
Principal Investigator
Prof. Shaobin Wang
School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Research Areas and Interests:
Nanomaterials synthesis and applications
Fuels and energy conversion
methane conversion and olefin production
Reaction engineering and design
Environmental engineering and wastewater treatment
Industrial wastes management and utilisation
Carbon dioxide recycling and utilisation
Air pollution and control technology
Prof. Hongqi Sun
Department of Chemical Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Research Areas and Interests:
Nanostructured catalyst materials;
Visible-light photocatalysis;
Photoelectrochemical degradation, fuels production and sensing;
Solar fuels and solar cells;
Advanced oxidation processes for wastewater treatment;
Air pollution control.
Research Fellow
Dr. Lihong Liu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Curtin University
Dr. Liu is working on nanomaterials as antimicrobial agent and catalyst.
Email: lihong.liu@curtin.edu.au
Dr. Wenjie Tian
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Adelaide
Wenjie is working on developing novel three-dimensional porous carbons for water pollutant treatment and energy applications in electrochemistry.
Email: wenjie.tian@curtin.edu.au
Dr. Xiaoguang Duan
Research Fellow, The University of Adelaide
Dr. Duan has been dedicated to seeking feasible applications of nanocarbon materials in environmental science and facilitating mechanistic insights and innovations of carbocatalysis with advanced protocols
Dr. Huayang Zhang
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Adelaide
Huayang's research is focused on the development of novel nano-structured photocatalysts and photoelectrocatalyst for solar-light-driven energy production and utilization.
Email: huayang.zhang@curtin.edu.au
Ph.D and Master Student
Li Zhou
Photocatalysis, nanohybrid
Li is working on developing surface modified nanocarbons for photodegradation of organic pollutants.
Jiaquan Li
Carbon material, Selective oxidation
Jiaquan is working on carbon-based materials as efficient catalysts in liquid phase selective oxidation reactions.
Kai Wang
Perovskite, Catalysis
Kai Wang is working on the synthesis of perovskite-based catalysts for catalytic ozonation of contaminated organics.
Yangyang Yang
Micro/nanomotors, electrochemical deposition
Yangyang is working on developing Micro/nanomotors for environmental applications.
Shuang Zhong
Electro-Fenton
Shuang is working on developing carbon-based cathods for electrocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide and fenton oxidation for water purification.
Email: shuang.zhong@adelaide.edu.au
Qiaoran Liu
Metal oxides, Advanced oxidation
Qiaoran is working on the catalytic activity and structure controlling of manganses oxide materials, the materials are applied to waste water treatment.
Jinqiang Zhang
Photocatalysis, Photoelectrochemistry
Jinqiang is working on development of novel photocatalysts and evaluation of their photoelectrochemical performances.
Email: jzhang29@our.ecu.edu.au
Xinyuan Xu
semiconductor, biomass
Xinyuan is working on the synthesis of novel semiconductor photocatalyst to proceed the applications based on biomass.
Email: xinyuanx@our.ecu.edu.au
Kunsheng Hu
Microplastics, Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs)
Kunsheng is working on developing nanomaterials for microplastics mineralization via AOPs.
Email: kunsheng.hu@adelaide.edu.au
Zhongshuai Zhu
Single Atom, Advanced Oxidation Processes
Zhongshuai is working on developing single-atom catalysts for advanced oxidation reactions.
Shiying Ren
Microplastics, Photothermo Catalysis
Shiying Ren is working on developing photothermo catalysis for the degradation of microplastics.
Email: shiying.ren@adelaide.edu.au
Yu Yao
Carbon dots, Advanced Oxidation Process
Yu is working on the synthesis of carbon dots catalysts for organic pollutants degradation and energy conversion.
Email:yu.yao01@adelaide.edu.au
Jingkai Lin
Photoelectrocatalysis, photocatalysis
Jingkai's research interests focus on the design and synthesis of photoelectrocatalysts for energy conversion and environmental remediation applications.
Email: jingkai.lin@adelaide.edu.au
Visiting Scholar
Dr. Hussein Abu Ali
Visiting Scholar, 2014-2016
Dr. Hussien currently works on synthesis and modification of various metal organic frameworks for different applications, especially for carbon dioxide capture, gas storage and gas separations.
Email: hr_aust2009@yahoo.com.au
Visiting Student
Wenjie Ma
Carbon materials,Advanced oxidation technology
Wenjie is interested in the controllable synthesis of carbon materials with multiple heteroatoms modification and specific pore structures for application of environmental remediation, as well as energy conversion fields.
Email: mawenjie01@126.com
Gang Nie
Photocatalysis, Advanced oxidation technology
Gang is very interested in photocatalytic technology and is currently working on photocatalytic technology and its combination with persulfate/sulfite activation technology for environmental remediation.
Email: gang.nie@adelaide.edu.au
Shuaijun Wang
Electrocatalysis
Shuaijun is working on developing of novel electrocatalysts and evaluating their electrochemical or photo-electrochemical performances.
Email: shuaijunwang@outlook.com