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Zezhi Chen, Ph.D.
Professor
School of the Environment
Nanjing University
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Email: [email protected]
◢ Education
1994/03-1997/07: Department of Energy, Zhejiang University, PhD
1991/09-1994/01: Department of Power Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Master
1987/09-1991/07: Department of Thermal Engineering, Tianjin University, Bachelor
◢ Professional Experience
2006/06 - Present: Professor, School of the Environment, Nanjing University
2001/09-2006/5: Associate professor, School of the Environment, Nanjing University
1997/09-2001/07: Lecturer, School of Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology
◢ Research Interests
Waste gas purification and reuse
Solid waste treatment and reuse
Bio-energy utilization
◢ Teaching and academic research
The teaching courses are Air Pollution Control Engineering, Air Pollution Control Engineering Practice and Design for undergraduates, and Air Pollution Control Technologies and Theories for graduate students.
Research are carried out to study the new methods, new materials and new technologies in fields including landfill gas recovering and utilization, biogas purification and upgrading, source emission abatement and end purification treatment of industrial waste gas (VOCs and flue gas), environment-friendly treatment & recovery of solid waste and industrial waste (household waste, restaurant/kitchen waste, sludge, reactor residue), part of developed technologies have been applied in practical engineering, and gained the second prize of national science and technology progress (ranking 2), the second prize of Jiangsu science and technology progress (ranking 1).
◢ Selected Publications
1. Yuchen Zhou, Yu Wang, Zezhi Chen, Huijuan Gong, Lu Chen, and Huiqiang Yu. Highly Hydrophilic ZIF‑8 as a Carbonic Anhydrase Mimetic Catalyst for Promoting CO2 Absorption. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2023, 127, 7184−7196
2. Yuchen Zhou, Xiangwei Ma, Zezhi Chen, Huijuan Gong, Lu Chen, Huiqiang Yu. Study on the feasibility of converting the recovered volatile organic compounds to syngas via catalytic steam reforming for gas-fueled power generation. Energy 263 (2023) 125761
3. Xinyu Yang, Zezhi Chen, Huijuan Gong, Feng Lin, Tingting Zhu, Ziyi Yang. Sulfate-enhanced low-temperature activity of Pt/γ-Al2O3 for landfill gas dioxygen. Fuel 332 (2023) 126095
4. Xinyu Yang, Zezhi Chen, Huijuan Gong. Coking of Pt/γ-Al2O3 catalyst in landfill gas deoxygen and its effects on catalytic performance. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering 57 (2023) 224–232
5. Xinyu Yang, Zezhi Chen, Huijuan Gong, Lu Chen, Huiqiang Yu. Catalytic activity of Cu/H-ZSM-5 zeolite for the removal of oxygen in the landfill gas. Biomass and Bioenergy 171 (2023) 106733
6. Feng Lin, Zezhi Chen, Huijuan Gong, Xiaoshu Wang, Lu Chen, and Huiqiang Yu. Oxygen Vacancy Induced Strong Metal-Support Interactions on Ni/Ce0.8Zr0.2O2 Nanorod Catalysts for Promoting Steam Reforming of Toluene: Experimental and Computational Studies. Langmuir 2023, 39, 4495-4506
7. Cheng Zhang, Jun Yang, Zezhi Chen, Huijuan Gong, Zehua Zhao, Houhu Zhang. Reuse of waste sulfur from biogas desulfurization for potentially toxic metals stabilization in MSWI fly ash towards zero-waste in venous industry park. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 11 (2023) 109708
8. Yong Zeng, Zezhi Chen, Qingyang Lyu, Yapeng Cheng, Chenchen Huan, Xinru Jiang, Zhiying Yan, Zhouliang Tan. Microbiologically induced calcite precipitation for in situ stabilization of heavy metals contributes to land application of sewage sludge. Journal of Hazardous Materials 441 (2023) 129866
9. Yong Zeng, Zezhi Chen, Qingyang Lyu, Xiuxiu Wang, Yaling Du, Chenchen Huan, Yang Liu, Zhiying Yan. Mechanism of microbiologically induced calcite precipitation for cadmium mineralization. Science of the Total Environment 852 (2022) 158465
10. Ziyi Yang, Zezhi Chen, Huijuan Gong, Xiaoshu Wang. Copper oxide modified activated carbon for enhanced adsorption performance of siloxane: An experimental and DFT study. Applied Surface Science 601 (2022) 154200
11. Shuyu Zhou, Zezhi Chen, Huijuan Gong, Lu Chen, Huiqiang Yu. Rare Earth (Gd, Pr and La) Promoted Three‑Dimensional Ordered Macro/Mesoporous Ni/CeZr Catalysts for Low‑Temperature Catalytic Steam Reforming of Toluene as Tar Model. Catalysis Letters (2022) 152:3772–3784
12. Yuchen Zhou, Zezhi Chen, Huijuan Gong, Ziyi Yang. Chromium speciation in tannery sludge residues after different thermal decomposition processes. Journal of Cleaner Production 314 (2021) 128071
13. Yuchen Zhou, Zezhi Chen, Huijuan Gong, Lu Chen , Huiqiang Yu. Study on the feasibility of using monolithic catalyst in the in-situ catalytic biomass pyrolysis for syngas production. Waste Management 120 (2021) 10–15
14. Shuyu Zhou, Zezhi Chen, Huijuan Gong, Xiaoshu Wang, Tingting Zhu, Yuchen Zhou. Low-temperature catalytic steam reforming of toluene as a biomass tar model compound over three-dimensional ordered macroporous Ni-Pt/Ce1−xZrxO2 catalysts. Applied Catalysis A, General 607 (2020) 117859
15. Honglei Pang, Zezhi Chen, Huijuan Gong, Mengfan Du. Fabrication of a super hydrophobic polyvinylidene fluoride–hexadecyltrimethoxysilane hybrid membrane for carbon dioxide absorption in a membrane contactor. Journal of Membrane Science 595 (2020) 117536
16. Huijuan Gong, Shuyu Zhou, Zezhi Chen, Lu Chen. Effect of volatileorganic compounds on carbon dioxide adsorption performance via pressure swing adsorption for landfill gas upgrading. Renewable Energy 135 (2019) 811-818
17. Ziyi Yang, Zezhi Chen, Huijuan Gong, Weili Wu, Xiaoshu Wang, Huiqiang Yu, Xinyu Yang. Effect of siloxane on performance of the Pt-doped γ-Al2O3 catalyst for landfill gas dioxygen. Fuel 249 (2019) 161–168
18. Huijuan Gong, Zezhi Chen, Huiqiang Yu, Weili Wu, Weixing Wang, Honglei Pang, Mengfan Du. Methane recovery in a combined amine absorption and gas steam boiler as a self-provided system for biogas upgrading. Energy 157 (2018) 744-751
19. Honglei Pang, Huijuan Gong, Mengfan Du, Qi Shen, Zezhi Chen. Effect of non-solvent additive concentration on CO2 absorption performance of polyvinylidenefluoride hollow fiber membrane contactor. Separation and Purification Technology 191 (2018) 38–47
◢ Opportunities
Admission of 1 PhD student, 1 or 2 Master students each year
