\u70f7\u57fa\u82b3\u9999\u65cf\u5316\u5408\u7269\u7684\u6536\u7387\u63d0\u9ad8\u4e86<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0600%\u00a0<\/span>\u4ee5\u4e0a\u3002\u901a\u8fc7\u5411<span lang=\"EN-US\">PE<\/span>\u50ac\u5316\u5242\u53cd\u5e94\u4f53\u7cfb\u4e2d\u5f15\u5165<span lang=\"EN-US\">0.99 g\/g<\/span>\u5f53\u91cf\u7684\u7532\u9187\uff0c\u82b3\u70c3\u548c<span lang=\"EN-US\">C<sub>9<\/sub>-C<sub>10<\/sub><\/span>\u70f7\u57fa\u82b3\u70c3\u7684\u6536\u7387\u662f\u672a\u6dfb\u52a0\u7532\u9187\u65f6\u7684\u4e24\u500d\u4ee5\u4e0a\u3002\u8be5\u7b56\u7565\u9002\u7528\u4e8e\u805a\u70ef\u70c3\u7684\u5347\u7ea7\u8f6c\u5316\uff0c\u5e76\u4e3a\u5851\u6599\u5e9f\u5f03\u7269\u7684\u5de5\u4e1a\u5904\u7406\u63d0\u4f9b\u4e86\u4e00\u6761\u5207\u5b9e\u53ef\u884c\u7684\u9014\u5f84\u3002<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u7ed3\u679c\u53d1\u8868\u5728<em><span lang=\"EN-US\">Angewandte Chemie International Edition<\/span><\/em>\uff1a<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SR Li, RL. Smith, JA Kozinski,<strong>\u00a0Zhen Fang*<\/strong>, Coupling Polyolefin Conversion and Methanol Reduction for C<sub>9<\/sub>-C<sub>10<\/sub>\u00a0Alkylaromatic Production, Angewandte Chemie International Edition,\u00a0<strong>2026<\/strong>, e5589662,\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/anie.5589662\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/anie.5589662<\/a><\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/anie.5589662.\">.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coupling Polyolefin Conversion and Methanol Reduction f [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodrefinery.com\/zhenfang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6459"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodrefinery.com\/zhenfang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodrefinery.com\/zhenfang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodrefinery.com\/zhenfang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodrefinery.com\/zhenfang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/woodrefinery.com\/zhenfang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6461,"href":"https:\/\/woodrefinery.com\/zhenfang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6459\/revisions\/6461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodrefinery.com\/zhenfang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodrefinery.com\/zhenfang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodrefinery.com\/zhenfang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}