AI Zhihui

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Resume

Prof Zhihui Ai received her Ph. D. degree in environmental engineering from Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China in 2004, then she joined in college of chemistry, Central China Normal University located at Wuhan and became a full professor of chemistry since 2012. During 2008-2010, she worked at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University as a postdoctoral research fellow. Her current research mainly aims to environmental catalysis nanomaterials, advanced oxidation technology, air pollution control technology. She has published 76 peer-reviewed articles with more than 3700 citations and the h-index of 32. In 2009, she won Hubei Province Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholars.

Research Fields and Interests

Environmental Remediation Materials

Wastewater Treatment Technology

Air Pollutant Control 

Selected Publications

1. Mu, Y.; Ai, Z.; Zhang, L.; Song, F., Insight into Core−Shell Dependent Anoxic Cr(VI) Removal withFe@Fe2O3Nanowires: Indispensable Role of Surface Bound Fe(II). ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 7, 1997-2005.

2. Wu, H.; Ai, Z.; Zhang, L., Anoxic andoxic removal of humic acids with Fe@Fe2O3 core-shellnanowires: A comparative study. Water Res. 2014, 52, 92-100.

3. Ai, Z.; Gao, Z.; Zhang, L.; He, W.; Yin, J. J., Core-shell structure dependent reactivity of Fe@Fe2O3nanowires on aerobic degradation of 4-chlorophenol. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2013, 47, (10), 5344-5352.

4. Ai, Z.; Zhu, L.; Lee, S.; Zhang, L., NO treated TiO2 as an efficient visible light photocatalyst for NO removal. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2011, 192, (1), 361-367.

5. Ai, Z. H.; Ho.W. K.; Lee, S. C.; Zhang, L. Z. Efficient Photocatalytic Removal of NO in IndoorAir with Hierarchical Bismuth Oxybromide Nanoplate Microspheres under Visible Light, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43, 4143-4150.

6. Ai, Z. H.; Cheng, Y.; Zhang, L. Z.; Qiu, J. R. Efficient removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solution with Fe@Fe2O3 core-shell nanowires, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42, 6955-6960.