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  • Chen, G.; Fang, L.; Li, T.; Xiang, Y., Ultralow-Loading Pt/Zn Hybrid Cluster in Zeolite HZSM-5 for Efficient Dehydroaromatization. J Am Chem Soc 2022, 144 (26), 11831-11839
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  • Fadaeerayeni, S.; Yu, X.; Sarnello, E.; Bao, Z.; Jiang, X.; Unocic, R. R.; Fang, L.; Wu, Z.; Li, T.; Xiang, Y., Ammonia-Assisted Light Alkane Anti-coke Reforming on Isolated ReOx Sites in Zeolite. ACS Catalysis 2022, 12 (5), 3165-3172.
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  • Chen, G.; Fadaeerayeni, S.; Fang, L.; Sarnello, E.; Li, T.; Toghiani, H.; Xiang, Y., Acetonitrile formation from ethane or ethylene through anaerobic ammodehydrogenation. Catalysis Today 2022, 10.1016/j.cattod.2022.05.016
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  • Chen, G.; Qu, J.; Cheah, P.; Cao, D.; Zhao, Y.; Xiang, Y., Size-Dependent Activity of Iron Nanoparticles in Both Thermal and Plasma Driven Catalytic Ammonia Decomposition. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2022, 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c02092
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  • Chen, G.; Liang, T.; Yoo, P.; Fadaeerayeni, S.; Sarnello, E.; Li, T.; Liao, P.; Xiang, Y., Catalytic Light Alkanes Conversion through Anaerobic Ammodehydrogenation. ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 7987-7995
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  • Karroum, H.; Chenakin, S.; Alekseev, S.; Iablokov, V.; Xiang, Y.; Dubois, V.; Kruse, N., Terminal Amines, Nitriles, and Olefins through Catalytic CO Hydrogenation in the Presence of Ammonia. ACS Catalysis 2021, 14977-14985.
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  • Liang, T.; Liu, X.; He, Y.; Barbosa, R.; Chen, G.; Fan, W.; Xiang, Y., Highly selective Sn/HZSM-5 catalyst for ethane ammoxidation to acetonitrile and ethylene. Appl. Catal. A 2021, 610, 117942
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  • Fadaeerayeni, S.; Chen, G.; Toghiani, H.; Xiang, Y., Mechanism and Kinetics of Ethane Aromatization According to the Chemical Transient Analysis. Top. Catal. 2020, 63 (15-18), 1463-1473
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  • Chen, G.; Liu, H.; Fadaeerayeni, S.; Shan, J.; Xing, A.; Cheng, J.; Wang, H.; Xiang, Y., Tuning the reactivity of ethylene oligomerization by HZSM-5 framework Alf proximity. Catalysis Science & Technology 2020, 10 (12), 4019-4029
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  • Fadaeerayeni, S.; Shan, J.; Sarnello, E.; Xu, H.; Wang, H.; Cheng, J.; Li, T.; Toghiani, H.; Xiang, Y., Nickel/gallium modified HZSM-5 for ethane aromatization: Influence of metal function on reactivity and stability. Applied Catalysis A: General 2020, 601, 117629
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  • Lyu, J.; Niu, L.; Shen, F.; Wei, J.; Xiang, Y.; Yu, Z.; Zhang, G.; Ding, C.; Huang, Y.; Li, X., In Situ Hydrogen Peroxide Production for Selective Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol over a Pd@Hierarchical Titanium Silicalite Catalyst. ACS Omega 2020, doi:10.1021/acsomega.0c02065
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  • Liu, X.; Liang, T.; Barbosa, R.; Chen, G.; Toghiani, H.; Xiang, Y. Ammoxidation of Ethane to Acetonitrile and Ethylene: Reaction Transient Analysis for the Co/HZSM-5 Catalyst. ACS Omega, 2020, 10.1021/acsomega.9b03751
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  • Xiang, Y.; Kovarik, L.; Kruse, N., Rate and selectivity hysteresis during the carbon monoxide hydrogenation over promoted Co/MnOx catalysts. Nature Communications 2019, 10 (1), 3953.
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  • Liang, T.; Fadaeerayeni, S.; Shan, J.; Li, T.; Wang, H.; Cheng, J.; Toghiani, H.; Xiang, Y., Ethane Aromatization over Zn-HZSM-5: Early-Stage Acidity/Performance Relationships and Deactivation Kinetics. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2019, 58 (38), 17699-17708.
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  • Zhang, Q.; Li, K.; Xiang, Y.; Zhou, Y.; Wang, Q.; Guo, L.; Ma, L.; Xu, X.; Lu, C.; Feng, F.; Lv, J.; Ni, J.; Li, X., Sulfur-doped porous carbon supported palladium catalyst for high selective o-chloro-nitrobenzene hydrogenation. Applied Catalysis A: General 2019, 581, 74-81
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  • Lyu, J.; Wei, J.; Niu, L.; Lu, C.; Hu, Y.; Xiang, Y.; Zhang, G.; Zhang, Q.; Ding, C.; Li, X., Highly efficient hydrogen peroxide direct synthesis over a hierarchical TS-1 encapsulated subnano Pd/PdO hybrid. RSC Adv 2019, 9 (24), 13398-13402.

