Academic Qualification
Ph.D. in South China University of Technology
Master in Kunming University of Science and Technology
Bachelor in Kunming University of Science and Technology
Teaching Area
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
Research Area
Environmental mineralogy
Eutrophication control
Adsorption
Catalysis
Biofuels
Professional Services
Editorial Board Member, Applied Clay Science, since 2022
Early Career Board Member, Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, since 2022
Editorial board member, Green and Sustainable Chemistry – Frontiers, since 2022
Young council member of the Mineral Materials Committee of the Silicate Society, China, since 2022
Member of the expert committee of the Postgraduate Ideas Competition for Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality in China, since 2022
Working Experience
Jul. 2022 ~ Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering / Macau Environmental Research Institute, Faculty of Innovation Engineering, MUST
Sep. 2018 ~ Sep. 2021, Specially Appointed Research Fellow, Environmental School, South China Normal University
Nov. 2015 ~ Aug. 2018, Postdoc, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academic Publication (selected)
(1) Li Zheng, Wei Yanfu*, Wu Honghai, Yuan Peng, Bu Hongling, Tan Xinjie, Stable Magnetite/La-Fe Oxide Core-Shell Nanostructures Prepared via Lattice Lock for Reusable Extraction of Phosphate Anions, Inorganic Chemistry, accept. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c02487
(2) Ma Qiyi, Wei Yanfu, Zhao Ning, Wang Shun, Zhang Baifa, Liu Dong, Yuan Peng*, Construction of an allophane-based molecularly imprinted polymer for the efficient removal of antibiotic from aqueous solution. Science of The Total Environment, 2023, 903: 166464. (Co-first author) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166464
(3) Wei Yanfu*, Yuan Peng*, Zhou Junming, Liu Jing, Losic Dusan, Wu Honghai, Bu Hongling, Tan Xinjie, Li Zheng. Direct Atomic-Scale Insight into the Precipitation Formation at the Lanthanum Hydroxide Nanoparticle/Solution Interface. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2023, 14: 3995-4003. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00336
(4) Bu Honglin, Wei Yanfu, Liu Chengshua, Liu Dong, Tan Daoyong & Liu Hongmei, Effects of illite–smectite clay minerals on the thermal evolution of aliphatic organic matter-clay complexes: a study with thermogravimetry coupled with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (TG-FTIR). Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2023 148, 741–752. (Co-first author) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10973-022-11829-z
(5) Liang Changjin, Wu Honghai*, Chen Jing, Wei Yanfu*, Mechanistic insights into the interfacial adsorption behaviors of Cr(VI) on ferrihydrite: Effects of pH and naturally coexisting anions in the environment, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2023, 249: 114474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.114474
(6) Wei Yanfu *, Yuan Peng*, Liu Dong, Liu Mingxian, Dusan Losic, Ma Xiaomin, Jiang Ran, Wu Nanchun, Yang Fang, Zhang Junxiong. Converting chrysotile nanotubes into magnesium oxide and hydroxide using lanthanum oxycarbonate hybridization and alkaline treatment for efficient phosphate adsorption, Inorganic Chemistry, 2022, 61(37), 14684-14694. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02052
(7) Zhong Xue Min, Yuan Peng*, Wei Yanfu*, Liu Dong, Losic Dusan, Li Mengyuan, Coupling Natural Halloysite Nanotubes and Bimetallic Pt-Au Alloy Nanoparticles for Highly Efficient and Selective Oxidation of 5- Hydroxymethylfurfural to 2, 5-Furandicarboxylic Acid. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 3, 3949–3960. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c18788
(8) Wei Yanfu*, Guo Kexin, Wu Honghai*, Yuan Peng, Liu Dong, Du Peixin, Chen Pengcheng, Wei Longmeng, Chen Wei. Highly regenerative and efficient adsorption of phosphate by restructuring natural palygorskite clay via alkaline activation and co-calcination. Chemical Communications, 2021, 57(13):1639–1642. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC07888C
(9) Lu Pengcheng, Wu Honghai*, Liang Changjin, Wei Yanfu*, Song Zhenhao, New design for titanium-pillared montmorillonite composites as efficient heterogeneous catalysts to enhance Fe (II) reductivity for 2-nitrophenol removal. Applied Clay Science, 2021, 205, 106052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2021.106052
(10) Wei Yanfu* Liang Xujun, Wu Honghai, Cen Jiemin, Ji Yangmei, Efficient phosphate removal by dendrite-like halloysite-zinc oxide nanocomposites prepared via noncovalent hybridization. Applied Clay Science, 2021, 213, 106232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2021.106232
