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Publications

2020-2030

• Suxin Yu, Haoyuan Gu, Qihang Wen, Yi-Fan Han, Minghui Zhu*. "Elucidating the structure-activity relationship of Bi-doped MnO2 catalysts towards CH3OH oxidation" Applied Catalysis A: General, 2025, 704:120402.
• Jiali Chen, Feixue Han, Hui Xing, Xuejing Yang, Yi-Fan Han*. "Kinetic and mechanism study of removing strontium ions from aqueous solution by graphene oxide/hydroxyapatite composites" American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal, 2025:e18884.
• Zhenzhou Zhang*, Lingyu Jia, Yanjia Guo, Yuqiong Li, Feixue Han, Bingbing Liao, Shanshan Dang, Fei Chen, Weifeng Tu*, Xiaohu Yu*, Yi-Fan Han*. "N Restructuring of Iron-Based Catalysts Boosting the Formation of C2+ Olefins from CO2 Hydrogenation" ACS Catalysis, 2025,15:8740-8752.
• Xiaoxi Guo, Zhuoyan Liu, Jiajia Lan, Hongyang Wu*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Co-Cu-Al-Ox for chloramphenicol degradation: Modification of CoOx coordination and electronic environment by Cu incorporation" Applied Surface Science, 2025,699:163130.
• Shanshan Dang*, Xiaoya Ding, Jinying Li,Junchao Chang, Zhenzhou Zhang, Peng Gao*, Weifeng Tu*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Structure Sensitivity of an Atomic Co-Promoted In2O3 Catalyst toward CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol" ACS Catalysis, 2025,15:3967-3979.
• Weifeng Yu, Minghui Zhu, Zixu Yang*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Effects of Alumina Phases on the Structural Evolution of Iron Catalysts for the Catalytic Conversion of CO2 to Olefins" ACS Catalysis, 2025,15:3428-3441.
• XI Chuandong,YANG Zixu,CAO Chenxi,HAN Yifan. "Life cycle assessment and multi-objective optimization of utility system of biomass gasification process for a-olefins production" Low-carbon Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 2025,50(1):65-75.
• Wenqi Liu, Longfei Yan, Xiaonan Zhang, Zhenzhou Zhang, Shanshan Dang, Yi-Fan Han, Weifeng Tu*. "Reactant-driven structural and chemical dynamics of Fe clusters for promoting hydrocarbon formation over a Na/FeZn catalyst" Journal of Catalysis, 2025,443:1159404.
• Haitao Yan, Didi Li*, Zhaocong Jiang, Haoyuan Gu, Mengyuan Zhu, Yi-Fan Han, Minghui Zhu*. "Promotion of Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 by Fe towards methanol steam reforming reaction" Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 2024,365:124984.
• Jiayi Wu, Wenhao Zhang, Hecao Chen, Weifeng Yu, Bo Sun, Minghui Zhu*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Enhanced sintering resistance of NiFe-based RWGS catalysts through Cu doping" Greenhouse Gases Science and Technology, 2024,0:1-9.
• Pengchao Ren, Zhenzhou Zhang, Tingting Hu, Zhihui Fan, Shanshan Dang, Sifan Cheng, Weifeng Tu*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Reactants-Driven Surface-Active Sites on a Cu/CeO2 Catalyst for Methanol Synthesis from Syngas" ChemCatChem, 2024,e202401425.
• Shaokang Zhang, Hong Ma, Lingyu Jia, Zhenzhou Zhang*, Xinli Li, Shanshan Dang, Yanqiang Huang, Yun Tian, Weifeng Tu*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Nanostructure of Indium-driven nickel catalysts break CO2 hydrogenation preference" Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 2024,124646.
• Yanjia Guo, Lingyu Jia, Zhenzhou Zhang*, Mengze Gong, Shanshan Dang, Yanqiang Huang, Xinhua Gao, Weifeng Tu*, Yi-Fan Han. "Revealing the mechanism of Ce promoter in modulating product distribution of CO2 hydrogenation over Fe-based catalysts" Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024,491,151964.
• Wenqi Liu, Shanshan Dang, Sifan Cheng, Zhenzhou Zhang, Xiaoya Ding, Yanling Shi, Pengchao Ren, Weifeng Tu*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Revealing the Interaction between Cu and MgO in Cu/MgO Catalysts for CO Hydrogenation to CH3OH" ACS Catalysis, 2024,14,7097-7110.
• Xiaoxu Ding, Minghui Zhu, Bo Sun, Zixu Yang*, Yi-Fan Han*. "An Overview on Dynamic Phase Transformation and Surface Reconstruction of Iron Catalysts for Catalytic Hydrogenation of COx for Hydrocarbons" ACS Catalysis, 2024,14,6137-6168.
• Xiaoyang Han, Huicong Xia, Weifeng Tu, Yifan Wei, Dongping Xue, Minhan Li, Wenfu Yan*, Jia-Nan Zhang*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Zeolite-confined Fe-site Catalysts for the Hydrogenation of CO2 to Produce High-value Chemicals" Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, 2024,40,78-95.
• Chuandong Xi, Kaihao Fu, Chenxi Cao*, Zixu Yang*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Production of a-olefins from biomass gasification: Process development and multi-objective optimization for techno-economic and environmental goals" Carbon Capture Science & Technology, 2024,11,100203.
• Yang, Zixu, Derun Guo, Shengbin Dong, Jiayi Wu, Minghui Zhu*, Yi-Fan Han*, Zhong-Wen Liu*. "Catalysis for CO2 Hydrogenation—What We Have Learned/Should Learn from the Hydrogenation of Syngas to Methanol" Catalysts, 2023,13,1452.
