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Xiaowei Li is affiliated with Sichuan University in China, focusing their research primarily within the fields of environmental science and engineering. Their work encompasses a broad range of subfields including pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, water science and technology, electrical and electronic engineering, and materials chemistry.

The researcher's investigations cover several main topics such as microplastics and plastic pollution, recycling and waste management techniques, adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, composting and vermicomposting techniques, catalytic processes in materials science, anaerobic digestion and biogas production, and wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal.

Recent significant publications by Xiaowei Li include:

  • "Techno-economic and environmental impact assessment of hydrogen production processes using bio-waste as renewable energy resource" (2021) published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "Modeling water flux in osmotic membrane bioreactor by adaptive network-based fuzzy inference system and artificial neural network" (2020) published in Bioresource Technology
  • "Changes in physicochemical and leachate characteristics of microplastics during hydrothermal treatment of sewage sludge" (2022) published in Water Research
  • "Biotic and abiotic catalysts for enhanced humification in composting: A comprehensive review" (2023) published in Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Aging microplastics in wastewater pipeline networks and treatment processes: Physicochemical characteristics and Cd adsorption" (2021) published in The Science of The Total Environment

Xiaowei Li frequently publishes in prominent venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • PubMed
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Chemosphere
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their research, with frequent coauthors including John L. Zhou, Bin Dong, Yongjun Liu, Zhuangzhuang Yang, and Zhe Liu. These partnerships have resulted in a network of interdisciplinary work bridging environmental science and engineering disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Microplastics in sewage sludge from the wastewater treatment plants in China

    Xiaowei Li;Lubei Chen;Qingqing Mei;Bin Dong

  • Design of Superior Ethanol Gas Sensor Based on Al-Doped NiO Nanorod-Flowers

    Chen Wang;Xiaobiao Cui;Jiangyang Liu;Xin Zhou

  • Enhancement in adsorption potential of microplastics in sewage sludge for metal pollutants after the wastewater treatment process

    Xiaowei Li;Qingqing Mei;Lubei Chen;Hongyuan Zhang

  • Lipid engineering combined with systematic metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for high-yield production of lycopene

    Tian Ma;Bin Shi;Ziling Ye;Xiaowei Li

  • Nanosheet-assembled ZnFe2O4 hollow microspheres for high-sensitive acetone sensor.

    Xin Zhou;Xiaowei Li;Hongbin Sun;Peng Sun

  • Humidity-sensing properties of urchinlike CuO nanostructures modified by reduced graphene oxide.

    Zhenyu Wang;Yan Xiao;Xiaobiao Cui;Pengfei Cheng

  • Porous ZnO/ZnCo2O4 hollow spheres: Synthesis, characterization, and applications in gas sensing

    Xin Zhou;Wei Feng;Chen Wang;Xiaolong Hu

  • New insight into chemical changes of dissolved organic matter during anaerobic digestion of dewatered sewage sludge using EEM-PARAFAC and two-dimensional FTIR correlation spectroscopy

    Xiaowei Li;Xiaohu Dai;Junichi Takahashi;Ning Li

  • Highly sensitive acetone gas sensor based on porous ZnFe2O4 nanospheres

    Xin Zhou;Jiangyang Liu;Chen Wang;Peng Sun

  • Design of Au@ZnO Yolk–Shell Nanospheres with Enhanced Gas Sensing Properties

    Xiaowei Li;Xin Zhou;Hang Guo;Chen Wang

  • Highly sensitive humidity sensor based on high surface area mesoporous LaFeO3 prepared by a nanocasting route

    Jing Zhao;Yinping Liu;Xiaowei Li;Geyu Lu

  • Preparation of NiO nanoparticles in microemulsion and its gas sensing performance

    Yu Du;Weinan Wang;Xiaowei Li;Jing Zhao

  • Earthworm-microorganism interactions: a strategy to stabilize domestic wastewater sludge.

    Limin Zhao;Yayi Wang;Jian Yang;Meiyan Xing

  • Enhancement of NO2 gas sensing response based on ordered mesoporous Fe-doped In2O3

    Jing Zhao;Jing Zhao;Tianlin Yang;Yinping Liu;Zhenyu Wang

  • Compositional and functional features of humic acid-like fractions from vermicomposting of sewage sludge and cow dung

    Xiaowei Li;Meiyan Xing;Jian Yang;Zhidong Huang

  • Effects of chemical pretreatments on microplastic extraction in sewage sludge and their physicochemical characteristics.

    Xiaowei Li;Lubei Chen;Yanyan Ji;Man Li

  • Template-free synthesis of hierarchical ZnFe2O4 yolk-shell microspheres for high-sensitivity acetone sensors.

    Xin Zhou;Boqun Wang;Hongbin Sun;Chen Wang

  • Double-Shell Architectures of ZnFe2O4 Nanosheets on ZnO Hollow Spheres for High-Performance Gas Sensors.

    Xiaowei Li;Chen Wang;Hang Guo;Peng Sun

  • Ordered mesoporous Pd/SnO2 synthesized by a nanocasting route for high hydrogen sensing performance

    Jing Zhao;Weinan Wang;Yinping Liu;Jinming Ma

  • Treatment performance of small-scale vermifilter for domestic wastewater and its relationship to earthworm growth, reproduction and enzymatic activity

    Meiyan Xing;Xiaowei Li;Jian Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Geyu Lu
Geyu Lu Jilin University
Peng Sun
Peng Sun Jilin University
Fengmin Liu
Fengmin Liu Jilin University
Xishuang Liang
Xishuang Liang Jilin University
Zixin Deng
Zixin Deng Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Xiaohu Dai
Xiaohu Dai Tongji University
Yanfeng Sun
Yanfeng Sun Jilin University
Noboru Yamazoe
Noboru Yamazoe Kyushu University
Kengo Shimanoe
Kengo Shimanoe Kyushu University
Tong Zhang
Tong Zhang Jilin University

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