2021
133) A.A. Khechfe, M.M. Sullivan, D. Zagoraios, A. Katsaounis, C.G. Vayenas, Y. Román-Leshkov
Non-Faradaic Electrochemical Promotion of Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Dehydration Reactions over Molybdenum Oxide
132) B. Yan, C. Shi, G.T. Beckham, E.Y.X. Chen, Y. Román-Leshkov
Electrochemical Activation of C-C Bonds via Mediated Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions
131) J.J. Oppenheim, S. Bagi, T. Chen, C. Sun, L. Yang, P. Muller, S. Yuan, Y. Román-Leshkov, M. Dinca.
Isolation of a Side-On V(III)-(η2‑O2) through the Intermediacy of a Low-Valent V(II) in a Metal-Organic Framework
130) S. Bagi, S. Yuan, S. Rojas-Buzo, Y. Shao-Horn, Y. Román-Leshkov.
A continuous flow chemistry approach for the ultrafast and low-cost synthesis of MOF-808
129) D. Schwalbe-Koda, A. Corma, Y. Román-Leshkov, M. Moliner, R. Gomez-Bombarelli
Data Driven Design of Biselective Templates for Intergrowth Zeolites
128) B.A. Johnson, J.R. Di Iorio, Y. Román-Leshkov
Identification and quantification of distinct active sites in Hf-Beta zeolites for transfer hydrogenation catalysis
127) B.A. Johnson, J.R. Di Iorio, Y. Román-Leshkov
Tailoring Distinct Reactive Environments in Lewis Acid Zeolites for Liquid Phase Catalysis
126) S.D. Bagi, A.S. Myerson, Y. Román-Leshkov
Solvothermal Crystallization Kinetics and Control of Crystal Size Distribution of MOF-808 in a Continuous Flow Reactor
125) D. Schwalbe-Koda, S. Kwon, C. Paris, E. Bello-Jurado, Z. Jensen, E. Olivetti, T. Willhammar, A. Corma, Y. Román-Leshkov, M. Moliner, R. Gomez-Bombarelli
A priori control of zeolite phase competition and inter-growth with high-throughput simulations
124) J.E. Rorrer, C. Troyano-Valls, G.T. Beckham, Y. Román-Leshkov
Hydrogenolysis of Polypropylene and Mixed Polyolefin Plastic Waste over Ru/C to Produce Liquid Alkanes
123) L.D. Ellis, N.A. Rorrer, K.P. Sullivan, M. Otto, J.E. McGeehan, Y. Román-Leshkov, N. Wierckx, G.T. Beckham
Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling
122) K.T. Dinh, M.M. Sullivan, P. Serna, R.J. Meyer, Y. Román-Leshkov
Breaking the Selectivity-Conversion Limit of Partial Methane Oxidation with Tandem Heterogenous Catalysts
121) A. Bartling, M.L. Stone, R.J. Hanes, A. Bhatt, Y. Zhang, M.J. Biddy, R. Davis, J.S. Kruger, N.E. Thornburg, J. Luterbacher, R. Rinaldi, J. Samec, B. Sels, Y. Román-Leshkov, G.T. Beckham
Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of a biorefinery utilizing reductive catalytic fractionation
120) D. Brandner, J.S. Kruger, N.E. Thornburg, G.G. Facas, J.K. Kenny, R.J. Dreiling, A.R.C. Morais, T. Renders, N.S. Cleveland, R.M. Happs, R. Katahira, T. Vinzant, D.G. Wilcox, Y. Román-Leshkov, G.T. Beckham
Flow-through solvolysis enables production of native-like lignin from biomass
119) T.S. Wesley, Y. Román-Leshkov, Y. Surendranath
Spontaneous Electric Fields Play a Key Role in Thermochemical Catalysis at Metal-Liquid Interfaces
118) M.J. Orella, M.E. Leonard, Y. Román-Leshkov, F.R. Brushett
High-throughput analysis of contact angle goniometry data using DropPy
Software X, 14: 1000665 (2021)
117) Z. Jensen, S. Kwon, D. Schwalbe-Koda, C. Paris, R. Gomez-Bombarelli, Y. Román-Leshkov, A. Corma, M. Moliner, E.A. Olivetti
Discovering Relationships between OSDAs and Zeolites through Data Mining and Generative Neural Networks
116) S. Bagi, A.M. Wright, J. Oppenheim, M. Dincă, Y. Román-Leshkov
Accelerated Synthesis of a Ni2Cl2(BTDD) Metal-Organic Framework in a Continuous Flow Reactor for Atmospheric Water Capture
115) C.R.F. Lund, B. Tatarchuk, N. Cardona-Martinez, J.M. Hill, M.A. Sanchez-Castillo, G.W. Huber, Y. Román-Leshkov, D. Simonetti, Y. Pagan-Torres, T.J. Schwartz, A.H. Motagamwala
A Career in Catalysis: James A. Dumesic
114) L.D. Ellis, S.V. Orski, G.A. Kenlaw, A.G. Norman, K.L Beers, Y. Román-Leshkov, G.T. Beckham.
