Zongsu Wei

9.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
120 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Zongsu Wei is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Environmental Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zongsu Wei has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Water Science and Technology, 31 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 26 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zongsu Wei's work include Advanced oxidation water treatment (44 papers), Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (19 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (17 papers). Zongsu Wei is often cited by papers focused on Advanced oxidation water treatment (44 papers), Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (19 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (17 papers). Zongsu Wei collaborates with scholars based in China, Denmark and United States. Zongsu Wei's co-authors include Ruiyang Xiao, Richard Spinney, Dionysios D. Dionysiou, Shuang Luo, Linda K. Weavers, Dongye Zhao, Liyuan Chai, Frederick A. Villamena, Tiantian Ye and Wei‐Ping Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Zongsu Wei

115 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Short-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in aquatic systems: Occurrence, impacts and treatment

2019 524 citations Fan Li, Jun Duan et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →
Activation of peroxymonosulfate/persulfate by nanomaterials for sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation technologies

2017 401 citations Ruiyang Xiao, Zongsu Wei et al. profile →
Merits and Limitations of Radical vs. Nonradical Pathways in Persulfate-Based Advanced Oxidation Processes

2023 387 citations Zongsu Wei, Richard Spinney et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Kinetics and Mechanism of Ultrasonic Activation of Persulfate: An in Situ EPR Spin Trapping Study

2017 372 citations Zongsu Wei et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Mechanistic insight into reactivity of sulfate radical with aromatic contaminants through single-electron transfer pathway

2017 363 citations Shuang Luo, Zongsu Wei et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →
Electrodialysis for metal removal and recovery: A review

2022 244 citations Jan-Max Arana Juve, Zongsu Wei et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zongsu Wei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zongsu Wei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zongsu Wei 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 Zongsu Wei. Zongsu Wei 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

