Fanxing Li

Chemical-Looping Reforming of Methane with Tunable CO ₂ Utilization over Ruddlesden–Popper and Perovskite Carriers

Martin, W., Iftikhar, S., Aniekwensi, T., Mathias, A., Neal, L., & Li, F. (2026, January 4). Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 1.

Supported Transition Metals for Catalytic Decomposition of Methane: Advances, Challenges, and Outlook

Portillo, S. B., Kosari, M., & Li, F. (2026, January 16). ACS Catalysis, Vol. 1.

A new approach to improve the economic and environmental attractiveness of biomethane from biomass gasification with redox-activated CO2 sorbents

Chemical Engineering Journal, 523, 167510.

Amine-modified mesoporous SiO₂ spheres (MSS-(x) APTMS) as a promising CO₂ sorbent

Razavi, S., Kosari, M., & Li, F. (2025, September 2). Journal of Physics Energy.

Bimodal Hierarchically Porous SiO₂ Sphere-Supported Catalysts for Dry Reforming of Methane

Kosari, M., Conor, O. B., Yang, K., Mei, Y., Hondos, E., Neal, L., & Li, F. (2025, August 2). ACS Catalysis, Vol. 8.

CO2-Utilization Facilitated by Solid Reaction Mediums—A Review

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 3.

Computationally accelerated discovery of mixed metal compounds for chemical looping combustion and beyond

Yang, K., & Li, F. (2025, January 1). Energy & Environmental Science.

Effective CO_x Suppression by a Na₄Mg(WO₄)₃ Promoter in Chemical Looping Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane

ACS Catalysis, 15(5), 3992–4006.

Electrified and dynamically operated C1 chemistry: An emerging platform for power-to-X

Wu, J., Yao, Y., Adogwa, A., Li, F., Yang, M., & Xiang, Y. (2025, June 14). Catalysis Today, Vol. 459.

Exsoluted Ni from Hexaaluminates for CO_x Free Hydrogen and Carbon Nanotubes via the Catalytic Decomposition of Methane

ACS Catalysis, 5, 9220–9235.

LaFe1-xMnxO3−δ as effective redox catalysts for CO2 splitting and methane partial oxidation in a cyclic redox scheme

Iftikhar, S., Martin, W., Pedersen, A., Portillo, S., Liu, J., & Li, F. (2025, September 4). Catalysis Today, Vol. 462.

Metal Organic Framework Impregnated Nanofibrous Aerogels: A 3D Structured Matrix for CO₂ Capture

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 17(17), 25623–25633.

Perovskite oxides as a new family of tunable CO₂ sorbents

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 13(13), 9211–9221.

Powerful Foldover Designs

Stallrich, J., Singh, R., Vogt‐Lowell, K., & Li, F. (2025, October 21). Quality and Reliability Engineering International.

Redox-active oxide molten salt composites as a new family of high-capacity thermal energy storage materials

Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

Redox‐Active Oxide/molten Salt Composites for Hybrid Thermal‐Chemical Energy Storage

Cai, R., Bektas, H., Raza, S., Massey, J., Tian, Y., Liu, J., & Li, F. (2025, September 19). Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, Vol. 9.

Reversible Phase Transitions Enable Cyclic Isothermal CO₂ Capture in Redox‐Activated Perovskite‐Structured Sorbents

Brody, L., Bekheet, M. F., Yang, K., Müller, J. T., Rukh, M., Portillo, S., … Li, F. (2025, July 25). Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 7.

Ruddlesden–Popper Structured Sr ₃ Fe ₂ O _{7− δ} as Redox‐Activated CO ₂ Sorbents for Green Hydrogen Production

Rukh, M., Cai, R., Razavi, S., Portillo, S., Yao, Y., Neal, L., & Li, F. (2025, September 21). Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, Vol. 9.

Smartphone-Based Colorimetric VOC Sensor for Early Detection of Phytophthora Ramorum in Rhododendrons

Hossain, O., Mainello-Land, A., Wang, Y., Mativenga, B., Jamalzadegan, S., Xu, J., … Wei, Q. (2025, December 13). ACS Sensors.

Sr2MnO4 as a reactive CO2 sorbent for sorption-enhanced steam reforming of biogas to green hydrogen

Yao, Y., Rukh, M., Killmer, C., Smith, C. P., Neal, L., & Li, F. (2025, July 22). Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 520.

Strontium Iron Hexaaluminates for CO _x -Free Hydrogen and Carbon Nanotubes via Catalytic Decomposition of Methane

Portillo, S. B., Mei, Y., Kosari, M., Nguyen, E., Talpade, A., & Li, F. (2025, November 29). ACS Catalysis.

