Xianfeng Fan

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University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom

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Professor Xianfeng Fan is the Head of Institute at The University of Edinburgh, UK. His research focuses on advanced materials and processes for environmental applications, including adsorption mechanisms for ammonia and methane removal, photocatalytic conversion of lignin, and carbon capture technologies. Recent publications include studies on hybrid composites for ammonium removal and the development of energy-efficient systems for carbon capture.

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Catalyst aided regeneration of nonaqueous absorbent for low temperature CO2 capture

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A low-energy approach to remove multiple greenhouse gases

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A facile and scalable method of fabrication of large-area metal-organic framework (MOF) decorated reduced graphene oxide coatings

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An Adsorption-Compression Cold Thermal Energy Storage System

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Heat Accumulation from Renewables with Valid Energy Storage and Transformation – HARVEST

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Xianfeng Chen

University of Edinburgh

UNITED KINGDOM

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Norbert Radacsi

Senior Lecturer

University of Edinburgh

UNITED KINGDOM

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Yongliang Li

Professor in Thermal Energy Engineering

University of Birmingham

UNITED KINGDOM

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Xiaolei Zhang

University Of Strathclyde

UNITED KINGDOM

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Yi Huang

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University of Edinburgh

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Ying Zheng

Western University

CANADA

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Wei Li

Senior Lecturer

University of Edinburgh

UNITED KINGDOM

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Liangliang Huang

Associate Professor

UNITED STATES

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Shangfeng Du

University of Birmingham

UNITED KINGDOM

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Enzo Mangano

Lecturer

University of Edinburgh

UNITED KINGDOM

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Harnessing synergistic two‐step adsorption of silica/calcium chloride (CaCl2) hybrid composites for ammonium removal from aquarium water

Synergistic effects of structured and powdered Calcium Chloride-Activated Carbon composites on Ammonia adsorption: the role of salt distribution and pH-controlled crosslinking

Removing low-concentration methane via thermo-catalytic oxidation on CuOx/zeolite

A mini review on photocatalytic lignin conversion into monomeric aromatic compounds

Engineered Half-Unit-Cell MoS2/ZnIn2S4 Monolayer Photocatalysts and Adsorbed Hydroxyl Radicals-Assisted Activation of Cα–H Bond for Efficient Cβ–O Bond Cleavage in Lignin to Aromatic Monomers

An energy-efficient cyclic amine system developed for carbon capture from both flue gas and air

Improved Lignin Conversion to High-Value Aromatic Monomers through Phase Junction CdS with Coexposed Hexagonal (100) and Cubic (220) Facets

Adsorption and Diffusion of CH4, N2, and Their Mixture in MIL-101(Cr): A Molecular Simulation Study

A two-stage sorption strategy to improve heat storage performance of salt/porous matrix composites

Specific Photocatalytic C–C Coupling of Benzyl Alcohol to Deoxybenzoin or Benzoin by Precise Control of Cα–H Bond Activation or O–H Bond Activation by Adjusting the Adsorption Orientation of Hydrobenzoin Intermediates

Development of novel AMP-based absorbents for efficient CO2 capture with low energy consumption through modifying the electrostatic potential

Temperature-Derived Purification of Gold Nano-Bipyramids for Colorimetric Detection of Tannic Acid

Highly-Controlled Soft-Templating Synthesis of Hollow ZIF-8 Nanospheres for Selective CO2 Separation and Storage

Enhanced plasmonic photocatalytic performance of C doped TiN nanocrystals through ultrathin carbon layers

Water promoted photocatalytic Cβ-O bonds hydrogenolysis in lignin model compounds and lignin biomass conversion to aromatic monomers

Extracellular Vesicles for the Diagnosis of Cancers

Operando DRIFTS-MS investigation on plasmon-thermal coupling mechanism of CO2 hydrogenation on Au/TiO2: The enhanced generation of oxygen vacancies

Unravelling the C C coupling in CO2 photocatalytic reduction with H2O on Au/TiO2-x: Combination of plasmonic excitation and oxygen vacancy

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Improve photocatalytic performance of g-C3N4 through balancing the interstitial and substitutional chlorine doping

Collaborators (10)

Xianfeng Chen

Norbert Radacsi

Yongliang Li

Xiaolei Zhang

Yi Huang

Ying Zheng

Wei Li

Liangliang Huang

Shangfeng Du

Enzo Mangano

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