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Keke Xiao is affiliated with the Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with significant contributions to subfields such as Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Pollution, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research covers a broad spectrum of topics, including wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, phosphorus and nutrient management, microbial fuel cells and bioremediation, extraction and separation processes, constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment, environmental remediation with nanomaterials, and coagulation and flocculation studies.

Frequent publication venues for Xiao include Environmental Research, Water Research, The Science of The Total Environment, Resources Conservation and Recycling, and Chemosphere. These indicate a consistent focus on environmental and sustainability-related topics.

They have collaborated extensively with other researchers, notably Sha Liang, Huijie Hou, Jiakuan Yang, Jingping Hu, and Bing Liu, reflecting active engagement in multidisciplinary research teams.

Some recent papers by Keke Xiao include:

  • "Changes in the characteristics of dissolved organic matter during sludge treatment: A critical review" (2020, Water Research)
  • "Metabolomics revealing the response of rice (Oryza sativa L.) exposed to polystyrene microplastics" (2020, Environmental Pollution)
  • "Hydrometallurgical Recovery of Spent Lithium Ion Batteries: Environmental Strategies and Sustainability Evaluation" (2021, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering)
  • "Microplastics affect rice (Oryza sativa L.) quality by interfering metabolite accumulation and energy expenditure pathways: A field study" (2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials)
  • "Phosphorus recovery from the liquid phase of anaerobic digestate using biochar derived from iron−rich sludge: A potential phosphorus fertilizer" (2020, Water Research)

Best Publications

  • Enhanced volatile fatty acids (VFAs) production in a thermophilic fermenter with stepwise pH increase - Investigation on dissolved organic matter transformation and microbial community shift.

    Yun Chen;Xie Jiang;Keke Xiao;Nan Shen

  • Enhanced Cr(VI) removal from acidic solutions using biochar modified by Fe3O4@SiO2-NH2 particles

    Shunquan Shi;Jiakuan Yang;Sha Liang;Mingyang Li

  • Hydrometallurgical Recovery of Spent Lithium Ion Batteries: Environmental Strategies and Sustainability Evaluation

    Zhilin Liang;Chen Cai;Gangwei Peng;Jingping Hu

  • Metabolomics revealing the response of rice (Oryza sativa L.) exposed to polystyrene microplastics

    Xiang Wu;Yao Liu;Shanshan Yin;Keke Xiao

  • Variations in physical, chemical and biological properties in relation to sludge dewaterability under Fe (II) – Oxone conditioning

    Keke Xiao;Yun Chen;Xie Jiang;Qin Yang

  • Phosphorus recovery from the liquid phase of anaerobic digestate using biochar derived from iron−rich sludge: A potential phosphorus fertilizer

    Hui Wang;Keke Xiao;Jiakuan Yang;Zecong Yu

  • The Effect of pH on Solubilization of Organic Matter and Microbial Community Structures in Sludge Fermentation

    Yogananda Maspolim;Yan Zhou;Chenghong Guo;Keke Xiao

  • Microplastics affect rice (Oryza sativa L.) quality by interfering metabolite accumulation and energy expenditure pathways: A field study.

    Xiang Wu;Huijie Hou;Yao Liu;Shanshan Yin

  • Characterization of key organic compounds affecting sludge dewaterability during ultrasonication and acidification treatments

    Keke Xiao;Yun Chen;Xie Jiang;Vinay Kumar Tyagi

  • Citric acid assisted Fenton-like process for enhanced dewaterability of waste activated sludge with in-situ generation of hydrogen peroxide.

    Keke Xiao;Kangyue Pei;Hui Wang;Wenbo Yu

  • Role of Fe species in geopolymer synthesized from alkali-thermal pretreated Fe-rich Bayer red mud

    Yong Hu;Sha Liang;Jiakuan Yang;Ye Chen

  • Changes in the characteristics of dissolved organic matter during sludge treatment: A critical review.

    Keke Xiao;Gudrun Abbt-Braun;Harald Horn

  • A comparison between sulfuric acid and oxalic acid leaching with subsequent purification and precipitation for phosphorus recovery from sewage sludge incineration ash.

    Sha Liang;Haoming Chen;Xiaohui Zeng;Zhibin Li

  • Unraveling oxidation behaviors for intracellular and extracellular from different oxidants (HOCl vs. H2O2) catalyzed by ferrous iron in waste activated sludge dewatering

    Wenbo Yu;Qianqian Wen;Jiakuan Yang;Keke Xiao

  • Sludge-derived biochar with multivalent iron as an efficient Fenton catalyst for degradation of 4-Chlorophenol.

    Quan Gan;Huijie Hou;Sha Liang;Jingjing Qiu

  • Enhanced sludge dewatering via homogeneous and heterogeneous Fenton reactions initiated by Fe-rich biochar derived from sludge.

    Shuangyi Tao;Jiakuan Yang;Huijie Hou;Sha Liang

  • Enhanced sludge solubilization and dewaterability by synergistic effects of nitrite and freezing

    Faqian Sun;KeKe Xiao;Wenyu Zhu;Nipuna Withanage

  • One-pot solvothermal synthesis of magnetic biochar from waste biomass: Formation mechanism and efficient adsorption of Cr(VI) in an aqueous solution.

    Sha Liang;Shunquan Shi;Haohao Zhang;Jingjing Qiu

  • Transformation of dissolved organic matters produced from alkaline-ultrasonic sludge pretreatment in anaerobic digestion: From macro to micro

    Dan Lu;Keke Xiao;Yun Chen;Yan Ni Annie Soh

  • Comparison of different treatment methods for protein solubilisation from waste activated sludge.

    Keke Xiao;Keke Xiao;Yun Chen;Xie Jiang;Wan Yi Seow

Frequent Co-Authors

Jingping Hu
Jingping Hu Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Huijie Hou
Huijie Hou Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Bingchuan Liu
Bingchuan Liu University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Jiakuan Yang
Jiakuan Yang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Sha Liang
Sha Liang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Ye Chen
Ye Chen Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
R. Vasant Kumar
R. Vasant Kumar University of Cambridge
Bo Xiao
Bo Xiao Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Vinay Kumar Tyagi
Vinay Kumar Tyagi National Institute of Hydrology
Kai Xi
Kai Xi University of Cambridge

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