Yuanhui Zhang
· Founder ProfessorUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Environmental Science and Engineering
Active 1984–2025
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Research topics
- Biology
- Biotechnology
- Chemistry
- Pulp and paper industry
- Biochemistry
- Organic chemistry
- Chromatography
- Materials science
- Botany
- Nanotechnology
Selected publications
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews · 2021 · 184 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingChemical Engineering Journal · 2022 · 125 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingChemical Engineering Journal · 2021 · 110 citations
Green coal and lubricant via hydrogen-free hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass
Nature Communications · 2025-01-16 · 24 citations
articleOpen accessBiocrude derived from biomass via hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is a sustainable substitute for petroleum to obtain energy and biochemicals. Upgrading biocrude inevitably faces the trade-off between consuming large amounts of hydrogen via hydrotreating and high yield of solid residue without additional hydrogen. In this work, we report a non-hydrogenated refinery paradigm for nearly complete valorization (~90%), via co-generating green coal and bio-lubricant. The obtained green coal has higher…
Science Advances · 2025-06-27 · 9 citations
articleOpen accessCorrespondingFood waste is an underdeveloped source for production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Now, there is no certified conversion process of food waste for SAF by American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). We report the use of zeolite-supported molybdenum carbide nanocatalysts in upgrading biocrudes, produced from food wastes through HTL, into SAF precursors. Our data show a complete removal of oxygen from the biocrude through hydrodeoxygenation and a higher heating value of 46.5 MJ/kg, wh…
Recent grants
Frequent coauthors
- 122 shared
Zhidan Liu
- 102 shared
Buchun Si
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
- 59 shared
Baoming Li
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
- 58 shared
Na Duan
China Agricultural University
- 45 shared
Jamison Watson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 45 shared
Wan‐Ting Chen
University of Massachusetts Lowell
- 44 shared
Haifeng Lu
- 39 shared
Jianwen Lu
Education
- 1989
PhD, Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering
University of Saskatchewan
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