Research Interest :

· Water and wastewater treatment

· Emerging pollutant reduction

· Novel photochemical process and reactor development

· Water-food-energy nexus

Featured Funded Projects :

· Photocatalytic chlorine activation for low-concentration methane emission control and simultaneous high value-added product formation in wastewater treatment plants, National Natural Science Funds of China (Grant No. 52200036), PI, 300K RMB, 2023-2025

· Assessment of an in-situ dichlorine monoxide generation strategy by free chlorine addition in high chloride-containing wastewaters for degrading recalcitrant organic pollutants, Hong Kong Research Grant Council, General Research Fund (16205222), Co-I, 1.115452M HKD, 2023-2025

· A novel near-UV-to-visible light photocatalytic chlorine activation process: mechanisms on radical generation and application to degrading micropollutants using optical fibers, Hong Kong Research Grant Council, General Research Fund (16203820), Co-I, 614.675K HKD, 2021-2023

· Micropollutant degradation by evanescent wave activated TiO2 thin films on quartz optical fibers, Hong Kong Research Grant Council, General Research Fund (16202219), Co-I, 935.375K HKD, 2020-2023

Featured Publications :

· Song, Y., Ling, L., Westerhoff, P., Shang, C. Evanescent waves modulate energy efficiency of photocatalysis within TiO2 coated optical fibers illuminated using LEDs, Nature Communications, 2021, 12: 4101.

· Ling, L., Tugaoen, H., Brame, J., Sinha, S., Li, C., Schoepf, J., Hristovski, K., Kim, J.-H., Shang, C., Westerhoff, P., Coupling Light Emitting Diodes with Photocatalyst-Coated Optical Fibers Improves Quantum Yield of Pollutant Oxidation, Environmental Science & Technology, 2017, 51(22): 13319-13326.

· Ling, L., Zhang, D., Fan, C., Shang, C. A Fe(II)/citrate/UV/PMS process for carbamazepine degradation at a very low Fe(II)/PMS ratio and neutral pH: The mechanisms, Water Re search, 2017, 124: 446-453.

· Ling, L., Li, Z., Fang, J., Shang, C. Controlling bromate formation in the Co(II)/peroxymonosulfate process by ammonia, chlorine-ammonia and ammonia-chlorine pretreatment strategies, Water Research, 2018, 139: 220-227.

· Ling, L., Deng, Z., Fang, J., Shang, C. Bromate control during ozonation by ammonia-chlorine and chlorine-ammonia pretreatment: Roles of bromine-containing haloamines, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020, 389: 123447.

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