Wenjie Tian

Research Interests

Catalysis and Mechanisms of Reactions Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage Engineering Environmental Sciences Functional Materials Water Treatment Processes Plastics

Dr Wenjie Tian

ARC Externally-Funded Research Fellow

School of Chemical Engineering

College of Engineering and Information Technology

My research focuses on the design and development of functional nanomaterials with precise structural control to tackle challenges in environmental remediation, biomass and plastic waste conversion, and solar catalysis, aiming to deliver sustainable solutions through innovative materials science and engineering.

My research focuses on developing green, facile methods for synthesizing waste-derived nanostructured catalysts. These catalysts are applied as efficient adsorbents for CO₂ capture, as well as effective adsorbents and catalysts for the removal of persistent organic pollutants. Additionally, I am interested in utilizing these materials for plastic conversion and energy applications.

Date Position Institution name
2026 - 2030 ARC Future Fellow Adelaide University
2026 - 2029 Graduate Research Coordinators for Chemical Engineering Adelaide University
2026 - ongoing Senior Lecturer Adelaide University
2025 - 2027 Future Making Fellow University of Adelaide
2022 - 2025 ARC DECRA Fellow The University of Adelaide
2020 - 2020 Academic research staff The University of Southern Queensland
2020 - 2022 ARC Grant-Funded Researcher (A) University of Adelaide
2020 - 2020 Casual academic staff University of adelaide
2019 - 2020 Visiting Scholar University of Adelaide
2018 - 2018 Casual academic staff Curtin University

Language Competency
Chinese (Mandarin) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
2014 - 2018 Curtin University Australia PhD
2011 - 2014 Shandong University China Master
2007 - 2011 Shandong University China Bachelor