Tandem Heterogenous Catalysis for Polyethylene Depolymerization via an Olefin-Intermediate Process
2020
113) J. E. Rorrer, G.T. Beckham, Y. Román-Leshkov.
Conversion of Polyolefin Waste to Liquid Alkanes with Ru-Based Catalysts under Mild Conditions
112) W. Gao, M. J. Orella, T. J. Carney, Y. Román-Leshkov, J. Drake, F. R. Brushett.
Understanding the Impact of Convective Transport on Intercalation Batteries Through Dimensional Analysis
111) J.R. Di Iorio, B. A. Johnson, Y. Román-Leshkov.
Ordered Hydrogen-Bonded Alcohol Networks Confined in Lewis Acid Zeolites Accelerate Transfer Hydrogenation Turnover Rates
110) M.M. Abu-Omar, K. Barta, G.T. Beckham, J.S. Luterbacher, J. Ralph, R. Rinaldi, Y. Román-Leshkov, J.S.M. Samec, B.F. Sels, F. Wang.
Guidelines for performing lignin-first biorefining
109) S. Yuan, Y. Li, J. Peng, Y. M. Questell-Santiago, K. Akkiraju, L. Giordano, D. J. Zheng, S. Bagi, Y. Román-Leshkov, Y. Shao-Horn.
Conversion of Methane into Liquid Fuels—Bridging Thermal Catalysis with Electrocatalysis
108) A. Rodríguez-Fernández, J. Di Iorio, C. Paris, N. Y. Román-Leshkov, M. Moliner.
Selective Active Site Placement in Lewis Acid Zeolites and Implications for Catalysis of Oxygenated Compounds
107) M.E. Leonard, M. Orella, N. Aiello, Y. Román-Leshkov, A. Forner-Cuenca, F. Brushett
Flooded by Success: On the Role of Electrode Wettability in CO2 Electrolyzers that Generate Liquid Products
106) X. He, B. G. Looker, K. T. Dinh, A. W. Stubbs, T. Chen, R. J. Meyer, P. Serna, Y. Román-Leshkov, K. M. Lancaster, M. Dincă
Cerium (IV) Enhances the Catalytic Oxidation Activity of Single-Site Cu Active Sites in MOFs
105) Z. Wang, A. Garg, L. Wang, H. He, A. Dasgupta, D. Zanchet, M. J. Janik, R. M. Rioux, Y. Román-Leshkov
Enhancement of Alkyne Semi-Hydrogenation Selectivity by Electronic Modification of Platinum
104) N. E. Thornburg, D. G. Brandner, M. L. Reed, J. V. Vermaas, W. E. Michener, R. Katahira, T. B. Vinzant, T. D. Foust, B. S. Donohoe, Y. Roman-Leshkov, P. N. Ciesielski, G. T. Beckham
Mesoscale Reaction‐Diffusion Phenomena Governing Lignin‐First Biomass Fractionation
103) D. Göhl, H. Rueß, S. Schlicht, A. Vogel, M. Rohwerder, K. J.J. Mayrhofer, J. Bachmann, Y. Román-Leshkov, J. M. Schneider, M. Ledendecker
Stable and Active Oxygen Reduction Catalysts with Reduced Noble Metal Loadings through Potential Triggered Support Passivation
102) H. D. Park, R. J. Comito, Z. Wu, G. Zhang, N. D. Ricke, C. Sun, T. Van Voorhis, J. T. Miller, Y. Román-Leshkov, M. Dinca
Gas Phase Ethylene Polymerization by Single-Site Cr Centers in a Metal−Organic Framework
ACS Catal., 10: 3864-3870 [link|pdf]
101) D. A. Kuznetsov, J. Peng, L. Giordano, Y. Román-Leshkov, Y. Shao-Horn
Bismuth Substituted Strontium Cobalt Perovskites for Catalyzing Oxygen Evolution
100) D. Göhl, A. Garg, P. Paciok, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, M. Heggen, Y. Shao-Horn, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, Y. Román-Leshkov, M. Ledendecker
