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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
96
Citations
36622
World Ranking
1531
National Ranking
34

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

Zhenghe Xu is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and has a research focus primarily in engineering, with a total of 194 publications. The main subfields of study covered in their work include Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research topics cover a range of areas, including:

  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Petroleum Processing and Analysis
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques
  • Extraction and Separation Processes

Zhenghe Xu has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • "A novel method for screening deep eutectic solvent to recycle the cathode of Li-ion batteries" (2020), published in Green Chemistry
  • "Ionization potential-based design of deep eutectic solvent for recycling of spent lithium ion batteries" (2021), published in Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Perspectives on the Active Sites and Catalyst Design for the Hydrogenation of Dimethyl Oxalate" (2020), published in ACS Catalysis
  • "Extra Sodiation Sites in Hard Carbon for High Performance Sodium Ion Batteries" (2021), published in Small Methods
  • "Revealing Mechanism of Li3PO4 Coating Suppressed Surface Oxygen Release for Commercial Ni-Rich Layered Cathodes" (2020), published in ACS Applied Energy Materials

The scientist has frequently published in specific venues, such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Langmuir
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Energy & Fuels

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Zhenghe Xu's work, with frequent co-authors including Zhouguang Lu, Qingxia Liu, Dejun Sun, Rogério Manica, and Yingzhi Li. The number of joint publications ranges from 11 to 35 with these collaborators.

Zhenghe Xu has been recognized with awards such as being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2015 under the Academy of Science and membership in The Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Best Publications

  • Progress in carbon dioxide separation and capture: a review.

    Hongqun Yang;Zhenghe Xu;Maohong Fan;Rajender Gupta

  • CO 2 hydrogenation to high-value products via heterogeneous catalysis.

    Run-Ping Ye;Run-Ping Ye;Jie Ding;Jie Ding;Weibo Gong;Morris D. Argyle

  • Interactions of silica surfaces

    Gene Vigil;Zhenghe Xu;Suzi Steinberg;Jacob Israelachvili

  • Carbon capture and storage using alkaline industrial wastes.

    Erin R. Bobicki;Qingxia Liu;Zhenghe Xu;Hongbo Zeng

  • Understanding Water‐Based Bitumen Extraction from Athabasca Oil Sands

    Jacob Masliyah;Zhiang Joe Zhou;Zhenghe Xu;Jan Czarnecki

  • Shape-Dependent Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to CO on Triangular Silver Nanoplates.

    Subiao Liu;Hongbiao Tao;Li Zeng;Qi Liu

  • Measurements of Hydrophobic and DLVO Forces in Bubble-Surface Interactions in Aqueous Solutions

    William A. Ducker;Zhenghe Xu;Jacob N. Israelachvili

  • Preparation of poly(1-vinylimidazole)-grafted magnetic nanoparticles and their application for removal of metal ions

    Makoto Takafuji;Shunichi Ide;Hirotaka Ihara;Zhenghe Xu

  • Trace elements in coal: Associations with coal and minerals and their behavior during coal utilization ― A review

    Farshid Vejahati;Zhenghe Xu;Rajender Gupta

  • Current state of fine mineral tailings treatment: A critical review on theory and practice

    Chen Wang;David Harbottle;Qingxia Liu;Zhenghe Xu

  • Adsorbents for capturing mercury in coal-fired boiler flue gas.

    Hongqun Yang;Zhenghe Xu;Maohong Fan;Alan E. Bland

  • Interfacial sciences in unconventional petroleum production: from fundamentals to applications

    Lin He;Feng Lin;Xingang Li;Hong Sui

  • A novel method for screening deep eutectic solvent to recycle the cathode of Li-ion batteries

    Shubin Wang;Zuotai Zhang;Zhouguang Lu;Zhenghe Xu

  • A Novel Two-Step Silica-Coating Process for Engineering Magnetic Nanocomposites

    Qingxia Liu;Zhenghe Xu;J. A. Finch;R. Egerton

  • Pitting and stress corrosion cracking behavior in welded austenitic stainless steel

    B.T. Lu;Z.K. Chen;J.L. Luo;B.M. Patchett

  • Dehydro-oligomerization of Methane to Ethylene and Aromatics over Molybdenum/HZSM-5 Catalyst

    Laiyuan Chen;Liwu Lin;Zhusheng Xu;Xinsheng Li

  • Electrokinetic study of clay interactions with coal in flotation

    Zhenghe Xu;Zhenghe Xu;Jianjun Liu;J.W Choung;Zhiang Zhou

  • Recent developments in novel sorbents for flue gas clean up

    Yan Liu;Teresa M. Bisson;Hongqun Yang;Zhenghe Xu

  • Demulsification Mechanism of Asphaltene-Stabilized Water-in-Oil Emulsions by a Polymeric Ethylene Oxide−Propylene Oxide Demulsifier

    Erica Pensini;David Harbottle;Fan Yang;Plamen Tchoukov

  • QCM-D study of nanoparticle interactions

    Qian Chen;Shengming Xu;Qingxia Liu;Jacob Masliyah

  • Template‐Assisted Synthesis of Mesoporous Magnetic Nanocomposite Particles

    P. Wu;P. Wu;J. Zhu;Z. Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacob H. Masliyah
Jacob H. Masliyah University of Alberta
James A. Finch
James A. Finch McGill University
Johan Sjöblom
Johan Sjöblom Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Hongbo Zeng
Hongbo Zeng University of Alberta
Rajender Gupta
Rajender Gupta University of Alberta
Guangyi Liu
Guangyi Liu Central South University
Jan Czarnecki
Jan Czarnecki University of Alberta
Jaroslaw Drelich
Jaroslaw Drelich Michigan Technological University
Yuehua Hu
Yuehua Hu Central South University
Maohong Fan
Maohong Fan University of Wyoming

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