T. An

Taicheng An was born in Gansu, China, in 1972. He received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Northwest Normal University in 1996, and his Ph.D. degree in environmental science and engineering from Zhongshan University, China. Now, Dr. Taicheng An is a Professor of environmental science and engineering in The State key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, and Vice Director of Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Resources Utilization and Protection, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, China. He works as a Visiting Professor in Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, USA, in the area of physical chemistry and radiation chemistry with Professor Prashant V. Kamat, 2006-2007. Professor Taicheng An has been published more than 80 peer-received professional papers and is the holder of 6 patents and another 6 appilication patents in the subject areas of environmental engineering. He is also a member of editorial advisory boards for 6 international peer-reviewed journals. His research interests include various advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), especially heterogeneous photocatalysis, photoelectrocatalytic oxidation, electrochemical oxidation, and UV/H2O2 process, and so on, especial to characterized and identified the intermediate products formed during the photodegradation process; photoelectrocatalytic and biological reactor design, practical application and achievement in the wastewater and waste air treatment; Preparation, characterization, and application of novel environmental friendly nanostructured materials; and environmental analysis and toxicity assessment of persistent toxic chemical substances.

Biography Updated on 18 July 2007

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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. MUTAGENICITY ASSESSMENT OF PRODUCED WATER DURING PHOTOELECTROCATALYTIC DEGRADATION
    Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, vol. 26, no. 3, p. 416, 2007
  2. Distributions and Congener Patterns of PCBs in Fish from Major Aquaculture Areas in the Pearl River Delta, South China
    Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 363–373, 2006
  3. Photocatalytic degradation of mixed gaseous carbonyl compounds at low level on adsorptive TiO2/SiO2 photocatalyst using a fluidized bed reactor
    Chemosphere, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 423–431, 2006
  4. Photoelectrocatalytic decontamination of oilfield produced wastewater containing refractory organic pollutants in the presence of high concentration of chloride ions
    Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 138, no. 2, pp. 392–400, 2006
  5. Improving ultraviolet light transmission in a packed-bed photoelectrocatalytic reactor for removal of oxalic acid from wastewater
    Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, vol. 181, no. 2-3, pp. 158–165, 2006
  6. Novel preparation of nanosized ZnO–SnO2 with high photocatalytic activity by homogeneous co-precipitation method
    Materials Letters, vol. 59, no. 28, pp. 3641–3644, 2005
  7. Effects of anions on the photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic degradation of reactive dye in a packed-bed reactor
    Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, vol. 80, no. 2, pp. 223–229, 2005
  8. Photocatalytic degradation of gaseous trichloroethene using immobilized ZnO/SnO2 coupled oxide in a flow-through photocatalytic reactor
    Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, vol. 80, no. 3, pp. 251–258, 2005
  9. Photoelectrocatalytic degradation of oxalic acid in aqueous phase with a novel three-dimensional electrode-hollow quartz tube photoelectrocatalytic reactor
    Applied Catalysis A: General, vol. 279, no. 1-2, pp. 247–256, 2005
  10. BMC Bioinformatics, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 286, 2005
  11. Sorption kinetics of naphthalene and phenanthrene in loess soils
    Environmental Geology, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 467–474, 2004
  12. Preparation and photocatalytic properties of a nanometer ZnO–SnO2 coupled oxide
    Applied Catalysis A: General, vol. 260, no. 2, pp. 215–222, 2004
  13. Photoelectrocatalytic degradation of quinoline with a novel three-dimensional electrode-packed bed photocatalytic reactor
    Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, vol. 161, no. 2-3, pp. 233–242, 2004
  14. Photoelectrocatalytic degradation of reactive brilliant orange K-R in a new continuous flow photoelectrocatalytic reactor
    Applied Catalysis A: General, vol. 255, no. 2, pp. 221–229, 2003
  15. Kinetics, degradation pathway and reaction mechanism of advanced oxidation of 4-nitrophenol in water by a UV/H2O2 process
    Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, vol. 78, no. 7, pp. 788–794, 2003
  16. Decolourization and COD removal from reactive dye-containing wastewater using sonophotocatalytic technology
    Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, vol. 78, no. 11, pp. 1142–1148, 2003
  17. Transition Metal Chemistry, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 69–73, 2003
  18. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, vol. 144, no. 1/4, pp. 67–79, 2003
  19. Performance of COD Removal from Acid Scarlet BS-Containing Solution in a Novel Packed-Bed Hollow-Tube Photocatalytic (PHP) Reactor
    Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A- Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 935–947, 2003
  20. Towards Understanding the TiO2-Mediated Photoredox Process of Cu(II)-Formic Acid Solution
    Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A- Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 949–963, 2003
  21. Photochemical Degradation Performance of Quinoline Aqueous Solution in the Presence of Hydrogen Peroxide
    Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A- Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering, vol. 38, no. 11, pp. 2599–2611, 2003
  22. Journal of Chemical Crystallography, vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 219–225, 2002
  23. REMOVAL OF CYANIDE FROM DILUTE SOLUTION USING A CELL WITH THREE-PHASE THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRODE
    Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A- Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 715–724, 2002
  24. Synergetic effect in degradation of formic acid using a new photoelectrochemical reactor
    Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, vol. 152, no. 1-3, pp. 155–165, 2002
  25. Feasibility study of photoelectrochemical degradation of methylene blue with three-dimensional electrode-photocatalytic reactor
    Chemosphere, vol. 46, no. 6, pp. 897–903, 2002
  26. Aquabis(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazole-?N2)(malonato-?2O,O')copper(II) dihydrate
    Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 57, no. 12, pp. 1385–1387, 2001
  27. SYNERGIC DEGRADATION OF REACTIVE BRILLIANT RED X-3B USING THREE DIMENSION ELECTRODE-PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTOR
    Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A- Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering, vol. 36, no. 10, pp. 2069–2082, 2001
  28. Simultaneous Spectrophotometric Determination of Nitrite and Nitrate in Water Samples by Flow-Injection Analysis
    International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, vol. 76, no. 2, pp. 89–98, 2000
  29. Synthesis and photocatalytic oxidation properties of Co(II)-tetra-[4-(p-toluene-sulfonyloxy) phenyl] porphyrin
    Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, vol. 159, no. 1, pp. 143–151, 2000
  30. Photocatalytic oxidation of aromatic aldehydes with Co(II)tetra-(benzoyloxyphenyl)porphyrin and molecular oxygen
    Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, vol. 147, no. 1-2, pp. 165–172, 1999
  31. An on-line determination of chlorine dioxide using chlorophenol red by gas diffusion flow-injection analysis
    Laboratory Robotics and Automation, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 157–161, 1999