Dr Penghui Yan
Research Fellow
School of Chemical Engineering
Researcher biography
My main research expertise is in the field of renewable energy and catalysis, e.g. biomass conversion, biocrude upgrading, CO2 conversion, catalyst preparation and characterization.
In 2013, I graduated from the University of Chinese Academic of Sciences with a Physics Chemistry Master's degree on industrial catalysis with 3 years of research experience in hydrocracking of FT wax.
After that, I joined the Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) in 2013 as a chemical engineer and worked on the industrial projects of fast pyrolysis of coal to coke and tar, and co-pyrolysis of coal and biomass.
In 2014, I had been awarded a scholarship by the University of Newcastle, Australia to pursue my PhD degree in the Priority Research Centre for Energy. My main research focused on employing heterogeneous catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of biocrude in context of forming renewable energy resources (such as green diesel, petrol, and fine chemicals).
After I finished my Ph.D. in 2019, I continued the project of biocrude oil upgrading at the University of Newcastle, involving the upgrading of the biocrude oil to green fuel and value-added chemicals and commercialisation of the employed technologies, cooperated with Licella (Australia). In addition, I initiated the project of catalytic pyrolysis of biomass to BTEX in a single step.
In 2022, I join the University of Queensland and work on a project on catalytic conversion of CO2 to fuel.
Publications
Journal Articles
Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Ma, Beibei, Yang, Yu, Li, Fengwang, Yan, Penghui, Wu, Yuming, Zhang, Xueqin, Hu, Shihu, Wang, Hao, Ge, Lei and Zhu, Zhonghua (2024). Advances and Challenges of Carbon‐Free Gas‐Diffusion Electrodes (GDEs) for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction. Advanced Functional Materials ARTN 2411195. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202411195
Nur Azreena, I., Asikin-Mijan, N., Lau, H. L.N., Hassan, M. A., Izham, S. Mohd, Kennedy, E., Stockenhuber, M., Yan, P. and Taufiq-Yap, Y. H. (2024). Hydro-processing of palm fatty acid distillate for diesel-like hydrocarbon fuel production using La-zeolite beta catalyst. Industrial Crops and Products, 218 118907, 118907. doi: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2024.118907
Weng, Yilun, Yan, Penghui, Sun, Baode, Wan, Andria, You, Jiakang, Xu, Xin, Lu, Zeyu, Stewart, Glen A., Chen, Xiaojing, Song, Hao and Zhao, Chun-Xia (2024). Rapid room-temperature synthesis of biocompatible metal–organic framework for enzyme immobilization with improved stability and on-demand release. Chemical Engineering Journal, 497 154471, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.154471
Yan, Penghui, Peng, Hong, Zhang, Xi, Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Ahmed, Mohamed, Weng, Yilun, Rozhkovskaya, Alexandra, Vogrin, John, Konarova, Muxina and Zhu, Zhonghua (2024). Unlocking the role of Ni-Fe species in CO2 methanation. Fuel, 374 132373, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2024.132373
Weng, Yilun, Xu, Xin, Yan, Penghui, You, Jiakang, Chen, Xiaojing, Song, Hao and Zhao, Chun-Xia (2024). Enzyme encapsulation in metal-organic frameworks using spray drying for enhanced stability and controlled release: A case study of phytase. Food Chemistry, 452 139533, 139533. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.139533
McConnachie, Mark, Yan, Penghui, Konarova, Muxina and Smart, Simon (2024). Methane pyrolysis in molten salt slurry systems: evaluation of activity and mechanism in binary salt mixtures with molybdenum disulfide suspensions. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 81, 1172-1180. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.07.225