Year Citation
2026 Zhang, H., Tian, W., Lin, J., Zhang, P., Shao, G., Ravi, S. K., . . . Wang, S. (2026). Photosystem II-Carbon Nitride Photoanodes for Scalable Biophotoelectrochemistry. Advanced Materials, 38(3), e08813-1-e08813-11.
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2026 Gao, J., Lu, Y., Lin, J., Tian, W., Wang, S., & Zhang, H. (2026). Polyaniline-Facilitated Direct Electron Transfer from Photosystem II on Inverse-Opal CeO₂. Nano Letters, 26(1), 67-73.
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2026 Ncube, S., Tian, Z., Liu, S., Wang, S., & Tian, W. (2026). Selective singlet oxygen generation by microporous biochar for peracetic acid activation. Chemical Communications, 62(4), 1242-1246.
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2026 Chen, X., Zhang, T., Tian, W., Liu, S., Li, S., Li, J., . . . Chen, Z. (2026). Solar-Driven H
<sub>2</sub>
O
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Production Catalyzed by Natural Wood. ACS Catalysis, 16(2), 1103-1116.
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2026 Li, N., Zhang, J., Ma, J., Xue, C., Chang, Q., Liu, L., . . . Tian, W. (2026). Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Enabled by Defect- and Interface-Induced Dual Built-in Electric Fields in a ZnIn2S4/1T-2H WS2 Heterojunction.. Small, 22(28), e14954.
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2026 Chen, X., Tian, W., Zhang, H., Lin, J., Sekar, A., Ge, M., . . . Chen, Z. (2026). Carbon Dot Nano-Spacers in Triazine Networks for Integrated Photothermal Seawater Desalination and H₂O₂ Production. Carbon Energy, e70089-1-e70089-12.
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2026 Lin, J., Xu, H., Tian, W., Sun, H., Zhang, H., & Wang, S. (2026). An asymmetric photothermal platform for coupled seawater splitting and desalination. Nature Communications, 17(1), 4503-1-4503-14.
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2026 Lu, X., Tian, W., & Duan, X. (2026). Opportunities and challenges in sustainable solar fuel production from plastics. Chem Catalysis, 6(5), 101746.
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2025 Chen, T., Tian, W., Shuai, Q., Wen, H. -G., Guo, H. -S., & Zhao, J. -H. (2025). Microbe-induced gene silencing of fungal gene confers efficient resistance against <i>Fusarium graminearum</i> in maize. ABIOTECH, 6(3), 466-471.
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2025 Kang, Y., Tan, Y., Tian, W., Zhang, H., Chen, Q., Wang, J., . . . Cortés, E. (2025). Promoting Formation and Suppressing Decomposition of H2O2 via Photocarrier Flow at Au@TiO2 Interfaces.. J Am Chem Soc, 147(51), 47244-47254.
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2025 Wang, H., Wang, J., Xu, J., Lin, J., Zhu, Z., Liu, Y., . . . Tian, W. (2025). Spirulina-derived atomically dispersed Fe–N4 sites on g-C3N4 for efficient CO2 photoreduction. Chemical Engineering Journal, 522, 167048.
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2025 Lu, Y., Zhang, H., Deng, H., Ding, J., Pan, T., Tian, W., . . . Francisco, J. S. (2025). Single site of water-resistant asymmetric Bi-Ov-Mn for robust VOC ozonation at ambient temperature.. Chem Sci, 16(48), 23262-23270.
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2025 Ren, S., Wang, Y., Shi, L., Xu, X., Zhong, S., Hu, K., . . . Wang, S. (2025). Transforming Plastics to Single Atom Catalysts for Peroxymonosulfate Activation: Axial Chloride Coordination Intensified Electron Transfer Pathway. Advanced Materials, 37(8), 2415339-1-2415339-12.
DOI Scopus78 WoS73 Europe PMC23
2025 Wang, Y., Liu, Y., Zhang, H., Duan, X., Ma, J., Sun, H., . . . Wang, S. (2025). Carbonaceous materials in structural dimensions for advanced oxidation processes. Chemical Society Reviews, 54(5), 2436-2482.
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2025 Tian, W., Lin, J., Tian, Z., Ncube, S., Zhang, H., Cortés, E., . . . Wang, S. (2025). Biomass Native Structure Into Functional Carbon-Based Catalysts for Fenton-Like Reactions. Advanced Functional Materials, 2508759-1-2508759-13.
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2025 Ncube, S., Tian, Z., Lin, J., Zhang, H., Wang, S., & Tian, W. (2025). Sustainable Biomass-Derived Single-Atom Catalysts for Fenton-Like Catalysis. Small, 21(35), 2504746-1-2504746-36.
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2025 Li, Z., Tian, W., Hu, K., Guo, Y., Tian, X., Kang, W., . . . Li, H. (2025). Oxygen-Driven Reconstruction Activates Quasi-Single Pd Sites in Hollow PdAg Nanotubes for Zinc-Air and Fuel Cells. Advanced Science, 12(43), e09329-1-e09329-11.
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2024 Ren, S., Xu, X., Zhu, Z. S., Yang, Y., Tian, W., Hu, K., . . . Wang, S. (2024). Catalytic transformation of microplastics to functional carbon for catalytic peroxymonosulfate activation: Conversion mechanism and defect of scavenging. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 342, 123410-1-123410-11.
