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Hu Li is a researcher affiliated with Guizhou University in China, focusing primarily on engineering with an emphasis on biomass conversion and catalysis. Their work contributes to various subfields including biomedical engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, environment, materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, and organic chemistry.

Their research spans multiple key topics, notably:

  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Biodiesel Production and Applications
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis

Hu Li has published extensively in several journals, frequently contributing to:

  • Green Chemistry
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Fuel
  • Frontiers in Chemistry

Some notable recent publications include:

  • Cycloamination strategies for renewable N-heterocycles, 2020, Green Chemistry
  • Electro- and Photocatalytic Oxidative Upgrading of Bio-based 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural, 2022, ChemSusChem
  • Deep eutectic solvents for catalytic biodiesel production from liquid biomass and upgrading of solid biomass into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, 2023, Green Chemistry
  • Advances in Pretreatment of Straw Biomass for Sugar Production, 2021, Frontiers in Chemistry
  • TiO2-Based Water-Tolerant Acid Catalysis for Biomass-Based Fuels and Chemicals, 2020, ACS Catalysis

Collaborations have been an important aspect of Hu Li's research activities. Frequent co-authors include Song Yang, Jinshu Huang, Heng Zhang, Hongguo Wu, and Jinyu Tan, indicating active multi-author projects and interdisciplinary work.

In addition to journal articles, Hu Li has contributed to book publications, notably one published by Elsevier BV titled Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals in 2020.

Best Publications

  • An efficient organocatalytic method for constructing biaryls through aromatic C–H activation

    Chang-Liang Sun;Hu Li;Da-Gang Yu;Miao Yu

  • Challenge and progress: palladium-catalyzed sp3 C–H activation

    Hu Li;Bi-Jie Li;Zhang-Jie Shi;Zhang-Jie Shi

  • Carbon-Increasing Catalytic Strategies for Upgrading Biomass into Energy-Intensive Fuels and Chemicals

    Hu Li;Anders Riisager;Shunmugavel Saravanamurugan;Ashok Pandey

  • Electron Shuttles Enhance Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation Coupled to Iron(III) Reduction

    Guo-Wei Zhou;Xiao-Ru Yang;Hu Li;Christopher W. Marshall;Christopher W. Marshall

  • Transcatheter Self‐Powered Ultrasensitive Endocardial Pressure Sensor

    Zhuo Liu;Ye Ma;Han Ouyang;Bojing Shi

  • Efficient valorization of biomass to biofuels with bifunctional solid catalytic materials

    Hu Li;Hu Li;Hu Li;Zhen Fang;Zhen Fang;Richard L. Smith;Song Yang

  • Intervalence Electron Transfer in Mixed Valence Diferrocenylpolyenes. Decay Law of the Metal-Metal Coupling with Distance.

    Anne-Cécile Ribou;Jean-Pierre Launay;Michelle L. Sachtleben;Hu Li

  • Pyridinyl directed alkenylation with olefins via Rh(III)-catalyzed C-C bond cleavage of secondary arylmethanols.

    Hu Li;Yang Li;Xi-Sha Zhang;Kang Chen

  • Immobilized functional ionic liquids: efficient, green, and reusable catalysts

    Hu Li;Pinaki S. Bhadury;Baoan Song;Song Yang

  • Extrusion of CO from aryl ketones: rhodium(I)-catalyzed C-C bond cleavage directed by a pyridine group.

    Zhi-Quan Lei;Hu Li;Yang Li;Xi-Sha Zhang

  • Glucose Isomerization by Enzymes and Chemo-catalysts: Status and Current Advances

    Hu Li;Song Yang;Shunmugavel Saravanamurugan;Anders Riisager

  • Rhodium(I)‐Catalyzed Redox‐Economic Cross‐Coupling of Carboxylic Acids with Arenes Directed by N‐Containing Groups

    Fei Pan;Zhi-Quan Lei;Zhi-Quan Lei;Hui Wang;Hu Li

  • Acid–Base Bifunctional Zirconium N-Alkyltriphosphate Nanohybrid for Hydrogen Transfer of Biomass-Derived Carboxides

