• Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Enzyme-inspired Materials
• Biomass Depolymerization and Biorenewable Chemical Production
• Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry

Journal Articles
1. Bedasso, G. D.; Tzou, D.-L. M.; Chung, P.-W.* Amino Group Functionalized Pitch-Based Carbocatalyst for the Henry Reaction of Furfural. J. Taiwan Inst. Chem. Eng. 2023, 104801.”
2. Kumar, R.; Lee, H.-H.; Chen, E.; Du, Y.-P.; Lin, C.-Y.; Prasanseang, W.; Solos, T.; Choojun, K.; Sooknoi, T.; Xie, R.-K.; Lee, J.-F.; Chung, P.-W.* Facile Synthesis of the Atomically Dispersed Hydrotalcite Oxide Supported Copper Catalysts for the Selective Hydrogenation of 5–Hydroxymethylfurfural into 2,5-Bis(Hydroxymethyl)Furan. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2023, 329, 122547.
3. Kumar, R.; Li, C.-C.; Wu, C.-H.; Tzeng, T.-W.; Tzou, D.-L. M.; Lin, Y.-C.*; Chung, P.-W.* Silica-Supported Nanoscale Hydrotalcite-Derived Oxides for C4 Chemicals from Ethanol Condensation. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2022, 5 (6), 7885–7895.
4. Hsu, H.-Y.; Ou, J.-T.; Cheng, T.-T.; Lin, H.-Y.; Lin, C.-Y.; Chen, J.; Sun, B.; Chung, P.-W.*; Wang, C.-L.* Connecting Molecular and Supramolecular Shapeshifting by the Ostwald’s Nucleation Stages of a Star Giant Molecule. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144 (21), 9390–9398.
5. Tzeng, T.-W.; Lin, C.-Y.; Pao, C.-W.; Chen, J.-L.; Nuguid, R. J. G.; Chung, P.-W.* Understanding Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 2,5-Dimethylfuran (DMF) Using Carbon Supported Ru Catalysts. Fuel Process. Technol. 2020, 199, 106225.
6. Tzeng, T.-W.; Bhaumik, P.; Chung, P.-W.* Understanding the Production of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) from Chitosan Using Solid Acids. Mol. Catal. 2019, 479, 110627.
7. Yu, T.-F.; Chang, C.-W.; Chung, P.-W.*; Lin, Y.-C.* Unsupported and Silica-Supported Perovskite-Type Lanthanum Manganite and Lanthanum Ferrite in the Conversion of Ethanol. Fuel Process. Technol. 2019, 194, 106117.
8. Bhaumik, P.; Chou, H.-J.; Lee, L.-C.; Chung, P.-W.* Chemical Transformation for 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Production from Saccharides Using Molten Salt System. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2018, 6 (5), 5712–5717.
9. Chen, R.-K.; Yu, T.-F.; Wu, M.-X.; Tzeng, T.-W.; Chung, P.-W.*; Lin, Y.-C.* The Aldolization Nature of Mn⁴⁺-Nonstoichiometric Oxygen Pair Sites of Perovskite-Type LaMnO3 in the Conversion of Ethanol. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2018, 6 (9), 11949–11958.
10. Chung, P.-W.; Yabushita, M.; To, A.-T.; Bae, Y.; Jankolovits, J.; Kobayashi, H.*; Fukuoka, A.*; Katz, A.* Long-Chain Glucan Adsorption and Depolymerization in Zeolite-Templated Carbon. ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 6422-6425.
11. Chung, P.-W.; Charmot; A.; Click; T.; Lin, Y.; Bae, Y.; Chu, J.-W.;* Katz, A.* Importance of Internal Porosity for Glucan Adsorption in Mesoporous Carbon Materials. Langmuir 2015, 31, 7288-7295.
12. To, A.-T.; Chung, P.-W.; Katz, A.* Weak-Acid Sites Catalyze Crystalline-Cellulose Hydrolysis to Glucose in Water: Importance of Carbon Post-Synthetic Surface Functionalization. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 11050-11053.
13. Chung, P.-W.*; Charmot, A.; Olatunji-Ojo, O.-A.; Durkin, K.-A.; Katz, A.* Hydrolysis Catalysis of Miscanthus Xylan to Xylose Using Weak-Acid Surface Sites. ACS Catal. 2014, 4, 302-310.
