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Dr Yeshui Zhang

Dr Yeshui Zhang
Dr Yeshui Zhang
Dr Yeshui Zhang

MRSC, FHEA, AMIChemE, PhD, MSc.(Engineering), BSc.

Lecturer

Accepting PhDs

51cg
Email Address
yeshui.zhang@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 273699
Office Address
282 Fraser Noble Building
Old Aberdeen Campus
Elphinstone Road
AB24 3UE

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School/Department
School of Engineering





Biography

Yeshui joined in School of Engineering at 51cg, UK as a Lecturer in Dec 2021. She was a Faraday Institution Research Fellow at University College London, UK since January 2018 .She has completed her BSc. from University of Birmingham in 2012 and MSc. (Engineering) from The University of Sheffield in 2013. She finished her PhD in September 2017 at University of Leeds. Her research interests cover broad area of chemical engineering, including energy storage materials, lithium-ion battery manufacturing, pyrolysis-catalysis of waste, high temperature quartz crystal microbalance, carbon nanotubes synthesis and circular economy of plastics.

Qualifications

  • BSc. Environmental Management 
    2012 - University of Birmingham 
  • MSc.(Engineering) Energy and Environmental Engineering 
    2013 - University of Sheffield 
  • PhD. Chemical and Process Engineering 
    2017 - University of Leeds 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships
  • Committee member Industry Academia Seminars-CPM Research Group
  • Retention officer School of Engineering Retention Group at the 51cg
  • Lab coordinator Meston lab 155 at the 51cg
  • Committee member REF Steering group at the 51cg
External Memberships

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Chair, Senior Member of
  • Member EPSRC Peer Review College
  • Reviewer RSC Researcher Grants Peer Review Group
  • Ordinary committee member of RSC Thermal Methods Group
  • Committee Member of SCI Energy Group
  • Reviewer Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
  • Fellow of Higher Education of Academy PR338899
  • Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Membership No. 550333
  • Associate Member of Energy Institute. Membership No. 0085276
  • Associate Member of IChemE. Membership No. 100196549
  • Member of the Supergen Bioenergy Hub SHARE network
  • Member of IGEM (Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers); Membership No. 161003
  • Editor of .
  • Associate Editor & Social Media Editor of IChemE .
  • Associate Editor of Frontiers in Eco-Impact Assessments
  • Editorial Board Member of
  • Guest Editor for the special issue of Process Safety & Environmental Production & Catalysts about special issue of ‘Catalysts’ about ‘’; Special issue of Biomass & Bioenergy about Sustainable Upcycling of Biomass Waste; Special issue of Biomass & Bioenergy about ‘Biomass Waste Management for a Sustainable Future’; Special issue of Frontiers in Catalysis about “Supported Metal Catalysts in Fundamental Research and Industrial Applications”.
  • Reviewer of Small, Catalysis Today, Renewable energy, Journal of Analytical & Applied catalysis, Energy Conversion & management, Energy Science & Engineering, Process Safety & Environmental Protection, Waste & Biomass Vaporization, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering.
  • Review Editor & Editorial Board Member of Electrochemical Energy Conversion & Storage (specialty section of Frontiers in Energy Research).
  • Reviewer Editor of Frontiers in Catalysis (specialty section in Heterogeneous Catalysis)

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

  • Executive Chair, Treasurer & Head of Communication Committee of (IACC) Charity Registration No.: NIC109668
  • Chair (Oct 2025-Now) and Treasurer (Sep 2022-Oct 2025) of in the UK (CSCST-UK);
  • Organising committee and Co-Chair of the
  • Organising committee and Co-Chair of the ;
  • Host and Chair for the 32nd Joint Annual Conference of Chinese Society of Chemical Science and Technology in the UK and the Society of Chemical Industry 28th – 29th Aug 2025;
  • Contributing a graphic novel titled “” page 57, which is authored by Mr. James Mackey & funded by . This novel aims to help children to understand the science. When an idea is sketched on a page 57, it can be examined & discussed much more easily than when it merely exists in people’s heads.
  • As a mentor to help a student from U.S. who was supported by International Study Experience for Students (ISRE) programme to do research at University of Leeds in 2016.

