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Dai W; Wang R; Chen Z; Deng S; Huang C; Luo W; Chen H, 2023, 'Highly-efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution triggered by spatial confinement effects over co-crystal templated boron-doped carbon nitride hollow nanotubes', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11, pp. 7584 - 7595, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3ta00199g

Chen Z; Wei W; Chen H; Ni BJ, 2023, 'Eco-designed electrocatalysts for water splitting: A path toward carbon neutrality', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48, pp. 6288 - 6307, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.03.046

Deng R; Huo P; Chen X; Chen Z; Yang L; Liu Y; Wei W; Ni BJ, 2023, 'Towards efficient heterotrophic recovery of N2O via Fe(II)EDTA-NO: A modeling study', Science of the Total Environment, 859, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160285

Shi X; Chen Z; Wu L; Wei W; Ni BJ, 2023, 'Microplastics in municipal solid waste landfills: Detection, formation and potential environmental risks', Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coesh.2022.100433

Wu L; Wei W; Chen Z; Chen X; Ni BJ, 2023, 'Long-chain alcohol production in open culture anaerobic fermentation', Chemical Engineering Journal, 452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.139225

Liu X; Tian K; Chen Z; Wei W; Xu B; Ni BJ, 2023, 'Online TG-FTIR-MS analysis of the catalytic pyrolysis of polyethylene and polyvinyl chloride microplastics', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129881

Luo T; Dai X; Chen Z; Wu L; Wei W; Xu Q; Ni BJ, 2023, 'Different microplastics distinctively enriched the antibiotic resistance genes in anaerobic sludge digestion through shifting specific hosts and promoting horizontal gene flow', Water Research, 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.119356

Ma C-Q; Han N; Zhang R-Z; Lin S-N; Chen Z; Liu H; Yu S; Dong R-Z; Wang Y-B; Ni B-J; Xing L-B, 2023, 'Construction of artificial light-harvesting system based on host-guest interactions of sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin and its application in photocatalysis', Environmental Surfaces and Interfaces, 1, pp. 3 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esi.2023.07.001

Chen Z; Han N; Zheng R; Ren Z; Wei W; Ni B, 2023, 'Design of earth‐abundant amorphous transition metal‐based catalysts for electrooxidation of small molecules: Advances and perspectives', SusMat, 3, pp. 290 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sus2.131

Chen Q; Chen Z; Kasomo RM, 2023, 'Surface oxidation promotes the flotation of ilmenite: a critical review', Minerals and Mineral Materials, pp. 4 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/mmm.2022.09

Dai W; Mu J; Chen Z; Zhang J; Pei X; Luo W; Ni BJ, 2022, 'Design of few-layer carbon nitride/BiFeO3 composites for efficient organic pollutant photodegradation', Environmental Research, 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.114190

Wang C; Wei W; Chen Z; Wang Y; Chen X; Ni BJ, 2022, 'Polystyrene microplastics and nanoplastics distinctively affect anaerobic sludge treatment for hydrogen and methane production', Science of the Total Environment, 850, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158085

Shi X; Chen Z; Liu X; Wei W; Ni BJ, 2022, 'The photochemical behaviors of microplastics through the lens of reactive oxygen species: Photolysis mechanisms and enhancing photo-transformation of pollutants', Science of the Total Environment, 846, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157498

Wu L; Wei W; Chen Z; Ni BJ, 2022, 'Medium-chain carboxylate productions through open-culture fermentation of organic wastes', Journal of Cleaner Production, 373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133911

Chen Z; Fang J; Wei W; Ngo HH; Guo W; Ni BJ, 2022, 'Emerging adsorbents for micro/nanoplastics removal from contaminated water: Advances and perspectives', Journal of Cleaner Production, 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133676

Fang J; Ge Y; Chen Z; Xing B; Bao S; Yong Q; Chi R; Yang S; Ni BJ, 2022, 'Flotation purification of waste high-silica phosphogypsum', Journal of Environmental Management, 320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115824

Zhang J; Chen Z; Liu Y; Wei W; Ni BJ, 2022, 'Phosphorus recovery from wastewater and sewage sludge as vivianite', Journal of Cleaner Production, 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133439

