Ai-Yong Zhang

2.9k citations

65 papers · 2.4k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 28

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 1%
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques 39
- TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells 20
Water Science and Technology top 1%
- Advanced oxidation water treatment 22
Electrochemistry top 2%
- Electrochemical Analysis and Applications 9
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering top 5%
- Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis 6
Materials Chemistry top 5%
- Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties 5
- Copper-based nanomaterials and applications 5
Organic Chemistry
- Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions 9

Co-authors: Han‐Qing Yu Dan-Ni Pei Jie‐Jie Chen Jingwei Feng Yang Si Lulu Long Xing Zhang Chang Liu
Cited by: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment Water Science and Technology Electrochemistry
Partner nations: China Finland Germany

In The Last Decade

Ai-Yong Zhang

61 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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2024 Upcycling waste sewage sludge into superior single-atom Fenton-like catalyst for sustainable water purification
2024 Tuning electronic structure of metal-free dual-site catalyst enables exclusive singlet oxygen production and in-situ utilization

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1	Bioinspired Unidirectional 3D Scaffold for Synergistic Enhanced Solar Evaporation and Efficient VOCs Degradation Meiqi Ye,Hanye Xing,Yang You,Yuqing Xie,Yang Liu,Wanyi Chu,Ai-Yong Zhang,Xiangsong Lin,Jingzhe Xue,Yang Lü	2025	1
2	Refining metallic nano-copper by electron-rich black carbon for superior Fenton-like catalysis in water purification: The capacitive regulation of corrosive electron transfer Lu Zhao,Xing-Bo Chen,Xin-Ru Hu,Lei Chen,Shun Feng,Ai-Yong Zhang,Shuchuan Peng,Zhixian Lin,Chu Jiang,Da Wei,Qixin Wei	2024	0
3	Morphology-dependent piezoelectric decontamination of organoarsenicals on BaTiO3: The governing roles of TiO2 precursor and reaction mechanism tailored by surface chemistry Ai-Yong Zhang,Chi Zhang,Bing-Jie Tian,Jiaying Li,Zhou Yang,Ming-Le Xia,Lyumeng Ye,Song Hu,Chang Liu	2024	0
4	Oxygen-exfoliated cobalt-doped C3N4 from mixed carbon/nitrogen precursors: The interplay between performance and productivity for fenton-like catalysis in water purification Ai-Yong Zhang,Chu Jiang,Ze-Dong Yang,Ming-He Zhang,Liang Liu,Da Wei,Zhixian Lin,Jingyu Zhang	2024	1
5	Upcycling waste sewage sludge into superior single-atom Fenton-like catalyst for sustainable water purificationbreakdown → Chao-Hai Gu,Ya Pan,Tingting Wei,Ai-Yong Zhang,Yang Si,Chang Liu,Zhihu Sun,Jie‐Jie Chen,Han‐Qing Yu	2024	103
6	Tuning electronic structure of metal-free dual-site catalyst enables exclusive singlet oxygen production and in-situ utilizationbreakdown → Chao-Hai Gu,Song Wang,Ai-Yong Zhang,Chang Liu,Jun Jiang,Han‐Qing Yu	2024	109
7	Regulating iron center by defective MoS2 for superior Fenton-like catalysis in water purification: The key role of surface interaction and superoxide radical in accelerating metal redox-cycling Ai-Yong Zhang,Zhixian Lin,Jingyu Zhang,Ming-He Zhang,Chi Zhang,Lu Zhao,Liang Liu,Da Wei,Lyumeng Ye	2024	2
8	Enhanced dewatering of dredging slurry by Fenton preoxidation and composite coagulants: optimization experiments and dewatering mechanisms Xuyang Zhou,Jingwei Feng,Liu Zhang,Yulin Yang,Yuanting Xiao,Chunli Fan,Deqian Xu,Ai-Yong Zhang	2024	0