• Yueshen Pan, Xiaoxu Ding, Chao Zhang, Minghui Zhu, Zixu Yang*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Effects of Different Reductive Agents on Zn-Promoted Iron Oxide Phases in the CO2–Fischer–Tropsch to Linear a-Olefins" Catalysts, 2023,13,594.
• Xiaoxu Ding, Zixu Yang*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Tuning the surface carbonaceous species in syngas-to-olefin reaction by metal-support interaction: A Fe-Mn-Al ternary system study" Applied Catalysis A: General, 2023,666,119405.
• Weifeng Tu, Pengchao Ren, Yuanjie Li, Yongpeng Yang, Yun Tian, Zhenzhou Zhang, Minghui Zhu, Ya-Huei Cathy Chin, Jinlong Gong*, and Yi-Fan Han*. "Gas-Dependent Active Sites on Cu/ZnO Clusters for CH3OH Synthesis" Journal of the American Chemical Society , 2023.Highlights
• Zhenzhou Zhang, Baojian Chen, Lingyu Jia, Wenqi Liu, Xinhua Gao, Jian Gao, Bo Meng, Yisheng Tan, Yurong He*, Weifeng Tu*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Unraveling the role of Fe5C2 in CH4 formation during CO2 hydrogenation over hydrophobic iron catalysts" Applied Catalysis B: Environmenta, 2023,327,122449.
• Haripal Singh Malhi, Zhenzhou Zhang, Yanling Shi, Xinhua Gao, Wenqi Liu, Weifeng Tu*, Yi-Fan Han*. "The promotional effects of carbon nanotube on Fe5C2-ZnO catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to heavy olefins" Fuel, 2023,339,127267.
• Xiaoxu Ding, Minghui Zhu, Yi-fan Han*, Zixu Yang*. "Revisiting the syngas conversion to olefins over Fe-Mn bimetallic catalysts: Insights from the proximity effects" Journal of Catalysis, 2023,417,213-225.
• Tengfei Zhang, Peng Zheng, Fangna Gu, Wenqing Xu, Wenxing Chen, Tingyu Zhu, Yi-Fan Han, Guangwen Xu, Ziyi Zhong, Fabing Su. "The dual-active-site tandem catalyst containing Ru single atoms and Ni nanoparticles boosts CO2 methanation" Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2023,323,122190.
• Jiacheng Chen, Jiayu Li, Jing Xu, Minghui Zhu*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Phthalocyanine-derived catalysts decorated by metallic nanoclusters for enhanced CO2 electroreduction" Green Energy & Environment, 2023,8(2),444-451. highlights
• Hu Li, Fei-Xiang Tian, Qi Liu, Yi-Fan Han*, Minghui Zhu*."Promotional effect of indium on CuO–CeO2 catalysts for low-temperature CO oxidation" Catalysis Science & Technology, 2022,12,6590-6598.
• Xiaoxi Guo, Bo Hu, Ke Wang, Huanhuan Wang, Bolan Li, Mai Guo, Yun Tian, Ruixue Zhang, Shishuai Shi, Yifan Han*. "Cu embedded Co oxides and its fenton-like activity for metronidazole degradation over a wide pH range: Active sites of Cu doped Co3O4 with {112} exposed face" Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022,435,132910.
• Jiayu Li, Minghui Zhu, Yi-Fan Han*. "Elucidating the structure evolution and reaction mechanism of the Cu-In bimetallic catalysts during CO2RR" Journal of Catalysis, 2022,415,165-173.
• Dehai Lin*, Longhui Zhang, Zilin Liu, Baodong Wang,Yifan Han. "Elucidating the structure evolution and reaction mechanism of the Cu-In bimetallic catalysts during CO2RR" Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022.
• Xiaoxi Guo, Hongyang Wu, Huanhuan Wang, Bolan Li, Bo Meng, Rui Li, Jiali Chen, Yifan Han*. "Sulfadiazine advanced oxidizing-degradation: Defects generation by boosting electron transfer at interfaces of Co-Cu LDH catalysts" Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2022,10,108411.
• Yitao Liu, Minjie Xu, Xiaoxu Ding, Zixu Yang*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Synergetic effect of sodium and sulfur on iron catalysts for CO hydrogenation directly to lower olefins" Applied Catalysis A: General, 2022,643,118756.
• Yitao Liu, Minjie Xu, Zixu Yang, Xiaoxu Ding, Minghui Zhu, Yi-Fan Han*. "Syngas to olefins with low CO2 formation by tuning the structure of FeCx-MgO-Al2O3 catalysts" Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022,450,137167.
• Fei-Xiang Tian, Hu Li, Minghui Zhu, Weifeng Tu, Dehai Lin, Yi-Fan Han*. "Effect of MnO2 Polymorphs’ Structure on Low-Temperature Catalytic Oxidation: Crystalline Controlled Oxygen Vacancy Formation" ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022,14(16): 18525-18538.
• Yitao Liu, Xianglin Liu, Zixu Yang, Hu Li, Xiaoxu Ding, Minjie Xu, Xinli Li, Wei-Feng Tu, Minghui Zhu, Yi-Fan Han*. "Unravelling the metal-support interactions in ?-Fe5C2/MgO catalysts for olefin synthesis directly from syngas" Catalysis Sciecne & Technology, 2022,12,762-772.
• Haripal Singh Malhi, Chao Sun, Zhengzhou Zhang, Yangyang liu, Wenqi Liu, Pengchao Ren, Weifeng Tu*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Catalytic consequences of the decoration of sodium and zinc atoms during CO2 hydrogenation to olefins over iron-based catalyst" Catalysis Today, 2022,387,28-37.
