
Zhichao Yang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Environment
Nanjing University
Email: [email protected]
Education
2016.09 - 2020.12, Nanjing University, Environmental Engineering, Ph.D.
2018.11 - 2020.01 The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Environmental Chemistry, Joint training (CSC)
2013.09 - 2016.06, Southwest Jiao Tong University, Environmental Engineering, M.D.
2014.10 - 2016.03, Harbin Institute of Technology, Environmental Engineering, Joint training
2009.09 - 2013.06, Southwest Jiao Tong University, Environmental Engineering, B.E.
Professional Experience
2025.1 - now, Nanjing University, School of Environment, Associate Professor
2023.02 - 2025.10, Nanjing University, School of Environment, Associate Researcher
2021.11 - 2024.03, Nanjing University, School of Environment, Postdoc.
2021.01 - 2021.10, Nanjing University, School of Environment, Assistant Researcher
Research Interests
Advanced oxidation processes for wastewater treatment, including: Directed conversion and resource recovery technology of pollutants; Nanoconfined catalysis for wastewater treatment; Novel advanced oxidation technologies for wastewater treatment applications
Projects
National Natural Science Foundation of China (22522605, 22476086)
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20250168)
2022.12 National Key R&D Program of China (2021YFA1201702)
2023.05 National Key R&D Program of China (2022YFA1205602)
Selected Publications
Zhichao Yang; Yuyang Yin; Mengyuan Liang; Wanyi Fu; Jiahe Zhang; Fangzhou Liu; Wen Zhang; Bingcai Pan*; Incidental iron oxide nanoclusters drive confined Fenton-like detoxification of solid wastes towards sustainable resource recovery, Nature Communications, 2025, 16(1): 146-157.
Jie Li; Linlin Yang; Yaodan Cui; Zhichao Yang*; Guixiang Zeng; Bingcai Pan*; Peroxide directing the iron cycling for tailored generation of active oxidants in aqueous Fenton reactions, Environmental Science & Technology, 2025, 59: 3316-3324.
Xinyue Zhang; Zhichao Yang*; Hongchao Li*; Bingcai Pan; Identifying the nonradical mechanism in Mn oxide-mediated peracetic acid activation processes: Reactive metal species vs electron transfer process, ACS ES&T Water, 2025, 5(3): 1406-1415
Xiang Gao#; Zhichao Yang#; Wen Zhang; Bingcai Pan*; Carbon redirection via tunable Fenton-like reactions under nanoconfinement toward sustainable water treatment. Nature Communications, 2024, 15: 2808.
Yaodan Cui; Yini He; Ying Jin; Zhichao Yang*; Chao Shan; Qingrui Zhang; Weiming Zhang; Bingcai Pan; Autocatalytic oxidation of thiophene derivatives and co-degradation of refractory contaminants in Fenton reaction, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 496: 153954.
Ke Li; Yibing Sun; Jiawei Zhou; Xinyue Zhang; Hongchao Li*; Zhichao Yang*; Selective degradation of pollutants in the Mn-NG/PMS system: The crucial role of surface reactive Mn(IV) species, Separation and Purification Technology, 2024, 354: 128944.
Zhichao Yang; Yaodan Cui; Bingcai Pan*; Joseph J. Pignatello*; Peroxymonosulfate activation by Fe(III)–picolinate complexes for efficient water treatment at circumneutral pH: Fe(III)/Fe(IV) cycle and generation of oxyl radicals, Environmental Science & Technology, 2023, 57: 18918-18928.
Zhichao Yang; Chao Shan; Joseph J. Pignatello*; Bingcai Pan*; Mn(II) acceleration of the picolinic acid-assisted Fenton reaction: New insight into the role of manganese in homogeneous Fenton AOPs, Environmental Science & Technology, 2022, 56(10): 6621-6630.
Jinglin Zhu; Shu Wang; Zhichao Yang*; BingcaiPan; Robust polystyrene resin-supported nano-CoFe2O4 mediated peroxymonosulfate activation for efficient oxidation of 1-hydroxyethane 1,1-diphosphonic acid, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022, 443: 130281-130290.
Zhichao Yang; Chao Shan; Bingcai Pan*; Joseph J. Pignatello*; The Fenton reaction in water assisted by picolinic acid: Accelerated iron cycling and co-generation of a selective Fe-based oxidant, Environmental Science & Technology, 2021, 55(12): 8299-8308.
Zhichao Yang; Jieshu Qian; Chao Shan; Hongchao Li; Yuyang Yin; Bingcai Pan*; Toward selective oxidation of contaminants in aqueous systems, Environmental Science & Technology, 2021, 55(21): 14494-14514.
Zhichao Yang; Jieshu Qian; Anqing Yu; Bingcai Pan*; Singlet oxygen mediated iron-based Fenton-like catalysis under nanoconfinement, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019, 116(14): 6659-6664.
Zhichao Yang; Yu Yan; Anqing Yu; Bingcai Pan*; Joseph J. Pignatello; Revisiting the phenanthroline and ferrozine colormetric methods for quantification of Fe(II) in Fenton reactions, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019, 391: 123592.
Zhichao Yang; Anqing Yu; Chao Shan; Guandao Gao; Bingcai Pan*; Enhanced Fe(III) - mediated Fenton oxidation of atrazine in the presence of functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes, Water Research, 2018, 137: 37-46.
Patents
Zhichao Yang, Bingcai Pan, Yaodan Cui, China, ZL202211471989.5
Zhichao Yang, Yaodan Cui, Bingcai Pan, China, ZL2023102049261
Bingcai Pan, Zhichao Yang, Yuyang Yin, China, ZL202310935899.5
Bingcai Pan; Chao Shan; You Xu; Zhichao Yang; Weiming Zhang; Lu Lyu, USA, US 11458458 B2





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