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Overview

Wenzheng Yu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their primary research focus lies within the field of Environmental Science, encompassing a broad range of subfields and topics related to water treatment, environmental remediation, and engineering.

The main subfields of study in Yu's work include Water Science and Technology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Biomedical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. These subfields reflect a multidisciplinary approach to addressing various environmental challenges.

Yu's research topics cover several key areas:

  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Advanced Oxidation Water Treatment
  • Coagulation and Flocculation Studies
  • Environmental Remediation with Nanomaterials
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

The scientist has published frequently in notable venues, with significant numbers of publications in the following journals:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Water Research
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Membrane Science
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Yu's recent publications highlight a range of topics within catalysis, water safety, and environmental technology:

  • Iron-nickel bimetallic metal-organic frameworks as bifunctional Fenton-like catalysts for enhanced adsorption and degradation of organic contaminants under visible light: Kinetics and mechanistic studies, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Unveiling the synergy of polymorph heterointerface and sulfur vacancy in NiS/Ni3S2 electrocatalyst to promote alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction, 2022, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Efficient anodic chemical conversion to boost hydrogen evolution with low energy consumption over cobalt-doped nickel sulfide electrocatalyst, 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Modulation of dual centers on cobalt-molybdenum oxides featuring synergistic effect of intermediate activation and radical mediator for electrocatalytic urea splitting, 2021, Nano Energy
  • Spatial assessment of tap-water safety in China, 2022, Nature Sustainability

Frequent coauthors in Yu's research include Nigel Graham, Muhammad Saboor Siddique, Ting Liu, Mengjie Liu, and Lei Xu. The recurring collaboration with these researchers supports a multidisciplinary and integrated approach in their work.

Best Publications

  • Two-dimensional MXene incorporated graphene oxide composite membrane with enhanced water purification performance

    Ting Liu;Ting Liu;Xiaoyan Liu;Nigel Graham;Wenzheng Yu;Wenzheng Yu

  • Characterization of organic membrane foulants in a submerged membrane bioreactor with pre-ozonation using three-dimensional excitation–emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy

    Ting Liu;Zhong-lin Chen;Wen-zheng Yu;Shi-jie You

  • Ultrafiltration and nanofiltration membrane fouling by natural organic matter: Mechanisms and mitigation by pre-ozonation and pH.

    Wenzheng Yu;Teng Liu;John Crawshaw;Ting Liu

  • Iron-nickel bimetallic metal-organic frameworks as bifunctional Fenton-like catalysts for enhanced adsorption and degradation of organic contaminants under visible light: Kinetics and mechanistic studies.

    Qiangshun Wu;Muhammad Saboor Siddique;Wenzheng Yu;Wenzheng Yu

  • The role of mixing conditions on floc growth, breakage and re-growth

    Wen-zheng Yu;Wen-zheng Yu;John Gregory;Luiza Campos;Guibai Li

  • Coagulation and oxidation for controlling ultrafiltration membrane fouling in drinking water treatment: Application of ozone at low dose in submerged membrane tank

    Wenzheng Yu;Nigel J.D. Graham;Geoffrey D. Fowler

  • Trivalent metal cation cross-linked graphene oxide membranes for NOM removal in water treatment

    Ting Liu;Bing Yang;Nigel Graham;Wenzheng Yu

  • Applying multiple bio-cathodes in constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell for promoting energy production and bioelectrical derived nitrification-denitrification process

    Lei Xu;Yaqian Zhao;Yaqian Zhao;Xiaodi Wang;Wenzheng Yu

  • Breakage and regrowth of Al-humic flocs--effect of additional coagulant dosage.

    Wen-Zheng Yu;John Gregory;Luiza Campos

  • Membrane fouling by extracellular polymeric substances after ozone pre-treatment: Variation of nano-particles size

    Wenzheng Yu;Dizhong Zhang;Nigel J.D. Graham

  • Breakage and re-growth of flocs formed by alum and PACl

    Wenzheng Yu;Guibai Li;Yongpeng Xu;Xue Yang

  • Development of a stable cation modified graphene oxide membrane for water treatment

    Wenzheng Yu;Tong Yet Yu;Nigel Graham

  • Breakage and re-growth of flocs formed by charge neutralization using alum and polyDADMAC

    Wenzheng Yu;John Gregory;Luiza C. Campos

  • Evaluation of ferrate as a coagulant aid/oxidant pretreatment for mitigating submerged ultrafiltration membrane fouling in drinking water treatment

    Wenzheng Yu;Yunjia Yang;Nigel Graham

  • Application of polyacrylamide flocculation with and without alum coagulation for mitigating ultrafiltration membrane fouling: role of floc structure and bacterial activity

    Ting Liu;Yuanlong Lian;Nigel Graham;Wenzheng Yu

  • Dependence of floc properties on coagulant type, dosing mode and nature of particles

    Wenzheng Yu;John Gregory;Luiza C. Campos;Nigel Graham

  • Coagulation of surface water: Observations on the significance of biopolymers

    Zhaoyang Su;Zhaoyang Su;Ting Liu;Ting Liu;Wenzheng Yu;Xing Li

  • Modulation of dual centers on cobalt-molybdenum oxides featuring synergistic effect of intermediate activation and radical mediator for electrocatalytic urea splitting

    Kai Zhang;Chunlei Liu;Nigel Graham;Gong Zhang

  • Effect of two-stage coagulant addition on coagulation-ultrafiltration process for treatment of humic-rich water.

    Ting Liu;Zhong-lin Chen;Wen-zheng Yu;Ji-min Shen

  • Comparison of FeCl3 and alum pre-treatment on UF membrane fouling

    Wen-zheng Yu;Nigel Graham;Hui-juan Liu;Jiu-hui Qu

Frequent Co-Authors

Nigel Graham
Nigel Graham Imperial College London
Jiuhui Qu
Jiuhui Qu University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Huijuan Liu
Huijuan Liu Tsinghua University
Guibai Li
Guibai Li Harbin Institute of Technology
Zhonglin Chen
Zhonglin Chen Harbin Institute of Technology
Chengzhi Hu
Chengzhi Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yonglong Lu
Yonglong Lu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lei Su
Lei Su Shenzhen University
David Rooney
David Rooney Queen's University Belfast
Mark R. Wiesner
Mark R. Wiesner Duke University

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