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Na Ji is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions in the subfields of Food Science, Biomedical Engineering, Nutrition and Dietetics, Materials Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's main topics of research focus on the properties and composition of food and catalytic processes, including:

  • Food composition and properties
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
  • Proteins in Food Systems
  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry

Na Ji has published extensively in various scientific venues. Among the most frequent publication venues are:

  • Food Hydrocolloids (14 publications)
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (13 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (11 publications)
  • ChemSusChem (10 publications)
  • Carbohydrate Polymers (6 publications)

The scientist has collaborated repeatedly with several coauthors, including:

  • Qingjie Sun
  • Xuebin Lu
  • Lei Dai
  • Xinyong Diao
  • Chunfeng Song

Representative recent publications span topics from catalyst development to food materials science, such as:

  • "Interface-Enhanced Oxygen Vacancies of CoCuOx Catalysts In Situ Grown on Monolithic Cu Foam for VOC Catalytic Oxidation" (2021), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "A review of starch swelling behavior: Its mechanism, determination methods, influencing factors, and influence on food quality" (2023), published in Carbohydrate Polymers
  • "Bioactive and intelligent starch-based films: A review" (2021), published in Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • "Confinement and synergy effect of bimetallic Pt-Mn nanoparticles encapsulated in ZSM-5 zeolite with superior performance for acetone catalytic oxidation" (2022), published in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Defective Ultrafine MnOx Nanoparticles Confined within a Carbon Matrix for Low-Temperature Oxidation of Volatile Organic Compounds" (2021), published in Environmental Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • Direct catalytic conversion of cellulose into ethylene glycol using nickel-promoted tungsten carbide catalysts.

    Na Ji;Tao Zhang;Mingyuan Zheng;Aiqin Wang

  • Transition Metal–Tungsten Bimetallic Catalysts for the Conversion of Cellulose into Ethylene Glycol

    Ming-Yuan Zheng;Ai-Qin Wang;Na Ji;Ji-Feng Pang

  • Alternative pathways for efficient CO2 capture by hybrid processes—A review

    Chunfeng Song;Qingling Liu;Na Ji;Shuai Deng

  • Novel monolithic catalysts derived from in-situ decoration of Co3O4 and hierarchical Co3O4@MnOx on Ni foam for VOC oxidation

    Qian Zhao;Yanfei Zheng;Chunfeng Song;Qingling Liu

  • Catalytic conversion of cellulose into ethylene glycol over supported carbide catalysts

    Na Ji;Na Ji;Tao Zhang;Mingyuan Zheng;Aiqin Wang

  • Interface-Enhanced Oxygen Vacancies of CoCuOx Catalysts In Situ Grown on Monolithic Cu Foam for VOC Catalytic Oxidation.

    Yanfei Zheng;Yun Su;Caihong Pang;Lizhe Yang

  • Acid Etching-Induced In Situ Growth of λ-MnO2 over CoMn Spinel for Low-Temperature Volatile Organic Compound Oxidation.

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  • Defective Ultrafine MnOx Nanoparticles Confined within a Carbon Matrix for Low-Temperature Oxidation of Volatile Organic Compounds.

    Yanfei Zheng;Qingling Liu;Cangpeng Shan;Yun Su

  • Highly Selective Hydrodeoxygenation of Lignin to Naphthenes over Three-Dimensional Flower-like Ni2P Derived from Hydrotalcite

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  • Optimization of steam methane reforming coupled with pressure swing adsorption hydrogen production process by heat integration

    Chunfeng Song;Qingling Liu;Na Ji;Yasuki Kansha

  • Catalytic oxidation of dichloromethane over Pt-Co/HZSM-5 catalyst: Synergistic effect of single-atom Pt, Co3O4, and HZSM-5

    Yun Su;Kaixuan Fu;Yanfei Zheng;Na Ji

  • Enhanced Acetone Oxidation over the CeO2/Co3O4 Catalyst Derived from Metal-Organic Frameworks.

    Yanfei Zheng;Qian Zhao;Cangpeng Shan;Shuangchun Lu

  • Reducing the energy consumption of membrane-cryogenic hybrid CO2 capture by process optimization

    Chunfeng Song;Qingling Liu;Na Ji;Shuai Deng

  • Synthesis of γ-valerolactone from different biomass-derived feedstocks: Recent advances on reaction mechanisms and catalytic systems

    Zhihao Yu;Xuebin Lu;Xuebin Lu;Chen Liu;Yiwen Han

  • Process intensification of transesterification for biodiesel production from palm oil: Microwave irradiation on transesterification reaction catalyzed by acidic imidazolium ionic liquids

    Hui Ding;Wei Ye;Yongqiang Wang;Xianqin Wang

  • Nickel‐Promoted Tungsten Carbide Catalysts for Cellulose Conversion: Effect of Preparation Methods

    Na Ji;Mingyuan Zheng;Aiqin Wang;Tao Zhang

  • Theoretical and experimental studies of the adsorption geometry and reaction pathways of furfural over FeNi bimetallic model surfaces and supported catalysts

    Weiting Yu;Ke Xiong;Na Ji;Marc D. Porosoff

  • Ruthenium-Nanoparticle-Loaded Hollow Carbon Spheres as Nanoreactors for Hydrogenation of Levulinic Acid: Explicitly Recognizing the Void-Confinement Effect

    Zhihao Yu;Na Ji;Jian Xiong;Xiaoyun Li

  • Fabricating high temperature stable Mo-Co9S8/Al2O3 catalyst for selective hydrodeoxygenation of lignin to arenes

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  • Transformation of Levulinic Acid to Valeric Biofuels: A Review on Heterogeneous Bifunctional Catalytic Systems.

    Zhihao Yu;Xuebin Lu;Xuebin Lu;Jian Xiong;Na Ji

  • Potential applications of porous organic polymers as adsorbent for the adsorption of volatile organic compounds.

    Shuangchun Lu;Qingling Liu;Rui Han;Miao Guo

  • Promotional effect of SO2 on Cr2O3 catalysts for the marine NH3-SCR reaction

    Mingyu Guo;Qingling Liu;Peipei Zhao;Jinfeng Han

  • Promotion of A-Site Ag-Doped Perovskites for the Catalytic Oxidation of Soot: Synergistic Catalytic Effect of Dual Active Sites

    Lijun He;Yan Zhang;Yuchao Zang;Caixia Liu

  • Core-shell structured Y zeolite/hydrophobic organic polymer with improved toluene adsorption capacity under dry and wet conditions

    Shuangchun Lu;Qingling Liu;Rui Han;Jiaqi Shi

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun Zhao
Jun Zhao Tianjin University
Shuai Deng
Shuai Deng Tianjin University
Atsushi Tsutsumi
Atsushi Tsutsumi University of Tokyo
Atsushi Fukuoka
Atsushi Fukuoka Hokkaido University
Guanyi Chen
Guanyi Chen Tianjin University
Xiaolei Fan
Xiaolei Fan University of Manchester
Changhai Liang
Changhai Liang Dalian University of Technology
Mingyuan Zheng
Mingyuan Zheng Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Hailong Li
Hailong Li Mälardalen University
Jianzhou Gui
Jianzhou Gui Tianjin Polytechnic University

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