Guojun Lan

Guojun Lan  received his B. Sc., and PhD degree from Zhejiang University of Technology in 2010 and 2016, respectively. During the period from January 2013 to August 2015, he was jointly trained at State key laboratory of Catalysis (SKLC), in Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He carried out postdoctoral research in the College of Environment, at Zhejiang University of Technology from 2016 to 2018. Since 2019, he has been working at the Institute of Industrial Catalysis, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology. His research interests mainly focus on the development of porous carbon materials and industrial catalysts, mainly include the design, synthesis and catalytic application of carbon-based catalysts, catalytic synthesis of vinyl chloride, green ammonia synthesis and hydrogenation of biomass derived chemicals in aqueous phase. He has coauthored more than 50 peer-reviewed papers.

Teaching responsibilities include undergraduate courses such as Physical Chemistry and Modern Methods in Catalysis Research, as well as graduate courses such as Modern Catalyst Characterization Techniques.

I supervised undergraduate students who won university-level Outstanding Graduation Thesis Awards, and graduate students who won the Outstanding Poster Award at the 8th Carbon Catalysis Conference, the Outstanding Poster Award at the 22nd National Conference on Catalysis, and the First Prize for Outstanding Poster at the 2026 International Forum on Future Green Energy Industrialization.

1. Scaled-up      Preparation and Stability Verification of Novel Iron-Based Ammonia      Synthesis Catalysts—Research on Scaled-up Preparation of Fused Iron      Catalysts, Sub-project of the National Key R&D Program of China,      2025.12–2030.11, Principal Investigator.

2. Complete      Set of Technologies and Demonstration for Full Regeneration of Activated      Carbon Supports to Prepare Ultra-Stable Low-Mercury Catalysts, Sub-project      of the National Key R&D Program of China, 2025.01–2028.12,      Participant.

3. Development      of Novel Catalysts for Green Ammonia Synthesis at Low Temperature and Low      Pressure, Industry-Sponsored Project, 2023.12–2026.12, Principal      Investigator.

4. Study on      Interfacial Confinement Carbon-Supported Cobalt Catalysts for      Aqueous-Phase Hydrogenation of Biomass-Derived Carboxylic Acids, Fund of      the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2020.01–2022.12, Principal      Investigator.

5. Industrial      Test and Application of Ultra-Stable Low-Mercury Catalysts for Polyvinyl      Chloride Synthesis—R&D of Ultra-Stable Low-Mercury Catalysts for Vinyl      Chloride Monomer Synthesis, Major Science and Technology Project of Inner      Mongolia, 2019.10–2023.09, Participant.

6. Production      and Industrialization of Ultra-Stable Low-Mercury Catalysts for Acetylene      Hydrochlorination, Industry-Sponsored Project, 2020.08–2030.08,      Participant.

7. Green      Production and Industrial Application of Ultra-Low-Mercury Catalysts for      Acetylene Hydrochlorination, Industry-Sponsored Project, 2020.05–2023.05,      Participant.

8. Technology      Development and Industrialization of Specialty Shaped Carbon for Catalyst      Supports, Industry-Sponsored Project, 2018.10–2021.10, PI.

9. Technology      Development for Comprehensive Utilization of Carbon Resources in Cyanamide      Waste Residue, Industry-Sponsored Project, 2018.08–2021.08, Principal      Investigator.

10. Construction      of Highly Stable Boron Nitride-Supported Ruthenium Catalysts Based on      Confinement Effect and Study of Their Structure–Activity Relationships,      Zhejiang Province Postdoctoral Research Project Merit Funding,      2018.01–2018.12, Principal Investigator.

11. Construction      of Ruthenium–Solid Acid Bifunctional Carbon-Based Catalysts and Their      Application in One-Step Catalytic Conversion of Levulinic Acid to      γ-Valerolactone, Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation,      2017.01–2019.12, Participant.

[1] Guojun Lan*, Huimin Xie, Xiaojia Han, Liping Zhang, Zaizhe Cheng, Xiucheng Sun, Yiyang Qiu, Ying Li*, A Stable and Efficient Ruthenium Catalyst Supported on a Mesoporous Spheric Nanographite for Hydrogenation of Dimethyl Terephthalate, ChemistrySelect, 2025, 10(24), e202502008

[2]Peng Yang, Hualei Hu*, Yong Yang, Guowen Lu, Qianquan Fang, Guojun Lan*, Jian Zhang*, Chunlin Chen*, Efficient Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid by Nanocopper Oxide Catalysts, ChemPlusChem,2025, 90(5), e202400708

[3]Wei Shuhao, Lan Guojun *, Qiu Yiyang, Lin Di, Kong Wei, Li Ying *, Advances in metal-free carbon catalysts for acetylene hydrochlorination: From heteroatom doping to intrinsic defects over the past decade, Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2025, 70, 8–43

[4] Lan Guojun, Zhou Jinlong, Ye Qingfeng, Lin Di, Qiu Yiyang, Cheng Zaizhe, Sun Xiucheng and Ying Li*, A hierarchically porous carbon stabilized atomically dispersed Au catalyst for acetylene hydrochlorination, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2024,11, 5657-5665

