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Overview

Piao Xu is affiliated with Hunan University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Energy and Materials Science. Their research spans multiple subfields, notably Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main topics of work focus on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Advanced oxidation water treatment, Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, Covalent Organic Framework Applications, Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors, Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis, and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

Piao Xu has coauthored numerous papers with frequent collaborators including Ziwei Wang, Hong Qin, Han Wang, Yangzhuo He, and Guangming Zeng.

Recent significant publications include:

  • "Covalent organic framework photocatalysts: structures and applications" (2020) Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Spinel ferrites (MFe2O4): Synthesis, improvement and catalytic application in environment and energy field" (2021) Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
  • "Semiconductor-based photocatalysts for photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting: will we stop with photocorrosion?" (2020) Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "Cobalt Single Atoms Anchored on Oxygen-Doped Tubular Carbon Nitride for Efficient Peroxymonosulfate Activation: Simultaneous Coordination Structure and Morphology Modulation" (2022) Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Progress and challenges of metal-organic frameworks-based materials for SR-AOPs applications in water treatment" (2020) Chemosphere

Frequent publication venues for Piao Xu include:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Best Publications

  • Use of iron oxide nanomaterials in wastewater treatment: a review.

    Piao Xu;Guang Ming Zeng;Dan Lian Huang;Chong Ling Feng

  • Hydroxyl radicals based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for remediation of soils contaminated with organic compounds: A review

    Min Cheng;Guangming Zeng;Danlian Huang;Cui Lai

  • Covalent organic framework photocatalysts: structures and applications

    Han Wang;Hui Wang;Ziwei Wang;Lin Tang

  • Bioremediation of soils contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, petroleum, pesticides, chlorophenols and heavy metals by composting: Applications, microbes and future research needs

    Ming Chen;Piao Xu;Guangming Zeng;Chunping Yang

  • Impact of humic/fulvic acid on the removal of heavy metals from aqueous solutions using nanomaterials: A review

    Wang-Wang Tang;Guang-Ming Zeng;Ji-Lai Gong;Jie Liang

  • Recent progress in covalent organic framework thin films: fabrications, applications and perspectives

    Han Wang;Zhuotong Zeng;Piao Xu;Lianshan Li

  • Bioremediation mechanisms of combined pollution of PAHs and heavy metals by bacteria and fungi: A mini review.

    Shao-Heng Liu;Guang-Ming Zeng;Qiu-Ya Niu;Yang Liu

  • Facile Hydrothermal Synthesis of Z-Scheme Bi2Fe4O9/Bi2WO6 Heterojunction Photocatalyst with Enhanced Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity.

    Bisheng Li;Cui Lai;Guangming Zeng;Lei Qin

  • Evaluation methods for assessing effectiveness of in situ remediation of soil and sediment contaminated with organic pollutants and heavy metals.

    Biao Song;Guangming Zeng;Jilai Gong;Jie Liang

  • Adsorption of Pb(II) by iron oxide nanoparticles immobilized Phanerochaete chrysosporium: Equilibrium, kinetic, thermodynamic and mechanisms analysis

    Piao Xu;Guang Ming Zeng;Dan Lian Huang;Cui Lai

  • Combination of Fenton processes and biotreatment for wastewater treatment and soil remediation

    Danlian Huang;Chanjuan Hu;Guangming Zeng;Min Cheng

  • Semiconductor-based photocatalysts for photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting: will we stop with photocorrosion?

    Sha Chen;Danlian Huang;Piao Xu;Wenjing Xue

  • Spinel ferrites (MFe2O4): Synthesis, improvement and catalytic application in environment and energy field.

    Hong Qin;Yangzhuo He;Piao Xu;Danlian Huang

  • Rational design 2D/2D BiOBr/CDs/g-C3N4 Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst with carbon dots as solid-state electron mediators for enhanced visible and NIR photocatalytic activity: Kinetics, intermediates, and mechanism insight

    Mingming Zhang;Cui Lai;Cui Lai;Bisheng Li;Danlian Huang

  • Co-occurrence and interactions of pollutants, and their impacts on soil remediation—A review

    Shujing Ye;Guangming Zeng;Haipeng Wu;Chang Zhang

  • The effects of rice straw biochar on indigenous microbial community and enzymes activity in heavy metal-contaminated sediment.

    Danlian Huang;Linshan Liu;Guangming Zeng;Piao Xu

  • “Gold rush” in modern science: Fabrication strategies and typical advanced applications of gold nanoparticles in sensing

    Lei Qin;Guangming Zeng;Cui Lai;Danlian Huang

  • Synthesis of surface molecular imprinted TiO2/graphene photocatalyst and its highly efficient photocatalytic degradation of target pollutant under visible light irradiation

    Cui Lai;Man-Man Wang;Guang-Ming Zeng;Yun-Guo Liu

  • Immobilization of Cd in river sediments by sodium alginate modified nanoscale zero-valent iron: Impact on enzyme activities and microbial community diversity.

    Danlian Huang;Wenjing Xue;Guangming Zeng;Jia Wan

  • In Situ Grown AgI/Bi12O17Cl2 Heterojunction Photocatalysts for Visible Light Degradation of Sulfamethazine: Efficiency, Pathway, and Mechanism

    Chengyun Zhou;Cui Lai;Piao Xu;Guangming Zeng

  • Application of molecularly imprinted polymers in wastewater treatment: a review.

    Dan-Lian Huang;Rong-Zhong Wang;Yun-Guo Liu;Guang-Ming Zeng

  • In-situ deposition of gold nanoparticles onto polydopamine-decorated g-C3N4 for highly efficient reduction of nitroaromatics in environmental water purification.

    Lei Qin;Danlian Huang;Piao Xu;Guangming Zeng

  • Recent advances in biochar-based catalysts: Properties, applications and mechanisms for pollution remediation

    Rong-Zhong Wang;Dan-Lian Huang;Yun-Guo Liu;Chen Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Danlian Huang
Danlian Huang Hunan University
Cui Lai
Cui Lai Hunan University
Chen Zhang
Chen Zhang Hunan University
Min Cheng
Min Cheng Hunan University
Ming Chen
Ming Chen Zhejiang University
Liang Hu
Liang Hu Hunan University
Weiping Xiong
Weiping Xiong Hunan University
Yunguo Liu
Yunguo Liu Hunan University
Yang Liu
Yang Liu University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Xiaoxiao He
Xiaoxiao He Hunan University

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