Liu X; Wang D; Chen Z; Wei W; Mannina G; Ni BJ, 2022, 'Advances in pretreatment strategies to enhance the biodegradability of waste activated sludge for the conversion of refractory substances', Bioresource Technology, 362, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127804

Wei W; Wang C; Shi X; Zhang YT; Chen Z; Wu L; Ni BJ, 2022, 'Multiple microplastics induced stress on anaerobic granular sludge and an effectively overcoming strategy using hydrochar', Water Research, 222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118895

Chen Z; Wei W; Liu X; Ni BJ, 2022, 'Emerging electrochemical techniques for identifying and removing micro/nanoplastics in urban waters', Water Research, 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118846

Chen Z; Ren Z; Zheng R; Gao H; Ni BJ, 2022, 'Migration behavior of impurities during the purification of waste graphite powders', Journal of Environmental Management, 315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115150

Chen Z; Liu X; Wei W; Chen H; Ni BJ, 2022, 'Removal of microplastics and nanoplastics from urban waters: Separation and degradation', Water Research, 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118820

Wei W; Feng X; Chen Z; Wang R; Chen H, 2022, 'Salt Concentration-Regulated Desalination Mechanism Evolution in Battery Deionization for Freshwater', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 10, pp. 9295 - 9302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c00815

Zou W; Li J; Wang R; Ma J; Chen Z; Duan L; Mi H; Chen H, 2022, 'Hydroxylamine mediated Fenton-like interfacial reaction dynamics on sea urchin-like catalyst derived from spent LiFePO4 battery', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128590

Chen Z; Wei W; Chen H; Ni BJ, 2022, 'Recent advances in waste-derived functional materials for wastewater remediation', Eco-Environment and Health, 1, pp. 86 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eehl.2022.05.001

Liu X; Duan X; Bao T; Hao D; Chen Z; Wei W; Wang D; Wang S; Ni BJ, 2022, 'High-performance photocatalytic decomposition of PFOA by BiOX/TiO2 heterojunctions: Self-induced inner electric fields and band alignment', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.128195

Chen Z; Zheng R; Wei W; Wei W; Ni BJ; Chen H, 2022, 'Unlocking the electrocatalytic activity of natural chalcopyrite using mechanochemistry', Journal of Energy Chemistry, 68, pp. 275 - 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2021.11.005

Chen Z; Zheng R; Li S; Wang R; Wei W; Wei W; Ni BJ; Chen H, 2022, 'Dual-anion etching induced in situ interfacial engineering for high-efficiency oxygen evolution', Chemical Engineering Journal, 431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.134304

Chen Z; Zheng R; Wei W; Wei W; Zou W; Li J; Ni BJ; Chen H, 2022, 'Recycling spent water treatment adsorbents for efficient electrocatalytic water oxidation reaction', Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.106037

Zheng R; Li J; Zhu R; Wang R; Feng X; Chen Z; Wei W; Yang D; Chen H, 2022, 'Enhanced Cr(VI) reduction on natural chalcopyrite mineral modulated by degradation intermediates of RhB', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127206

Chen Z; Wei W; Ni BJ, 2022, 'Transition metal chalcogenides as emerging electrocatalysts for urea electrolysis', Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2021.100888

Chen Z; Wei W; Song L; Ni BJ, 2022, 'Hybrid Water Electrolysis: A New Sustainable Avenue for Energy-Saving Hydrogen Production', Sustainable Horizons, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.horiz.2021.100002

Chen Z; Wei W; Zou W; Li J; Zheng R; Wei W; Ni BJ; Chen H, 2022, 'Integrating electrodeposition with electrolysis for closed-loop resource utilization of battery industrial wastewater', Green Chemistry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1gc04891k

Wang R; Luo S; Zheng R; Shangguan Y; Feng X; Zeng Q; Liang J; Chen Z; Li J; Yang D; Chen H, 2022, 'Interfacial Coordination Bonding-Assisted Redox Mechanism-Driven Highly Selective Precious Metal Recovery on Covalent-Functionalized Ultrathin 1T-MoS2', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c20802

