Ran Niu

Prof. Ran Niu

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Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

15Years (2012-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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1 February 2022 in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
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LHLiang Hao
Liang Hao
NLNing Liu
Ning Liu
HBHuiying Bai
Huiying Bai
PHPanpan He
Panpan He
RNRan Niu
Ran Niu
JGJiang Gong
Jiang Gong

18 January 2023 in Chemical Engineering Journal
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JRJiaxin Ren
Jiaxin Ren
LCLing Chen
Ling Chen
JGJiang Gong
Jiang Gong
JQJinping Qu
Jinping Qu
RNRan Niu
Ran Niu

30 September 2022 in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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RNRan Niu
Ran Niu
YDYang Ding
Yang Ding
LHLiang Hao
Liang Hao
JRJiaxin Ren
Jiaxin Ren
JGJiang Gong
Jiang Gong
JQJinping Qu
Jinping Qu

28 May 2022 in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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PHPanpan He
Panpan He
HBHuiying Bai
Huiying Bai
ZFZifen Fan
Zifen Fan
LHLiang Hao
Liang Hao
NLNing Liu
Ning Liu
JGJiang Gong
Jiang Gong
Interfacial solar-driven vapor generation is considered to be a promising technology to produce freshwater from non-potable water. However, when the source water contains organic pollutants, the solar-driven water evaporation process might worsen the pollution of the source water. Herein, we construct a bifunctional interfacial solar-driven evaporator by facilely dip-coating MOF-derived N/Co-doped carbon on cotton cloth, which can simultaneously realize freshwater production by solar-driven evaporation and the degradation of organic pollutants. The derived carbon hybrid is composed of wrinkled bamboo-like N-doped carbon tubes and embedded Co nanoparticles, which not only contribute to efficient sunlight absorption and photothermal conversion but also provide abundant catalytic sites for visible light-driven peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation to produce diverse reactive oxygen species (ROS). In another aspect, the cotton cloth consisting of interlaced cellulosic fibers offers hydrophilic channels for fast water transport and decreases the water evaporation enthalpy to accelerate evaporation. As a result, the bifunctional evaporator presents a notably high evaporation rate of 2.2 kg m−2 h−1 under 1 kW m−2 illumination, securing one of the best values among solar evaporators. More importantly, it displays excellent performance in PMS activation under visible light irradiation to produce plenty of ROS for the catalytic degradation of various toxic organic pollutants in source water (e.g., its Congo red degradation efficiency was 96.6% within 90 min). The bifunctional solar evaporator provides an ingenious way to handle the issues of global freshwater scarcity and water contamination via the marriage of interfacial solar-driven evaporation technology and advanced oxidation processes.

27 June 2022 in Energy & Environmental Materials
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JRJiaxin Ren
Jiaxin Ren
YDYang Ding
Yang Ding
JGJiang Gong
Jiang Gong
JQJinping Qu
Jinping Qu
RNRan Niu
Ran Niu

24 November 2022 in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
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BCBingyu Chen
Bingyu Chen
JRJiaxin Ren
Jiaxin Ren
YSYuhang Song
Yuhang Song
PHPanpan He
Panpan He
HBHuiying Bai
Huiying Bai
JGJiang Gong
Jiang Gong