Weng, Yilun, Sun, Baode, Jin, Wanli, Yan, Penghui, Chen, Xiaojing, Song, Hao and Zhao, Chun-Xia (2024). Mechanistic study on phytase stabilization using alginate encapsulation. Food Hydrocolloids, 151 109837, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2024.109837
Yan, Penghui, Peng, Hong, Wu, Xuankun, Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Weng, Yilun, Konarova, Muxina, Vogrin, John, Rozhkovskaya, Alexandra and Zhu, Zhonghua (2024). Impact of varied zeolite materials on nickel catalysts in CO2 methanation. Journal of Catalysis, 432 115439, 115439. doi: 10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115439
Chen, Tong-Bo, Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Yan, Penghui, Zhu, Zhonghua and Ge, Lei (2024). Enhancing the Ammonia Catalytic Decomposition of Lanthanum Strontium Titanate Nickel Perovskite Catalysts via a Balanced Cation Doping and Deficiency Strategy. Energy & Fuels, 38 (6), 5449-5456. doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c00345
Mensah, Jim Kabenla Miezakyi, Yan, Penghui, Rawal, Aditya, Lee, Adam F., Wilson, Karen, Robinson, Neil, Johns, Michael, Kennedy, Eric and Stockenhuber, Michael (2024). Catalytic cracking of 1,3,5‐triisopropylbenzene and low‐density polyethylene over hierarchical Y zeolites and Al‐SBA‐15. ChemCatChem, 16 (3) e202300884, 1-14. doi: 10.1002/cctc.202300884
Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Yan, Penghui, Wang, Hao, Zhu, Zhonghua and Ge, Lei (2024). Electrochemical CO2 reduction integrated with membrane/adsorption‐based CO2 capture in gas‐diffusion electrodes and electrolytes. EcoEnergy, 2 (1), 3-21. doi: 10.1002/ece2.23
Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Li, Mengran, Yan, Penghui, Wu, Yuming, Zhang, Xueqin, Dorosti, Fatereh, Zhang, Xi, Ma, Beibei, Hu, Shihu, Wang, Hao, Zhu, Zhonghua and Ge, Lei (2024). Rational designing microenvironment of gas-diffusion electrodes via microgel-augmented CO2 availability for high-rate and selective CO2 electroreduction to ethylene. Advanced Science, 11 (40) 2402964. doi: 10.1002/advs.202402964
Yan, Penghui, Tian, Xinxin, Kennedy, Eric M. and Stockenhuber, Michael (2023). Advanced in situ IR spectroscopy study of anisole hydrodeoxygenation over Ni/SiO2 catalysts. Journal of Catalysis, 427 115102, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jcat.2023.115102
Yan, Penghui, Nur Azreena, Idris, Peng, Hong, Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Ahmed, Mohamed, Weng, Yilun, Zhu, Zhonghua, Kennedy, Eric M. and Stockenhuber, Michael (2023). Catalytic hydropyrolysis of biomass using natural zeolite-based catalysts. Chemical Engineering Journal, 476 146630, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2023.146630
Yan, Penghui, Peng, Hong, Vogrin, John, Rabiee, Hesamoddin and Zhu, Zhonghua (2023). Selective CO2 hydrogenation over zeolite-based catalysts for targeted high-value products. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11 (34), 17938-17960. doi: 10.1039/d3ta03150k
Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Heffernan, James K., Ge, Lei, Zhang, Xueqin, Yan, Penghui, Marcellin, Esteban, Hu, Shihu, Zhu, Zhonghua, Wang, Hao and Yuan, Zhiguo (2023). Tuning flow-through cu-based hollow fiber gas-diffusion electrode for high-efficiency carbon monoxide (CO) electroreduction to C2+products. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 330 122589, 122589. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.122589
Yan, Penghui, Xi, Shibo, Peng, Hong, Mitchell, David R. G., Harvey, Luke, Drewery, Matthew, Kennedy, Eric M., Zhu, Zhonghua, Sankar, Gopinathan and Stockenhuber, Michael (2023). Facile and eco-friendly approach to produce confined metal cluster catalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145 (17), 9718-9728. doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c01304
Zhao, Guangyu, Yan, Penghui, Procter, Kerryn, Adesina, Adesoji, Jin, Yonggang, Kennedy, Eric and Stockenhuber, Michael (2023). Effect of desilication on the catalytic activity of Fe-FER for direct, selective, partial oxidation of methane. Journal of Catalysis, 417, 140-152. doi: 10.1016/j.jcat.2022.11.030
