环境电化学

环境催化功能材料与器件

工业废水处理与资源化

国家高层次人才项目，2025-2029，项目负责人

国家重点研发计划项目，2022-2026，供水管网多信息多维度集成感知技术与装备，课题负责人

北京市科技计划项目，2023-2026，高性能涂层钛电极关键技术研究及应用推广，项目负责人

国家自然科学基金项目，2023-2026，有机配体共存废水中有机磷酸盐、次/亚磷酸盐的阴阳极耦合氧化与同步回收磷酸铁机制研究，项目负责人

环境保护科学技术奖二等奖，2023年

中国分析测试协会科学技术奖一等奖，2022年

中国表面工程协会科学技术一等奖，2021年

代表性论文

Kaifeng Wang, Ran Mao, Rui Liu, Juanjuan Zhang, Huachao Zhao, Wei Ran, Xu Zhao*, Intentional corrosion-induced reconstruction of defective NiFe layered double hydroxide boosts electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia, Nature Water, 2023, (1), 1068-1078.

Ran Mao, Ke Hu, Hongshuai Kan, Li Yan, Rongsen Chen, Xu Zhao*, Self-catalytic enhancement of Cu-EDTA decomplexation and simultaneous Cu recovery via a dual-cathode electrochemical process, Water Research, 2025, 268, 122775.

Sainan Sun, Meng Qiao, Guanghua Huang, Junke Zhang, Bo Yang*, Xu Zhao*, An electrochlorination process integrating enhanced oxidation of phosphonate to orthophosphate and elimination: Verification of matrix chloridion-induced oxidation mechanism, Water Research, 2024, 249, 120735.

Meng Qiao, Junke Zhang, Ran Mao, Xu Zhao*, Inactivation of Escherichia Coli by mixedvalent nanoparticles in-situ generated during Fe electrocoagulation. Water Research, 2023, 247, 120818.

Jingwei Hao, Huabin Zeng, Xuewei Li, Yifeng Zhang, Yang Lei, Guoping Sheng, Xu Zhao*, Nitrogen and phosphorous recycling from human urine by household electrochemical fixed bed in sparsely populated regions, Water Research, 2022, 218, 118467.

Xuewei Li, Xu Zhao*, Juanjuan Zhang, Jingwei Hao, Qiwu Zhang, Struvite crystallization by using active serpentine: An innovative application for the economical and efficient recovery of phosphorus from black water, Water Research, 2022, 221, 118678.

Ran Mao, Li Yan, Xu Zhao*, Ridha Djellabi, Kaifeng Wang, Ke Hu, Haiyang Zhu, Insights into co-removal of trichloroacetic acid and bromate by an electroreduction process: Competitive reaction mechanism and enhanced atomic H* stabilization, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 429, 132139.

Zhen Wei, Shen Zhao, Wenlu Li, Xu Zhao*, Chuncheng Chen, Yongfa Zhu, Wonyong Choi*, Artificial Photosynthesis of H2O2 through Reversible Photoredox Transformation between Catechol and o‑Benzoquinone, ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 11436−11443.

Ran Mao, Haiyang Zhu, KaiFeng Wang, Xu Zhao*, Selective conversion of nitrate to nitrogengas by enhanced electrochemical process assisted by Fe(II)-Fe(III) hydroxides at cathode surface, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021, 298, 120552.

Juanjuan Zhang, Xu Zhao*, Yan Wang, Ridha Djellabi, Recovery of phosphorus from hypophosphite-laden wastewater: A single-compartment photoelectrocatalytic cell system integrating oxidation and precipitation, Environmental Science & Technology, 2020, 54, 1204-1213.

Yan Wang, Shaohua Hui, Sihui Zhan, Ridha Djellabi, Jiayu Li, Xu Zhao*, Activation of peroxymonosulfate by novel Pt/Al2O3 membranes via a nonradical mechanism for efficient degradation of electron-rich aromatic pollutants, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020, 381, 122563.