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2024

Guo, Ruichao and Zeng, Yongjian and Lin, Lu and Hu, Di and Lu, Chunqiang and Conroy, Stuart and Zhang, Suyu and Zeng, Chen and Luo, Huixia and Jiang, Zhiwei and Zhang, Xiaolei and Tu, Xin and Yan, Kai (2024) CO2‐assisted controllable synthesis of PdNi nanoalloys for highly selective hydrogenation of biomass‐derived 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. e202418234. ISSN 1521-3773

Lu, Guanchu and Yue, Zongyang and Deng, Yanan and Xue, Yuxiang and Huang, Yi and Zhang, Xiaolei and Chen, Xianfeng and Fan, Xianfeng (2024) An energy-efficient cyclic amine system developed for carbon capture from both flue gas and air. Chemical Engineering Journal, 496. 154085. ISSN 1385-8947

Asuquo, Asuquo Jackson and Zhang, Xiaolei and Lin, Leteng and Li, Jun (2024) Green heterogeneous catalysts derived from fermented kola nut pod husk for sustainable biodiesel production. International Journal of Green Energy, 21 (10). pp. 2218-2227. ISSN 1543-5083

Conroy, Stuart and Zhang, Xiaolei (2024) Theoretical insights into chemical recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Polymer Degradation and Stability, 223. 110729. ISSN 0141-3910

Lv, Yang and Yu, Qiang and Han, Jian and Ding, Zhijia and Zhang, Xiaolei and Xu, Yong (2024) An effective method for the direct crystallization of xylonic acid from fermentation broth of agricultural residue hydrolysate. Industrial Crops and Products, 207 (Part 1). 117704. ISSN 0926-6690

Cao, Mengyu and Shao, Shibo and Wei, Wenjing and Love, Jason B. and Yue, Zongyang and Zhang, Yiming and Zhang, Xiaolei and Xue, Yuxiang and Yu, Jialin and Fan, Xianfeng (2024) Engineering multiple defect sites on ultrathin graphitic carbon nitride for efficiently photocatalytic conversion of lignin into monomeric aromatics via selective C–C bond scission. Applied Surface Science, 643. 158653. ISSN 0169-4332

2023

Long, Feng and Wu, Shiyu and Chen, Haitian and Jia, Shuya and Cao, Xincheng and Liu, Peng and Lu, Yanju and Jiang, Jianchun and Zhang, Xiaolei and Xu, Junming (2023) Alcohol production from fatty acids via Ni3Fe/Rutile : revealing the role of oxygen vacancy and metal-support electronic density characteristics. Journal of Catalysis, 428. 115171. ISSN 0021-9517

Ma, Yichen and Conroy, Stuart and Shaw, Alexander and Alliati, Ignacio M. and Sels, Bert F. and Zhang, Xiaolei and Tu, Xin (2023) Plasma-Enabled Selective Synthesis of Biobased Phenolics from Lignin-Derived Feedstock. JACS Au, 3 (11). 3101–3110. ISSN 2691-3704

Mondal, Bidesh and Zhang, Xiaolei and Kumar, Sumit and Long, Feng and Katiyar, Nirmal Kumar and Kumar, Mahesh and Goel, Saurav and Biswas, Krishanu (2023) A resistance-driven H2 gas sensor : high-entropy alloy nanoparticles decorated 2D MoS2. Nanoscale, 15 (42). pp. 17097-17104. ISSN 2040-3372

Long, Feng and Chen, Yuwei and Chen, Haitian and Cao, Xincheng and Wu, Shiyu and Lu, Yanju and Liu, Peng and Jiang, Jianchun and Zhang, Xiaolei and Xu, Junming (2023) ReOx promotes Ni cluster interactions on TiO to improve the activity and durability for green alkane and alcohol production at low temperature. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11 (36). pp. 19591-19604. ISSN 2050-7488

Chen, Yuwei and Zhang, Xiaolei and Zheng, Yunwu and Jiang, Jianchun and Long, Feng and Liu, Wei and Xu, Junming and Nie, Xiaoan (2023) Density functional theory study on biodiesel production from yeast lipid catalyzed by imidazolium ionic liquid. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 385. 122226. ISSN 0167-7322

