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Jianli Hu
Professor, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Liu, Cijie; Zhang, Dawei; Li, Wei; Trindell, Jamie; King, Keith; Bishop, Sean; Sugar, Joshua; McDaniel, Anthony H.; Smith, Andrew; Salinas, Perla; Coker, Eric; Clauser, Arielle; Velayutham, Murugesan; Neuefeind, Joerg; Yang, Jingjing; De Santiago, Héctor ; Ma, Liang; Wang, Yi; Wang, Qiang; Li, Wenyuan; Wang, Qingsong; Li, Qingyuan; Tian, Hanchen; Tran, Ha; Li, Xuemei; Robinson, Brandon; Deibel, Angela; Collins, Gregory; Thieu, Nhat Anh; Hu, Jianli; Khramtsov, Valery; Luo, Jian; Liu, Xingbo Manganese-based A-site high-entropy perovskite oxide for solar thermochemical hydrogen production, Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2024 DOI: 10.1039/d3ta03554a.
  2. Sonit Balyan, Kshitij Tewari, Brandon Robinson, Changle Jiang, Yuxin Wang, Jianli Hu, CO2 hydrogenation to olefins in microwave-thermal hybrid heating reactor, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2024, 9, 222 - 225. DOI: 10.1039/d3re00636k.
  3. Changle Jiang, Alazar Araia, Sonit Balyan, Brandon Robinson, Sean Brown, Ashley Caiola, Jianli Hu, Jian Dou, Luke M. Neal, Fanxing Li, Kinetic Study of Ni-M/CNT Catalyst in Methane Decomposition under Microwave Irradiation, Applied Catalysis B, 340(2024) 123255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.123255.
  4. Kaushal Parmar, Vishal Tuli, Ashley Caiola, Yuxin Wang, Jianli Hu, Sustainable Production of Hydrogen and Carbon Nanotubes/Nanofibers from Plastic Waste through Microwave Degradation, International Journal of Hydrogen, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.08.224
  5. Sunjay G. Melkote, Pranjali Muley, Biswanath Dutta, Christina Wildfire, Robert Weiss, Jianli Hu, Developing a microwave-driven reactor for ammonia synthesis: insights into the unique challenges of microwave catalysis, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13, 2393-2406
  6. Changle Jiang, Jianli Hu, Chao Zhang, Gangarao Hota, Jingxin Wang, Lignin Oligomers from Mild Base-catalyzed Depolymerization for Potential Application in Aqueous Soy Adhesive as Phenolic Blends, Reaction Chemistry and Engineering, 2023, 8, 2455-2465, DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00224A
  7. Brown, S. W.; Hu, J. Review of Chemical Looping Ammonia Synthesis Materials, Chemical Engineering Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2023.119063, (280)2023, 119063
  8. Changle Jiang, Jianli Hu, Conversion of Methane to Acetylene, Book Chapter, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, 2022
  9. Xiaoyan Wang, Yuxin Wang, Ashley Caiola, Brandon Robinson, Jianli Hu, Selectivity modulated oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane with CO2 under microwave catalytic processing, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00485F
  10. Thang Luong, Yuxin Wang, Kaushal Parmar, Changle Jiang, Qiang Wang, Jianli Hu, Exploring Synergistic Interactions between Polystyrene and Polyethylene, ChemPlusChem, June 5, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.202300210
  11. Alazar Araia, Yuxin Wang, Changle Jiang, Sean Brown, Ashley Caiola, Brandon Robinson, Wenyuan Li, Jianli Hu, Insight into Enhanced Microwave Heating for Ammonia Synthesis: Effects of CNT on Cs-Ru/CeO2 Catalyst, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c00132.
