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Washington State University
The Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering

Faculty & Staff

Yizhi Xiang, PhD

Yizhi Xiang

Yizhi Xiang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Working with Dr. Norbert Kruse

Selective catalytic CO or CO2 hydrogenation for the synthesis of higher alcohols with tunable chain lengthening probability to either short chain C2-C6 or long chain C7-C14 fraction

Office: 151 Wegner Hall

The Gene and Linda Voiland
School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering
1505 Stadium Way, Room 105
P.O. Box 646515
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-6515

Research Interests

Selective catalytic CO or CO2 hydrogenation for the synthesis of higher alcohols with tunable chain lengtening probability to either short chain C2-C6 or long chain C7-C14 fraction.

Education

  • PhD in Engineering in Industrial Catalysis, Zhejiang University of Technology, China, Sept. 2005–June 2010

Experience

  • Postdoctoral research associate, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, April 2011–November 2013

Selected Publications

  1. Xiang Y.Z, Barbosa R., Li X.N., Kruse N., Ternary Cobalt-Copper-Niobium Catalysts for the Selective CO Hydrogenation to Higher Alcohols. ACS Catal. 2015. 5(5), 2929–2934.
  2. Xiang Y.Z., Barbosa R., Kruse N. Higher Alcohols through CO Hydrogenation over CoCu Catalysts: Influence of Precursor Activation. ACS Catal. 2014, 4(8), 2792–2800.
  3. Xiang Y.Z., Kong L.N., Xie P.Y., Xu T.Y., Wang J.G., Li X.N. Carbon nanotubes and activated carbons supported catalysts for phenol in situ hydrogenation: hydrophobic/hydrophilic effect, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2014, 53, 2197–2203.
  4. Xiang Y.Z., Chitry V., Liddicoat P., Felfer P., Cairney J., Ringer S., Kruse N. Long-chain terminal alcohols through catalytic CO hydrogenation. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135(19), 7114–7117.
  5. Xiang Y.Z., Chitry V., Kruse N. Selective catalytic CO hydrogenation to short- and long-chain C2+ alcohols. Catal. Lett., 2013, 143, 936–941.