9	Humic substances mediated superior photochemical pollutant conversion on defective TiO2 in environmentally relevant matrices: The key roles of oxygen vacancy in surface interactions, oxidant activation and radical generation Song Hu,Lyumeng Ye,Bing-Jie Tian,Jiaying Li,Ai-Yong Zhang,Lu Zhao,Chi Zhang,Chu Jiang,Zhixian Lin,Da Wei,Qixin Wei	2024	3
10	Oxygen-exfoliated cobalt-doped C3N4 for superior Fenton-like catalysis: The accessible metal exposure and synergistic pollutant adsorption from three-dimensional layered configuration Qixin Wei,Ai-Yong Zhang,Ze-Dong Yang,Song Hu,Dejin Wang,Chi Zhang,Chang Liu,Rui Liu	2023	5
11	New Approach for Concentration Prediction of Aqueous Phenolic Contaminants by Using Wavelet Analysis and Support Vector Machine Jingwei Feng,Lijun Pan,Binhua Cui,Yabing Sun,Ai-Yong Zhang,Miao Gong	2020	4
12	Purification Mechanism of Low-Pollution Water in Three Submerged Plants and Analysis of Bacterial Community Structure in Plant Rhizospheres Jingwei Feng,Binhua Cui,Buxian Yuan,Liu Zhang,Jibiao Zhang,Ai-Yong Zhang,Xiangxiang Han,Lijun Pan	2020	12
13	Enhanced Removal of Aqueous Phosphorus by Zr–Fe-, Mn–Fe-, and Mn–Zr–Fe-Modified Natural Zeolites: Comparison Studies and Adsorption Mechanism Jingwei Feng,Lin Jiang,Buxian Yuan,Liu Zhang,Ai-Yong Zhang	2020	10
14	Photochemical pollutant degradation on facet junction-engineered TiO2 promoted by organic arsenical: Governing roles of arsenic-terminated surface chemistry and bulk-free radical speciation Ai-Yong Zhang,Zhou Yang,Xiao Liu,Nai-Hui Huang,Haihong Niu	2020	14
15	Micro-Polluted Water Treatment by Biological Contact Oxidation Process: Aeration Mode and Bacteria Community Analysis Xiangxiang Han,Jingwei Feng,Liu Zhang,Binhua Cui,Jibiao Zhang,Lijun Pan,Ai-Yong Zhang,Buxian Yuan	2019	10
16	Photo-assisted electrochemical detection of bisphenol A in water samples by renewable {001}-exposed TiO2 single crystals Yang Si,Ai-Yong Zhang,Chang Liu,Dan-Ni Pei,Han‐Qing Yu	2019	26
17	A simple strategy to refine Cu 2 O photocatalytic capacity for refractory pollutants removal: Roles of oxygen reduction and Fe(II) chemistry Ai-Yong Zhang,Yuan-Yi He,Tan Lin,Nai-Hui Huang,Xu Qiao,Jingwei Feng	2017	26
18	Degradation of refractory pollutants under solar light irradiation by a robust and self-protected ZnO/CdS/TiO2 hybrid photocatalyst Ai-Yong Zhang,Weikang Wang,Dan-Ni Pei,Han‐Qing Yu	2016	91
19	A combined photocatalytic determination system for chemical oxygen demand with a highly oxidative reagent Ai-Yong Zhang,Minghua Zhou,Qixing Zhou	2010	13
20	The combination of rotating disk photocatalytic reactor and TiO2 nanotube arrays for environmental pollutants removal Ai-Yong Zhang,Minghua Zhou,Lu Han,Qixing Zhou	2010	44

About Ai-Yong Zhang

Ai-Yong Zhang is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Water Science and Technology and Electrochemistry, having authored 65 papers that have together received 2.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (39 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (22 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (20 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (9 papers), Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (9 papers), Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (6 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (5 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (1.5k citations), Water Science and Technology (782 citations) and Electrochemistry (256 citations). Ai-Yong Zhang has collaborated with scholars based in China, Finland and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Han‐Qing Yu, Dan-Ni Pei, Jie‐Jie Chen, Jingwei Feng, Yang Si, Lulu Long, Xing Zhang, Chang Liu, Chang Liu and Chao-Hai Gu.

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