Research Interest :

· Environmental surface/interface behavior

· Computational Environmental Chemistry

· Emerging pollutant reduction

· Environmental Catalysis

Featured Funded Projects :

· Degradation Behavior and Regulation Technology of Biodegradable Plastic Packaging, National Key R&D Projects of China (Grant No. 2022YFC3901802), PI, 3.764M RMB, 2022.11-2025.10

· Investigating the absorption and removal mechanism of VOCs by carbon activated persulfate solution system, National Natural Science Foundation of China (22176041), PI, 600K RMB, 2022.01-2025.12

· Theoretical calculation and experiment investigation on single-atom/2D-materials systems for VOCs catalytic degradation and the mechanism, National Natural Science Foundation of China (21777033), PI, 640K RMB, 2018.01-2021.12

· Theoretical calculations on g-C3N4 quantum dots/graphene: in-situ VOCs detection and photodegradation under visible light irradiation, National Natural Science Foundation of China (21607029), PI, 200K RMB, 2017.01-2019.12

· Key technology study on non-metal catalysts for organic waste water in treating gasoline industry and its application, Guangdong Science and Technology Program (2017B020216003), PI, 1M RMB, 2017.01-2019.12

Featured Publications :

· Jieman Wu, Jiangen Wang, Chuying Liu, Chunyang Nie, Teng Wang, Xiaowen Xie, Junhui Zhou, Haibao Huang, Didi Li, Shaobin Wang,* Zhimin Ao,* Removal of gaseous volatile organic compounds by a multiwalled carbon nanotubes/peroxymonosulfate wet scrubber, Environmental Science & Technology, 2022, 56(19), 13996-14007.

· Chunyang Nie, Zhenhua Dai, Hong Meng, Xiaoguang Duan, Yanlin Qin, Yanbo Zhou, Zhimin Ao,* Shaobin Wang, Taicheng An, Peroxydisulfate activation by positively polarized carbocatalyst for enhanced removal of aqueous organic pollutants, Water Research, 2019, 166, 115043

· Renli Yin, Binghua Jing, Shaoxiong He, Jiayue Hu, Gang Lu, Zhimin Ao,* and Mingshan Zhu*, Chuanyi Wang, Near-Infrared Light to Heat Conversion in Peroxydisulfate Activation with MoS2: A New Photo-Activation Process, Water Research, 2021, 190, 116720.

· Yingfei Wang, Binghua Jing, Fengliang Wang, Suicao Wang, Xun Liu, Zhimin Ao,* Chuanhao Li,* Mechanism Insight into Enhanced Photodegradation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Natural Water Matrix over Crystalline Graphitic Carbon Nitrides, Water Research, 2020, 180, 115925.

· Xiaowen Xie, Jiachun Cao, Yongjie Xiang, Ruijie Xie, Ziyi Suo, Zhimin Ao,* Xin Yang, Haibao Huang,* Accelerated iron cycle inducing molecular oxygen activation for deep oxidation of aromatic VOCs in MoS2 co-catalytic Fe3+/PMS system, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2022, 309, 121235.

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