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Yinguang Chen

Yinguang Chen

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Chemistry

D-Index
85
Citations
23187
World Ranking
2714
National Ranking
493

Overview

Yinguang Chen is affiliated with Tongji University in China and has contributed significantly to research in environmental science and engineering. Their scholarly work focuses primarily on areas such as pollution, environmental engineering, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, and building and construction.

The main fields of study for Yinguang Chen include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

Within these fields, notable subfields are:

  • Pollution
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Building and Construction

Their research covers several core topics including:

  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion

Frequently publishing in environmental and chemical engineering journals, Yinguang Chen's work appears often in:

  • Bioresource Technology (14 publications)
  • Chemical Engineering Journal (13 publications)
  • Environmental Science & Technology (12 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (12 publications)
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials (10 publications)

Yinguang Chen collaborates regularly with a group of co-authors, most frequently with:

  • Xiong Zheng (45 co-authored papers)
  • Leiyu Feng (24)
  • Haining Huang (19)
  • Yang Wu (18)
  • Min Long (17)

Some of the recent published papers include:

  • "Effects of emerging pollutants on the occurrence and transfer of antibiotic resistance genes: A review," 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Metagenomic analysis reveals nonylphenol-shaped acidification and methanogenesis during sludge anaerobic digestion," 2021, Water Research
  • "Biochar Mitigates N2O Emission of Microbial Denitrification through Modulating Carbon Metabolism and Allocation of Reducing Power," 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Bio-denitrification performance enhanced by graphene-facilitated iron acquisition," 2020, Water Research
  • "Integrated Metagenomic and Metaproteomic Analyses Unravel Ammonia Toxicity to Active Methanogens and Syntrophs, Enzyme Synthesis, and Key Enzymes in Anaerobic Digestion," 2021, Environmental Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • Hydrolysis and acidification of waste activated sludge at different pHs

    Yinguang Chen;Su Jiang;Hongying Yuan;Qi Zhou

  • Enhancement of methane production in anaerobic digestion process: A review

    Yue Li;Yinguang Chen;Jiang Wu

  • Improved Bioproduction of Short-Chain Fatty Acids (SCFAs) from Excess Sludge under Alkaline Conditions

    Hongying Yuan;Yinguang Chen;Huaxing Zhang;Su Jiang

  • Enhancement of waste activated sludge protein conversion and volatile fatty acids accumulation during waste activated sludge anaerobic fermentation by carbohydrate substrate addition: the effect of pH.

    Leiyu Feng;Yinguang Chen;Xiong Zheng

  • Effects of microplastics on wastewater and sewage sludge treatment and their removal: A review

    Zhiqi Zhang;Yinguang Chen

  • Effects of ZnO nanoparticles on wastewater biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal.

    Xiong Zheng;Rui Wu;Yinguang Chen

  • Effect of acid and surfactant treatment on activated sludge dewatering and settling.

    Yinguang Chen;Haizhen Yang;Guowei Gu

  • The efficiency of enhanced biological phosphorus removal from real wastewater affected by different ratios of acetic to propionic acid

    Yinguang Chen;Andrew A. Randall;Terrence McCue

  • Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes as efficient and durable metal-free cathodic catalysts for oxygen reduction in microbial fuel cells

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  • Long-term effect of ZnO nanoparticles on waste activated sludge anaerobic digestion

    Hui Mu;Yinguang Chen

  • Waste activated sludge hydrolysis and short-chain fatty acids accumulation under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions: Effect of pH

    Peng Zhang;Yinguang Chen;Qi Zhou

  • Effects of metal oxide nanoparticles (TiO2, Al2O3, SiO2 and ZnO) on waste activated sludge anaerobic digestion.

    Hui Mu;Yinguang Chen;Naidong Xiao

  • Effect of CO2 on Microbial Denitrification via Inhibiting Electron Transport and Consumption

    Rui Wan;Yinguang Chen;Xiong Zheng;Yinglong Su

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons contamination in surface soil of China: A review.

    Pei Zhang;Yinguang Chen

  • Dilemma of Sewage Sludge Treatment and Disposal in China

    Leiyu Feng;Jingyang Luo;Yinguang Chen

  • Long-term effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on nitrogen and phosphorus removal from wastewater and bacterial community shift in activated sludge.

    Xiong Zheng;Yinguang Chen;Rui Wu

  • Enhanced biological phosphorus removal driven by short-chain fatty acids produced from waste activated sludge alkaline fermentation.

    Juan Tong;Yinguang Chen

  • New sludge pretreatment method to improve methane production in waste activated sludge digestion.

    Dong Zhang;Yinguang Chen;Yuxiao Zhao;Xiaoyu Zhu

  • Enhanced production of short-chain fatty acid by co-fermentation of waste activated sludge and kitchen waste under alkaline conditions and its application to microbial fuel cells

    Yinguang Chen;Jingyang Luo;Yuanyuan Yan;Leiyu Feng

  • Effects of Metal Nanoparticles on Methane Production from Waste-Activated Sludge and Microorganism Community Shift in Anaerobic Granular Sludge.

    Tao Wang;Dong Zhang;Lingling Dai;Yinguang Chen

  • Pilot-scale waste activated sludge alkaline fermentation, fermentation liquid separation, and application of fermentation liquid to improve biological nutrient removal.

    Xiang Li;Hong Chen;Lanfang Hu;Lei Yu

  • Pyrosequencing reveals the key microorganisms involved in sludge alkaline fermentation for efficient short-chain fatty acids production.

    Xiong Zheng;Yinglong Su;Xiang Li;Naidong Xiao

  • Easy-to-operate and low-temperature synthesis of gram-scale nitrogen-doped graphene and its application as cathode catalyst in microbial fuel cells.

    Leiyu Feng;Yinguang Chen;Lang Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Qi Zhou
Qi Zhou Tongji University
Dongbo Wang
Dongbo Wang Hunan University
Xiaohu Dai
Xiaohu Dai Tongji University
Hong Chen
Hong Chen Tongji University
Shouye Yang
Shouye Yang Tongji University
Hongqiang Ren
Hongqiang Ren Nanjing University
Yongzhen Peng
Yongzhen Peng Beijing University of Technology
Shuying Wang
Shuying Wang Beijing University of Technology
Peter A. Vanrolleghem
Peter A. Vanrolleghem Université Laval
Yanju Liu
Yanju Liu Harbin Institute of Technology

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