14. Charmot, A.†; Chung, P.-W.†; Katz, A.* Catalytic Hydrolysis of Cellulose to Glucose Using Weak-Acid Surface Sites on Postsynthetically Modified Carbon. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2014, 2 (12), 2866-2872. (Equally contributed as first authors.)
15. Chung, P.-W.*; Charmot, A.; Gazit, O.-M.; Katz, A.* Glucan Adsorption on Mesoporous Carbon Nanoparticles: Effect of Chain Length and Internal Surface. Langmuir 2012, 28, 15222-15232.
16. Huang, Y.*; Deng, W.; Guo, E.; Chung, P.-W.; Chen, S.; Trewyn, B.-G.; Brown, R.-C.; Lin, V. S.-Y. Ordered Mesoporous Polymer-Silica Hybrid Nanoparticles as Vehicles for Intracellular Controlled Release of Macromolecules. ChemCatChem, 2012, 4(5), 674-680.
17. Kim, T.-W.*; Slowing, I.; Chung, P.-W.; Lin, V. S.-Y. Ordered Mesoporous Polymer-Silica Hybrid Nanoparticles as Vehicles for Intracellular Controlled Release of Macromolecules. ACS Nano, 2011, 5, 360-366.
18. Kim, T.-W.*; Chung, P.-W.; Lin, V. S.-Y. Facile Synthesis of Monodisperse Spherical MCM-48 Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles with Controlled Particle Size. Chem. Mater. 2010, 22, 5093-5104.
19. Kim, T.-W.; Chung, P.-W.; Slowing, I.; Tsunoda, M.; Yeung, E.-S. and Lin, V. S.-Y.* Structurally Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Nanoparticles as Transmembrane Delivery Vehicle in Human Cancer Cells. Nano Letters 2008, 8(11), 3724- 3727.
20. Chung, P.-W.; Kumar, R.; Pruski, M.; Lin, V. S.-Y.* Temperature Responsive Solution Partition of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-coated Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2008, 18, 1390-1398.

Patent
1. “STABLIZED ACYCLIC SACCHARIDE COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR STABLIZING ACYCLIC SACCHARDES AND APPLICATION THEREOF” U.S. Patent: patent application submitted 2019 “US2020064201 A1”
2. “MODIFIED CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL, CARBON DIOXIDE ADSORBENT AND METHOD FOR CELLULOSE HYDROLYSIS USING THE SAME” U.S. Patent: patent application submitted 2019 “US20200398248 A1”
3. “METAL OXIDES-SILICA COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME” U.S. Patent US20200346201A1: Approved
4. “MOLTEN SALT SYSTEM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS OF TRANSFORMATION FOR MULTI-CARBON PRODUCTION BY USING THE SAME” U.S. Patent: US 10941130 B2 (Mar. 9th, 2021)
5. “CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL FOR PURIFYING LIGNOCELLULOSIC OLIGOMERS” U.S. Patent: WO 2,013,059,523 (Date of Patent: April 26th, 2013)
6. “THIOCARBONYLTHIO COMPOUND AND FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION EMPOLYING THE SAME” U.S. Patent: US 7632959 B2 (Date of Patent: December 15th, 2009)
7. THIOCARBONYLTHIO COMPOUND AND FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION THEREWITH” T.W. Patent: TW I238166 (Date of Patent: August 21st, 2005)
8. 中華民國專利發明號 TW I704955; 發明名稱『改質碳材及使用其之二氧化碳吸附劑及纖維素水解方法』
9. 中華民國專利發明號 TW I706914; 發明名稱『金屬複合氧化矽材料及其製備方法』
10. 中華民國專利發明號 TW I714035; 發明名稱『熔鹽系統及使用彼製造多碳產品之方法及裝置』
11. 中華民國專利發明名稱『穩定化非環狀醣類複合物與穩定非環狀醣類之方法及其應用』,核准等待案號。

Update： 2024-01-15

1. Gemechu Dadi Bedasso, Chan-Yi Lin, Chia-Hui Wu, Der-Lii M. Tzou, Po-Wen Chung* Hydrolysis of Cellulose using boronic-acid multifunctional carbocatalysts. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers 2024-04-01, 157, 105435.
