Postdoc (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Postdoc (University of Limerick)

PhD (USTC)

He received PhD (Eng.) at USTC, served as a post-doctoral fellow at well-known universities in Europe and Japan. He also frequently visited world's top universities (Yale University, TU Delft, Georgia Tech, and University of Hong Kong etc.). His research activities focus on membrane materials and technology, and AI for sustainable energy and environmental applications. He has >100 publications and >10 patents. He is an editor of some leading SCI journals.

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1. Ultrastable Ceramic-based MOF membranes with missing linkers for robust desalination, Nature Water 2 (2024) 464-474
2. Precise regulation of intracrystalline missing linkers in metal-organic framework pervaporation membranes for desalination of hypersaline waters, Nature Communications (2024) In Revision
3. Robust ultrathin nanoporous MOF membrane with intra-crystalline defects for fast water transport, Nature Communications 13 (2022) 266
4. Advanced membrane-based high-value metal recovery from wastewater, Water Research,  (2024) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122122).
5. Enhanced water treatment performance of ceramic-based forward osmosis membranes via MOF interlayer, Water Research, 254 (2024)121395.
6. Robust ceramic-based graphene membrane for challenging water treatment with enhanced fouling and scaling resistance, Water Research 243 (2023) 120348.
7. Superhydrophobic carbon nanotube network membranes for membrane distillation: high-throughput performance and transport mechanism, Environmental Science & Technology, 56 (9) (2022) 5775–5785.
8. Electro-enhanced separation for microsized oil-in-water emulsion via metallic membranes: performance and mechanistic insights, Environmental Science & Technology 56 (7) (2022) 4518–4530.
9. Cost and efficiency perspectives of ceramic membranes for water treatment, Water Research, 220 (2022) 118629
10. Fast proton and water transport in ceramic membrane-based magic-angle graphene, Water Research 225 (2022) 119076.
11. Silicon carbide catalytic ceramic membranes with nano-wire structure for enhanced anti-fouling performance, Water Research 226 (2022) 119209.
12. Progress in alumina ceramic membranes for water purification: status and prospects, Water Research 226 (2022) 119173.
13. Treatment of oily wastewaters by highly porous whisker-constructed ceramic membranes: separation performance and fouling models, Water Research 211 (2022) 118042
14. Robust zirconia ceramic membrane with exceptional performance for purifying nano-emulsion oily wastewater, Water Research 208 (2022) 117859.
15. Stable Zr-based metal-organic framework nano-porous membrane for efficient desalination of hypersaline water, Environmental Science & Technology 55 (21) (2021) 14917-14927.
16. Recent development of pressure retarded osmosis membranes for water and energy sustainability: A critical review, Water Research, 189 (2021) 116666.
17. Cross-linked graphene oxide framework membranes with robust nano-channels for enhanced sieving ability, Environmental Science & Technology, 54 (23) (2020) 15442–15453.
18. Flexible superhydrophobic metal-based carbon nanotube membrane for electrochemically enhanced water treatment, Environmental Science & Technology, 54 (14) (2020) 9074–9082.
19. Engineering a nano-composite interlayer for a novel ceramic-based forward osmosis membrane with enhanced performance, Environmental Science & Technology, 54 (12) (2020) 7715–7724.
20. Spinel-based ceramic membranes coupling solid sludge recycling with oily wastewater treatment, Water Research, 169 (2020) 115180.
21. Stable superhydrophobic ceramic-carbon-nanotube composite desalination membranes, Nano Letters 18 (9) (2018) 5514–5521.
22. A low-cost mullite-titania composite ceramic hollow fiber microfiltration membrane for highly efficient separation of oil-in-water emulsion, Water Research, 90 (2016) 277-285.