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Overview

Zhen He is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science, with a total of 153 publications in each of these main areas. Their work also covers several subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's research topics include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation, Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques, Membrane Separation Technologies, Advanced oxidation water treatment, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication, and Phosphorus and nutrient management.

Frequent collaborators of Zhen He include Zixuan Wang, Hanan Moustafa, Kaichao Yang, Gui-Peng Yang, and Mohamed Salah El-Din Hassouna. These coauthors have appeared in multiple joint publications, with counts ranging from 10 to 13 shared works each.

Zhen He's work has appeared prominently in several publication venues. Among these are:

  • Water Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Some recent papers by the scientist illustrate the diversity and depth of their research:

  • Electrochemical Relithiation for Direct Regeneration of LiCoO2 Materials from Spent Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes (2020), published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Opportunities for nanotechnology to enhance electrochemical treatment of pollutants in potable water and industrial wastewater - a perspective (2020), published in Environmental Science Nano
  • Effects of salt concentration on microbial diversity and volatile compounds during suancai fermentation (2020), published in Food Microbiology
  • Breakthrough of solid tumor treatment: CAR-NK immunotherapy (2024), published in Cell Death Discovery
  • Grape pomace and its secondary waste management: Biochar production for a broad range of lead (Pb) removal from water (2020), published in Environmental Research

Best Publications

  • Electricity Generation from Artificial Wastewater Using an Upflow Microbial Fuel Cell

    Zhen He;Shelley D. Minteer;Largus T. Angenent

  • Towards sustainable wastewater treatment by using microbial fuel cells-centered technologies

    Wen Wei Li;Han Qing Yu;Zhen He

  • Exploring the use of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) in microbial fuel cell studies

    Zhen He;Florian Mansfeld

  • Application of Bacterial Biocathodes in Microbial Fuel Cells

    Zhen He;Largus T. Angenent

  • An Upflow Microbial Fuel Cell with an Interior Cathode: Assessment of the Internal Resistance by Impedance Spectroscopy†

    Zhen He;Norbert Wagner;Shelley D. Minteer;Largus T. Angenent

  • Compression and aggregation-resistant particles of crumpled soft sheets.

    Jiayan Luo;Hee Dong Jang;Tao Sun;Li Xiao

  • Nitrogen‐Enriched Core‐Shell Structured Fe/Fe3C‐C Nanorods as Advanced Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Zhenhai Wen;Suqin Ci;Suqin Ci;Fei Zhang;Xinliang Feng

  • Nutrients removal and recovery in bioelectrochemical systems: A review

    Patrick T. Kelly;Zhen He

  • Effect of electrolyte pH on the rate of the anodic and cathodic reactions in an air-cathode microbial fuel cell

    Zhen He;Yuelong Huang;Aswin K. Manohar;Florian Mansfeld

  • Light energy to bioelectricity: photosynthetic microbial fuel cells.

    Miriam Rosenbaum;Zhen He;Largus T Angenent

  • Oxygen reduction reaction catalysts used in microbial fuel cells for energy-efficient wastewater treatment: a review

    Heyang Yuan;Yang Hou;Ibrahim M. Abu-Reesh;Junhong Chen

  • Long-term performance of liter-scale microbial fuel cells treating primary effluent installed in a municipal wastewater treatment facility.

    Fei Zhang;Zheng Ge;Julien Grimaud;Jim Hurst

  • Crumpled graphene particles for microbial fuel cell electrodes

    Li Xiao;Jacqueline Damien;Jiayan Luo;Hee Dong Jang

  • Real-Time Trajectory Planning for Autonomous Urban Driving: Framework, Algorithms, and Verifications

    Xiaohui Li;Zhenping Sun;Dongpu Cao;Zhen He

  • Efficient salt removal in a continuously operated upflow microbial desalination cell with an air cathode

    Kyle S. Jacobson;David M. Drew;Zhen He

  • Enhancing sludge methanogenesis with improved redox activity of extracellular polymeric substances by hematite in red mud.

    Jie Ye;Andong Hu;Guoping Ren;Man Chen

  • Long-term performance of a 200 liter modularized microbial fuel cell system treating municipal wastewater: treatment, energy, and cost

    Zheng Ge;Zhen He

  • Recovery of Electrical Energy in Microbial Fuel Cells

    Zheng Ge;Jian Li;Li Xiao;Yiran Tong

  • Increased power production from a sediment microbial fuel cell with a rotating cathode.

    Zhen He;Haibo Shao;Largus T. Angenent

  • Electricity production coupled to ammonium in a microbial fuel cell.

    Zhen He;Jinjun Kan;Yanbing Wang;Yuelong Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhenhai Wen
Zhenhai Wen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Junhong Chen
Junhong Chen University of Chicago
John T. Novak
John T. Novak Virginia Tech
Florian Mansfeld
Florian Mansfeld University of Southern California
Largus T. Angenent
Largus T. Angenent University of Tübingen
Shumao Cui
Shumao Cui University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Shun Mao
Shun Mao Tongji University
Kenneth H. Nealson
Kenneth H. Nealson University of Southern California
Baogang Zhang
Baogang Zhang China University of Geosciences
Yang Hou
Yang Hou Zhejiang University

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