Proff. Jin SHANG

Research Interest

Molecular separation plays a key role in energy and environmental technologies. Notable examples are H₂ and CH₄ purifications, CO₂ capture, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) removal, CO removal for fuel cell technology, flue gas purification, desulfurization of natural gas and transported fuels etc. Molecular separation is an important unit operation in chemical industry, accounting for more than 60% of the total cost in some processes. Of the adsorption-based molecular separations, molecular sieving is the most desirable separation mechanism because it affords unparalleled high-selectivity.

Our research focus is on investigating and understanding the fundamental physical chemistry of gas adsorption and diffusion behaviour, using combined experimental and computational approaches to rationally design and synthesize “active” porous materials for gas separation and storage in environmental and energy applications. Some advanced experimental techniques applied include multiple component breakthrough and in situ synchrotron Powder X-ray Diffraction/Neutron Powder Diffraction/X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of adsorption; some advanced computational techniques include ab initio density functional theory (DFT) and force field molecular simulations. We have broad interests in materials design and synthesis, particularly the study and design of stimuli responsive porous adsorbents to achieve controlled selective guest admission into host adsorbents through “smart” pore apertures. The stimuli can be guest molecules, temperature, pressure, light, electric field, etc. Targeted applications of interests include:

• Adsorptive gas separation
• Adsorption-enhanced (photo)catalytic conversion
• Porous materials
• CO₂ capture
• natural gas/biogas/landfill gas purification
• low temperature NO_x removal
• VOCs (volatile organic compounds) removal
• NH₃ removal
• paraffin/olefin separation
• gas storage
• gas sensing

Position(s) Available

Selected Awards and Honours

• The 2023 IChemE & CCST Young Investigator (YI) Award (IChemE and Elsevier)
• The 2023 RINENG Young Investigator (YI) Award (Elsevier)
• ISTP-Bogen Young Scientist Award by International Congress on Separation and Purification Technology (ISTP), 2022
• Stanford's top 2% most highly cited scientists 2022
• Young Researcher Award by AIChE and Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), 2020
• Finalist of 2015 Win-in-Suzhou Start-up Competition Oceania, Australia
• Finalist of UNSW Energy Future Collaborative Innovation Award 2014, Australia
• The Chancellor's Prize for Excellence in the PhD Thesis, The University of Melbourne, Australia, in 2013
• John Melvin Memorial Prize for Best PhD Thesis in the School of Engineering 2013, The University of Melbourne, Australia
• Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad in 2013

Selected Editorial Roles

• Associate Editor (Separation Processes), Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, since 2023.
• Promotion Editor, Frontiers of Chemical Science & Engineering, since 2023.
• Editorial board member, Carbon Capture Science & Technology, since 2022.
• Editorial board member (Editor in Air Pollution section), Atmosphere, since 2022.
• Editorial board member, Journal of Atmospheric & Earth Sciences, since 2017.
• Guest Editor of Carbon Capture Science & Technology for a special issue “2023 IChemE & CCST Distinguished Investigator Award”, 2023.
• Guest Editor of Separation and Purification Technology for a special issue "2023 Greater Bay Area Symposium on Separation and Purification Technology and The 2nd Greater Bay Area Symposium on Membranes and Membrane Processes (GBA-SPT-MMP2023)", 2023.
• Guest Editor of Atmosphere for a special issue "Flue Gas Desulfurization, Denitrification, and CO₂ Capture", 2023.
• Guest Editor of Atmosphere for a special issue “Flue Gas Desulfurization”, 2021.
• Guest Editor of Frontiers in Chemical Engineering for a special issue “CO₂ Adsorption and Capture Processes”, 2021.
• Guest Editor of Frontiers in Chemical Engineering for a special issue “Tuning the Structure and Function of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Sustainable Environmental Applications”, 2021.
• Guest Editor of Environment International for a special issue “Advanced functional materials for environmental applications”, 2019.

