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Yunfei Xi is affiliated with the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on Materials Science and Engineering, with notable contributions to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomaterials, Building and Construction, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's scholarly output includes work on several key topics, including:

  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production
  • Iron oxide chemistry and applications
  • Catalytic processes in materials science
  • Glass properties and applications
  • Building materials and conservation
  • Advanced photocatalysis techniques

Yunfei Xi's recent papers cover a range of environmental and materials science challenges. These include:

  • "CNTs/ferrihydrite as a highly efficient heterogeneous Fenton catalyst for the degradation of bisphenol A: The important role of CNTs in accelerating Fe(III)/Fe(II) cycling," 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Thermal behaviors of clay minerals as key components and additives for fired brick properties: A review," 2022, Journal of Building Engineering
  • "Carbon-based adsorbents for fluoroquinolone removal from water and wastewater: A critical review," 2021, Environmental Research
  • "Facile surface improvement of LaCoO3 perovskite with high activity and water resistance towards toluene oxidation: Ca substitution and citric acid etching," 2020, Catalysis Science & Technology
  • "Thermal behaviours of clay mixtures during brick firing: A combined study of in-situ XRD, TGA and thermal dilatometry," 2021, Construction and Building Materials

Frequent co-authors in Yunfei Xi's collaborative work include:

  • Jianxi Zhu
  • Sen Wang
  • Hongping He
  • Runliang Zhu
  • Ian D.R. Mackinnon

The scientist regularly publishes in various venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Applied Clay Science
  • Construction and Building Materials
  • Chemosphere
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Strategies for Enhancing the Heterogeneous Fenton Catalytic Reactivity: A review

    Yanping Zhu;Yanping Zhu;Runliang Zhu;Yunfei Xi;Jianxi Zhu

  • Adsorbents based on montmorillonite for contaminant removal from water: A review

    Runliang Zhu;Qingze Chen;Qing Zhou;Yunfei Xi

  • Structure of organoclays—an X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetric analysis study

    Yunfei Xi;Zhe Ding;Hongping He;Ray L Frost

  • Changes in the morphology of organoclays with HDTMA+ surfactant loading

    Hongping He;Hongping He;Ray L. Frost;Thor Bostrom;Peng Yuan

  • Modification of the surfaces of Wyoming montmorillonite by the cationic surfactants alkyl trimethyl, dialkyl dimethyl, and trialkyl methyl ammonium bromides.

    Yunfei Xi;Raymond Frost;Hongping He

  • Adsorption of hydrocarbons on organo-clays - implications for oil spill remediation

    Onuma Carmody;Raymond Frost;Yunfei Xi;Serge Kokot

  • Adsorption of ammonium by different natural clay minerals: Characterization, kinetics and adsorption isotherms

    Aref Alshameri;Hongping He;Jianxi Zhu;Yunfei Xi

  • Clay-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron composite materials for the remediation of contaminated aqueous solutions: A review

    Naeim Ezzatahmadi;Godwin A. Ayoko;Graeme J. Millar;Robert Speight

  • Modification of Wyoming Montmorillonite Surfaces Using a Cationic Surfactant

    Yunfei Xi;Ray L. Frost;Hongping He;J. Theo Kloprogge

  • Preparation, characterization of surfactants modified clay minerals and nitrate adsorption

    Yunfei Xi;Megharaj Mallavarapu;Ravendra Naidu

  • Structural evolution in a hydrothermal reaction between Nb2O5 and NaOH solution: from Nb2O5 grains to microporous Na2Nb2O6.2/3H2O fibers and NaNbO3 cubes.

    Huaiyong Zhu;Zhanfeng Zheng;Xueping Gao;Yining Huang

  • Reduction and adsorption of Pb2+ in aqueous solution by nano-zero-valent iron—A SEM, TEM and XPS study

    Yunfei Xi;Megharaj Mallavarapu;Ravendra Naidu

  • Thermal characterization of surfactant-modified montmorillonites

    Hongping He;Hongping He;Zhe Ding;Zhe Ding;Jianxi Zhu;Pen Yuan

  • CNTs/ferrihydrite as a highly efficient heterogeneous Fenton catalyst for the degradation of bisphenol A:The important role of CNTs in accelerating Fe(III)/Fe(II) cycling

    Runliang Zhu;Yanping Zhu;Yanping Zhu;Haiyang Xian;Lixia Yan

  • Synthesis, characterization of palygorskite supported zero-valent iron and its application for methylene blue adsorption

    Ray L. Frost;Yunfei Xi;Yunfei Xi;Hongping He;Hongping He

  • MICROSTRUCTURE OF HDTMA+-MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON SORPTION CHARACTERISTICS

    Hongping He;Hongping He;Qin Zhou;Wayde N. Martens;Theo J. Kloprogge

  • Infrared spectroscopy of organoclays synthesized with the surfactant octadecyltrimethylammonium bromide

    Yunfei Xi;Zhe Ding;Hongping He;Raymond Frost

  • Heterogeneous photo-Fenton degradation of bisphenol A over Ag/AgCl/ferrihydrite catalysts under visible light

    Yanping Zhu;Runliang Zhu;Yunfei Xi;Tianyuan Xu

  • Thermogravimetric analysis of organoclays intercalated with the surfactant octadecyltrimethylammonium bromide

    Yunfei Xi;Wayde Martens;Hongping He;Raymond Frost

  • Remediation of hexavalent chromium through adsorption by bentonite based Arquad® 2HT-75 organoclays

    Binoy Sarkar;Binoy Sarkar;Yunfei Xi;Yunfei Xi;Mallavarapu Megharaj;Mallavarapu Megharaj;Gummuluru S.R. Krishnamurti;Gummuluru S.R. Krishnamurti

Frequent Co-Authors

Ray L. Frost
Ray L. Frost Queensland University of Technology
Hongping He
Hongping He Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianxi Zhu
Jianxi Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Runliang Zhu
Runliang Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Godwin A. Ayoko
Godwin A. Ayoko Queensland University of Technology
Mallavarapu Megharaj
Mallavarapu Megharaj University of Newcastle Australia
Binoy Sarkar
Binoy Sarkar University of Adelaide
Ravi Naidu
Ravi Naidu University of Newcastle Australia
Jiří Čejka
Jiří Čejka Charles University
Cristiano Lana
Cristiano Lana Stellenbosch University

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