By Professor Bing-Jie Ni

Journal articles

Zheng M; Lloyd J; Wardrop P; Duan H; Liu T; Ye L; Ni BJ, 2025, 'Path to zero emission of nitrous oxide in sewage treatment: is nitrification controllable or avoidable?', Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2024.103230

Wang Y; Wei W; Yang D; Wu L; Chen X; Dai X; Ni BJ, 2025, 'Unraveling temperature effects on caproate and caprylate production from waste activated sludge', Bioresource Technology, 417, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131844

Zhang Z; Wang X; Yang X; Wang Y; Li X; Ding J; Zhu T; Sun P; Ni BJ; Liu Y, 2025, 'Unveiling the synergistic potential of ferrate and pyrophosphate co-pretreatment enhancing anaerobic sludge fermentation: Performance and mechanistic insights', Chemical Engineering Journal, 505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.159612

Li Y; He Y; Dai S; Guo H; Hou J; Zhang P; Wang Y; Zhu T; Ni BJ; Liu Y, 2025, 'In situ formed colloidal manganese dioxide enhances permanganate oxidation for sulfide control in sewers', Chemical Engineering Journal, 506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.160227

Wang C; Wei W; Chen X; Liu Y; Wijayaratna K; Ni BJ, 2025, 'Unlocking Drivers of Country-Specific Sensitivities of Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Accumulation: Preparing for Future Pandemic Management', Environmental Science and Technology, 59, pp. 362 - 372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c09641

Yang J; Li X; Wang S; Liu R; Zhang F; Wang G; Wang J; Ren W; Wu J; Ji K; Ji Y; Chen Z; Ni BJ; Yang Z; Wu N; Yan YM, 2025, 'Choreographing Orbital Hybridization Cascades to Unleash Selective Proton Storage in Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries', Advanced Functional Materials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202513512

Zhu J; Yu X; Guo M; Chen Z; Ni BJ, 2025, 'Design Frontiers of High-Entropy Materials for Advanced Electrocatalysis', Advanced Functional Materials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202522077

Huang Y; Chen Z; Cai X; Ning S; Liu X; Ni BJ; Zhu J, 2025, 'Efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution in water/seawater over VC-VO heterostructure with optimized electronic structure and hydrogen adsorption', Nano Materials Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoms.2025.05.007

Wang Y; Wu SL; Wei W; Wu L; Huang S; Dai X; Ni BJ, 2025, 'pH-dependent medium-chain fatty acid synthesis in waste activated sludge fermentation: Metabolic pathway regulation', Journal of Environmental Management, 373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123722

Palanisami S; Sankaranarayanan D; Ni BJ, 2025, 'Publisher's note to “Cleaner waters ahead: Evaluating safe limits of rare earth elements (REEs) in Australian and global policies amid environmental interactions” [Cleaner Water 3 (2025) 100072]', Cleaner Water, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clwat.2025.100121

Liao X; Deng R; Yang L; Ni BJ; Chen X, 2025, 'Revisit the role of hydroxylamine in sulfur-driven autotrophic denitrification', Water Research, 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122596

Li Y; Li Y; Ni BJ; Li YZ; Ni SQ, 2025, 'Towards scalable anammox: mechanistic insights and emerging strategies', Trends in Biotechnology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2025.08.013

Li M; Min J; Huang Y; Meng L; Dong Z; Wang S; Wan T; Guan P; Hu L; Zhou Y; Han Z; Ni B; Chu D, 2024, 'Space-Confinement and in Situ Reduction of Pt with 1T-MoS2 for Exceptional Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Simulated Seawater', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16, pp. 69199 - 69209, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c13270

Wang C; Wei W; Wu L; Liu X; Duan H; Chen Z; Hou YN; Chen X; Ni BJ, 2024, 'Electron Donor-Driven Microalgae Upgrading into High-Value Fatty Acids via a Microbial Platform', ACS Es and T Engineering, 4, pp. 3080 - 3091, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.4c00414

Zhang Y; Lin Y; Shi Y; Yang L; Ni BJ; Chen X, 2024, 'Efficient degradation of chloroquine via pyrite-modified electro-Fenton yielding •OH and O2•-', Journal of Cleaner Production, 483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.144256

Xu RZ; Cao JS; Luo JY; Ni BJ; Fang F; Liu W; Wang P, 2024, 'Understanding nitrogen removal and N2O emission mechanisms in an anaerobic-swing-anoxic-oxic (ASAO) continuous plug-flow system for low C/N municipal wastewater', Science of the Total Environment, 955, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177041

Hou J; Li Y; He Y; Guo H; Wang Y; Zhu T; Ni BJ; Liu Y, 2024, 'Electrochemical production of HO2- and O2 for sulfide removal from sewage', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 480, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135905