Research Highlights

• “能捕捉空氣污染物二氧化氮的‘海綿’”, 頭條日報, 22-2-2022. (https://hd.stheadline.com/news/daily/hk/972040/)
• “Accelerating clean energy innovations: Green fuel and photocatalysts”, Advertorial in Nature, 2022.(https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-022-00061-w)
• “Tackling air pollution with new approaches”, Communications and Public Relations Office City University of Hong Kong, 2021. (https://www.cityu.edu.hk/media/news/2021/04/12/tackling-air-pollution-new-approaches)
• “能捕捉空气污染物二氧化氮的‘海棉’”，香港城大研创， (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Sf4cMKV3hL7HiMVq9aIDXw)
  “Sponge” that can capture air pollutant nitrogen dioxide, Office of the Vice-President (Research & Technology), 2021. (https://www.cityu.edu.hk/research/stories/2021/05/27/sponge-can-capture-air-pollutant-nitrogen-dioxide)
• “新型光催化剂无需化石燃料室温下从空气中的氮产生氨”，香港城大研创， (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/WA7UNMTf2UMfLkDqngMQwQ)
  “New photocatalyst produces ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen at room temperature without fossil fuels”, Office of the Vice-President (Research & Technology), 2021. (https://www.cityu.edu.hk/research/stories/2021/08/26/new-photocatalyst-produces-ammonia-atmospheric-nitrogen-room-temperature-without-fossil-fuels)
• “In the fight against climate change, hydrogen could be the answer to Hong Kong’s quest for greener fuel”, South China Morning Post, 2019. (https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3029939/fight-against-climate-change-hydrogen-could-be-answer-hong-kongs)

Journal Publications

1. Tao, Z., Tian, Y., Ou, S.Y., Gu, Q., Shang J.* “Direct air capture of CO₂ by metal cation-exchanged LTA zeolites: effect of the charge-to-size ratio of cations”, AIChE Journal, 2023, 69(8), xx. Editor’s choice
2. Tao, Z., Tian, Y., Hanif, A., Chan, V., Gu, Q., Shang J.* “Metal cation-exchanged LTA zeolites for CO₂/N₂ and CO₂/CH₄ separation: The roles of gas-framework and gas-cation interactions”, Carbon Capture Science & Technology, 2023, 8, 100126.
3. Yang, J., Dehdari, L., Guo, Y., Guo, J., Singh, R., Xiao, P., Shang, J.,* Zavabeti, A.,* Li, K.* “Hydrogen capture using zeolite 3A for pipeline gas deblending”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 466, 143224.
4. Abid, H.R.*, Aamir H., Keshavarz A., Shang J.*, Iglauer S. “CO₂, CH₄, and H₂ Adsorption Performance of the Metal–Organic Framework HKUST-1 by Modified Synthesis Strategies”, Energy & Fuels, 2023, 37, 7260−7267.
5. Sun, M., Aamir, H., Wang, T., Gu, Q., Shang, J.* “Ambient temperature NO₂ removal by reversible NO₂ adsorption on copper-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)-derived nanoporous adsorbents”, Separation and Purification Technology, 2023, 314, 123563.
6. Tian, Y., Kong, M., Tao, Z., Yang, C., Shang, S., Gu, Q., Tsang, D.C.W., Li, L., Shang, J.* “Efficient Adsorption Removal of NO₂ by Covalent Triazine Frameworks with Fine-Tuned Binding Sites”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023, 441, 129962.
7. Sun, M., Ku, K., Tao, Z., Wang, T., Wen, C., Hanif, A., Wang, C., Gu, Q.*, Sit, P.*, Shang J.* “Ambient Temperature NO₂ Removal by Adsorption on Transition Metal Ion-exchanged Chabazite Zeolites”, Results in Engineering, 2023, 18, 101134.
8. Shang, S., Yang, C., Tian, Y., Tao, Z., Smith, M., Zhang, H., Zhang, L., Li, L., Gu, Q., Zhou, H., Ok, Y.* Shang, J.*, “Designing multivariate porphyrin-based metal-organic frameworks with Ni/Co dual-metal atom sites for cooperative NO₂ capture and NO retention”, Separation and Purification Technology, 2023, 320, 124080.
9. Shi C., Wang, T., Roy, S., Chopra, S., Chen, G., Shang, J.* Tian, J., Ok. Y. “From waste to resource: Surface-engineered spent coffee ground as a sustainable adsorbent for oil–water separation”, ACS ES&T Engineering, 2023 (in press). Supplementary cover
10. Liu, B.,* Lu, W., Liu, Y., Feng, Q., Huang, Y., Shang, J., Zhu, Y., Dong, J. “Synthesis of dodecylbenzene via the alkylation of benzene and 1-dodecene over mesopore Beta zeolites”, AIChE Journal, 2023 (in press).