  12. Sean, Brown, Brandon, Robinson, Sarojini Tiwari, Debangsu Bhattacharyya, Fanglin Che, Yuxin Wang, Jianli Hu, Ambient carbon-neutral ammonia generation via a cyclic microwave plasma process, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023 https://pubs.acs.org/action/showCitFormats?doi=10.1021/acsami.3c02508&ref=pdf
  13. Sarojini Tiwari, Saleh Ahmat Ibrahim, Brandon Robinson, Sean Brown, Fanglin Che, Jianli Hu, Post-plasma catalysis: charge effect on product selectivity in conversion of methane and nitrogen plasma to ethylene and ammonia, Catalysis Science & Technology, DOI: 10.1039/d2cy02077g
  14. Yuxin Wang, Tara Biddle, Changle Jiang, Thang Luong, Roujia Chen, Sean Brown, Xiangyu Jie, Jianli Hu, Microwave-Driven Upcycling of Single-Use Plastics using Zeolite Catalyst, 465(2023), 142918
  15. Mengze Xu, Juan A. Lopez-Ruiz, Nickolas W. Riedel, Robert S. Weber, Mark E. Bowden, Libor Kovarik, Changle Jiang, Jianli Hu and Robert A. Dagle, Promotional role of NiCu alloy in catalytic performance and carbon properties for CO2-free H2 production from thermocatalytic decomposition of methane, Catalysis Science & Technology, DOI: 10.1039/d2cy01782b, March 3, 2023
  16. Wanhe Hu, Jingxin Wang, Jianli Hu, Jamie Schuler, Shawn Grushecky, Nan Nan, William Smith, Changle Jiang, Thermodegradation of naturally decomposed forest logging residues: Characteristics, kinetics, and thermodynamics, Bioresource Technology, 376(2023), 128821
  17. Qingwang Yuan, Jianli Hu, Microwave-Enhanced Methane Cracking for Clean Hydrogen Production in Shale Rocks. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.01.052
  18. Chirag Mevawala, Xinwei Bai, Jianli Hu, Debangsu Bhattacharyya, Plant-Wide Modeling and Techno-Economic Analysis of a Direct Non-Oxidative Methane Dehydroaromatization (DHA) Process via Conventional and Microwave (MW)-Assisted Catalysis, Applied Energy, 336(2023) 120795
  19. Ashley Caiola, Brandon Robinson, Xiaoyan Wang, Sean Brown, Yuxin Wang, and Jianli Hu, Oxidative Ethane Dehydrogenation Under Thermal vs. Microwave Heating Over Ga/ZSM-5 and a GaPt/ZSM-5, Catalysis Communication, 176 (2023), 106631
  20. Alazar Araia, Yuxin Wang, Changle Jiang , Sean Brown , Brandon Robinson, Ashley Caiola, Jianli Hu, Intuitive study on the effect of support morphology over Cs-Ru/CeO2 catalyst for microwave-initiated ammonia synthesis, Catalysis Communication, 172(2022), 106551
  21. Troy Christiansen, Brandon Robinson, Ashley Caiola, Changle Jiang, Jianli Hu, Improved Efficiency of the Microwave Enhanced Catalytic Pyrolysis of Methane, Through Supplemental Thermal Heating, Industrial & Engineering Chemical Research, 2022 61 (43), 15832-15841 https://pubs.acs.org/action/showCitFormats?doi=10.1021/acs.iecr.2c02093&ref=pdf
  22. Sonit Balyan, Changle Jiang, Ashley Caiola, Jianli Hu, Microwave catalytic conversion of acetylene for co-production of hydrogen and carbon, Chemical Engineering Journal, 454 (2023), 140115.
  23. Alazar Araia, Yuxin Wang, Brandon Robinson, Changle Jiang, Sean Brown, Christina Wildfire, Dushyant Shekhawat, Jianli Hu, Microwave-assisted ammonia synthesis over Cs-Ru/CeO2 catalyst at ambient pressure: effects of metal loading and support particle size. Revision submitted to Catalysis Communication, August 2022, https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S1566-7367(22)00096-6
  24. Sean Brown, Brandon Robinson, Yuxin Wang, Christina Wildfire, Jianli Hu, Microwave heated chemical looping ammonia synthesis over Fe and CoMo particles, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, RSC, July 2022 DOI: 10.1039/D2TA03241D
  25. Xiaoyan Wang, Yuxin Wang, Brandon Robinson, Jianli Hu, Ethane Oxidative Dehydrogenation by CO2 Over Stable CsRu/CeO2 Catalyst To be published in: Journal of Catalysis, 413(2022)138-150.
