Jun. 2021: Professor Wen Zhang was invited to report for RCR seminar about seeking sustainable pathways for spend lithium-ion batteries.
Explore the Nano World
Aug. 2021: Dr. Wen Zhang’s team membersjoined the ACS Fall 2021 in Atlanta and presented their research.
Jul. 2021: Dr. Zhang’s group membersparticipated the first 2021 virtual CAPEES e-poster competition on July 17, 2021.Dr. Weihua Qingwon the best poster award.
Wen's Research Group
Wen Zhang
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor
Phone: (973) 596-5520
Fax: (973) 596-5790
Email: wen.zhang@njit.edu
Office Location: Colton Hall 211
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Our research encompasses the following scenarios:
SELECTED Research projects
1.UV/visible driven photocatalysis for pollutant degradation and disinfection;
2.Magnetophoretic separation using magnetic nanoparticles;
3.Reactive membrane separation and pollutant removal;
4.Nanoscale imaging and quantifying material properties;
5.Reactive nanobubbles and engineering applications;
6.Microplastics characterization and environmental behavior;
7.Recovery of Li and Co from spent Lithium ion batteries with green chemical processes.
1. Project Title: Interfacially Engineered Membranes for Simultaneous Microwave Catalysis and Liquid Filtration.
Funded by Interfacial Engineering Program from the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental,
and Transport Systems Division (CBET).
Award number: 2025374. Duration: 09/01/2020-08/31/2023
2. Project Title: PFI-TT: Electrochemically Reactive Membrane Filtration for Enhanced Recalcitrant Pollutant Removal.
Partnerships for Innovation (PFI), Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships, National Science Foundation.
Award number: 2016472. Duration: 09/01/2020-08/31/2022
3. Project Title: Electromagnetic Induction Interfacial Heating for High-Efficiency Membrane Distillation.
Funded by The U.S. Department of the Interior via Bureau of Reclamation.
Agreement number: R19AC00107. Duration: 02/14/2020-02/13/2021
4. Project Title: Microwave-assisted Reactive and Antifouling Membrane Filtration for Water Purification.
Funded by The U.S. Department of the Interior via Bureau of Reclamation.
Agreement number: R19AC00106. Duration: 02/14/2020-02/13/2021
5. Project Title: Characterization of facet-dependent properties of crystalline nanomaterial.
Funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF),
Award number: 1756444. Duration: 09/01/2018-08/31/2021
6. Project Title: Use of Novel Nanobubble Watering Processes for Enhanced Plant Growth and Pathogen Control.
Funded by State Department of Agriculture (USDA): Agriculture Systems and Technology: Nanotechnology for Agricultural
and Food Systems.
Award number: 2019-67021-29450. Duration: 05/15/2019-05/04/2022
7. Project Title: Development of Reactive Nanobubble Systems for Efficient and Scalable Harmful Algae and Cyanotoxin
Removal.
Funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) via the P3 phase II grant.
Agreement number: 84001901. Duration: 7/1/2020-06/30/2021
8. Project Title: Lithium recovery from waste/spent lithium ion battery (LIB) using green chemical processes.
Funded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) via the Pollution Prevention (P2) program.
Agreement number: NP96259118. Duration: 10/1/2018-10/30/2021
9. Project Title: NSF: I-Corp: Reactive Nanobubbles Technology for Green and Sustainable Environmental and
Agricultural Applications.
Award Number: 1912367. Duration: 01/25/2019-07/25/2021
10. Project Title: New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute (NJWRRI), USGS: Carbon-Metal Nanohybrids (CMNHs)-
Impregnated Reactive Electrochemical Membrane (REM) Filtration for PFAS Removal.
Duration: 06/01/2020-05/30/2021
11. Project Title: New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute (NJWRRI), USGS: Effects of Microbubble Formation on
Sediment Pollutant Resuspension.
Duration: 06/01/2020-05/30/2021
12. Project Title: New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute (NJWRRI), USGS: Assessment of Spent Lithium-ion
Batteries on Surface Water Quality: Delineating Baseline Level Changes of Lithium, Cobalt and Lithium Hexafluorophosphate.
Duration: 06/01/2020-05/30/2021
13. Project Title: New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute (NJWRRI), USGS: Electrochemical Device Development for
Detection and Removal of Perfluorinated Substances in Water.
Duration: 06/01/2020-05/30/2021