主要从事大气污染控制与资源化、环境纳米功能材料构建、环境催化基础和应用研究。针对我国国民经济发展中出现的重大大气环境问题及需求，着重基于吸附、催化(热、电、光）、纳米等技术开展典型大气污染物（VOCs、甲醛、含氮污染物、CO₂、臭氧等）纳米催化净化技术与方法的研究与应用，以实现气态污染物绿色、低耗、高效、高选择性的去除与资源转化；通过固废中有价元素和金属的绿色高效回收利用以及CO₂的资源化转化，实现循环经济以及减污降碳协同增效。迄今为止，已经在众多国内外著名期刊发表科技论文160余篇, 获授权专利18项。共承担与参与了国家级、省部级、校级等科研项目30余项。多次获得大连理工大学教学优良奖，共指导20余名本科、硕士生获得优秀毕业论文，指导研究生获得省、市优秀学术论文奖近20项。任Surface and Interfaces国际期刊中国学者主编，辽宁省“工业生态与环境工程工程技术研究中心”副主任，辽宁省大气环境专业委员会委员，国际生态经济协会会员，辽宁省清洁油品重点实验室学术委员会委员，大连市芳香化合物高效合成工程技术研究中心技术委员会委员。

研究团队主页: 大气污染控制工程团队  http://team.dlut.edu.cn/daqiwurankongzhigongchengtuandui

近期发表的代表性论文如下：

[1] Yewei Ren, Ci Song, Hui Wang, Zhenping Qu*, Accelerated Dual Activation of Lattice Oxygen and Molecule Oxygen over CoMn₂O₄ Catalysts for VOC Oxidation: Promoting the Role of Oxygen Vacancies, ACS Catalysis, 2024, 14, 4340-4351.

[2] Hongchun Sun, Hui Wang, Cui Dong, Zhenping Qu*, Efficient Cu-Co Dual-Site promotes selective catalytic oxidation of ammonia over cobalt based catalysts, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 485, 149629.

[3] Cui Dong, Chenyu Yang, Yewei Ren, Hongchun Sun, Hui Wang, Jianping Xiao, Zhenping Qu*, Local Electron Environment Regulation of Spinel CoMn₂O₄ Induced Effective Reactant Adsorption and Transformation of Lattice Oxygen for Toluene Oxidation, Environmental Science & Technology, 2023, 57, 21888-21897.

[4] Yewei Ren, Xue Lei, Hui Wang, Jianping Xiao, Zhenping Qu*, Enhanced Catalytic Performance of La-Doped CoMn₂O₄ Catalysts byRegulating Oxygen Species Activity for VOCs Oxidation, ACS Catalysis, 2023, 13, 8293-8306.

[5] Hongchun Sun, Hui Wang, Zhenping Qu^∗, Construction of CuO/CeO₂ Catalysts via the Ceria Shape Effect for Selective Catalytic Oxidation of Ammonia, ACS Catalysis, 2023, 13, 1077-1088.

[6] Lixin Song, Hui Wang, Shuai Wang,  Zhenping Qu*, Dual-site activation of H₂ over Cu/ZnAl₂O₄ boosting CO₂ hydrogenation to methanol, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2023, 322, 122137.

[7] Liang Fu, Zhenping Qu*, Lingling Zhou, Yue Ding, Boosting electrochemical CO2 reduction to CO over interfacial hydroxide-metal catalysts, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2023, 339, 123170.

[8] Shuai Wang, Lixin Song, Zhenping Qu*, Cu/ZnAl₂O₄ catalysts prepared by ammonia evaporation method: Improving methanol selectivity in CO₂ hydrogenation via regulation of metal-support interaction, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 469, 144008.[9] Yewei Ren, Zhenping Qu^∗, Hui Wang, Anlian Zhao, Acid-etched spinel CoMn₂O₄ with highly active surface lattice oxygen species for significant improvement of catalytic performance of VOCs oxidation, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 463, 142316.

[10] Guobin Liu, Hongchun Sun, Hui Wang, Zhenping Qu*, Rational tuning towards B-sites (B = Mn, Co, Al) on CoB₂O₄ binary oxide for efficient selective catalytic oxidation of ammonia, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 453, 139941.

[11] Xinna Zhao, Guangbing Liang, Hui Wang, Zhenping Qu*, New Insight toward Synergetic Effect for Platinum Recovery Coupling with Fe (III)-oxalate Complexes Degradation through Photocatalysis, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2023, 11, 11580-11589.

[12] Na Li¹,†, Bin Huang^1,†, Xue Dong^2,†, Jinsong Luo³, Yi Wang¹, Hui Wang¹, Dengyun Miao², Yang Pan³, Feng Jiao^2*, Jianping Xiao^2*and Zhenping Qu^1*, Bifunctional zeolites-silver catalyst enabled tandem oxidation of formaldehyde at low temperatures, Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 2209.