• Didi Li, Fang Xu, Xuan Tang, Sheng Dai, Tiancheng Pu, Xianglin Liu, Pengfei Tian, Fuzhen Xuan, Zhi Xu*, Israel E. Wachs*, Minghui Zhu*. "Induced activation of the commercial Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst for the steam reforming of methanol" Nature Catalysis, 2022,5,99-108.
• Pengchao Ren, Weifeng Tu, Chanchan Wang, Sifan Cheng, Wenqi Liu, Zhenzhou Zhang, Yun Tian, Yi-Fan Han*. "Mechanism and sites requirement for CO hydrogenation to CH3OH over Cu/CeO2 catalysts"Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2022,305,121016.
• Xinyu Cao, Prof. Yi-Fan Han, Prof. Chong Peng*, Prof. Minghui Zhu*. "A Review on the Water-Gas Shift Reaction over Nickel-Based Catalysts"ChemCatChem, 2022, 14(16), e202200190.
• Minghui Zhu*, Pengfei Tian, Xinyu Cao, Jiacheng Chen, Tiancheng Pu, Bianfang Shi, Jing Xu*, Jisue Moon, Zili Wu, Yi-Fan Han*. "Vacancy engineering of the nickel-based catalysts for enhanced CO2 methanation" Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021,282,119561.
• Chao Feng, Faze Wang, Zhi Liu, Mamiko Nakabayashi, Yequan Xiao, Qiugui Zeng, Jie Fu, Qianbao Wu, Chunhua Cui, Yifan Han, Naoya Shibata, Kazunari Domen, Ian D. Sharp*, Yanbo Li*. "A self-healing catalyst for electrocatalytic and photoelectrochemical oxygen evolution in highly alkaline conditions" Nature Communications, 2021,12,5980.
• Liuqingqing Yang, Laura Pastor-Pérez*, Juan Jose Villora-Pico, Antonio Sepúlveda-Escribano, Feixiang Tian, Minghui Zhu, Yi-Fan Han, Tomas Ramirez Reina. "Highly Active and Selective Multicomponent Fe–Cu/CeO2–Al2O3 Catalysts for CO2 Upgrading via RWGS: Impact of Fe/Cu Ratio"ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021,9(36),12155-12166.
• Weifeng Tu, Chao Sun, Zhengzhou Zhang, Wenqi Liu, Haripal Singh Malhi, Wei Ma, Minghui Zhu, Yi-Fan Han*. "Chemical and structural properties of Na decorated Fe5C2-ZnO catalysts during hydrogenation of CO2 to linear a-olefins"Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021,298,120567.
• Jiayu Li, Jinxia Li, Xianglin Liu, Jiacheng Chen, Pengfei Tian, Sheng Dai*, Minghui Zhu*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Probing the Role of Surface Hydroxyls for Bi, Sn and In Catalysts during CO2 Reduction"Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021,298,120581.
• Fei-Xiang Tian, Minghui Zhu, Xianglin Liu, Weifeng Tu, Yi-Fan Han*. "Dynamic structure of highly disordered manganese oxide catalysts for low-temperature CO oxidation"Journal of Catalysis, 2021,401,115-128.
• Chao Zhang, Minjie Xu, Zixu Yang, Minghui Zhu, Jian Gao, Yi-Fan Han*. "Uncovering the electronic effects of zinc on the structure of Fe5C2-ZnO catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to linear a-olefins"Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021,295,120287.
• Qingyuan Bi, Keyan Hu, Jiacheng Chen, Yaru Zhang, Muhammad Sohail Riaz, Jing Xu, Yifan Han*, Fuqiang Huang*. "Black phosphorus coupled black titania nanocomposites with enhanced sunlight absorption properties for efficient photocatalytic CO2 reduction."Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021,295,120211.
• Chao Zhang, Chenxi Cao, Yulong Zhang, Xianglin Liu, Jing Xu, Minghui Zhu, Weifeng Tu, Yi-Fan Han*. "Unraveling the Role of Zinc on Bimetallic Fe5C2–ZnO Catalysts for Highly Selective Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to High Carbon a-Olefins"ACS Catalysis, 2021,11,4,2121-2133.
• Jiayu Li, Prof. Minghui Zhu*, Yi-Fan Han. "Recent Advances in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction on Indium-Based Catalysts"ChemCatChem, 2021, 13(2), 514-531.
• Minghui Zhu, Pengfei Tian, Michael E. Ford, Jiacheng Chen, Jing Xu, Yi-Fan Han*, Israel E. Wachs*. "Nature of Reactive Oxygen Intermediates on Copper-Promoted Iron–Chromium Oxide Catalysts during CO2 Activation"ACS Catalysis, 2020,10,7857-7863.
• Minghui Zhu,Jiacheng Chen, Liang Shen, Michael E.Ford,Jian Gao,Jing Xu, Israel E.Wachs*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Probing the surface of promoted CuO-Cr2O3-Fe2O3 catalysts during CO2 activation"Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2020,271,118943.
• Xianglin Liu, Chenxi Cao, Pengfei Tian, Minghui Zhu, Yulong Zhang, Jing Xu*,Yun Tian,Yi-Fan Han*. "Resolving CO2 activation and hydrogenation pathways over iron carbides from DFT investigation"Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2020,38,10-15
• Pengfei Tian, Fuzhen Xuan, Doudou Ding, Yang Sun, Xingyan Xu, Wei Li, Rui Si, Jing Xu, Yi-Fan Han*. "Revealing the Role of Tellurium in Palladium-Tellurium Catalysts for the Direct Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide"Journal of Catalysis, 2020, 385, 21-29
• Bianfang Shi, Zhengpai Zhang, Yitao Liu, Junjie Su, Xianglin Liu, Xuning Li, Junhu Wang, Minghui Zhu, Zixu Yang, Jing Xu*. "Promotional effect of Mn-doping on the structure and performance of spinel ferrite microspheres for CO hydrogenation"Journal of Catalysis, 2020, 381,150-162
• XiaoxiGuo, Tingting Hu, Bo Meng, Yang Sun, Yi-Fan Han*. "Catalytic degradation of anthraquinones-containing H2O2 production effluent over layered Co-Cu hydroxides: Defects facilitating hydroxyl radicals generation"Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2020, 260, 118157.