    Hu Li;Jian He;Anders Riisager;Shunmugavel Saravanamurugan

  • Direct transformation of carbohydrates to the biofuel 5-ethoxymethylfurfural by solid acid catalysts

    Hu Li;Hu Li;Shunmugavel Saravanamurugan;Song Yang;Anders Riisager

  • Zeolite and zeotype-catalysed transformations of biofuranic compounds

    Hu Li;Song Yang;Anders Riisager;Ashok Pandey

  • Direct conversion of biomass components to the biofuel methyl levulinate catalyzed by acid-base bifunctional zirconia-zeolites

    Hu Li;Hu Li;Hu Li;Zhen Fang;Zhen Fang;Jia Luo;Song Yang

  • Direct functionalization of benzylic C-Hs with vinyl acetates via Fe-catalysis.

    Chun-Xiao Song;Gui-Xin Cai;Thomas R. Farrell;Zhong-Ping Jiang

  • Advances in production of bio-based ester fuels with heterogeneous bifunctional catalysts

    Heng Zhang;Heng Zhang;Hu Li;Yulin Hu;Kasanneni Tirumala Venkateswara Rao

  • A self-powered sterilization system with both instant and sustainable anti-bacterial ability

    Jingjing Tian;Jingjing Tian;Hongqing Feng;Hongqing Feng;Ling Yan;Min Yu;Min Yu

  • Cycloamination strategies for renewable N-heterocycles

    Hu Li;Haixin Guo;Zhen Fang;Taku Michael Aida

  • Magnetically recyclable acidic polymeric ionic liquids decorated with hydrophobic regulators as highly efficient and stable catalysts for biodiesel production

    Heng Zhang;Heng Zhang;Hu Li;Hu Pan;Anping Wang

  • Biomass-derived mesoporous Hf-containing hybrid for efficient Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction at low temperatures

    Hu Li;Hu Li;Tingting Yang;Zhen Fang

  • Highly Efficient In Vivo Cancer Therapy by an Implantable Magnet Triboelectric Nanogenerator

    Chaochao Zhao;Hongqing Feng;Lijun Zhang;Zhe Li

  • Nano La2O3 as a heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel synthesis by transesterification of Jatropha curcas L. oil

    Quan Zhou;Heng Zhang;Fei Chang;Hu Li

  • Cascade catalytic transfer hydrogenation–cyclization of ethyl levulinate to γ-valerolactone with Al–Zr mixed oxides

    Jian He;Hu Li;Ye-Min Lu;Yan-Xiu Liu

  • Direct Conversion of Sugars and Ethyl Levulinate into gamma-Valerolactone with Superparamagnetic Acid-Base Bifunctional ZrFeOx Nanocatalysts

    Hu Li;Hu Li;Zhen Fang;Song Yang

  • Heterogeneously Chemo/Enzyme-Functionalized Porous Polymeric Catalysts of High-Performance for Efficient Biodiesel Production

    Heng Zhang;Heng Zhang;Hu Li;Chunbao Charles Xu;Chunbao Charles Xu;Song Yang

  • Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol with Recyclable Al–Zr@Fe Mixed Oxides

    Jian He;Jian He;Hu Li;Anders Riisager;Song Yang

  • Efficient production of biodiesel with promising fuel properties from Koelreuteria integrifoliola oil using a magnetically recyclable acidic ionic liquid

    Heng Zhang;Hu Li;Hu Pan;Xiaofang Liu

  • Porous Zirconium-Furandicarboxylate Microspheres for Efficient Redox Conversion of Biofuranics.

    Hu Li;Xiaofang Liu;Tingting Yang;Wenfeng Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Song Yang
Song Yang Guizhou University
Zhou Li
Zhou Li Central South University
Zhong Lin Wang
Zhong Lin Wang Georgia Institute of Technology
Jian-Qiang Su
Jian-Qiang Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yubo Fan
Yubo Fan Beihang University
Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Anders Riisager
Anders Riisager Technical University of Denmark
Zhen Fang
Zhen Fang Nanjing Agricultural University
Xuguo Zhou
Xuguo Zhou University of Kentucky
Deyu Hu
Deyu Hu Guizhou University

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