Zhaoyaping

Education and working experience

· B.Sc and M.Sc. (1999), Department of chemistry, Inner Mongolia University

· Ph.D. (2002), College of Environmental science and Engineering, Nankai University

· Postdoctoral Fellow (2002-2004), College of Environmental science and Engineering, Tongji University

· Associate professor (2004-2013),Department of Environmental science, East China Normal University

· Research Fellow (2005-2006), Division of Environmental science and Engineering, NUS

· Visiting scholar (2011-2012), Civil and environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech.

· Professor (2014-present),College of ecological and Environmental science, East China Normal University

 

 

Research Interests

· Emerging contaminants removal by advanced oxidation process

  AOPS including nanomaterials photocatalysis, Fenton catalysis, ozone catalysis, persulfate activation and oxidation

· Adsorption and separation process

  arsenic, fluoride and emerging pollutants removal by iron oxide

· Municipal wastewater treatment by moving bed biofilm reactor

 

 

Selected Publications  

 

15) Yuyang Liu, Xuemin Liu, Y.P. Zhao and Dionysios D. Dionysiou，Aligned α-FeOOH nanorods anchored on a graphene oxide-carbon nanotubes aerogel can serve as an effective Fenton-like oxidation catalyst， Applied Catalysis B:  Environmental，2017, 213, 74-86 

 

14) Qingsong Hu, Yuling Liu, Xueyuan Gu and Y.P. Zhao, Adsorption Behavior and Mechanism of Different Arsenic Species on Mesoporous MnFe₂O₄ Magnetic Nanoparticles, Chemosphere, in press

 

13) Yuyang Liu, Wei Jin, Y.P. Zhao，Enhanced Catalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue by α-Fe₂O₃/Graphene Oxide via Heterogeneous Photo-Fenton Reactions, Applied catalysis B: environmental, 2017, 206, 642-652

 

12) Liyuan Kuang, Yuyang Liu, Dandan Fu, Y.P. Zhao, Acetate induced crystalline growth of FeOOH/GO and its adsorption performance of fluoride, Journal of colloid and interface science, 2017,490, 259-269 

 

11) Muhammad Hassan, Y.P. Zhao, Bing Xie，Employing TiO₂ photocatalysis to deal with landfill leachate: Current status and development，Chemical Engineering Journal, 2016, 285(1) , 264-275  

 

10) Zhao Y.P., Comment on “Zirconium–Carbon Hybrid Sorbent for Removal of Fluoride from Water: Oxalic Acid Mediated Zr(IV) Assembly and Adsorption Mechanism”, Environmental Science & Technology,2015, 49, 11982−11983  

 

9) Haoting Tian, Junwei Li, Ming Ge,Y.P. Zhao, Lu Liu, Removal of Bisphenol A by Mesoporous BiOBr under Simulated Solar Light Irradiation, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2012, 2: 2351-2355.  

 

8) Ming Ge, Na Zhu,Y.P. Zhao, Jing Li, and Lu Liu，Sunlight-Assisted Degradation of Dye Pollutants in Ag3PO4 Suspension, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res, 2012,51(14):5167-5173.

 

7) Zhao Y.P., Hu Jiangyong, Chen hongbin, Elimination of estrogen and its estrogenicity by heterogeneous photo-Fenton catalyst β-FeOOH/resin, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 2010, 212: 94-100.  

 

6) Zhao,Y.P., M.H. Huang, and W. Jin. Synthesis of the cotton cellulose based Fe(III)-loaded adsorbent for arsenic(V) removal from drinking water, Desalination, 2009, 249: 1006–1011.  

 

5) Y.P. Zhao, J.Y. Hu, and W. Jin. Transformation of oxidation products and reduction of estrogenic activity of 17β-estradiol over heterogeneous photo-Fenton reaction, Environmental Science & Technology, 2008, 42: 5277–5284.  

 

4) Y.P. Zhao and J.Y. Hu. Photo-Fenton degradation of 17β-estradiol in presence of α-FeOOHR and H₂O₂, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2008, 78: 250–258.  

 

3) Zhao Y.P., X.Y. Li, L. Liu, and F.H. Chen. Fluoride removal by Fe(Ⅲ)-loaded ligand exchange cotton cellulose adsorbent from drinking water, Carbohydrate Polymers, 2008,72: 144–150. 

 

2)   Liu, L., H.J. Liu,Y.P. Zhao, Y.Q. Wang, Y.Q. Duan, G.D. Gao, M. Ge, and W. Chen. Directed Synthesis of Hierarchical Nanostructured TiO₂ Catalysts and their Morphology-Dependent Photocatalysis for Phenol Degradation, Environmental Science & Technology, 2008, 42: 2349–2354. 

 

1) Zhao Y.P., L. Liu, and W. Jin. Municipal Wastewater Treatment by Moving-Bed-Biofilm Reactor with Diatomaceous Earth as Carriers，Water Environment Research, 2006, 78: 392–396.