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h-index: 71
Works: 199
Citations: 17K

Most-cited papers

Machine Learning: New Ideas and Tools in Environmental Science and Engineering.
Shifa Zhong, Kai Zhang, M. Bagheri, J. Burken +15 more
2021Environmental Science and Technology1,022 citations
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High-entropy nanoparticles: Synthesis-structure-property relationships and data-driven discovery
Yong-Gang Yao, Qi Dong, Alexandra H. Brozena, Jian Luo +9 more
2022Science882 citations Open access
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Wastewater treatment for carbon capture and utilization
Lu Lu, J. Guest, C. Peters, Xiu-Ping Zhu +2 more
2018Nature Sustainability558 citations
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Nature-inspired salt resistant bimodal porous solar evaporator for efficient and stable water desalination
Shuaiming He, Chao-Ji Chen, Yudi Kuang, Ruiyu Mi +15 more
2019Energy & Environmental Science504 citations
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Carbon dioxide and organic waste valorization by microbial electrosynthesis and electro-fermentation.
Yong Jiang, H. May, Lu Lu, P. Liang +2 more
2019Water Research226 citations Open access
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Sustainable off-grid desalination of hypersaline waters using Janus wood evaporators
Xi Chen, Shuaiming He, Mark M. Falinski, Yuxi Wang +9 more
2021Energy & Environmental Science197 citations
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Brain tumor classification in MRI image using convolutional neural network.
Harry J. Dudley, Z. Ren, D. Bortz
2019Mathematical biosciences and engineering : MBE197 citations Open access
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Methane Emissions from Municipal Wastewater Collection and Treatment Systems
Cui-Hong Song, Jun-Jie Zhu, J. Willis, D. P. Moore +2 more
2023Environmental Science and Technology164 citations Open access
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Autotrophic Vanadium(V) Bioreduction in Groundwater by Elemental Sulfur and Zerovalent Iron.
Bao-Gang Zhang, Rui-Fang Qiu, Lu Lu, Xi Chen +3 more
2018Environmental Science and Technology152 citations
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Preventing masks from becoming the next plastic problem
E. G. Xu, Z. Ren
2021Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering132 citations Open access
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Concurrent Nitrogen and Phosphorus Recovery Using Flow-Electrode Capacitive Deionization
Yan-Hong Bian, Xi Chen, Lu Lu, P. Liang +1 more
2019ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering122 citations
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Production Temperature Effects on the Structure of Hydrochar-Derived Dissolved Organic Matter and Associated Toxicity.
Shi-Lai Hao, Xiangdong Zhu, Yu-Chen Liu, Feng Qian +5 more
2018Environmental Science and Technology122 citations Open access
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Photochemical Behavior of Microbial Extracellular Polymeric Substances in the Aquatic Environment.
Shao-Feng Zhou, Zhiyang Liao, Bei-Ping Zhang, Rui Hou +5 more
2021Environmental Science and Technology113 citations Open access
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ES&T in the 21st Century: A Data-Driven Analysis of Research Topics, Interconnections, And Trends in the Past 20 Years.
Jun-Jie Zhu, Willow Dressel, Kelee Pacion, Z. Ren
2021Environmental Science and Technology106 citations
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Hydrophobic nanostructured wood membrane for thermally efficient distillation
Dianxun Hou, Tian Li, Xi Chen, Shuaiming He +8 more
2019Science Advances105 citations Open access
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Nickel-Based Membrane Electrodes Enable High-Rate Electrochemical Ammonia Recovery.
Dianxun Hou, Arpita Iddya, Xi Chen, Meng-Yuan Wang +4 more
2018Environmental Science and Technology101 citations
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Microbial electrolysis treatment of post-hydrothermal liquefaction wastewater with hydrogen generation
Rui-Xia Shen, Yong Jiang, Zheng Ge, Jian-Wen Lu +3 more
201899 citations Open access
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The global potential for converting renewable electricity to negative-CO2-emissions hydrogen
G. Rau, H. Willauer, Z. Ren
2018Nature Climate Change96 citations
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Production of magnetic biochar from waste-derived fungal biomass for phosphorus removal and recovery
Joshua Jack, Tyler M. Huggins, Ying-Ping Huang, Yan-Fen Fang +1 more
2019Journal of Cleaner Production91 citations Open access
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Hydrophobic Gas Transfer Membranes for Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery.
Dianxun Hou, D. Jassby, R. Nerenberg, Z. Ren
2019Environmental Science and Technology90 citations Open access
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pH dependence of phosphorus speciation and transport in flow-electrode capacitive deionization.
Yan-Hong Bian, Xi Chen, Z. Ren
2020Environmental Science and Technology85 citations
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Advanced Nanowood Materials for the Water–Energy Nexus
Xi Chen, Xiao-Bo Zhu, Shuaiming He, Liang-Bing Hu +1 more
2020Advances in Materials84 citations
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DIET-like mutualism of Geobacter and methanogens at specific electrode potential boosts production of both methane and hydrogen from propionate.
Yuqing Yan, Jia-Yao Zhang, Lili Tian, Xuejun Yan +6 more
2023Water Research83 citations
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Geochemical and microbial characterizations of flowback and produced water in three shale oil and gas plays in the central and western United States.
Huan Wang, Lu Lu, Xi Chen, Yan-Hong Bian +1 more
2019Water Research81 citations
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Influences of Temperature and Metal on Subcritical Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Hyperaccumulator: Implications for the Recycling of Hazardous Hyperaccumulators.
Feng Qian, Xiangdong Zhu, Yu-Chen Liu, Quan Shi +4 more
2018Environmental Science and Technology77 citations
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Microbial vanadate and nitrate reductions coupled with anaerobic methane oxidation in groundwater.