  26. Changle Jiang, Yuxin Wang, Thang Luong, Brandon Robinson, Wei Liu, Jianli Hu, Low temperature upcycling of polyethylene to gasoline range chemicals: hydrogenation and heat compensation to endothermic pyrolysis reaction over zeolites, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10 (2022) 107492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2022.107492
  27. Changle Jiang, I-Wen Wang, Xinwei Bai, Sonit Balyan, Brandon Robinson, Jianli Hu, Wenyuan Li, Angela Deibel, Xingbo Liu, Fanxing Li, Luck Neal, Jian Dou, Yuan Jiang, Robert Dagle, Juan A. Lopez-Ruiz, George Skoptsov, Methane catalytic pyrolysis by microwave and thermal heating over CNT supported catalysts: productivity, kinetics, and energy efficiency, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, https://pubs.acs.org/action/showCitFormats?doi=10.1021/acs.iecr.1c05082&ref=pdf,2022
  28. Sean Brown, Changle Jiang, Qiang Wang, Ashley Caiola, Jianli Hu, Evidence of ammonia synthesis by bulk diffusion in cobalt molybdenum particles in a CLAS process, Catalysis Communication, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2022.106438
  29. Xinwei Bai, Pranjali D. Muley, Terence Musho, Victor Abdelsayed, Brandon Robinson, Ashley Caiola, Dushyant Shekhawat, Changle Jiang, Jianli Hu, A combined experimental and modeling study of microwave-assisted methane dehydroaromatization process, Chemical Engineering Journal, 433, 134445-, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.134445
  30. Ashley Caiola, Brandon Robinson, Xinwei Bai, Dushyant Shekhawat, Jianli Hu, Study of the Hydrogen Pre-treatment of Gallium and Platinum Promoted ZSM-5 for the Ethane Dehydroaromatization Reaction, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2021, 60, 11421–11431. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.1c01555?urlappend=%3Fref%3DPDF&jav=VoR&rel=cite-as
  31. Yuxin Wang; Tuhin S Khan; Christina Wildfire; Dushyant Shekhawat; Jianli Hu, Microwave-Enhanced Catalytic Ammonia Synthesis under Moderate Pressure and Temperature, Catalysis Communication, 159, 106344-, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2021.106344
  32. J. Chapman, N. Garapati, V. A. Glezakou, Y. Duan, J. Hu, C.Z. Dinu, Molecular dynamics simulations of a hydrophilic MIL-160-based membrane demonstrate pressure-dependent selective uptake of industrially relevant greenhouse gases, Materials Advances,2021, 2, 5922. DOI: 10.1039/d1ma00468a
  33. Pranjali Muley, Yuxin Wang, Dushyant Shekhawat, Jianli Hu, book chapter, Microwave Assisted Heterogeneous Catalysis, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, Catalysis, 33, 1-37, 2021. 10.1039/9781839163128-00001
  34. Yuxin Wang, Christina Wildfire, Tuhin S. Khan, Dushyant Shekhawat, Jianli Hu*, Pedram Tavazohi, Rosalynn Quiñones-Fernández, Nature of Ruthenium Physical and Chemical Properties for Ammonia Synthesis at Ambient Pressure, Chemical Engineering Journal, 425, 130546-, 2021
  35. I-Wen Wang, Robert A. Dagle, Tuhin Suvra Khan, Juan A. Lopez-Ruiz, Libor Kovarik, Yuan Jiang, Mengze Xu, Yi Wang, Stephen D. Davidson, Pedram Tavadze, Lili Li, and Jianli Hu*, Production of low CO2 hydrogen and carbon nanomaterials from methane decomposition using a recyclable catalyst and self-sufficient process, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2021 DOI: 10.1039/D1CY00287B
  36. Yifan Deng, Xinwei Bai, Goetz Veser, Jianli Hu*, et. al. Microwave-Assisted Conversion of Methane H-(Fe)-ZSM-5 : Evidence for Formation of Hot Metal Sites, Chemical Engineering Journal, 420 (2021) 129670, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.129670
  37. Chirag Mevawala, Xinwei Bai, Goutham Kotamreddy, Debangsu Bhattacharyya, Jianli Hu, Dynamic Data Reconciliation, Parameter Estimation, and Multi-Scale Reactor Modeling of the Direct Non-Oxidative Methane Dehydroaromatization Process, Chemical Engineering Science, 239, 116624, 2021
  38. Chirag Mevawala, Xinwei Bai, Goutham Kotamreddy, Debangsu Bhattacharyya, Jianli Hu, Multi-Scale Modeling of a Direct Non-Oxidative Methane Dehydroaromatization Reactor with a Validated Model for Catalyst Deactivation, accepted, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 60, 4903-4918, 2021.
  39. Cerasela Zoica Dinu, Qian Liu, Xinwei Bai, Huy Pham, Jianli Hu, Active Nanointerfaces Based on Enzyme Carbonic Anhydrase and Metal–Organic Framework for Carbon Dioxide Reduction, Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 1008. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11041008
  40. Amoolya D. Lalsare, Tuhin S. Khan, Brian Leonard, Roman Vukmanovich, Pedram Tavazohi, Lili Li, Jianli Hu*, Graphene Supported Fe / Ni, β-Mo2C Nanoparticles: Experimental and DFT Integrated Approach to Catalyst Development for Synergistic Hydrogen Production Through Lignin Rich Biomass Reforming & Reduced Shale Gas Flaring, accepted , ACS Catalysis, 11, 364−382 (2021) https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c04242?ref=pdf
  41. Mengze Xu; Juan A. Lopez-Ruiz, Ph.D.; Libor Kovarik; Mark E Bowden; Stephen D Davidson; Robert S Weber; I-Wen Wang; Jianli Hu; Robert A Dagle, Structure sensitivity and its effect on methane turnover and carbon co-product selectivity in thermocatalytic decomposition of methane over supported Ni catalysts, Applied Catalysis A, 611(2021) 117967.