Thangamuthu, Madasamy and Vankayala, Kiran and Xiong, Lunqiao and Conroy, Stuart and Zhang, Xiaolei and Tang, Junwang (2023) Tungsten oxide-based Z-scheme for visible light-driven hydrogen production from water splitting. ACS Catalysis, 13 (13). pp. 9113-9124. ISSN 2155-5435

Long, Feng and Wu, Shiyu and Chen, Yuwei and Cao, Xincheng and Zhao, Jiaping and Liu, Peng and Jiang, Jianchun and Zhang, Xiaolei and Xu, Junming (2023) Hydrogenation of fatty acids to fatty alcohols over Ni3Fe nanoparticles anchored on TiO2 crystal catalyst : metal support interaction and mechanism investigation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 464. 142773. ISSN 1385-8947

Wang, Hui and Qi, Haifeng and Sun, Xiao and Jia, Shuya and Li, Xiyi and Miao, Tina Jingyan and Xiong, Lunqiao and Wang, Shihao and Zhang, Xiaolei and Liu, Xiaoyan and Wang, Aiqin and Zhang, Tao and Huang, Weixin and Tang, Junwang (2023) High quantum efficiency of hydrogen production from methanol aqueous solution with PtCu–TiO2 photocatalysts. Nature Materials, 22 (5). pp. 619-626. ISSN 1476-1122

Liu, Chao and Wang, Kui and Zhao, Xinpeng and Chen, Zhijun and Yin, Xiaoyan and Cai, Tingting and Zhang, Xiaolei and Xu, Junming and Hu, Jun and Meng, Xianzhi and Ragauskas, Arthur J. and Jiang, Jianchun (2023) Integrated lignocellulosic biorefinery for efficient production of furans and photothermal materials. Chemical Engineering Journal, 453 (Part 1). 139688. ISSN 1385-8947

Shaw, Alexander and Zhang, Xiaolei and Jia, Shuya and Fu, Juan and Lang, Lin and Brown, Robert C (2023) Mechanistic investigation of char growth from lignin monomers during biomass utilisation. Fuel Processing Technology, 239. 107556. ISSN 0378-3820

Han, Shuangmei and Zhang, Xiaolei and Wang, Ruizhen and Wang, Kui and Jiang, Jianchun and Xu, Junming (2023) Electrocatalytic conversion of G-type and S-type phenolic compounds from different tree species in a heteropolyacid fluidized system. Chemical Engineering Journal, 452 (Part 2). 139299. ISSN 1385-8947

2022

Kumar, Sahil and Saini, Kanika and Saravanamurugan, Shunmugavel and Zhang, Xiaolei and Kansal, Sushil Kumar (2022) Nanostructured functionalised niobium oxide as chemoselective catalyst for acetalation of glucose. Topics in Catalysis, 65 (19-20). pp. 1994-2004. ISSN 1572-9028

Lv, Yang and Zhou, Shaonuo and Zhang, Xiaolei and Xu, Yong (2022) A smart self-balancing biosystem with reversible competitive adsorption of in-situ anion exchange resin for whole-cell catalysis preparation of lignocellulosic xylonic acid. Bioresource Technology, 363. 127998. ISSN 0960-8524

Han, Jian and Xu, Bin and Wang, Huan and Huang, Guohong and Zhang, Xiaolei and Xu, Yong (2022) Enhancing economic and environmental friendliness of xylonic acid bioproduction from corncob hydrolysate by the combined recycling-technology of detoxifying-resin and catalyzing-cell. Industrial Crops and Products, 188 (Part A). 115550. ISSN 0926-6690

Osatiashtiani, Amin and Zhang, Jiajun and Stefanidis, Stylianos D. and Zhang, Xiaolei and Bridgwater, Anthony V. (2022) The mechanism for catalytic fast pyrolysis of levoglucosan, furfural and furan over HZSM-5 : an experimental and theoretical investigation. Fuel, 328. 125279. ISSN 0016-2361

