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Overview

Runliang Zhu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed to multiple research areas primarily within Environmental Science, Materials Science, and Engineering. Their work engages with several subfields including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

The research topics addressed by Runliang Zhu prominently include:

  • Iron oxide chemistry and applications
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Some of the recent papers authored by or associated with Runliang Zhu cover a range of environmental and material chemistry issues:

  • Study on the adsorption properties of methyl orange by natural one-dimensional nano-mineral materials with different structures (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Adsorption of phosphate and cadmium on iron (oxyhydr)oxides: A comparative study on ferrihydrite, goethite, and hematite (2020, Geoderma)
  • Insight into the effect of manganese substitution on mesoporous hollow spinel cobalt oxides for catalytic oxidation of toluene (2021, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science)
  • Coupled redox cycling of Fe and Mn in the environment: The complex interplay of solution species with Fe- and Mn-(oxyhydr)oxide crystallization and transformation (2022, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Phosphate modified magnetite@ferrihydrite as a magnetic adsorbent for Cd(II) removal from water, soil, and sediment (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)

Frequent publication venues for Runliang Zhu's research include:

  • Applied Clay Science
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • American Mineralogist
  • The Science of The Total Environment

They have collaborated regularly with several co-authors, whose frequent collaborations include Jianxi Zhu, Hongping He, Qingze Chen, Xiaoliang Liang, and Jing Liu.

Best Publications

  • Strategies for Enhancing the Heterogeneous Fenton Catalytic Reactivity: A review

    Yanping Zhu;Yanping Zhu;Runliang Zhu;Yunfei Xi;Jianxi Zhu

  • Adsorbents based on montmorillonite for contaminant removal from water: A review

    Runliang Zhu;Qingze Chen;Qing Zhou;Yunfei Xi

  • Removal of hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] from aqueous solutions by the diatomite-supported/unsupported magnetite nanoparticles

    Peng Yuan;Dong Liu;Mingde Fan;Dan Yang

  • Adsorption of ammonium by different natural clay minerals: Characterization, kinetics and adsorption isotherms

    Aref Alshameri;Hongping He;Jianxi Zhu;Yunfei Xi

  • Functionalized layered double hydroxides for innovative applications

    Minwang Laipan;Jingfang Yu;Runliang Zhu;Jianxi Zhu

  • Superior adsorption of phosphate by ferrihydrite-coated and lanthanum-decorated magnetite.

    Haoyang Fu;Yixuan Yang;Runliang Zhu;Jing Liu

  • CNTs/ferrihydrite as a highly efficient heterogeneous Fenton catalyst for the degradation of bisphenol A:The important role of CNTs in accelerating Fe(III)/Fe(II) cycling

    Runliang Zhu;Yanping Zhu;Yanping Zhu;Haiyang Xian;Lixia Yan

  • Enhanced photocatalytic activity of Bi4Ti3O12 nanosheets by Fe3+-doping and the addition of Au nanoparticles: Photodegradation of Phenol and bisphenol A

    Yongbao Liu;Gangqiang Zhu;Jianzhi Gao;Mirabbos Hojamberdiev

  • Mechanisms for the enhanced photo-Fenton activity of ferrihydrite modified with BiVO4 at neutral pH

    Tianyuan Xu;Runliang Zhu;Gangqiang Zhu;Jianxi Zhu

  • The constraints of transition metal substitutions (Ti, Cr, Mn, Co and Ni) in magnetite on its catalytic activity in heterogeneous Fenton and UV/Fenton reaction: From the perspective of hydroxyl radical generation

    Yuanhong Zhong;Xiaoliang Liang;Zisen He;Wei Tan

  • Three-dimensional Ag2O/Bi5O7I p–n heterojunction photocatalyst harnessing UV–vis–NIR broad spectrum for photodegradation of organic pollutants

    Yannan Chen;Gangqiang Zhu;Mirabbos Hojamberdiev;Jianzhi Gao

  • Effect of Mn substitution on the promoted formaldehyde oxidation over spinel ferrite: Catalyst characterization, performance and reaction mechanism

    Peng Liu;Hongping He;Gaoling Wei;Xiaoliang Liang

  • Heterogeneous photo-Fenton degradation of bisphenol A over Ag/AgCl/ferrihydrite catalysts under visible light

    Yanping Zhu;Runliang Zhu;Yunfei Xi;Tianyuan Xu

  • Adsorption of phosphate and cadmium on iron (oxyhydr)oxides: A comparative study on ferrihydrite, goethite, and hematite

    Jing Liu;Runliang Zhu;Lingya Ma;Haoyang Fu

  • Study on the adsorption properties of methyl orange by natural one-dimensional nano-mineral materials with different structures.

    Lijuan Wu;Xuewen Liu;Guocheng Lv;Runliang Zhu

  • Adsorption of phenol and Cu(II) onto cationic and zwitterionic surfactant modified montmorillonite in single and binary systems

    Lingya Ma;Lingya Ma;Qingze Chen;Jianxi Zhu;Yunfei Xi

  • Visible-light Ag/AgBr/ferrihydrite catalyst with enhanced heterogeneous photo-Fenton reactivity via electron transfer from Ag/AgBr to ferrihydrite

    Yanping Zhu;Yanping Zhu;Runliang Zhu;Lixia Yan;Haoyang Fu

  • Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes encapsulate cobalt nanoparticles as efficient catalysts for aerobic and solvent-free selective oxidation of hydrocarbons

    Xiu Lin;Zhenzhen Nie;Liyun Zhang;Shuchuan Mei

  • Enhanced degradation of tetracycline under natural sunlight through the synergistic effect of Ag3PO4/MIL-101(Fe) photocatalysis and Fenton catalysis: Mechanism, pathway, and toxicity assessment.

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  • Co-adsorption of phosphate and zinc(II) on the surface of ferrihydrite

    Jing Liu;Runliang Zhu;Tianyuan Xu;Yin Xu

  • Simultaneous sorption of organic compounds and phosphate to inorganic-organic bentonites from water

    Lizhong Zhu;Runliang Zhu

  • Self-mediated pH changes in culture medium affecting biosorption and biomineralization of Cd2+ by Bacillus cereus Cd01.

    Feng Li;Wei Wang;Chengcheng Li;Runliang Zhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianxi Zhu
Jianxi Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hongping He
Hongping He Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yunfei Xi
Yunfei Xi Queensland University of Technology
Gangqiang Zhu
Gangqiang Zhu Shaanxi Normal University
Peng Yuan
Peng Yuan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Godwin A. Ayoko
Godwin A. Ayoko Queensland University of Technology
Mirabbos Hojamberdiev
Mirabbos Hojamberdiev Technical University of Berlin
Zhigang Liu
Zhigang Liu Southwest Jiaotong University
Lizhong Zhu
Lizhong Zhu Zhejiang University
Stephen C. Parker
Stephen C. Parker University of Bath

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