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Cheng Sun is affiliated with Nanjing University in China and is primarily focused on research within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Water Science and Technology, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main research topics addressed by Cheng Sun include:

  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Cheng Sun's publication record includes research articles primarily appearing in these venues:

  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Chemosphere
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Cheng Sun cover diverse aspects of photocatalysis, pollution degradation, and materials chemistry:

  • "0D/2D Co3O4/TiO2 Z-Scheme heterojunction for boosted photocatalytic degradation and mechanism investigation," 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Understanding spatial effects of tetrahedral and octahedral cobalt cations on peroxymonosulfate activation for efficient pollution degradation," 2021, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Self-assembled ultrathin CoO/Bi quantum dots/defective Bi2MoO6 hollow Z-scheme heterojunction for visible light-driven degradation of diazinon in water matrix: Intermediate toxicity and photocatalytic mechanism," 2021, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Accelerated photocatalytic degradation of iohexol over Co3O4/g-C3N4/Bi2O2CO3 of p-n/n-n dual heterojunction under simulated sunlight by persulfate," 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Full-Spectrum Responsive Naphthalimide/Perylene Diimide with a Giant Internal Electric Field for Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting," 2023, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent collaborators in Cheng Sun's research efforts include:

  • Huan He
  • Shaogui Yang
  • Shiyin Li
  • Jijie Kong
  • Qiming Xian

Best Publications

  • Synthesis and characterization of g-C3N4/Ag3VO4 composites with significantly enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity for triphenylmethane dye degradation

    Shaomang Wang;Dinglong Li;Cheng Sun;Shaogui Yang

  • Visible light-driven photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B over NaBiO3: pathways and mechanism.

    Kai Yu;Shaogui Yang;Huan He;Cheng Sun

  • Adsorption and heterogeneous Fenton degradation of 17α-methyltestosterone on nano Fe3O4/MWCNTs in aqueous solution

    Xiaobin Hu;Benzhi Liu;Yuehua Deng;Hongzhe Chen

  • Photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B by Bi2WO6 with electron accepting agent under microwave irradiation: Mechanism and pathway

    Zhong He;Cheng Sun;Shaogui Yang;Youchao Ding

  • Fabrication of a novel p–n heterojunction photocatalyst n-BiVO4@p-MoS2 with core–shell structure and its excellent visible-light photocatalytic reduction and oxidation activities

    Wei Zhao;Ying Liu;Zhongbo Wei;Shaogui Yang

  • Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity over Flower-like Sphere Ag/Ag2CO3/BiVO4 Plasmonic Heterojunction Photocatalyst for Tetracycline Degradation

    Ying Liu;Jijie Kong;Julong Yuan;Wei Zhao

  • 0D/2D Co3O4/TiO2 Z-Scheme heterojunction for boosted photocatalytic degradation and mechanism investigation

    Yuting Wang;Chengzhang Zhu;Gancheng Zuo;Yang Guo

  • A novel ternary plasmonic photocatalyst: ultrathin g-C3N4 nanosheet hybrided by Ag/AgVO3 nanoribbons with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic performance

    Wei Zhao;Yang Guo;Shaomang Wang;Huan He

  • Fabrication of a novel bifunctional material of BiOI/Ag3VO4 with high adsorption–photocatalysis for efficient treatment of dye wastewater

    Shaomang Wang;Yuan Guan;Liping Wang;Wei Zhao

  • A simple and effective method for fabricating novel p–n heterojunction photocatalyst g-C3N4/Bi4Ti3O12 and its photocatalytic performances

    Yang Guo;Jinhai Li;Zhanqi Gao;Xin Zhu

  • Microwave photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B using TiO2 supported on activated carbon: mechanism implication.

    Zhong He;Shaogui Yang;Yongming Ju;Cheng Sun

  • The removal of basic dyes from aqueous solutions using agricultural by-products.

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  • Validation of germination rate and root elongation as indicator to assess phytotoxicity with Cucumis sativus.

    Xiaodong Wang;Cheng Sun;Shixiang Gao;Liansheng Wang

  • A novel 3D plasmonic p-n heterojunction photocatalyst: Ag nanoparticles on flower-like p-Ag2S/n-BiVO4 and its excellent photocatalytic reduction and oxidation activities

    Zhao Wei;Zhao Wei;Dai Benlin;Zhu Fengxia;Tu Xinyue

  • CeO2 nanocrystal-modified layered MoS2/g-C3N4 as 0D/2D ternary composite for visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen evolution: Interfacial consecutive multi-step electron transfer and enhanced H2O reactant adsorption

    Chengzhang Zhu;Yuting Wang;Zhifeng Jiang;Fanchao Xu

  • Effect of Heavy Metals on the Sorption of Hydrophobic Organic Compounds to Wood Charcoal

    Junyi Chen;Dongqiang Zhu;Cheng Sun

  • One-pot microemulsion-mediated synthesis of Bi-rich Bi4O5Br2 with controllable morphologies and excellent visible-light photocatalytic removal of pollutants

    Danjun Mao;Shanshan Ding;Lingjun Meng;Yuxuan Dai

  • Facile synthesis and high activity of novel BiVO4/FeVO4 heterojunction photocatalyst for degradation of metronidazole

    Jinhai Li;Jinhai Li;Wei Zhao;Yang Guo;Zhongbo Wei

  • Degradation of organic dyes via bismuth silver oxide initiated direct oxidation coupled with sodium bismuthate based visible light photocatalysis.

    Kai Yu;Shaogui Yang;Cun Liu;Hongzhe Chen

  • Facile in-suit synthesis of Ag/AgVO3 one-dimensional hybrid nanoribbons with enhanced performance of plasmonic visible-light photocatalysis

    Wei Zhao;Yang Guo;Yasir Faiz;Wen-Ting Yuan

  • Free radical scavenging and antioxidant activities of EPS2, an exopolysaccharide produced by a marine filamentous fungus Keissleriella sp. YS 4108

    Cheng Sun;Jian-Wen Wang;Lei Fang;Xiang-Dong Gao

Frequent Co-Authors

Liansheng Wang
Liansheng Wang Nanjing University
Zunyao Wang
Zunyao Wang Nanjing University
Ruijuan Qu
Ruijuan Qu Nanjing University
Dennis Y.C. Leung
Dennis Y.C. Leung University of Hong Kong
Dongmei Zhou
Dongmei Zhou Nanjing University
Jimin Xie
Jimin Xie Jiangsu University
Hui Li
Hui Li Michigan State University
Jianwu Dai
Jianwu Dai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Aimin Li
Aimin Li Nanjing University
Gang Yang
Gang Yang Changshu Institute of Technology

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