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Hydrophobic Gas Transfer Membranes for Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery by Hou, Dianxun, Jassby, David, Nerenberg, Robert, Ren, Zhiyong Jason

“…Gaseous compounds, such as CH4, H2, and O2, are commonly produced or consumed during wastewater treatment. Traditionally, these gases need to be removed or…”
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Gypsum scaling in pressure retarded osmosis: Experiments, mechanisms and implications by Zhang, Minmin, Hou, Dianxun, She, Qianhong, Tang, Chuyang Y.

“…Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) is an osmotically-driven membrane process that can be used to harvest salinity-gradient power. The PRO performance (both water…”
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Nickel based catalysts for highly efficient H2 evolution from wastewater in microbial electrolysis cells by Lu, Lu, Hou, Dianxun, Fang, Yanfen, Huang, Yingping, Ren, Zhiyong Jason

“…The high cost and over-potential loss of the cathode are primary bottlenecks of the microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) technology for efficient H2 production…”
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Microbial electrochemical nutrient recovery in anaerobic osmotic membrane bioreactors by Hou, Dianxun, Lu, Lu, Sun, Dongya, Ge, Zheng, Huang, Xia, Cath, Tzahi Y., Ren, Zhiyong Jason

“…This study demonstrates that by incorporating a microbial electrochemical unit into an anaerobic osmotic membrane bioreactor (AnOMBR), the system addressed…”
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Effect of feed spacer induced membrane deformation on the performance of pressure retarded osmosis (PRO): Implications for PRO process operation by She, Qianhong, Hou, Dianxun, Liu, Junxian, Tan, Kang Hai, Tang, Chuyang Y.

“…Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) is a promising technology for extracting renewable salinity-gradient energy. However, its performance can be significantly…”
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Preparation of carbon-sensitized and Fe–Er codoped TiO2 with response surface methodology for bisphenol A photocatalytic degradation under visible-light irradiation by Hou, Dianxun, Goei, Ronn, Wang, Xiaoping, Wang, Penghua, Lim, Teik-Thye

“…[Display omitted] ▸ Fe/Er–TiO2 was prepared via a facile solvothermal method. ▸ RSM was used to obtain the optimum synthesis conditions for this novel…”
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Preparation, characterization and performance of a novel visible light responsive spherical activated carbon-supported and Er3+:YFeO3-doped TiO2 photocatalyst by Hou, Dianxun, Feng, Liang, Zhang, Jianbin, Dong, Shuangshi, Zhou, Dandan, Lim, Teik-Thye

“…A novel spherical activated carbon (SAC) supported and Er(3+):YFeO(3)-doped TiO(2) visible-light responsive photocatalyst (Er(3+):YFeO(3)/TiO(2)-SAC) was…”
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Microbial fuel cells and osmotic membrane bioreactors have mutual benefits for wastewater treatment and energy production by Hou, Dianxun, Lu, Lu, Ren, Zhiyong Jason

“…This study demonstrates that microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and osmotic membrane bioreactors (OMBRs) can be mutually beneficial when integrated together for…”
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Nickel-Based Membrane Electrodes Enable High-Rate Electrochemical Ammonia Recovery by Hou, Dianxun, Iddya, Arpita, Chen, Xi, Wang, Mengyuan, Zhang, Wenli, Ding, Yifu, Jassby, David, Ren, Zhiyong Jason

“…Wastewater contains significant amounts of nitrogen that can be recovered and valorized as fertilizers and chemicals. This study presents a new membrane…”
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Hierarchical porous carbon prepared from biomass through a facile method for supercapacitor applications by Zhang, WenLi, Xu, JinHui, Hou, DianXun, Yin, Jian, Liu, DeBo, He, YaPeng, Lin, HaiBo

“…A general method has been developed to prepare angstrom-sized-pore dominated hierarchical porous carbon from biomass for supercapacitor applications. [Display…”
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Energy-neutral sustainable nutrient recovery incorporated with the wastewater purification process in an enlarged microbial nutrient recovery cell by Sun, Dongya, Gao, Yifan, Hou, Dianxun, Zuo, Kuichang, Chen, Xi, Liang, Peng, Zhang, Xiaoyuan, Ren, Zhiyong Jason, Huang, Xia