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2024 Meng, F., Hao, T., Tian, W., Zhao, J., Wang, S., & Zhang, H. (2024). Photocatalytic aqueous environmental remediation via two-dimensional carbon nitride nanosheets. Surfaces and Interfaces, 44, 103717-1-103717-18.
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2024 Ge, M., Yin, H., Tian, W., Zhang, H., Li, S., Wang, S., & Chen, Z. (2024). Electrostatically induced Furfural-Derived carbon Dots-CdS hybrid for solar Light-Driven hydrogen production. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 660, 147-156.
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2024 Liu, S., Zhang, H., Wang, Y., Sun, H., Wang, S., & Tian, W. (2024). Morphology-enhanced piezoelectric performance of SnS nanobelts for acetaminophen degradation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 12(26), 15744-15752.
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2024 El-Naggar, K., Yang, Y., Tian, W., Zhang, H., Sun, H., & Wang, S. (2024). Metal-Organic Framework-Based Micro-/Nanomotors for Wastewater Remediation. Small Science, 4(9), 2400110-1-2400110-29.
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2024 Lin, J., Tian, W., Zhang, H., Sun, H., & Wang, S. (2024). Electronic Structure and Functions of Carbon Nitride in Frontier Green Catalysis. Accounts of Chemical Research, 57(16), 2303-2315.
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2024 Lin, J., Hu, K., Wang, Y., Tian, W., Hall, T., Duan, X., . . . Wang, S. (2024). Tandem microplastic degradation and hydrogen production by hierarchical carbon nitride-supported single-atom iron catalysts. Nature Communications, 15(1), 8769-1-8769-13.
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2023 Hirani, R. A. K., Asif, A. H., Rafique, N., Shi, L., Zhang, S., Saunders, M., . . . Sun, H. (2023). Heterogeneous activation of persulfate by macroscopic nitrogen-doped graphene oxide cubes for the degradation of antibiotic contaminants in water. Separation and Purification Technology, 319, 1-13.
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2023 Tian, Z., Chen, Q., Ren, S., Zhang, H., Tian, W., Sun, H., & Wang, S. (2023). Effects of cobalt salts on biomass conversion to functional carbon-based catalysts for peroxymonosulfate activation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 469, 143856-1-143856-10.
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2023 Lin, J., Jiang, L., Tian, W., Yang, Y., Duan, X., Jiao, Y., . . . Wang, S. (2023). The structure-dependent mechanism of single-atom cobalt on macroporous carbon nitride in (photo-)Fenton-like reactions. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11(25), 13653-13664.
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2023 Meng, F., Tian, Z., Tian, W., & Zhang, H. (2023). Advances in carbon nitride supported single-atom photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 41, 100941-1-100941-7.
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2023 Lin, J., Wang, Y., Tian, W., Zhang, H., Sun, H., & Wang, S. (2023). Macroporous Carbon-Nitride-Supported Transition-Metal Single-Atom Catalysts for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production from Ammonia Splitting. ACS Catalysis, 13(17), 11711-11722.
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2023 Hirani, R. A. K., Hannan, A., Rafique, N., Shi, L., Tian, W., Wang, H., & Sun, H. (2023). Three-dimensional rGO/CNT/g-C<inf>3</inf>N<inf>4</inf> macro discs as an efficient peroxymonosulfate activator for catalytic degradation of sulfamethoxazole. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 460, 1-13.
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2023 Tian, W., Song, P., Zhang, H., Duan, X., Wei, Y., Wang, H., & Wang, S. (2023). Microplastic materials in the environment: problem and strategical solutions. Progress in Materials Science, 132, 101035-1-101035-59.
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2022 Ren, S., Xu, X., Hu, K., Tian, W., Duan, X., Yi, J., & Wang, S. (2022). Structure-oriented conversions of plastics to carbon nanomaterials. Carbon Research, 1(1).
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2022 Zhang, H., Tian, W., Zhang, J., Duan, X., Liu, S., Sun, H., & Wang, S. (2022). Carbon nitride-based Z-scheme photocatalysts for non-sacrificial overall water splitting. Materials Today Energy, 23, 100915-1-100915-12.
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2022 Li, D., Yao, Z., Lin, J., Tian, W., Zhang, H., Duan, X., & Wang, S. (2022). Nano-sized FeVO4·1.1H₂O and FeVO4 for peroxymonosulfate activation towards enhanced photocatalytic activity. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10(2), 107199-1-107199-10.
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2022 Hu, K., Yang, Y., Zuo, J., Tian, W., Wang, Y., Duan, X., & Wang, S. (2022). Emerging microplastics in the environment: Properties, distributions, and impacts. Chemosphere, 297, 15 pages.
DOI Scopus111 WoS94 Europe PMC44
