Location:
Zhaoyi Xu, Ph.D.
Professor
School of the Environment
Nanjing University
Tel：+86-25-8968-0370
Email: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-9109-1670
Education
PhD in Environmental Science, Nanjing University, 1999
MSc in Physical Chemistry, Nanjing University, 1993
BSc in Inorganic Chemistry, Nanjing University, 1990
Professional Experience
2006 - present: Professor, School of the Environment, Nanjing University
2000 - 2006: Associate Professor, School of the Environment, Nanjing University
1995 - 2000: Lecturer, School of the Environment, Nanjing University
2008: Senior Visiting Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Hong Kong
2001: Croucher Foundation Visiting Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Hong Kong
1998 - 1999: Visiting Researcher, Water Research Centre, UK
1998: Visiting Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Newcastle, UK
Research Interests
Advanced functional materials for environmental applications
Environmental catalysis
Soil and groundwater remediation
Drinking water advanced treatment
Teaching
Aqueous Environmental Chemistry
Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering
Selected Publications
(1) Jiahong Wang, Shourong Zheng, Yun Shao, Jingliang Liu, Zhaoyi Xu*, Dongqiang Zhu, Amino-functionalized Fe3O4@SiO2 core-shell magnetic nanomaterial as a novel adsorbent for aqueous heavy metals removal, Journal Colloid and Interface Science 349 (2010) 293-299. (Highly cited paper)
(2) Enmin Zong, Dan Wei, Haiqin Wan, Shourong Zheng, Zhaoyi Xu*, Dongqiang Zhu, Adsorptive removal of phosphate ions from aqueous solution using zirconia-functionalized graphite oxide, Chemical Engineering Journal 221 (2013) 193-203. (Highly cited paper)
(3) Biyan Ji, Fei Shao, Guanjiu Hu, Shourong Zheng, Qingmei Zhang, Zhaoyi Xu*, Adsorption of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) from aqueous solution by porous polymeric adsorbents, Journal of Hazardous Materials 161 (2009) 81-87.
(4) Hui Liu, Qing Yu, Heyun Fu, Yuqiu Wan, Xiaolei Qu, Zhaoyi Xu*, Daqiang Yin, Shourong Zheng*, Pt supported on ordered microporous carbon as highly active catalyst for catalytic hydrodeiodination of iodinated X-ray contrast media, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 222 (2018) 167-175.
(5) Qiannan Duan, Jianchao Lee*, Shourong Zheng, Jiayuan Chen, Run Luo, Yunjin Feng, Zhaoyi Xu*, A color-spectral machine learning path for analysis of five mixed amino acids, Chemical Communications 56 (2020) 1058-1061.
(6) Changlong Zheng, Minghui Li, Hui Liu, Zhaoyi Xu*, Complete dehalogenation of bromochloroacetic acid by liquid phase catalytic hydrogenation over Pd/CeO2 catalysts, Chemosphere 239 (2020) 124740.
(7) Qiannan Duan, Yuan Hu, Shourong Zheng, Jianchao Lee, Jiayuan Chen, Sifan Bi, Zhaoyi Xu*, Machine learning for mixture toxicity analysis based on high-throughput printing technology, Talanta 207 (2020) 120299.
(8) Hui Liu, Li Long, Xin Weng, Shourong Zheng, Zhaoyi Xu*, Efficient removal of tetrabromobisphenol A using microporous and mesoporous carbons: The role of pore structure, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 298 (2020) 110052.
(9) Ling Zhang, Xin Weng, Xiaolei Qu, Heyun Fu, Hui Liu, Shourong Zheng, Zhaoyi Xu*, Dongqiang Zhu, Efficient removal of ionic liquids from aqueous media using ZSM-5 zeolites: A tunable mechanism combining micropore filling and electrostatic interaction, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 280 (2019) 315-323.
(10) Ling Zhang, Wugang Cao, Pedro.J.J. Alvarez, Xiaolei Qu, Heyun Fu, Shourong Zheng, Zhaoyi Xu*, Dongqiang Zhu, Oxidized template-synthesized mesoporous carbon with pH-dependent adsorption activity: A promising adsorbent for removal of hydrophilic ionic liquid, Applied Surface Science 440 (2018) 821-829.
