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Overview

Hu Yang is affiliated with Nanjing University in China and works primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Materials Science. Their research spans several subfields, including Water Science and Technology, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering. The main topics covered in their work include adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, advanced photocatalysis techniques, coagulation and flocculation studies, membrane separation technologies, constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment, covalent organic framework applications, and nanomaterials for catalytic reactions.

Hu Yang has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Scientific Reports
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Scientia Sinica Chimica

Their recent papers include:

  • Novel approach for effective removal of methylene blue dye from water using fava bean peel waste, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Antiscalants in RO membrane scaling control, 2020, Water Research
  • Enhanced photo-Fenton degradation of fluoroquinolones in water assisted by a 3D composite sponge complexed with a S-scheme MoS2/Bi2S3/BiVO4 ternary photocatalyst, 2022, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Trace Ti3+- and N-codoped TiO2 nanotube array anode for significantly enhanced electrocatalytic degradation of tetracycline and metronidazole, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Dewaterability of sewage sludge conditioned with a graft cationic starch-based flocculant: Role of structural characteristics of flocculant, 2020, Water Research

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Pan Hu
  • Boqiang Gao
  • Tamer Shoeib
  • Qianqian Chang
  • Zhonghua Xi

Best Publications

  • A review on chitosan-based flocculants and their applications in water treatment

    Ran Yang;Haijiang Li;Mu Huang;Hu Yang

  • Coagulation/flocculation in dewatering of sludge: A review.

    Hua Wei;Boqiang Gao;Jie Ren;Aimin Li

  • Effects of the oxidation degree of graphene oxide on the adsorption of methylene blue.

    Han Yan;Xue Tao;Zhen Yang;Kun Li

  • Preparation of chitosan/poly(acrylic acid) magnetic composite microspheres and applications in the removal of copper(II) ions from aqueous solutions.

    Han Yan;Lingyun Yang;Zhen Yang;Hu Yang

  • Repellent and insecticidal activities of essential oils from Artemisia princeps and Cinnamomum camphora and their effect on seed germination of wheat and broad bean.

    C.H. Liu;A.K. Mishra;R.X. Tan;C. Tang

  • Flocculation of both anionic and cationic dyes in aqueous solutions by the amphoteric grafting flocculant carboxymethyl chitosan-graft-polyacrylamide.

    Zhen Yang;Hu Yang;Ziwen Jiang;Tao Cai

  • Novel approach for effective removal of methylene blue dye from water using fava bean peel waste.

    Omar S. Bayomie;Omar S. Bayomie;Haitham Kandeel;Haitham Kandeel;Tamer Shoeib;Hu Yang

  • Enhanced and selective adsorption of copper(II) ions on surface carboxymethylated chitosan hydrogel beads

    Han Yan;Jie Dai;Zhen Yang;Hu Yang

  • Evaluation of the flocculation performance of carboxymethyl chitosan-graft-polyacrylamide, a novel amphoteric chemically bonded composite flocculant

    Zhen Yang;Bo Yuan;Xin Huang;Junyu Zhou

  • Simple method for preparation of chitosan/poly(acrylic acid) blending hydrogel beads and adsorption of copper(II) from aqueous solutions

    Jie Dai;Han Yan;Hu Yang;Rongshi Cheng;Rongshi Cheng

  • Adsorption of anionic dyes from aqueous solutions using chemically modified straw.

    Wenxuan Zhang;Haijiang Li;Xiaowei Kan;Lei Dong

  • Flocculation performance and mechanism of graphene oxide for removal of various contaminants from water

    Zhen Yang;Han Yan;Hu Yang;Haibo Li

  • Phosphate adsorption from aqueous solutions by disused adsorbents: Chitosan hydrogel beads after the removal of copper(II)

    Jie Dai;Hu Yang;Han Yan;Yonggang Shangguan

  • Removal of various cationic dyes from aqueous solutions using a kind of fully biodegradable magnetic composite microsphere

    Han Yan;Haijiang Li;Hu Yang;Aimin Li

  • Adsorption properties and mechanisms of palygorskite for removal of various ionic dyes from water

    Ran Yang;Dawei Li;Aimin Li;Hu Yang

  • Evaluation of chain architectures and charge properties of various starch-based flocculants for flocculation of humic acid from water.

    Hu Wu;Zhouzhou Liu;Hu Yang;Aimin Li

  • Efficient adsorption of both methyl orange and chromium from their aqueous mixtures using a quaternary ammonium salt modified chitosan magnetic composite adsorbent

    Kun Li;Pei Li;Jun Cai;Shoujun Xiao

  • Sorption of methylene blue by carboxymethyl cellulose and reuse process in a secondary sorption

    Han Yan;Wenxuan Zhang;Xiaowei Kan;Lei Dong

  • pH-tunable surface charge of chitosan/graphene oxide composite adsorbent for efficient removal of multiple pollutants from water

    Han Yan;Hu Yang;Aimin Li;Rongshi Cheng

  • Antiscalants in RO membrane scaling control.

    Wei Yu;Di Song;Wei Chen;Hu Yang

  • Removal of dyes from aqueous solutions by straw based adsorbents: Batch and column studies

    Wenxuan Zhang;Han Yan;Haijiang Li;Ziwen Jiang

  • Influence of the surface structure of graphene oxide on the adsorption of aromatic organic compounds from water

    Han Yan;Hu Wu;Kun Li;Yawen Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Rongshi Cheng
Rongshi Cheng South China University of Technology
Aimin Li
Aimin Li Nanjing University
Qiang Zheng
Qiang Zheng Zhejiang University
Yefeng Yao
Yefeng Yao East China Normal University
Wei Chen
Wei Chen Nankai University
Junfeng Bai
Junfeng Bai Shaanxi Normal University
Lei Dong
Lei Dong Nanjing University
Renxiang Tan
Renxiang Tan Nanjing University
Eric Guibal
Eric Guibal Institut Mines-Télécom
Zhenguo Chi
Zhenguo Chi Sun Yat-sen University

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