2022 Lin, J., Tian, W., Zhang, H., Duan, X., Sun, H., Wang, H., . . . Wang, S. (2022). Carbon nitride-based Z-scheme heterojunctions for solar-driven advanced oxidation processes. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 434, 25 pages.
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2022 Lin, J., Tian, W., Guan, Z., Zhang, H., Duan, X., Wang, H., . . . Wang, S. (2022). Functional Carbon Nitride Materials in Photo‐Fenton‐Like Catalysis for Environmental Remediation. Advanced Functional Materials, 32(24), 2201743-1-2201743-31.
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2022 Tian, W., Chen, S., Zhang, H., Wang, H., & Wang, S. (2022). Sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation processes for water decontamination using biomass-derived carbon as catalysts. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 37, 8 pages.
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2022 Zhang, H., Tian, W., Duan, X., Sun, H., Huang, Y., Fang, Y., & Wang, S. (2022). Single-atom catalysts on metal-based supports for solar photoreduction catalysis. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 43(9), 2301-2315.
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2022 Meng, F., Tian, W., Tian, Z., Tan, X., Zhang, H., & Wang, S. (2022). Enhanced photocatalytic organic pollutant degradation and H2 evolution reaction over carbon nitride nanosheets: N defects abundant materials. Science of The Total Environment, 851(2), 11 pages.
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2022 Gao, J., Tian, W., Zhang, H., & wang, S. (2022). Engineered inverse opal structured semiconductors for solar light-driven environmental catalysis. Nanoscale, 14(39), 14341-14367.
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2022 Gao, J. -X., Tian, W. -J., & Zhang, H. -Y. (2022). Progress of Nb-containing catalysts for carbon dioxide reduction: a minireview. Tungsten, 4(4), 284-295.
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2021 Hu, K., Tian, W., Yang, Y., Nie, G., Zhou, P., Wang, Y., . . . wang, S. (2021). Microplastics remediation in aqueous systems: strategies and technologies. Water Research, 198, 117144-1-117144-26.
DOI Scopus190 WoS152 Europe PMC59
2021 Tian, W., Zhang, H., Sibbons, J., Sun, H., Wang, H., & Wang, S. (2021). Photoelectrochemical water oxidation and longevous photoelectric conversion by a photosystem II electrode. Advanced Energy Materials, 11(30), 2100911-1-2100911-13.
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2021 Tian, W., Lin, J., Zhang, H., Duan, X., Wang, H., Sun, H., & Wang, S. (2021). Kinetics and mechanism of synergistic adsorption and persulfate activation by N-doped porous carbon for antibiotics removals in single and binary solutions. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 423(Pt A), 127083.
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2021 Meng, F., Wang, J., Tian, W., Zhang, H., Liu, S., Tan, X., & Wang, S. (2021). Effects of inter/intralayer adsorption and direct/indirect reaction on photo-removal of pollutants by layered g-C₃N₄ and BiOBr. Journal of Cleaner Production, 322, 129025-1-129025-9.
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2021 Meng, F., Wang, J., Tian, W., Zhang, H., Liu, S., Tan, X., & Wang, S. (2021). Graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets via acid pretreatments for promoted photocatalysis toward degradation of organic pollutants. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 608(2), 1334-1347.
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2021 Lin, J., Tian, W., Zhang, H., Duan, X., Sun, H., & Wang, S. (2021). Graphitic carbon nitride-based Z-scheme structure for photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Energy & Fuels, 35(1), 7-24.
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2020 Tian, W., Lin, J., Zhang, H., Duan, X., Sun, H., Wang, H., & Wang, S. (2020). Enhanced removals of micropollutants in binary organic systems by biomass derived porous carbon/peroxymonosulfate. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 408, 1-10.
DOI Scopus63 WoS61 Europe PMC22
2020 Zhang, H., Tian, W., Duan, X., Sun, H., Liu, S., & Wang, S. (2020). Catalysis of a single transition metal site for water oxidation: from mononuclear molecules to single atoms. Advanced Materials, 32(18), 1904037-1-1904037-15.
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2020 Tian, W., Zhang, H., Duan, X., Sun, H., Shao, G., & Wang, S. (2020). Porous carbons: structure-oriented design and versatile applications. Advanced Functional Materials, 30(17), 1909265-1-1909265-41.
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2020 Zhang, H., Tian, W., Duan, X., Sun, H., Shen, Y., Shao, G., & wang, S. (2020). Functional carbon nitride materials for water oxidation: from heteroatom doping to interface engineering. Nanoscale, 12(12), 6937-6952.
DOI Scopus57 WoS55 Europe PMC15
