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Artificial symbiotic granules drive synergistic water purification and methane mitigation

A stable consortium between microbes and vascular plants removed chemical oxygen demand, ammonium nitrogen, and phosphate, and upregulated methane oxidation leading to around 58% methane emission, based on a 120-day laboratory trials coupled with multi-omics and dynamic growth modeling.

Hongwei Yu
Jingwen Li
Jiuhui Qu
ResearchOpen Access20 May 2026
Communications Earth & Environment

P: 1-13
UV-activated assisted electrochemical process for mine water deep mineralization and resource recovery

A UV-assisted electrochemical process achieves ~89.9% total organic carbon removal from high-salinity mine water with stable 1,000 h performance. The bipolar membrane electrodialysis produces acid, high-purity alkali (>99%), and reusable water.

Xiangyun Liu
Youzheng Chai
Jiuhui Qu
ResearchOpen Access03 Mar 2026
Nature Communications

Volume: 17, P: 1-10
Author Correction: Assessing global drinking water potential from electricity-free solar water evaporation device

Wei Zhang
Yongzhe Chen
Jiuhui Qu
Amendments and CorrectionsOpen Access05 Sept 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1
Reconstruction and analysis of pore blockage fouling in ceramic ultrafiltration membranes through FIB-SEM

Here authors develop a focused ion beam-scanning electron microscopy tomography strategy that enables accurate 3D reconstruction of organic foulant accumulation within ceramic ultrafiltration membrane pores.

Da Sheng
Tianyu Wang
Jiuhui Qu
ResearchOpen Access16 Dec 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 17, P: 1-12
Hierarchical Ru⁰/Ru^δ+/Al₂O₃ electrocatalyst enabling phenolic contaminant-to-chemical conversion

Converting phenol in wastewater into valuable chemicals through electrochemical hydrogenation offers a sustainable route for resource recovery but lacks efficient catalysts. Here, the authors report a hierarchical Ru⁰/Ru^δ+/Al₂O₃ catalyst to achieve selective conversion of phenol to cyclohexanol.

Renyu Wang
Gong Zhang
Huijuan Liu
ResearchOpen Access24 Nov 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-12
Electro-activated dual-affinity membrane for efficiently removing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from drinking water

An electro-activated dual-affinity membrane with electrostatic and hydrophobic binding sites achieves the effective removal of diverse per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) at environmental concentrations, providing a practical and cost-effective method for addressing the challenge of PFAS contaminants in drinking water.

Lie Liu
Xiaoqiang An
Jiuhui Qu
Research24 Sept 2025
Nature Water

Volume: 3, P: 1198-1207
Confinement-enhanced valorization of contaminants in electrified hydrogenation membranes for water purification

The study identifies an optimal pore size of ~7 μm in electrified membranes for contaminant valorization. This size maximizes reaction efficiency by balancing mass transfer and current distribution. The finding provides a key design principle for sustainable water treatment technologies.

Yuyang Kang
Zhenao Gu
Jiuhui Qu
ResearchOpen Access27 Oct 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-12
Ammonia recovery from nitrate-rich wastewater using a membrane-free electrochemical system

Recovering ammonia from wastewater via electrochemical nitrate reduction would support a circular economy. Here the authors develop a membrane-free electrochemical system that allows efficient and robust ammonia recovery from real nitrate-rich wastewater.

Gong Zhang
Binggong Li
Huijuan Liu
Research28 Aug 2024
Nature Sustainability

Volume: 7, P: 1251-1263
Recovering nutrients and unblocking the cake layer of an electrochemical anaerobic membrane bioreactor

Recovering resources from wastewater sources is an important sustainable development strategy. Here, authors build an electrochemical resource-recovery anaerobic membrane bioreactor for the simultaneous full recovery of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus, while demonstrating membrane fouling mitigation.

