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Research
Latest papers
Oil spills in inland freshwaters: A review of recent incidents, mitigation practices, and ecological impacts in the United States.
The Science of the total environment · 2026 · senior author
Chiral polylactic acid-based composite membrane with hydrophilic modification for efficient degradation of organic pollutants by harvesting mechanical energy.
Journal of colloid and interface science · 2026
Programmable Oxygen-Ligand Fields Encode Atomic Cu Coordination for Pathway-Selective CO2-Nitrate Conversion to Urea.
ACS nano · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $153,600
Optimizing Lithium Recycling from Waste Batteries to Support Canada's Sustainable Critical Mineral Strategy
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $39,000
Conversion of Industrial and Municipal Wet Biowastes into Sustainable Green Hydrogen
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $45,125
catalytic CO2 hydrogenation to alcohols via non-thermal plasma
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
20 publications.
Oil spills in inland freshwaters: A review of recent incidents, mitigation practices, and ecological impacts in the United States.
Olowoyo JO, Zou N, Cooper D, Hansen K, Palace V, Lee K, Xin Q, Bassi A, Zheng Y
Chiral polylactic acid-based composite membrane with hydrophilic modification for efficient degradation of organic pollutants by harvesting mechanical energy.
Chen N, He X, Shao J, Qiu D, Gong Y, Li N, Chen D, Zheng Y, Lu J
Programmable Oxygen-Ligand Fields Encode Atomic Cu Coordination for Pathway-Selective CO2-Nitrate Conversion to Urea.
Li C, Gharahshiran VS, Cui J, Li K, Zeng Y, Zheng Y
Deep Learning Guided Exploration of Transition Metal Oxide Catalysts in Acetylene Selective Hydrogenation.
Yao C, Zhang Q, Lu H, Zhang X, Fan Y, Luo J, Fang R, Liu H, Lyu J, Feng F, Lin L, Lu C, Zheng Y, Wang J, Wang Q, Zhang Q, Li X
Macrocyclic Schiff-base covalent organic polymers with synergistic multi-sites for high-temperature iodine/methyl iodide capture.
Liu L, Ma Z, Huang J, Huang Z, Li J, Qiu J, Zheng Y, Lian C, Chen D, Chen L, Xu Q, Lu J
Pore Engineering for Directional CO2 Enrichment in Urea Electrosynthesis.
Li C, Xu H, Zou N, Liu R, Zeng Y, Zheng Y
Sustainable Recycling of Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes: Life Cycle Assessment, Technologies, and Economic Insights.
Pang D, Wang H, Zeng Y, Han X, Zheng Y
Open-source portable solar power supply for plasma generators.
Rahman MM, Zhang W, Zheng Y, Pearce JM
Advancements in Lignin Valorization for Energy Storage Applications: Sustainable Technologies for Lignin Extraction and Hydrothermal Carbonization.
Wang H, Meng H, Olowoyo JO, Zeng Y, Zheng Y
Electrocatalysts for Urea Synthesis from CO2 and Nitrogenous Species: From CO2 and N2/NOx Reduction to urea synthesis.
Li C, Zhu Q, Song C, Zeng Y, Zheng Y
Optimizing Lithium Recycling from Waste Batteries to Support Canada's Sustainable Critical Mineral Strategy
Principal investigators: Zheng, Ying
Keywords: Energy storage and conversion; Engineering
Conversion of Industrial and Municipal Wet Biowastes into Sustainable Green Hydrogen
Principal investigators: Zheng, Ying Y
Keywords: biochar; black liquor; catalytic reaction; gasification; green hydrogen; hydrothermal carbonization; municipal wastes
catalytic CO2 hydrogenation to alcohols via non-thermal plasma
Principal investigators: Zheng, Ying Y
Keywords: alcohol synthesis; catalytic materials; catalytic reaction; co2 hydrogenation; non-thermal plasma; reaction fundamentals
Green Graphite Production, Fast-Charging Battery Application, and Recycling
Principal investigators: Li, Ge G
Keywords: battery; energy storage; fast charging; graphite; manufacturing; recycling
Microwave-assisted catalytic gas reforming technology for clean distributed hydrogen
Principal investigators: Zheng, Ying Y
Advancement of bitumen partial upgrading with consideration of alloy corrosion
Principal investigators: Zheng, Ying Y
Chemical Reactions and Intensification
Principal investigators: Zheng, Ying
Keywords: chemical reaction; catalysis; catalytic processes; biofuels; CO2 utilization; intensification; cavitation; non-thermal plasma.
Catalytic processes with plasma and cavitation dual intensification: application in hydrodeoxygenation
Principal investigators: Zheng, Ying
Keywords: catalysis; process intensification; plasma; cavitation; in-situ hydrogen; hydrodeoxygenation; catalysts; advanced hydrocarbon biofuel; radicals; gas bubble
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Ying Zheng and Zhongwei Chen: 2 shared papers
- Ying Zheng and Amarjeet Bassi: 1 shared paper
- Ying Zheng and Yang Zhao: 1 shared paper
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering - University of Waterloo
- Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- Mechanical and Materials Engineering
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