(11) Wei Longmeng, Bu Hongling, Wei Yanfu*, Wang Gehui, Chen Pengcheng, Li Hongmei, Fractionation of natural algal organic matter and its preservation on the surfaces of clay minerals. Applied Clay Science, 2021, 213, 106235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2021.106235
(12) Wei Yanfu*, Song Zhenhao, Wu Honghai*, Titanium-pillared montmorillonite composite as an efficient catalyst for 2-nitrophenol reductive transformation by Fe(II): The effects of aqueous chemistry and mechanistic insights. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2021, 627, 127243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127243
(13) Chen Pengcheng, Wei Yanfu*,Wei Longmeng, Wu Honghai, Bu Hongling, Wang Gehui, Wang Shihan. Quantitative assessments of organic matter uncoupling from clay surfaces in presence of salinity, Applied Clay Science, 2020, 188: 105532. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2020.105532
(14) Wei Yanfu, Yuan Peng*, Liu Dong, Losic Dusan, Tan Daoyong, Chen Fanrong, Liu Hongchang, Zhou Junming, Du Peixin, Song Yaran. Activation of natural halloysite nanotubes by introducing lanthanum oxycarbonate nanoparticles via co-calcination for outstanding phosphate removal, Chemical Communications, 2019, 55(14): 2110-2113. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC10314C
(15) Wei Yanfu, Yuan Peng*, Song Yaran, Liu Dong, Losic Dusan, Tan Daoyong, Chen Fanrong, Liu Hongchang, Du Peixin, Zhou Junming. Activating 2D nano-kaolinite using hybrid nanoparticles for enhanced phosphate capture, Chemical Communications, 2018, 54(82): 11649-11652. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC04642E
(16) Wei Yanfu, Liang Xujun, Guo Chuling*, Dang Zhi*, Competitive partitioning of phenanthrene in carbon nanomaterials and anionic and nonionic micelles. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2018, 553: 612-617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.06.014
(17) Wei Yanfu, Liang Xujun, Lin Weijia, Guo Chuling*, Dang Zhi*. Clay mineral dependent desorption of pyrene from soils by single and mixed anionic–nonionic surfactants, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2015, 264: 807-814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2014.12.019
(18) Wei Yanfu, Liang Xujun, Tong Le, Guo Chuling, Dang Zhi, Enhanced solubilization and desorption of pyrene from soils by saline anionic–nonionic surfactant systems. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2015, 468:211-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2014.12.026
(19) Huang Xiaofeng, Wei Yanfu, Zhou Tao, Qin Yangsong, Gao Kunyang,. Synthesis of tetrakis (hydroxymethyl) phosphonium chloride by high-concentration phosphine in industrial off-gas, Water Science and Technology, 2013, 68(2):342-347. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2013.240
(20) Yang Lu, Wu Honghai, Zhao Yixuan, Tan Xinjie, Wei Yanfu, Guan Yufeng, Huang Gouyong. Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 dissimilatory reduction of ferrihydrite to highly enhance mineral transformation and reactive oxygen species production in redox-fluctuating environments. Chemosphere 352 (2024): 141364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141364
(21) Zhao Ning, Ma Qiyi, Zhang Baifa, Liu Dong, Wei Yanfu, Li Mengyuan, Yu Ting, Li Haoyu, Yuguo Shen, Yuan Peng, New insight into removal of tetracycline by a two-dimensional graphene-like carbon adsorbent prepared using one-step pyrolysis of spent bleaching earth: Adsorption behaviors, mechanisms and cost analysis, Separation and Purification Technology, 2023, 327: 124950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2023.124950
(22) Zhao Ning, Ma Qiyi, Wei Yanfu, Wang Shun, Zhong Xuemin, Zhuang Guanzheng, Yuan Peng, Co3O4 anchored on sepiolite surface grooves for superior adsorption of tetracycline from wastewater. Separation and Purification Technology, 2023, 124367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2023.124367
(23) Zhao Ning, Ma Qiyi, Zhang Baifa, Wei Yanfu, Liu Dong, Li Mengyuan, Li Haoyu, Yuan Peng, Intensive adsorption of tetracycline by cobalt oxide quantum dots-loaded mineral carbon, Bioresource Technology. 2023: 129373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129373
(24) Zhong Xuemin, Yuan Peng, Sadjadi Samahe, Liu Dong, Wei Yanfu, Palygorskite-supported ruthenium catalysts for the efficient selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2, 5-diformylfuran, Applied Clay Science, 2023, 242: 107023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2023.107023
(25) Ma Qiyi, Zhao Ning, Wei Yanfu, Wang Shun, Liu Dong, Yuan Peng, Efficient adsorption and separation of norfloxacin from water by allophane aerogel microspheres, Separation and Purification Technology, 2023, 327: 124808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2023.124808
(26) Zhong Xuemin, Wei Yanfu, Sadjadi Samahe, Liu Dong, Li Mengyuan, Yu Ting, Zhuang Guanzheng,Yuan Peng, Base-free oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2, 5-furandicarboxylic acid over palygorskite-supported bimetallic Pt–Pd catalyst.Applied Clay Science, 2022, 226, 106574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2022.106574
