By Ms Lan Wu

Book Chapters

Xu Q; Wu L; Liu X; Wei W; Ni BJ, 2026, 'Long-chain alcohols production from sewage sludge', in High Value Bioenergy Recovery from Wastewater, pp. 145 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-29127-2.00015-8

Wu L; Liu X; Wei W; Ni BJ, 2026, 'Medium-chain fatty acids production from sewage sludge', in High Value Bioenergy Recovery from Wastewater, pp. 123 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-29127-2.00003-1

Ni B-J; Wu L; Shi X; Wei W, 2023, '8 Application of biochar for improving sewage sludge treatment', in Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Elsevier, pp. 229 - 257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-91873-2.00007-8

Wei W; Wu L; Ngo HH; Guo W; Ni B-J, 2022, 'Chapter 7 Sequestration of nitrous oxide for nutrient recovery and product formation', in Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals, Elsevier, pp. 155 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823500-3.00017-0

Journal articles

Wu L; Feng K; Wang C; Zhang J; Long Y; Hou Y; Wei W, 2026, 'Decoding Ammonia Inhibition in Waste Activated Sludge Fermentation for Valuable Liquid Products: Performance and Microbiology Insight', ACS Es and T Engineering, 6, pp. 1128 - 1137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.5c01033

Qian J; Bai S; Wu L; Geng M; Chen G; Jiang F, 2026, 'Energy recovery from corn straw-based biochar@MIL-88A(Fe)-mediated anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge under norfloxacin: Metabolism and antibiotic resistance gene fates', Journal of Environmental Sciences China, 161, pp. 350 - 359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2025.07.034

Wang C; Wei W; Wu L; Liu X; Chen Z; Hou Y; Ni BJ, 2026, 'Adaptive Microbial Dynamics in Hydrochar-Enhanced Chain Elongation under Loading Rate Regulation Explored through Mechanistic Network Analysis', Environmental Science Technology, 60, pp. 774 - 787, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c09829

Azad B; Wu L; Duan H; Qian J, 2025, 'Enhanced anaerobic digestion performance with carbon-based material additives towards sustainable energy production: A comprehensive review', Journal of Cleaner Production, 525, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.146616

Liu X; Wei W; Chen Z; Wu L; Duan H; Zheng M; Wang D; Ni BJ, 2025, 'The threats of micro- and nanoplastics to aquatic ecosystems and water health', Nature Water, 3, pp. 764 - 781, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44221-025-00464-1

Xu W; Wu L; Geng M; Zhou J; Bai S; Nguyen DV; Ma R; Wu D; Qian J, 2025, 'Biochar@MIL-88A(Fe) accelerates direct interspecies electron transfer and hydrogen transfer in waste activated sludge anaerobic digestion: Exploring electron transfer and biomolecular mechanisms', Environmental Research, 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.120810

Wang Y; Wei W; Yang D; Wu L; Chen X; Dai X; Ni BJ, 2025, 'Unraveling temperature effects on caproate and caprylate production from waste activated sludge', Bioresource Technology, 417, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131844

Wang Y; Wu SL; Wei W; Wu L; Huang S; Dai X; Ni BJ, 2025, 'pH-dependent medium-chain fatty acid synthesis in waste activated sludge fermentation: Metabolic pathway regulation', Journal of Environmental Management, 373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123722

Wang C; Wei W; Wu L; Liu X; Duan H; Chen Z; Hou YN; Chen X; Ni BJ, 2024, 'Electron Donor-Driven Microalgae Upgrading into High-Value Fatty Acids via a Microbial Platform', ACS Es and T Engineering, 4, pp. 3080 - 3091, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.4c00414

Shi X; Ju F; Wei W; Wu L; Chen X; Ni BJ, 2024, 'Bioaugmentation of microalgae fermentation with yeast for enhancing microbial chain elongation: In-situ ethanol production and metabolic potential', Chemical Engineering Journal, 498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.155742

Wu L; Ngo HH; Wang C; Hou Y; Chen X; Guo W; Duan H; Ni BJ; Wei W, 2024, 'Lactobacillus inoculation mediated carboxylates and alcohols production from waste activated sludge fermentation system: Insight into process outcomes and metabolic network', Bioresource Technology, 409, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131191

Wu SL; Wu L; Wei W; Shentu J; Long Y; Shen D; Ni BJ, 2024, 'Challenges and enhancement technologies of medium chain carboxylates production in open culture anaerobic fermentation', Chemical Engineering Journal, 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.153224

Bosco Mofatto PM; Cosenza A; Di Trapani D; Wu L; Ni BJ; Mannina G, 2024, 'Carbon footprint reduction by coupling intermittent aeration with submerged MBR: A pilot plant study', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.113115

Long Y; Chen Z; Wu L; Liu X; Hou YN; Vernuccio S; Wei W; Wong WY; Ni BJ, 2024, 'Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to Alcohols: Progress and Perspectives', Small Science, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smsc.202400129

Wang C; Wei W; Wu L; Wang Y; Dai X; Ni BJ, 2024, 'A Novel Sustainable and Self-Sufficient Biotechnological Strategy for Directly Transforming Sewage Sludge into High-Value Liquid Biochemicals', Environmental Science and Technology, 58, pp. 12520 - 12531, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c03165

Wang Y; Wei W; Dai X; Wu L; Chen X; Ni BJ, 2024, 'Different Electron Donors Drive the Variation in the Performance of Medium-Chain Fatty Acid Production from Waste-Activated Sludge', ACS Es and T Engineering, 4, pp. 650 - 659, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.3c00423