Engineering Stable Electrocatalysts by Synergistic Stabilization between Carbide Cores and Pt Shells
Nat. Mater., 19: 287-291 (2020) [link|pdf]
99) M. J. Orella, S. M. Brown, M. E. Leonard, Y. Román-Leshkov, F. R. Brushett
A General Techno-Economic Model for Evaluating Emerging Electrocatalytic Processes
98) W. P. Mounfield III, B. Huang, B. Cai, Y. Shao-Horn, Y. Román-Leshkov
Synthesis of Unsupported Two-Dimensional Molybdenum Carbide Nanosheets for Hydrogen Evolution
2019
97) B. Cai, K. Akkiraju, W. P. Mounfield III, Z. Wang, X. Li, B. Huang, S. Yuan, D. Su, Y. Román-Leshkov, Y. Shao-Horn
Solid-State Gelation for Nanostructured Perovskite Oxide Aerogels
96) M. Moliner, Y. Román-Leshkov, A. Corma
Machine Learning Applied to Zeolite Synthesis: The Missing Link for
Realizing High-Throughput Discovery
95) M. J. Orella, T. Z. H. Gani, J. V. Vermaas, M. L. Stone, E. M. Anderson, G. T. Beckham, F. R. Brushett, Y. Román-Leshkov
Lignin-KMC: A Toolkit for Simulating Lignin Biosynthesis
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 7: 18313-18322 (2019) [link|pdf]
94) A. Rodríguez-Fernández, P. Atienzar, C. Martínez, Y. Román-Leshkov, M. Moliner
Ge-based Hybrid Composites from Ge-rich Zeolites as Highly Conductive and Stable Electronic Materials
93) M. Shetty, E. M. Anderson, W. H. Green, Y. Román-Leshkov
Kinetic Analysis and Reaction Mechanism for Anisole Conversion over Zirconia-Supported Molybdenum Oxide
92) T. Z. H. Gani, M. J. Orella, E. M. Anderson, M. L. Stone, F. R. Brushett, G. T. Beckham, Y. Román-Leshkov
Computational Evidence for Kinetically Controlled Radical Coupling During Lignification
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 7: 13270-13277 (2019) [link|pdf]
91) A. Garg, D. S. Gonçalves, Y. Liu, Z. Wang, L. Wang, J. S. Yoo, A. M. Kolpak, R. M. Rioux, D. Zanchet, Y. Román-Leshkov
Impact of Transition Metal Carbide and Nitride Supports on the Electronic Structure of Thin Platinum Overlayers
90) K. T. Dinh, M. M. Sullivan, K. Narsimhan, P. Serna, R. J. Meyer, M. Dincǎ, Y. Román-Leshkov
Continuous Partial Oxidation of Methane to Methanol Catalyzed by Diffusion-Paired Cu Dimers in Copper-Exchanged Zeolites
89) W. P. Mounfield III, A. X. Harale, Y. Román-Leshkov
Impact of Morphological Effects on the Activity and Stability of Tungsten Carbide Catalysts for Dry Methane Reforming
88) E. M. Anderson, M. L. Stone, R. Katahira, M. Reed, W. Muchero, K. J. Ramirez, G. T. Beckham, Y. Román-Leshkov
Differences in S/G Ratio in Natural Poplar Variants Do Not Predict Catalytic Depolymerization Monomer Yields
87) S. Zhang, D. F. Consoli, S. Shaikh, Y. Román-Leshkov
Effects of WO3 Nanoparticle Size on Ethylene-Butene Metathesis Activity
86) Z. Jensen, E. Kim, S. Kwon, T. Z. H. Gani, Y. Román-Leshkov, M. Moliner, A. Corma, and E. Olivetti
A Machine Learning Approach to Zeolite Synthesis Enabled by Automatic Data Extraction
85) M. Shetty, D. Zanchet, W. H. Green, and Y. Román-Leshkov
