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Udishnu Sanyal

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Richland, WA 99352
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PNNL Patents

PNNL Publications

2023

  • Kallupalayam Ramasamy K., M.F. Guo, U. Sanyal, and L. Meyer. 2023. Mixed Oxygenate Conversion to Sustainable Aviation Fuel via Ketones Intermediate. PNNL-34857. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Mixed Oxygenate Conversion to Sustainable Aviation Fuel via Ketones Intermediate
  • Sanyal U., F. Lin, and P. Wang. 2023. Conversion of Syngas and CO2 to Light Olefins using Multi-Functional Catalysts. PNNL-34869. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Conversion of Syngas and CO2 to Light Olefins using Multi-Functional Catalysts
  • Sprueill H.W., C. Edwards, M.V. Olarte, U. Sanyal, H. Ji, and S. Choudhury. 2023. "Monte Carlo Thought Search: Large Language Model Querying for Complex Scientific Reasoning in Catalyst Design." In Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EMNLP2023), December 6-10, 2023, Singapore, edited by H. Bouamor, J. Pino, and K. Bali, 8348-8365. PNNL-SA-188070. doi:10.18653/v1/2023.findings-emnlp.560

2022

  • Akhade S.A., M. Lee, L. Meyer, S.F. Yuk, M. Nguyen, U. Sanyal, and J.D. Egbert, et al. 2022. "Impact of functional groups on the electrocatalytic hydrogenation of aromatic carbonyls to alcohols." Catalysis Today 397-399. PNNL-SA-160948. doi:10.1016/j.cattod.2021.11.047
  • Barth I., J. Akinola, J. Lee, O.Y. Gutierrez-Tinoco, U. Sanyal, N. Singh, and B.R. Goldsmith. 2022. "Explaining the Structure Sensitivity of Pt and Rh for Aqueous-Phase Hydrogenation of Phenol." Journal of Chemical Physics 156, no. 10:Art. No. 104703. PNNL-SA-170789. doi:10.1063/5.0085298
  • Eswaran S.C., S. Subramaniam, U. Sanyal, R.J. Rallo Moya, and X. Zhang. 2022. "Molecular structural dataset of lignin macromolecule elucidating experimental structural compositions." Scientific Data 9, no. 1:Art. No. 647. PNNL-SA-178268. doi:10.1038/s41597-022-01709-4
  • Kilgore U.J., and U. Sanyal. 2022. An Improved Pathway to Ethylene Glycol via CO2. PNNL-33530. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. An Improved Pathway to Ethylene Glycol via CO2.

2021

  • Chu Y., U. Sanyal, X.S. Li, Y. Qiu, M. Song, M.H. Engelhard, and S.D. Davidson, et al. 2021. "Tuning proton transfer and catalytic properties in triple junction nanostructured catalyts." Nano Energy 86. PNNL-SA-156457. doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106046
  • Ma R., U. Sanyal, M.V. Olarte, H.M. Job, M.S. Swita, S.B. Jones, and P.A. Meyer, et al. 2021. "Role of peracetic acid on the disruption of lignin packing structure and its consequence on lignin depolymerisation." Green Chemistry 23, no. 21:8468-8479. PNNL-SA-159270. doi:10.1039/D1GC02300D
  • Sanyal U., K. Koh, L. Meyer, A.J. Karkamkar, and O.Y. Gutierrez-Tinoco. 2021. "Simultaneous electrocatalytic hydrogenation of aldehydes and phenol over carbon-supported metals." Journal of Applied Electrochemistry 51, no. 1:27-36. PNNL-SA-155530. doi:10.1007/s10800-020-01464-7
  • Sanyal U., S.F. Yuk, K. Koh, M. Lee, K. Stoerzinger, D. Zhang, and L. Meyer, et al. 2021. "Hydrogen bonding enhances the electrochemical hydrogenation of benzaldehyde in the aqueous phase." Angewandte Chemie International Edition 60, no. 1:290-296. PNNL-SA-155228. doi:10.1002/anie.202008178