“…Recovery of nutrient resources from the wastewater is now an inevitable strategy to maintain the supply of both nutrient and water for our huge population…”
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Electrochemical Control of Redox Potential Arrests Methanogenesis and Regulates Products in Mixed Culture Electro-Fermentation by Jiang, Yong, Lu, Lu, Wang, Huan, Shen, Ruixia, Ge, Zheng, Hou, Dianxun, Chen, Xi, Liang, Peng, Huang, Xia, Ren, Zhiyong Jason

“…This study demonstrates the feasibility of using solid electrodes as an alternative source or sink of electrons to regulate the redox potential of mixed…”
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Active H2 Harvesting Prevents Methanogenesis in Microbial Electrolysis Cells by Lu, Lu, Hou, Dianxun, Wang, Xin, Jassby, David, Ren, Zhiyong Jason

“…Undesired H2 sinks, including methanogenesis, are a serious issue faced by microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) for high-rate H2 production. Different from…”
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Hydrophobic nanostructured wood membrane for thermally efficient distillation by Hou, Dianxun, Li, Tian, Chen, Xi, He, Shuaiming, Dai, Jiaqi, Mofid, Sohrab A, Hou, Deyin, Iddya, Arpita, Jassby, David, Yang, Ronggui, Hu, Liangbing, Ren, Zhiyong Jason

“…Current membrane distillation (MD) is challenged by the inefficiency of water thermal separation from dissolved solutes, controlled by membrane porosity and…”
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Hierarchical porous carbon derived from Allium cepa for supercapacitors through direct carbonization method with the assist of calcium acetate by Xu, Jinhui, Zhang, Wenli, Hou, Dianxun, Huang, Weimin, Lin, Haibo

“…Hierarchical porous carbon was prepared from onion through a direct carbonization method and it was used as suercapacitor electrode material. [Display omitted]…”
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Shipboard bilge water treatment by electrocoagulation powered by microbial fuel cells by Mei, Xiaoxue, Wang, Heming, Hou, Dianxun, Lobo, Fernanda Leite, Xing, Defeng, Ren, Zhiyong Jason

“…Reveals the synergy between microbial fuel cells and electrocoagulation. Demonstrates MFC-ECC shipboard wastewater treatment is advantageous. MFC-ECC…”
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Active H 2 Harvesting Prevents Methanogenesis in Microbial Electrolysis Cells by Lu, Lu, Hou, Dianxun, Wang, Xin, Jassby, David, Ren, Zhiyong Jason

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Permeability is the Critical Factor Governing the Life Cycle Environmental Performance of Drinking Water Treatment Using Living Filtration Membranes by Jiang, Daqian, Hou, Dianxun, Bechtel, Carson, Zodrow, Katherine R, Myers, Rupert Jacob, Zhang, Tianyu

“…Living Filtration Membranes (LFMs) are a water filtration technology that was recently developed in the lab (Technology Readiness Level 4). LFMs have shown…”
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Enhanced aerobic granulation, stabilization, and nitrification in a continuous-flow bioreactor by inoculating biofilms by Yang, Yang, Zhou, Dandan, Xu, Zhengxue, Li, Aijun, Gao, Hang, Hou, Dianxun

“…In this study, the possibility of using backwashed biofilm as seed in an aerobic granular sludge continuous-flow airlift fluidized bed (CAFB) reactor was…”
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The Microbial Electrochemical Current Accelerates Urea Hydrolysis for Recovery of Nutrients from Source-Separated Urine by Chen, Xi, Gao, Yifan, Hou, Dianxun, Ma, He, Lu, Lu, Sun, Dongya, Zhang, Xiaoyuan, Liang, Peng, Huang, Xia, Ren, Zhiyong Jason

“…This study demonstrates that a wastewater-driven microbial electrochemical process greatly facilitates traditional rate-limiting urea hydrolysis and…”
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