Cooperative Co(0)/Co(II) Sites Stabilized by a Perovskite Matrix Enable Selective C-O and C-C Bond Hydrogenolysis of Oxygenated Arenes
2018
84) D. Consoli, S. Zhang, S. Shaikh, and Y. Román-Leshkov
Influence of Framework Atoms on Olefin Metathesis Activity using MoO3-MFI Catalysts
83) K. Murugappan, E. M. Anderson, D. Teschner, T. E. Jones, K. Skorupska, and Y. Román-Leshkov
Operando NAP-XPS unveils differences in MoO3 and Mo2C during hydrodeoxygenation
82) M. L. Stone, E. M. Anderson, K. M. Meek, M. Reed, R. Katahira, F. Chen, R. A. Dixon, G. T. Beckham, and Y. Román-Leshkov
Reductive Catalytic Fractionation of C-Lignin
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 6: 11211-11218 (2018) [link|pdf]
81) H. D. Park, M. Dinca, and Y. Román-Leshkov
Continuous-flow Production of Succinic Anhydrides via Catalytic β-Lactone Carbonylation by Co(CO)4⊂Cr-MIL-101
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140: 10669-10672 (2018) [link|pdf]
80) K. T. Dinh, M. M. Sullivan, P. Serna, R. J. Meyer, M. Dinca, and Y. Román-Leshkov
Viewpoint on the Partial Oxidation of Methane to Methanol Using Cu- and Fe-Exchanged Zeolites
ACS Catal., 8: 8306-8313 (2018) [link|pdf]
79) W. Schutyser, J. S. Kruger, A. M. Robinson, R. Katahira, D. G. Brandner, N. S. Cleveland, A. Mittal, D. J. Peterson, R. Meilan, Y. Román-Leshkov, and G. T. Beckham
Revisiting alkaline aerobic lignin oxidation
Green Chem., 20: 3828-3844 (2018) [link|pdf]
78) M. J. Orella, Y. Román-Leshkov, and F. R. Brushett
Emerging opportunities for electrochemical processing to enable sustainable chemical manufacturing
Curr. Opin. Chem. Eng., 20: 159-167 (2018) [link|pdf]
77) M. D. Korzynski, D. F. Consoli, S. Zhang, Y. Román-Leshkov, and M. Dinca
Activation of Methyltrioxorhenium for Olefin Metathesis in a Zirconium-Based Metal-Organic Framework
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140: 6956-6960 (2018) [link|pdf]
76) E. M. Anderson, M. L. Stone, M. J. Hülsey, G. T. Beckham, and Y. Román-Leshkov
Kinetic Studies of Lignin Solvolysis and Reduction by Reductive Catalytic Fractionation Decoupled in Flow-Through Reactors
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 6: 7951-7959 (2018) [link|pdf] (Editor's Choice)
75) T. Iida, D. Zanchet, K. Ohara, T. Wakihara, and Y. Román-Leshkov
Concerted bimetallic nanocluster synthesis and encapsulation via induced zeolite framework demetallation for shape and substrate selective heterogeneous catalysis
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 57: 6454-6458 (2018) [link|pdf]
74) S. T. Hunt, and Y. Román-Leshkov
Principles and Methods for the Rational Design of Core-Shell Nanoparticle Catalysts with Ultralow Noble Metal Loadings
Acc. Chem. Res., 51: 1054-1062 (2018) [link|pdf] (selected for cover)
73) T. Iida, Koji Ohara, Y. Román-Leshkov, and T. Wakihara
Zeolites with Isolated Framework and Oligomeric Extraframework Hafnium Species Characterized with Pair Distribution Function Analysis