2007-2019

• Weifeng Tu, Xinli Li, Renquan Wang, Haripal Singh Mlhi, Jingyu Ran, Yanling Shi, Yi-Fan Han*. "Catalytic consequences of the identity of surface reactive intermediates during direct hydrogen peroxide formation on Pd particles"Journal of Catalysis, 2019, 377, 494-506.
• Yulong Zhang, Chenxi Cao, Chao Zhang, Zhengpai Zhang, Xianglin Liu, Zixu Yang, Minghui Zhu, Bo Meng, Yi-Fan Han, Jing Xu. "The study of structure-performance relationship of iron catalyst during a full life cycle for CO2 hydrogenation", Journal of Catalysis, 2019, 378, 51-62.
• Tianyuan Chen, Chenxi Cao, Tianbao Chen, Xiaoxu Ding, Hai Huang, Liang Shen, Xinyu Cao, Minghui Zhu, Jing Xu, Jian Gao, Yi-Fan Han. "Unraveling Highly Tunable Selectivity in CO2 Hydrogenation over Bimetallic In-Zr Oxide catalysts", ACS Catalysis, 2019, 9(9), 8785-8797.
• Minghui Zhu, Pengfei Tian, Jiayu Li, Jiacheng Chen, Jing Xu, Yi-Fan Han. "Structure-Tunable Copper–Indium Catalysts for Highly Selective CO2 Electroreduction to CO or HCOOH"ChemSusChem, 2019, 12(17), 3955-3959.
• Ge Li, Baodong Wang, Qi Sun, Wayneqiang Xu, Yi-Fan Han. "Visible-Light Photocatalytic Activity of Fe and/or Ni Doped Ilmenite Derived-Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles"Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, 2019, 19(6), 3343-3355.
• Minghui Zhu, Pengfei Tian, Ravi Kurtz, Thomas Lunkenbein, Jing Xu, Robert Schlögl, Israel E. Wachs, Yi-Fan Han*. "Strong Metal–Support Interactions between Copper and Iron Oxide during the High-Temperature Water-Gas Shift Reaction"Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 131(27), 9181-9185.
• Yang Sun,Pengfei Tian,Doudou Ding,Zixu Yang,Weizhi Wang,Hui Xin,Jing Xu,Yi-Fan Han*. "Revealing the active species of Cu-based catalysts for heterogeneous Fenton reaction"Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2019, 258, 117985.
• Minghui Zhu, Jiacheng Chen, Rong Guo, Jing Xu, Xiangchen Fang*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Cobalt phthalocyanine coordinated to pyridine-functionalized carbon nanotubes with enhanced CO2 electroreduction", Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2019, 251, 112-118.
• Yongpeng Yang, Xiangjian Shen, Yi-Fan Han*. "Diffusion mechanisms of metal atoms in PdAu bimetallic catalyst under CO atmosphere based on ab initio molecular dynamics", Applied Surface Science, 2019, 483, 991-1005.
• Minghui Zhu, Chenxi cao, Jiacheng Chen, Yang Sun, Ruquan Ye*, Jing Xu, Yi-Fan Han*. "Electronic Tuning of Cobalt Porphyrins Immobilized on Nitrogen-Doped Graphene for CO2 Reduction", ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2019, 2(4), 2435-2440.
• Minghui Zhu, Jiacheng Chen, Libei Huang, Ruquan Ye*, Jing Xu, Yi-Fan Han*. "Covalently Grafting Cobalt Porphyrin onto Carbon Nanotubes for Efficient CO2 Electroreduction", Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58(20), 6595-6599.
• Chong-Qing Wang, Xiao-Yan Jiang, Rong Huang, Yi-Jun Cao, Jing Xu, Yi-Fan Han*. "Copper/carbon composites from waste printed circuit boards as catalysts for Fenton-like degradation of Acid Orange 7 enhanced by ultrasound", AIChE Journal, 2019, 65(4), 1234-1244.
• Yang Sun, Zixu Yang, Pengfei Tian, Yiyi Sheng, Jing Xu* Yi-Fan Han*. "Oxidative degradation of nitrobenzene by a Fenton-like reaction with Fe-Cu bimetallic catalysts", Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2019, 144, 1-10.
• Pengfei Tian, Doudou Ding, Yang Sun, Fuzhen Xuan, Xingyan Xu, Jing Xu*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Theoretical study of size effects on the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide over palladium catalysts", Journal of Catalysis, 2019, 369, 95-104.
• Qingyuan Bi, Xieyi Huang, Guoheng Yin, Tianyuan Chen, Xianlong Du, Jun Cai, Jing Xu, Zhi Liu*, Yifan Han*, Fuqiang Huang*. "Cooperative Catalysis of Nickel and Nickel Oxide for Efficient Reduction of CO2 to CH4", ChemCatChem, 2019, 11(4), 1295-1302.
• Guoheng Yin, Xieyi Huang, Tianyuan Chen, Wei Zhao, Qingyuan Bi*, Jing Xu, Yifan Han*, and Fuqiang Huang*. "Hydrogenated Blue Titania for Efficient Solar to Chemical Conversions: Preparation, Characterization, and Reaction Mechanism of CO2 Reduction", ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8(2), 1009-1017.
