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Xiaofei Tan

Xiaofei Tan

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2025

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67
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18708
World Ranking
100
National Ranking
32

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72
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21750
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5194
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Overview

Xiaofei Tan is affiliated with Hunan University in China and specializes in environmental science. Their research primarily focuses on water science and technology, renewable energy, sustainability, and materials chemistry, with additional work in biomedical engineering and pollution studies.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Layered Double Hydroxides Synthesis and Applications

Xiaofei Tan has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Nitrogen-doped biochar fiber with graphitization from Boehmeria nivea for promoted peroxymonosulfate activation and non-radical degradation pathways with enhancing electron transfer" (2020) in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Biomass-derived porous graphitic carbon materials for energy and environmental applications" (2020) in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "Potential hazards of biochar: The negative environmental impacts of biochar applications" (2021) in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Mechanism analysis of heavy metal lead captured by natural-aged microplastics" (2020) in Chemosphere
  • "Design and engineering of layered double hydroxide based catalysts for water depollution by advanced oxidation processes: a review" (2020) in Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Their frequent co-authors, with multiple collaborations, include Hailan Yang, Shujing Ye, Shaobo Liu, Guangming Zeng, and Xinjiang Hu.

Xiaofei Tan contributes regularly to several scientific journals, with many publications appearing in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Best Publications

  • Application of biochar for the removal of pollutants from aqueous solutions.

    Xiaofei Tan;Yunguo Liu;Guangming Zeng;Xin Wang

  • Biochar to improve soil fertility. A review

    Yang Ding;Yunguo Liu;Shaobo Liu;Zhongwu Li

  • Biochar-based nano-composites for the decontamination of wastewater: A review.

    Xiao-fei Tan;Yun-guo Liu;Yan-ling Gu;Yan Xu

  • Nitrogen-doped biochar fiber with graphitization from Boehmeria nivea for promoted peroxymonosulfate activation and non-radical degradation pathways with enhancing electron transfer

    Shujing Ye;Guangming Zeng;Xiaofei Tan;Haipeng Wu;Haipeng Wu

  • Biochar as potential sustainable precursors for activated carbon production: Multiple applications in environmental protection and energy storage

    Xiao-fei Tan;Shao-bo Liu;Yun-guo Liu;Yan-ling Gu

  • Facile assembled biochar-based nanocomposite with improved graphitization for efficient photocatalytic activity driven by visible light

    Shujing Ye;Min Yan;Xiaofei Tan;Jie Liang

  • 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

  • Competitive adsorption of Pb(II), Cd(II) and Cu(II) onto chitosan-pyromellitic dianhydride modified biochar.

    Jiaqin Deng;Yunguo Liu;Shaobo Liu;Guangming Zeng

  • Mechanisms underlying the photocatalytic degradation pathway of ciprofloxacin with heterogeneous TiO2

    Xi Hu;Xinjiang Hu;Qingqing Peng;Lu Zhou

  • Biochar for environmental management: Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, contaminant treatment, and potential negative impacts

    Chen Zhang;Guangming Zeng;Danlian Huang;Cui Lai

  • Efficiency and mechanisms of Cd removal from aqueous solution by biochar derived from water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes).

    Feng Zhang;Xin Wang;Daixia Yin;Bo Peng

  • Sorption performance and mechanisms of arsenic(V) removal by magnetic gelatin-modified biochar

    Zan Zhou;Yun-guo Liu;Shao-bo Liu;Hong-yu Liu;Hong-yu Liu

  • Biomass-derived porous graphitic carbon materials for energy and environmental applications

    Qiang Chen;Xiaofei Tan;Yunguo Liu;Shaobo Liu

  • Investigation of the adsorption-reduction mechanisms of hexavalent chromium by ramie biochars of different pyrolytic temperatures.

    Lu Zhou;Yunguo Liu;Shaobo Liu;Yicheng Yin

  • Potential hazards of biochar: The negative environmental impacts of biochar applications.

    Ling Xiang;Shaoheng Liu;Shujing Ye;Hailan Yang

  • Effective removal of Cr(VI) using β-cyclodextrin–chitosan modified biochars with adsorption/reduction bifuctional roles

    Xixian Huang;Yunguo Liu;Shaobo Liu;Xiaofei Tan

  • Removal of 17β-estradiol by few-layered graphene oxide nanosheets from aqueous solutions: External influence and adsorption mechanism

    Lu-hua Jiang;Yun-guo Liu;Guang-ming Zeng;Fang-yu Xiao

  • A review on strategies to LDH-based materials to improve adsorption capacity and photoreduction efficiency for CO2

    Zhong-zhu Yang;Jing-jing Wei;Guang-ming Zeng;Hua-qing Zhang

  • Effect of porous zinc–biochar nanocomposites on Cr(VI) adsorption from aqueous solution

    Chao Gan;Yunguo Liu;Xiaofei Tan;Shufan Wang

  • Facile synthesis of Cu(II) impregnated biochar with enhanced adsorption activity for the removal of doxycycline hydrochloride from water.

    Su Liu;Wei-hua Xu;Yun-guo Liu;Xiao-fei Tan

  • Chitosan modification of magnetic biochar produced from Eichhornia crassipes for enhanced sorption of Cr( VI ) from aqueous solution

    Ming-ming Zhang;Yun-guo Liu;Ting-ting Li;Wei-hua Xu

  • Adsorption behavior of engineered carbons and carbon nanomaterials for metal endocrine disruptors: Experiments and theoretical calculation.

    Chen Zhang;Wenjun Wang;Abing Duan;Guangming Zeng

Frequent Co-Authors

Yunguo Liu
Yunguo Liu Hunan University
Xinjiang Hu
Xinjiang Hu Central South University of Forestry and Technology
Chen Zhang
Chen Zhang Hunan University
Danlian Huang
Danlian Huang Hunan University
Haipeng Wu
Haipeng Wu Changsha University of Science and Technology
Jie Liang
Jie Liang Hunan University
Min Cheng
Min Cheng Hunan University
Chang Zhang
Chang Zhang Hunan University
Yaoyu Zhou
Yaoyu Zhou Hunan Agricultural University
Hou Wang
Hou Wang Hunan University

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