11. Bai, S., Tian, Y., Zeng, Y., Chao, L.C., Pan, A., Ho, T.C., Chen, S., Shang, J., Tso, C.Y.* “Adsorption-based Atmospheric Water Harvesting by Passive Radiative Condensers for Continuous Decentralized Water Production”, Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023, 225, 120163.
12. Xiong, F., Ji, C., Gan, S., Liang, P., Huang, Y., Shang, J., Liu, B.,* Dong, J. “Tuning the mesoscopically structured ZSM-5 nanosheets for the alkylation between toluene and methanol”, AIChE Journal, 2023, 69 (6), 18054.
13. Tian, Y., Wu, H., Hanif, A., Niu, Y., Yin, Y., Gu, Y., Chen, Z., Gu, Q., Ng, Y.H.*, Shang, J.*, Li, L.*, Liu, M. “N-doped graphitic carbon encapsulating cobalt nanoparticles derived from novel metal-organic frameworks for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction”, Chinese Chemical Letters 2023, 34(8),
14. Shang, S., Yang, C., Sun, M., Tao, Z., Hanif A., Gu, Q., Shang, J.* “CO₂ capture from wet flue gas using transition metal inserted porphyrin-based metal-organic frameworks as efficient adsorbents”, Separation and Purification Technology, 2022, 301, 122058.
15. Igalavithana, A. D., You, S., Zhang, L., Shang, J., Lehmann, J., Wang, X., Zhu, Y.-G., Tsang, D. C.W., Park, Y.-K., Hou, D., Ok, Y. S. “Progress, barriers, and prospects for achieving a hydrogen society and opportunities for biochar technology”, ACS ES&T Engineering, 2022, 2 (11), 1987.
16. Liu, Y., Yang, D., Shang J., Zhou J., Chang, V. “Direct Decomposition of NO over 8MR in High Silica Cu-LTA Zeolite: A DFT Study on Reaction Mechanisms, Thermodynamics and Kinetics”, Molecular Catalysis 2022, 530, 112602.
17. Fang, L., Gou, G., Shang, J., Liu, M., Gu, Q., Li, L.* “Regulating the Spin State of Single-Atom Doped Covalent Triazine Frameworks for Efficient Nitrogen Fixation”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2022, 627, 931.
18. Tang, Z., Ma, D., Chen, Q., Wang, Y., Sun, M., Lian, Q., Shang, J., Wong, P.K., He, C., Xia, D., Wang, T.* “Nanomaterial-Enabled Photothermal-Based Solar Water Disinfection Processes: Fundamentals, Recent Advances, and Mechanisms”, Journal of Hazardous Materials 2022, 437, 129373.
19. Sun, M., Zhu, X., Wu, C., Masek, O., Wang, C.-H., Shang, J., Ok, Y.S., Tsang, D.C.W.* “Customizing high-performance molten salt induced biochar from biomass waste for CO₂/N₂ separation”, Fuel Processing Technology 2022, 234, 107319.
20. Wu, H., Utomo, W.P., Tian, Y., Mak, C.H., Chung, H.Y., Hsu, H.Y., Shang, J., Ng, Y.H.* “Enhanced Visible-light-driven Heterogeneous Photocatalytic CO₂ Methanation by Cu₂O@Cu-MOF-74 Thin Film”, ChemPhysMater 2022, 2(2), 126.
21. Xia D., Chen Q., Jiao Y., Lian Q., Sun M., He C., Shang J.*, Wang T. “A Modified Flower Pollen-based Photothermocatalytic Process for Enhanced Solar Water Disinfection: Photoelectric effect and Bactericidal Mechanisms”, Water Research 2022, 217, 118423.
22. Yang, C., Shang, S., Gu, Q., Shang, J., Li, X.* “Metal-organic framework-derived carbon nanotubes with multi-active Fe-N/Fe sites as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for zinc-air battery”, Journal of Energy Chemistry 2022, 66, 306.
23. Shang, S., Wen, C., Yang, C., Tian, Y., Wang, C., Shang, J.* “The low-temperature NO₂ removal by tailoring metal node in porphyrin-based metal-organic frameworks”, Science of The Total Environment 2021, 801, 149710.
