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Nanwen Zhu is affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and engineering, with a substantial body of work addressing water science and technology, pollution control, and industrial and manufacturing engineering.

The scientist has contributed significantly to several subfields, including:

  • Water Science and Technology
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Pollution
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Building and Construction

Nanwen Zhu's research covers a variety of topics centered around environmental and wastewater treatment processes. Key topics of work include:

  • Coagulation and Flocculation Studies
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authorship with researchers such as Haiping Yuan, Dongdong Ge, Yanwen Shen, Yanting Dong, and Shouqiang Huang, reflecting recurring partnerships in related fields of study.

Nanwen Zhu has published numerous articles in prominent journals, with frequent contributions to the following publication venues:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Water Research
  • Journal of Cleaner Production

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Nanwen Zhu are:

  • "A review of pristine and modified biochar immobilizing typical heavy metals in soil: Applications and challenges," 2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Role of redox-active biochar with distinctive electrochemical properties to promote methane production in anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge," 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "A sustainable reuse strategy of converting waste activated sludge into biochar for contaminants removal from water: Modifications, applications and perspectives," 2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "A novel conditioning approach for amelioration of sludge dewaterability using activated carbon strengthening electrochemical oxidation and realized mechanism," 2022, Water Research
  • "Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) promoted by pyrogenic biochar: Deciphering the interaction with extracellular polymeric substances (EPS)," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Enhancing the Stability of CH3NH3PbBr3 Quantum Dots by Embedding in Silica Spheres Derived from Tetramethyl Orthosilicate in “Waterless” Toluene

    Shouqiang Huang;Zhichun Li;Long Kong;Nanwen Zhu

  • Morphology Evolution and Degradation of CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals under Blue Light-Emitting Diode Illumination.

    Shouqiang Huang;Zhichun Li;Bo Wang;Nanwen Zhu

  • Progress in inhibition mechanisms and process control of intermediates and by-products in sewage sludge anaerobic digestion

    Haiping Yuan;Nanwen Zhu

  • A review of pristine and modified biochar immobilizing typical heavy metals in soil: Applications and challenges.

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  • Preparation of sludge-based activated carbon and its application in dye wastewater treatment

    Xiaoning Wang;Nanwen Zhu;Bingkui Yin

  • A sustainable reuse strategy of converting waste activated sludge into biochar for contaminants removal from water: Modifications, applications and perspectives.

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  • The identification and health risk assessment of odor emissions from waste landfilling and composting.

    Zhaowen Cheng;Zhongtao Sun;Shijie Zhu;Ziyang Lou;Ziyang Lou

  • Insight into the enhanced sludge dewaterability by tannic acid conditioning and pH regulation

    Dongdong Ge;Haiping Yuan;Jiamu Xiao;Nanwen Zhu

  • A novel conditioning approach for amelioration of sludge dewaterability using activated carbon strengthening electrochemical oxidation and realized mechanism.

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  • Adsorption and Fenton-like degradation of naphthalene dye intermediate on sewage sludge derived porous carbon.

    Lin Gu;Nanwen Zhu;Huaqing Guo;Shouqiang Huang

  • Dewaterability characteristics of sludge conditioned with surfactants pretreatment by electrolysis.

    Haiping Yuan;Nanwen Zhu;Fanyong Song

  • Biostimulation by direct voltage to enhance anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge

    Ying Chen;Bao Yu;Changkai Yin;Chen Zhang

  • Near-infrared responsive Z-scheme heterojunction with strong stability and ultra-high quantum efficiency constructed by lanthanide-doped glass

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  • New sludge pretreatment method to improve dewaterability of waste activated sludge

    Hai-ping Yuan;Xiao-bo Cheng;Shan-ping Chen;Nan-wen Zhu

  • Leaching behavior of heavy metals from sewage sludge solidified by cement-based binders

    Fanyong Song;Lin Gu;Nanwen Zhu;Haiping Yuan

  • Role of redox-active biochar with distinctive electrochemical properties to promote methane production in anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge

    Yanwen Shen;Yamei Yu;Yue Zhang;Meltem Urgun-Demirtas

  • Enhancement of waste activated sludge dewaterability by electro-chemical pretreatment.

    Hai-ping Yuan;Xiao-fei Yan;Cai-feng Yang;Nan-wen Zhu

  • Sludge-based biochar-assisted thermophilic anaerobic digestion of waste-activated sludge in microbial electrolysis cell for methane production.

    Changkai Yin;Yanwen Shen;Rongxue Yuan;Nanwen Zhu

  • Recycling of spent nickel-cadmium batteries based on bioleaching process.

    Nanwen Zhu;Lehua Zhang;Chunjie Li;Chunguang Cai

  • Enhancement of waste activated sludge aerobic digestion by electrochemical pre-treatment.

    Li-Jie Song;Nan-Wen Zhu;Hai-Ping Yuan;Ying Hong

  • Chemical and microbial changes during autothermal thermophilic aerobic digestion (ATAD) of sewage sludge

    Shugen Liu;Fanyong Song;Nanwen Zhu;Haiping Yuan

  • Pyrolytic temperature dependent conversion of sewage sludge to carbon catalyst and their performance in persulfate degradation of 2-Naphthol

    Xiaopeng Wang;Lin Gu;Lin Gu;Pin Zhou;Nanwen Zhu

  • Near-infrared photocatalyst of Er3+/Yb3+ codoped (CaF2@TiO2) nanoparticles with active-core/active-shell structure

    Shouqiang Huang;Lin Gu;Chen Miao;Ziyang Lou

  • Enhancement of anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge by electrochemical pretreatment

    Bao Yu;Jianbo Xu;Haiping Yuan;Ziyang Lou

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaohu Dai
Xiaohu Dai Tongji University
Loretta Y. Li
Loretta Y. Li University of British Columbia
Bo Jin
Bo Jin University of Adelaide
Ling Zhao
Ling Zhao Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Baoyu Gao
Baoyu Gao Shandong University
Jinping Jia
Jinping Jia Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ping Ning
Ping Ning Kunming University of Science and Technology
Shinobu Inanaga
Shinobu Inanaga Tottori University
Erik Smolders
Erik Smolders KU Leuven
Xian Zhao
Xian Zhao Shandong University

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