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Industrial waste water treatment Innovative advanced oxidation processes Rapid drinking water disinfection ZLD technology

Environmental Chemistry and Materials

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Environmental catalysis and catalytic processes Environmental monitoring and toxicity analysis Smart reusable sorbents Green and sustainable nanotechnology

Environmental Chemistry and Materials

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Functional materials derived from biomasses and incineration ash Green chemicals and materials from renewable resources New materials for non-conventional filtration and separation Plastic waste and microplastics ​

Environmental Chemistry and Materials

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY AND MATERIALS

This domain applies to physical and chemical materials for environmental treatment applications, with research efforts towards water technology, environmental / sustainable chemistry and environmental material science.  To support endeavours such as industrial wastewater treatment, advanced oxidation, sorption, value-creating green products and processes, food safety and water recycling, and other advanced environmental analysis

Its R.E.D efforts are focused around these 3 key areas: 

Water Technology 
  • Industrial waste water treatment 
  • Innovative advanced oxidation processes 
  • Rapid drinking water disinfection 
  • ZLD technology
Environmental Chemistry 
  • Environmental catalysis and catalytic processes 
  • Environmental monitoring and toxicity analysis 
  • Smart reusable sorbents 
  • Green and sustainable nanotechnology 
Environmental Materials Science 
  • Functional materials derived from biomasses and incineration ash 
  • Green chemicals and materials from renewable resources 
  • New materials for non-conventional filtration and separation
  • Plastic waste and microplastics ​

Areas of research

Physical and chemical materials for environmental treatment applications. 

Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOP)

  • Photocatalysis
  • Ozonation
  • Hybrid Combinations

Catalysis

  • Novel materials for disinfection,
  • lower energy
  • recyclable

Sorption

  • Hydrogel
  • Activated Carbon

Resource recovery

  • Valuable metal recovery from waste streams

Chemical technologies for industrial wastewater - advanced oxidation process
Chemical Tech for Industrial wastewater

Development of novel superabsorbent cryogels for point of use water treatment
Development of Cryogels_compressed

Research enquiries: Professor Hu Xiao (Programme Director) [email protected] / (65) 6593 8126

Lab safety enquires: Dr Liang Yen Nan (Lab Manager) [email protected] / (65) 6592 7793