[13] Na Li†, Weiwei Wang†, Lixin Song, Hui Wang, Qiang Fu*, Zhenping Qu*, CO₂ hydrogenation to methanol promoted by Cu and metastable tetragonal Ce_xZr_yO_z interface, Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2022, 68, 771-779.

[14] Hui Wang, Zhenping Qu*, Lianlian Liu, Shicheng Dong, Yujie Qiao, Promotion of NH₃-SCR activity by sulfate-modification over mesoporous Fe doped CeO₂ catalyst: Structure and mechanism, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 414, 125565.

[15] Weiwei Wang, Zhenping Qu*, Lixin Song, Qiang Fu*, Probing into the multifunctional role of copper species and reaction pathway on copper-cerium-zirconium catalysts for CO₂ hydrogenation to methanol using high pressure in situ DRIFTS, Journal of Catalysis, 2020, 382, 129-140.

[16] Weiwei Wang, Zhenping Qu*, Lixin Song, Qiang Fu*, CO₂ hydrogenation to methanol over Cu/CeO₂ and Cu/ZrO₂ catalysts: Tuning methanol selectivity via meal-support interaction, Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2020, 40, 22-30.

[17] Weiwei Wang, Zhenping Qu*, Lixin Song, Qiang Fu*, An investigation of Zr/Ce ratio influencing the catalytic performance of CuO/Ce_1-xZr_xO₂ catalyst for CO₂ hydrogenation to CH₃OH, Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2020, 47, 18-28.

[18] Cui Dong, Zhenping Qu*, Xiao Jiang, Yewei Ren, Tuning oxygen vacancy concentration of MnO₂ through metal doping for improved toluene oxidation, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020, 391, 122181-122193.

[19] Cui Dong, Zhenping Qu*, Yuan Qin, Qiang Fu, Hongchun Sun, Xiaoxiao Duan, Revealing the Highly Catalytic Performance of Spinel CoMn₂O₄ for Toluene Oxidation: Involvement and Replenishment of Oxygen Species Using in situ Designed-TP Techniques, ACS Catalysis, 2019, 9, 6698-6710.

[20] Yuan Qin, Hui Wang, Cui Dong, Zhenping Qu*, Evolution and enhancement of the oxygen cycle in the catalytic performance of total toluene oxidation over manganese-based catalysts, Journal of Catalysis, 2019, 380, 21-31.

[21] Xiaoyu Zhang, Hui Wang, Xiao Jiang, Hongchun Sun, Zhenping Qu^*, Study of Synergistic Effect between CuO and CeO₂ over CuO@CeO₂ Core-Shell Nanocomposites for NH₃-SCO, 2019, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2019, 9, 2968-2981. 

[22] Zhexi Lin, Rui Chen, Zhenping Qu*, Jingguang G. Chen*, Hydrodeoxygenation of biomass-derived oxygenates over metal carbides: from model surfaces to powder catalysts, Green Chemistry, 2018, 20, 2679-2696.

[23] Hui Wang, Zhenping Qu*, Shicheng Dong, Hongbin Xie and Chen Tang, Superior performance of Fe_1-xW_xO_δ for the selective catalytic reduction of NO_x with NH₃: interaction between Fe and W, Environmental Science & Technology, 2016, 50(24), 13511-13519.

[24] Hui Wang, Zhenping Qu*, Hongbin Xie, Nobutaka Maeda, Lei Miao, Zhong Wang, Insight into the mesoporous FexCe_1-xO_2-d catalysts for selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH₃: Regulable structure and activity, Journal of Catalysis, 2016, 338, 56-67.

[26] Zhenping Qu*, Lei Miao, Hui Wang, Qiang Fu, Highly dispersed Fe₂O₃ on carbon nanotubes for low-temperature selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH₃, Chemical Communications, 2015, 51(5), 956-958.  

[27] Zhenping Qu*, Yibin Bu, Yuan Qin, Kang Gao, Yi Wang, Qiang Fu, The improved reactivity of manganese catalysts by Ag in catalytic oxidation of Toluene, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2013, 132-133, 353-362.      

[28] Dan Chen, Zhenping Qu*, Yahui Sun, Kang Gao, Yi Wang, Identification of reaction intermediates and mechanism responsible for highly active HCHO oxidation on Ag/MCM-41 catalysts, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2013, 142-143, 838-848.  

[29] Zhong Wang, Zhenping Qu*, Xie Quan, Hui Wang, Zhuo Li, Selective catalytic oxidation of ammonia to nitrogen over CuO-CeO₂ mixed oxides prepared by surfactant-templated method, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2013, 134-135, 153-166.  

[30] Xiaodong Zhang, Zhenping Qu*, Fangli Yu, Yi Wang, High-temperature diffusion induced high activity of SBA-15 supported Ag particles for low temperature CO oxidation at room temperature, Journal of Catalysis, 2013, 297, 264-271.