By Professor Bing-Jie Ni

Journal articles

Wang JJ; Liu SY; Yuan SJ; Chen Z; Dong B; Ni BJ; Dai XH, 2027, 'Multiscale electronic microenvironment engineering enables mixed-pathway peroxymonosulfate activation', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 400, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2026.127240

Chen Z; Ding L; Wang C; Fang J; Shi C; Wei W; Eshtiaghi N; Ni BJ, 2026, 'Dynamic magnetic capture-catalytic pyrolysis for aquatic micro- and nanoplastic management', Nature Communications, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76418-2

Wang G; Chen Z; Zhu J; Xie J; Wei W; Yan YM; Ni BJ, 2026, 'High-Entropy Amorphous Catalysts for Water Electrolysis: A New Frontier', Nano Micro Letters, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40820-025-01936-5

Wang Y; Ji Y; Luo X; Zhu T; Ni BJ; Liu Y, 2026, 'Staged modulation using synergistic alkaline biochar-ferrate enhances medium-chain fatty acid production from waste activated sludge', Communications Engineering, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44172-025-00558-4

Parsa SM; Askari M; Miraboutalebi SMR; Ngo HH; Ni BJ; Guo W, 2026, 'Acid-engineered carbon electrodes for microbial electrochemical energy systems: Mapping synergies and trade-offs via comprehensive abiotic analysis', Journal of Power Sources, 692, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2026.241067

Luo X; Ji Y; Yang X; Hou J; Wang Y; Zhu T; Zhao Y; Tong Y; Ni BJ; Liu Y, 2026, 'Enhancing waste activated sludge dewatering and simultaneously inhibiting microbial viability by Fe(Ⅱ)-activated 1,3-Dichloro-5,5-dimethylhydantoin (Fe(Ⅱ)/DCDMH) process', Water Research, 304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2026.126292

Luo Y; Duan H; Zheng M; Wei W; Chen X; Ni BJ, 2026, 'Integrating comammox into anammox-dominated one-stage mainstream partial nitrification/anammox: nitrifier niche regulation and nitrite partitioning', Water Research, 304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2026.126374

Lv JQ; Xu JM; He WK; Wang HC; Liang CG; Cheng ZR; Yin WX; Song YP; Chen JJ; Liu Y; Ni BJ; Cheng HY, 2026, 'Machine learning-driven prediction and control system for practical application of sulfur-based autotrophic denitrification biofilters', Water Research, 304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2026.126302

Xu JM; Lv JQ; He WK; Wang HC; Zeng XL; Wang YQ; Yin WX; Huang F; Zhang GJ; Dong H; Liu Y; Wang A; Ni BJ; Cheng HY, 2026, 'Machine learning-integrated multi-objective application and optimization framework for sulfur-based reactive filler towards nutrient removal', Water Research, 304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2026.126316

Liu Y; Yang X; Jin Y; Li Q; Zhang S; Zhao Y; Zhu T; Chen X; Ni BJ; Liu Y, 2026, 'Varied mixed carbon source ratios affect nitrous oxide emissions in aerobic granular sludge systems', Bioresource Technology, 458, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2026.135163

Chen S; Peng L; Xu Y; Li S; Fang L; Liu Y; Zhou Y; Ni BJ, 2026, 'Resolving Nitrous Oxide Source Ambiguity in Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea-Dominated Nitrification: Mechanistic Modeling of the Hybrid Pathway and Coupled Denitrification', Environmental Science and Technology, 60, pp. 26335 - 26344, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6c03366

Zuo Q; Huang Y; Chen M; Wang J; Zhang Q; Lv J; Wang X; Luo Y; Ni B-J; Zhan S; Ma S, 2026, 'Concentration-dependent interfacial effects of mackinawite on conjugative transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in redox environments', Communications Earth & Environment, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-04020-x

Si X; Jin Y; Meng X; Huang J; Zhu T; Wang Y; Sun P; Zhao Y; Tong Y; Chen X; Ni BJ; Liu Y, 2026, 'Electro-Fenton Process for the Treatment of Antibiotics in Water: A Review', ACS Es and T Water, 6, pp. 4699 - 4717, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.6c00037

Zhang Y; Yang S; Lin Y; Fan X; Yao M; Yin S; Shi Y; Yang L; Chen Z; Ni BJ; Chen X, 2026, 'From radical/electron competition to interfacial shielding: How PFOA and its derivatives obstruct electrochemical degradation of microplastics', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 514, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.142556

Liu S; Wei W; Wang C; Ni BJ; Zhu S, 2026, 'Persulfate-driven sludge biorefinery toward value-added medium-chain fatty acids', Water Research, 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2026.125935

Wang D; Lin J; Tang J; Fu Y; Liu X; Wei W; Ni BJ, 2026, 'From Naturally Occurring to Engineered Nano-Biochar: Properties, Feasibility, and Challenges for Sustainable Environmental Remediation', Environmental Science and Technology, 60, pp. 20109 - 20131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c18161