Latest Publications

  • Durability and regeneration of Ni-Mg-Ca multifunctional catalyst in plasma-assisted and sorption-enhanced H2 production

    Xu, Z., Gao, N., Quan, C., Miskolczi, N., Zhang, Y.
    Fuel, vol. 427, 140106
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
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  • Durability and regeneration of Ni-Mg-Ca multifunctional catalyst in plasma-assisted and sorption-enhanced H2 production

    Xu, Z., Gao, N., Quan, C., Miskolczi, N., Zhang, Y.
    Fuel
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Molten salt assisted thermochemical conversion of waste for production of sustainable fuels and chemicals: A review

    Farooq, R., Quan, C., Cheng, X., Zhang, Y. S., Magdziarz, A., Gao, N.
    Biomass and Bioenergy, vol. 214, 109469
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
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  • Unveiling structural evolution and performance of hybrid-functional catalyst in plastic pyrolysis–catalytic gasification process

    Qin, T. H., Magdysyuk, O. V., Guan, S., Shao, Z., Wang, T., Kumagai, S., Yoshioka, T., Qu, B., Ji, G., Dionisi, D., Derksen, J., Zhang, Y. S.
    Journal of Energy Chemistry, vol. 122, pp. 223-234
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
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  • Copper impregnated hollow mesoporous HZSM-5 for catalytic upgrading of bio-oil from biomass fast pyrolysis

    Chaerusani, V., Panpian, P., Jia, P., Alahakoon, Y., Zhu, L., Baihaqi, B., Zhang, Z., Shen, B., Rizkiana, J., Li, L., Abudula, A., Zhang, Y. S., Guan, G.
    Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis , vol. 198, 107904
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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Prizes and Awards

  • IChemE CCST Editor Recognition Award 02/2025
  • IChemE CCST Young Investigator Award 2024
  • Emerging Investigator Award from IChemE Carbon Capture Science & Technology 12/2022
  • Travel Award for the ToScA UK & Europe 07/09/2022
  • IAAM Young Scientist Medal 2022 from International Association of Advanced Materials 12/03/2022
  • Frontier Lab Young Scientist Award at 22nd International Symposium on Analytical & Applied Pyrolysis-Pyro 07/06/2018
  • 1st Poster prize from the Chinese Society of Chemical Science & Technology in the UK & Society of Chemical Industry’s Chinese UK Regional Group (UKCSCST-SCI) 12/09/2020
  • Best paper award on the 21st CCSSTA (09/09/2020)
  • (Journal Prize for the best paper) from Institution of Civil Engineers publishing 05/06/2017
  • 1st Poster presentation prize from Royal Academy of Engineering’s Leeds Region Research day 12/10/2016
  • Shortlist of “Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad” by China Scholarship Council in 2015, 2016, 2017
Research

Research Overview

My research interests cover broad area of chemical engineering, including energy storage materials, lithium-ion battery manufacturing, pyrolysis-catalysis of waste, high temperature quartz crystal microbalance, carbon nanotubes synthesis and circular economy of plastics.

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Engineering.

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

Engineering

  • Accepting PhDs
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Research Specialisms

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Materials Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Ultrasound

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is , published under the licence.

Supervision

Visiting PhD students:

1. 2023-2024 Mr Boyu Qu from Dalian University of Technology, China

2. 2023-2024 Miss Xinran Ji from Dalian University of Technology, China

3. 2024-2025 Mr Giampiero Sacchi from Politecnico di Torino, Italy.