24. Shang, S., Xiong, W., Yang, C., Johannessen, B., Liu, R., Hsu, H., Gu, Q., Leung, M., Shang, J.* “Atomically Dispersed Iron Metal Site in a Porphyrin-Based Metal-Organic Framework for Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation”, ACS Nano 2021, 15(6), 9670.
25. Shang, S., Yang, C., Tian, Y., Tao, Z., Hanif, A., Sun, M., Wong, S., Wang, C., Shang, J.* “NO₂ Removal by Adsorption on Transition-Metal-Based Layered Double Hydroxides”, ACS ES&T Engineering 2021, 1(3), 375.
26. Hanif, A., Sun, M., Wang, T., Shang, S., Tsang, D.C.W., Shang, J.* “Ambient NO₂ Adsorption Removal by Mg-Al Layered Double Hydroxides and Derived Mixed Metal Oxides”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021, 313, 127956.
27. Sun, M., Hanif, A., Wang, T., Yang, C., Tsang, D.C.W., Shang, J.* “Chrysanthemum flower like silica with highly dispersed Cu nanoparticles as a high-performance NO₂ adsorbent”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 418, 126400.
28. He, J., Mousavi, S., Li, G., Li, Z., Mokarizadeh, A., Shang, J., May, E.F., Li, G.* “The rational design of Li-doped nitrogen adsorbents for natural gas purification”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2021, 23, 971.
29. Wang, T., Dissanayake, P., Sun, M., Tao, Z., Han, W., An, N., Gu, Q., Xia, D., Tian, B., OK, Y., Shang, J.* “Adsorption and visible-light photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants by functionalized biochar: Role of iodine doping and reactive species”, Environmental Research 2021, 197, 111026.
30. Guo, J., Hanif, A., Shang, J.,* Deka, B., Ning, Z., An, A. “PAA@ZIF-8 incorporated nanofibrous membrane for high-efficiency PM2.5 capture”, Chemical Engineering Journal 2021, 405, 126584.
31. Wang, C.,^# Shang, J.,^# Tian, L., Zhao, H., Wang, P., Feng, K., He, G., Liu, J.Z., Zhu, W., Li, *“Direct Identification of HMX via Guest-induced Fluorescence Turn-on of Molecular Cage”, Chinese Chemical Letters, 2021, 32, 4006. ^#co-first authors
32. Wang, T., Tian, B., Han, B., Ma, D., Sun, M., Hanif, A., Xia, D. and Shang, J.* “Recent advances on porous materials for synergetic adsorption and photocatalysis”, Energy & Environmental Materials, 2021, 0, 1.
33. Li, Y., Shang, S., Shang, J., Wang, W.* “Toxicity assessment and underlying mechanisms of multiple metal organic frameworks using the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii model”, Environmental Pollution, 2021, 291, 118199.
34. Peng, Y., Sun, Y., Hanif, A., Shang, J., Shen, Z., Hou, D., Zhou, Y., Chen, Q., Ok, Y., Tsang, D.C.W.* “Design and fabrication of exfoliated Mg/Al layered double hydroxides on biochar support”, Journal of Cleaner Production 2021, 289, 125142.
35. Zhu, X., Wan, Z., Tsang, D.C.W.,* He, M., Hou, D., Su, Z., Shang, J. “Machine learning for the selection of carbon-based materials for tetracycline and sulfamethoxazole adsorption”, Chemical Engineering Journal 2021, 406, 126782.
36. Yang, Z., Gu, Y., Yuan, B., Tian, Y., Shang, J., Tsang, D.C.W., Liu, M., Gan, L., Mao, S., Li L.* “Thio-groups decorated covalent triazine frameworks for selective mercury removal”, Journal of Hazardous Materials 2021, 403, 123702.
37. Shang, S., Yang, C., Wang, C., Qin, J., Li, Y., Gu, Q., Shang, J.* “Transition-Metal-Containing Porphyrin Metal–Organic Frameworks as π-Backbonding Adsorbents for NO₂ Removal”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59 (44), 19680.
38. Shang, S., Tao, Z., Yang, C., Hanif, A., Li, L., Tsang, D.C.W., Gu, Q., Shang, J.* “Facile synthesis of CuBTC and its graphene oxide composites as efficient adsorbents for CO₂ capture”, Chemical Engineering Journal 2020, 393, 124666.
