Zhonghao Wan

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Zhonghao Wan is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhonghao Wan has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Water Science and Technology, 13 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhonghao Wan's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (10 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (9 papers) and Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (7 papers). Zhonghao Wan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (10 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (9 papers) and Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (7 papers). Zhonghao Wan collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Zhonghao Wan's co-authors include Daniel C.W. Tsang, Yuqing Sun, Xinde Cao, Yong Sik Ok, Deyi Hou, Zibo Xu, Bin Gao, Mingjing He, Yaoyu Zhou and Eakalak Khan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Zhonghao Wan

25 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Ball milling as a mechanochemical technology for fabrication of novel biochar nanomaterials

2020 401 citations Manish Kumar, Xinni Xiong et al. Bioresource Technology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhonghao Wan China	23	1.6k	883	776	583	458	26	2.9k
Qintie Lin China	32	2.2k 1.4×	882 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	525 0.9×	624 1.4×	74	3.2k
Zhongzhu Yang China	17	1.4k 0.9×	654 0.7×	724 0.9×	913 1.6×	686 1.5×	30	3.3k
Quanyuan Chen China	24	1.3k 0.8×	593 0.7×	836 1.1×	684 1.2×	292 0.6×	53	2.7k
Eunsung Kan United States	33	1.9k 1.2×	751 0.9×	975 1.3×	724 1.2×	833 1.8×	72	3.8k
Muhammad Bilal Asif China	32	1.8k 1.1×	871 1.0×	719 0.9×	734 1.3×	657 1.4×	80	3.4k
Yuhoon Hwang South Korea	29	968 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	450 0.6×	758 1.3×	330 0.7×	115	2.9k
Anil K. Saroha India	24	1.8k 1.1×	850 1.0×	578 0.7×	487 0.8×	391 0.9×	55	3.1k
Jing Guo China	32	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	985 1.3×	652 1.1×	256 0.6×	120	3.1k
Yu Gao China	31	1.2k 0.7×	641 0.7×	997 1.3×	741 1.3×	568 1.2×	99	2.8k
Luca Di Palma Italy	37	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	661 0.9×	532 0.9×	735 1.6×	157	3.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhonghao Wan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhonghao Wan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhonghao Wan 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 Zhonghao Wan. Zhonghao Wan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wan, Zhonghao, K. Yip, Shengdong Liu, et al.. (2025). Overcoming the reactivity-stability challenge in water treatment catalyst through spatial confinement. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9672–9672.

Wan, Zhonghao, Yang Cao, Zibo Xu, et al.. (2023). Revealing Intrinsic Relations Between Cu Scales and Radical/Nonradical Oxidations to Regulate Nucleophilic/Electrophilic Catalysis. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(12). 40 indexed citations

Zhang, Yuying, Zhonghao Wan, Lei Wang, et al.. (2022). Designing Magnesium Phosphate Cement for Stabilization/Solidification of Zn-Rich Electroplating Sludge. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(13). 9398–9407. 48 indexed citations

Xu, Zibo, Zhonghao Wan, Yuqing Sun, et al.. (2022). Electroactive Fe-biochar for redox-related remediation of arsenic and chromium: Distinct redox nature with varying iron/carbon speciation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 430. 128479–128479. 102 indexed citations

Liu, Yuyan, Yuqing Sun, Zhonghao Wan, et al.. (2021). Tailored design of food waste hydrochar for efficient adsorption and catalytic degradation of refractory organic contaminant. Journal of Cleaner Production. 310. 127482–127482. 71 indexed citations

Zhang, Qiaozhi, Zhonghao Wan, Iris K.M. Yu, & Daniel C.W. Tsang. (2021). Sustainable production of high-value gluconic acid and glucaric acid through oxidation of biomass-derived glucose: A critical review. Journal of Cleaner Production. 312. 127745–127745. 88 indexed citations

Wan, Zhonghao, Zibo Xu, Yuqing Sun, et al.. (2021). Critical Impact of Nitrogen Vacancies in Nonradical Carbocatalysis on Nitrogen-Doped Graphitic Biochar. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(10). 7004–7014. 179 indexed citations

Zhu, Xinzhe, Mingjing He, Yuqing Sun, et al.. (2021). Insights into the adsorption of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) on biochar and activated carbon with the aid of machine learning. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 423(Pt B). 127060–127060. 153 indexed citations

Liu, Xin, Sen He, Yuan Yang, et al.. (2021). A review on percarbonate-based advanced oxidation processes for remediation of organic compounds in water. Environmental Research. 200. 111371–111371. 118 indexed citations

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Jing, Fanqi, Yuqing Sun, Yuyan Liu, et al.. (2021). Interactions between biochar and clay minerals in changing biochar carbon stability. The Science of The Total Environment. 809. 151124–151124. 71 indexed citations

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Wan, Zhonghao, Yuqing Sun, Daniel C.W. Tsang, et al.. (2020). Sustainable remediation with an electroactive biochar system: mechanisms and perspectives. Green Chemistry. 22(9). 2688–2711. 132 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xinzhe, Zhonghao Wan, Daniel C.W. Tsang, et al.. (2020). Machine learning for the selection of carbon-based materials for tetracycline and sulfamethoxazole adsorption. Chemical Engineering Journal. 406. 126782–126782. 204 indexed citations

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He, Mingjing, Zhonghao Wan, Daniel C.W. Tsang, et al.. (2020). Performance indicators for a holistic evaluation of catalyst-based degradation—A case study of selected pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs). Journal of Hazardous Materials. 402. 123460–123460. 30 indexed citations

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Kumar, Manish, Xinni Xiong, Zhonghao Wan, et al.. (2020). Ball milling as a mechanochemical technology for fabrication of novel biochar nanomaterials. Bioresource Technology. 312. 123613–123613. 401 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wan, Zhonghao, et al.. (2019). Concurrent adsorption and micro-electrolysis of Cr(VI) by nanoscale zerovalent iron/biochar/Ca-alginate composite. Environmental Pollution. 247. 410–420. 168 indexed citations

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Wan, Zhonghao, Yuqing Sun, Daniel C.W. Tsang, et al.. (2019). A sustainable biochar catalyst synergized with copper heteroatoms and CO₂ for singlet oxygenation and electron transfer routes. Green Chemistry. 21(17). 4800–4814. 221 indexed citations

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Zhi, Dan, Jianbing Wang, Zirui Luo, et al.. (2019). Development of ozonation and reactive electrochemical membrane coupled process: Enhanced tetracycline mineralization and toxicity reduction. Chemical Engineering Journal. 383. 123149–123149. 104 indexed citations

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Xiang, Yujia, Xiao Yang, Wenyong Hu, et al.. (2019). Fabrication of sustainable manganese ferrite modified biochar from vinasse for enhanced adsorption of fluoroquinolone antibiotics: Effects and mechanisms. The Science of The Total Environment. 709. 136079–136079. 232 indexed citations

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Wan, Zhonghao, Meng Li, Qian Zhang, Zixi Fan, & Francis Verpoort. (2018). Concurrent reduction-adsorption of chromium using m-phenylenediamine-modified magnetic chitosan: kinetics, isotherm, and mechanism. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25(18). 17830–17841. 27 indexed citations

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Wan, Zhonghao, et al.. (2017). Study on the effect of sulfate in the treatment of high ammonia organic wastewater. Desalination and Water Treatment. 98. 98–107. 5 indexed citations

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