Yuhan Zhang
Yongbin Wang
Jiuhui Qu
ResearchOpen Access22 Oct 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-11
Redox-neutral electrochemical decontamination of hypersaline wastewater with high technology readiness level

A flow-through redox-neutral electrochemical reactor–electrodialysis system has been developed to recover water, alkali and acids from hypersaline wastewaters. This accelerates a shift in ‘zero-discharge’ technology from energy-intensive steam-driven to energy-efficient electrically driven processes.

Gong Zhang
Yongqi Li
Huijuan Liu
Research09 May 2024
Nature Nanotechnology

Volume: 19, P: 1130-1140
Assessing global drinking water potential from electricity-free solar water evaporation device

Solar water evaporation is regarded as a promising toolset for decentralized drinking water purification. This study predicts the global drinking water supply potential via solar water evaporation, highlighting where and how to promote solar evaporation devices to fulfill the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6.1 with reasonable costs.

Wei Zhang
Yongzhe Chen
Jiuhui Qu
ResearchOpen Access08 Aug 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-12
Effect of pre-coagulation using different aluminium species on crystallization of cake layer and membrane fouling

Wenzheng Yu
Mengjie Liu
Jiuhui Qu
ResearchOpen Access14 Aug 2019
npj Clean Water

Volume: 2, P: 1-8
Unveiling the spatially confined oxidation processes in reactive electrochemical membranes

Understanding oxidation processes in reactive electrochemical membranes is essential for addressing environmental concerns. The authors highlight that microchannel pore size can profoundly impact not only the reaction kinetics but also the electron transfer pathways.

Yuyang Kang
Zhenao Gu
Jiuhui Qu
ResearchOpen Access18 Oct 2023
Nature Communications

Volume: 14, P: 1-11
Disruption and recovery of river planktonic community during and after the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China

Junwen Chen
Weixiao Qi
Jiuhui Qu
ResearchOpen Access19 Sept 2022
ISME Communications

Volume: 2, P: 1-6
Climate warming and nutrient enrichment destabilize plankton network stability over the past century

Aquatic ecological network stability of the plankton community declined substantially in the mid-1990s in response to climate warming and nutrient enrichment, according to a sedimentary DNA analysis in Lake Chagan, China coupled with planktonic network models.

Siwei Yu
Xiaofeng Cao
Jiuhui Qu
ResearchOpen Access29 Mar 2025
Communications Earth & Environment

Volume: 6, P: 1-12
Contribution of Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles to the fouling of ultrafiltration with coagulation pre-treatment

Wenzheng Yu
Lei Xu
Jiuhui Qu
ResearchOpen Access13 Aug 2015
Scientific Reports

Volume: 5, P: 1-13
Ubiquitous anaerobic ammonium oxidation in inland waters of China: an overlooked nitrous oxide mitigation process

Guibing Zhu
Shanyun Wang
Jiuhui Qu
ResearchOpen Access27 Nov 2015
Scientific Reports

Volume: 5, P: 1-10
Energy use and carbon footprints differ dramatically for diverse wastewater-derived carbonaceous substrates: An integrated exploration of biokinetics and life-cycle assessment

Yanbo Li
Xu Wang
Jiuhui Qu
ResearchOpen Access21 Mar 2017
Scientific Reports

Volume: 7, P: 1-10
Pre-treatment for ultrafiltration: effect of pre-chlorination on membrane fouling

Wenzheng Yu
Lei Xu
Jiuhui Qu
ResearchOpen Access01 Oct 2014
Scientific Reports

Volume: 4, P: 1-8
Chemicals and microbes in bioaerosols from reaction tanks of six wastewater treatment plants: survival factors, generation sources, and mechanisms

Yanjie Wang
Huachun Lan
Junxin Liu
ResearchOpen Access19 Jun 2018
Scientific Reports

Volume: 8, P: 1-12
Microbe–microbe interactions trigger Mn(II)-oxidizing gene expression

Jinsong Liang
Yaohui Bai
Jiuhui Qu
Research12 Aug 2016
The ISME Journal

Volume: 11, P: 67-77

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