39. Shang, J.,* Hanif, A., Li, G., Xiao, G., Liu, J. Z., Xiao, P., Webley, P.A. “Separation of CO₂ and CH₄ by Pressure Swing Adsorption Using a Molecular Trapdoor Chabazite Adsorbent for Natural Gas Purification”, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2020, 59 (16), 7857-7865.
40. Wang, T., Wang, Y., Sun, M., Hanif, A., Wu, H., Gu, Q., Ok, Y., Tsang, D.C.W., Li, J., Yu, J., Shang, J.* “Thermally Treated Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8 (ZIF-8) for Visible Light Photocatalytic Degradation of Gaseous Formaldehyde”, Chemical Science 2020, 11, 6670-6681. Journal back cover
41. Zhu, X., Tsang, D.C.W., Wang, L., Su, Z., Hou, D., Li, L., Shang, J.* “Machine learning exploration of the critical factors for CO₂ adsorption capacity on porous carbon materials at different pressures”, Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 273, 122915.
42. Wang, Z., Goyal, N., Liu, L., Tsang, D.C.W., Shang J., Liu, W., Li, G.* “N-doped porous carbon derived from polypyrrole for CO₂ capture from humid flue gases”, Chemical Engineering Journal 2020, 396, 125376.
43. Igalavithana, A., Choi, S., Dissanayake, P., Shang, J., Wang, C., Yang, X., Kim, S., Tsang, D.C.W., Lee, K., Ok, Y.* “Gasification biochar from biowaste (food waste and wood waste) for effective CO₂ adsorption”, Journal of Hazardous Materials 2020, 39,121147.
44. Li, J., Zhang, H., Wang, B., Yu, X., Shang, J., Yu, J.* “Carbon Dots in Porous Materials: Host‐Guest Synergy for Enhanced Performance”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59 (44), 19390.
45. Igalavithana, A., Choi, S., Shang, J., Hanif, A., Dissanayake, P., Tsang, D.C.W., Kwon, J., Lee, K., Ok, Y.* “Carbon dioxide capture in biochar produced from pine sawdust and paper mill sludge: Effect of porous structure and surface chemistry”, Science of The Total Environment 2020, 739, 139845.
46. Tian, M., Liu, S. J., Wang, L., Ding, H., Zhao, D., Wang, Y., Cui, J., Fu, J., Shang, J.,* Li, G. “Complete Degradation of Gaseous Methanol over Pt/FeOx Catalysts by Normal Temperature Catalytic Ozonation (NTCO)”, Environmental Science & Technology 2020, 54(3) 1938-1945.
47. Xiao, K.,^# Wang, T.,^# Sun, M., Hanif, A., Gu, Q., Tian, B., Jiang, Z., Wang. B., Sun, H., Shang, J.,* Wong, P.K.* “Photocatalytic Bacterial Inactivation by a Rape Pollen-MoS₂ Biohybrid Catalyst: Synergetic Effects and Inactivation Mechanisms”, Environmental Science & Technology 2020, 54(1) 537-549. ^#co-first authors
48. Chen, S., Cao, Y., Tsang, D.C.W., Tessonnier, J., Shang, J., Hou, D., Shen, Z., Zhang, S., Ok, Y., Wu, K.* “Effective Dispersion of MgO Nanostructure on Biochar Support as a Basic Catalyst for Glucose Isomerization”, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2020, 8 (18), 6990-7001.
49. Yu, I.K.M., Hanif, A., Tsang, D.C.W., Yip, A., Lin, K., Gao, B., Ok, Y., Poon, C.S., Shang, J.* “Tailoring Acidity and Porosity of Alumina Catalysts via Transition Metal Doping for Glucose Conversion in Biorefinery”, Science of The Total Environment 2020, 704, 135414.
50. Yu, I.K.M., Hanif, A., Tsang, D.C.W., Shang, J.*, Su, Z.; Song, H., Ok, Y., Poon, C.S. “Tuneable functionalities in layered double hydroxide catalysts for thermochemical conversion of biomass-derived glucose to fructose”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020, 383, 122914.
