PHD/Master Advisor

Master Advisor

Positional Title

Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering

Duty

Email

wanjun@gdut.edu.cn;

wanjun_w@163.com

Research Interests

Personal profile

Education

2009.08 - 2012.07   Ph.D.  The Chinese University of Hong Kong

2006.09 - 2009.03   M.Sc.  Fuzhou University

2002.09 - 2005.07   B. Sc.  University Of Science & Technology Beijing

Work experience

2016.10--   Professor，

School of Environmental Science and Engineering,

Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control,

Guangdong University of Technology,

Guangzhou 510006, China

2012.08-- 2016.09  Postdoctoral

The Chinese University of Hong Kong,

Hong Kong,

P.R. China

Certificates

Academic part-time

Publications:

Recent Publications:

1. Wanjun Wang, Jimmy C. Yu, Dehua Xia, Po Keung Wong, Yecheng Li, Graphene and g-C₃N₄ nanosheets co-wrapped elemental α-sulfur as a novel metal-free heterojunction photocatalyst for bacterial inactivation under visible-light. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2013, 47: 8724-8732. (ESI highly cited paper)

2. Wanjun Wang, Guiying Li, Dehua Xia, Taicheng An, Huijun Zhao, Po Keung Wong, Photocatalytic nanomaterials for solar-driven bacterial inactivation: recent progress and challenges. Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2017, 4, 782-799. (ESI highly cited paper)

3. Wanjun Wang, Ying Yu, Taicheng An, Guiying Li, Ho Yin Yip, Jimmy C. Yu, Po Keung Wong, Visible-light-driven photocatalytic disinfection of E. coli K-12 by bismuth vanadate nanotubes: bactericidal performance and mechanism. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2012, 46: 4599-4606.

4. Wanjun Wang, Guiying Li, Taicheng An, Donald K. L. Chan, Jimmy C. Yu, Po Keung Wong, Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution and bacterial inactivation utilizing sonochemical-synthesized g-C₃N₄/red phosphorus hybrid nanosheets as a wide-spectral-responsive photocatalyst: The role of type I band alignment. Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 2018, 238, 126-135

5. Dehua Xia, Wanjun Wang*, RanYin, Zhifeng Jiang, Taicheng An, Guiying Li, Huijun Zhao, Po Keung Wong, Enhanced photocatalytic inactivation of Escherichia coli by a novel Z-scheme g-C₃N₄/m-Bi₂O₄hybrid photocatalyst under visible light: The role of reactive oxygen species. Appl. Catal. B: Environ.,2017, 214: 23-33.

6. Wanjun Wang, Taicheng An, Guiying Li, Dehua Xia, Huijun Zhao, Jimmy C. Yu, Po Keung Wong, Earth-abundant Ni₂P/g-C₃N₄ lamellar nanohydrids for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution and bacterial inactivation under visible light irradiation. Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 2017, 217: 570-580.

7. Wanjun Wang, Yecheng Li, Zhiwen Kang, Feng Wang, Jimmy C. Yu, A NIR-driven photocatalyst based on β-NaYF₄:Yb,Tm@TiO₂ core–shell structure supported on reduced graphene oxide. Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 2016, 182, 184-192.

8. Wanjun Wang, Xinqiu Chen, G, Liu, Zhurui Shen, Dehua Xia, Po Keung Wong, Jimmy C. Yu, Monoclinic dibismuth tetraoxide: A new visible-light-driven photocatalyst for environmental remediation. Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 2015, 176-177: 444-453.

9. Wanjun Wang, Wingkei Ho, Jianhui Huang, Shijing Liang, Taicheng An, Guiying Li, Jimmy C. Yu, Po Keung Wong, CdIn₂S₄microsphere as an efficient visible-light-driven photocatalyst for bacterial inactivation: synthesis, characterizations and photocatalytic inactivation mechanisms. Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 2013, 129: 482-490.

10. Wanjun Wang, Lizhi Zhang, Taicheng An, Guiying Li, Ho Yin Yip, Po Keung Wong, Comparative study of visible-light-driven photocatalytic mechanisms of dye decolorization and bacterial disinfection by B-Ni-codoped TiO₂ microspheres: The role of different reactive species. Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 2011, 108-109: 108-116.

11. Wanjun Wang, Jimmy C. Yu, Zhurui Shen, Donald K. L. Chan, Ting Gu, g-C₃N₄ quantum dots: direct synthesis, upconversion properties and photocatalytic application. Chem. Commun., 2014, 50: 10148-10150.

12. Wanjun Wang, Taicheng An, Guiying Li, Yecheng Li, Jimmy C Yu, Po Keung Wong, Free-standing red phosphorous/silver sponge monolith as an efficient and easily recyclable macroscale photocatalyst for organic pollutant degradation under visible light irradiation. J. Colloid Interf. Sci., 2018, 518, 130-139.

13. Wanjun Wang, Guocheng Huang, Jimmy C. Yu, Po Keung Wong, Advances in photocatalytic disinfection of bacteria: Development of photocatalysts and mechanisms. J. Environ. Sci., 2015, 34: 232-247.
    

14. Wanjun Wang, Shijing Liang, Kaining Ding, Jinhong Bi, Jimmy C. Yu, Po Keung Wong, Ling Wu, Microwave hydrothermal synthesis of MSnO₃ (M²⁺ = Ca²⁺, Sr²⁺, Ba²⁺): Effect of M²⁺ on crystal structure and photocatalytic properties. J. Mater. Sci., 2014, 49: 1893-1902.

15. Wanjun Wang, Shijing Liang, Jinhong Bi, Jimmy C. Yu, Po Keung Wong, Ling Wu, Lanthanide stannate pyrochlores Ln₂Sn₂O₇ (Ln = Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Er, Yb) nanocrystals: synthesis, characterization, and photocatalytic properties. Mater. Res. Bull., 2014, 56: 86-91.

16. Wanjun Wang, Jinhong Bi, Ling Wu, Zhaohui Li, Xianzhi Fu, Hydrothermal synthesis and catalytic performances of a new photocatalyst CaSnO₃ with microcube morphology. Scripta Mater., 2009, 60: 186-189.

17. Wanjun Wang, Jinhong Bi, Ling Wu, Zhaohui Li, Xuxu Wang, Xianzhi Fu, Hydrothermal synthesis and performances of a novel nanocrystalline Pb₂Sn₂O₆ photocatalyst. Nanotechnology, 2008, 19: 505705.

Research Project

Jan. 2017—Dec. 2019, Program leader,  200,000RMB

Environmental Geochemistry (Project No. 21607028).

Funding Body: Youth Fund of National Nature Science Foundation of China 

Patents