2020 Duan, X., Indrawirawan, S., Kang, J., Tian, W., Zhang, H., Duan, X., . . . Wang, S. (2020). Synergy of carbocatalytic and heat activation of persulfate for evolution of reactive radicals toward metal-free oxidation. Catalysis Today, 355, 319-324.
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2019 Duan, X., Kang, J., Tian, W., Zhang, H., Ho, S. H., Zhu, Y. A., . . . Wang, S. (2019). Interfacial-engineered cobalt@carbon hybrids for synergistically boosted evolution of sulfate radicals toward green oxidation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 256, 117795-1-117795-7.
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2019 Duan, X., Tian, W., Zhang, H., Sun, H., Ao, Z., Shao, Z., & Wang, S. (2019). Sp²/sp³ framework from diamond nanocrystals: a key bridge of carbonaceous structure to carbocatalysis. ACS Catalysis, 9(8), 7494-7519.
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2019 Yin, Y., Shi, L., Li, W., Li, X., Wu, H., Ao, Z., . . . Sun, H. (2019). Boosting Fenton-like reactions via single atom Fe catalysis. Environmental Science and Technology, 53(19), 11391-11400.
DOI Scopus311 WoS299 Europe PMC111
2019 Duan, X., Li, W., Ao, Z., Kang, J., Tian, W., Zhang, H., . . . Wang, S. (2019). Origins of boron catalysis in peroxymonosulfate activation and advanced oxidation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7(41), 23904-23913.
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2019 Zhai, L. F., Kong, S. Y., Zhang, H., Tian, W., Sun, M., Sun, H., & Wang, S. (2019). Facile synthesis of Co-N-rGO composites as an excellent electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction. Chemical Engineering Science, 194, 45-53.
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2019 Tian, W., Sun, H., Duan, X., Zhang, H., Ren, Y., & Wang, S. (2019). Biomass-derived functional porous carbons for adsorption and catalytic degradation of binary micropollutants in water. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 389, 121881-1-121881-9.
DOI Scopus95 WoS88 Europe PMC29
2019 Song, Q., Li, L., Xiong, K., Tian, W., Lu, J., Wang, J., . . . Yang, Z. (2019). A facile dopamine-mediated metal-catecholamine coating for therapeutic nitric oxide gas interface-catalytic engineering of vascular devices. BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE, 7(9), 3741-3750.
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2019 Qiao, F., Guo, Q., Tu, Q., Lu, J., Wang, J., Tian, W., . . . Yang, Z. (2019). Photolithography-Mediated Area-Selective Immobilization of Biomolecules on Polydopamine Coating. LANGMUIR, 35(22), 7175-7179.
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2018 Yang, Y., Li, X., Qiu, H., Li, P., Qi, P., Maitz, M. F., . . . Huang, N. (2018). Polydopamine Modified TiO<sub>2</sub> Nanotube Arrays for Long-Term Controlled Elution of Bivalirudin and Improved Hemocompatibility. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 10(9), 7649-7660.
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2018 Duan, X., Indrawirawan, S., Kang, J., Tian, W., Zhang, H., Sun, H., & Wang, S. (2018). Temperature-dependent evolution of hydroxyl radicals from peroxymonosulfate activation over nitrogen-modified carbon nanotubes. Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 18, e00082-1-e00082-8.
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2018 Liu, Y., Xu, X., Zhang, J., Zhang, H., Tian, W., Li, X., . . . Wang, S. (2018). Flower-like MoS₂ on graphitic carbon nitride for enhanced photocatalytic and electrochemical hydrogen evolutions. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 239, 334-344.
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2018 Zhang, H., Tian, W., Li, Y., Sun, H., Tadé, M., & Wang, S. (2018). A comparative study of metal (Ni, Co, or Mn)-borate catalysts and their photodeposition on rGO/ZnO nanoarrays for photoelectrochemical water splitting. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6(47), 24149-24156.
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2018 Tian, W., Zhang, H., Sun, H., Tadé, M. O., & Wang, S. (2018). One-step synthesis of flour-derived functional nanocarbons with hierarchical pores for versatile environmental applications. Chemical Engineering Journal, 347, 432-439.
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2018 Zhang, H., Tian, W., Qian, Z., Ouyang, T., Saunders, M., Qin, J., . . . Sun, H. (2018). Co@C/CoOx coupled with N-doped layer-structured carbons for excellent CO₂ capture and oxygen reduction reaction. Carbon, 133, 306-315.
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2018 Zhang, H., Tian, W., Li, Y., Sun, H., Tadé, M. O., & Wang, S. (2018). Heterostructured WO₃@CoWO₄ bilayer nanosheets for enhanced visible-light photo, electro and photoelectro-chemical oxidation of water. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6(15), 6265-6272.
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2018 Tian, W., Zhang, H., Qian, Z., Ouyang, T., Sun, H., Qin, J., . . . Wang, S. (2018). Bread-making synthesis of hierarchically Co@C nanoarchitecture in heteroatom doped porous carbons for oxidative degradation of emerging contaminants. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 225, 76-83.
