Publications of Majd Al-Naji

Bäumel, M.; Brandi, F.; Goncalves, T. J.; Molinari, V.; Rosowski, F.; Al-Naji, M.: Continuous‐flow hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ‐valerolactone in water using platinum on nitrogen‐doped carbon pellets. ChemCatChem 18 (12), e70855 (2026)

Chacon Castro, J. P.; Chetry, S.; Antonietti, M.; Al-Naji, M.: Polyethylene terephthalate monomerization via glycolysis and methanolysis using metal-free basic carbocatalyst. ChemCatChem 18 (3), e01284 (2026)

Al-Naji, M.; Antonietti, M.: Turning polyethylene waste to hydrocarbons using a sustainable acidic carbocatalyst. ChemSusChem 16 (9), e202201991 (2023)

Al-Naji, M.; Brandi, F.; Kumru, B.; Antonietti, M.: Plant-based basic carbocatalyst for lactone ring-opening polymerization and isosorbide transesterification with high efficiency. ChemCatChem 15 (1), e202201095 (2023)

Brandi, F.; Pandalone, B.; Al-Naji, M.: Flow-through reductive catalytic fractionation of beech wood sawdust. RSC Sustainability 1 (3), pp. 459 - 469 (2023)

Brandi, F.; Al-Naji, M.: Sustainable sorbitol dehydration to isosorbide using solid acid catalysts: transition from batch reactor to continuous flow system. ChemSusChem 15 (5), e202102525 (2022)

Al-Naji, M.; Schlaad, H.; Antonietti, M.: New (and old) monomers from biorefineries to make polymer chemistry more sustainable. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 42 (3), 2000485 (2021)

Bauer, F.; Meyer, R.; Bertmer, M.; Naumov, S.; Al-Naji, M.; Wissel, J.; Steinhart, M.; Enke, D.: Silanization of siliceous materials, part 3: modification of surface energy and acid-base properties of silica nanoparticles determined by inverse gas chromatography (IGC). Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 618, 126472 (2021)

Brandi, F.; Antonietti, M.; Al-Naji, M.: Controlled lignosulfonate depolymerization via solvothermal fragmentation coupled with catalytic hydrogenolysis/hydrogenation in continuous flow reactor. Green Chemistry 23 (24), pp. 9894 - 9905 (2021)

Brandi, F.; Khalil, I.; Antonietti, M.; Al-Naji, M.: Continuous-flow production of isosorbide from aqueous-cellulosic derivable feed over sustainable heterogeneous catalysts. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 9 (2), pp. 927 - 935 (2021)

Qin, Q.; Brandi, F.; Badamdorj, B.; Oschatz, M.; Al-Naji, M.: Preparation and functionalization of free-standing nitrogen-doped carbon-based catalyst electrodes for electrocatalytic N₂ fixation. Molecular Catalysis 515, 111935 (2021)

Smith, C. A.; Brandi, F.; Al-Naji, M.; Guterman, R.: Resin-supported iridium complex for low-temperature vanillin hydrogenation using formic acid in water. RSC Advances 11 (26), pp. 15835 - 15840 (2021)

Al-Naji, M.; Popova, M.; Chen, Z.; Wilde, N.; Gläser, R.: Aqueous-phase hydrogenation of levulinic acid using formic acid as a sustainable reducing agent over Pt catalysts supported on mesoporous zirconia. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 8 (1), pp. 393 - 402 (2020)

Al-Naji, M.; Van Aelst, J.; Liao, Y.; d'Halluin, M.; Tian, Z.; Wang, C.; Gläser, R.; Sels, B. F.: Pentanoic acid from γ-valerolactone and formic acid using bifunctional catalysis. Green Chemistry 22 (4), pp. 1171 - 1181 (2020)

Brandi, F.; Bäumel, M.; Molinari, V.; Shekova, I.; Lauermann, I.; Heil, T.; Antonietti, M.; Al-Naji, M.: Nickel on nitrogen-doped carbon pellets for continuous flow hydrogenation of biomass derived-compounds in water. Green Chemistry 22 (9), pp. 2755 - 2766 (2020)

Brandi, F.; Bäumel, M.; Shekova, I.; Molinari, V.; Al-Naji, M.: 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural hydrodeoxygenation to 2,5-dimethylfuran in continuous-flow system over Ni on nitrogen-doped carbon. Sustainable Chemistry 1 (2), pp. 106 - 115 (2020)

Klemm, M.; Kröger, M.; Görsch, K.; Lange, R.; Hilpmann, G.; Lali, F.; Haase, S.; Krusche, M.; Ullrich, F.; Chen, Z. et al.; Wilde, N.; Al-Naji, M.; Gläser, R.: Experimental evaluation of a new approach for a two-stage hydrothermal biomass liquefaction process. Energies 13 (14), 3692 (2020)

Mendoza Mesa, J. A.; Brandi, F.; Shekova, I.; Antonietti, M.; Al-Naji, M.: p-Xylene from 2,5-dimethylfuran and acrylic acid using zeolite in continuous flow system. Green Chemistry 22 (21), pp. 7389 - 7405 (2020)

Al-Naji, M.; Puértola, B.; Kumru, B.; Cruz, D.; Bäumel, M.; Schmidt, B. V. K. J.; Tarakina, N. V.; Pérez‐Ramírez, J.: Sustainable continuous flow valorization of γ‐valerolactone with trioxane to α‐methylene‐γ‐valerolactone over basic beta zeolite. ChemSusChem 12 (12), pp. 2628 - 2636 (2019)

Kumru, B.; Mendoza Mesa, J.; Antonietti, M.; Al-Naji, M.: Metal-free visible-light-induced dithiol–ene clicking via carbon nitride to valorize 4-pentenoic acid as a functional monomer. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7 (21), pp. 17574 - 17579 (2019)