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Zili Wu is affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States. Their research activity spans key areas within materials science and chemical engineering, with substantial contributions to materials chemistry and catalysis.

Their published work encompasses various topics including catalytic processes in materials science, catalysis and oxidation reactions, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced photocatalysis techniques, catalysts for methane reforming, nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, and catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies.

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies

Zili Wu has published extensively in several notable scientific journals and venues. These include:

  • ACS Catalysis (19 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (12 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (12 publications)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (6 publications)
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (5 publications)

Frequent collaborators associated with Zili Wu include the following researchers:

  • Felipe Polo-Garzon (37 coauthored works)
  • De-en Jiang (28 coauthored works)
  • Miaofang Chi (23 coauthored works)
  • Victor Fung (22 coauthored works)
  • Sheng Dai (19 coauthored works)

Among their recent scientific contributions are the following publications:

  • "Sustainable bioplastics derived from renewable natural resources for food packaging," 2023, Matter
  • "Vacancy engineering of the nickel-based catalysts for enhanced CO2 methanation," 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane to Propylene with Soft Oxidants via Heterogeneous Catalysis," 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • "Harnessing strong metal-support interactions via a reverse route," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Descriptors for Hydrogen Evolution on Single Atom Catalysts in Nitrogen-Doped Graphene," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

The scientist's research focus is rooted primarily in materials science, with a strong emphasis on chemical engineering principles to advance catalytic materials and processes that have potential applications in energy conversion, environmental sustainability, and chemical manufacturing.

Best Publications

  • Probing defect sites on CeO2 nanocrystals with well-defined surface planes by Raman spectroscopy and O2 adsorption.

    Zili Wu;Meijun Li;Jane Y Howe;Harry M Meyer

  • Anomalous high ionic conductivity of nanoporous β-Li3PS4

    Zengcai Liu;Wujun Fu;E Andrew Payzant;Xiang Yu

  • Role of Interfaces in Two-Dimensional Photocatalyst for Water Splitting

    Tongming Su;Tongming Su;Tongming Su;Qian Shao;Qian Shao;Zuzeng Qin;Zhanhu Guo

  • On the structure dependence of CO oxidation over CeO2 nanocrystals with well-defined surface planes

    Zili Wu;Meijun Li;Steven {Steve} H Overbury

  • CO Oxidation on Supported Single Pt Atoms: Experimental and ab Initio Density Functional Studies of CO Interaction with Pt Atom on θ-Al2O3(010) Surface

    Melanie Moses-DeBusk;Mina Yoon;Lawrence F. Allard;David R. Mullins

  • Introduction of π-Complexation into Porous Aromatic Framework for Highly Selective Adsorption of Ethylene over Ethane

    Baiyan Li;Yiming Zhang;Rajamani Krishna;Kexin Yao

  • 2D/2D heterojunction of Ti 3 C 2 /g-C 3 N 4 nanosheets for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.

    Tongming Su;Zachary D Hood;Zachary D Hood;Michael Naguib;Lei Bai;Lei Bai

  • One‐Step Synthesis of Nb2O5/C/Nb2C (MXene) Composites and Their Use as Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution

    Tongming Su;Tongming Su;Tongming Su;Rui Peng;Zachary D. Hood;Zachary D. Hood;Michael Naguib;Michael Naguib

  • High-Selectivity Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 to Ethanol using a Copper Nanoparticle/N-Doped Graphene Electrode

    Yang Song;Rui Peng;Dale K. Hensley;Peter V. Bonnesen

  • Nature of Active Sites and Surface Intermediates during SCR of NO with NH₃ by Supported V₂O₅--WO₃/TiO₂ Catalysts.

    Minghui Zhu;Jun-Kun Lai;Uma Tumuluri;Zili Wu

  • A physical catalyst for the electrolysis of nitrogen to ammonia.

    Yang Song;Daniel Johnson;Rui Peng;Dale K. Hensley

  • Understanding complete oxidation of methane on spinel oxides at a molecular level.

    Franklin Feng Tao;Jun Jun Shan;Luan Nguyen;Ziyun Wang

  • Mesoporous MnCeOx solid solutions for low temperature and selective oxidation of hydrocarbons.

    Pengfei Zhang;Hanfeng Lu;Ying Zhou;Li Zhang

  • Vibrational spectra of alumina- and silica-supported vanadia revisited: An experimental and theoretical model catalyst study

    Norbert Magg;Boonchuan Immaraporn;Javier B. Giorgi;Thomas Schroeder

  • Thiolate ligands as a double-edged sword for CO oxidation on CeO2 supported Au25(SCH2CH2Ph)18 nanoclusters.

    Zili Wu;Deen Jiang;Amanda K Mann;David R Mullins

  • Titania Composites with 2 D Transition Metal Carbides as Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Production under Visible‐Light Irradiation

    Hui Wang;Rui Peng;Zachary D. Hood;Zachary D. Hood;Michael Naguib

  • In situ spectroscopy-guided engineering of rhodium single-atom catalysts for CO oxidation

    Max J. Hülsey;Bin Zhang;Zhirui Ma;Hiroyuki Asakura

  • On the Structure of Vanadium Oxide Supported on Aluminas: UV and Visible Raman Spectroscopy, UV−Visible Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy, and Temperature-Programmed Reduction Studies

    Zili Wu;Hack Sung Kim;Peter C. Stair;Sreekala Rugmini

  • High-rate in-plane micro-supercapacitors scribed onto photo paper using in situ femtolaser-reduced graphene oxide/Au nanoparticle microelectrodes

    R.-Z. Li;R.-Z. Li;Rui Peng;K. D. Kihm;S. Bai

  • Taming interfacial electronic properties of platinum nanoparticles on vacancy-abundant boron nitride nanosheets for enhanced catalysis.

    Wenshuai Zhu;Zili Wu;Guo Shiou Foo;Xiang Gao

  • Dibenzothiophene hydrodesulfurization activity and surface sites of silica-supported MoP, Ni2P, and Ni-Mo-P catalysts

    Fuxia Sun;Weicheng Wu;Zili Wu;Jun Guo

Frequent Co-Authors

Sheng Dai
Sheng Dai Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Steven H. Overbury
Steven H. Overbury Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Zachary D. Hood
Zachary D. Hood Argonne National Laboratory
De-en Jiang
De-en Jiang Vanderbilt University
Can Li
Can Li Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Miaofang Chi
Miaofang Chi Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peter C. Stair
Peter C. Stair Northwestern University
David R. Mullins
David R. Mullins Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Bobby G. Sumpter
Bobby G. Sumpter Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Harry M. Meyer
Harry M. Meyer Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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