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2018 Zhang, H., Tian, W., Zhou, L., Sun, H., Tade, M., & Wang, S. (2018). Monodisperse Co₃O₄ quantum dots on porous carbon nitride nanosheets for enhanced visible-light-driven water oxidation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 223, 2-9.
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2018 Liu, Y., Zhang, H., Ke, J., Zhang, J., Tian, W., Xu, X., . . . Wang, S. (2018). 0D (MoS₂)/2D (g-C₃N₄) heterojunctions in Z-scheme for enhancedphotocatalytic and electrochemical hydrogen evolution. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 228, 64-74.
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2018 Liang, P., Wang, Q., Kang, J., Tian, W., Sun, H., & Wang, S. (2018). Dual-metal zeolitic imidazolate frameworks and their derived nanoporous carbons for multiple environmental and electrochemical applications. Chemical Engineering Journal, 351, 641-649.
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2017 Liu, J., Ke, J., Li, D., Sun, H., Liang, P., Duan, X., . . . Wang, S. (2017). Oxygen vacancies in shape controlled Cu₂O/reduced graphene oxide/In₂O₃ hybrid for promoted photocatalytic water oxidation and degradation of environmental pollutants. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9(13), 11678-11688.
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2017 Tian, W., Zhang, H., Sun, H., Tadé, M. O., & Wang, S. (2017). Template-free synthesis of N-doped carbon with pillared-layered pores as bifunctional materials for supercapacitor and environmental applications. Carbon, 118, 98-105.
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2016 Zhang, H., Tian, W., Guo, X., Zhou, L., Sun, H., Tadé, M. O., & Wang, S. (2016). Flower-like cobalt hydroxide/oxide on graphitic carbon nitride for visible-light-driven water oxidation. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8(51), 35203-35212.
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2016 Tian, W., Zhang, H., Sun, H., Suvorova, A., Saunders, M., Tade, M., & Wang, S. (2016). Heteroatom (N or N-S)-doping induced layered and honeycomb microstructures of porous carbons for CO₂ capture and energy applications. Advanced Functional Materials, 26(47), 8651-8661.
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2016 Tian, W., Zhang, H., Duan, X., Sun, H., Tade, M. O., Ang, H. M., & Wang, S. (2016). Nitrogen- and sulfur-codoped hierarchically porous carbon for adsorptive and oxidative removal of pharmaceutical contaminants. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8(11), 7184-7193.
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2016 Ma, X., Zhao, Y. F., Tian, W. J., Qian, Z., Chen, H. W., Wu, Y. Y., & Liu, X. F. (2016). A novel Al matrix composite reinforced by nano-AlNp network. Scientific Reports, 6(1), 8 pages.
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2014 Tian, W., Li, P., & Liu, X. (2014). Morphology stability of Al3BC phase in aluminum alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 583, 329-334.
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2013 Tian, W., Li, P., Gao, T., Nie, J., & Liu, X. (2013). Transformation from Al3BC phase to doped TiB2 or TiC particles in Al-Ti melts. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 561, 48-53.
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2012 Li, P., Tian, W., Wang, D., & Liu, X. (2012). Grain refining potency of LaB6 on aluminum alloy. Journal of Rare Earths, 30(11), 1172-1176.
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Year Citation
2021 Zhang, H., Tian, W., & wang, S. (2021). Photocatalytic Oxygen Evolution. In H. Sun (Ed.), Solar-to-Chemical Conversion: Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Processes (pp. 129-162). Milton, Qld., Aust: Wiley.
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Year Citation
2024 Zhu, X., Tian, W., Wang, X., He, L., Xiao, Y., Wang, X., . . . Xie, L. (2024). UniStyle: Unified Style Modeling for Speaking Style Captioning and Stylistic Speech Synthesis. In PROCEEDINGS OF THE 32ND ACM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMEDIA, MM 2024 (pp. 7513-7522). AUSTRALIA, Melbourne: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY.
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2012 Li, P., Tian, W., Wang, D., & Liu, X. (2012). Grain refining potency of LaB<sub>6</sub> on aluminum alloy. In H. Weiland, A. D. Rollett, & W. A. Cassada (Eds.), PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ALUMINUM ALLOYS (ICAA13) (pp. 105-109). Carnegie Mellon Univ, Pittsburgh, PA: JOHN WILEY & SONS.
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  1. Australia Research Council - ARC Future Fellowship, Next-Generation Catalysts for (Micro)plastic Conversion to Chemicals, 2026 - 2030, AUD 961,544 (Sole investigator)