(11) Ling Zhang, Jiarun Zhang, Heyun Fu, Haipeng Zhang, Hui Liu, Yuqiu Wan, Shourong Zheng, Zhaoyi Xu*, Microporous zeolite-templated carbon as an adsorbent for the removal of long alkyl-chained imidazolium-based ionic liquid from aqueous media, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 260 (2018) 59-69.
(12) Haipeng Zhang, Liqin Gu, Ling Zhang, Shourong Zheng, Haiqin Wan, Jingya Sun, Dongqiang Zhu, Zhaoyi Xu*, Removal of aqueous Pb(II) by adsorption on Al2O3-pillared layered MnO2, Applied Surface Science 406 (2017) 330-338.
(13) Haipeng Zhang, Anbang Wu, Heyun Fu, Ling Zhang, Hui Liu, Shourong Zheng, Haiqin Wan, Zhaoyi Xu*, Efficient removal of Pb(II) ions using manganese oxides: the role of crystal structure, RSC Advances 7 (2017) 41228-41240.
(14) Jingliang Liu, Dongmei Zhou*, Zhaoyi Xu*, Shourong Zheng, Adsorptive removal of pharmaceutical antibiotics from aqueous solution by porous covalent triazine frameworks, Environmental Pollution 226 (2017) 379-384.
(15) Ke Wu, Mengjia Zheng, Yuxiang Han, Zhaoyi Xu*, Shourong Zheng, Liquid phase catalytic hydrodebromination of tetrabromobisphenol A on supported Pd catalysts, Applied Surface Science 376 (2016) 113-120.
(16) Xiaoqiu Ju, Jifei Hou, Yuqiong Tang, Yabing Sun, Shourong Zheng, Zhaoyi Xu*, ZrO2 nanoparticles confined in CMK-3 as highly effective sorbent for phosphate adsorption, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 230 (2016) 188-195.
(17) Wenjuan Wang, Haipeng Zhang, Ling Zhang, Haiqin Wan, Shourong Zheng, Zhaoyi Xu*, Adsorptive removal of phosphate by magnetic Fe3O4@C@ZrO2, Colloid Surface A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 469 (2015) 100-106.
(18) Wang Wenjuan, Zhang Haipeng, Han Yuxiang, Zheng Shourong, Xu Zhaoyi*, Phosphate adsorption on magnetic Fe3O4@SiO2@ZrO2, Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 30 (2014) 2726-2732.
(19) Wenjuan Wang, Juan Zhou, Dan Wei, Haiqin Wan, Shourong Zheng, Zhaoyi Xu*, Dongqiang Zhu, ZrO2-functionalized magnetic mesoporous SiO2 as effective phosphate adsorbent, Journal Colloid and Interface Science 407 (2013) 442-449.
(20) Zong Enmin, Wei Dan, Huan Zhongke, Peng Du, Wan Haiqin, Zheng Shourong, Xu Zhaoyi*, Adsorption of phosphate by zirconia functionalized multi-walled carbon Nanotubes, Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 29 (2013) 965-972.
(21) Jingliang Liu, Enmin Zong, Heyun Fu, Shourong Zheng, Zhaoyi Xu*, Dongqiang Zhu, Adsorption of aromatic compounds on porous covalent triazine-based framework, Journal Colloid and Interface Science 372 (2012) 99-107.
(22) Jiahong Wang, Shourong Zheng, Jingliang Liu, Zhaoyi Xu*, Tannic acid adsorption on amino-functionalized magnetic mesoporous silica, Chemical Engineering Journal 165 (2010) 10-16.
(23) Liyuan Li, Zhaoyi Xu*, Fengling Liu, Yun Shao, Jiahong Wang, Haiqin Wan, Shourong Zheng*, Photocatalytic nitrate reduction over Pt-Cu/TiO2 catalysts with benzene as hole scavenger, Journal Photochemistry Photobiology A: Chemistry 212 (2010) 113-121.
Awards
(1) Interfacial chemical processes of contaminants in aquatic environments and the underlying mechanisms, the first class prize of the Natural Science Award of Ministry of Education, 2015 (Rank 4)
(2) Treatment and resource recovery of toxic organic chemical wastewater by polymeric resin adsorbent, the second class prize of the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award, 2001 (Rank 5)
(3) Synthesis and application of hypercrosslinked polystyrene resin adsorbent, the second class prize of the Scientific and Technological Progress Award of Ministry of Education, 2000 (Rank 4)