(27) Shuwei Peng, Wei Yanfu, Huang Yiming, Wei Longmeng, Chen Pengcheng, Highly efficient adsorption of antibiotic ciprofloxacin hydrochloride from aqueous solution by diatomite-basic zinc chloride composites, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023, 30, 98490–98501. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-29217-x
(28) Liu Hongchang, Yuan Peng, Liu Dong Zhang Weiwei, Tian Qian, Bu Hongling, Wei Yanfu, Xia Jinlan, Wang Yinchu, Zhou Junming. Insight into cyanobacterial preservation in shallow marine environments from experimental simulation of cyanobacteria-clay co-aggregation. Chemical Geology, 2021, 577, 120285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120285
(29) Shi Jingchun, Li Xiang, Hemi Luan, Wei Yanfu, Helong Ren, Pengcheng Chen*, The health concern of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in a notorious e-waste recycling site. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2019, 186, 109817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109817
(30) Song Yaran, Yuan Peng *, Wei Yanfu, Liu Dong, Tian Qian, Zhou Junming, Du Peixin, Deng Liangliang, Chen Fanrong, Wu Honghai, Constructing Hierarchically Porous Nestlike Al2O3–MnO2@Diatomite Composite with High Specific Surface Area for Efficient Phosphate Removal. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019, 58(51), 23166–23174. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b05574
(31) Song Yaran, Yuan Peng*, Du Peixin, Deng Liangliang, Wei Yanfu, Liu Dong, Zhong Xuemin, Zhou Junming, A novel halloysite–CeOx nanohybrid for efficient arsenic removal. Applied Clay Science, 2020, 186, 105450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2020.105450
(32) Deng Liangliang, Yuan Peng *, Liu Dong, Du Peixin, Zhou Junming, Wei Yanfu, Yaran Song, Yaqi Liu, Effects of calcination and acid treatment on improving benzene adsorption performance of halloysite. Applied Clay Science, 2019, 181, 105240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2019.105240
(33) Liang Xujun, Guo Chuling, Liu Shasha, Dang Zhi, Wei Yanfu, Yi Xiaoyun, Stéphane Abele*. Cosolubilization of phenanthrene and pyrene in surfactant micelles: Experimental and atomistic simulations studies. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2018, 263, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2018.04.123
(34) Tong Le, Liu Weiting, Lin Weijia, Guo Chuling*, Yang Jing, Wei Yanfu, Xie Yingying, Shasha Liu, Zhi Dang*. Biosurfactant rhamnolipid enhanced modification of corn stalk and its application for sorption of phenanthrene, Water Science & Technology, 2017, 76(5), 1167–1176. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2017.281
(35) Weijia Lin, Guo Chuling*, Hui Zhang, Xujun Liang, Wei Yanfu, Guining Lu, Zhi Dang, Electrokinetic-Enhanced Remediation of Phenanthrene-Contaminated Soil Combined with Sphingomonas sp GY2B and Biosurfactant. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2016, 178(7), 1325–1338. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-015-1949-8
(36) Xujun Liang, Guo Chuling*, Wei Yanfu, Weijia Lin, Xiaoyun Yi, Guining Lu, Zhi Dang*, Cosolubilization synergism occurrence in codesorption of PAH mixtures during surfactant-enhanced remediation of contaminated soil. Chemosphere, 2016, 144, 583–590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.09.038
Research Grants
2022.09 -- 2025.09 Influence mechanisms of sulfate reduction on the release of iron-bound phosphorus and its speciation transformation in the sediments of the Macao estuary of the Pearl River (FDCT)
2022.09 -- 2026.01 Research on key techniques for bimetal-solid alkali loaded nanotubular halloysite synergistic catalysis for turning waste cooking oil into green diesel without using external hydrogen (FDCT)
2021.01 -- 2024.12 Phosphorus fixation mechanism of phosphorus-containing vivianite formation and its formation control in Dianchi Lake sediments (NSFC)
2022.01-- 2024.12 Study on the methods and mechanisms of design of nanotubular halloysite-bimetallic nanohybrid materials for high-efficiency catalytic synthesis of furan-based biofuels, PI of sub-project 3 (NSFC)
2017.01 -- 2019.12 Interlayer DOM characteristics, microstructural variation and intercalation mechanisms of clay minerals in lake sediments (NSFC)
Patents
China Patent, A method for preparing glauconite mineral material, application number (2024102814934), 2024, 03, 13.
China Patent, Lanthanide isomorphous substitution magnetite materials: preparation methods and applications, including phosphorus removal agents, application number (202310162986.1), 2023, 02, 24.
China Patent, Magnesium ferrite/magnetite core-shell nanomaterials: preparation methods, applications, and phosphorus removal adsorbents, application number (202411053462X), 2024, 08, 02.