Liu, Chao and Cai, Tingting and Yin, Xiaoyan and Liang, Jie and Jia, Shuya and Zhang, Xiaolei and Xu, Junming and Hu, Jun and Jiang, Jianchun and Wang, Kui (2022) A sustainable and profitable biorefinery strategy for efficiently converting lignocellulose to furfural, glucose and phenolic compounds. Green Chemistry, 24 (21). pp. 8494-8502. ISSN 1463-9262

Zhang, Jixiang and Rentizelas, Athanasios and Zhang, Xiaolei and Li, Jun (2022) Sustainable production of lignocellulosic bioethanol towards zero waste biorefinery. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 53 (Part C). 102627. ISSN 2213-1388

Song, Yaoguang and Norris, Fraser and Hinchcliffe, Daryl and Xu, Yong and Zhang, Xiaolei and Nockemann, Peter (2022) Ionic liquid-assisted synthesis of mesoporous polymers and carbon materials : the self-assembly mechanism. Nanoscale, 14 (38). pp. 14212-14222. ISSN 2040-3372

Cao, Xincheng and Zhao, Jiaping and Long, Feng and Liu, Peng and Jiang, Xia and Zhang, Xiaolei and Xu, Junming and Jiang, Jianchun (2022) Efficient low-temperature hydrogenation of fatty acids to fatty alcohols and alkanes on a Ni-Re bimetallic catalyst : the crucial role of NiRe alloys. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 312. 121437. ISSN 0926-3373

Zhang, Jixiang and Zhang, Xiaolei and Rentizelas, Athanasios and Dong, Changqing and Li, Jun (2022) Optimisation of logistic model using geographic information systems : a case study of biomass-based combined heat & power generation in China. Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, 10. 100060. ISSN 2666-352X

Long, Feng and Cao, Xincheng and Jiang, Xia and Liu, Peng and Jiang, JianChun and Zhang, Xiaolei and Xu, Junming (2022) NiCu anchored on a specific TiO2 face tunes electron density for selective hydrogenation of fatty acids into alkanes or alcohols. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 10 (22). pp. 7349-7361. ISSN 2168-0485

Han, Jian and Xu, Bin and Wang, Huan and Huang, Guohong and Zhang, Xiaolei and Xu, Yong (2022) Purification of acidic lignocellulose hydrolysate using anion-exchange resin : multicomponent adsorption, kinetic and thermodynamic study. Bioresource Technology, 351. 126979. ISSN 0960-8524

Cao, Xincheng and Zhao, Jiaping and Long, Feng and Zhang, Xiaolei and Xu, Junming and Jiang, Jianchun (2022) Al-modified Pd@mSiO2 core-shell catalysts for the selective hydrodeoxygenation of fatty acid esters : influence of catalyst structure and Al atoms incorporation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 305. 121068. ISSN 0926-3373

Cao, Wenhan and Li, Jun and Zhang, Xiaolei (2022) Evaluation of the effects and interactions of initial chlorine and sulphur contents on the release of potassium compounds during biomass combustion. Journal of the Energy Institute, 101. pp. 178-186. ISSN 1746-0220

2021

Farrell, Charlie and Osman, Ahmed I. and Harrison, John and Vennard, Ashlene and Murphy, Adrian and Doherty, Rory and Russell, Mark and Kumaravel, Vignesh and Al-Muhtaseb, Ala'a H. and Zhang, Xiaolei and Abu-Dahrieh, Jehad K. and Rooney, David W. (2021) Pyrolysis kinetic modeling of a poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) encapsulant found in waste photovoltaic modules. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 60 (37). pp. 13492-13504. ISSN 0888-5885

Mukamwi, M. and Somorin, T. and Li, J. and Zhang, X. (2021) Development of a carbon-based catalyst for syngas reforming to maximise hydrogen production. In: 28th Annual SCI-CSCST Conference, 2021-09-09 - 2021-09-10.

Asuquo, Asuquo and Li, Jun and Zhang, Xiaolei (2021) Waste carica papaya oil seed extraction : a potential feed stock for biodiesel production to achieve net zero. In: 28th Annual SCI-CSCST Conference, 2021-09-09 - 2021-09-10.