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  • Tingyu Liang, Hossein Toghiani and Yizhi Xiang, Transient Kinetic Study of Ethane and Ethylene Aromatization over Zinc-Exchanged HZSM-5 Catalyst. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2018, 57: 15301-15309. 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b03735.
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  • Yizhi Xiang, Hui Wang, Jihong Cheng, John Matsubu, Progress and Prospects in Catalytic Ethane Aromatization. Catal. Sci. Technol., 2018, 8(6): 1500-1516. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7CY01878A
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  • Jenny Voss, Yizhi Xiang, Greg Collinge, Danny Perea, Libor Kovarik, Jean-Sabin McEwen, Norbert Kruse, Characterization of CoCu- and CoMn-based catalysts for the Fischer Tropsch reaction toward chain-lengthened oxygenates. Topics in Catalysis, 2018, 61: 1016-1023.10.1007/s11244-018-0938-x 
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  • Xiang Y.Z., Kruse N., Cobalt-Copper Based Catalysts for Higher Terminal Alcohols Synthesis via Fischer-Tropsch Reaction. J. Energy Chem, 2016, 25 (6), 895-906.
 
  • Xiang Y.Z., Kruse N., Tuning the Catalytic CO Hydrogenation to Straight- and Long-Chain Aldehydes, Terminal Alcohols and Olefins/Paraffins. Nat Commun. 2016, 7, 13058, doi: 10.1038/ncomms13058.
 
  • Iablokov V., Xiang Y.Z., Meffre A., Fazzini P.-F., Chaudret B., Kruse N., Size-Dependent Activity and Selectivity of Fe/MCF-17 in the Catalytic Hydrogenation of Carbon Monoxide Using Fe(0) Nanoparticles as Precursors. ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 2496-2500
 
  • Collinge G., Xiang Y.Z., Barbosa R., McEwen J.S., Kruse N., CO-Induced Inversion of the Layer Sequence of a CoCu Model Catalyst. Surf. Sci. 2016, 648, 74-83
 
  • Xiang Y.Z., Barbosa R., Li X.N., Kruse N., Ternary Cobalt-Copper-Niobium Catalysts for the Selective CO Hydrogenation to Higher Alcohols. ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 2929-2934
 
  • Xu T.Y., Zhang Q.F., Cen J., Xiang Y.Z., Li, X.N. Selectivity tailoring of Pd/CNTs in phenol hydrogenation by surface modification: Role of C-O oxygen species, Appl. Surf. Sci. 2015, 324, 634-639
 
  • Zhang Q.F., Xu W., Li X.N., Jiang D.H., Xiang Y.Z., Wang J.G., Cen J., Romano S., Ni J., Catalytic hydrogenation of sulfur-containing nitrobenzene over Pd/C catalysts: In situ sulfidation of Pd/C for the preparation of PdxSy catalysts. Appl. Catal. A 2015, 497, 17-21
 
  • Meffre A., Iablokov V., Xiang Y.Z., Barbosa R., Fazzini P.F., Kelsen V., Kruse N., Chaudret B. Influence of chemical composition on the catalytic activity of small bimetallic FeRu Nanoparticles for Fischer-Tropsch Syntheses, Catal. Lett., 2015, 145, 373-379
 
  • Zhang X.B., Zhang Y.J., Chen F., Xiang Y.Z., Zhang B., Xu L.Y., Zhang T.R. Efficient selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde over zeolite supported cobalt catalysts in water. React. Kinet., Mech. Cat. 2015, 10.1007/s11144-015-0837-0
 
  • Xiang Y.Z., Barbosa R., Kruse N. Higher Alcohols through CO Hydrogenation over CoCu Catalysts: Influence of Precursor Activation. ACS Catal. 2014, 4(8), 2792-2800.
 
