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Overview

Chaohai Wei is affiliated with the South China University of Technology in China. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Environmental Science, with extensive work in subfields such as Pollution, Water Science and Technology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist has contributed significantly to research areas including Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Water Treatment and Disinfection, Membrane Separation Technologies, Phosphorus and Nutrient Management, Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation, and Advanced Oxidation Water Treatment.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Strategies to improve the adsorption properties of graphene-based adsorbent towards heavy metal ions and their compound pollutants: A review (2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials)
  • Fe2+/HClO Reaction Produces FeIVO2+: An Enhanced Advanced Oxidation Process (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Self-Activated Ni Cathode for Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia: From Fundamentals to Scale-Up for Treatment of Industrial Wastewater (2021, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Discovering the Importance of ClO in a Coupled Electrochemical System for the Simultaneous Removal of Carbon and Nitrogen from Secondary Coking Wastewater Effluent (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Three-dimensional Co/Ni bimetallic organic frameworks for high-efficient catalytic ozonation of atrazine: Mechanism, effect parameters, and degradation pathways analysis (2020, Chemosphere)

Frequently collaborating coauthors include Guanglei Qiu, Haizhen Wu, Acong Chen, Xiong Ke, and Zemin Li. These partnerships reflect ongoing research relationships within related scientific domains.

The scientist's works have been published in venues with repeated contributions such as SSRN Electronic Journal, Water Research, Chemical Engineering Journal, Chemosphere, and The Science of The Total Environment.

Best Publications

  • Chlorinated volatile organic compounds (Cl-VOCs) in environment - sources, potential human health impacts, and current remediation technologies.

    Binbin Huang;Chao Lei;Chaohai Wei;Guangming Zeng

  • In situ preparation of g-C3N4/bismuth-based oxide nanocomposites with enhanced photocatalytic activity

    Wenjie Shan;Yun Hu;Zhaogao Bai;Mengmeng Zheng

  • Solvent-free in situ synthesis of g-C3N4/{0 0 1}TiO2 composite with enhanced UV- and visible-light photocatalytic activity for NO oxidation

    Xu Song;Yun Hu;Mengmeng Zheng;Chaohai Wei

  • Ozonation in water treatment: the generation, basic properties of ozone and its practical application

    Chaohai Wei;Fengzhen Zhang;Yun Hu;Chunhua Feng

  • Strategies to improve the adsorption properties of graphene-based adsorbent towards heavy metal ions and their compound pollutants: A review.

    Qiaoping Kong;Xueqing Shi;Weiwei Ma;Fengzhen Zhang

  • Highly active and durable carbon electrocatalyst for nitrate reduction reaction

    Weijian Duan;Ge Li;Zhenchao Lei;Tonghe Zhu

  • Fe2+/HClO Reaction Produces FeIVO2+: An Enhanced Advanced Oxidation Process

    Sheng Liang;Liuyi Zhu;Jian Hua;Weijian Duan

  • Enhanced photocatalytic activity of Pt-doped TiO2 for NOx oxidation both under UV and visible light irradiation: A synergistic effect of lattice Pt4+ and surface PtO

    Yun Hu;Xu Song;Shumei Jiang;Chaohai Wei

  • Distribution and migration of heavy metals in soil and crops affected by acid mine drainage: Public health implications in Guangdong Province, China.

    Jianbo Liao;Zewei Wen;Xuan Ru;Jundong Chen

  • Fabrication of terminal amino hyperbranched polymer modified graphene oxide and its prominent adsorption performance towards Cr(VI)

    Qiaoping Kong;Jingyue Wei;Yun Hu;Chaohai Wei

  • Self-Activated Ni Cathode for Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia: From Fundamentals to Scale-Up for Treatment of Industrial Wastewater.

    Wenxiao Zheng;Liuyi Zhu;Zhang Yan;Zichao Lin

  • Ruthenium oxide-coated carbon felt electrode: A highly active anode for microbial fuel cell applications

    Zhisheng Lv;Daohai Xie;Xianjun Yue;Chunhua Feng

  • One-step electrosynthesis of polypyrrole/graphene oxide composites for microbial fuel cell application

    Zhisheng Lv;Yanfeng Chen;Hengchen Wei;Fusheng Li

  • The behaviors and fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a coking wastewater treatment plant

    Wanhui Zhang;Chaohai Wei;Chaohai Wei;Xinsheng Chai;Jingying He

  • Discovering the Importance of ClO• in a Coupled Electrochemical System for the Simultaneous Removal of Carbon and Nitrogen from Secondary Coking Wastewater Effluent

    Wenxiao Zheng;Liuyi Zhu;Sheng Liang;Jinshao Ye

  • Gasification of alga Nannochloropsis sp. in supercritical water

    Qingqing Guan;Qingqing Guan;Phillip E. Savage;Chaohai Wei

  • Dual-template synthesis of mesoporous TiO2 nanotubes with structure-enhanced functional photocatalytic performance

    Guangying He;Jinhui Zhang;Yun Hu;Yun Hu;Zhaogao Bai

  • Degradation of ciprofloxacin by UV and UV/H2O2 via multiple-wavelength ultraviolet light-emitting diodes: Effectiveness, intermediates and antibacterial activity

    Hua-se Ou;Jin-shao Ye;Sheng Ma;Chao-hai Wei

  • A biosurfactant-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa S5 isolated from coking wastewater and its application for bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

    Shengli Sun;Yuxiao Wang;Tingting Zang;Jingyue Wei

  • Heavy metals in river surface sediments affected with multiple pollution sources, South China: Distribution, enrichment and source apportionment

    Jianbo Liao;Jian Chen;Xuan Ru;Jundong Chen

  • Simultaneous phenol removal, nitrification and denitrification using microbial fuel cell technology.

    Chunhua Feng;Liqiao Huang;Hui Yu;Xiaoyun Yi

Frequent Co-Authors

Guanglei Qiu
Guanglei Qiu South China University of Technology
Naiyun Gao
Naiyun Gao Tongji University
Ping Ning
Ping Ning Kunming University of Science and Technology
Phillip E. Savage
Phillip E. Savage Pennsylvania State University
Taicheng An
Taicheng An Guangdong University of Technology
Zhi Dang
Zhi Dang South China University of Technology
Xiaoping Liu
Xiaoping Liu Sun Yat-sen University
Jiamo Fu
Jiamo Fu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yang Deng
Yang Deng Montclair State University
Mingshan Zhu
Mingshan Zhu Jinan University

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