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Yunguo Liu

Yunguo Liu

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Chemistry

D-Index
88
Citations
28643
World Ranking
2277
National Ranking
420

Overview

Yunguo Liu is affiliated with Hunan University in China and has a research focus primarily within Environmental Science, contributing extensively to related subfields and topics.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Subfields of study covered in their work are:

  • Water Science and Technology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Molecular Biology

The scientist's research prominently addresses the following topics:

  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation

Yunguo Liu has contributed to multiple recent papers that highlight areas of environmental science and pollutant removal. These include:

  • A review: Research progress on microplastic pollutants in aquatic environments (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Activation of persulfate by graphitized biochar for sulfamethoxazole removal: The roles of graphitic carbon structure and carbonyl group (2020) published in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Insights into the Synthesis, types and application of iron Nanoparticles: The overlooked significance of environmental effects (2021) published in Environment International
  • Hybrid silicate-hydrochar composite for highly efficient removal of heavy metal and antibiotics: Coadsorption and mechanism (2020) published in Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Different adsorption behaviors and mechanisms of a novel amino-functionalized hydrothermal biochar for hexavalent chromium and pentavalent antimony (2020) published in Bioresource Technology

The publication venues where Yunguo Liu frequently appears include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Chemosphere

Frequent collaborators working alongside Yunguo Liu are:

  • Shaobo Liu
  • Xiaofei Tan
  • Li Du
  • Weihua Xu
  • Xin Li

Best Publications

  • Application of biochar for the removal of pollutants from aqueous solutions.

    Xiaofei Tan;Yunguo Liu;Guangming Zeng;Xin Wang

  • Biochar to improve soil fertility. A review

    Yang Ding;Yunguo Liu;Shaobo Liu;Zhongwu Li

  • Adsorption of chromium (VI) by ethylenediamine-modified cross-linked magnetic chitosan resin: isotherms, kinetics and thermodynamics.

    Xin-jiang Hu;Jing-song Wang;Yun-guo Liu;Xin Li

  • Biochar-based nano-composites for the decontamination of wastewater: A review.

    Xiao-fei Tan;Yun-guo Liu;Yan-ling Gu;Yan Xu

  • Biochar as potential sustainable precursors for activated carbon production: Multiple applications in environmental protection and energy storage

    Xiao-fei Tan;Shao-bo Liu;Yun-guo Liu;Yan-ling Gu

  • Biosorption of cadmium(II), zinc(II) and lead(II) by Penicillium simplicissimum: Isotherms, kinetics and thermodynamics.

    Ting Fan;Yunguo Liu;Baoying Feng;Guangming Zeng

  • Competitive adsorption of Pb(II), Cd(II) and Cu(II) onto chitosan-pyromellitic dianhydride modified biochar.

    Jiaqin Deng;Yunguo Liu;Shaobo Liu;Guangming Zeng

  • Investigating the adsorption behavior and the relative distribution of Cd2+ sorption mechanisms on biochars by different feedstock.

    Rong-Zhong Wang;Dan-Lian Huang;Yun-Guo Liu;Chen Zhang

  • A review: Research progress on microplastic pollutants in aquatic environments.

    Yuanqiang Tang;Yunguo Liu;Yu Chen;Wei Zhang

  • Subcellular distribution and chemical forms of cadmium in Bechmeria nivea (L.) Gaud.

    Xin Wang;Yunguo Liu;Guangming Zeng;Liyuan Chai

  • Efficiency and mechanisms of Cd removal from aqueous solution by biochar derived from water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes).

    Feng Zhang;Xin Wang;Daixia Yin;Bo Peng

  • Sorption performance and mechanisms of arsenic(V) removal by magnetic gelatin-modified biochar

    Zan Zhou;Yun-guo Liu;Shao-bo Liu;Hong-yu Liu;Hong-yu Liu

  • Biomass-derived porous graphitic carbon materials for energy and environmental applications

    Qiang Chen;Xiaofei Tan;Yunguo Liu;Shaobo Liu

  • Graphene and graphene-based nanocomposites used for antibiotics removal in water treatment: A review.

    Mei-fang Li;Yun-guo Liu;Guang-ming Zeng;Ni Liu

  • Stabilized Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron Mediated Cadmium Accumulation and Oxidative Damage of Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich Cultivated in Cadmium Contaminated Sediments

    Xiaomin Gong;Danlian Huang;Yunguo Liu;Guangming Zeng

  • Investigation of the adsorption-reduction mechanisms of hexavalent chromium by ramie biochars of different pyrolytic temperatures.

    Lu Zhou;Yunguo Liu;Shaobo Liu;Yicheng Yin

  • Synthesis of surface molecular imprinted TiO2/graphene photocatalyst and its highly efficient photocatalytic degradation of target pollutant under visible light irradiation

    Cui Lai;Man-Man Wang;Guang-Ming Zeng;Yun-Guo Liu

  • Effect of Cu(II) ions on the enhancement of tetracycline adsorption by Fe3O4@SiO2-Chitosan/graphene oxide nanocomposite

    Binyan Huang;Yunguo Liu;Bin Li;Shaobo Liu

  • Characterization of Cr(VI) removal from aqueous solutions by a surplus agricultural waste : Rice straw

    Hui Gao;Yunguo Liu;Guangming Zeng;Weihua Xu

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

    Xixian Huang;Yunguo Liu;Shaobo Liu;Xiaofei Tan

  • Application of molecularly imprinted polymers in wastewater treatment: a review.

    Dan-Lian Huang;Rong-Zhong Wang;Yun-Guo Liu;Guang-Ming Zeng

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaofei Tan
Xiaofei Tan Hunan University
Xinjiang Hu
Xinjiang Hu Central South University of Forestry and Technology
Danlian Huang
Danlian Huang Hunan University
Chen Zhang
Chen Zhang Hunan University
Piao Xu
Piao Xu Hunan University
Min Cheng
Min Cheng Hunan University
Cui Lai
Cui Lai Hunan University
Chunping Yang
Chunping Yang Hunan University
Chang Zhang
Chang Zhang Hunan University
Jie Liang
Jie Liang Hunan University

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