FacultyName:Lin-Feng Zhai

Title:ViceProfessor

Office:429, Shenghua Building

Phone:+86-0551-62901450

Email:linfengzhai@hfut.edu.cn

Education:

B.S.,Chemical Engineering and Technology, HefeiUniversity of Technology,1996-2000

M.S.,Applied Chemistry, HefeiUniversity of Technology,2000-2003

Ph.D.,Material Science, HefeiUniversity of Technology,2004-2007

Postdoc,Materials Science and Engineering, HefeiUniversity of Technology,2008-2011

Biography:

Theresearch interest of Doc. Zhai is focused on preparation andelectrocatalytic application of carbon-based composite electrodematerials. A series of achievements have been acquired in theexploitation of advanced air oxidation technology for development ofenergy-efficient wastewater treatment and resource recovery fromenvironmental pollutants. The idea by using electric field to inducethe activation of O₂has been proposed and confirmed, and novel electrocatalytic wet airoxidation and electro-Fenton like technologies have been developedfor effective and energy-efficient treatment of environmentalpollutants. In-situ resource recovery sulfur and electric energy fromhydrogen sulfide has been realized by taking advantage of air-cathodefuel cell technology. These works have been extensively introducedand recommended by famous researchers on top magazines in the fieldof environment, engineering and electrochemistry. Doc. Zhai is leaderof National Natural Science Fund Project, Anhui Provincial Key R&DProgram project, and Natural Science Fund Project. Doc. Zhai haspublished more than 50 papers and been authorized more than 10invention patents.

ResearchInterests：

1. Preparationand electrocatalytic application of carbon-based composite electrodematerials

Developedelectrocatalyticwet air oxidation and electro-Fenton like technologies for effectiveand energy-efficient treatment of environmental pollutants.

2. Researchand reuse of municipal sludge

Developedwastes-based chemical conditioning agents for the deep dewatering ofmunicipal sludge and fabricated high-performance adsorbent frommunicipal sludge for microplastics removal.

TeachingInterests:

InorganicChemistry

Chemicalsafety and environmental protection technology

SelectedFunded Projects:

Mechanismanalysis and process control of the simultaneous recovery of sulfurand electric energy from hydrogen sulfide, Grant No. 51378166,National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2014-2017

SelectedPublications：

1. ZhaiL.F.,Hu Y., Xu S.Y., Guo H.Y., Sun M.*, Yu J., et al. Kinetics andmechanism study of dyes degradation in electric field-promotingcatalytic wet air oxidation process. Journalof Environmental Management,2023, 338, 117843.

2. SunM.,Wang X.Z., Xiong R.Y., Chen X., ZhaiL.F.*,Wang S.* High-performance biochar-loaded MgAl-layered double oxideadsorbents derived from sewage sludge towards nanoplastics removal:Mechanism elucidation and QSAR modeling. Scienceof the Total Environment,2023, 901, 165971.

3. ZhaiL.F.*,Chen Z.X., Qi J.X., Sun M.*, Manganese-doped molybdenum oxide boostscatalytic performance of electrocatalytic wet air oxidation atambient temperature,Journalof Hazardous Materials,2022, 428, 128245.

4. ZhaiL.F.*;Chen Y.Y., Hu Y., Pan Y.X., SunM.*,Yu J., et al. MOF-derived MnO@C with high activity for electricfield-assisted catalytic oxidation of aqueous pollutants. Journalof Hazardous Materials,2022, 439, 129670.

5. ZhaiL.F., GuoH.Y., Chen Y.Y., Sun M.^*,Wang S.^*,Structure-dependent degradation of pharmaceuticals and personal careproducts by electrocatalytic wet air oxidation: A study bycomputational and experimental approaches, ChemicalEngineering Journal,2021, 423, 130167.

6. Sun,M., Fang, L.M., Hong, X.H., Zhang, F., Zhai,L.F.*Catalytic behaviors of manganese oxides in electro-assistedcatalytic air oxidation reaction: Influence of structuralproperties. AppliedSurface Science,2020, 511, 145536.

7. ZhaiL.F.*, KongS.Y., Duan M.F., Sun M.*, Air oxidation of pollutants on cathodicnickel@nickel oxide/graphite felt under room condition, Journalof Cleaner Production,2019, 224, 256-263.

8. ZhaiL.F., DuanM.F., Guo H.Y., Zhang F.*, Sun M.*, Selective cleavage of C-O bondin diaryl ether contaminants via anodic oxidation, ACSSustainable Chemistry & Engineering,2019,7, 18414-18420.

9. SunM., Zhang Y., Kong S.Y., Zhai L.F.*, Wang S.* Excellent performanceof electro-assisted catalytic wet air oxidation of refractoryorganic pollutants.WaterResearch,2019, 158: 313-321.

10. ZhaiL.F.,Duan M.F., Qiao M.X., Sun M.*,Wang S.*Electro-assistedcatalytic wet air oxidation of organic pollutants on a MnO@C/GFanode under room condition. AppliedCatalysis B Environmental,2019, 256, 117822.