Staff Profile
Dr Kui Zhang
Research Associate
- Email: kui.zhang@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5747
- Address: School of Engineering
Room C503, Merz Court
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
Background
Areas of expertise
- Catalysis
- Thermal plasmas
- Non-thermal plasmas
- Volatile organic compounds remediation
- Ozone
- Waste water treatment
- Advanced oxidation process
- Biomass gasification
Academic background
- PhD in Physical Chemistry
Publications
- Harris J, Phan AN, Zhang K. Cold plasma catalysis as a novel approach for valorisation of untreated waste glycerol. Green Chemistry 2018, 20(11), 2578-2587.
- Diaz-Silvarrey LS, Zhang K, Phan AN. Monomer recovery through advanced pyrolysis of waste high density polyethylene (HDPE). Green Chemistry 2018, 20(8), 1813-1823.
- Zhang K, Zhang G, Liu X, Phan AN, Luo K. A study on CO2 decomposition to CO and O2 by the combination of catalysis and dielectric barrier discharges at low temperatures and ambient pressure. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2017, 56(12), 3204-3216.
- Chiremba E, Zhang K, Kazak C, Akay G. Direct nonoxidative conversion of methane to hydrogen and higher hydrocarbons by dielectric barrier discharge plasma with plasma catalysis promoters. AIChE Journal 2017, 63(10), 4418-4429.
- Akay G, Zhang K. Process Intensification in Ammonia Synthesis Using Novel Coassembled Supported Microporous Catalysts Promoted by Nonthermal Plasma. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2017, 56(2), 457-468.
- Zhang K, Mukhriza T, Liu XT, Greco PP, Chiremba E. A study on CO2 and CH4 conversion to synthesis gas and higher hydrocarbons by the combination of catalysts and dielectric-barrier discharges. Applied Catalysis A: General 2015, 502, 138-149.
- Liu XT, Zhang K, Lu JW, Luo K, Gong JL, Puthiyapura VK, Scott K. Determining the Effect of Plasma Pre-Treatment on Antimony Tin Oxide to Support Pt@Pd and the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity. ChemCatChem 2015, 7(10), 1543-1546.
- Al-Abduly A, Christensen P, Harvey A, Zahng K. Characterization and optimization of an oscillatory baffled reactor (OBR) for ozone-water mass transfer. Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification 2014, 84, 82-89.
- Al-Harrasi WSS, Zhang K, Akay G. Process intensification in gas-to-liquid reactions: plasma promoted Fischer-Tropsch synthesis for hydrocarbons at low temperatures and ambient pressure. Green Processing and Synthesis 2013, 2(5), 479-490.
- Koch SSC, Thoresen LH, Tikhe JG, Maegley KA, Li J, Yu XH, Almassy RJ, Zhang KE, Zook SE, Kumpf RA, Zhang C, Boritzki TJ, Calabrese CR, Curtin NJ, Delaney CA, Kyle S, Thomas HD, Wang LZ, Newell DR, Hostomsky Z, Webber SE. Structure activity relationship, crystal structure, and biological evaluation of potent poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 inhibitors. In: ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 2000, 1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA: AMER CHEMICAL SOC.
- Sarson GR, Jones CA, Zhang K. Dynamo action in a uniform ambient field. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 1999, 111(1-2), 47-68.
- Saleem F, Zhang K, Harvey A. Role of CO2 in the Conversion of Toluene as a Tar Surrogate in a Nonthermal Plasma Dielectric Barrier Discharge Reactor. Energy and Fuels 2018, 32(4), 5164-5170.