  2. Future Making Fellow, UoA, 2025 - 2028

  3. Australia Research Council - Discovery Project (DP23): Integrated nonmetal-metal single-atom catalysis for selective synthesis, 2023 - 2025, AUD 530,953 (Second investigator)

  4. LMU Sustainability Fund, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany, 2025 - 2026, EUR 45,640 (Second CI)

  5. CeNS Investment Fund, Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany, 2024, EUR 9,000 

  6. Adelaide Nottingham Alliance Seed Fund, 2024, AUD 8,000 (Lead investigator)

  7. Australia Research Council - Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (ARC-DECRA): Conversion of biowastes to porous carbon materials for green catalysis, 2022 - 2024, AUD 424,500 (Sole investigator)

  8. University of Adelaide Research Small Equipment Support Scheme, 2022, AUD 8,588 (Lead investigator)

  9. The Australian Federation of University Women SA Inc. Trust Postdoctoral Grants 2021, AUD 5,000

  10. X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Beamline Award (M24668), 2025/3, Grant value: AUD 32,784 (Lead CI) 

  11. Soft X-ray spectroscopy Beamline Award, 2025/3, Grant value: AUD 98,352 (Lead CI) 

  12. Infrared microscopy Beamline Award (IRM24476), 2025/3, Grant value: AUD 98,352 (CI)

  13. Medium Energy XAS (M22366), 2024/3, Grant value: AUD 65,568 (Lead CI)

  14. Soft X-ray Spectroscopy Beamline Award (M22471), 2024/3, Grant value: AUD 98,352

  15. X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Beamline Award (M20496), 2023/3, Grant value: AUD 65,568 (Lead CI)