Bao-Gang Zhang, Yufeng Jiang, Kui-Chang Zuo, Chao He +2 more
2020Journal of Hazardous Materials76 citations
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Value Proposition of Untapped Wet Wastes: Carboxylic Acid Production through Anaerobic Digestion
Arpit H Bhatt, Z. Ren, Ling Tao
2020iScience74 citations Open access
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Will Membranes Break Barriers on Volatile Fatty Acid Recovery from Anaerobic Digestion?
Xiao-Bo Zhu, Aaron Leininger, D. Jassby, N. Tsesmetzis +1 more
202073 citations
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Scale-up and techno-economic analysis of microbial electrolysis cells for hydrogen production from wastewater.
Jin-Yue Jiang, Juan A. Lopez-Ruiz, Yan-Hong Bian, Dong-Ya Sun +5 more
2023Water Research67 citations Open access
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Engineered wood for a sustainable future
Yimin Mao, Liang-Bing Hu, Z. Ren
2022Matter67 citations Open access
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Directing Clostridium ljungdahlii fermentation products via hydrogen to carbon monoxide ratio in syngas
Joshua Jack, Jonathan Lo, P. Maness, Z. Ren
2019Biomass & Bioenergy67 citations
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Complex Formation via Hydrogen bonding between Rhodamine B and Montmorillonite in Aqueous Solution
Yan-Fen Fang, A. Zhou, Wei Yang, Tirusew Araya +5 more
2018Scientific Reports67 citations Open access
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Highly Selective Electrochemical Nitrate to Ammonia Conversion by Dispersed Ru in a Multielement Alloy Catalyst.
Meiqi Yang, Boyang Li, Shu-Ke Li, Qi Dong +11 more
2023Nano letters (Print)65 citations
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Thermoresponsive Polymers for Water Treatment and Collection
Xiao-Hui Xu, N. Bizmark, Kofi S. S. Christie, S. Datta +2 more
2022Macromolecules64 citations Open access
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Electrochemical Control of Redox Potential Arrests Methanogenesis and Regulates Products in Mixed Culture Electro-Fermentation
Yong Jiang, Lu Lu, Huan Wang, Rui-Xia Shen +6 more
2018ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering62 citations
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Capacitive deionization for nutrient recovery from wastewater with disinfection capability
Zheng Ge, Xi Chen, Xia Huang, Z. Ren
201861 citations
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Greenhouse gas emissions associated with urban water infrastructure: What we have learnt from China's practice
Qian Zhang, Kate Smith, Xu Zhao, Xinkai Jin +3 more
2021WIREs Water58 citations Open access
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CO 2 Activation Promotes Available Carbonate and Phosphorus of Antibiotic Mycelial Fermentation Residue-Derived Biochar Support for Increased Lead Immobilization
Yu-Chen Liu, Xiangdong Zhu, Xin-Chao Wei, Shi-Cheng Zhang +2 more
201856 citations
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Unbiased solar H2 production with current density up to 23 mA cm−2 by Swiss-cheese black Si coupled with wastewater bioanode
Lu Lu, Waltteri Vakki, J. Aguiar, C. Xiao +6 more
2019Energy & Environmental Science54 citations Open access
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A novel microbial fuel cell sensor with a gas diffusion biocathode sensing element for water and air quality monitoring.
Yong Jiang, P. Liang, Xia Huang, Z. Ren
2018Chemosphere52 citations Open access
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Upscaling 3D Engineered Trees for Off-Grid Desalination.
Sun-Xiang Zheng, Meiqi Yang, Xiangshan Chen, C. White +2 more
2022Environmental Science and Technology50 citations
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A reverse-selective ion exchange membrane for the selective transport of phosphates via an outer-sphere complexation–diffusion pathway
Arpita Iddya, P. Zarzycki, R. Kingsbury, Chia Miang Khor +6 more
2022Nature Nanotechnology46 citations Open access
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Deep Learning Optimization for Soft Sensing of Hard-to-Measure Wastewater Key Variables
Jun-Jie Zhu, Sina Borzooei, Jiachun Sun, Z. Ren
2022ACS ES&T Engineering46 citations
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Cathode Material Development in the Past Decade for H2 Production from Microbial Electrolysis Cells
J. Tang, Yan-Hong Bian, Song Jin, Dong-Ya Sun +1 more
2021ACS Environmental Au46 citations Open access
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Comparative performances of microbial capacitive deionization cell and microbial fuel cell fed with produced water from the Bakken shale.
Namita Shrestha, Govinda Chilkoor, Joseph Wilder, Z. Ren +1 more
2018Bioelectrochemistry46 citations Open access
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Dominance of electroactive microbiomes in bioelectrochemical remediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils with different textures.
Huan Wang, Lu Lu, De-Qiang Mao, Zhe Huang +4 more
2019Chemosphere45 citations
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Oily bilge water treatment using DC/AC powered electrocoagulation
Yan-Hong Bian, Zheng Ge, C. Albano, Fernanda Leite Lobo +1 more
2019Environmental Science Water Research & Technology43 citations
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Long-term in situ bioelectrochemical monitoring of biohythane process: Metabolic interactions and microbial evolution.
Si-Jie Huang, Mengmeng Shen, Z. Ren, Hou-Kai Wu +4 more
2021Bioresource Technology42 citations
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Carbon transmission of CO2 activated nano-MgO carbon composites enhances phosphate immobilization
Xiangdong Zhu, Yu-Chen Liu, Feng Qian, Hua Shang +4 more
201842 citations
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Spontaneous Solar Syngas Production from CO2 Driven by Energetically Favorable Wastewater Microbial Anodes
Lu Lu, Zhida Li, Xi Chen, Huan Wang +4 more
202039 citations Open access
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