• Tianyuan Chen, Junjie Su, Zhengpai Zhang, Chenxi cao, Xu Wang, Rui Si, Xianglin Liu, Bianfang Shi, Jing Xu*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Structure Evolution of Co-CoOx Interface for Higher Alcohol Synthesis from Syngas over Co/CeO2 Catalysts", ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8(9), 8606-8617.
• Wei Ma, Huanran Li, Suyu Jiang, Guihong Han, Jian Gao, Xiaomei Yu, Honglei Lian, Weifeng Tu, Yi-fan Han*, and Renzhi Ma*. "Facile Synthesis of Superstructured MoS2 and Graphitic Nanocarbon Hybrid for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction", ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018, 6, 14441-14449.
• Zhengpai Zhang, Jun Zhang, Xu Wang, Rui Si, Jing Xu*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Promotional effects of multiwalled carbon nanotubes on iron catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch to olefins", Journal of Catalysis, 2018, 365, 71-85.
• Pengfei Tian, Yiyi Sheng, Yang Sun, Doudou Ding, Jing Xu*, Yi-Fan Han. "Formation efficiency of hydroxyl radical from H2O2 decomposition over Cu/Al2O3 catalyst", CIESC Journal, 2018, 69(11), 4713-4721.
• Xiaoman Zhang, Pengfei Tian, Weifeng Tu, Zhenzhou Zhang, Jing Xu*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Tuning the Dynamic Interfacial Structure of Copper–Ceria Catalysts by Indium Oxide during CO Oxidation", ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8(6), 5261-5275.
• Yulong Zhang, Donglong Fu, Xianglin Liu, Zhengpai Zhang, Chao Zhang, Bianfang Shi, Jing Xu*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Operando Spectroscopic Study of Dynamic Structure of Iron Oxide Catalysts during CO2 Hydrogenation", ChemCatChem, 2018, 10(6), 1272-1276.
• Doudou Ding, Xingyan Xu, Pengfei Tian, Xianglin Liu, Jing Xu*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Promotional effects of Sb on Pd-based catalysts for the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide at ambient pressure", Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2018, 39(4), 673-681.
• Yiyi Sheng, Yang Sun, Jing Xu*, Jie Zhang, Yi-fan Han*. "Fenton-like degradation of rhodamine B over highly durable Cu-embedded alumina: Kinetics and mechanism", AIChE Journal, 2018, 64(2), 538-549.
• Pengfei Tian, Xingyan Xu, Can Ao, Doudou Ding, Wei Li, Rui Si, Weifeng Tu, Jing Xu*, Yi-Fan Han*. "Direct and Selective Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide over Palladium–Tellurium Catalysts at Ambient Pressure", ChemSusChem, 2017, 10(17), 3342-3346.
• Zhengpai Zhang, Weiwei Dai, Xinchao Xu, Jun Zhang, Bianfang Shi, Jing Xu*, Weifeng Tu, Yi-fan Han*. “MnOx Promotional Effects on Olefins Synthesis Directly from Syngas over Bimetallic Fe-MnOx/SiO2 Catalysts”, AIChE Journal, 2017, 63(10), 4451-4464.
• Pengfei Tian, Like Ouyang, Xingyan Xu, Can Ao, Xinchao Xu, Rui Si, Xiangjian Shen, Ming Lin, Jing Xu and Yi-fan Han*, "The origin of palladium particle size effects in the direct synthesis of H2O2: Is smaller better?", J. Catal., 2017, 349, 30-40.
• Huanhuan Shang, Xiaoman Zhang, Jing Xu*, Yi-Fan Han. "Effects of preparation methods on the activity of CuO/CeO2 catalysts for CO oxidation", Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2017, 11(4), 603-612.
• Can Ao, Pengfei Tian, Like Ouyang, Guojin Da, Xingyan Xu, Jing Xu and Yi-fan Han*, "Dispersing Pd nanoparticles on N-doped TiO2: a highly selective catalyst for H2O2 synthesis", Catal. Sci. & Technol., 2016, 6, 5060-5068.
• Jing Xu, Xin-Chao Xu, Xue-Jing Yang, Yi-fan Han*, "Silver/hydroxyapatite foam as a highly selective catalyst for acetaldehyde production via ethanol oxidation", Catal. Today, 2016, 276, 19-27.
• Xiao-man Zhang, Ya-Qing Deng, Pengfei Tian, Huan-huan Shang, Jing Xu, Yi-fan Han*, "Dynamic active sites over binary oxide catalysts: In situ/operando spectroscopic study of low-temperature CO oxidation over MnOx-CeO2 catalysts", Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 2016, 191, 179-191.
• Yulong Zhang, Donglong Fu, Xingyan Xu, Yiyi Sheng, Jing Xu, Yi-fan Han*, "Application of operando spectroscopy on catalytic reactions", Curr. Opin. Chem. Eng., 2016, 12, 1-7.
• Xue-jing Yang, Peng-fei Tian, Hua-lin Wang, Jing Xu, Yi-fan Han*, "Catalytic decomposition of H2O2 over a Au/carbon catalyst: A dual intermediate model for the generation of hydroxyl radicals", J. Catal., 2016, 336, 126-132.
• Junjie Su, Zhengpai Zhang, Donglong Fu, Da Liu, Xin-Chao Xu, Bianfang Shi, Xu Wang, Rui Si, Zheng Jiang, Jing Xu, Yi-Fan Han*, "Higher alcohols synthesis from syngas over CoCu/SiO2 catalysts: Dynamic structure and the role of Cu", J. Catal., 2016, 336, 94-106.
• Xin Yu, Ting Wu, Xue-Jing Yang, Jing Xu, Jordan Auzam, Raphael Semiat, Yi-Fan Han*, "Degradation of trichloroethylene by hydrodechlorination using formic acid as hydrogen source over supported Pd catalysts", J. Hazard Mater., 2016, 305, 178-189.