2020

  • Andrews E.M., J.A. Lopez-Ruiz, J.D. Egbert, K. Koh, U. Sanyal, M. Song, and D. Li, et al. 2020. "Performance of base and noble metals for electrocatalytic hydrogenation of bio-oil-derived oxygenated compounds." ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 8, no. 11:4407-4418. PNNL-SA-149793. doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b07041
  • Andrews E.M., J.D. Egbert, U. Sanyal, J.D. Holladay, and R.S. Weber. 2020. "Anode-Boosted Electrolysis in Electrochemical Upgrading of Bio-oils and in the Production of H2." Energy and Fuels 34, no. 2:1099-1100. PNNL-SA-145714. doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b02524
  • Koh K., U. Sanyal, M. Lee, G. Cheng, M. Song, V. Glezakou, and Y. Liu, et al. 2020. "Electrochemically tunable proton-coupled electron transfer in Pd-catalyzed benzaldehyde hydrogenation." Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59, no. 4:1501-1505. PNNL-SA-144918. doi:10.1002/anie.201912241
  • Qiu Y., J.A. Lopez-Ruiz, U. Sanyal, E.M. Andrews, O.Y. Gutierrez-Tinoco, and J.D. Holladay. 2020. "Anodic electrocatalytic conversion of carboxylic acids on thin films of RuO2, IrO2, and Pt." Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 277. PNNL-SA-153956. doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119277
  • Singh N., U. Sanyal, G.M. Ruehl, K.A. Stoerzinger, O.Y. Gutierrez-Tinoco, D.M. Camaioni, and J.L. Fulton, et al. 2020. "Aqueous phase catalytic and electrocatalytic hydrogenation of phenol and benzaldehyde over platinum group metals." Journal of Catalysis 382. PNNL-SA-150490. doi:10.1016/j.jcat.2019.12.034

2019

  • Lopez-Ruiz J.A., E.M. Andrews, S.A. Akhade, M. Lee, K. Koh, U. Sanyal, and S.F. Yuk, et al. 2019. "Understanding the role of metal and molecular structure on the electrocatalytic hydrogenation of oxygenated organic compounds." ACS Catalysis 9, no. 11:9964-9972. PNNL-SA-145115. doi:10.1021/acscatal.9b02921
  • Sanyal U., Y. Song, N. Singh, J.L. Fulton, J.S. Herranz, A. Jentys, and O.Y. Gutierrez-Tinoco, et al. 2019. "Structure sensitivity in hydrogenation reactions on Pt/C in aqueous-phase." ChemCatChem 11, no. 1:575-582. PNNL-SA-138838. doi:10.1002/cctc.201801344
  • Singh N., U. Sanyal, J.L. Fulton, O.Y. Gutierrez-Tinoco, J.A. Lercher, and C.T. Campbell. 2019. "Quantifying adsorption of organic molecules on platinum in aqueous phase by hydrogen site blocking and in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy." ACS Catalysis 9, no. 8:6869-6881. PNNL-SA-144087. doi:10.1021/acscatal.9b01415

2018

  • Lopez-Ruiz J.A., U. Sanyal, J.D. Egbert, O.Y. Gutierrez-Tinoco, and J.D. Holladay. 2018. "Kinetic Investigation of the Sustainable Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Benzaldehyde on Pd/C. Effect of Electrolyte Composition and Half-cell Potentials." ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 6, no. 12:16073-16085. PNNL-SA-131189. doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b02637
  • Sanyal U., J.A. Lopez-Ruiz, A.B. Padmaperuma, J.D. Holladay, and O.Y. Gutierrez-Tinoco. 2018. "Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Oxygenated Compounds in Aqueous Phase." Organic Process Research & Development 22, no. 12:1590-1598. PNNL-SA-137711. doi:10.1021/acs.oprd.8b00236
  • Song Y., U. Sanyal, D. Pangotra, J.D. Holladay, D.M. Camaioni, O.Y. Gutierrez-Tinoco, and J.A. Lercher. 2018. "Hydrogenation of benzaldehyde via electrocatalysis and thermal catalysis on carbon-supported metals." Journal of Catalysis 359. PNNL-SA-125668. doi:10.1016/j.jcat.2017.12.026

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