2. Warot Prasanseang, Kittisak Choojun*, Yingyot Poo-arporn, Ai-Lin Huang, Yu-Chuan Lin, En Chen, Hsin-Hui Lee, Po-Wen Chung, Tawan Sooknoi* Tuning Cu+ species/Brønsted acids of copper phyllosilicate by K+ doping for selective hydrogenation of methyl palmitate to hexadecanol. Journal of Catalysis 2023-12-01, 428, 115115.
3. Raju Kumar, Hsin-Hui Lee, En Chen, Yuan-Peng Du, Chan-Yi Lin, Warot Prasanseang, Thanasak Solos, Kittisak Choojun, Tawan Sooknoi, Rui-Kun Xie, Jyh-Fu Lee, Po-Wen Chung* Facile synthesis of the atomically dispersed hydrotalcite oxide supported copper catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of 5–hydroxymethylfurfural into 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2023-07-15, 329, 122547.
4. Lee-Lee Chang, Chechia Hu*, Chun-Chieh Huang, Chan-Yi Lin, Po-Wen Chung, Kuo-Lun Tung* Potassium Citrate-Activated Porous Carbon Nanostructures for CO₂ Adsorption and Electroreduction. ACS Applied Nano Materials 2023-05-17, 6(10), 8839-8848.
5. Gemechu Dadi Bedasso, Der-Lii M. Tzou, Po-Wen Chung* Amino group functionalized pitch-based carbocatalyst for the Henry reaction of furfural. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers 2023-03-07, .
6. Hepsiba Niruba Catherine, Zhi-Ting Liu, Chan-Yi Lin, Po-Wen Chung, Shun Tsunekawa, Shawn D. Lin, Masaaki Yoshida, Chechia Hu* Understanding the intermediates and carbon dioxide adsorption of potassium chloride-incorporated graphitic carbon nitride with tailoring melamine and urea as precursors. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2023-03-01, 633, 598-607.
7. Hepsiba Niruba Catherine, Zhi-Ting Liu, Chan-Yi Lin, Po-Wen Chung, Shun Tsunekawa, Shawn D. Lin, Masaaki Yoshida, Chechia Hu* Understanding the intermediates and carbon dioxide adsorption of potassium chloride-incorporated graphitic carbon nitride with tailoring melamine and urea as precursors. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2023-03, 633, 598-607.
8. Raju Kumar, Hsin-Hui Lee, En Chen, Yuan-Peng Du, Chan-Yi Lin, Warot Prasanseang, Thanasak Solos, Kittisak Choojun, Tawan Sooknoi, Rui-Kun Xie, Jyh-Fu Lee, Po-Wen Chung* Facile Synthesis of the Atomically Dispersed Hydrotalcite Oxide Supported Copper Catalysts for the Selective Hydrogenation of 5–Hydroxymethylfurfural into 2,5-Bis(hydroxymethyl)furan. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2023-02-28, .
9. Shih-Hao Wang, Pin-Zhen Chen, Yen-Yu Chen, Farheen Khurshid, Cheng-Wei Cai, Yu-Ying Lai*, Po-Wen Chung, Ru-Jong Jeng*, Syang-Peng Rwei, Leeyih Wang* Naphthalene Diimide-Based Donor–Acceptor–Donor Small Molecules as Metal-Free Organocatalysts for Photocatalytic CO₂ Reaction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022-09-14, 14(38), 43109-43115.
10. Raju Kumar, Cheng-Chia Li, Chia-Hui Wu, Tai-Wei Tzeng, Der-Lii M Tzou, Yu-Chuan Lin*, Po-Wen Chung* Silica-Supported Nanoscale Hydrotalcite-Derived Oxides for C4 Chemicals from Ethanol Condensation. ACS Applied Nano Materials 2022-06, 5(6), 7885-7895.
11. Shih-Hao Wang, Farheen Khurshid, Pin-Zhen Chen, Ying-Ren Lai, Cheng-Wei Cai, Po-Wen Chung, Michitoshi Hayashi*, Ru-Jong Jeng*, Syang-Peng Rwei, Leeyih Wang* Solution-Processable Naphthalene Diimide-Based Conjugated Polymers as Organocatalysts for Photocatalytic CO₂ Reaction with Extremely Stable Catalytic Activity for Over 330 Hours. Chemistry of Materials 2022-06, 34(11), 4955-4963.