• Xue-jing Yang, Xi-meng Xu, Xin-chao Xu, Jing Xu, Hua-lin Wang, Raphael Semiat, Yi-fan Han*, "Modeling and kinetics study of Bisphenol A (BPA) degradation over an FeOCl/SiO2 Fenton-like catalyst", Catal. Today, 2016, 276, 85-96..
• Jun Zhang, Zhengpai Zhang, Junjie Su, Donglong Fu, Weiwei Dai, Da Liu, Jing Xu, Yi-fan Han*, "Effect of support basicity on iron-based catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis", CIESC J., 2016, 67(2), 549-556.
• Wei Mao, Junjie Su, Zhengpai Zhang, Xin-Chao Xu, Weiwei Dai, Donglong Fu, Jing Xu, Xinggui Zhou, Yi-Fan Han*, "Kinetics study of C2+ oxygenates synthesis from syngas over Rh–MnOx/SiO2 catalysts", Chem. Eng. Sci., 2015, 135, 312-322.
• Wei Mao, Junjie Su, Zhengpai Zhang, Xin-Chao Xu, Donglong Fu, Weiwei Dai, Jing Xu, Xinggui Zhou, Yi-Fan Han*, "A mechanistic basis for the effects of Mn loading on C2+ oxygenates synthesis directly from syngas over Rh–MnOx/SiO2 catalysts", Chem. Eng. Sci., 2015, 135, 301-311.
• Xin-Chao Xu, Junjie Su, Pengfei Tian, Donglong Fu, Weiwei Dai, Wei Mao, Wei-Kang Yuan, Jing Xu and Yi-Fan Han*, "First-Principles Study of C₂ Oxygenates Synthesis Directly from Syngas over CoCu Bimetallic Catalysts", J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119(1), 216–227.
• Donglong Fu, Weiwei Dai, Xin-Chao Xu, Wei Mao, Junjie Su, Zhengpai Zhang, Bianfang Shi, Julian Smith, Ping Li, Jing Xu and Yi-Fan Han*, "Probing The Structure Evolution of Iron-Based Fischer–Tropsch to Produce Olefins by Operando Raman Spectroscopy", ChemCatChem, 2015, 7(5), 752–756.[cover paper]
• Weiwei Dai, Da Liu, Donglong Fu, Zhengpai Zhang, Jun Zhang, Jing Xu and Yi-Fan Han*, "Kinetics study of Fischer-Tropsch reaction to lower olefins over MnOx-promoted Fe/SiO2 catalysts", CIESC J., 2015, 66(9), 3444-3455.
• Like Ouyang, Peng-fei Tian, Guo-jin Da, Xin-chao Xu, Can Ao, Tian-yuan Chen, Rui Si, Jing Xu, Yi-Fan Han*, "The origin of active sites for direct synthesis of H₂O₂ on Pd/TiO₂ catalysts: Interfaces of Pd and PdO domains", J. Catal., 2015, 321, 70-80.[feature article]
• Xue-jing Yang, Peng-fei Tian, Xiao-man Zhang, Xin Yu, Ting Wu, Jing Xu and Yi-Fan Han*, "The generation of hydroxyl radicals by hydrogen peroxide decomposition on FeOCl/SBA-15 catalysts for phenol degradation", AIChE J., 2015, 61(1), 166-175.
• Like Ouyang, Longfei Tan, Jing Xu, Peng-fei Tian, Guo-jin Da, Xue-jing Yang, Dong Chen, Fangqiong Tang, Yi-Fan Han*, "Functionalized silica nanorattles hosting Au nanocatalyst for direct synthesis of H₂O₂", Catal. Today, 2015, 248, 28-34.
• Jing Xu, Ya-Qing Deng, Xiao-Man Zhang, Yan Luo, Wei Mao, Xue-Jing Yang, Like Ouyang, Pengfei Tian, and Yi-Fan Han*, "Preparation, Characterization, and Kinetic Study of a Core–Shell Mn₃O₄@SiO₂ Nanostructure Catalyst for CO Oxidation", ACS Catal., 2014, 4(11), 4106-4115.
• Junjie Su, Wei Mao, Xin-Chao Xu, Zhen Yang, Honglin Li, Jing Xu and Yi-Fan Han*, "Kinetic study of higher alcohol synthesis directly from syngas over CoCu/SiO₂ catalysts", AIChE J. , 2014, 60, 1797–1809.
• SU Junjie, MAO Wei, YANG Zhen, Jing Xu, Yi-Fan Han*, "Kinetics of CoCu/SiO₂ for Synthesis of Lower Carbon Mixed Alcohols Directly from Syngas", CIESC J., 2014, 65(1), 143-151.
• Like Ouyang, Guo-jin Da, Peng-fei Tian, Tian-yuan Chen, Guo-da Liang, Jing Xu, Yi-Fan Han*, "Insight into active sites of Pd–Au/TiO₂ catalysts in hydrogen peroxide synthesis directly from H₂ and O₂", J. Catal., 2014, 311, 129-136.
• OUYANG Like, DA Guojin, Pengfei TIAN, Tian-yuan Chen, Jing Xu, Yi-Fan Han*, "Kinetics of synthesis of hydrogen peroxide directly from H₂ and O₂ over Pd/HAp catalyst", CIESC J., 2014, 65(1), 152-159.
• Xue-jing Yang , Xi-meng Xu , Jing Xu , and Yi-fan Han*, "Iron Oxychloride (FeOCl): An Efficient Fenton-Like Catalyst for Producing Hydroxyl Radicals in Degradation of Organic Contaminants", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135(43), 16058–16061.