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 20: 7914-7919 (2018) [link|pdf]
72) J. D. Lewis, M. Ha, H. Luo, A. Faucher, V. K. Michaelis, and Y. Román-Leshkov
Distinguishing Active Site Identity in Sn-Beta Zeolites using 31P MAS NMR of Adsorbed Trimethylphosphine Oxide
ACS Catal., 8: 3076-3086 (2018) [link|pdf]
71) D. S. A. Simakov, and Y. Román-Leshkov
Highly Efficient Methane Reforming over a Low-loading Ru/γ-Al2O3 Catalyst in a Pd-Ag Membrane Reactor
AIChE J., 64: 3101-3108 (2018) [link|pdf]
70) W. P. Mounfield, A. Garg, Y. Shao-Horn, and Y. Román-Leshkov
Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction for the Production of Hydrogen Peroxide
Chem, 4: 18-19 (2018) [link|pdf]
69) A. W. Stubbs, L. Braglia, E. Borfecchia, R. J. Meyer, Y. Román-Leshkov, C. Lamberti, and M. Dinca
Selective Catalytic Olefin Epoxidation with Mn(II)-Exchanged MOF-5
ACS Catal., 8: 596-601 (2018) [link|pdf]
2017
68) D. A. Kuznetsov, B. Han, Y. Yu, R. R. Rao, J. Hwang, Y. Román-Leshkov, and Y. Shao-Horn
Tuning Redox Transitions via Inductive Effect in Metal Oxides and Complexes, and Implications in Oxygen Electrocatalysis
Joule, 2: 225-244 (2017) [link|pdf]
67) T. Iida, M. Shetty, K. Murugappan, Z. Wang, K. Ohara, T. Wakihara, and Y. Román-Leshkov
Encapsulation of molybdenum carbide nanoclusters inside zeolite micropores enables synergistic bifunctional catalysis for anisole hydrodeoxygenation
ACS Catal., 7: 8147-8151 (2017) [link|pdf]
66) E. M. Anderson, M. L. Stone, R. Katahira, M. Reed, G. T. Beckham, and Y. Román-Leshkov
Flowthrough Reductive Catalytic Fractionation of Biomass
Joule 1: 613-622 (2017) [link|pdf]
65) M. Shetty, B. Buesser, Y. Román-Leshkov, and W. H. Green
Computational Investigation on Hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of Acetone to Propylene on a-MoO3 (010) Surface
J. Phys. Chem. C, 121: 17848-17855 (2017) [link|pdf]
64) A. Garg, M. Milina, M. Ball, D. Zanchet, S. T Hunt, J. A. Dumesic, and Y. Román-Leshkov
Transition Metal Nitride Core-Noble Metal Shell Nanoparticles as Highly CO Tolerant Catalysts
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 56:8828-8833 (2017) [link|pdf]
63) A. E. Settle, L. Berstis, N. A. Rorrer, Y. Román-Leshkov, G. T. Beckham, R. M. Richards, and D. R. Vardon
Heterogeneous Diels–Alder catalysis for biomass-derived aromatic compounds
Green Chem., 19:3468-3492 (2017) [link|pdf]
62) Y. Noda, H. Zhang, R. Dasari, R. Singh, C. Ozmeral, Y. Román-Leshkov, and R. M. Rioux
Importance of Dimer Quantification for Accurate Catalytic Evaluation of Lactic Acid Dehydration to Acrylic Acid
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 56:5843-5851(2017) [link|pdf]
61) M. Shetty, K. Murugappan, W. H. Green, and Y. Román-Leshkov
Structural properties and reactivity trends of molybdenum oxide catalysts supported on zirconia for the hydrodeoxygenation of anisole
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 5:5293-5301(2017) [link|pdf]
