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Minghua Zhou

Minghua Zhou

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
102
Citations
34121
World Ranking
338
National Ranking
42

Chemistry

D-Index
105
Citations
35915
World Ranking
1022
National Ranking
180

Minghua Zhou publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Minghua Zhou sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 367 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Minghua Zhou D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Minghua Zhou sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 102 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Minghua Zhou is affiliated with Nankai University in China, contributing extensively to the fields of Environmental Science, Energy, and Engineering. Their research domain includes several specialized subfields such as Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their scholarly output encompasses a range of topics, focusing primarily on:

  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation

Minghua Zhou has published research articles in several frequent venues, including:

  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Chemosphere
  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Some of the recent publications by Minghua Zhou include:

  • Highly efficient electrosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide on a superhydrophobic three-phase interface by natural air diffusion, 2020, Nature Communications
  • High-efficiency degradation of organic pollutants with Fe, N co-doped biochar catalysts via persulfate activation, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Critical Review on the Mechanisms of Fe2+ Regeneration in the Electro-Fenton Process: Fundamentals and Boosting Strategies, 2023, Chemical Reviews
  • Sulfide-modified zero-valent iron activated periodate for sulfadiazine removal: Performance and dominant routine of reactive species production, 2022, Water Research
  • Strategies to enhance catalytic performance of metal-organic frameworks in sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation processes for organic pollutants removal, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Qizhan Zhang
  • Ge Song
  • Xuechun Wang
  • Wenyang Fu
  • Jiana Jing

Best Publications

  • An overview on the removal of synthetic dyes from water by electrochemical advanced oxidation processes.

    P.V. Nidheesh;Minghua Zhou;Mehmet A. Oturan

  • An overview of electrode materials in microbial fuel cells

    Minghua Zhou;Meiling Chi;Jianmei Luo;Huanhuan He

  • Preparation, characterization and visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity of Fe-doped titania nanorods and first-principles study for electronic structures

    Jiaguo Yu;Quanjun Xiang;Minghua Zhou

  • Heterogeneous electro-Fenton and photoelectro-Fenton processes: A critical review of fundamental principles and application for water/wastewater treatment

    Soliu O. Ganiyu;Minghua Zhou;Carlos A. Martínez-Huitle;Carlos A. Martínez-Huitle

  • Direct Z-scheme ZnO/CdS hierarchical photocatalyst for enhanced photocatalytic H2-production activity

    Sheng Wang;Bicheng Zhu;Mingjin Liu;Liuyang Zhang

  • Three-dimensional electrochemical process for wastewater treatment: A general review

    Chao Zhang;Yonghai Jiang;Yunlin Li;Zhongxin Hu

  • Highly efficient electrosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide on a superhydrophobic three-phase interface by natural air diffusion

    Qizhan Zhang;Minghua Zhou;Gengbo Ren;Yawei Li

  • A critical review of the application of chelating agents to enable Fenton and Fenton-like reactions at high pH values.

    Ying Zhang;Minghua Zhou

  • Recent advances in g-C3N4-based heterojunction photocatalysts

    Yunfeng Li;Minghua Zhou;Bei Cheng;Yan Shao

  • Electro-Fenton method for the removal of methyl red in an efficient electrochemical system

    Minghua Zhou;Minghua Zhou;Qinghong Yu;Lecheng Lei;Geoff Barton

  • High-efficiency degradation of organic pollutants with Fe, N co-doped biochar catalysts via persulfate activation.

    Xiang Li;Yan Jia;Minghua Zhou;Xianfa Su

  • Cost-effective electro-Fenton using modified graphite felt that dramatically enhanced on H2O2 electro-generation without external aeration

    Fangke Yu;Minghua Zhou;Xinmin Yu

  • Heterogeneous electro-Fenton using modified iron–carbon as catalyst for 2,4-dichlorophenol degradation: Influence factors, mechanism and degradation pathway

    Chao Zhang;Minghua Zhou;Gengbo Ren;Xinmin Yu

  • Microbial fuel cell (MFC) power performance improvement through enhanced microbial electrogenicity.

    Ming Li;Minghua Zhou;Xiaoyu Tian;Chaolin Tan

  • Critical Review on the Mechanisms of Fe2+ Regeneration in the Electro-Fenton Process: Fundamentals and Boosting Strategies.

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  • Long Life Modified Lead Dioxide Anode for Organic Wastewater Treatment: Electrochemical Characteristics and Degradation Mechanism

    Minghua Zhou;Qizhou Dai;Lecheng Lei;Chun'an Ma

  • Stimulation of N2O emission by manure application to agricultural soils may largely offset carbon benefits: a global meta-analysis

    Minghua Zhou;Minghua Zhou;Bo Zhu;Shijie Wang;Xinyu Zhu

  • Photocatalytic H2 evolution on graphdiyne/g-C3N4 hybrid nanocomposites

    Quanlong Xu;Quanlong Xu;Bicheng Zhu;Bei Cheng;Jiaguo Yu

  • A novel dual gas diffusion electrodes system for efficient hydrogen peroxide generation used in electro-Fenton

    Xinmin Yu;Minghua Zhou;Gengbo Ren;Liang Ma

  • Electrochemical catalytic mechanism of N-doped graphene for enhanced H2O2 yield and in-situ degradation of organic pollutant

    Pei Su;Minghua Zhou;Xiaoye Lu;Weilu Yang

  • Recent advances in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) for wastewater treatment, bioenergy and bioproducts

    Minghua Zhou;Hongyu Wang;Daniel J. Hassett;Tingyue Gu

  • Enhanced photocatalytic activity of TiO2 powder (P25) by hydrothermal treatment

    Jiaguo Yu;Huogen Yu;Bei Cheng;Minghua Zhou

  • Degradation of organics in reverse osmosis concentrate by electro-Fenton process.

    Minghua Zhou;Qingqing Tan;Qian Wang;Yongli Jiao

Frequent Co-Authors

Lecheng Lei
Lecheng Lei Zhejiang University
Xingwang Zhang
Xingwang Zhang Zhejiang University
Tingyue Gu
Tingyue Gu Ohio University
Mehmet A. Oturan
Mehmet A. Oturan Université Paris Cité
Nihal Oturan
Nihal Oturan Université Gustave Eiffel
Ignasi Sirés
Ignasi Sirés University of Barcelona
Jianhui Sun
Jianhui Sun Henan Normal University
Omotayo A. Arotiba
Omotayo A. Arotiba University of Johannesburg
Daniel J. Hassett
Daniel J. Hassett University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Fang Ma
Fang Ma Harbin Institute of Technology

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