Fei J; Bai X; Jiang C; Yin X; Ni BJ, 2024, 'A state-of-the-art review of environmental behavior and potential risks of biodegradable microplastics in soil ecosystems: Comparison with conventional microplastics', Science of the Total Environment, 954, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176342

Dai S; Guo H; Li Y; Hou J; Wang Y; Zhu T; Ni BJ; Liu Y, 2024, 'Application of organic silicon quaternary ammonium salt (QSA) to reduce carbon footprint of sewers: Long-term inhibition on sulfidogenesis and methanogenesis', Water Research X, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2024.100275

Xu RZ; Cao JS; Luo JY; Ni BJ; Fang F; Liu W; Wang P, 2024, 'Attention improvement for data-driven analyzing fluorescence excitation-emission matrix spectra via interpretable attention mechanism', Npj Clean Water, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41545-024-00367-w

Li R; Lu MY; Guo RB; Duan H; Ni BJ; Fu SF, 2024, 'Life cycle assessment of hydrogenotrophic denitrification in membrane aerated biofilm reactors for sustainable wastewater treatment', Water Research, 267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122529

Li D; Cheng S; Varrone C; Ni BJ; Luo J; Liu Z; He Z; Liu W; Zhou A; Yue X, 2024, 'Sustainable biosynthesis of caproate from waste activated sludge via electro-fermentation: Perspectives of product spectrum, economic and environmental impacts', Chemical Engineering Journal, 501, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.157768

Kang X; Tan XH; Han N; Hou JF; Yao CM; Chen ZJ; Ni BJ, 2024, 'Tungsten pnictides for water electrolysis: advances and perspectives', Tungsten, 6, pp. 675 - 695, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42864-024-00268-y

He Y; Li Y; Yang X; Liu Y; Guo H; Wang Y; Zhu T; Tong Y; Ni BJ; Liu Y, 2024, 'Biodegradable microplastics aggravate greenhouse gas emissions from urban lake sediments more severely than conventional microplastics', Water Research, 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122334

Wang X; Zhang Z; Yang X; Wang Y; Li Y; Zhu T; Zhao Y; Ni BJ; Liu Y, 2024, 'Interaction of poly dimethyl diallyl ammonium chloride with sludge components: Anaerobic digestion performance and adaptive changes of anaerobic microbes', Water Research, 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122368

Shi Z; Zhang C; Sun M; Zhang S; Luo G; Usman M; Cui Y; Ni B, 2024, 'Syntrophic propionate degradation in anaerobic digestion facilitated by hydrochar: Microbial insights as revealed by genome-centric metatranscriptomics', Environmental Research, 261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.119717

Nie Y; Zhang Q; Chen Z; Wang Q; Fang J; Jiang Y; Ni BJ, 2024, 'A simple and efficient method for selective recovery of copper from nitric acid leaching solution of printed circuit boards containing nickel, zinc, lead, aluminum, and iron', Journal of Environmental Management, 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122853

Guo R; Cen X; Ni BJ; Zheng M, 2024, 'Bioplastic polyhydroxyalkanoate conversion in waste activated sludge', Journal of Environmental Management, 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122866

Chen X; Duan F; Yu X; Xie Y; Wang Z; El-Baz A; Ni BJ; Ni SQ, 2024, 'One-stage anammox and thiocyanate-driven autotrophic denitrification for simultaneous removal of thiocyanate and nitrogen: Pathway and mechanism', Water Research, 265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122268

Shi X; Ju F; Wei W; Wu L; Chen X; Ni BJ, 2024, 'Bioaugmentation of microalgae fermentation with yeast for enhancing microbial chain elongation: In-situ ethanol production and metabolic potential', Chemical Engineering Journal, 498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.155742

Xu RZ; Cao JS; Luo JY; Ni BJ; Fang F; Liu W; Wang P, 2024, 'Data-driven neural networks for biological wastewater resource recovery: Development and challenges', Journal of Cleaner Production, 476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143781

Lin Y; Zhang Y; Wang Y; Lv Y; Yang L; Chen Z; Ni BJ; Chen X, 2024, 'Efficient degradation and mineralization of polyethylene terephthalate microplastics by the synergy of sulfate and hydroxyl radicals in a heterogeneous electro-Fenton-activated persulfate oxidation system', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 478, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135635

Ahmad I; Husain S; Hassan LHS; Khan NA; Zahmatkesh S; Ni BJ, 2024, 'Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation modeling for the cultivation of microalgal monoculture in axenic enclosed bubble column photobioreactor (BCPBR)', Algal Research, 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2024.103725

Wu L; Ngo HH; Wang C; Hou Y; Chen X; Guo W; Duan H; Ni BJ; Wei W, 2024, 'Lactobacillus inoculation mediated carboxylates and alcohols production from waste activated sludge fermentation system: Insight into process outcomes and metabolic network', Bioresource Technology, 409, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131191