[5] Lan Guojun *, Shi Tuo, Di Lin, Zhou Jinlong, Cheng Zaizhe, Sun Xiucheng, Qiu Yiyang, Li Ying*, A green process for the dehydration of salicylamide to salicylonitrile utilizing a heterogeneous carbon supported PdCl₂ catalyst, Molecular Catalysis, 2024, 563(15), 114258

[6] Lan Guojun *, Zhang Liping, Xie Huimin, Shi Tuo, Luo Wen, Wang Yuxiang, Cheng Zaizhe, Sun Xiucheng, Qiu Yiyang, Li Ying*, Selective catalytic hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural over silica supported FeCoNiCuRu high-entropy alloy nanoparticles, New Journal of Chemistry, 2024, 48, 12993-12999

[7] Lan Guojun*, Li Zhenqing, Han Xiaojia, Zhang Liping, Qiu Yiyang, Sun Xiucheng, Cheng Zaizhe, Li Ying*, Modulating the surface structure of nanodiamonds to enhance the electronic metal–support interaction of efficient ruthenium catalysts for levulinic acid hydrogenation, New Journal of Chemistry, 2023, 47, 6258–6265

[8] Wang Xiaolong, Fan Dong, Lan Guojun, Cheng Zaizhe, Sun Xiucheng, Qiu Yiyang, Han Wenfeng, Tang Haodong, Liu Huazhang, Zhu Yihan, Hu Xiaojun, Li Ying*, The reaction mechanism of acetylene hydrochlorination on defective carbon supported ruthenium catalysts identified by DFT calculations and experimental approaches, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2022, 9, 458-467

[9] Qian Lihua, LanGuojun*, Liu Xiaoyan, Li Zhenqing, Li Ying*, Aqueous-phase hydrogenation of levulinic acid over carbon layer protected silica-supported cobalt-ruthenium catalysts, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2021, 38, 114-122

[10] Lan Guojun#, Yang Jing #, Ye Run-Ping, Boyjoo Yash, Liang Ji, Liu Xiaoyan, Li Ying*, Liu Jian*, and Qian Kun*, Sustainable Carbon Materials toward Emerging Applications, Small Methods, 2021, 2001250

[11] Liu Xiaoyan, Lan Guojun*, Li Zhenqing, Qian Lihua, Liu Jian, Li Ying*, Stabilization of Heterogeneous Hydrogenation Catalysts for the Aqueous-Phase Reactions of Renewable Feedstocks, Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2021, 42: 694–709

[12] Liu Xiaoyan, Ye Sheng, Lan Guojun, Su Panpan, Zhang Xiaoli, Price Cameron Alexander Hurd, Li Ying *, and Liu Jian *, Atomic Pyridinic Nitrogen Sites Promoting Levulinic Acid Hydrogenations over Double-Shelled Hollow Ru/C Nanoreactors, Small, 2021, 17, 2101271

[13] Lan Guojun, Ye Qingfeng, Zhu Yihan, Tang Haodong*, Han Wenfeng, Li Ying *, Single-Site Au/Carbon Catalysts with Single-Atom and Au Nanoparticles for Acetylene Hydrochlorination, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2020, 3, 3004-3010

[14] Lan Guojun, Qiu Yiyang, Fan Jiangtao, Wang Xiaolong, Tang Haodong, Han Wenfeng, Liu Huazhang, Liu Hongyang*, Song Shuang, Li Ying*, Defective graphene@diamond hybrid nanocarbon material as effective and stable metal-free catalyst for acetylene hydrochlorination, Chemical Communications, 2019, 55(10), 1430-1433

[15] Lan Guojun, Wang Yan, Qiu Yiyang, Wang Xiaolong, Liang Ji, Han Wenfeng, Tang Haodong, Liu Huazhang, Liu Jian*, Li Ying*, Wheat flour-derived N-doped mesoporous carbon extrudate as superior metal-free catalysts for acetylene hydrochlorination, Chemical Communications, 2018, 54(6): 623~626

[16] Lan Guojun, Zhou Yaping, Shen Hangjia, Tang Haodong, Li Ying*, Formation mechanism of highly dispersed semi-embedded ruthenium nanoparticles in porous carbon matrix determined by in situ temperature-programmed infrared spectroscopy, Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2018, 39(1): 146~156

[17] Lan Guojun, Yang Yong, Wang Xiaolong, Han Wenfeng, Tang Haodong, Liu Huazhang, Li Ying*, Direct synthesis of mesoporous nitrogen doped Ru-carbon catalysts with semi-embedded Ru nanoparticles for acetylene hydrochlorination. Microporous Mesoporous Material, 2018, 264, 248-253

• Our team has actively served enterprises through industry-sponsored projects, helping partners achieve technological upgrading and a leap in product competitiveness. For example, for an environmental protection new materials company in Shandong, we established a green manufacturing process for catalysis-specific activated carbon and simultaneously improved the full-process product quality control system, achieving independent control over key supports and low-carbon production; for a listed company in Jiangsu, we successfully developed a novel heterogeneous industrial catalyst, completely replacing its traditional homogeneous synthesis process route.