Blaž Likozar

Research interests

Publications

• Chemical Recycling Processes of Waste Polyethylene Terephthalate Using Solid Catalysts

  ChemSusChem · 2023 · 10.1002/cssc.202300142

• A review of hydrogen production processes by photocatalytic water splitting – From atomistic catalysis design to optimal reactor engineering

  International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · 2022 · 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.07.210

• Hydrocracking, hydrogenation and hydro-deoxygenation of fatty acids, esters and glycerides: Mechanisms, kinetics and transport phenomena

  Chemical Engineering Journal · 2022 · 10.1016/j.cej.2022.136564

• Synergistic enhancement of photocatalytic CO2 reduction by plasmonic Au nanoparticles on TiO2 decorated N-graphene heterostructure catalyst for high selectivity methane production

  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121181

• Scalable Mechanochemical Amorphization of Bimetallic Cu−Zn MOF-74 Catalyst for Selective CO 2 Reduction Reaction to Methanol

  ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · 2021 · 10.1021/acsami.0c21265

• A review of bio-refining process intensification in catalytic conversion reactions, separations and purifications of hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and furfural

  Chemical Engineering Journal · 2021 · 10.1016/j.cej.2021.132325

• Functional Nanocellulose, Alginate and Chitosan Nanocomposites Designed as Active Film Packaging Materials

  Polymers · 2021 · 10.3390/polym13152523

• Continuous Crystallization Processes in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: A Review

  Organic Process Research & Development · 2020 · 10.1021/acs.oprd.0c00398

• Critical assessment of steady-state kinetic models for the synthesis of methanol over an industrial Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst

  Chemical Engineering Journal · 2020 · 10.1016/j.cej.2020.124181

• Engineering photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic CO2 reduction reactions: Mechanisms, intrinsic kinetics, mass transfer resistances, reactors and multi-scale modelling simulations

  Chemical Engineering Journal · 2020 · 10.1016/j.cej.2020.126799

• A review of sustainable lignocellulose biorefining applying (natural) deep eutectic solvents (DESs) for separations, catalysis and enzymatic biotransformation processes

  Reviews in Chemical Engineering · 2020 · 10.1515/revce-2019-0077

• Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction: A Review of Ab Initio Mechanism, Kinetics, and Multiscale Modeling Simulations

  ACS Catalysis · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c02557

• Propylene Epoxidation using Molecular Oxygen over Copper- and Silver-Based Catalysts: A Review

  ACS Catalysis · 2020 · 10.1021/acscatal.0c03340

• Mechanisms of Copper-Based Catalyst Deactivation during CO2 Reduction to Methanol

  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research · 2019 · 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01898

• The role of copper oxidation state in Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts in CO2 hydrogenation and methanol productivity

  Renewable Energy · 2019 · 10.1016/j.renene.2019.03.073

• Natural deep eutectic solvents (DES) for fractionation of waste lignocellulosic biomass and its cascade conversion to value-added bio-based chemicals

  Biomass and Bioenergy · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2018.12.002

• A review of plasma-assisted catalytic conversion of gaseous carbon dioxide and methane into value-added platform chemicals and fuels

  RSC Advances · 2018 · 10.1039/c8ra03146k

• Hydrogenation and hydrodeoxygenation of aromatic lignin monomers over Cu/C, Ni/C, Pd/C, Pt/C, Rh/C and Ru/C catalysts: Mechanisms, reaction micro-kinetic modelling and quantitative structure-activity relationships

  Chemical Engineering Journal · 2018 · 10.1016/j.cej.2018.11.107

• Mechanism, kinetics and thermodynamics of carbon dioxide hydrogenation to methanol on Cu/ZnAl2O4 spinel-type heterogeneous catalysts

  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental · 2017 · 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.01.077

• Transesterification of oil to biodiesel in a continuous tubular reactor with static mixers: Modelling reaction kinetics, mass transfer, scale-up and optimization considering fatty acid composition

  Fuel Processing Technology · 2015 · 10.1016/j.fuproc.2015.10.035

• Hydrodeoxygenation of solvolysed lignocellulosic biomass by unsupported MoS2, MoO2, Mo2C and WS2 catalysts

  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental · 2014 · 10.1016/j.apcatb.2014.08.032

• Effect of process conditions on equilibrium, reaction kinetics and mass transfer for triglyceride transesterification to biodiesel: Experimental and modeling based on fatty acid composition

  Fuel Processing Technology · 2014 · 10.1016/j.fuproc.2014.01.017

• Transesterification of canola, palm, peanut, soybean and sunflower oil with methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, butanol and tert-butanol to biodiesel: Modelling of chemical equilibrium, reaction kinetics and mass transfer based on fatty acid composition

  Applied Energy · 2014 · 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.02.046

• Hydrodeoxygenation and hydrocracking of solvolysed lignocellulosic biomass by oxide, reduced and sulphide form of NiMo, Ni, Mo and Pd catalysts

  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental · 2013 · 10.1016/j.apcatb.2013.12.030

• Growth, lipid extraction and thermal degradation of the microalga Chlorella vulgaris

  New Biotechnology · 2011 · 10.1016/j.nbt.2011.12.002

Current projects

No projects listed.