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Functionalized 2D multilayered MXene for selective and continuous recovery of rare earth elements from real wastewater matrix 2025 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Shuangyou Bao, Yingjun Wang, Weiwei Yang, (unknown), Yanan Shang, Yongsheng Yu, Zongsu Wei	4
2	Sustained hydrated electron production for enhanced reductive defluorination of PFAS in groundwater 2025 ·Water Research ·Xingaoyuan Xiong, Zirui Luo, Shuang Luo, Lu Bai, Yanan Shang, (unknown), Zongsu Wei	5
3	Dual‐Channel Electron Modulation via Cu‐N ₂ Sites and π‐Conjugated Framework in COF for Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Fluorinated Pharmaceuticals 2025 ·Small ·(unknown), Hui Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Zhiqun Xie, Yaxin Lou, (unknown), Wei Sun, Zihao Zhang, X. M. Xia, Lihui Yang, Cao Yang, Shuang Luo, (unknown), Zongsu Wei, (unknown)	0
4	Network-Based Methods for Deciphering the Oxidizability of Complex Leachate DOM with ^•OH/O₃ via Molecular Signatures 2025 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·(unknown), Lan Wang, Thomas Seviour, Changfu Yang, (unknown), Ying Zhu, (unknown), Zongsu Wei, Ziyang Lou	8
5	Influence of acoustic cavitation and its combination with H2O2, acid, and alkali as a pre-treatment technique on lactic acid production from rice as a model food waste 2025 ·Ultrasonics Sonochemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Sławomir Ciesielski, Zongsu Wei, Jacek Mąkinia, Grzegorz Boczkaj	0
6	Activating PFAS for efficient photocatalytic defluorination using ultralow-dose Ti-doped bismuth coordination catalysts with unsaturated metal sites 2025 ·Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·(unknown), (unknown), Chizoba I. Ezugwu, Ali Saad, Zhehao Huang, Zhiqun Xie, Zongsu Wei	0
7	Mechanistic insights into the roles of copper in enhanced peroxymonosulfate activation for tetracycline degradation by copper ferrite composite catalyst 2024 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Jinsong He, Li Feng, Taoran Shi, Ni Fan, (unknown), Yongjia Lei, Yan Liu, Dexin Fang, Zongsu Wei, Fei Shen	6
8	New insights into the PFAS defluorination performance and mechanism of ultrasound-enhanced electrochemistry with peroxydisulfate electrolyte 2024 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Yongjia Lei, (unknown), Yu Tian, Dionissios Mantzavinos, Zongsu Wei, Cheng Fang, Guochun Lv, Mei Huang, Jinsong He, Shihuai Deng, Fei Shen	3
9	Size-selective trapping and photocatalytic degradation of PFOA in Fe-modified zeolite frameworks 2024 ·Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Jan-Max Arana Juve, (unknown), (unknown), Zhiqun Xie, Yanan Shang, Ali Saad, Rafael Gonzalez‐Olmos, Michael S. Wong, Mohamed Ateia, Zongsu Wei	30
10	Challenging established norms: The unanticipated role of alcohols in UV/PDS radical quenching 2024 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Boqiang Li, Baiyang Chen, Zongsu Wei	8
11	One-step synthesis of magnetic catalysts containing Mn3O4-Fe3O4 from manganese slag for degradation of enrofloxacin by activation of peroxymonosulfate 2024 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·(unknown), Zongsu Wei, Chi Wang, Ping Ning, Minghui He, Shuangyou Bao, Xin Sun, Kai Li	14
12	The overlooked carbonate radical in micropollutant degradation: An insight into hydration interaction 2023 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Ruiyang Xiao, (unknown), Yifu Fu, Stanisław Wacławek, Zongsu Wei, Richard Spinney, Dionysios D. Dionysiou, Weizhi Zeng, Wei‐Ping Hu	29
13	Dual-reaction center catalyst based on common metals Cu-Mg-Al for synergistic peroxymonosulfate adsorption-activation in Fenton-like process 2023 ·Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Zhiqun Xie, Dionysios D. Dionysiou, Shuang Luo, Menglin Chen, Zongsu Wei	47
14	Concentrate and degrade PFOA with a photo-regenerable composite of In-doped TNTs@AC 2022 ·Chemosphere ·Jan-Max Arana Juve, Fan Li, Yangmo Zhu, Wen Liu, Lars Ditlev Mørck Ottosen, Dongye Zhao, Zongsu Wei	36
15	Elucidating sulfate radical-mediated disinfection profiles and mechanisms of Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalis in municipal wastewater 2020 ·Water Research ·Ruiyang Xiao, Lu Bai, Kai Liu, Yan Shi, Daisuke Minakata, Ching‐Hua Huang, Richard Spinney, Rajesh Seth, Dionysios D. Dionysiou, Zongsu Wei, Peizhe Sun	74
16	Manganese doped iron–carbon composite for synergistic persulfate activation: Reactivity, stability, and mechanism 2020 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Meiqiang Cai, Yu Zhang, Chunying Dong, Wentao Wu, Qian Wang, Zhijun Song, (unknown), Li–guang Wu, Micong Jin, Dionysios D. Dionysiou, Zongsu Wei	65
17	Short-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in aquatic systems: Occurrence, impacts and treatment breakdown → 2019 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Fan Li, Jun Duan, Shuting Tian, Haodong Ji, Yangmo Zhu, Zongsu Wei, Dongye Zhao	524
18	Isothermal Stimulation of Mineral Dissolution Processes by Acoustic Perturbation 2018 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Zongsu Wei, (unknown), Xin Chen, Erika Callagon La Plante, Iman Mehdipour, Dante Simonetti, Narayanan Neithalath, Laurent Pilon, Mathieu Bauchy, Jacob N. Israelachvili, Gaurav Sant	11
19	Profiling wines in China for the biogenic amines: A nationwide survey and pharmacokinetic fate modelling 2018 ·Food Chemistry ·Runhui Ke, Zongsu Wei, Christian Bogdal, (unknown), Ruiyang Xiao	24
20	CHARACTERIZING ULTRASONIC SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS 2015 ·OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network) ·Zongsu Wei	2

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