中国科学院生态环境研究中心二级研究员，博士生导师；中国科学院大学岗位教授。一直致力于环境功能材料研发与工业废水电化学资源化处理研究工作，取得了从基础研究、技术开发到工程应用的创新性成果。迄今，以第一或通讯作者发表SCI收录论文200余篇，论文他引超过万余次，发表中文论文40余篇，入选爱思唯尔中国高被引学者，获授权国家发明专利25项。出版专著《光电催化净水原理与应用》，参编英文专著多部。成果先后获得中国表面工程协会科学技术奖一等奖、中国分析测试协会科学技术奖CAIA奖一等奖、生态环境部环境保护科学技术奖二等奖，作为骨干获国家技术发明二等奖。
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
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.
