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Xiaoyuan Zhang

Xiaoyuan Zhang

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
54
Citations
9527
World Ranking
3253
National Ranking
668

Xiaoyuan Zhang publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xiaoyuan Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 134 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Xiaoyuan Zhang D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xiaoyuan Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Xiaoyuan Zhang is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and has an extensive body of research primarily focused on environmental science and engineering. Their work encompasses various aspects of wastewater treatment, photocatalysis, and advanced materials for environmental applications.

The main fields of study associated with Xiaoyuan Zhang include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

Key subfields of study cover:

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering

The core topics explored in their publications are:

  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques

Some of the recent papers published by Xiaoyuan Zhang include:

  • "Single-Atom Fe-N4 Sites for Catalytic Ozonation to Selectively Induce a Nonradical Pathway toward Wastewater Purification" (2023), Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Challenges, solutions and prospects of mainstream anammox-based process for municipal wastewater treatment" (2022), The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Enhanced Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment by a Binary Electroactive Material: Pseudocapacitance/Conductance-Mediated Microbial Interspecies Electron Transfer" (2023), Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Filtration-enhanced highly efficient photocatalytic degradation with a novel electrospun rGO@TiO2 nanofibrous membrane: Implication for improving photocatalytic efficiency" (2020), Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Subtle tuning of nanodefects actuates highly efficient electrocatalytic oxidation" (2023), Nature Communications

Xiaoyuan Zhang has frequently published in several key journals in their field, including:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Water Research
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, many of whom have contributed to multiple papers:

  • Xia Huang
  • Peng Liang
  • Tengfei Ren
  • Zhiqiang Su
  • Mengxi Yin

Best Publications

  • A new method for water desalination using microbial desalination cells.

    Xiaoxin Cao;Xia Huang;Peng Liang;Kang Xiao

  • Separator characteristics for increasing performance of microbial fuel cells.

    Xiaoyuan Zhang;Shaoan Cheng;Xin Wang;Xia Huang

  • One-year operation of 1000-L modularized microbial fuel cell for municipal wastewater treatment.

    Peng Liang;Rui Duan;Yong Jiang;Xiaoyuan Zhang

  • COD removal characteristics in air-cathode microbial fuel cells.

    Xiaoyuan Zhang;Xiaoyuan Zhang;Weihua He;Lijiao Ren;Jennifer Stager

  • A novel pilot-scale stacked microbial fuel cell for efficient electricity generation and wastewater treatment

    Shijia Wu;Hui Li;Xuechen Zhou;Peng Liang

  • Enhanced Activated Carbon Cathode Performance for Microbial Fuel Cell by Blending Carbon Black

    Xiaoyuan Zhang;Xue Xia;Ivan Ivanov;Xia Huang

  • A completely anoxic microbial fuel cell using a photo-biocathode for cathodic carbon dioxide reduction

    Xiaoxin Cao;Xia Huang;Peng Liang;Nico Boon

  • Single-Atom Fe-N4 Sites for Catalytic Ozonation to Selectively Induce a Nonradical Pathway toward Wastewater Purification.

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  • Binder-free graphene and manganese oxide coated carbon felt anode for high-performance microbial fuel cell.

    Changyong Zhang;Peng Liang;Xufei Yang;Yong Jiang

  • Long‐Term Performance of Chemically and Physically Modified Activated Carbons in Air Cathodes of Microbial Fuel Cells

    Xiaoyuan Zhang;Xiaoyuan Zhang;Deepak Pant;Fang Zhang;Jia Liu

  • The use of nylon and glass fiber filter separators with different pore sizes in air-cathode single-chamber microbial fuel cells

    Xiaoyuan Zhang;Shaoan Cheng;Shaoan Cheng;Xia Huang;Bruce E. Logan

  • Ni-Induced C-Al2O3-Framework (NiCAF) Supported Core-Multishell Catalysts for Efficient Catalytic Ozonation: A Structure-to-Performance Study.

    Kajia Wei;Xiaoxin Cao;Wancong Gu;Peng Liang

  • Enhancing direct interspecies electron transfer in syntrophic-methanogenic associations with (semi)conductive iron oxides: Effects and mechanisms

    Hui Xu;Jiali Chang;Han Wang;Yancheng Liu

  • Electrical stimulation on biodegradation of phenol and responses of microbial communities in conductive carriers supported biofilms of the bioelectrochemical reactor.

    Nuerla Ailijiang;Jiali Chang;Peng Liang;Peng Li

  • Enhanced Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment by a Binary Electroactive Material: Pseudocapacitance/Conductance-Mediated Microbial Interspecies Electron Transfer.

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  • In-situ combined dual-layer CNT/PVDF membrane for electrically-enhanced fouling resistance

    Shu Wang;Shuai Liang;Shuai Liang;Peng Liang;Xiaoyuan Zhang

  • Enhanced H2O2 activation and sulfamethoxazole degradation by Fe-impregnated biochar

    Xiaoying Zhang;Xiaoying Zhang;Peizhe Sun;Kajia Wei;Xia Huang

  • −60 °C solution synthesis of atomically dispersed cobalt electrocatalyst with superior performance

    Kai Huang;Kai Huang;Le Zhang;Ting Xu;Hehe Wei

  • Power generation by coupling reverse electrodialysis and ammonium bicarbonate: Implication for recovery of waste heat

    Xi Luo;Xiaoxin Cao;Yinghui Mo;Kang Xiao

  • Enhancement of methanogenesis via direct interspecies electron transfer between Geobacteraceae and Methanosaetaceae conducted by granular activated carbon.

    Shuo Zhang;Jiali Chang;Chao Lin;Yiran Pan

  • Scalable air cathode microbial fuel cells using glass fiber separators, plastic mesh supporters, and graphite fiber brush anodes.

    Xiaoyuan Zhang;Shaoan Cheng;Shaoan Cheng;Peng Liang;Xia Huang

  • The effect of flow modes and electrode combinations on the performance of a multiple module microbial fuel cell installed at wastewater treatment plant

    Weihua He;Maxwell J. Wallack;Kyoung Yeol Kim;Xiaoyuan Zhang

  • Improved performance of single-chamber microbial fuel cells through control of membrane deformation

    Xiaoyuan Zhang;Shaoan Cheng;Shaoan Cheng;Xia Huang;Bruce E. Logan

Frequent Co-Authors

Xia Huang
Xia Huang Tsinghua University
Peng Liang
Peng Liang Tsinghua University
Bruce E. Logan
Bruce E. Logan Pennsylvania State University
Shaoan Cheng
Shaoan Cheng Zhejiang University
Kang Xiao
Kang Xiao University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jia Liu
Jia Liu Tianjin University
Zhiyong Jason Ren
Zhiyong Jason Ren Princeton University
Fang Zhang
Fang Zhang Tsinghua University
Hui Wu
Hui Wu Tsinghua University
Cheng Tang
Cheng Tang Tsinghua University

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