Supervisees

  • MR TIANHENG QIN
  • MISS TIAN WANG
  • MR JACK STEVENSON
  • MISS RUKAYAT SALAWU
Teaching

Programmes

Courses

Teaching Responsibilities

EG557A/B Critical Minerals for Energy Transition and Sustainability

EG551Y/2L Oil & Gas Chemistry                                             

EG2011/EG20G2 Process Engineering 

EG552Q/EG556Q Catalyst and Reactor Design

EG4013, EG4014, EG4513, EG45PA (2021-22) UG Individual Project 

EG555N, EG59F1, EG59F2, EG59M2 (2021-22) MSc Individual Project

Publications

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  • Durability and regeneration of Ni-Mg-Ca multifunctional catalyst in plasma-assisted and sorption-enhanced H2 production

    Xu, Z., Gao, N., Quan, C., Miskolczi, N., Zhang, Y.
    Fuel, vol. 427, 140106
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [ONLINE]

  • Durability and regeneration of Ni-Mg-Ca multifunctional catalyst in plasma-assisted and sorption-enhanced H2 production

    Xu, Z., Gao, N., Quan, C., Miskolczi, N., Zhang, Y.
    Fuel
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Molten salt assisted thermochemical conversion of waste for production of sustainable fuels and chemicals: A review

    Farooq, R., Quan, C., Cheng, X., Zhang, Y. S., Magdziarz, A., Gao, N.
    Biomass and Bioenergy, vol. 214, 109469
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [ONLINE]

  • Unveiling structural evolution and performance of hybrid-functional catalyst in plastic pyrolysis–catalytic gasification process

    Qin, T. H., Magdysyuk, O. V., Guan, S., Shao, Z., Wang, T., Kumagai, S., Yoshioka, T., Qu, B., Ji, G., Dionisi, D., Derksen, J., Zhang, Y. S.
    Journal of Energy Chemistry, vol. 122, pp. 223-234
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [ONLINE]

  • Copper impregnated hollow mesoporous HZSM-5 for catalytic upgrading of bio-oil from biomass fast pyrolysis

    Chaerusani, V., Panpian, P., Jia, P., Alahakoon, Y., Zhu, L., Baihaqi, B., Zhang, Z., Shen, B., Rizkiana, J., Li, L., Abudula, A., Zhang, Y. S., Guan, G.
    Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis , vol. 198, 107904
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [ONLINE]

  • Unveiling structural evolution and performance of hybrid-functional catalyst in plastic pyrolysis–catalytic gasification process

    Qin, T. H., Magdysyuk, O. V., Guan, S., Shao, Z., Wang, T., Kumagai, S., Yoshioka, T., Qu, B., Ji, G., Dionisi, D., Derksen, J., Zhang, Y. S.
    Journal of Energy Chemistry
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  • Ultra-selective recovery of lithium from brines through a novel ship-locked electrically switched ion permeation system

    Xu, Q., Du, X., Zhang, Z., Ladewig, B. P., Zhang, Y., Guan, G., Hao, X.
    Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 540, 177361
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  • 空心球壳 Ni-CaO-Ca2SiO4 材料制备及其强化松木锯末制氢性能研究

    Meng, Y., Qu, B., Zhang, Y., Qin, T., Anjum, T., Borromeus, R. C., Ji, G.
    Energy Environmental Protection, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 172-184
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  • Biochar-based adsorbents for carbon dioxide capture: A comprehensive review contrasting pyrolysis and hydrothermal pathways and their synergistic modification

    Zhou, X., Zhang, P., Wu, J., Zhang, J., Zheng, H., Zhang, J., Wang, D., Hu, Y., Zhao, X., Jin, Z., Wang, B., Zhang, H., Ma, S., Zhang, Y. S., Wu, C., Guan, G., Jiang, X., Yi, S.
    Gas Science and Engineering, vol. 149, 205865
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
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  • Co-pyrolysis of plastic waste and herbaceous biomass: A study on thermal behaviors, kinetics, product and element distributions

