Hu, Yun

Title:Professor

Gender:Female

Tel:020-39380573,13728055437

E-mail:huyun@scut.edu.cn

Admissions Major

Master's admissions major:

  • Master of academic degree: 083000| Environmental science and engineering.

  • Master of professional degree: 085700| Resources and environment.

Doctoral admissions major:

  • Doctor of academic degree: 083000| Environmental science and engineering.

  • Doctor of professional degree: 085700| Resources and environment.

Working experience

  • 2014-present: Professor, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology

  • 2007-2014: Associate Professor, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology

  • 2005-2007: Special Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

  • 1996-1999: Engineer, Chengdu Tonglian Pharmaceutical Co.Ltd

Educational experience

  • 2003-2006: Ph.D., Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Prefectural University, Japan

  • 2001-2003: M.S., Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Prefectural University, Japan

  • 1992-1996: B.S., Department of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, China

Field of research

Development of new multi-functional photo/electric catalysts, adsorbents, self-cleaning membranes and other environmental functional nanomaterials and their control technologies for persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals in water, volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere

Recent research projects

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): Synergistic control and mechanism study of visible light semiconductor/mesoporous walled titanium nanotube composite photocatalyst for heavy metal-refractory organic compound pollution (21577039), project leader, 2016.1-2019.12, completed.

  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China: Development and catalytic performance of hydrophobic molecular sieve-loaded visible photocatalyst based on endocrine disruptor recognition (21277051), project leader, 2013.1-2016.12, completed.

  3. Guangdong Science and Technology Program Project: Targeted enrichment and efficient photocatalytic degradation of environmental endocrine disruptors by multifunctional group modified molecular sieves combined pollution control technology (2015A020215004), project leader, 2016.1-2018.12, completed.

  4. Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Project: Development of High Efficiency Loaded Photocatalytic Materials for Visible Photocatalytic Oxidation of Difficult to Degrade Organic Pollutants (12C62081602), project leader, 2012.4-2015.3, completed.

  5. Key Project of Basic Scientific Research Funds of Central Universities: Photocatalytic Oxidation Performance and Mechanism of NOx by Molecular Sieve Composite Visible TiO2 (2012ZZ0049), Project Leader, 2012.1-2013.12, completed.

  6. Fundamental Research Funds of Central Universities: Preparation of hydrophobized molecular sieve-loaded visible photocatalyst and its removal performance of toxic and non-degradable organic compounds (2009ZM0049), project leader, 2010.1-2012.12, completed.

  7. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): Research on the photocatalytic degradation of NOx by molecular sieves loaded with highly dispersed transition metal oxides (20807015), project leader, 2009.1-2011.12, completed.

  8. Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China: Mechanism and Control Principle of Typical Pollutants Generation in Coal Chemical Process Wastewater (21037001), Project Member, 2011.1-2014.12, completed.

  9. Toyota Motor Technology Center (China) Co., Ltd: Optimization study of high concentration organic wastewater treatment process, 2014.6-2015.5, completed.

  10. Kai Mao Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd: a preparation method of super hydrophilic mesoporous silicon oxide film, 2013.12, technology transfer.

Academic achievements

She devoted herself to the development of new environmental functional nanomaterials and their application in water and gas pollution control. She published more than 80 academic papers, including more than 40 SCI-indexed papers, 3 monographs (co-authored), and applied for 8 national invention patents, 5 of which have been granted and 1 has been transferred.

Representative Papers:

  1. X. Diao,Y. Hu*,Y. He,F. Quan, C. Wei, Preparation of 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl functionalized hydrophobic mesoporous silica and its outstanding adsorption properties for dibutyl phthalate,RSC Advances, 7, 8338-8346, 2017

  2. Z. Bai, Y. Hu*, S. Yan, W. Shan, C. Wei, Preparation of mesoporous SiO2/Bi2O3/TiO2 superhydrophilic thin films and their surface self-cleaning properties, RSC Advances, 7, 1966-1974, 2017.

  3. W. Shan, Y. Hu*, Z. Bai, M. Zheng, C. Wei, In situ preparation of g-C3N4/bismuth-based oxide nanocomposites with enhanced photocatalytic activity Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 188, 1-12, 2016.

  4. X. Song, Y. Hu*, M. Zheng, C. Wei, Solvent-free in situ synthesis of g-C3N4/{001}TiO2 composite with enhanced UV-and visible-light photocatalytic activity for NO oxidation, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 182, 587-597, 2016.

  5. X. Liu, Y. Hu*, J. Huang, C. Wei, Detailed characteristics of adsorption of bisphenol A by highly hydrophobic MCM-41 mesoporous molecular sieves, Research on Chemical Intermediates, 2016.

  6. Y. Hu*, X. Song, S. Jiang, C. Wei, Enhanced photocatalytic activity of Pt-doped TiO2 for NOx oxidation both under UV and visible light irradiation: A synergistic effect of lattice Pt4+ and surface PtO, Chemical Engineering Journal, 274, 102-112, 2015.

  7. F. Quan, Y. Hu*, X. Liu, C. Wei, The cooperative adsorption properties of cetyl/amino-SBA-15 for 4-nonylphenol, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17, 19401-19409, 2015.

  8. W. Shan, Y. Hu*, M. Zheng, C. Wei, The enhanced photocatalytic activity and self-cleaning properties of mesoporous SiO2 coated Cu-Bi2O3 thin films, Dalton Transactions, 44, 7428-7436, 2015.

  9. F. Zhang, C. Wei, Y. Hu, H. Wu, Zinc ferrite catalysts for ozonation of aqueous organic contaminants: phenol and bio-treated coking wastewater, Separation and Purification Technology, 156, 625-635, 2015.

  10. F. Quan, Y. Hu*, X. Zhang, C. Wei, Simple preparation of Mn-N-codoped TiO2 photocatalyst and the enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation, Applied Surface Science, 320, 120-127, 2014.

  11. Y. Hu*, Y. He, X. Wang, C. Wei, Efficient adsorption of phenanthrene by simply synthesized hydrophobic MCM-41 molecular sieves, Applied Surface Science, 311, 825-830, 2014.

  12. Y. Hu*, M. Anpo, C. Wei, Effect of the local structures of V-oxides in MCM-41 on the photocatalytic properties for the partial oxidation of methane to methanol, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 264, 48-55, 2013.

  13. Y. Hu*, M. Anpo, C. Wei, Effect of the local structures of V-oxides in MCM-41 on the photocatalytic properties for the partial oxidation of methane to methanol, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 264, 48-55, 2013.

  14. W. Zhang, C. Wei, C. Feng, Y. Ren, Y. Hu, B. Yan, C. Wu, The occurrence and fate of phenolic compounds in a coking wastewater treatment plant, Water Science & Technology, 68, 433-440, 2013.

  15. G. Guo, Y. Hu*, S. Jiang, C. Wei, Photocatalytic oxidation of NOx over TiO2/HZSM-5 catalysts in the presence of water vapor: Effect of hydrophobicity of zeolites, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 223, 39-45, 2012.16. P. Chen, Y. Hu*, C. Wei, Preparation of superhydrophilic mesoporous SiO2 thin films, Applied Surface Science, 258, 4334-4338, 2012.