Department of Chemical Engineering and Biological Engineering

 

and Biological Engineering
Zhejiang University, Yuquan Campus
38 Zheda Road
Hangzhou, China 310027

 

Education

Ph.D. –Zhejiang University, China, Environmental Science, 2001-2006
B.S. –Shandong University, China, Environmental Engineering, 1997~2001

Working Experience

2009~ , Associate Professor, Dept. Chem. Eng. & Bio. Eng., Zhejiang University
2006-2009, Lecturer, Dept. Chem. Eng. & Bio. Eng., Zhejiang University
2006-2008, Postdoctor, Coll. Environ. & Resour., Zhejiang University
 

Awards and Honors

Yongqian Tang Fund for Young Researcher, 2009
Top-300 (Nominate prize) “National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of China” (Selected from over 40,000 dissertations this year), 2008
Natural Science Award by Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, ( “Wastewater Treatment using Advanced Oxidation Technologies”), 2008
“Nandu” Scholarship at Zhejiang University , 2005

 

Research Interests

Materials Synthesis
 

1. Developed gas diffusion carbon nanotubes electrodes modified by cold plasma
2. Prepared muti-nonmentals doped TiO2 nanotube electrodes with anode oxidation
3. Synthesized nanosized TiO2 coating immobilized on particle supports by MOCVD and Sol-gel

Environmental Engineering
 

1. Combined photocatalysis and electrochemical oxidation
2. Realized degradation of refractory wastewater containing heavy metals or persistent pollutants with microbial fuel cell
3. Studied the relationship between the energy band structure of photocatalysts and their catalytic performance using first principles theory

Publication List

Selected Publications

(total 50 papers were cited more than 350 times)

Microbial Fuel Cell
1. Li ZJ, Zhang XW, Lin J, Han S, Lei LC. Azo dye treatment with simultaneous electricity production in an anaerobic-aerobic sequential reactor and microbial fuel cell coupled system. Bioresource Technology, 2010, 101 (12):4440-4445.
2. Li ZJ, Zhang XW, Zeng YX, Lei LC. Electricity production by an overflow-type wetted-wall microbial fuel cell. Bioresource Technology, 2009, 100 (9):2551-2555.
3. Li ZJ, Zhang XW, Lei LC. Electricity production during the treatment of real electroplating wastewater containing Cr6+ using microbial fuel cell. Process Biochemistry, 2008, 43 (12):1352-1358.
4. Lin J, Zhang XW, Li ZJ, Lei LC. Biodegradation of Reactive blue 13 in a two-stage anaerobic/aerobic fluidized beds system with a Pseudomonas sp isolate. Bioresource Technology, 2010, 101 (1):34-40.
5. Gu HY, Zhang XW, Li ZJ, Lei LC. Studies on treatment of chlorophenol-containing wastewater by microbial fuel cell. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2007, 52 (24):3448-3451.
Photoelectrochemistry ( Anode and Cathode)
1. Zhang XW, Lei LC, Xia B, Zhang Y, Fu JL. Oxidization of carbon nanotubes through hydroxyl radical induced by pulsed O2 plasma and its application for O2 reduction in electro-Fenton. Electrochimica Acta, 2009, 54 (10):2810-2817.
2. Zhang XW, Lei LC, Zhang JL, Chen QX, Bao JG, Fang B. A novel CdS/S-TiO2 nanotubes photocatalyst with high visible light activity. Separation And Purification Technology, 2009, 66 (2):417-421.
3. Zhang XW, Fu J, Zhang Y, Lei LC. A nitrogen functionalized carbon nanotube cathode for highly efficient electrocatalytic generation of H2O2 in Electro-Fenton system. Separation and Purification Technology, 2008, 64 (1):116-123.
4. Su YL, Zhang XW, Han S, Chen XQ, Lei LC. F-B-codoping of anodized TiO2 nanotubes using chemical vapor deposition. Electrochemistry Communications, 2007, 9 (9):2291-2298.
Nanosized materials preparation and modification
1. Zhang XW, Zhou MH, Lei LC. Preparation of photocatalytic TiO2 coatings of nanosized particles on activated carbon by AP-MOCVD. Carbon, 2005, 43 (8):1700-1708.
2. Zhang XW, Zhou MH, Lei LC. TiO2 photocatalyst deposition by MOCVD on activated carbon. Carbon, 2006, 44 (2):325-333.
3. Hao XL, Zhang XW, Lei LC. Degradation characteristics of toxic contaminant with modified activated carbons in aqueous pulsed discharge plasma process. Carbon, 2009, 24 (1):153-161.
4. Gu L, Zhang XW, Lei LC, Zhang Y. Enhanced degradation of nitrophenol in ozonation integrated plasma modified activated carbons. Microporous And Mesoporous Materials, 2009, 119 (1-3):237-244.
5. Zhang XW, Lei LC. Effect of preparation methods on the structure and catalytic performance of TiO2/AC photocatalysts. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2008, 153 (1-2):827-833.
6. Zhang XW, Zhou MH, Lei LC. Preparation of anatase TiO2 supported on alumina by different metal organic chemical vapor deposition methods. Applied Catalysis A-General, 2005, 282 (1-2):285-293.
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