The emerging role of biomass in complementing a renewable energy portfolio: A Review

Hubbe, M. A., Cho, S.-M., Poveda-Giraldo, J. A., Garcia-Vallejo, M. C., Yao, Y., Li, F., & Park, S. (2025, May 30). BioResources, Vol. 20, pp. 8023–8092.

Unveiling the role of oxygen species in surface promoted Fe–Mn oxides for chemical looping oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane

Chacko, D., Neal, L. M., Pedersen, A., Li, F., Chacko, D., Neal, L. M., … Li, F. (2025, December 2). EES Catalysis.

Zr-promoted Ni nanoparticles in mesoporous silica spheres (NiZr/mSiO2) for catalytic decomposition of methane

Chemical Engineering Journal, 507, 160328.

Core-Shell Oxidative Aromatization Catalysts for Single Step Liquefaction of Distributed Shale Gas (Final Technical Report)

Li, F., & Shell. (2024, October 15).

High-throughput design of complex oxides as isothermal, redox-activated CO₂ sorbents for green hydrogen generation

Energy & Environmental Science, 17(17), 6279–6290.

Isothermal CO2 separation Enabled by redox-active mixed oxide sorbents

Rukh, M., Cai, R., Brody, L., & Li, F. (2024, November 22). Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 501.

Kinetic assessment of pulp mill-derived lime mud calcination in high CO2 atmosphere

Fuel, 373, 132372.

Metal-facilitated, sustainable nitroarene hydrogenation under ambient conditions

Ruan, C., Yang, K., Beckett, C., Martin, W., Walter, E. D., Hu, W., … Li, F. (2024, March 8). Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 432.

MnO(001) thin films on MgO(001) grown by reactive MBE using supersonic molecular beams

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 160(15).

Molten‐Salt‐Mediated Chemical Looping Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane with In‐Situ Carbon Capture and Utilization

ChemSusChem, 18(6).

Redox Catalysts for the Oxidative Cracking of Light Hydrocarbons, Methods of making, and Methods of Use Thereof

(US Patent No. 11883800B2).

Structural and Thermodynamic Assessment of Ba and Ba/Mg Substituted SrFeO_3−δ for “Low-Temperature” Chemical Looping Air Separation

Energy & Fuels, 38(12), 11107–11118.

Sustainable Styrene Production through Chemical Looping Oxidative Dehydrogenation: An Experimentally Informed Technoeconomic Study

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 12(37), 14059–14069.

Synergistic Cooperation of Dual-Phase Redox Catalysts in Chemical Looping Oxidative Coupling of Methane

ACS Catalysis, 14(17), 13112–13125.

Techno-economic analysis of chemical looping air separation using a perovskite oxide sorbent

Cai, R., Krzystowczyk, E., Braunberger, B., Li, F., & Neal, L. (2024, January 29). International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Vol. 132.

Technoeconomic and Emissions Analysis of the Hybrid Redox Process for the Production of Acetic Acid with CO₂ Utilization

Advanced Sustainable Systems, 8(7).

Unraveling the atomic interdiffusion mechanism of NiFe₂O₄ oxygen carriers during chemical looping CO₂ conversion

Carbon Energy, 6(8).

Accelerated Perovskite Oxide Development for Thermochemical Energy Storage by a High‐Throughput Combinatorial Approach

Cai, R., Bektas, H., Wang, X., McClintock, K., Teague, L., Yang, K., & Li, F. (2023, March 22). Advanced Energy Materials.

Aspen Plus simulation of Chemical Looping Combustion of syngas and methane in fluidized beds

Discover Chemical Engineering, 3(1).

Carbon-Assisted, Continuous Syngas Production in a Chemical Looping Scheme

Topics in Catalysis, 66(19-20), 1581–1593.

Hydrogenation of bio-oil-derived oxygenates at ambient conditions via a two-step redox cycle

Cell Reports Physical Science, 4(7), 101506.

Kinetic study of Ni-M/CNT catalyst in methane decomposition under microwave irradiation

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 340, 123255.

Lithium carbonate-promoted mixed rare earth oxides as a generalized strategy for oxidative coupling of methane with exceptional yields

Nature Communications, 14(1).

Mechanically robust, thermally insulating and photo-responsive aerogels designed from sol-gel electrospun PVP-TiO2 nanofibers

Applied Materials Today, 32, 101784.

Numerical modeling of chemical looping oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane in parallel packed beds

Cai, R., Brody, L., Tian, Y., Neal, L., Bose, A., & Li, F. (2023, June 3). Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 469.