Zhang, Jixiang and Li, Jun and Dong, Changqing and Zhang, Xiaolei and Rentizelas, Athanasios and Shen, Delong (2021) Comprehensive assessment of sustainable potential of agricultural residues for bioenergy based on geographical information system : a case study of China. Renewable Energy, 173. pp. 466-478. ISSN 0960-1481

Cao, Wenhan and Li, Jun and Lin, Leteng and Zhang, Xiaolei (2021) Release of potassium in association with structural evolution during biomass combustion. Fuel, 287. 119524. ISSN 0016-2361

Shaw, Alexander and Zhang, Xiaolei and Kabalan, Lara and Li, Jun (2021) Mechanistic and kinetic investigation on maximizing the formation of levoglucosan from cellulose during biomass pyrolysis. Fuel, 286 (2). 119444. ISSN 0016-2361

Zhang, Jiajun and Zhang, Xiaolei and Osatiashtiani, Amin and Luo, Kai Hong and Shen, Dekui and Li, Jun and Bridgwater, Anthony (2021) The mechanism of hydrogen donation by bio-acids over metal supported on nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes. Molecular Catalysis, 499. 111289. ISSN 2468-8231

2020

Mukamwi, M. and Li, J. and Zhang, X. and Somorin, T. (2020) Catalytic steam reforming of syngas hydrocarbons to maximise hydrogen production - a thermodynamic study. In: 27th CSCST SCI Annual Conference: Sustainable Energy and Manufacturing the Future, 2020-09-11 - 2020-09-12, Online.

Farrell, C.C. and Osman, A.I. and Doherty, R. and Saad, M. and Zhang, X. and Murphy, A. and Harrison, J. and Vennard, A.S.M and Kumaravel, V. and Al-Muhtaseb, A.H. and Rooney, D.W. (2020) Technical challenges and opportunities in realising a circular economy for waste photovoltaic modules. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 128. 109911. ISSN 1879-0690

Long, Feng and Zhang, Xiaolei and Cao, Xincheng and Zhai, Qiaolong and Song, Yaoguang and Wang, Fei and Jiang, Jianchun and Xu, Junming (2020) Mechanism investigation on the formation of olefins and paraffin from the thermochemical catalytic conversion of triglycerides catalyzed by alkali metal catalysts. Fuel Processing Technology, 200. 106312. ISSN 0378-3820

Piazzi, Stefano and Zhang, Xiaolei and Patuzzi, Francesco and Baratieri, Marco (2020) Techno-economic assessment of turning gasification-based waste char into energy : a case study in South-Tyrol. Waste Management, 105. pp. 550-559. ISSN 1879-2456

Buentello-Montoya, David and Zhang, Xiaolei and Li, Jun and Ranade, Vivek and Marques, Simão and Geron, Marco (2020) Performance of biochar as a catalyst for tar steam reforming : effect of the porous structure. Applied Energy. 114176. ISSN 0306-2619

2019

Zhao, Shilong and Fan, Yuxin and Zhang, Xiaolei (2019) Influence of parameters on flame expansion in a high-speed flow : experimental and numerical study. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy. ISSN 0957-6509

Shaw, Alexander and Zhang, Xiaolei (2019) Density functional study on the thermal stabilities of phenolic bio-oil compounds. Fuel, 255. 115732. ISSN 0016-2361

Cao, Wenhan and Li, Jun and Martí-Rosselló, Teresa and Zhang, Xiaolei (2019) Experimental study on the ignition characteristics of cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin and their mixtures. Journal of the Energy Institute. ISSN 1746-0220

Zhang, Jiajun and Zhang, Xiaolei and Osatiashtiani, Amin and Bridgwater, Anthony (2019) Hydrogen donation of bio-acids over transition metal facets : a density functional theory study. Applied Catalysis A: General, 586. 117218. ISSN 0926-860X

Buentello-Montoya, David and Zhang, Xiaolei (2019) An energy and exergy analysis of biomass gasification integrated with a char-catalytic tar reforming system. Energy and Fuels, 33 (9). pp. 8746-8757. ISSN 0887-0624