  42. Jianli Hu, Dushyant Shekhawat, Book, Direct Natural Gas Conversion to Value Added Chemicals, CRC Press, Florida, September 25,2020.
  43. Sarojini Tiwari, Tuhin S. Khan, Pedram Tavazohi, Jianli Hu, Activation of two highly stable molecules- Nitrogen and Methane to co-produce Ammonia and Ethylene, Chemical Engineering Journal, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.127501, 2020
  44. Amoolya D. Lalsare, Brian Leonard, Brandon Robinson, Ali C. Sivri, Roman Vukmanovich, Cosmin Dumitrescu, William Rogers, Jianli Hu, Self-Regenerable Carbon Nanofiber Supported Fe - Mo2C Catalyst for CH4-CO2 Assisted Reforming of Biomass to Hydrogen Rich Syngas, Applied Catalysis B, 282, 119537- 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119537
  45. Christina Wildfire, Dushyant Shekhawat, Jianli Hu, Microwave-Assisted Ammonia synthesis over Ru/MgO catalysts at ambient pressure, Catalysis Today, 2020
  46. Bebei Yan, Guanyi Chen, Jianli Hu, Can Microwave Treat Biomass tar? A Comprehensive Study Based on Experimental and Net Energy Analysis, Applied Energy, 272, 115194, 2020
  47. Jianli Hu, Christina Wildfire, Albert E. Stiegman, Robert A. Dagle, Dushyant Shekhawat, Victor Abdelsayed, Xinwei Bai, Hanjing Tian, Mitchelle B. Bogle, Cera Hsu, Yan Luo, Stephen D. Davidson, Microwave-Driven Heterogeneous Catalysis for Activation of Dinitrogen to Ammonia under Atmospheric Pressure, Chemical Engineering Journal, 397,125388,2020
  48. Jian Li, Junyu Tao, Beibei Yan, Kexin Cheng, Guanyi Chen, Jianli Hu, Microwave Reforming with Char-Supported Nickel-Cerium Catalysts: A Potential Approach for thorough Conversion of Biomass Tar Model Compound, Applied Energy, 261, 114375, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114375
  49. Qingyuan Li, Yuxin Wang and Jianli Hu, Synthesis of C4 Olefins from Acetylene over Supported Copper Catalysts, ChemCatChem, DOI:10.1002/cctc.202000396, 2020
  50. Yuxin Wang, Ashley Caiola, Brandon Robinson, Qingyuan Li, Jianli Hu, Hierarchical Galloaluminosilicate MFI Catalysts for Ethane Non-oxidative Dehydroaromatization, Energy & Fuel, 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b04457 2020.
  51. Brandon Robinson, Ashley Caiola, Xinwei Bai, Victor Abdel-Sayed, Dushyant Shekhawat Jianli Hu, Catalytic Direct Conversion of Ethane to Value-added Chemicals Under Microwave Irradiation, Catalysis Today, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2020.03.001
  52. Amoolya Lalsare, Ali Sivri, Ryan Egan, Roman J. Vukmanovich, Cosmin E. Dumitrescu, Jianli Hu, Biomass – flare gas synergistic co-processing in the presence of carbon dioxide for the controlled production of syngas (H2:CO ∼ 2 – 2.5), Chemical Engineering Journal, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2019.123783
  53. Qingyuan Li, Yuxin Wang, George Skoptsov, Jianli Hu, Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene to Ethylene over Bimetallic Catalysts, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 58 (45), 20620-20629, 2019
  54. Sarojini Tiwari, Ashley Caiola, Xinwei Bai, Amoolya Lalsare, Jianli Hu, Microwave Plasma-Enhanced and Microwave Heated Chemical Reactions, Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, DOI 10.1007/s11090-019-10040-7 (2019)
  55. Amoolya Lalsare, Yuxin Wang, Qingyuan Li, Ali Sivri, Roman J. Vukmanovich, Cosmin E. Dumitrescu, Jianli Hu, Hydrogen-Rich Syngas Production through Synergistic Methane-Activated Catalytic Biomass Gasification, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 7, 16060-16071, 2019
  56. Bingying Gao, I-Wen Wang, Lili Ren, Jianli Hu, Catalytic Methane Decomposition over Bimetallic Transition Metals Supported on Composite Aerogel, Energy & Fuels, 33, 9099-9106, 2019