One-Step Synthesis of a High Entropy Oxide-Supported Rhodium Catalyst for Highly Selective CO Production in CO₂ Hydrogenation

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15(26), 31384–31392.

Oxygen Carrying Materials with Surface Modification for Redox-Based Catalysis and Methods of Making and Uses Thereof

(US Patent No. 11813592B2).

Sorption-enhanced steam reforming of toluene using multifunctional perovskite phase transition sorbents in a chemical looping scheme

Journal of Physics: Energy, 5(3), 035004.

Tuning the Aggregates of Thiophene‐based Trimers by Methyl Side‐chain Engineering for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 63(1).

Vapor phase synthesis of metal–organic frameworks on a nanofibrous aerogel creates enhanced functionality

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 12(1), 214–226.

Alkali metal halide–coated perovskite redox catalysts for anaerobic oxidative dehydrogenation of n -butane

Gao, Y., Wang, X., Corolla, N., Eldred, T., Bose, A., Gao, W., & Li, F. (2022, July 27). Science Advances, Vol. 7.

Autothermal Chemical Looping Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane: Redox Catalyst Performance, Longevity, and Process Analysis

Brody, L., Neal, L., Liu, J., & Li, F. (2022, July 13). Energy & Fuels, Vol. 7.

CaMn0.9Ti0.1O3 based redox catalysts for chemical looping – Oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane: Effects of Na2MoO4 promoter and degree of reduction on the reaction kinetics

Catalysis Today, 417.

Carbon negative transportation fuels – A techno-economic-environmental analysis of biomass pathways for transportation

Jasper, M., Rafati, N., Schimmel, K., Shahbazi, A., Li, F., Mba-Wright, M., & Wang, L. (2022, March 7). Energy Conversion and Management X, Vol. 5.

Ce_xZr_1–xO₂-Supported CrO_x Catalysts for CO₂-Assisted Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane─Probing the Active Sites and Strategies for Enhanced Stability

ACS Catalysis, 13(1), 213–223.

Cover Picture: Flow Synthesis of Single and Mixed Metal Oxides (Chem. Methods 8/2022)

Campbell, Z. S., Baro, S., Gao, Y., Li, F., & Abolhasani, M. (2022, July 25). Chemistry - Methods, Vol. 2.

Flow Synthesis of Single and Mixed Metal Oxides

Campbell, Z. S., Baro, S., Gao, Y., Li, F., & Abolhasani, M. (2022, May 16). Chemistry - Methods, Vol. 2.

High-throughput oxygen chemical potential engineering of perovskite oxides for chemical looping applications

Wang, X., Gao, Y., Krzystowczyk, E., Iftikhar, S., Dou, J., Cai, R., … Li, F. (2022, January 1). Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 15, pp. 1512–1528.

LaNixFe1−xO3 as flexible oxygen or carbon carriers for tunable syngas production and CO2 utilization

Catalysis Today, 7.

Methane Catalytic Pyrolysis by Microwave and Thermal Heating over Carbon Nanotube-Supported Catalysts: Productivity, Kinetics, and Energy Efficiency

Jiang, C., Wang, I.-W., Bai, X., Balyan, S., Robinson, B., Hu, J., … Skoptsov, G. (2022, April 7). Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 4, pp. 5080–5092.

Mixed oxides as multi-functional reaction media for chemical looping catalysis

Chemical Communications, 59(1), 10–28.

Oxygen Nonstoichiometry and Defect Models of Brownmillerite-Structured Ca₂MnAlO_5+δ for Chemical Looping Air Separation

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 10(31), 10393–10402.

Perovskite-Based Phase Transition Sorbents for Sorption-Enhanced Oxidative Steam Reforming of Glycerol

Brody, L., Cai, R., Thornton, A., Liu, J., Yu, H., & Li, F. (2022, April 29). ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Vol. 5.

Radically Engineered Modular Air Separation System with Tailored Oxygen Sorbents

Krzystowczyk, E., Dou, J., & Li, F. (2022, April 8).

Redox oxide@molten salt as a generalized catalyst design strategy for oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane via selective hydrogen combustion

Applied Catalysis A: General, 646, 118869.

Reduction kinetics of SrFeO3−δ/CaO·MnO nanocomposite as effective oxygen carrier for chemical looping partial oxidation of methane

Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 16(12), 1726–1734.

Ru-promoted perovskites as effective redox catalysts for CO₂ splitting and methane partial oxidation in a cyclic redox scheme

Nanoscale, 14(48), 18094–18105.

Selective catalytic oxidation of ammonia to nitric oxide via chemical looping

Ruan, C., Wang, X., Wang, C., Zheng, L., Li, L., Lin, J., … Wang, X. (2022, February 7). Nature Communications, Vol. 13.