    Chaerusani, V., Jia, P., Panpian, P., Alahakoon, Y., Ramli, Y., Zhu, L., Rizkiana, J., Kongparakul, S., Samart, C., Li, L., Abudula, A., Zhang, Y. S., Guan, G.
    Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis , vol. 195, 107691
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  • Spatially dispersed hydrophobic SiO2 on HZSM-5 zeolite for catalytic upgrading of Bio-oil

    Jia, P., Yang, R., Panpian, P., Zhang, Z., Zhu, L., Alahakoon, Y., Huang, W., Wang, J., Abudula, A., Zhang, Y. S., Guan, G.
    Fuel, vol. 426, 139613
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  • Comparative investigation on steam gasification performances of special herbaceous and woody biomass in a two-stage gasification system

    Zhu, L., Zhou, X., Alahakoon, Y., Jia, P., Panpian, P., Ma, Z., Ma, Z., Lian, W., Kang, D. J., Wang, C., Zhang, Y. S., Abudula, A., Guan, G.
    Carbon Resources Conversion, 100448
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Ultra-Selective Recovery of Lithium from Brines through a Novel Ship-Locked Electrically Switched Ion Permeation System

    Xu, Q., Du, X., Zhang, Z., Ladewig, B. P., Zhang, Y. S., Guan, G., Hao, X.
    Working Papers: Preprint Papers
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  • Waste-to-Hydrogen pathways: Gas composition and char structure evolution during pyrolysis of food and digestate waste

    Papurello, D., Somek, K., Zhang, Y., Dionisi, D., Qin, T. H., Wang, T., Lanzini, A.
    International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 218, 153906
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  • Staged pyrolysis of corn cob to improve the production of glycolaldehyde, acetic acid, and acetol

    Xie, W., Anjum, T., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y. S., Zhang, Y., He, X., Xie, Q., Ji, G., Li, A.
    Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 540, 147494
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Harnessing the optimization strategy via interpretable machine learning framework for high-efficiency pyrolysis-catalysis engineering of plastic wastes

    Xu, D., Zhang, Y., Wang, S., Jiang, J.
    Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 348, no. Part C, 120770
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  • Iono non-hydrothermal (INH) method for synthesis of highly ordered mesoporous silica materials

    Ghaedi, H., Fu, J., Meng, X., Liu, Y., Zhang, Y., Jiskani, S. A., Raheem, A., Zhao, M., Fennell, P. S., Anthony, E. J.
    Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 528, 172361
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  • La-Al synergy in Ni/CaO dual functional materials for enhanced H2 production from mild-temperature biomass reforming

    Wu, M., Zhang, S., Sun, S., Yang, Y., Yao, D., Ji, G., Zhang, Y., Li, Q., Zhang, Y., Bie, X., Zhou, H.
    Separation and Purification Technology, vol. 379, no. Part 1, 134769
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  • Hydrogen production from biomass waste gasification under the enhancement of catalyst-sorbent hybrid functional material synthesized from steel slag

    Zhang, Z., Anjum, T., Wang, Y., Meng, Y., Qin, T., Zhang, Y. S., Zhang, Y., Li, A., Ji, G.
    Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, vol. 88, pp. 108-123
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  • Biochar production, activation, and applications: a comprehensive technical review

    Sun, L. M., McIntyre, S. R., Iacomi, P., Everden, K., Williams, P. T., Zong, S., Liu, X., Zhu, X., Yang, Y., Li, S., Wu, G., Huang, F., Liu, L., Yuan, X., Zhang, H., Zhang, J., Yang, H., Chen, W., Sun, H., Cao, Y., Feng, D., Cheng, Z., Zhang, X., Liang, D., Liu, S., Zhang, X., Zhu, X., Zhang, Y. S., Yan, Y., Zha, J., Qiao, Y., Soltani, S. M., Zhang, N., Yi, S., Wu, C.
    Carbon Capture Science & Technology, vol. 16, 100421
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  • Interactions of biomass constituents and the effect on the hydrogen storage molecules during fast pyrolysis