  • Xiang Y.Z., Kong L.N., Xie P.Y., Xu T.Y., Wang J.G., Li X.N. Carbon nanotubes and activated carbons supported catalysts for phenol in situ hydrogenation: hydrophobic/hydrophilic effect, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2014, 53, 2197-2203.
 
  • Xiang Y.Z., Chitry V., Liddicoat P., Felfer P., Cairney J., Ringer S., Kruse N. Long-chain terminal alcohols through catalytic CO hydrogenation. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135(19), 7114-7117.
 
  • Xiang Y.Z., Chitry V., Kruse N. Selective catalytic CO hydrogenation to short- and long-chain C2+ alcohols. Catal. Lett., 2013, 143, 936-941.
 
  • W. Xu, J. Ni, Q.F. Zhang, F. Feng, Y.Z. Xiang, X.N. Li, Tailoring supported palladium sulfides catalysts through H2-assisted sulfidation with H2S. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 12811-12817.
 
  • Xiang Y.Z., and Li X.N., Lu C.S, Ma L., Yuan J.F., Feng F. Reaction performance of hydrogen from aqueous-phase reforming of methanol or ethanol in hydrogenation of phenols, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2011, 50, 3139-3144.
 
  • Xiang Y.Z., Lv Y.A., Xu T.Y. Li X.N., Wang J.G. Selectivity difference between hydrogenation of acetophenone over CNTs and ACs supported Pd catalysts. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 2011, 351, 70-75.
 
  • Feng F., Xiang Y.Z., Wang X.H., Ma L., Lu C.S., Zhang Q.F., Xu X.L., Li X.N. One-pot synthesis of 2-methylquinoline from nitrobenzene and ethanol on Cu-Pd/γ-Al2O3. Sci China: Chem., 2011, 41(5): 914-924. (in Chinese)
 
  • Xiang Y.Z., Meng Q.Q., Li X.N., Wang J.G. In-situ hydrogen from aqueous-methanol for nitroarenes reduction and imines formation over Au-Pd/Al2O3 catalyst. Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 5918-5920.
 
  • Xiang Y.Z., Li X.N., Lu C.S., Ma L., Zhang Q.F. Water-improved heterogeneous transfer hydrogenation using methanol as hydrogen donor over Pd-based catalyst. Appl. Catal. A: Gen., 2010, 375, 289-294.
 
  • Xiang Y.Z., Kong L.N., Lu C.S., Ma L., Li X.N. Lanthanum promoted Pd/Al2O3 catalyst for liquid phase in-situ hydrogenation of phenol to cyclohexanone. React. Kinet. Mech. Cat., 2010, 100, 227-235.
 
  • Xiang Y.Z., Lv J.H., Lu C.S., Zhang Q.F., Ma L., Li X.N. Preparation and surface chemistry study of supported cobalt molybdenum metal nitrides. Rare Metal Mat. Eng., 2010, 39: 521-525. (in Chinese)
 
  • Lv Y.A., Cui Y.H., Xiang Y.Z., Wang J.G., Li X.N. Modulation of bonding between noble metal monomers and CNTs by B-, N-doping. Comp. Mater. Sci. 2010, 48 (3): 621-625.
 
  • Cao X.X., Xiang Y.Z., Lu C.S., Ma L., Zhang Q.F., Li X.N. In-situ reduction of furfural to furfuryl alcohol with hydrogen derived from aqueous-phase reforming of methanol. Rare Metal Mat. Eng. 2010, 39: 516-520. (in Chinese)
 
  • Xie J.W., Xiang Y.Z., Hu W., Zhou Z.L., Xie Y., Li X.N. Liquid phase catalytic hydrogenation of chloroaniline into cyclohexanone. Sci China: Chem., 2010, 40(11): 1705-1711. (in Chinese)
 
  • Xiang Y.Z., Kong L.N., Lu C.S., Ma L., Zhang Q.F., Li X.N. Low-temperature catalytic steam reforming of phenol for hydrogen production. J. Chem. Ind. Eng., 2009, 60(7): 1661-1667.
 