12. Hong-Yu Hsu, Jou-Tsen Ou, Tsu-Tung Cheng, Heng-Yi Lin, Chan-Yi Lin, Jia Chen, Bin Sun, Po-Wen Chung*, Chien-Lung Wang* Connecting Molecular and Supramolecular Shapeshifting by the Ostwald’s Nucleation Stages of a Star Giant Molecule. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022-05, 144(21), 9390-9398.
13. Pei-Hsun Sung, Chih-Yang Huang, Chan-Yi Lin, Po-Wen Chung, Yu-Chung Chang, Li-Chyong Chen, Hsin-Yu Chen, Chien-Neng Liao*, Erh-Li Chiu, Cheng-Yu Wang* Photocatalytic CO2 reduction for C2-C3 oxy-compounds on ZIF-67 derived carbon with TiO2. Journal of CO2 Utilization 2022-04, 58, 101920.
14. Amr Sabbah, Indrajit Shown, Mohammad Qorbani, Fang-Yu Fu, Tsai-Yu Lin, Heng-Liang Wu, Po-Wen Chung, Chih-I Wu, Svette Reina Merden Santiago, Ji-Lin Shen, Kuei-Hsien Chen, Li-Chyong Chen Boosting photocatalytic CO2 reduction in a ZnS/ZnIn2S4 heterostructure through strain-induced direct Z-scheme and a mechanistic study of molecular CO2 interaction thereon. Nano Energy 2022-03, 93, 106809.
15. Mahmoud Kamal Hussien, Amr Sabbah, Mohammad Qorbani, Mohamed Hammad Elsayed, Putikam Raghunath, Tsai-Yu Lin, Shaham Quadir, Hong-Yi Wang, Heng-Liang Wu, Der-Lii M Tzou, Ming-Chang Lin, Po-Wen Chung, Ho-Hsiu Chou, Li-Chyong Chen, Kuei-Hsien Chen Metal-free four-in-one modification of g-C3N4 for superior photocatalytic CO2 reduction and H2 evolution. Chemical Engineering Journal 2022-02, 430, 132853.
16. ShihHao Wang, Rathinam Raja, Chuen-Yo Hsiow, Farheen Khurshid, Hau-Ren Yang, Po-Wen Chung, Yu-Ying Lai, Ru-Jong Jeng, Leeyih Wang Chromatic Fulleropyrrolidine as Long‐Lived Metal‐Free Catalyst for CO2 Photoreduction Reaction. ChemSusChem 2022-01, 15, e202102476.
17. Cheng-Kuan Su, Szu-Yu Chen, Jen-Hsuan Chung, Guo-Chian Li, Brigitte Brandmair, Thomas Huthwelker, John L Fulton, Camelia N Borca, Shing-Jong Huang, Joseph Nagyvary, Hsiao-Han Tseng, Chih-Hui Chang, Dai-Ting Chung, Rafael Vescovi, Yi-Shiuan Tsai, Wenjie Cai, Bing-Jyun Lu, Jia-Wei Xu, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Jun-Jie Wu, Hao-Zhi Li, Yu-Kai Jheng, Sheng-Fong Lo, Hao Ming Chen, Yi-Ting Hsieh, Po-Wen Chung, Chien-Sheng Chen, Yuh-Chang Sun, Jerry Chun Chung Chan, Hwan-Ching Tai Materials Engineering of Violin Soundboards by Stradivari and Guarneri. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021-06, 60(35), 19144-19154.
18. Ya-Ju Tsou, Thien Dien To, Yu-Chia Chiang, Jyh-Fu Lee, Raju Kumar, Po-Wen Chung, Yu-Chuan Lin* Hydrophobic Copper Catalysts Derived from Copper Phyllosilicates in the Hydrogenation of Levulinic Acid to γ-Valerolactone. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020-11-24, 12(49) 54851-54861.
19. Tai-Wei Tzeng, Chan-Yi Lin, Chih-Wen Pao, Jeng-Lung Chen, Rob Jeremiah G. Nuguid, Po-Wen Chung* Understanding catalytic hydrogenolysis of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) using carbon supported Ru catalysts. Fuel Processing Technology 2020-03, 199, 106225.
20. Chih-Cheng Liu, Hao-Ju Chou, Chan-Yi Lin, Damodar Janmanchi, Po-Wen Chung, Chung-Yuan Mou, Steve S.-F. Yu, Sunney I. Chan* The oversolubility of methane gas in nano-confined water in nanoporous silica materials. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2020-02, 293, 109793.