60) E. M. Anderson, A. Crisci, K. Murugappan, and Y. Román-Leshkov
Bifunctional Molybdenum Polyoxometalates for the Combined Hydrodeoxygenation and Alkylation of Lignin-derived Model Phenolics
ChemSusChem, 10:2226-2234 (2017) [link|pdf]
59) C. H. Hendon, K. T. Butler, A. M. Ganose, Y. Román-Leshkov, D. O. Scanlon, G. A. Ozin, and A. Walsh
Electroactive Nanoporous Metal Oxides and Chalcogenides by Chemical Design
Chem. Mater., 29:3663-3670 (2017) [link|pdf]
58) H. D. Park, M. Dincă, Y. Román-Leshkov
Heterogeneous Epoxide Carbonylation by Cooperative Ion-pair
Catalysis in Co(CO)4–-Incorporated Cr-MIL-101
ACS Cent. Sci., 3:444-448 (2017) [link|pdf]
2016
57) C. H. Hendon, S. T. Hunt, M. Milina, K. T. Butler, A. Walsh, and Y. Román-Leshkov
"Realistic Surface Descriptions of Heterometallic Interfaces: The Case of TiWC Coated in Noble Metals"
56) W. R. Gunther, V. K. Michaelis, R. G. Griffin, and Y. Román-Leshkov
"Interrogating the Lewis Acidity of Metal Sites in Beta Zeolites With 15N Pyridine Adsorption Coupled With MAS NMR Spectroscopy"
55) S. T. Hunt, M. Milina, Z. Wang, and Y. Román-Leshkov
"Activating Earth-Abundant Electrocatalysts for Efficient, Low-Cost Hydrogen Evolution/Oxidation: Sub-Monolayer Platinum Coatings on Titanium Tungsten Carbide Nanoparticles"
54) E. M. Anderson, R. Katahira, M. Reed, M. G. Resch, G. T. Beckham, and Y. Román-Leshkov
"Reductive Catalytic Fractionation of Corn Stover Lignin"
53) H. S. Chen, A. Wang, H. Sorek, J. D. Lewis, Y. Román-Leshkov and A. T. Bell
"Production of Hydroxyl–rich Acids from Xylose and Glucose Using Sn-BEA Zeolite"
52) K. Murugappan, C. Mukarakate, S. Budhi, M. Shetty, M. Nimlos, and Y. Román-Leshkov
"Supported Molybdenum Oxides as Effective Catalysts for the Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass"
51) K. J. Carroll, T. Burger, L. Langenegger, S. Chavez, S. T. Hunt, Y. Román-Leshkov, and F. R. Brushett
"Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Oxygenates using Earth-Abundant Transition-Metal Nanoparticles under Mild Conditions"
50) K. Narsimhan, K. Iyoki, K. Dinh, and Y. Román-Leshkov
"Catalytic Oxidation of Methane into Methanol over Copper-Exchanged Zeolites with Oxygen at Low Temperature"
49) S. T. Hunt, M. Milina, A. C. Alba-Rubio, C. H. Hendon, J. A. Dumesic, and Y. Román-Leshkov
"Self-assembly of noble metal monolayers on transition metal carbide nanoparticle catalysts"
48) H. Y. Luo, J. D. Lewis, and Y. Román-Leshkov
"Lewis Acid Zeolites for Biomass Conversion: Perspectives and Challenges on Reactivity, Synthesis, and Stability"
Annu. Rev. Chem. Biomol. Eng., 7:27.1–27.30 (2016) [link|pdf]
47) Y. Wang, J. D. Lewis, and Y. Román-Leshkov
"Synthesis of Itaconic Acid Ester Analogs via Self-aldol Condensation of Ethyl Pyruvate Catalyzed by Hafnium BEA Zeolites"
46) S. A. M. Said, D. S. A. Simakov, M. Waseeuddin, and Y. Román-Leshkov
"Solar molten salt heated membrane reformer for natural gas upgrading and hydrogen generation: A CFD model"