Yan, Penghui, Kennedy, Eric M., Zhang, Huiming and Stockenhuber, Michael (2023). Catalytic hydropyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass to BTX and biofuels over zeolite beta based catalysts. Fuel, 332 125946, 125946. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2022.125946
Yan, Penghui, Tian, Xinxin, Kennedy, Eric M. and Stockenhuber, Michael (2022). The role of Ni sites located in mesopores in the selectivity of anisole hydrodeoxygenation. Catalysis Science and Technology, 12 (7), 2184-2196. doi: 10.1039/d1cy02132j
Mensah, Jim, Yan, Penghui, Kennedy, Eric, Drewery, Matthew and Stockenhuber, Michael (2021). Novel hierarchical core-shell BEA@NanoZSM-5 zeolite for improved cracking performance for 1,3,5-triisopropylbenzene and n-hexadecane. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 328 111399, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2021.111399
Yan, Penghui, Kennedy, Eric and Stockenhuber, Michael (2021). Hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol over BEA supported bimetallic Ni-Fe catalysts with varied impregnation sequence. Journal of Catalysis, 404, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jcat.2021.08.033
Yan, Penghui, Tian, Xinxin, Kennedy, Eric M., Tkachenko, Olga Petrovna and Stockenhuber, Michael (2021). Influence of promoters (Fe, Mo, W) on the structural and catalytic properties of Ni/BEA for guaiacol hydrodeoxygenation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 9 (46), 15673-15682. doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c06266
Yan, Penghui, Kennedy, Eric and Stockenhuber, Michael (2021). Natural zeolite supported Ni catalysts for hydrodeoxygenation of anisole. Green Chemistry, 23 (13), 4673-4684. doi: 10.1039/d0gc04377j
Yan, Penghui, Kennedy, Eric and Stockenhuber, Michael (2021). Hydrodeoxygenation of guiacol over ion-exchanged ruthenium ZSM-5 and BEA zeolites. Journal of Catalysis, 396, 157-165. doi: 10.1016/j.jcat.2021.02.013
Yan, Penghui, Mensah, Jim, Drewery, Matthew, Kennedy, Eric, Maschmeyer, Thomas and Stockenhuber, Michael (2021). Role of metal support during ru-catalysed hydrodeoxygenation of biocrude oil. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 281 119470, 119470. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119470
Yan, Penghui, Bryant, Glenn, Li, Molly Meng-Jung, Mensah, Jim, Kennedy, Eric and Stockenhuber, Michael (2020). Shape selectivity of zeolite catalysts for the hydrodeoxygenation of biocrude oil and its model compounds. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 309 110561, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110561
Yan, Penghui, Drewery, Matthew, Mensah, Jim, Mackie, John C., Kennedy, Eric and Stockenhuber, Michael (2020). Study on catalyst deactivation during the hydrodeoxygenation of model compounds. Topics in Catalysis, 63 (9-10), 778-792. doi: 10.1007/s11244-020-01310-2
Yan, Penghui, Mensah, Jim, Adesina, Adesoji, Kennedy, Eric and Stockenhuber, Michael (2020). Highly-dispersed Ni on BEA catalyst prepared by ion-exchange-deposition-precipitation for improved hydrodeoxygenation activity. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 267 118690, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.118690
Yan, Penghui, Li, Molly Meng-Jung, Kennedy, Eric, Adesina, Adesoji, Zhao, Guangyu, Setiawan, Adi and Stockenhuber, Michael (2020). The role of acid and metal sites in hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol over Ni/Beta catalysts. Catalysis Science and Technology, 10 (3), 810-825. doi: 10.1039/c9cy01970g
YAN, Peng-hui, TAO, Zhi-chao, HAO, Kun, WANG, Yu-dan, YANG, Yong and LI, Yong-wang (2013). Effect of impregnation methods on nickel-tungsten catalysts and its performance on hydrocracking Fischer-Tropsch wax. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 41 (6), 691-697. doi: 10.1016/s1872-5813(13)60032-8