51. Cao, L., Yu, I.K.M., Xiong, X., Tsang, D.C.W.,* Zhang, S., Clark, J., Hu, C., Ng, Y., Shang, J., Ok, Y. “Biorenewable hydrogen production through biomass gasification: A review and future prospects”, Environmental Research 2020, 186, 109547.
52. Li, B., Zheng, T., Ran, S., Sun, M., Shang, J., Hu, H., Lee, P., Boles, S.T.* “Performance recovery in degraded carbon-based electrodes for capacitive deionization”, Environmental Science & Technology 2020, 54(3), 1848-1856.
53. Kumar, P., Kim, K.,* Lee, J., Shang, J., Khazi, M., Kumar, N., Lisak, G. “Metal-organic framework for sorptive/catalytic removal and sensing applications against nitroaromatic compounds”, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 2020, 84, 87-95.
54. Zhao, Z., Ling, C., Wang, D., Wang, J., Saczek, J., Pramana, S., Sridhar, S., Shang, J., Xu, B., Tsang, D.C.W., Chen, J., Wang, S.*“Liquid Marbles in Liquid”, Small 2020, 16, 2002802.
55. Vikrant, K., Kim, K.,* Szulejko, J., Boukhvalov, D., Shang J., Rinklebe, J. “Evidence of inter-species swing adsorption between aromatic hydrocarbons”, Environmental Research 2020, 181, 108814.
56. Sun, M., Gu, Q., Hanif, A., Wang, T., Shang, J.* “Transition metal cation-exchanged SSZ-13 zeolites for CO₂ capture and separation from N₂”, Chemical Engineering Journal 2019, 370, 1450.
57. Shang, S., Hanif, A., Sun, M., Tian, Y., Ok, Y., Yu, I.K.M., Tsang, D.C.W., Gu, Q., Shang, J.* “Novel M (Mg/Ni/Cu)-Al-CO₃ layered double hydroxides synthesized by aqueous miscible organic solvent treatment (AMOST) method for CO₂ capture”, Journal of Hazardous Materials 2019, 373, 285-293.
58. Hanif, A., Sun, M., Shang, S., Tian, Y., Yip, A., Ok, Y., Yu, I.K.M., Tsang, D.C.W., Gu, Q., Shang, J.* “Exfoliated Ni-Al LDH 2D nanosheets for intermediate temperature CO₂ capture”, Journal of Hazardous Materials 2019, 374, 365-
59. Hanif, A., Sun, M., Tao, Z., Liu, L., Tsang, D.C.W., Gu, Q., Shang, J.* “Silica Supported MgO as An Adsorbent for Pre-combustion CO₂ Capture”, ACS Applied Nano Materials 2019, 2(10), 6565-6574.
60. He, Y.,^# Sun, M.,^# Zhao, Q., Shang, J.,* Tian, Y., Xiao, P., Gu, Q., Li, L., Webley, P.A. “Effective Gas Separation Performance Enhancement Obtained by Constructing Polymorphous Core-Shell Metal-Organic Frameworks”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11(33), 30234-30239. ^#co-first authors
61. Wang, S., Bai, P., Sun, M., Liu, W., Li, D., Wu, W., Yan, W., Shang, J.,* Yu, J. “Fabricating Mechanically Robust Binder-Free Structured Zeolites by 3D Printing Coupled with Zeolite Soldering: A Superior Configuration for CO₂ Capture”, Advanced Science, 2019, 6(17), 1901317.
62. Wang, T., Sun, M., Sun, H., Shang, J.,* Wong P.K.* “Efficient Z-Scheme Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Bacterial Inactivation by Hierarchical MoS₂-Encapsulated Hydrothermal Carbonation Carbon Core-Shell Nanospheres”, Applied Surface Science 2019, 464, 43-52.
63. Tian, Y., Liang, G., Fan, T., Shang, J., Shang, S., Ma, Y., Matsuda, R., Liu, M., Wang, M., Li, L., Kitagawa, S.* “Grafting free carboxylic acid groups onto pore surface of 3D porous coordination polymers for high proton conductivity”, Chemistry of Materials 2019, 31(20), 8494-8503.
64. Iacomi, P., Formalik, F., Marreiros, J., Shang, J., Rogacka, J., Mohmeyer, A., Behrens, P., Ameloot, R., Kuchta, B., Llewellyn, P.L.* “Role of structural defects in the adsorption and separation of C3 hydrocarbons in Zr-fumarate-MOF (MOF-801)”, Chemistry of Materials 2019, 31(20), 8413-8423.