Wang Y; Luo X; Ji Y; Zhu T; Zhao Y; Tong Y; Ni BJ; Liu Y, 2026, '1,3-Dichloro-5,5-dimethylhydantoin (DCDMH)-Driven Sludge Pretreatment for Organic Carbon Valorization: Mechanistic Insights into Controlled Oxidative Disruption and Hormesis-Mediated Metabolic Reshaping', Environmental Science and Technology, 60, pp. 19895 - 19907, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c16484

Gu S; Wang S; Qiu R; Li K; Manjeet Singh J; Zhang J; Ni BJ; Waite TD; Ye L; Duan H, 2026, 'Knowledge-Based Feature Selection Substantially Enhances Data-Driven Wastewater Treatment Modeling', Environmental Science and Technology, 60, pp. 19882 - 19894, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6c04963

Jin Y; Yang X; He Y; Li X; Liu Y; Zhu T; Wang Y; Chen X; Ni BJ; Liu Y, 2026, 'Delayed emission and pathway shift as drivers of N2O reduction in biological nitrogen removal with aniline exposure', Journal of Environmental Management, 412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.130188

Liu B; Chen Z; Zhang Y; Wen H; Luo H; Ni BJ; Yan K, 2026, 'Dual redox shuttles drive efficient succinic acid electrosynthesis from plastic and biowaste', Science Bulletin, 71, pp. 3326 - 3336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2026.05.041

Chen P; Ma H; Xing H; Wang J; Lu J; Lyu H; Tang S; Zhang Y; Zhong Q; Jiang W; Wang C; Pan J; Ni BJ; Ren X; Xu M; Si B, 2026, 'Turning Motion into Methane: Electromagnetic Induction in Microbial Aggregates Enhances Wastewater Resource Recovery', Environmental Science and Technology, 60, pp. 19386 - 19396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6c05455

Zhang YT; Xu Y; Luo T; Wei W; Dai X; Ni BJ, 2026, 'AHLs-mediated quorum sensing drives the prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in sludge anaerobic digestion', Chemical Engineering Journal, 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2026.176829

Song J; Hou YN; Li R; Feng Z; Wang AJ; Ren N; Wei W; Ni BJ; Huang C, 2026, 'Ectoine modulates mixotrophic denitrification pathway partitioning to sustain stable nitrogen and phenol removal under hypersaline stress', Water Research, 298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2026.125764

Wang Q; Ni BJ, 2026, 'Emerging contaminants in solid matrices and plant uptake', Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health, 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coesh.2026.100729

Long Y; Chen Z; Xie J; Zhu J; Wei W; Yan YM; Ni BJ, 2026, 'Sustainable Plant-Based Electrodes for Electrocatalytic Conversion of Small Molecules: From Biomass to Functional Electrodes', Exploration, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/EXP.20250158

Wang G; Ren W; Ji K; Zhang F; Yang J; Wang J; Li X; Liu R; Wang J; Ji Y; Wang S; Wu J; Bai W; Ni BJ; Yang Z; Yan YM, 2026, 'Atomically local electric fields drive *OH-mediated dehydrogenation for ultralow-voltage hydrazine oxidation and energy-saving hydrogen evolution', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.126286

Li Y; Dai S; Huang Q; Hou J; Su J; Guo H; Wang Y; Zhu T; Ni BJ; Liu Y, 2026, 'Reactive Species from the Potassium Permanganate-Peracetic Acid System for Controlling Sulfide and Methane in Sewers', ACS Es and T Engineering, 6, pp. 1593 - 1603, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.6c00080

Liu N; Li Z; Cheng S; Monikh FA; Ye Z; Ma T; Zheng L; Wang X; Ni BJ; Chen Z; Jiang B; Zhang P; Guo Z; Lynch I, 2026, 'Extracting and characterizing microplastics and nanoplastics from environmental samples', Nature Protocols, 21, pp. 2122 - 2157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41596-025-01276-z

Zhu J; Ruan J; Wu W; Huang Y; Liu X; Chen Z; Ni BJ, 2026, 'High-Entropy Metal Phosphide for Efficient Hydrogen Conversion Reactions', Energy and Environmental Materials, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eem2.70178

Li Y; Li Y; Ni BJ; Li YZ; Ni SQ, 2026, 'Towards scalable anammox: mechanistic insights and emerging strategies', Trends in Biotechnology, 44, pp. 1262 - 1278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2025.08.013

Zhai M; Zeng Q; Qiu R; Li J; Zhu Q; Waite TD; Ni BJ; Duan H, 2026, 'WaterRAG: A Multiagent Retrieval-Augmented Generation Framework to Support Water Industry Transitions to Net-Zero', Environmental Science and Technology, 60, pp. 11529 - 11541, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c15806

Shi X; Wei W; Zhao J; Li Y; Liu X; Xu J; Ni BJ, 2026, 'Conversion of waste microalgae into caproic acid using anaerobic membrane bioreactors without external electron donors', Green Chemistry, 28, pp. 6769 - 6783, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d6gc00346j