Sr2CeO4 as a robust high temperature sorbent for CO2 capture with near 100% sorbent conversion efficiency

Gu, H., Song, G., Niu, M., Zhao, S., Gao, Y., & Li, F. (2022, March 23). Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 441, p. 135942.

Sustainable Conversion of Carbon Dioxide and Shale Gas to Green Acetic Acid via a Thermochemical Cyclic Redox Scheme (Final Report)

Li, F., Iftikhar, S., & Neal, L. (2022, October 27).

A tailored multi-functional catalyst for ultra-efficient styrene production under a cyclic redox scheme

Zhu, X., Gao, Y., Wang, X., Haribal, V., Liu, J., Neal, L. M., … Li, F. (2021, February 26). Nature Communications, Vol. 12.

Ce stabilized Ni–SrO as a catalytic phase transition sorbent for integrated CO₂ capture and CH₄ reforming

Gu, H., Gao, Y., Iftikhar, S., & Li, F. (2021, December 24). Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 12.

Chemical Looping Air Separation Using a Perovskite-Based Oxygen Sorbent: System Design and Process Analysis

Krzystowczyk, E., Haribal, V., Dou, J., & Li, F. (2021, August 30). ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Vol. 9.

Chemical looping air separation with Sr0.8Ca0.2Fe0.9Co0.1O3-δ perovskite sorbent: Packed bed modeling, verification, and optimization

Cai, R., Dou, J., Krzystowczyk, E., Richard, A., & Li, F. (2021, September 11). Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 2.

Co and Mo Co-doped Fe₂O₃ for Selective Ethylene Production via Chemical Looping Oxidative Dehydrogenation

Tian, X., Zheng, C., Li, F., & Zhao, H. (2021, June 4). ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Vol. 6.

Core-Shell Fe2O3@La1−xSrxFeO3−δ Material for Catalytic Oxidations: Coverage of Iron Oxide Core, Oxygen Storage Capacity and Reactivity of Surface Oxygens

Dahan, H. O., Landau, M. V., Nehemya, R. V., Edri, E., Herskowitz, M., Ruan, C., & Li, F. (2021, November 30). Materials, Vol. 14, p. 7355.

Ethane to liquids via a chemical looping approach – Redox catalyst demonstration and process analysis

Brody, L., Neal, L., Haribal, V., & Li, F. (2021, February 11). Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 417.

LaNi_xFe_1–xO_3−δ as a Robust Redox Catalyst for CO₂ Splitting and Methane Partial Oxidation

Iftikhar, S., Jiang, Q., Gao, Y., Liu, J., Gu, H., Neal, L., & Li, F. (2021, August 20). Energy & Fuels, Vol. 9, pp. 13921–13929.

Liquid Metal Shell as an Effective Iron Oxide Modifier for Redox-Based Hydrogen Production at Intermediate Temperatures

Wang, I., Gao, Y., Wang, X., Cai, R., Chung, C., Iftikhar, S., … Li, F. (2021, August 3). ACS Catalysis, Vol. 8, pp. 10228–10238.

Molten-salt-mediated carbon dioxide capture and superequilibrium utilization with ethane oxidative dehydrogenation

Liu, J., Gao, Y., Wang, X., & Li, F. (2021, July 1). Cell Reports Physical Science, Vol. 7.

Net Electronic Charge as an Effective Electronic Descriptor for Oxygen Release and Transport Properties of SrFeO₃-Based Oxygen Sorbents

Wang, X., Krzystowczyk, E., Dou, J., & Li, F. (2021, March 17). Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 33, pp. 2446–2456.

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

Han, A., Zhou, X., Wang, X., Liu, S., Xiong, Q., Zhang, Q., … Li, Y. (2021, January 29). Nature Communications, Vol. 12.

Selective catalytic oxidation of ammonia to nitric oxide via chemical looping

Ruan, C., Wang, X., Wang, X., Wang, C., Li, L., Lin, J., … Wang, X. (2021, April 15).

Selective hydrogen combustion as an effective approach for intensified chemical production via the chemical looping strategy

Dudek, R. B., & Li, F. (2021, April 21). Fuel Processing Technology, Vol. 7.

Tailoring the thermodynamic properties of complex oxides for thermochemical air separation and beyond

CIESC Journal, 12, 6122–6130.

A molten carbonate shell modified perovskite redox catalyst for anaerobic oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane

Gao, Y., Wang, X., Liu, J., Huang, C., Zhao, K., Zhao, Z., … Li, F. (2020, April 24). Science Advances, Vol. 6.