• Jing Xu, Ya-Qing Deng,Yan Luo, Wei Mao, Xue-Jing Yang, Yi-Fan Han*, "Operando Raman spectroscopy and kinetic study of low-temperature CO oxidation on an a-Mn₂O3 nanocatalyst", J. Catal., 2013, 300, 225-234.
• Pengfei TIAN, Like OUYANG, Xinchao XU, Jing XU, HAN Yi-Fan*, "A DFT Study of the Direct Synthesis of H₂O₂ from H₂ and O₂ on Pd(111), Pd(100) and Pd(110) Surfaces", Chin. J. Catal., 2013, 34(5), 1002-1012.
• Like Ouyang, Guo-Jin Da, Jun Ni, Jing Xu and Yi-Fan Han*, "Heterogeneous catalysis by gold-based bimetallic catalysts", Recent Patents on Catalysis, 2013, 2(1), 2-46.
• DA Guojin, OUYANG Like, XU Jing, HAN Yifan*, "Pyridine modified Pd/SiO₂ catalyst for direct synthesis of H₂O₂", CIESC J., 2013, 64(2), 561-567.
• Xuejing Yang, Pengfei Tian, Chengxi Zhang, Yaqing Deng,Jing Xu, Jinlong Gong, Yi-Fan Han*, "Au/Carbon as Fenton-like catalysts for the oxidative degradation of bisphenol A", Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 2013, 134-135, 145–152.
• Yan Luo, Ya-Qing Deng, Wei Mao, Xue-Jing Yang, Kake Zhu, Jing Xu, and Yi-Fan Han*, "Probing the Surface Structure of α-Mn₂O3 Nanocrystals during CO Oxidation by Operando Raman Spectroscopy", J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116(39), 20975–20981.
• Jing Xu, Like Ouyang, Wei Mao, Xue-Jing Yang, Xin-Chao Xu, Jun-Jie Su, Ting-Zhou Zhuang, Hui Li, and Yi-Fan Han*, "Operando and Kinetic Study of Low-Temperature,Lean-Burn Methane Combustion over a Pd/γ-Al₂O3 Catalyst", ACS Catal. , 2012, 2(2), 261-269.
• Jing Xu, Like Ouyang, Yan Luo, Xi-Meng Xu, Zhen Yang, Chengxi Zhang, Jinlong Gong*, and Yi-Fan Han*, "Mechanistic Insights into Methanol-to-Olefin Reaction on an α-Mn₂O3 Nanocrystal Catalyst", AIChE J. , 2012, 58, 3474–3481.
• Jing Xu, Xin-Chao Xu, Like Ouyang, Xue-Jing Yang, Wei Mao, Junjie Su, Yi-Fan Han*, "Mechanistic study of preferential CO oxidation on a Pt/NaY zeolite catalyst", J. Catal. , 2012, 287, 114-123.
• Jing Xu, Like Ouyang, Guo-Jin Da, Qian-Qian Song, Xue-Jing Yang,Yi-Fan Han*, "Pt Promotional Effects on Pd-Pt Alloy Catalysts for Hydrogen Peroxide Synthesis Directly from Hydrogen and Oxygen", J. Catal. , 2012, 285, 74-82.
• Jing Xu, Tim White, Ping Li, Chongheng He, Yi-Fan Han*, "Hydroxyapatite Foam as a Catalyst for Formaldehyde Combustion at Room Temperature", J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 2010, 132, 13172–13173.
• Jing Xu, Tim White, Ping Li, Chongheng He, Jianguo Yu, Weikang Yuan,and Yi-Fan Han*, "Biphasic Pd-Au Alloy Catalyst for Low-Temperature CO Oxidation", J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 2010,132,10398-10406.
• Kanaparthi Ramesh, Chang Jie, Yi-Fan Han and Armando Borgna, "Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Activity of Phosphorus Modified H-ZSM-5 Catalysts in Selective Ethanol Dehydration", Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. , 2010, 49, 4080-4090.
• Jing Xu, Ping Li, Xingfu Song, Chongheng He, Jianguo Yu and Yi-Fan Han*, "Operando Raman Spectroscopy for Determining the Active Phase in One- Dimensional Mn_1-xCe_xO₂±y Nanorod Catalysts during Methane Combustion", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. , 2010, 1, 1648–1654.
• Jing Xu, Ping Li, Xingfu Song, Zhiwen Qi, Jianguo Yu, Weikang Yuan and Yi-Fan Han*, "Kinetic Study of H₂ Oxidation in the Preferential Oxidation of CO on a Nanosized Au/CeO₂ Catalyst", Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. , 2010, 49,4149-4155.
• Ping Li, Chongheng He, Sandro Campestrini, Benedetto Corain, Weikang Yuan and Yi-Fan Han*. "Synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from H₂ and O₂ in water and ethanol catalyzed by nanoclustered Pd0 on silica: strong selectivity enhancement exerted by the addition of ionic liquids", Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys. , 2010,12, 2170-2176.
• Kanaparthi Ramesh, Zheng Jia'E, Goh Yi Ling Eileen, Yi-Fan Han, Armando Borgna, "Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Activity of Uniformly Crystalline LaPO4 Nanofiber Catalysts for Ethanol Dehydration", J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 113, 16530.
• Thiam Peng Ang *, Choon Sian Toh and Yi-Fan Han, "Synthesis, Characterization, and Activity of Visible-Light-Driven Nitrogen-Doped TiO₂-SiO₂ Mixed Oxide Photocatalysts", J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 113, 10560.
