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Publications at UTK (†equal contribution; *corresponding authors)

2025

20. J. Cabana, Z. Zhang, Z. Pan, P Kumar, A. Bodi, G.A. Garcia, L. Nahon, Y. Shen, X. Xiao, H. Ma, C. Huang, C. Liu, L. Zhao, Y. Pan, X. Wu, Z. Zhou, J. A. van Bokhoven, P. Hemberger*.  Pathways to aromatics in the catalytic pyrolysis of a PVC model compound revealed by operando photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy. ChemSusChem 2025, in press.

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19. X. Wu, R.J. Somerville, A. Bodi,* R.C. Turnell-Ritson, Z. Zhang, J. Romano-deGea, J.C. Schmidt, P. Hemberger,* P. Dyson*. Unveiling the roles of Pt and CeO2 during solvent-free amide hydrogenation utilizing operando photoelectron photoionization coincidence spectroscopy. ACS Catal. 2025, 15(8), 6216.

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18. Z. Zhang, A. Nabera, G. Guillén-Gosálbez, J. Pérez-Ramírez*. Rekindling the use of acetylene as a chemical building block. Nat. Chem. Eng. 2025, 2, 99. (cover)

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Selected publications prior to UTK

2024

17. Z. Zhang†, M. Vanni†, X. Wu, P. Hemberger*, A. Bodi*, Sharon Mitchell, J. Pérez-Ramírez*. CO cofeeding affects product distribution in CH3Cl coupling over ZSM-5 zeolite: pressure twists the plot. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202401060.

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16. Z. Zhang†, Q. Li†, X. Wu, C. Bourmaud, Dion Vlachos*, J. Luterbacher*, A. Bodi*, P. Hemberger*. A solution for 4-propylguaiacol hydrodeoxygenation without ring saturation. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 6330.

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15. Y. Lu, F. Lin, Z. Zhang, C. Thompson, Y. Zhu, N. Doudin, L. Kovarik, C.E. García Vargas, D. Jiang, J.L. Fulton, Y. Wu, O.Y. Gutierrez, F. Gao, Z. Dohnálek, A.M. Karim, H. Wang*, Y. Wang*. Enhancing activity and stability of Pd-on-TiO2 single-atom catalyst for low-temperature CO oxidation through in situ local environment tailoring. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 28141.

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2023

14. Z. Zhang†, J. Tian†, Y. Lu, S. Yang, D. Jiang, W. Huang, Y. Li, J. Hong, A. Hoffman, S. Bare, M. H. Engelhard, A. K. Datye, Y. Wang*. Memory-dictated dynamics of single-atom Pt on CeO2 for CO oxidation. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 2664.

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13. Z. Zhang†, J. Tian†, X. Wu, I. Surin, J. Pérez-Ramírez*, P. Hemberger*, A. Bodi*. Unraveling radical and oxygenate routes in the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane over boron nitride. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 7910 (Cover)

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12. Z. Pan, A. Puente-Urbina, S.R. Batool, A. Bodi, X. Wu, Z. Zhang, J.A. van Bokhoven*, P. Hemberger*. Tuning the zeolite acidity enables selectivity control by suppressing ketene formation in lignin catalytic pyrolysis. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 4512.

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2022

11. X. Wu†, Z. Zhang†, Z. Pan, X. Zhou, A. Bodi, P. Hemberger*. Ketenes in the induction of the methanol-to-olefins process. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202207777. (Frontispiece)

10. Z. Zhang†, J. Tian†, Y. Lu†, X. Gou, J. Li, W. Hu, W. Lin, R. S. Kim, J. Fu*. Exceptional selectivity to olefins in the deoxygenation of fatty acids over an intermetallic platinum-zinc alloy. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202202017.

9. W. Lin†, H. Chen†, G. Lin†, S. Yao, Z. Zhang, J. Qi, M. Jing, W. Song, J. Li, X. Liu, J. Fu*, S. Dai. Creating frustrated lewis pairs in defective boron carbon nitride for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction to ammonia. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202207807.

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Cover arts

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Prof. Zihao Zhang

Center for Renewable Carbon, School of Natural Resources

University of Tennessee-Knoxville

CRC Bioenergy Science and Technology Unit, 2500 Jacob Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996

Email: zihaozhang@utk.edu

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