  57. Jiahui Ye, Lei Bai, Baoyu Liu, Hanjing Tian, Jianli Hu, Felipe Polo-Garzon, Richard T. Mayes, Zili Wu, Fabrication of a Pillared ZSM-5 Framework for Shape Selectivity of Ethane Dehydroaromatization, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 581,77094-7106, 2019
  58. Xinwei Bai, Brandon Robinson, Casey Killmer, Yuxin Wang, Li Lili, Jianli Hu, Microwave Catalytic Reactor for Upgrading Stranded Shale Gas to Aromatics, Fuel, 243, 485-492, 2019
  59. Bingying Gao, I-Wen Wang, Lili Ren, Thomas Haines, Jianli Hu, Catalytic Performance and Reproducibility of Ni/Al2O3 and Co/Al2O3 Mesoporous Aerogel Catalysts for Methane Decomposition, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 58 (2), 798–807, 2019
  60. I-Wen Wang, Deepa Ayillath Kutteri, Bingying Gao, Hanjing Tian, Jianli Hu, Methane Pyrolysis for Carbon Nanotubes and COx‑Free H2 over Transition-Metal Catalysts, Energy & Fuels, 33 (1), 197–205, 2019
  61. Xinwei Bai, Sarojini Tiwari, Brandon Robinson, Casey Killmer, Li Lili, Jianli Hu Microwave catalytic synthesis of ammonia from methane and nitrogen, Catalysis Science & Technology, 8, 6302-6305,2018
  62. Brandon Robinson, Xinwei Bai, Anupam Samanta, Victor Abdel-Sayed,Dushyant, Shekhawat, Jianli Hu, Stability of Fe and Zn Promoted Mo/ZSM-5 Catalysts for Ethane Dehydroaromatization in Cyclic Operation Mode, Energy & Fuels, 32(7), 7810-7819,2018
  63. Yunlin Li, Lili Li, Jianli Hu, Photoelectrocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in wastewater using titania nanopore arrays: A proof-of-concept study, Desalination and Water Treatment, 2018
  64. Yadong Bi, Xiaojuan Lai, Guihua Xu, Hui Chen, Jianli Hu, Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Kraft Lignin over Hierarchical HZSM-5 and Hb Zeolite, Catalysts, 2018
  65. Xinwei Bai, Anupam Samanta, Brandon Robinson, Lili Li, Jianli Hu, Deactivation Mechanism and Regeneration Study of Ga-Pt/HZSM-5 Catalyst in Ethane Dehydroaromatization, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 57, 4505-4513 (2018)
  66. Deepa Ayillath Kutteri, I-Wen Wang, Anupam Samanta, Lili Li, Jianli Hu, Methane Decomposition to Tip and Base Grown Carbon Nanotubes and COx free H2 over Mono and Bimetallic 3d Transition Metal Catalysts, Catalysis Science & Technology, 8, 858-869, 2018
  67. Yunlin Li, Lili Li, Jianli Hu, Long Yan, A spray pyrolysis synthesis of MnFe2O4/SnO2 yolk/shell composites for magnetically recyclable photocatalyst, Materials Letter, 199, 135-138, 2017
  68. Nana Li, Yandong Bi, Xiaoqiang Xia, Hui Chen, Jianli Hu, Hydrodeoxygenation of Methyl Laurate over Ni Catalysts Supported on Hierarchical HZSM-5 Zeolite, Catalysts, 7, 383, 2017.
  69. Hui Chen, Lili Li, Jianli Hu, Upgrading of Stranded Gas via Non-oxidative Conversion Processes, Catalysis Today, 310, 15, 94-97 (2018)
  70. Anupam Samanta, Xinwei Bai, Brandon Robinson, Hui Chen, Jianli Hu, Conversion of Light Alkanes to Value-Added Chemicals Over ZSM-5/Metal Promoted Catalysts, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 56 (39), 11006-11012, 2017.
  71. Xinli Tong, Song Xue, Jianli Hu, The Production of Platform Chemicals from Sustainable Resources, “The Catalytic Production of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural from Biomass and Biomass-Derived Sugars”, Book Chapter 3, Springer, 2017
  72. Xinli Tong, Zobghui Liu, Jianli Hu, Shenyun Liao, “Au-Catalyzed Oxidative Condensation of Renewable Furfural and Ethanol to Produce Furan-2-Acrolein in the Presence of Molecular Oxygen”, Applied Catalysis, 510, 196-203, 2016.