SCIENTIFIC publications

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First-author

1. Chen, X., Verbeke, R., Boo, C., Dickmann, M., Egger, W., Ndamage, K., Vankelecom, I. F. J., and Yip, N. Y., "Elucidating the roles of polyamide layer structural properties in permeability-selectivity tradeoff governing aqueous separations", ACS ES&T Engineering, 2022. doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.2c00103 

2. Chen, X., Boo, C., and Yip, N. Y., "Influence of solute molecular diameter on permeability-selectivity tradeoff of thin-film composite polyamide membranes in aqueous separations", Water Research, 2021. doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117311

3. Chen, X., Boo, C., and Yip, N.Y., "Transport and structural properties of osmotic membranes in high-salinity desalination using cascading osmotically mediated reverse osmosis", Desalination, April 2020, Volume 479, 114335. doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2020.114335 

4. Chen, X., Boo, C., and Yip, N.Y., “Low-temperature heat utilization with vapor pressure-driven osmosis: Impact of membrane properties on mass and heat transfer”, Journal of Membrane Science, October 2019, Volume 588, 117181. doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117181 

5. Chen, X. and Yip, N.Y., “Unlocking High-Salinity Desalination with Cascading Osmotically Mediated Reverse Osmosis: Energy and Operating Pressure Analysis”, Environmental Science & Technology, February 2018, Volume 52, 2242–2250. doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b05774 

6. Chen, X.*, Huo, X.*, Liu, J., Wang, Y., Werth, C. J., and Strathmann, T. J., "Exploring beyond palladium: Catalytic reduction of aqueous oxyanion pollutants with alternative platinum group metals and new mechanistic implications", Chemical Engineering Journal, April 2017, Volume 313, 745-752. doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2016.12.058

Additional

7. Shah, K.M., Billinge, I.H., Chen, X., Fan, H., Huang, Y., Winton, R.K., and Yip, N.Y., "Drivers, Challenges, and Emerging Technologies for Desalination of High-Salinity Brines: A Critical Review", Desalination, 2022. doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2022.115827 

8. Le, T., Chen, X., Dong, H., Tarpeh, W. A., Perea-Cachero A., Coronas J., Martin, S. M., Mohammad, M.,, Razmjou, A., Esfahani, A. R., Koutahzadeh, N., Cheng, P., Kidambi, P. R., Esfahani, M. R., "An evolving insight into metal organic framework-functionalized membranes for water and wastewater treatment and resource recovery", Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Aprial 2021, Volume 60, 6869–6907. doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.1c00543

9. Tarpeh, W. A., and Chen, X., "Making wastewater obsolete: Selective separations to enable circular water treatment", Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, January 2021, Volume 5, 100078. doi.org/10.1016/j.ese.2021.100078

10. Boo, C., Billinge, I.H., Chen, X., Shah, K.M., and Yip, N.Y., "Zero Liquid Discharge of Ultrahigh Salinity Brines with Temperature Swing Solvent Extraction", Environmental Science & Technology, June 2020, Volume 54, 9124–9131. doi/10.1021/acs.est.0c02555

11. McCartney, S.N., Williams, N.A., Boo, C., Chen, X., and Yip, N.Y., "Novel Isothermal Membrane Distillation with Acidic Collector for Selective and Energy-Efficient Recovery of Ammonia from Urine", ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, April 2020, Volume 8, Issue 19, 7324–7334. doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c00643 

12. Liu, J., Han, M., Wu, D., Chen, X., Choe, J., Werth, C. J., and Strathmann, T. J., "A new bioinspired perchlorate reduction catalyst with significantly enhanced stability via rational tuning of rhenium coordination chemistry and heterogeneous reaction pathway." Environmental science & technology, May 2016, Volume 50, 5874-5881. doi/10.1021/acs.est.6b00886

13. Liu, J., Chen, X., Wang, Y., Strathmann, T. J., and Werth C. J., "Mechanism and mitigation of the decomposition of an oxorhenium complex-based heterogeneous catalyst for perchlorate reduction in water", Environmental science & technology, September 2015, Volume 49, 12932-12940. doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b03393

14. Lian, F., Sun, B., Chen, X., Zhu, L., Liu, Z., and Xing, B., "Effect of humic acid (HA) on sulfonamide sorption by biochars", Environmental Pollution, September 2015, Volume 204, 306-312. doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2015.05.030

15. Wan, W., Chen, X., Ju, X., Mu, Q., Wang, C., Mao, D., Luo, Y., "Simultaneous determination of residual antibiotics in livestock manure by solide phase extraction-ultra-high performance liquid chromatography tantem mass spectrometry", Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry, April 2013, Volume 41, 993-999. doi:10.3724/SP.J.1096.2013.21199 

Under-review

i. Kogler, A; Sharma, N.; Tiburcio, D.; Gong, M.; Miller, D.; Williams, K.; Chen, X.; Tarpeh, W.A. "Long-term robustness and failure mechanisms of electrochemical stripping for wastewater nitrogen recovery". Submitted to ACS Environment Au.

ii. Chen, X.#; Machala, M. L.#; Bunke, S. P.#; Forbes, G.; Yegizbay, A.; de Chalendar, J.A.; Azevedo, I.; Benson, S.; Tarpeh, W. A. "Life cycle comparison of industrial-scale lithium-ion battery recycling and mining supply chains". Submitted to Nature Communications.

In-preparation

ii. Chen, X.; Tarpeh, W. A. Selective separation of lithium using chemically modified nanoporous polyamide membrane with electrodialysis.

iii. Chen, X.; Kim, D.; Yip, N. Y. Influences of molecular properties of electrolytes on permeability– selectivity tradeoff of thin-film composite polyamide membranes in aqueous separations.

doctoral dissertation

Chen, X., "Advancing membrane technologies for sustainable Production of Energy and Water", Columbia University, 2020. doi.org/10.7916/d8-sn5m-8a79