Yanhui Ao
Position: Professor
Office address: College of Environment, Hohai University,1 Xikan Road, Nanjing, China, 210098
Email：andyao@hhu.edu.cn, andyao@seu.edu.cn
Research Fields and Interests
Water resources protection, water remediation technology, Water Splitting, Environmental Friendly Materials and Behavior of manufactured nanomaterials.
Education
09/2003-12/2008 Ph.D. in Materials Physics and Chemistry, Southeast University
09/1999-07/2003 B.S. in Inorganic Nonmetal Materials Engineering, Anhui University of Technology
Employment History
2017.7- Present Professor, Environmental Engineering, Hohai University
2011.1- 2017.06 Associate Professor, Environmental Engineering, Hohai University
2016.1-2016.12 Visiting Scholar, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2009.1-2010.12 Post-doctor, Environmental Science and Engineering, Hohai University
Selected Publications
1. Yanhui Ao*(corresponding author), Kedan Wang, Peifang Wang, Chao Wang, Jun Hou, Synthesis of novel 2D-2D p-n heterojunction BiOBr/La2Ti2O7 composite photocatalyst with enhanced photocatalytic performance under both UV and visible light irradiation, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental(IF= 11.698), 2016, 194: 157-168
2. Yan Guo, Peifang Wang, Jin Qian, Yanhui Ao*(corresponding author), Chao Wang, Jun Hou, Phosphate group grafted twinned BiPO4 with significantly enhanced photocatalytic activity: Synergistic effect of improved charge separation efficiency and redox ability, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental(IF= 11.698), 2018, 234: 90-99
3. Mengling Tang, Juan Chen, Peifang Wang, Chao Wang, Yanhui Ao*(corresponding author). Highly efficient adsorption of uranium (vi) from aqueous solution by a novel adsorbent: titanium phosphate nanotubes, Environmental Science: Nano(IF= 6.087), 2018, 5: 2304-2314
4. Xianyong Feng, Peifang Wang, Jun Hou, Jin Qian, Yanhui Ao*(corresponding author), Chao Wang, Significantly enhanced visible light photocatalytic efficiency of phosphorus doped TiO2 with surface oxygen vacancies for ciprofloxacin degradation: Synergistic effect and intermediates analysis. Journal of Hazardous Materials(IF= 6.434), 2018, 351: 196-205
5. Xianyong Feng, Peifang Wang, Jun Hou, Jin Qian, Chao Wang, Yanhui Ao*(corresponding author), Oxygen vacancies and phosphorus codoped black titania coated carbon nanotube composite photocatalyst with efficient photocatalytic performance for the degradation of acetaminophen under visible light irradiation, Chemical Engineering Journal(IF= 6.735), 2018, 352, 947-956
6. Junfang Wang, Juan Chen, Peifang Wang, Jun Hou, Chao Wang, Yanhui Ao*(corresponding author), Robust photocatalytic hydrogen evolution over amorphous ruthenium phosphide quantum dots modified g-C3N4 nanosheet, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental(IF= 11.698), 2018, 239, 578-585
7. Peifang Wang, Tengfei Wu, Chao Wang, Jun Hou, Jin Qian, Yanhui Ao*(corresponding author), Combining Heterojunction Engineering with Surface Cocatalyst Modification To Synergistically Enhance the Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Performance of Cadmium Sulfide Nanorods. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering(IF= 6.140), 2017, 5: 7670-7677
8. Muhan Cao, Peifang Wang, Yanhui Ao*(corresponding author), Chao Wang, Jun Hou, Jin Qian, Photocatalytic degradation of tetrabromobisphenol A by a magnetically separable graphene-TiO2 composite photocatalyst: Mechanism and intermediates analysis, Chemical Engineering Journal(IF= 6.735), 2015, 264: 113-124
9. Muhan Cao, Peifang Wang, Yanhui Ao*(corresponding author), Chao Wang, Jun Hou, Jin Qian. Visible light activated photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline by a magnetically separable composite photocatalyst: Graphene oxide/magnetite/cerium-doped titania. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science(IF= 5.091), 2016, 467: 129-139.
10. Peifang Wang, Yanhui Ao*(corresponding author), Chao Wang, Jun Hou, Jin Qian, A one-pot method for the preparation of graphene-Bi2MoO6 hybrid photocatalysts that are responsive to visible-light and have excellent photocatalytic activity in the degradation of organic pollutants, Carbon(IF= 7.082), 2012, 50: 5256-5264
Selected Research Projects
Principal Investigator:
(1) National Natural Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scholars: Water conservation and water environment remediation. (grant number: 51422902)
Founding Agency: National Natural Science Fund Committee
Date: 2015.01-2017.12
(2) National special support program for high-level personnel recruitment (Young Top Talents Program)
Founding Agency: The Organization Department of the Central Committee of the CPC
Date: 2019.01-2021.12
(3) National Natural Science Foundation: Investigation on the aggregation/disaggregation properties of photo-active manufactured nanomaterials and their interaction mechanism with cyanobacteria bloom in aquatic environment. (grant number: 51679063)
Founding Agency: National Natural Science Fund Committee
Date: 2017.01-2020.12
(4) National Natural Science Foundation: Investigation on the preparation and activity of graphene based visible light responsive composite photocatalysts. (grant number: 51108158)
Founding Agency: National Natural Science Fund Committee
Date: 2012.01-2014.12
(5) Fok Ying-Tong Education Foundation for Young Teachers: Investigation on the effect of typical light active manufactured nanomaterials on the environmental behavior of heavy metal. (grant number: 151074)
Founding Agency: Fok Ying-Tong Foundation Committee
Date: 2016.09-2019.09
Awards and Honors
1) 2013, Natural Science Award, Ministry of Education, China, first class: Ecological effect of aquatic plant and interaction effect mechanism between aquatic plant, water & sediment, and pollutant in river or lake.
2) 2016, Key technologies of constructing ecological water-saving irrigation district and its application. The first prize of National Award for Science and Technology Progress
Teaching Experince
Undergraduate Courses: Physical Chemistry, Introduction to Environment Science