  16. Medium Energy XAS - 1 Beamline Award (M21881), 2024/2, Grant value: AUD 65,568 (Lead CI)

  17. X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Beamline Award (21445), 2024/1, Grant Value: AUD 65,568 (Lead CI)

  18. Soft X-ray Spectroscopy Beamline Award (21871), 2024/2, Grant Value: AUD 98,352

  19. Soft X-ray Spectroscopy Beamline Award (18877), 2022/3, Grant value: AUD 163,920 (Lead CI)

  20. Soft X-ray Spectroscopy Beamline Award (AS232/20106), 2023, Grant Value: AUD 98,352 (Lead CI)  

Course coordinator for Fundamentals of Materials (MAT ENG 7110, 2025, Semester 1) at UoA

Course coordinator for Fundamentals of Materials (MAT ENG 7110, 2024, Semester 1) at UoA

Teaching assistant for Fundamentals of Materials (CHEM ENG 7110, 2021, 2022, 2023) at UoA

Lecturer for Materials Engineering for Catalysis (CHEM ENG 7105, Semester 2, 2021, 2022, 2023) at UoA

Teaching assistant for Research Project GEN Class (4120 CHEM ENG 4054, 2021, 2022) at UoA

Teaching advisor for Research Methods and Project Management (ENG 3005, 2022) at UoA

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Mechanistic Study and Application of Single-Atom Catalysts for Activating Persulfate to Remove Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Qiming Zhang
2025 Co-Supervisor Waste-Converted Materials for Water Pollution Control Based on Advanced Oxidation Processes Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Huan Tang
2025 Principal Supervisor Engineering of porous material based nanostructures for green catalysis Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Chenxiao Liu
2025 Co-Supervisor Mechanistic Study and Application of Single-Atom Catalysts for Activating Persulfate to Remove Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Qiming Zhang
2025 Co-Supervisor Waste-Converted Materials for Water Pollution Control Based on Advanced Oxidation Processes Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Huan Tang
2025 Principal Supervisor Engineering of porous material based nanostructures for green catalysis Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Chenxiao Liu
2024 Co-Supervisor Engineered nanomaterials for catalytic oxidation and transformation of (micro)plastic pollutants Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Xiao Lu
2024 Co-Supervisor Application of layered materials in catalysis for water treatment Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Yang Jin
2024 Co-Supervisor Application of layered materials in catalysis for water treatment Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Yang Jin
2024 Co-Supervisor Engineered nanomaterials for catalytic oxidation and transformation of (micro)plastic pollutants Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Xiao Lu
2023 Principal Supervisor Development of Sustainable Catalytic Processes for Treatment of Emerging Micropollutants Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Shuhui Liu
2023 Co-Supervisor Oxidation and Adsorption Processes on Water Treatment Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Yunpeng Wang
2023 Principal Supervisor Catalyst Preparation from Biomass Feedstock for Degradation of Micropollutants in Water Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Selusiwe Ncube
2023 Co-Supervisor Preparation of Functional Materials through Metal Salt-Assisted Biomass Conversion for Environmental Catalysis Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Zhihao Tian
2023 Principal Supervisor Development of Sustainable Catalytic Processes for Treatment of Emerging Micropollutants Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Shuhui Liu
2023 Principal Supervisor Catalyst Preparation from Biomass Feedstock for Degradation of Micropollutants in Water Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Selusiwe Ncube
2023 Co-Supervisor Oxidation and Adsorption Processes on Water Treatment Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Yunpeng Wang
2023 Co-Supervisor Preparation of Functional Materials through Metal Salt-Assisted Biomass Conversion for Environmental Catalysis Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Zhihao Tian

Date Institution Department Organisation Type Country
2023 - 2026 Australian Synchrotron X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) beamline Scientific research Australia

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