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Xun Hu is affiliated with the University of Jinan in China and has a research focus primarily within the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work covers a variety of subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Catalysis, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The researcher has contributed significantly to topics related to thermochemical biomass conversion processes, lignin and wood chemistry, catalysis for biomass conversion, catalytic processes in materials science, and biofuel production and bioconversion. Other areas of focus include catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies and catalysts for methane reforming.

The following are some of the recent papers associated with their research:

  • Enhancing carbon dioxide gas-diffusion electrolysis by creating a hydrophobic catalyst microenvironment, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Progress of the applications of bio-oil, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Pyrolysis of cellulose: Evolution of functionalities and structure of bio-char versus temperature, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Removal of heavy metals from soil with biochar composite: A critical review of the mechanism, 2021, Journal of environmental chemical engineering
  • Fundamental Advances in Biomass Autothermal/Oxidative Pyrolysis: A Review, 2020, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Xun Hu include:

  • Shu Zhang
  • Chao Li
  • Lijun Zhang
  • Yuewen Shao
  • Yi Wang

The main publication venues for their work span several journals and include:

  • Fuel
  • Renewable Energy
  • Fuel Processing Technology
  • Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Biomass pyrolysis: A review of the process development and challenges from initial researches up to the commercialisation stage

    Xun Hu;Mortaza Gholizadeh

  • Enhancing carbon dioxide gas-diffusion electrolysis by creating a hydrophobic catalyst microenvironment.

    Zhuo Xing;Lin Hu;Donald S Ripatti;Xun Hu

  • Progress of the applications of bio-oil

    Xun Hu;Mortaza Gholizadeh

  • Levulinic esters from the acid-catalysed reactions of sugars and alcohols as part of a bio-refinery

    Xun Hu;Chun-Zhu Li

  • Pyrolysis of cellulose: Evolution of functionalities and structure of bio-char versus temperature

    Chenting Zhang;Li Chao;Zhanming Zhang;Lijun Zhang

  • Polymerization on heating up of bio‐oil: A model compound study

    Xun Hu;Yi Wang;Daniel Mourant;Richard Gunawan

  • Acid-Catalyzed Conversion of Xylose in 20 Solvents: Insight into Interactions of the Solvents with Xylose, Furfural, and the Acid Catalyst

    Xun Hu;Roel J. M. Westerhof;Dehua Dong;Liping Wu

  • Investigation of the steam reforming of a series of model compounds derived from bio-oil for hydrogen production

    Xun Hu;Gongxuan Lu

  • Removal of heavy metals from soil with biochar composite: A critical review of the mechanism

    Mortaza Gholizadeh;Xun Hu

  • Investigation of steam reforming of acetic acid to hydrogen over Ni–Co metal catalyst

    Xun Hu;Gongxuan Lu

  • Zero-Dimensional Perovskite Nanocrystals for Efficient Luminescent Solar Concentrators

    Haiguang Zhao;Ruijia Sun;Zhaofen Wang;Kaifang Fu

  • Fundamental advances in biomass autothermal/oxidative pyrolysis: A review

    Yong Huang;Bin Li;Dongjing Liu;Xing Xie

  • Reaction pathways of glucose during esterification: effects of reaction parameters on the formation of humin type polymers.

    Xun Hu;Caroline Lievens;Alfons Larcher;Chun Zhu Li

  • The significance of pelletization operating conditions: An analysis of physical and mechanical characteristics as well as energy consumption of biomass pellets

    Mohamed E. Mostafa;Mohamed E. Mostafa;Song Hu;Yi Wang;Sheng Su

  • Tuning the Microenvironment in Gas-Diffusion Electrodes Enables High-Rate CO2 Electrolysis to Formate

    Zhuo Xing;Zhuo Xing;Xun Hu;Xiaofeng Feng

  • Effects of heating rate on the evolution of bio-oil during its pyrolysis

    Zhe Xiong;Yi Wang;Syed Shatir A. Syed-Hassan;Xun Hu

  • Evolution of the functionalities and structures of biochar in pyrolysis of poplar in a wide temperature range.

    Chenting Zhang;Zhanming Zhang;Lijun Zhang;Qingyin Li

  • Comparative study of alumina-supported transition metal catalysts for hydrogen generation by steam reforming of acetic acid

    Xun Hu;Gongxuan Lu

  • Impacts of nickel loading on properties, catalytic behaviors of Ni/γ–Al2O3 catalysts and the reaction intermediates formed in methanation of CO2

    Zhanming Zhang;Yue Tian;Lijun Zhang;Song Hu

  • Coke Formation during Thermal Treatment of Bio-oil

    Xun Hu;Zhanming Zhang;Mortaza Gholizadeh;Shu Zhang

  • Steam reforming of acetic acid over Ni/ZrO2 catalysts: Effects of nickel loading and particle size on product distribution and coke formation

    Zhikun Li;Xun Hu;Lijun Zhang;Shaomin Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yi Wang
Yi Wang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Guangzhi Hu
Guangzhi Hu Yunnan University
Chun-Zhu Li
Chun-Zhu Li Curtin University
Jun Xiang
Jun Xiang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Song Hu
Song Hu Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Gongxuan Lu
Gongxuan Lu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sheng Su
Sheng Su Changsha University of Science and Technology
Mindong Chen
Mindong Chen Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Hongqi Sun
Hongqi Sun University of Western Australia
Zhixia He
Zhixia He Jiangsu University

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