    Xie, W., Ullah, F., Lu, Y., Yao, Y., Zhang, Y. S., Zhang, Y., Ji, G., Li, A.
    Energy, vol. 328, 136428
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  • Catalysis and absorption behaviors of the shelled-hollow CaO-MgO microspheres on product distributions and desulfurization during waste tire fast pyrolysis

    Qu, B., Zhang, Y. S., Wang, T., Zhang, Y., Fu, Z., Meng, Y., Li, A., Ji, G.
    Fuel, vol. 387, 134232
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  • Effect of reduction temperatures of Ni-modified zeolites on the product distribution, catalyst deactivation, and reaction mechanism during polypropylene pyrolysis

    Qu, B., Wang, T., Ji, X., Qin, T., Zhang, Y. S., Ji, G.
    Fuel, vol. 384, 133947
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  • Pyrolysis-catalytic gasification of plastic waste for hydrogen-rich syngas production with hybrid-functional Ni-CaO–Ca2SiO4 catalyst

    Qin, T. H., Ji, G., Qu, B., McCue, A. J., Guan, S., Derksen, J., Zhang, Y. S.
    Carbon Capture Science and Technology, vol. 14, 100382
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  • Ni transformation and hydrochar properties during hydrothermal carbonization of cellulose

    Zhao, P., Yu, S., Zhang, Y. S., Cheng, H., Yang, X., Li, Q., Zhang, Y., Zhou, H.
    Fuel, vol. 382, no. Part B, 133772
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  • Interactions of Biomass Constituents and the Effect on the Hydrogen Storage Molecules During Fast Pyrolysis

    Xie, W., Ullah, F., Lu, Y., Yao, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Ji, G., Li, A.
    Working Papers: Preprint Papers
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  • Editorial: Lithium-ion batteries: manufacturing, modelling and advanced experimental techniques

    Sun, Y., Zhang, Y., Boyce, A., Faraji Niri, M.
    Frontiers in Energy Research, vol. 12, 1508980
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials
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  • Pyrolysis-catalysis of waste tire to enhance the aromatics selectivity via metal-modified ZSM-5 catalysts

    Qu, B., Zhang, Y. S., Wang, T., Choi, H. S., Zhang, Y., Fu, Z., Li, A., Ji, G.
    Process Safety and Environmental Protection, vol. 190, no. Part A, pp. 138-148
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  • In-situ catalytic pyrolysis of polyethylene to co-produce BTX aromatics and H2 by Ni/ZSM-5 in the rotary reactor with solid heat carriers

    Zhang, Y., Li, A., Zhang, Y. S., Xie, W., Liu, C., Peng, Y., Zhang, H., Kang, Y., Qu, B., Ji, G.
    Fuel, vol. 371, no. Part A, 131950
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  • Fast pyrolysis of biomass with diverse properties to produce liquid hydrogen storage molecules

    Xie, W., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Liu, C., Wang, Y., Xie, Y., Ji, G., Li, A.
    Carbon Capture Science and Technology, vol. 12, 100230
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  • Upcycling municipal solid waste to sustainable hydrogen via two-stage gasification-reforming

    Zhou, H., Sun, S., Xu, Y., Zhang, Y., Yi, S., Wu, C.
    Journal of Energy Chemistry, vol. 96, pp. 611-624
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  • Synthesis strategies of hard carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries

    Yin, J., Zhang, Y. S., Liang, H., Zhang, W., Zhu, Y.
    Materials Reports: Energy, vol. 4, no. 2, 100268
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  • Experimental analysis on products distribution, characterization and mechanism of waste polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) degradation in sub-/supercritical water

    Fu, Z., Zhang, Y., Ji, G., Li, A.
    Chemosphere, vol. 350, 141045
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  • Efficient transformation of plastic wastes to H2 and electromagnetic nanocarbon absorbents over molecular-level engineered 3D NiCo/MnO