65. Xiang, H., Ameen, A., Shang, J., Jiao, Y., Gorgojo, P., Siperstein, F., Fan, X.* “Synthesis and modification of moisture-stable coordination pillared-layer metal-organic framework (CPL-MOF) CPL-2 for ethylene/ethane separation”, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2019, 293, 109784.
66. Buruga, K., Song, H., Shang, J., Bolan, N., Jagannathan, T., Kim, K.* “A review on functional polymer-clay based nanocomposite membranes for treatment of water”, Journal of Hazardous Materials 2019, 379, 120584.
67. Zhu, W., Guo, J., Agola, J., Croissant, J., Wang, Z., Shang, J., Coker, E., Motevalli, B., Zimpel, A., Wuttke, S., Brinker, C.J.* “Metal-Organic Framework Nanoparticle-Assisted Cryopreservation of Red Blood Cells”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141, 19, 7789-7796.
68. Zhu, W., Guo, J., Amini, S., Ju, Y., Agola, J., Zimpel, A., Shang, J., Noureddine, A., Caruso, F., Wuttke, S., Croissant, J., Brinker, C.J.* “SupraCells: Living Mammalian Cells Protected within Functional Modular Nanoparticle-Based Exoskeletons”, Advanced Materials 2019, 31(25), 1900545.
69. Yin, H., Shang, J., Choi, J., Yip, A.* “Generation and extraction of hydrogen from low-temperature water-gas-shift reaction by a ZIF-8-based membrane reactor”, Microporous & Mesoporous Materials 2019, 280, 347-356.
70. Yang, X., Yu, I.K.M., Cho, D., Chen, S., Tsang, D.C.W.,* Shang, J., Yip, A., Wang, L., Ok, Y. “Tin-functionalized Wood Biochar as a Sustainable Solid Catalyst for Glucose Isomerization in Biorefinery”, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2019, 7 (5), 4851-4860.
71. Lv, X., Hu, C., Shang, J., Sit, P.H.L., Lam, F. L. Y., Teoh, W.Y* “Enhanced photoelectrochemical charge transfer on Mn-doped CdS/TiO₂ nanotube arrays: The roles of organic substrates”, Catalysis Today 2019, 355, 468-476.
72. Zhu, W., Guo, J., Croissant, J., Shang, J., Agola, J., Ping, Y., Brinker, C.J.* “Modular Metal-Organic Polyhedra Super-Assembly: from Molecular-Level Design to Targeted Drug Delivery”, Advanced Materials 2019, 31 (12), 1806774. Journal front cover
73. Vellingiri, K., Deng, Y., Kim, K.,* Jiang, J., Kim, T., Shang, J., Ahn, W., Kukkar, D., Boukhvalov, D. “Amine-Functionalized Metal–Organic Frameworks and Covalent Organic Polymers as Potential Sorbents for Removal of Formaldehyde in Aqueous Phase: Experimental Versus Theoretical Study”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11 (1), 1426-1439.
74. Lv, X., Rodriguez, I., Hu, C., Shang, J., Sit, P.H.L., Ye, C., Oskam, G., Teoh, W.Y.* “Modulated anodization synthesis of Sn-doped iron oxide with enhanced solar water splitting performance”, Materials Today Chemistry 2019, 12, 7-15.
75. Gu, Q., Shang, J.,* Hanif A., Li, G., Shirazian, S. “Theoretical Study of Moisture-Pretreated Lithium as Potential Materials for Natural Gas Upgrading”, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2018, 57 (45), 15512–15521.
76. Shang, J.,* Shirazian, S. “Facilitated Dissociation of Water in the Presence of Lithium Metal at Ambient Temperature as a Requisite for Lithium-Gas Reactions”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2018, 122, 16016-16022.
77. Rada, Z., Abid, H., Sun, H., Shang, J., Li, J., He, Y., Liu, S., Wang, S.* “Effects of -NO₂ and -NH₂ functional groups in mixed-linker Zr-based MOFs on gas adsorption of CO₂ and CH₄”, Progress in Natural Science: Materials International 2018, 28, 160-167.