21. Tai-Wei Tzeng, Bhaumik Prasenjit, Po-Wen Chung* Understanding the production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) from chitosan using solid acids. Molecular Catalysis 2019-09-19, 479, 110627.
22. Fang-Yu Fu, Indrajit Shown, Chia-Shuo Li, Putikam Raghunath, Tsai-Yu Lin, Tadesse Billo, Heng-Liang Wu , Chih-I Wu, Po-Wen Chung, Ming-Chang Lin, Li-Chyong Chen, Kuei-Hsien Chen KSCN-induced Interfacial Dipole in Black TiO2 for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019-06-24, 11(28) 25186-25194.
23. Ting-Fang Yu, Che-Wei Chang, Po-Wen Chung*, Yu-Chuan Lin* Unsupported and silica-supported perovskite-type lanthanum manganite and lanthanum ferrite in the conversion of ethanol. Fuel Processing Technology 2019-06-11, 194, 106117.
24. Ren-Kai Chen, Ting-Fang Yu, Meng-Xun Wu, Tai-Wei Tzeng, Po-Wen Chung*, Lin Yu-Chuan* The Aldolization Nature of Mn4+-Nonstoichiometric Oxygen Pair Sites of Perovskite-Type LaMnO3 in the Conversion of Ethanol. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2018-07-21, 6, 11949-11958.
25. Prasenjit Bhaumik , Hao-Ju Chou, Ling-Chieh Lee , Po-Wen Chung* Chemical Transformation for 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Production from Saccharides Using Molten Salt System. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2018-04-05, 6(5), 5712-5717.
26. Indrajit Shown, Satyanarayana Samireddi, Yu-Chung Chang, Raghunath Putikam, Po-Han Chang, Amr Sabbah, Fang-Yu Fu, Wei-Fu Chen, Chih-I Wu, Tsyr-Yan Yu, Po-Wen Chung, M.C. Lin, Li-Chyong Chen,* Kuei-Hsien Chen* Carbon-doped SnS2 nanostructure as a high-efficiency solar fuel catalyst under visible light. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 2018-01-12, 9(1), 169-178.
27. Po-Wen Chung, Mizuho Yabushita, Anh The To, YounJue Bae, Joseph Jankolovits, Hirokazu Kobayashi,* Atsushi Fukuoka,* Alexander Katz,*  Long-Chain Glucan Adsorption and Depolymerization in Zeolite-Templated Carbon. . ACS Catalysis 2015, 5, 6422-6425.
28. Po-Wen Chung, Alexandre Charmot, Timothy Click, Yuchun Lin, YounJue Bae, Jhih-Wei Chu,* Alexander Katz* Importance of Internal Porosity for Glucan Adsorption in Mesoporous Carbon Materials.. LANGMUIR 2015, 31, 7288-7295..
29. Anh The To, Po-Wen Chung, Alexander Katz* Weak-Acid Sites Catalyze Crystalline-Cellulose Hydrolysis to Glucose in Water: Importance of Carbon Post-Synthetic Surface Functionalization.. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION 2015, 54, 11050-11053.
30. Po-Wen Chung,* Alexandre Charmot, Olayinka A. Olatunji-Ojo, Kathleen A. Durkin, Alexander Katz* Hydrolysis Catalysis of Miscanthus Xylan to Xylose Using Weak-Acid Surface Sites.. ACS Catalysis 2014, 4, 302-310..
31. Alexandre Charmot, Po-Wen Chung, Alexander Katz* Catalytic Hydrolysis of Cellulose to Glucose Using Weak-Acid Surface Sites on Postsynthetically Modified Carbon.. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2014, 2 (12), 2866-2872.
32. Po-Wen Chung,* Alexandre Charmot, Oz M. Gazit, Alexander Katz* Glucan Adsorption on Mesoporous Carbon Nanoparticles: Effect of Chain Length and Internal Surface.. LANGMUIR 2012, 28, 15222-15232.

• MOLTEN SALT SYSTEM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS OF TRANSFORMATION FOR MULTI-CARBON PRODUCTION BY USING THE SAME
  USA-regular:US 10,941,130 B2 2021
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  Taiwan:I 714035 2020
• 金屬複合氧化矽材料及其製備方法
  Taiwan:I 706914 2020
• 改質碳材及使用其之二氧化碳吸附劑及纖維素水解方法
  Taiwan:I 704955 2020