Chen Z; Han GF; Mahmood A; Hou J; Wei W; Kyong Shon H; Wang G; David Waite T; Baek JB; Ni BJ, 2024, 'Mechanosynthesized electroactive materials for sustainable energy and environmental applications: A critical review', Progress in Materials Science, 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2024.101299

Zhao Z; Lin L; Liu S; Chen Y; Daniels SV; Xu Z; Chen Z; Li H; Wu Y; Guo L; Zheng Q; Duan Z; Wang W; Ni B; Xu Z; Zhang Y, 2024, 'Unveiling the versatile performance of transition metal sulfides in peroxymonosulfate activation', Chemical Engineering Journal, 497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.154682

Jia H; Meng L; Lu Y; Liang T; Yuan Y; Hu Y; Dong Z; Zhou Y; Guan P; Zhou L; Liu C; Li M; Wan T; Ni BJ; Han Z; Chu D, 2024, 'Boosting the efficiency of electrocatalytic water splitting via in situ grown transition metal sulfides: a review', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 12, pp. 28595 - 28617, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4ta06197g

Meng H; Chen Z; Zhu J; You B; Ma T; Wei W; Vernuccio S; Xu J; Ni BJ, 2024, 'In Situ Amorphization of Electrocatalysts', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202405270

Li R; Hou YN; Li H; Han Y; Zhang D; Song Y; Huang C; Guo J; Liu Z; Wei W; Ni BJ, 2024, 'Salinity responsive mechanisms of sulfur-based mixotrophic denitrification and ectoine induced tolerance enhancement', Chemical Engineering Journal, 496, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.154266

Lin X; Liu HW; Zhou ZX; Liu GG; Ni BJ; Wang CQ, 2024, 'Killing three birds with one stone: A novel valorization strategy for comprehensive utilization of waste titanium gypsum', Construction and Building Materials, 442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.137680

Guo H; Dai S; Li Y; Wang H; Hou J; He Y; Wang Y; Zhu T; Sun P; Ni BJ; Liu Y, 2024, 'Enhancing sulfide and methane control in sewers: Unveiling the impact and mechanisms of free nitrous acid pre-exposure coupled with calcium peroxide dosing', Chemical Engineering Journal, 495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.153576

Su L; Xu J; El-Baz A; Lee T; Ni BJ; Ni SQ, 2024, 'High dosage of exogenous glycine in cross-feeding breaks the equilibrium of anammox system', Chemical Engineering Journal, 495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.153787

Wen X; Hou YN; Guo J; Liu Z; Ren N; Wang AJ; Wei W; Ni BJ; Huang C, 2024, 'Mechanistic insight into enhanced methyl orange degradation by Raoultella planticola/MoS2 biohybrid: Implication for electron transfer and microbial metabolism', Journal of Cleaner Production, 469, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143201

Ahmad HA; Sun X; Wang Z; Ahmad S; El-Baz A; Lee T; Ni BJ; Ni SQ, 2024, 'Metagenomic unveils the promotion of mainstream PD-anammox process at lower nZVI concentration and inhibition at higher dosage', Bioresource Technology, 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131168

Tan X; Chu K; Chen Z; Han N; Zhang X; Pan H; Guo W; Chen G; Ni BJ; Zhou Z; Song H, 2024, 'Recent advances in self-healing hydrogel composites for flexible wearable electronic devices', Nano Research Energy, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.26599/NRE.2024.9120123

Chen Y; Guo W; Ngo HH; Wei W; Ding A; Ni B; Hoang NB; Zhang H, 2024, 'Ways to mitigate greenhouse gas production from rice cultivation', Journal of Environmental Management, 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122139

Wu SL; Wu L; Wei W; Shentu J; Long Y; Shen D; Ni BJ, 2024, 'Challenges and enhancement technologies of medium chain carboxylates production in open culture anaerobic fermentation', Chemical Engineering Journal, 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.153224

Chen Z; Wei W; Xu X; Gu X; Huang C; Wei W; Shao Z; Ni BJ; Chen H, 2024, 'Reconstructed anti-corrosive and active surface on hierarchically porous carbonized wood for efficient overall seawater electrolysis', Science Bulletin, 69, pp. 2337 - 2341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2024.05.044

Bosco Mofatto PM; Cosenza A; Di Trapani D; Wu L; Ni BJ; Mannina G, 2024, 'Carbon footprint reduction by coupling intermittent aeration with submerged MBR: A pilot plant study', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.113115

Deng L; Lv Y; Lan T; Wu QL; Ren WT; Wang HZ; Ni BJ; Guo WQ, 2024, 'Chain Elongation Using Native Soil Inocula: Exceptional n-Caproate Biosynthesis Performance and Microbial Mechanisms', Engineering, 39, pp. 262 - 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2023.10.017

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