Guan W; Xu Y; Li S; Fang L; Liu Y; Ni B; Peng L, 2026, 'Strategic enrichment of ammonia-oxidizing archaea biofilms coupled with process optimization for mitigating N2O emissions in wastewater treatment system', Bioresource Technology, 446, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2026.134127

Tang J; Liu Y; Lai F; Zhou Y; Zhang H; Ni BJ; Lv W, 2026, 'Zinc ions suppress filamentation of Candida tropicalis and enhance stability of yeast-based oil-rich wastewater treatment', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2026.121504

Bao T; Li CL; Wei W; Damtie MM; Chen Z; Xie H; Ni BJ, 2026, 'Natural vivianite activates peroxymonosulphate for efficient ofloxacin degradation: Performance and mechanism', Environmental Research, 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2026.123905

Parsa SM; Miraboutalebi SMR; Shoeibi S; Zhang X; Li J; Ngo HH; Guo W; Ni BJ, 2026, 'Advances on multi-heteroatom doped carbon catalysts: Synthesis, mechanistic insight, synergies, and application in microbial electrochemical energy, fuel and chemical production', Carbon, 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2026.121315

Zhu J; Yu X; Guo M; Chen Z; Ni BJ, 2026, 'Design Frontiers of High-Entropy Materials for Advanced Electrocatalysis', Advanced Functional Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202522077

Tang J; Liu Y; Zhang Q; Zhang H; Ni BJ; Lv W, 2026, 'Multi-omics dissection of yeast-centric fungal–bacterial synergies in food-processing wastewater: insights from four full-scale treatment plants', Bioresource Technology, 443, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2025.133911

Lu Q; Liu Y; Yan M; He Y; Zhu T; Chen X; Ni BJ; Liu Y, 2026, 'The potential of mixotrophic denitrification for N2O mitigation: Insights from the perspective of electron distribution', Journal of Cleaner Production, 546, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2026.147797

Zhen J; Wei W; Duan H; Hou Y; Chen X; Liu Y; Ni SQ; Ni BJ, 2026, 'Micro- and nanoplastics facilitate the propagation of antimicrobial resistance in mixed microbial consortia', Cell Reports, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2026.116946

He Y; Yang X; Jin Y; Liu Y; Wang Y; Zhu T; Ni BJ; Liu Y, 2026, 'Biofilm increases N2O production in a sidestream partial nitritation system under low dissolved oxygen conditions', Water Research, 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.125077

Zhang J; Sun Z; Chen Z; Tan X; Xiao X; Liang Y; Xiong J; Ni BJ, 2026, 'Biotic–Abiotic Hybrid System for Efficient Soluble Plastic Degradation', Nano Letters, 26, pp. 1911 - 1919, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c06099

Li S; Xu Y; Jia M; Fang L; Liu Y; Ni BJ; Zhou Y; Peng L, 2026, 'Quantifying, tracing and mitigating N2O production by ammonia-oxidizing archaea during mainstream nitrogen removal', Bioresource Technology, 442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2025.133750

Li S; Liu Y; Li B; Yu X; You X; Ni BJ; Lv W, 2026, 'Reduction of bioavailable DON via yeast-driven activated sludge: optimizations, molecular evidence, and eutrophication control potential', Bioresource Technology, 442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2025.133702

Parsa SM; Ngo HH; Ni BJ; Zhang X; Liu Y; Luo L; Cheng H; Guo W, 2026, 'Direct/indirect strategies on engineering extracellular electron transfer of anode electrodes in microbial electrolysis for hydrogen production and pollutants removal: A review', Chemical Engineering Journal, 528, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.172251

Luo T; Dai X; Zhang Y; Wei W; Ni BJ, 2026, 'Dual-pathway inhibition of antibiotic resistance genes by ferrate (Fe(VI)): Oxidative inactivation and genetic mobility impairment in anaerobically digested sludge', Water Research, 289, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.124648

Zhou J; Xu W; Xu Z; Liu S; Liu Y; Zhao L; Zhao S; Qu J; Ni B, 2026, 'Enhancement of microbial biofilms against chloramphenicol stress by AHL-driven quorum sensing', International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106241

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

Jia H; Zhang L; Sun J; Ni R; Wang Q; Zheng X; Dai X; Ni BJ, 2026, 'Microplastic Fibers Deteriorate Dewaterability of Waste Activated Sludge through Alteration of Extracellular Proteome and Extracellular Polymeric Substance Structures', Environmental Science and Technology, 60, pp. 1101 - 1114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c08959

Yang J; Li X; Wang S; Liu R; Zhang F; Wang G; Wang J; Ren W; Wu J; Ji K; Ji Y; Chen Z; Ni BJ; Yang Z; Wu N; Yan YM, 2026, 'Choreographing Orbital Hybridization Cascades to Unleash Selective Proton Storage in Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries', Advanced Functional Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202513512

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