Wu L; Wei W; Chen Z; Shi X; Qian J; Ni BJ, 2024, 'Novel anaerobic fermentation paradigm of producing medium-chain fatty acids from food wastes with self-produced ethanol as electron donor', Chemical Engineering Journal, 483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.149236

Shi X; Wei W; Wu L; Huang Y; Ni BJ, 2024, 'Biosynthesis mechanisms of medium-chain carboxylic acids and alcohols in anaerobic microalgae fermentation regulated by pH conditions', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.01250-23

Chen Z; Yun S; Wu L; Zhang J; Shi X; Wei W; Liu Y; Zheng R; Han N; Ni BJ, 2023, 'Waste-Derived Catalysts for Water Electrolysis: Circular Economy-Driven Sustainable Green Hydrogen Energy', Nano Micro Letters, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40820-022-00974-7

Wu L; Wei W; Qian J; Chen X; Ni BJ, 2023, 'Converting food waste into high-value medium chain fatty acids and long chain alcohols via chain elongation with an internally produced electron donor', Green Chemistry, 25, pp. 10567 - 10575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3gc03614f

Wu L; Wei W; Wang C; Ni BJ, 2023, 'Toward high carbon recovery: Novel strategies to hindering the occurrence of competitive reactions during chain elongation process', Journal of Cleaner Production, 419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.138340

Wu L; Wei W; Chen Z; Shi X; Wang D; Chen X; Ni BJ, 2023, 'Medium chain fatty acids production from anaerobic fermentation of food wastes: The role of fermentation pH in metabolic pathways', Chemical Engineering Journal, 472, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.144824

Chen Z; Shi X; Zhang J; Wu L; Wei W; Ni BJ, 2023, 'Nanoplastics are significantly different from microplastics in urban waters', Water Research X, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2023.100169

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

Huo P; Deng R; Chen X; Yang L; Liu Y; Wu L; Wei W; Ni BJ, 2023, 'Model-based evaluation of N2O recovery as an energy source in sulfur-driven NO-based autotrophic denitrification', Chemical Engineering Journal, 453, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.139732

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

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

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

Wu L; Wei W; Liu X; Wang D; Ni BJ, 2022, 'Potentiality of recovering bioresource from food waste through multi-stage Co-digestion with enzymatic pretreatment', Journal of Environmental Management, 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115777

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

Wei W; Shi X; Wu L; Liu X; Ni BJ, 2022, 'Calcium peroxide pre-treatment improved the anaerobic digestion of primary sludge and its co-digestion with waste activated sludge', Science of the Total Environment, 828, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154404

Wu L; Wang LK; Wei W; Ni BJ, 2022, 'Autotrophic denitrification of NO for effectively recovering N2O through using thiosulfate as sole electron donor', Bioresource Technology, 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126681

Shi X; Wu L; Wei W; Ni BJ, 2022, 'Insights into the microbiomes for medium-chain carboxylic acids production from biowastes through chain elongation', Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 52, pp. 3787 - 3812, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2021.1957342

Wu L; Wang LK; Wei W; Song L; Ni BJ, 2022, 'Sulfur-driven autotrophic denitrification of nitric oxide for efficient nitrous oxide recovery', Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 119, pp. 257 - 267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.27970

Wu ZY; Xu J; Wu L; Ni BJ, 2022, 'Three-dimensional biofilm electrode reactors (3D-BERs) for wastewater treatment', Bioresource Technology, 344, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126274

Shi X; Wei W; Wu L; Ni BJ, 2021, 'Zero-valent iron mediated biological wastewater and sludge treatment', Chemical Engineering Journal, 426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.130821

Wang C; Wu L; Zhang YT; Wei W; Ni BJ, 2021, 'Unravelling the impacts of perfluorooctanoic acid on anaerobic sludge digestion process', Science of the Total Environment, 796, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149057

Wei W; Shi X; Wu L; Ni BJ, 2021, 'Insights into coconut shell incineration bottom ash mediated microbial hydrogen production from waste activated sludge', Journal of Cleaner Production, 322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129157

Wu L; Wei W; Song L; Woźniak-Karczewska M; Chrzanowski Ł; Ni BJ, 2021, 'Upgrading biogas produced in anaerobic digestion: Biological removal and bioconversion of CO2 in biogas', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111448

Wu L; Wei W; Wang D; Ni BJ, 2021, 'Improving nutrients removal and energy recovery from wastes using hydrochar', Science of the Total Environment, 783, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146980

Wei W; Wu L; Shi X; Ni BJ, 2021, 'Mechanisms of CuO Nanoparticles at an Environmentally Relevant Level Enhancing Production of Hydrogen from Anaerobic Fermentation of Waste-Activated Sludge', ACS Es and T Water, 1, pp. 1495 - 1502, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.1c00049

Wu L; Wei W; Ni BJ, 2021, 'Response to Comment on "a Critical Review on Nitrous Oxide Production by Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea"', Environmental Science and Technology, 55, pp. 799 - 800, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c08136

Wu L; Wei W; Xu J; Chen X; Liu Y; Peng L; Wang D; Ni BJ, 2021, 'Denitrifying biofilm processes for wastewater treatment: Developments and perspectives', Environmental Science Water Research and Technology, 7, pp. 40 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ew00576b

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

Wu L; Chen X; Wei W; Liu Y; Wang D; Ni BJ, 2020, 'A Critical Review on Nitrous Oxide Production by Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea', Environmental Science and Technology, 54, pp. 9175 - 9190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c03948

Wei W; Wu L; Liu X; Chen Z; Hao Q; Wang D; Liu Y; Peng L; Ni BJ, 2020, 'How does synthetic musks affect methane production from the anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge?', Science of the Total Environment, 713, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136594

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