    Xu, D., Shen, C., Liu, X., Xie, W., Ding, H., Widenmeyer, M., Mellin, M., Qu, F., Rashid, A., Chen, G., Ionescu, E., Zhang, Y., Molina-Luna, L., Hofmann, J. P., Brett, D. J., Zhang, H., Weidenkaff, A.
    Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 476, 146477
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  • Effect of heating rates on the fate of sulfur during waste tire pyrolysis

    Qu, B., Liu, C., Zhang, Y., Fu, Z., Zhang, Y., Li, A., Ji, G.
    Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 474, 145736
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  • Fast pyrolysis kinetics of waste tires and its products studied by a wireless-powered thermo-balance

    Qu, B., Liu, C., Wang, Y., Li, A., Qu, Y., Zhang, Y., Ji, G.
    Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 460, 132494
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  • The interactions between mixed waste from discarded surgical masks and face shields during the degradation in supercritical water

    Fu, Z., Zhang, Y. S., Ji, G., Li, A.
    Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 459, 132338
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  • Hydrothermal transformation behavior and degradation pathway analysis of waste surgical masks in supercritical water

    Fu, Z., Zhang, Y. S., Ji, G., Li, A.
    Process Safety and Environmental Protection, vol. 176, pp. 776-785
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  • Discrete element method and electrochemical modelling of lithium ion cathode structures characterised by X-ray computed tomography

    Ge, R., Boyce, A. M., Shui Zhang, Y., Shearing, P. R., Cumming, D. J., Smith, R. M.
    Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 465, 142749
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  • Quantitative analysis of carbon dioxide emission reduction pathways: Towards carbon neutrality in China's power sector

    Maheen, R., Cai, L., Zhang, Y. S., Zhao, M.
    Carbon Capture Science & Technology, vol. 7, 100112
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  • Multi-scale Designed CoxMn3–虫O4 Spinels: Smart Pre-Catalysts towards High-Efficiency Pyrolysis-Catalysis Recycling of Waste Plastics

    Liu, X., Xu, D., Ding, H., Widenmeyer, M., Xie, W., Mellin, M., Qu, F., Chen, G., Zhang, Y. S., Zhang, Z., Rashid, A., Molina-Luna, L., Hofmann, J. P., Riedel, R., Brett, D. J., Weidenkaff, A.
    Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol. 324, 122271
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  • N-doped Ni-Co bimetallic derived hollow nano-framework cubes anchored on 3D reduced graphene aerogel with enhanced sodium ion batteries performance

    Zhang, L., Chen, J., Li, H., Han, K., Zhang, Y. S., Lu, M., Li, J., Bao, C., Liu, X., Lu, J.
    Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, vol. 659, 130796
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  • Quantitative assessment of machine-learning segmentation of battery electrode materials for active material quantification

    Bailey, J. J., Wade, A., Boyce, A. M., Zhang, Y. S., Brett, D. J., Shearing, P. R.
    Journal of Power Sources, vol. 557, 232503
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  • The impact of heating rate on the decomposition kinetics and product distribution of algal waste pyrolysis with in-situ weight measurement

    Li, M., Zhang, Y. S., Cheng, S., Qu, B., Li, A., Meng, F., Ji, G.
    Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 457, 141368
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  • Insights into in-situ catalytic degradation of plastic wastes over zeolite-based catalyst from perspective of three-dimensional pore structure evolution

    Xu, D., Lu, X., Zhang, Y., Shearing, P. R., Zhang, S., Brett, D. J., Wang, S.
    Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 450, no. 4, 138402
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  • A perspective of low carbon lithium-ion battery recycling technology

    Zhang, Y. S., Schneider, K., Qiu, H., Zhu, H. L.
    Carbon Capture Science and Technology, vol. 5, 100074
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  • Roadmap on Li-ion battery manufacturing research

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