Dr Xiangkang Zeng
Research Fellow, ARC
Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation
Publications
Journal Articles
Yang, Jindi, Yin, Hanqing, Du, Aijun, Tebyetekerwa, Mike, Bie, Chuanbiao, Wang, Zhuyuan, Sun, Zhimeng, Zhang, Zhongguo, Zeng, Xiangkang and Zhang, Xiwang (2025). Unveiling O2 adsorption on non-metallic active site for selective photocatalytic H2O2 production. Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 361 124586, 124586. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124586
Sun, Xin, Yang, Jindi, Zeng, Xiangkang, Guo, Lijun, Bie, Chuanbiao, Wang, Zhuyuan, Sun, Kaige, Sahu, Aloka Kumar, Tebyetekerwa, Mike, Rufford, Thomas E. and Zhang, Xiwang (2024). Pairing Oxygen Reduction and Water Oxidation for Dual‐Pathway H2O2 Production. Angewandte Chemie. doi: 10.1002/ange.202414417
Sun, Xin, Yang, Jindi, Zeng, Xiangkang, Guo, Lijun, Bie, Chuanbiao, Wang, Zhuyuan, Sun, Kaige, Sahu, Aloka Kumar, Tebyetekerwa, Mike, Rufford, Thomas E. and Zhang, Xiwang (2024). Pairing oxygen reduction and water oxidation for dual−pathway H2O2 production. Angewandte Chemie International Edition e202414417. doi: 10.1002/anie.202414417
Guo, Lijun, Zeng, Xiangkang, Peng, Liangqiong, Li, Jiheng, Geng, Tao, Zhang, Wenhua and Shi, Bi (2024). Construction of novel phytic acid-based lignin for highly efficient treatment of low-level radioactive wastewater: synthesis, performance, and mechanistic insights. Separation and Purification Technology, 341 126969, 126969. doi: 10.1016/j.seppur.2024.126969
Zeng, Xiangkang, Wang, Tianyi, Wang, Zhuyuan, Tebyetekerwa, Mike, Liu, Yue, Liu, Zhuoyue, Wang, Gen, Wibowo, Ary Anggara, Pierens, Gregory, Gu, Qinfen and Zhang, Xiwang (2024). Fast photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide generation by singlet oxygen-engaged sequential excitation energy and electron-transfer process. ACS Catalysis, 14 (13), 9955-9968. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.4c01591
Yang, Jindi, Zeng, Xiangkang, Tebyetekerwa, Mike, Wang, Zhuyuan, Bie, Chuanbiao, Sun, Xin, Marriam, Ifra and Zhang, Xiwang (2024). Engineering 2D photocatalysts for solar hydrogen peroxide production. Advanced Energy Materials, 14 (23) 2400740. doi: 10.1002/aenm.202400740
Wang, Zhuyuan, Hu, Ting, Tebyetekerwa, Mike, Zeng, Xiangkang, Du, Fan, Kang, Yuan, Li, Xuefeng, Zhang, Hao, Wang, Huanting and Zhang, Xiwang (2024). Electricity generation from carbon dioxide adsorption by spatially nanoconfined ion separation. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 2672, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47040-x
Sun, Kaige, Tebyetekerwa, Mike, Zeng, Xiangkang, Wang, Zhuyuan, Duignan, Timothy T. and Zhang, Xiwang (2024). Understanding the electrochemical extraction of lithium from ultradilute solutions. Environmental Science & Technology, 58 (8), 3997-4007. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.3c09111
Sun, Kaige, Tebyetekerwa, Mike, Zhang, Hongxia, Zeng, Xiangkang, Wang, Zhuyuan, Xu, Zhen, Rufford, Thomas E. and Zhang, Xiwang (2024). Electrode, electrolyte, and membrane materials for electrochemical CO2 capture. Advanced Energy Materials, 14 (24) 2400625. doi: 10.1002/aenm.202400625
Parsa, Seyed Masoud, Norozpour, Fatemeh, Momeni, Saba, Shoeibi, Shahin, Zeng, Xiangkang, Said, Zafar, Guo, Wenshan, Ngo, Huu Hao and Ni, Bing-Jie (2023). Advanced nanostructured materials in solar interfacial steam generation and desalination against pathogens: combatting microbial-contaminants in water - a critical review. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11 (34), 18046-18080. doi: 10.1039/d3ta03343k
Tian, Qiang, Zeng, Xiang‐Kang, Zhao, Chen, Jing, Ling‐Yan, Zhang, Xi‐Wang and Liu, Jian (2023). Exceptional photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production from sandwich‐structured graphene interlayered phenolic resins nanosheets with mesoporous channels. Advanced Functional Materials, 33 (21) 2213173, 1-12. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202213173
