Sam Toan

Sam Toan
Professional Title
Associate Professor

Education

  • PhD Petroleum Engineering | University of Wyoming
  • M.S. Chemical Engineering | University of Wyoming
  • M.S. Petroleum Engineering | University of Wyoming
  • B.S. Chemical Engineering/Chemistry | University of Wisconsin - Madison

Teaching Courses

  • ChE 3111 Fluid Mechanics
  • ChE 3211 Chemical Engineering Lab
  • ChE 4301 Chemical Reaction Engineering
  • ChE 4402 Process Dynamics and Control
  • ChE 5121 Advanced Thermodynamics
  • ChE 5131 Polymer Engineering

Professional Associations

  • AIChE
  • ACS

Research Themes

  • Nanomaterials
  • Greenhouse gases capture and conversion
  • Energy materials
  • Biofuel
  • Air capture
  • Chemical-looping
  • Polymers
  • Molecular separations
  • Catalysis
  • Battery & energy storage
  • Biomedical

Examples of Research Projects

CO2 Capture projects

  • Direct Air Capture
  • Direct Ocean Capture
  • Flue Gas Capture

Value added chemicals/fuel production from material of environmental concern conversion projects

  • Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to Butanol
  • Fuel conversion from plastic wastes
  • Hydrogen production via pyrolysis

Developing novel green-low-cost-super capacitor battery

Examples of Technical Publications

Out of about 50 peer-reviewed publications
Citations over 2,200; recent average over 440/year; h-index 24; i10-index 35; Google Scholar

