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2887
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873

Overview

Fanxing Li is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States, with a research portfolio spanning Engineering, Materials Science, and Chemical Engineering. Their work prominently addresses subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Li's research topics encompass a broad range of catalytic and thermochemical processes. Key subjects include:

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  • Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis

The scientist has contributed to a number of frequent publication venues, including:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Catalysis
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "Chemical looping beyond combustion - a perspective," 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • "One-step synthesis of single-site vanadium substitution in 1T-WS2 monolayers for enhanced hydrogen evolution catalysis," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "A molten carbonate shell modified perovskite redox catalyst for anaerobic oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane," 2020, Science Advances
  • "High-throughput oxygen chemical potential engineering of perovskite oxides for chemical looping applications," 2022, Energy & Environmental Science
  • "A tailored multi-functional catalyst for ultra-efficient styrene production under a cyclic redox scheme," 2021, Nature Communications

Li has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Yunfei Gao
  • Luke Neal
  • Runxia Cai
  • Xijun Wang
  • Junchen Liu

Best Publications

  • Chemical looping beyond combustion – a perspective

    Xing Zhu;Xing Zhu;Qasim Imtiaz;Qasim Imtiaz;Felix Donat;Christoph R. Müller

  • Recent Advances in Intensified Ethylene Production—A Review

    Yunfei Gao;Luke Neal;Dong Ding;Wei Wu

  • Clean coal conversion processes – progress and challenges

    Fanxing Li;Liang-Shih Fan

  • Coke-resistant Ni@SiO2 catalyst for dry reforming of methane

    Junshe Zhang;Fanxing Li

  • Syngas chemical looping gasification process: oxygen carrier particle selection and performance

    Fanxing Li;Hyung Ray Kim;Deepak Sridhar;Fei Wang

  • Utilization of chemical looping strategy in coal gasification processes

    Liangshih Fan;Fanxing Li;Shwetha Ramkumar

  • One-step synthesis of single-site vanadium substitution in 1T-WS2 monolayers for enhanced hydrogen evolution catalysis

    Ali Han;Xiaofeng Zhou;Xijun Wang;Sheng Liu

  • Chemical Looping Technology and Its Fossil Energy Conversion Applications

    Liang-Shih Fan;Fanxing Li

  • Perovskites as Geo-inspired Oxygen Storage Materials for Chemical Looping and Three-Way Catalysis: A Perspective

    Xing Zhu;Xing Zhu;Kongzhai Li;Luke Neal;Fanxing Li

  • Ionic diffusion in the oxidation of iron—effect of support and its implications to chemical looping applications

    Fanxing Li;Zhenchao Sun;Siwei Luo;Liang-Shih Fan

  • Dynamic Methane Partial Oxidation Using a [email protected]δ Core–Shell Redox Catalyst in the Absence of Gaseous Oxygen

    Luke M. Neal;Arya Shafiefarhood;Fanxing Li

  • Role of metal oxide support in redox reactions of iron oxide for chemical looping applications: experiments and density functional theory calculations

    Fanxing Li;Siwei Luo;Zhenchao Sun;Xiaoguang Bao

  • Biomass direct chemical looping process: Process simulation

    Fanxing Li;Liang Zeng;Liang-Shih Fan

  • Syngas chemical looping gasification process: Bench‐scale studies and reactor simulations

    Fanxing Li;Liang Zeng;Luis G. Velazquez-Vargas;Zachary Yoscovits

  • γ-Al2O3 sheet-stabilized isolate Co2+ for catalytic propane dehydrogenation

    Yihu Dai;Jingjing Gu;Suyang Tian;Yue Wu

  • Effect of support on redox stability of iron oxide for chemical looping conversion of methane

    Nathan L. Galinsky;Arya Shafiefarhood;Yanguang Chen;Yanguang Chen;Luke Neal

  • Coal-Direct Chemical Looping Gasification for Hydrogen Production: Reactor Modeling and Process Simulation

    Liang Zeng;Feng He;Fanxing Li;Liang-Shih Fan

  • Fe2O3@LaxSr1−xFeO3 Core–Shell Redox Catalyst for Methane Partial Oxidation

    Arya Shafiefarhood;Nathan Galinsky;Yan Huang;Yan Huang;Yanguang Chen;Yanguang Chen

  • Utilization of chemical looping strategy in coal gasification processes

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  • Characterization of single-wall carbon nanotubes by N2 adsorption

    Fanxing Li;Yao Wang;Dezheng Wang;Fei Wei

  • Iron Oxide with Facilitated O2– Transport for Facile Fuel Oxidation and CO2 Capture in a Chemical Looping Scheme

    Nathan L. Galinsky;Yan Huang;Arya Shafiefarhood;Fanxing Li

  • Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane: A Chemical Looping Approach

    Luke M. Neal;Seif Yusuf;John A. Sofranko;Fanxing Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Liang-Shih Fan
Liang-Shih Fan The Ohio State University
Liang Zeng
Liang Zeng Tianjin University
Xingbo Liu
Xingbo Liu West Virginia University
Haibo Zhao
Haibo Zhao Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Gregory N. Parsons
Gregory N. Parsons North Carolina State University
Hang Xiao
Hang Xiao University of Massachusetts Amherst
John Newman
John Newman University of California, Berkeley
Dong Ding
Dong Ding Idaho National Laboratory
Qihua Xiong
Qihua Xiong Tsinghua University
Zili Wu
Zili Wu Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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