  • Wang H.J., Xiang Y.Z., Xu T.Y., Zhou H.J., Ma L., Li X.N., Catalytic performance of Ba-modified Pd/Al2O3 for liquid phase in-situ hydrogenation of phenol to cyclohexnaone. Chinese J. Catal., 2009, 30, 933-938. (in Chinese)
 
  • Xu L., Li X.N., Zhu Y.F., Xiang Y.Z. One-pot synthesis of N,N-dimethylaniline from nitrobenzene and methanol. New J. Chem. 2009, 33(10): 2051-2054.
 
  • Xiang Y.Z., Ma L., Lu C.S. Zhang Q.F., Li X.N. Aqueous system for the improved hydrogenation of phenol and its derivatives. Green Chem., 2008, 10, 939-943.
 
  • Xiang Y.Z., Lu C.S., Zhang Q.F., Ma L., Wu X.Q., Li X.N. Apparent kinetics of in-situ hydrogenation of phenol in liquid phase over Raney Ni catalyst. J. Chem. Ind. Eng., 2008, 59(8): 2007-2013. (in Chinese)
 
  • Li X.N., Zhang J.H., Xiang Y.Z., Ma L., Zhang Q.F., Lu C.S., Wang H., Bai Y., One pot synthesis of N-ethylaniline from nitrobenzene and ethanol. Sci China B: Chem., 2008, 51(3): 248-256.
 
  • Li X.N., Kong L.N., Xiang Y.Z., Ju Y.M., Wu X.Q., Feng F., Yuan J.F., Ma L., Lu C.S., Zhang Q.F., A resource recycling technique of hydrogen production from the catalytic degradation of organics in wastewater. Sci China B: Chem., 2008, 51(11), 1118-1126.
 
  • Li X.N., Xiang Y.Z. A novel liquid system of catalytic hydrogenation. Sci. China: Chem. 2007, 50, 746-753.
 
  • Xiang Y.Z., Ma L., Lu C.S., Zhang Q.F., Wang H., Li X.N. Thermo-regulated water-organic biphasic system for phenol catalytic hydrogenation. J. Chem. Ind. Eng., 2007, 58(10): 2524-2529. (in Chinese)
 
  • Xiang Y.Z., and Li X.N. Liquid phase in-situ hydrogenation of phenol for synthesis of cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol. J. Chem. Ind. Eng., 2007, 58(12): 2681-2685. (in Chinese)
 
  • Jiang L., Zhu Y.F., Xiang Y.Z., Li X.N. In-situ reduction of acetophenone to alpha-phenylethanol with hydrogen derived from aqueous-phase reforming of methanol. Chinese J. Catal. 2007, 28(3): 281-286.
 
  • Xiang Y.Z., and Li X.N. Supported cobalt molybdenum bimetallic nitrides for ammonia decomposition. Chin. J. Chem. Eng, 2005, 13(5): 696-700.
 

   Patent:

 

  • Li X.N., Xiang Y.Z. A method for the synthesis of substituted cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol, Chinese National Invention Patent. CN200610052259.6 (Grant).

 

  • Li X.N., Xiang Y.Z., Zhang J.H., Feng F., Wang X.H., Ma L., Lu C.S., Zhang Q.F., Xu X.L., Yuan J.F. A method for the one-pot synthesis of quinoline and its derivates, Chinese National Invention Patent. CN201010137090.0 (Grant).

 

  • Xie J.W., Li X.N., Hu W., Xiang Y.Z., Method for preparing cyclohexanone, Chinese National Invention Patent. CN101830789 B (Grant).

 

  • Xiang Y.Z., Kruse N., Tuning the Catalytic CO Hydrogenation to Straight- and Long-Chain Aldehydes, Terminal Alcohols and Olefins/Paraffins. US patent 2016, application

 

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