Wang, Zhuyuan, Yan, Xue, Hou, Qinfu, Liu, Yue, Zeng, Xiangkang, Kang, Yuan, Zhao, Wang, Li, Xuefeng, Yuan, Shi, Qiu, Ruosang, Uddin, Md Hemayet, Wang, Ruoxin, Xia, Yun, Jian, Meipeng, Kang, Yan, Gao, Li, Liang, Songmiao, Liu, Jefferson Zhe, Wang, Huanting and Zhang, Xiwang (2023). Scalable high yield exfoliation for monolayer nanosheets. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 236, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35569-8
Kumari, Priyanka, Bahadur, Nupur, Conlan, Xavier A., Zeng, Xiangkang, Kong, Lingxue, O'Dell, Luke A., Sadek, Abu, Merenda, Andrea and Dumée, Ludovic F. (2023). Stimuli-responsive heterojunctions based photo-electrocatalytic membrane reactors for reactive filtration of persistent organic pollutants. Chemical Engineering Journal, 452 139374, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.139374
Wang, Gen, Zhang, Yue, Ge, Lei, Liu, Zhuoyue, Zhu, Xiurong, Yang, Shengjiong, Jin, Pengkang, Zeng, Xiangkang and Zhang, Xiwang (2022). Monodispersed CuO nanoparticles supported on mineral substrates for groundwater remediation via a nonradical pathway. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 429 128282, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128282
Wang, Gen, Ge, Lei, Liu, Zhuoyue, Zhu, Xiurong, Yang, Shengjiong, Wu, Kun, Jin, Pengkang, Zeng, Xiangkang and Zhang, Xiwang (2022). Activation of peroxydisulfate by defect-rich CuO nanoparticles supported on layered MgO for organic pollutants degradation: An electron transfer mechanism. Chemical Engineering Journal, 431 134026, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.134026
Wang, Gen, Yang, Shengjiong, Cao, Li, Jin, Pengkang, Zeng, Xiangkang, Zhang, Xiwang and Wei, Jing (2021). Engineering mesoporous semiconducting metal oxides from metal-organic frameworks for gas sensing. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 445 214086. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214086
Liu, Yue, Zeng, Xiangkang, Hu, Xiaoyi, Xia, Yun and Zhang, Xiwang (2021). Solar‐driven photocatalytic disinfection over 2D semiconductors: the generation and effects of reactive oxygen species. Solar RRL, 5 (6) 2000594, 2000594. doi: 10.1002/solr.202000594
Hu, Jian, Qian, Binbin, Zeng, Xiangkang, Qi, Yu, Liu, Yue, Zhang, Lian and Zhang, Xiwang (2021). Oxygen vacant Co3O4 in situ embedded on carbon spheres: cooperatively tuning electron transfer for boosted peroxymonosulfate activation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9 (30), 16489-16499. doi: 10.1039/d1ta03963f
Zeng, Xiangkang, Liu, Yue, Hu, Xiaoyi and Zhang, Xiwang (2021). Photoredox catalysis over semiconductors for light-driven hydrogen peroxide production. Green Chemistry, 23 (4), 1466-1494. doi: 10.1039/d0gc04236f
Hu, Jian, Zeng, Xiangkang, Wang, Gen, Qian, Binbin, Liu, Yue, Hu, Xiaoyi, He, Brandon, Zhang, Lian and Zhang, Xiwang (2020). Modulating mesoporous Co3O4 hollow nanospheres with oxygen vacancies for highly efficient peroxymonosulfate activation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 400 ARTN 125869. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.125869
Hou, Huilin, Zeng, Xiangkang and Zhang, Xiwang (2020). 2D/2D heterostructured photocatalyst: Rational design for energy and environmental applications 二维/二维异质结光催化剂: 合理设计与能源和环境应用. Science China Materials, 63 (11), 2119-2152. doi: 10.1007/s40843-019-1256-0
Zeng, Xiangkang, Liu, Yue, Xia, Yun, Uddin, Md Hemayet, Xia, Dehua, McCarthy, David T., Deletic, Ana, Yu, Jiaguo and Zhang, Xiwang (2020). Cooperatively modulating reactive oxygen species generation and bacteria-photocatalyst contact over graphitic carbon nitride by polyethylenimine for rapid water disinfection. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 274 119095, 119095. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119095
