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Overview

Yaoyu Zhou is affiliated with Hunan Agricultural University in China and has contributed extensively to the field of environmental science, with a focus on pollution, water science and technology, biomedical engineering, plant science, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's published work demonstrates a strong emphasis on advanced oxidation water treatment, heavy metals in the environment, advanced photocatalysis techniques, environmental remediation with nanomaterials, arsenic contamination and mitigation, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, and adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Yaoyu Zhou include:

  • Bin Yao
  • Dan Zhi
  • Xiao Yang
  • Avelino Núñez-Delgado
  • Jian Yang

Yaoyu Zhou has published in various prominent journals related to environmental science. The venues with the highest number of their publications are:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environmental Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Environmental Management

Selected recent papers include:

  • An overview on engineering the surface area and porosity of biochar, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-induced mitigation of heavy metal phytotoxicity in metal contaminated soils: A critical review, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Microplastics and environmental pollutants: Key interaction and toxicology in aquatic and soil environments, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) by spinel ferrite and their composites in degradation of organic pollutants: A Review, 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Unique g-C3N4/PDI-g-C3N4 homojunction with synergistic piezo-photocatalytic effect for aquatic contaminant control and H2O2 generation under visible light, 2021, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Best Publications

  • Insight into highly efficient simultaneous photocatalytic removal of Cr(VI) and 2,4-diclorophenol under visible light irradiation by phosphorus doped porous ultrathin g-C3N4 nanosheets from aqueous media: Performance and reaction mechanism

    Yaocheng Deng;Lin Tang;Guangming Zeng;Zhejing Zhu

  • Modification of biochar derived from sawdust and its application in removal of tetracycline and copper from aqueous solution: Adsorption mechanism and modelling

    Yaoyu Zhou;Xiaocheng Liu;Yujia Xiang;Pei Wang

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-induced mitigation of heavy metal phytotoxicity in metal contaminated soils: A critical review.

    Muhammad Riaz;Muhammad Kamran;Yizeng Fang;Qianqian Wang

  • Adsorption of tetracycline antibiotics from aqueous solutions on nanocomposite multi-walled carbon nanotube functionalized MIL-53(Fe) as new adsorbent.

    Weiping Xiong;Guangming Zeng;Zhaohui Yang;Yaoyu Zhou

  • Microplastics and environmental pollutants: Key interaction and toxicology in aquatic and soil environments.

    Yujia Xiang;Li Jiang;Yaoyu Zhou;Zirui Luo

  • Efficacy of carbonaceous nanocomposites for sorbing ionizable antibiotic sulfamethazine from aqueous solution.

    Chen Zhang;Cui Lai;Guangming Zeng;Danlian Huang

  • Metal-free carbon materials-catalyzed sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation processes: A review on heterogeneous catalysts and applications

    Qingxia Zhao;Qiming Mao;Yaoyu Zhou;Jianhong Wei

  • One-step synthesis of Co-doped UiO-66 nanoparticle with enhanced removal efficiency of tetracycline: Simultaneous adsorption and photocatalysis

    Jiao Cao;Zhao-hui Yang;Wei-ping Xiong;Yao-yu Zhou

  • Atomic scale g-C3N4/Bi2WO6 2D/2D heterojunction with enhanced photocatalytic degradation of ibuprofen under visible light irradiation

    Jiajia Wang;Lin Tang;Guangming Zeng;Yaocheng Deng

  • Physicochemical features, metal availability and enzyme activity in heavy metal-polluted soil remediated by biochar and compost

    Jiayi Tang;Lihua Zhang;Jiachao Zhang;Liheng Ren

  • Insight into electro-Fenton and photo-Fenton for the degradation of antibiotics: Mechanism study and research gaps

    Xiaocheng Liu;Xiaocheng Liu;Yaoyu Zhou;Jiachao Zhang;Lin Luo

  • Activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) by spinel ferrite and their composites in degradation of organic pollutants: A Review

    Yutao Peng;Yutao Peng;Hongmei Tang;Bin Yao;Xing Gao

  • Carbon-based materials as adsorbent for antibiotics removal: Mechanisms and influencing factors.

    Yujia Xiang;Zhangyi Xu;Yuyi Wei;Yaoyu Zhou;Yaoyu Zhou

  • Plasmonic Bi Metal Deposition and g-C3N4 Coating on Bi2WO6 Microspheres for Efficient Visible-Light Photocatalysis

    Jiajia Wang;Lin Tang;Guangming Zeng;Yani Liu

  • Diagnosis of soil contamination using microbiological indices: A review on heavy metal pollution.

    Jiayi Tang;Jiachao Zhang;Liheng Ren;Yaoyu Zhou

  • Iron Containing Metal-Organic Frameworks: Structure, Synthesis, and Applications in Environmental Remediation.

    Xiaocheng Liu;Yaoyu Zhou;Jiachao Zhang;Lin Tang

  • Adsorption of phosphate from aqueous solution using iron-zirconium modified activated carbon nanofiber: Performance and mechanism.

    Weiping Xiong;Jing Tong;Zhaohui Yang;Guangming Zeng

  • Synergistic effect of iron doped ordered mesoporous carbon on adsorption-coupled reduction of hexavalent chromium and the relative mechanism study

    Lin Tang;Gui-De Yang;Guang-Ming Zeng;Ye Cai

  • Unique g-C3N4/PDI-g-C3N4 homojunction with synergistic piezo-photocatalytic effect for aquatic contaminant control and H2O2 generation under visible light

    Rongdi Tang;Daoxin Gong;Yaoyu Zhou;Yaocheng Deng

  • Construction of plasmonic Ag modified phosphorous-doped ultrathin g-C3N4 nanosheets/BiVO4 photocatalyst with enhanced visible-near-infrared response ability for ciprofloxacin degradation.

    Yaocheng Deng;Lin Tang;Chengyang Feng;Guangming Zeng

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

    Xixian Huang;Yunguo Liu;Shaobo Liu;Xiaofei Tan

  • Current progress in biosensors for heavy metal ions based on DNAzymes/DNA molecules functionalized nanostructures: A review

    Yaoyu Zhou;Lin Tang;Guangming Zeng;Chen Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Lin Tang
Lin Tang Hunan University
Jiajia Wang
Jiajia Wang Hunan University
Chen Zhang
Chen Zhang Hunan University
Weiping Xiong
Weiping Xiong Hunan University
Min Cheng
Min Cheng Hunan University
Cui Lai
Cui Lai Hunan University
Rui Xu
Rui Xu BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics
Anwei Chen
Anwei Chen Hunan Agricultural University
Danlian Huang
Danlian Huang Hunan University
Jian Yang
Jian Yang University of Birmingham

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