  1. Sun, Z; Toan, S; Chen, S; Xiang, W; Fan, M; Zhu, M; Ma, S. Biomass pyrolysis-gasification over Zr promoted CaO-HZSM-5 catalysts for hydrogen and bio-oil co-production with CO2 capture. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2017), 42(25), 16031-16044.
  2. Yao, H; Toan, S; Fan, M; Huang, L; Wang Y; Russell, AG; Lou, G; Fei, W. TiO(OH)2 – A highly effective catalyst for significant improvement of CO 2 desorption kinetics and thus large reduction in CO2 capture cost: A new pathway . Scientific Report-Nature (2017), 7(2943).
  3. Toan, S; Lai, Q; O’Dell, W; Sun, Z; Song, H; Zhao, Y; Radosz, M; Adidharma, H; Russell, A; Yao, H; Wang, Y; Fei, W; Fan, M. Green, Safe, Fast, and Inexpensive Removal of CO2 from Non-Carcinogenic Aqueous KHCO3 Solutions Using a TiO(OH)2 Catalyst: A Milestone Toward Truly Low-Cost CO 2 Capture That Can Ease Implementing the Paris Climate Accord. Nano Energy (2018), 53, 508-512.
  4. Toan, S; Lai, Q; Cheng, H; Assiri, M; Russell, A; Adidharma, H; Radosz, M; Fan, M. Catalyst-TiO(OH)2 could drastically reduce the energy consumption of CO2 capture. Nature Communication (2018), 9:2672.
  5. Wu, F; Dellenback, P; Russell, K; Toan, S; Gasem, K; Adidharma, A; Radosz, M; Fan, M. TiO(OH)2 can exceed the critical limit of conventional CO 2 sorbents: modification needed for high capacity and selectivity. Royal Society of Chemistry (2018), 54, 8395-8398
  6. Toan, S; O’Dell, W; Russell, C; Zhao, S; Lai, Q; Song, H; Zhao, Y; Fan, M. Thermodynamics of NaHCO3 decomposition during Na2CO3-based CO2 capture. Journal of Environmental Sciences (2019), 78, 74-80.
  7. Sun, Z; Wu, X; Russell, C; Dyar, M; Sklute, E; Toan, S; Fan, M; Duan, L; Xiang, W. Synergistic enhancement of chemical looping-based CO2 splitting with biomass cascade utilization using cyclic stabilized Ca2Fe2O 5 aerogel. Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2019), 7, 1216-1226.
  8. Ma, S; Chen, S; Zhu, M; Zhao, Z; Hu, J; Wu, M; Toan, S; Xiang, W. Enhanced sintering resistance of Fe2O3/CeO2 oxygen carrier for chemical looping hydrogen generation using core-shell structure. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2019), 44 (13), 6491-6504.
  9. Liu, Y; Sun, Z; Toan, S; Chen, S; Xiang, W. Investigations on fluid dynamics of binary particles in a dual fluidized bed reactor system for enhanced calcium looping gasification process. Powder Technology (2020), 361, 803-811.
  10. Zhou, H; Toan, S. Pathological Roles of Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Dynamics in Cardiac Microvascular Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury. Biomolecules (2020), 10-85.
  11. Wang, J; Toan, S; Zhou, H. Mitochondrial quality control in cardiac microvascular ischemia-reperfusion injury: New insights into the mechanisms and therapeutic potentials. Pharmacological Research (2020); 156 (104771).
  12. Li, R; Toan, S; Zhou, H. Role of mitochondrial quality control in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Aging (2020), 12.
  13. Wang, J; Toan, S; Zhou, H. New insights into the role of mitochondria in cardiac microvascular ischemia/reperfusion injury. Angiogenesis (2020).
  14. Sun, Z; Chen, Z; Toan, S; Sun, Z. Chemical looping deoxygenated gasification: An implication for efficient biomass utilization with high-quality syngas modulation and CO2 reduction. Energy Conversion and Management (2020), 215, 112913
  15. Wang, Y; Jasper, H; Toan, S; Muid, D; Chang, X; Zhou, H. Mitophagy coordinates the mitochondrial unfolded protein response to attenuate inflammation-mediated myocardial injury. Redox Biology (2021), 45, 102049
  16. Weng, Q; Toan, S; Ai, RS.; Sun, Z; Sun, Z. Ammonia production from biomass via a chemical looping-based hybrid system. Journal of Cleaner Production (2021), 289, 125749
  17. Cheng, H; Song, H; Toan, S; Wang, B; Gasem, K; Fan, M; Cheng, F. Experimental investigation of CO2 adsorption and desorption on multi-type amines loaded HZSM-5 zeolites. Chemical Engineering Journal (2021), 406, 126882
  18. Zhou, H; Ren, J; Toan, S; Mui, D. Role of mitochondrial quality surveillance in myocardial infarction: From bench to bedside. Ageing Research Reviews (2021), 66, 101250
  19. Zhu, H; Toan, S; Mui, D; Zhou, H. Mitochondrial quality surveillance as a therapeutic target in myocardial infarction. ACTA Physiologica (2021), 231(3), e13590
  20. Zhang, C; Wang, Z; Chu, L; Chen, R; Zhang, J; Toan, S; Bagley, D; Sun, J; Dong, S; Fan, M. Unified photoelectrocatalytic microbial fuel cell harnessing 3D binder-free photocathode for simultaneous power generation and high-efficiency removal of oxytetracycline in anode and methyl orange in cathode. Journal of Power Sources (2021), 481, 229133
  21. Luedtke, Z; Sun, Z; Aro, M; Toan, S. Carbon Capture Materials and Technologies: A Review. Current Research in Materials Chemistry (2021), 3(1): 108
  22. Xu, R; Lu, WQ; Toan, S; Zhou, ZR; Russell, CK, Sun, Z; Sun, ZQ. Thermocatalytic formic acid dehydrogenation: recent advances and emerging trends. Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2021), 9(43), 24241-24260
  23. Lu, WQ; Zhang, RJ; Toan, S; Xu, R; Zhou, FY; Sun, Z. Microchannel structure design for hydrogen supply from methanol steam reforming. Chemical Engineering Journal (2022), 429, 132286.
  24. Zeng, L; Wei, D; Toan, S; Sun, Z; Sun, ZQ. Sorption-enhanced chemical looping oxidative steam reforming of methanol for on-board hydrogen supply. Green Energy & Environment (2022), 7(1), 145-155
  25. Akeeb, O; Wang, L; Xie, W; Davis, R; Alkasrawi, M; Toan, S. Post-combustion CO2 capture via a variety of temperature ranges and material adsorption process: A review. Journal of Environmental Management. 313 (2022) 115026
  26. Wang, L; Saeed, M; Luo, J; Lee, A; Simonet, R; Sun, Z; Walker, N.; Aro, M.; Davis, R.; Zahra, M. A.; Alkasrawi, M.; Toan, S. Highly Efficient Removal of CO 2 Using Water-Lean KHCO3/Isopropanol Solutions. Atmosphere (2022) 13, 1521
  27. Sun, Z; Liu, H; Toan, S; Shi, W; Cheng, D; Sun, Z. Deoxygenation-enhanced chemical looping gasification: a new pathway to produce hydrogen from biomass. Green Chemistry (2022), 24(6), 2613-2623.
  28. Luo, J; Han, H; Wu, J; Wang, X; Feng, J; Toan, S. Wang, L; Lai, Y. Excellent photocatalytic activity of MoO3-adorned g-C3N4 systems: Construction of S-scheme heterojunction. Applied Surface Science (2022), 604, 154512
  29. Sun, D; Wang, J; Toan, S; Muid, D; Li, R; Chang, X; Zhou, H. Molecular mechanisms of coronary microvascular endothelial dysfunction in diabetes mellitus: focus on mitochondrial quality surveillance. Angiogenesis (2022), 25(3), 307-329
  30. Sun, Z; Liu, J; Zhang, R; Wu, Y; Li, H; Toan, S; Sun, Z. Fabricating Ga doped and MgO embedded nanomaterials for sorption-enhanced steam reforming of methanol. Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2022), 10(13), 7300-7313

Textbook Publications

Toan, Bahareh Nojabaei and Hertanto Adidharma. ISBN: 978-1548004873