Buentello-Montoya, D.A. and Zhang, X. and Li, J. (2019) The use of gasification solid products as catalysts for tar reforming. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 107. pp. 399-412. ISSN 1879-0690

Liu, Ji and Zhang, Xiaolei and Hu, Bin and Lu, Qiang and Liu, Dingjia and Dong, Changqing and Yang, Yongping (2019) Formation mechanism of HCN and NH3 during indole pyrolysis : a theoretical DFT study. Journal of the Energy Institute. ISSN 1746-0220

Farrell, Charlie and Osman, Ahmed I. and Zhang, Xiaolei and Murphy, Adrian and Doherty, Rory and Morgan, Kevin and Rooney, David W. and Harrison, John and Coulter, Rachel and Shen, Dekui (2019) Assessment of the energy recovery potential of waste Photovoltaic (PV) modules. Scientific Reports, 9. pp. 1-13. 5267. ISSN 2045-2322

Buentello-Montoya, David and Zhang, Xiaolei and Marques, Simão and Geron, Marco (2019) Investigation of competitive tar reforming using activated char as catalyst. Energy Procedia, 158. pp. 828-835. ISSN 1876-6102

Zhang, Jiajun and Fidalgo, Beatriz and Wagland, Stuart and Shen, Dekui and Zhang, Xiaolei and Gu, Sai (2019) Deoxygenation in anisole decomposition over bimetallic catalysts supported on HZSM-5. Fuel, 238. pp. 257-266. ISSN 0016-2361

2018

Liu, Ji and Lu, Qiang and Jiang, Xiao-yan and Hu, Bin and Zhang, Xiao-lei and Dong, Chang-qing and Yang, Yong-ping (2018) Theoretical investigation of the formation mechanism of NH3 and HCN during pyrrole pyrolysis : the effect of H2O. Molecules, 23 (4). 711. ISSN 1420-3049

2017

Kang, Peng and Morrow, Gary and Zhang, Xiaolei and Wang, Tipeng and Tan, Zhoufu and Agarwal, Jayant (2017) Systematic comparison of hydrogen production from fossil fuels and biomass resources. International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 10 (6). pp. 192-200.

2016

Cao, Wenhan and Li, Jun and Lue, Leo and Zhang, Xiaolei (2016) Release of alkali metals during biomass thermal conversion. Archives of Industrial Biotechnology, 1 (1). pp. 1-3.

Zhang, Xiaolei and Li, Jun and Jain, Siddharth and Verma, Deepak; (2016) Natural fibers for the production of green composites. In: Green Approaches to Biocomposite Materials Science and Engineering. IGI Global, Hershey, PA., pp. 1-23. ISBN 9781522504252

2014

Li, Jun and Zhang, Xiaolei and Pawlak-Kruczek, Halina and Yang, Weihong and Kruczek, Pawel and Blasiak, Wlodzimierz (2014) Process simulation of co-firing torrefied biomass in a 220 MWe coal-fired power plant. Energy Conversion and Management, 84. pp. 503-511. ISSN 0196-8904

Zhang, Xiaolei and Kumar, Amit and Arnold, Ulrich and Sauer, Jörg (2014) Biomass-derived oxymethylene ethers as diesel additives : a thermodynamic analysis. Energy Procedia, 61. pp. 1921-1924. ISSN 1876-6102

Li, Jun and Bonvicini, Giorgio and Zhang, Xiaolei and Yang, Weihong and Tognotti, Leonardo (2014) Char oxidation of torrefied biomass at high temperatures and high heating rates. Energy Procedia, 61. pp. 582-586. ISSN 1876-6102

2013

Li, Jun and Zhang, Xiaolei and Yang, Weihong and Blasiak, Wlodzimierz (2013) Effects of flue gas internal recirculation on NOx and SOx emissions in a co-firing boiler. International Journal of Clean Coal and Energy, 2 (2). pp. 13-21. ISSN 2168-1538

2011

Zhang, Xiaolei and Li, Jun and Yang, Weihong and Blasiak, Wlodzimierz (2011) Formation mechanism of levoglucosan and formaldehyde during cellulose pyrolysis. Energy and Fuels, 25 (8). pp. 3739-3746. ISSN 0887-0624