Hu, Xiaoyi, Zeng, Xiangkang, Liu, Yue, Lu, Jun, Yuan, Shi, Yin, Yichun, Hu, Jian, McCarthy, David T. and Zhang, Xiwang (2020). Nano-layer based 1T-rich MoS2/g-C3N4 co-catalyst system for enhanced photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical activity. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 268 118466, 118466. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.118466
Hou, Huilin, Zeng, Xiangkang and Zhang, Xiwang (2020). Production of hydrogen peroxide by photocatalytic processes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59 (40), 17356-17376. doi: 10.1002/anie.201911609
Liu, Yue, Zeng, Xiangkang, Easton, Christopher D., Li, Qinye, Xia, Yun, Yin, Yichun, Hu, Xiaoyi, Hu, Jian, Xia, Dehua, McCarthy, David T., Deletic, Ana, Sun, Chenghua, Yu, Jiaguo and Zhang, Xiwang (2020). An: in situ assembled WO3-TiO2 vertical heterojunction for enhanced Z-scheme photocatalytic activity. Nanoscale, 12 (16), 8775-8784. doi: 10.1039/d0nr01611j
Zeng, Xiangkang, Liu, Yue, Kang, Yuan, Li, Qinye, Xia, Yun, Zhu, Yinlong, Hou, Huilin, Uddin, Md Hemayet, Gengenbach, Thomas R., Xia, Dehua, Sun, Chenghua, Mccarthy, David T., Deletic, Ana, Yu, Jiaguo and Zhang, Xiwang (2020). Simultaneously tuning charge separation and oxygen reduction pathway on graphitic carbon nitride by polyethylenimine for boosted photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production. ACS Catalysis, 10 (6), 3697-3706. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.9b05247
Hu, Jian, Zeng, Xiangkang, Yin, Yichun, Liu, Yue, Li, Yang, Hu, Xiaoyi, Zhang, Lian and Zhang, Xiwang (2020). Accelerated alkaline activation of peroxydisulfate by reduced rubidium tungstate nanorods for enhanced degradation of bisphenol A. Environmental Science: Nano, 7 (11), 3547-3556. doi: 10.1039/d0en00840k
Hu, Xiaoyi, Zeng, Xiangkang, Liu, Yue, Lu, Jun and Zhang, Xiwang (2020). Carbon-based materials for photo- and electrocatalytic synthesis of hydrogen peroxide. Nanoscale, 12 (30), 16008-16027. doi: 10.1039/d0nr03178j
Liu, Yue, Zeng, Xiangkang, Hu, Xiaoyi, Hu, Jian, Wang, Zhouyou, Yin, Yichun, Sun, Chenghua and Zhang, Xiwang (2019). Two-dimensional g-C3N4/TiO2 nanocomposites as vertical Z-scheme heterojunction for improved photocatalytic water disinfection. Catalysis Today, 335, 243-251. doi: 10.1016/j.cattod.2018.11.053
He, Juhua, Zeng, Xiangkang, Lan, Shenyu and Lo, Irene M.C. (2019). Reusable magnetic Ag/Fe, N-TiO2/Fe3O4@SiO2 composite for simultaneous photocatalytic disinfection of E. coli and degradation of bisphenol A in sewage under visible light. Chemosphere, 217, 869-878. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.11.072
Zeng, Xiangkang, Lan, Shenyu and Lo, Irene M. C. (2019). Rapid disinfection of E. coli by a ternary BiVO4/Ag/g-C3N4 composite under visible light: photocatalytic mechanism and performance investigation in authentic sewage. Environmental Science: Nano, 6 (2), 610-623. doi: 10.1039/c8en01283k
Lan, Shenyu, Zeng, Xiangkang, Rather, Rayees Ahmad and Lo, Irene Man Chi (2019). Enhanced trimethoxypyrimidine degradation by piezophotocatalysis of BaTiO3/Ag3PO4 using mechanical vibration and visible light simultaneously. Environmental Science: Nano, 6 (2), 554-564. doi: 10.1039/c8en01192c
Liu, Yue, Zeng, Xiangkang, Hu, Xiaoyi, Hu, Jian and Zhang, Xiwang (2019). Two-dimensional nanomaterials for photocatalytic water disinfection: recent progress and future challenges. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 94 (1), 22-37. doi: 10.1002/jctb.5779
Kumar, Ashutosh, Khan, Musharib, Zeng, Xiangkang and Lo, Irene M.C. (2018). Development of g-C3N4/TiO2/Fe3O4@SiO2 heterojunction via sol-gel route: a magnetically recyclable direct contact Z-scheme nanophotocatalyst for enhanced photocatalytic removal of ibuprofen from real sewage effluent under visible light. Chemical Engineering Journal, 353, 645-656. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2018.07.153