• Jianhuang Zeng, Fabing Su, Yifan Han, Zhiqun Tian, Chee Poh, Zhaolin Liu, Jianyi Lin, Jim Yang Lee, (George) Zhao, "Pt Nanoparticles Supported on Sandwiched Ru/Carbon Nanocomposite as a Bimetallic Catalyst for Methanol Electrooxidation", J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008, 112, 15908.
• Ziyi Zhong*, James Highfield, Ming Lin, Jaclyn Teo, Yi-fan Han, "Insights into the Oxidation and Decomposition of CO on Au/a-Fe2O3 and on a-Fe2O3 by Coupled TG-FTIR", Langmuir, 2008, 24, 8576-8582.
• Kanaparthi Ramesh*, Lau Mei Hui, Yi-Fan Han, Ingrid K. Surjami, Armando Borgna, "Structure and reactivity of phosphorous modified H-ZSM-5 catalysts for ethanol dehydration", Catal. Comm. , 2009, 10, 567.
• Kanaparthi Ramesh*, Fengxi Chen, Armando Borgna, Chilukoti Srilakshmi, and Yi-Fan Han* "A DRIFTS study on the decomposition mechanism of Mn Acetylacetonates supported on SBA-15", Topics in Catalysis, 2008, 49, 209. (1 times)
• Yi-Fan Han*, Nopphawan Phonthammachai, Kanaparthi Ramesh, Ziyi Zhong, Tim White, "Removing Organic Compounds from Aqueous Medium via Wet Peroxidation by Gold Catalysts", Environ. Sci.Tech. , 2008, 42, 908-912.
• Yi-Fan Han*, Luwei Chen, Kanaparthi Ramesh, Effendi Widjaja, Srilakshmi Chilukoti, Ingrid Kesumawinata Surjami, Junsong Chen, "Kinetic and spectroscopic study of methane combustion over a-Mn2O3 nanocrystal catalysts", J. Catal. , 2008, 253, 261-268.
• Y.-F. Han*, K. Ramesh, L.W. Chen, F. X. Chen, A. Borgna, " X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY STUDY OF Mn2O3 AND Mn3O4 NANOPARTICLES SUPPORTED ON MESOPOROUS SILICA SBA-15", Advances in Synchrotron Radiation, 2008, 1, 65-72.
• Kanaparthi Ramesh, Luwei Chen, Fengxi Chen, Yan Liu, Zhan Wang, Yi-Fan Han*, "Re-investigating the CO oxidation mechanism over unsupported MnO, Mn2O3 and MnO2 catalysts", Catal. Today, 2008, 131, 477.
• Yi-Fan Han*, Luwei Chen, Kanaparthi Ramesh, Ziyi Zhong, Fengxi Chen, Jianhau Chin and Hongwai Mook, "Coral-like nanostructured a-Mn2O3 nanaocrystals for catalytic combustion of methane: Part I. Preparation and characterization", Catal. Today, 2008, 131, 35.
• F. X. Chen, H. K. Luo, Y.-F. Han, C. Wang, G. J. Gan, "Synthesis and application of micro-mesoporous SBA-3 with 1,2-bis(triethoxysilyl)ethane as secondary silica source", Catal. Today, 2008, 131, 76.
• D. Kumar, Y.-F. Han, and D. W. Goodman, "Ethylene combustion on unsupported and supported Pd: a comparative study ", Topics in Catalysis, 2007, 46, 169.
• Yi-Fan Han*, Fengxi Chen, Zi-Yi Zhong, Kanaparthi Remesh, Lu-Wei Chen, Dou Jian and Wong Wan Ling, "Complete oxidation of low concentration ethanol in aqueous solution with H2O2 on nanosized Mn3O4/SBA-15 catalyst", Chem. Eng. J. , 2007, 134, 276.
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• Yi-Fan Han,* Ziyi Zhong, Kanaparthi Ramesh, Fengxi Chen, Luwei Chen, Tim White, Qiuling Tay, Siti Nurbaya Yaakub, and Zhan Wang, "Au Promotional Effects on the Synthesis of H2O2 Directly from H2 and O2 on Supported Pd-Au Alloy Catalysts", J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111, 8410-8413.
• Yi-Fan Han*, Ziyi Zhong, Kanaparthi Ramesh, Fengxi Chen, and Luwei Chen, "Effects of Different Types of γ-Al2O3 on the Activity of Gold Nanoparticles for CO Oxidation at Low-Temperatures", J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111, 3163-3170.
• Yi-Fan Han*, Kanaparthi Ramesh, Luwei Chen, Effendi Widjaja, Srilakshmi Chilukoti, Fengxi Chen, "Observation of the Reversible Phase-Transformation of α-Mn2O3 Nanocrystals during the Catalytic Combustion of Methane by in Situ Raman Spectroscopy", J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111, 2830-2833.
• Yi-Fan Han*, Fengxi Chen, Kanaparthi Ramesh, Ziyi Zhong, Effendi Widjaja, Liuwei Chen, "Preparation of nanosized Mn3O4/SBA-15 catalyst for complete oxidation of low concentration EtOH in aqueous solution with H2O2", Applied Catalysis B:Environ. , 2007, 76, 227-234.
• Kanaparthi Ramesh, Luwei Chen, Fengxi Chen, Ziyi Zhong, Jianhau Chin, Hongwai Mook, Yi-Fan Han*, "Preparation and characterization of coral-like nanostructured α-Mn2O3 catalyst for catalytic combustion of methane", Catal. Comm. , 2007, 8, 1421.
• J. Xu, J. Yang, J. Y. Lee, M. Saeys, "Design of an Oxygen Reduction Catalyst for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells", Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. , 2010, 49, 10251-10253
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• J. Xu, M. Saeys, "First Principles Study of the Effect of Carbon and Boron on the Activity of a Ni Catalyst", J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 113, 4099-4106
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