Zhirong Sun
About
Zhirong Sun is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Biomedical Engineering.
According to data from OpenAlex, Zhirong Sun has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Water Science and Technology, 41 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 24 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhirong Sun's work include Advanced oxidation water treatment (46 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (37 papers) and Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (22 papers). Zhirong Sun is often cited by papers focused on Advanced oxidation water treatment (46 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (37 papers) and Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (22 papers). Zhirong Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Japan. Zhirong Sun's co-authors include Haiqiang Qi, Xiang Hu, Xiuping Sun, Zhibin Liu, Xuelin Shi, Zihao Yan, Xuefeng Wei, Chenliu Tang, Luwei Wang and Xiaoyue Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental and Bioresource Technology.
In The Last Decade
Zhirong Sun
73 papers receiving 1.9k citations
Peers
Zhirong Sun
Govindaraj Divyapriya India
Tianyin Huang China
Jinglong Han China
Jianmeng Chen China
Yangcheng Ding China
Lean Zhou China
Dongya Li China
Fabiola Martínez Spain
Imtyaz Hussain China
Konstantinos V. Plakas Greece
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Govindaraj Divyapriya
Countries citing papers authored by Zhirong Sun
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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhirong Sun
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhirong Sun
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhirong Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhirong Sun based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Zhirong Sun. Zhirong Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
All Works
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Sun, Zhirong, et al.. (2025). Mechanochemically synthesized peroxymonosulfate activators from spent zinc-manganese battery electrode material: Correlation between pollutant electrophilicity index and electron transfer process. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 366. 125054–125054.
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Shi, Xuelin, Zihao Yan, Tong Zhu, & Zhirong Sun. (2025). Enhanced activation of molecular oxygen for efficient chloroquine phosphate degradation with CuO@Co3O4/GF heterostructure: Promoting mechanisms of oxygen vacancy and interfacial electronic engineering. Separation and Purification Technology. 362. 131745–131745.
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Zhou, Yi, Yu Mao, Shuang Yin, et al.. (2025). Tuning rainbow trapping in higher-order topological insulators. Physics Letters A. 541. 130406–130406.
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Li, Yajing, Zhibin Liu, & Zhirong Sun. (2024). A novel Co-N-doped carbon catalyst to activate peroxymonosulfate for efficient removal of sulfamethazine: Role of singlet oxygen and high-valent cobalt-oxo species. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 63. 105398–105398.
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Liu, Zhibin, et al.. (2024). Co-Fe bimetallic oxides derived from Prussian blue analogs to activate peracetic acid for eliminating sulfamethazine: Contribution and identification of radical species. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 60. 105121–105121.
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Sun, Zhirong, et al.. (2024). Quantitative and mechanistic elucidation of the reactive oxygen species for effective sulfamethoxazole removal in heterogeneous peroxymonosulfate activated by MOFs-derived cladding structure CoZn/NC@UiO. Separation and Purification Technology. 355. 129627–129627.
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Sun, Zhirong, Zhuowei Cheng, Jiade Wang, et al.. (2024). Fe (II)/Fe (III) regulated adaptive biofilm responses and microbial metabolic mechanisms for enhanced cycloalkane biodegradation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 500. 157388–157388.
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Liu, Zhibin, et al.. (2024). Mechanism of self-supporting montmorillonite composite material for bio-enhanced degradation of chlorotetracycline: Electron transfer and microbial response. Bioresource Technology. 404. 130928–130928.
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Jiang, Qinhong, Zhirong Sun, Fan Song, et al.. (2024). Perfect cooperative pest control via nano-pesticide and natural predator: High predation selectivity and negligible toxicity toward predatory stinkbug. Chemosphere. 355. 141784–141784.
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Ma, Bin, et al.. (2024). The impact of salinization on soil bacterial diversity, yield and quality of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1448301–1448301.
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Shi, Xuelin, Zihao Yan, Tong Zhu, & Zhirong Sun. (2024). Insights into the in-situ generation of singlet oxygen via molecular oxygen activation over NiO@CuxO NRs/CF nanocomposite catalysts: Mechanisms of singlet oxygen evolution and chloroquine phosphate degradation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 497. 155010–155010.
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Fu, Bo, Zihao Yan, & Zhirong Sun. (2024). Novel MOF-derived Fe/CoNHDC-400@GF cathode with improved in-situ catalytic degradation of chloroquine phosphate during heterogeneous electro-Fenton process. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(3). 112952–112952.
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Tang, Chenliu, et al.. (2023). Mechanisms of interaction between metal-organic framework-based material and persulfate in degradation of organic contaminants (OCs): Activation, reactive oxygen generation, conversion, and oxidation. Journal of Environmental Management. 347. 119089–119089.
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Wang, Luwei, et al.. (2023). Efficient degradation of ceftazidime in heterogeneous electro-Fenton process with Fe/Cu bimetal MOF-derived nitrogen-doped cathode. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 945. 169263–169263.
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Shi, Xuelin, et al.. (2023). An anode and cathode cooperative oxidation system constructed with Ee-GF as anode and CuFe2O4/Cu2O/Cu@EGF as cathode for the efficient removal of sulfamethoxazole. The Science of The Total Environment. 875. 162645–162645.
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Liu, Zhibin, Xuelin Shi, Zihao Yan, & Zhirong Sun. (2023). Activation of peroxymonosulfate by biochar in-situ enriched with cobalt tungstate and cobalt: Insights into the role of rich oxygen vacancies and catalytic mechanism. Chemical Engineering Journal. 475. 146124–146124.
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Han, Zhaoqiang, et al.. (2023). Machine learning-based estimation and mitigation of nitric oxide emissions from Chinese vegetable fields. Environmental Pollution. 343. 123174–123174.
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Han, Zhaoqiang, Zhirong Sun, Zhutao Li, et al.. (2023). Substitution of organic and bio-organic fertilizers for mineral fertilizers to suppress nitrous oxide emissions from intensive vegetable fields. Journal of Environmental Management. 349. 119390–119390.
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Sun, Zhirong, et al.. (2023). Feasibility Study of Using Excess Sludge Fermentation Broth as a Co-Metabolic Carbon Source for 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol Degradation. Water. 15(22). 4008–4008.
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Shi, Xuelin, et al.. (2023). In situ etched graphite felt modified with CuFe2O4/Cu2O/Cu catalyst derived from CuFe PBA for the efficient removal of sulfamethoxazole through a heterogeneous electro-Fenton process. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 331. 122722–122722.
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