Meng, Na, Zhao, Wang, Shamsaei, Ezzatollah, Wang, Gen, Zeng, Xiangkang, Lin, Xiaocheng, Xu, Tongwen, Wang, Huanting and Zhang, Xiwang (2018). A low-pressure GO nanofiltration membrane crosslinked via ethylenediamine. Journal of Membrane Science, 548, 363-371. doi: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.11.044
Wang, Zhouyou, Low, Ze-Xian, Zeng, Xiangkang, Su, Bin, Yin, Yichun, Sun, Chenghua, Williams, Tim, Wang, Huanting and Zhang, Xiwang (2018). Vertically-heterostructured TiO2-Ag-rGO ternary nanocomposite constructed with {001} facetted TiO2 nanosheets for enhanced Pt-free hydrogen production. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43 (3), 1508-1515. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.11.053
Zeng, Xiangkang, Wang, Zhouyou, Meng, Na, McCarthy, David T., Deletic, Ana, Pan, Jia-hong and Zhang, Xiwang (2017). Highly dispersed TiO2 nanocrystals and carbon dots on reduced graphene oxide: ternary nanocomposites for accelerated photocatalytic water disinfection. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 202, 33-41. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.09.014
Zeng, Xiangkang, Wang, Gen, Liu, Yue and Zhang, Xiwang (2017). Graphene-based antimicrobial nanomaterials: rational design and applications for water disinfection and microbial control. Environmental Science: Nano, 4 (12), 2248-2266. doi: 10.1039/c7en00583k
Zeng, Xiangkang, Wang, Zhouyou, Wang, Gen, Gengenbach, Thomas R., McCarthy, David T., Deletic, Ana, Yu, Jiaguo and Zhang, Xiwang (2017). Highly dispersed TiO2 nanocrystals and WO3 nanorods on reduced graphene oxide: Z-scheme photocatalysis system for accelerated photocatalytic water disinfection. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 218, 163-173. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.06.055
Wang, Gen, Xing, Zheng, Zeng, Xiangkang, Feng, Chuanping, McCarthy, David T., Deletic, Ana and Zhang, Xiwang (2016). Ultrathin titanium oxide nanosheets film with memory bactericidal activity. Nanoscale, 8 (42), 18050-18056. doi: 10.1039/c6nr06313f
Wang, Gen, Feng, Wenjun, Zeng, Xiangkang, Wang, Zhouyou, Feng, Chuanping, McCarthy, David T., Deletic, Ana and Zhang, Xiwang (2016). Highly recoverable TiO2-GO nanocomposites for stormwater disinfection. Water Research, 94, 363-370. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.02.067
Xing, Zheng, Zeng, Xiangkang, Deletic, Ana, McCarthy, David, Wang, Gen and Zhang, Xiwang (2016). Constructing ultrathin film with "memory" photocatalytic activity from monolayered tungstate nanodots. Chemical Communications, 52 (43), 6985-6988. doi: 10.1039/c6cc00102e
Zeng, Xiangkang, McCarthy, David T., Deletic, Ana and Zhang, Xiwang (2015). Silver/Reduced Graphene Oxide Hydrogel as Novel Bactericidal Filter for Point-of-Use Water Disinfection. Advanced Functional Materials, 25 (27), 4344-4351. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201501454
Zeng, Xiangkang, Cai, Yujie, Liao, Xiangru, Zeng, Xianglong, Luo, Shoupeng and Zhang, Dabing (2012). Anthraquinone dye assisted the decolorization of azo dyes by a novel Trametes trogii laccase. Process Biochemistry, 47 (1), 160-163. doi: 10.1016/j.procbio.2011.10.019
Zeng, Xiangkang, Cai, Yujie, Liao, Xiangru, Zeng, Xianglong, Li, Wenxiu and Zhang, Dabing (2011). Decolorization of synthetic dyes by crude laccase from a newly isolated Trametes trogii strain cultivated on solid agro-industrial residue. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 187 (1-3), 517-525. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.01.068
Zeng, Hua-Wei, Cai, Yu-Jie, Liao, Xiang-Ru, Zhang, Feng, Li, Yu-Lin, Zeng, Xiang-Kang and Zhang, Da-Bing (2011). Serratia marcescens SYBC08 catalase isolated from sludge containing hydrogen peroxide shows increased catalase production by regulation of carbon metabolism. Engineering in Life Sciences, 11 (1), 37-43. doi: 10.1002/elsc.201000115