Chen Z; Wei W; Ni B-J; Chen H, 2022, 'Plastic wastes derived carbon materials for green energy and sustainable environmental applications', Environmental Functional Materials, 1, pp. 34 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.efmat.2022.05.005

Wei W; Chen Z; Hao D; Liu X; Ni BJ, 2021, 'Natural diatomite mediated continuous anaerobic sludge digestion: Performance, modelling and mechanisms', Journal of Cleaner Production, 329, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129750

Chen Z; Zheng R; Zou W; Wei W; Li J; Wei W; Ni BJ; Chen H, 2021, 'Integrating high-efficiency oxygen evolution catalysts featuring accelerated surface reconstruction from waste printed circuit boards via a boriding recycling strategy', Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120583

Ren Z; Shen Y; Gao H; Chen H; Liu C; Chen Z, 2021, 'Comparison of Sodium Oleate and Sodium Petroleum Sulfonate for Low-Temperature Flotation of Fluorite and the Collecting Mechanisms', Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, 38, pp. 2527 - 2536, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42461-021-00494-9

Chen Z; Zheng R; Deng S; Wei W; Wei W; Ni BJ; Chen H, 2021, 'Modular design of an efficient heterostructured FeS2/TiO2oxygen evolution electrocatalyst: Via sulfidation of natural ilmenites', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9, pp. 25032 - 25041, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ta08168c

Zhang L; Ni BJ; Liu X; Chen Z; Tian K; Zhu F; Hao D; Cheng D; Wei W, 2021, 'Fe3+ Promoted the Photocatalytic Defluorination of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) over In2O3', ACS ES and T Water, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.1c00275

Graś M; Kolanowski Ł; Chen Z; Lota K; Jurak K; Ryl J; Ni BJ; Lota G, 2021, 'Partial inhibition of borohydride hydrolysis using porous activated carbon as an effective method to improve the electrocatalytic activity of the DBFC anode', Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 5, pp. 4401 - 4413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1se00999k

Chen Z; Zou W; Zheng R; Wei W; Wei W; Ni BJ; Chen H, 2021, 'Synergistic recycling and conversion of spent Li-ion battery leachate into highly efficient oxygen evolution catalysts', Green Chemistry, 23, pp. 6538 - 6547, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1gc01578h

Chen Z; Zheng R; Graś M; Wei W; Lota G; Chen H; Ni BJ, 2021, 'Tuning electronic property and surface reconstruction of amorphous iron borides via W-P co-doping for highly efficient oxygen evolution', Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120037

Li J; Pan W; Liu Q; Chen Z; Chen Z; Feng X; Chen H, 2021, 'Interfacial Engineering of Bi19Br3S27Nanowires Promotes Metallic Photocatalytic CO2Reduction Activity under Near-Infrared Light Irradiation', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, pp. 6551 - 6559, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c01109

Chen Z; Wei W; Ni BJ, 2021, 'Cost-effective catalysts for renewable hydrogen production via electrochemical water splitting: Recent advances', Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2020.100398

Hao D; Liu C; Xu X; Kianinia M; Aharonovich I; Bai X; Liu X; Chen Z; Wei W; Jia G; Ni BJ, 2020, 'Surface defect-abundant one-dimensional graphitic carbon nitride nanorods boost photocatalytic nitrogen fixation', New Journal of Chemistry, 44, pp. 20651 - 20658, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0nj04068a

Chen Z; Ibrahim I; Hao D; Liu X; Wu L; Wei W; Su D; Ni BJ, 2020, 'Controllable design of nanoworm-like nickel sulfides for efficient electrochemical water splitting in alkaline media', Materials Today Energy, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtener.2020.100573

Chen Z; Duan X; Wei W; Wang S; Ni BJ, 2020, 'Electrocatalysts for acidic oxygen evolution reaction: Achievements and perspectives', Nano Energy, 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105392

Chen Z; Duan X; Wei W; Wang S; Ni BJ, 2020, 'Iridium-based nanomaterials for electrochemical water splitting', Nano Energy, 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105270

Wei W; Hao Q; Chen Z; Bao T; Ni BJ, 2020, 'Polystyrene nanoplastics reshape the anaerobic granular sludge for recovering methane from wastewater', Water Research, 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116041


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