78. Du, T., Fang, X., Liu, L., Shang, J., Zhang, B., Wei, Y., Gong, H., Rahman, S., May, E.F., Webley, P.A., Li, G.* “An optimal trapdoor zeolite for exclusive admission of CO₂ at industrial carbon capture operating temperatures”, Chemical Communications 2018, 54 (25), 3134-3137.
79. Zhu, W., Xiang, G., Shang, J., Guo, J., Motevalli, B., Durfee, P., Agola, J., Coker, E., Brinker, C.J.* “Versatile Surface Functionalization of Metal–Organic Frameworks through Direct Metal Coordination with a Phenolic Lipid Enables Diverse Applications”, Advanced Functional Materials 2018, 28 (16), 1705274.
80. Jooshani, S., Khansary, M.,* Marjani, A., Shirazian, S., Shang, J., “Contaminant uptake by polymeric passive samplers: A modeling study with experimental validation”, Chemical Engineering Research and Design 2018, 129, 231-236.
81. Yu, I.K.M., Tsang, D.C.W.,* Su, Z., Yip, A., Shang, J., Ok, Y., Kim, K., Poon, C.S. “Contrasting Roles of Maleic Acid in Controlling Kinetics and Selectivity of Sn(IV)- and Cr(III)-catalyzed Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) Synthesis”, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2018, 6 (11), 14264–14274.
82. Yu, I.K.M., Xiong, X., Tsang, D.C.W.,* Wang, L., Hunt, A., Song, H., Shang, J., Ok, Y., and Poon, C.S. “Aluminium-Biochar Composites as Sustainable Heterogeneous Catalysts for Glucose Isomerisation in a Biorefinery", Green Chemistry 2019, 21, 1267-1281. Journal front cover
83. Yu, I.K.M., Tsang, D.C.W.,* Yip, A., Hunt, A., Sherwood, J., Shang, J., Song, H., Ok, Y., Poon, C. S. “Propylene Carbonate and [gamma]-Valerolactone as Green Solvents Enhance Sn(IV)-Catalysed Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) Production from Bread Waste.” Green Chemistry 2018, 20, 2064-2074.
84. Li, G.,^# Shang, J.,^# Gu, Q., Awati, R., Grant, A., Jensen, N., Zhang, X., Sholl, D.S., Liu, J.Z., Webley, P.A., May, E.F.* “Temperature-Regulated Guest Admission and Release in Microporous Materials”, Nature Communications 2017, (8), 15777. ^#co-first authors
85. Du, T., Fang, X., Wei, Y., Shang, J., Zhang, B., Liu, L.* “Synthesis of Nanocontainer Chabazites from Fly Ash with a Template- and Fluoride-Free Process for Cesium Ion Adsorption” Energy & Fuels 2017, 31 (4), 4301-4307.
86. Cao, A., Zhu, W., Shang, J., Klootwijk, J., Sudhölter, E., Huskens, J., de Smet, L.C.P.M.* “Metal-Organic Polyhedra-Coated Si Nanowires for Sensitive Detection of Trace Explosives”, Nano Letters 2017, 17, 1-7. Journal front cover
87. Perre, S., Gelin, P., Claessens, B., Calvo, A., Cousin, J., Remi, S., Duerinck, , Baron, G., Palomino, M., Sánchez, L., Valencia, S., Shang, J., Singh, R., Webley, P.A., Rey, F., Denayera, J.F.M.* “Intensified biobutanol recovery using zeolites with complementary selectivity”, ChemSusChem 2017, 10, 2968-2977.
88. Xie, K., He, Y., Zhao, Q., Shang, J., Gu, Q., Qiao, G., Webley P.A.* “Pd(0) loaded Zn₂(AzoBDC)₂(Dabco) as heterogeneous catalyst”, CrystEngComm 2017, 19, 4182-4186.
89. He, Y., Shang, J.,* Gu, Q., Zhao, Q., Xie, K., Li, G., Singh, R.K., Xiao, P., Webley, P.A. “Exchange Method Using Acid-Solvent Synergy for Metal–Organic Framework Synthesis (EASY-MOFs) Based on a Typical Pillar-Layered Parent Structure”, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2016, 1466.
90. Shang, J.,* Li, G., Webley, P.A., Liu, J.Z.* “A Density Functional Theory Study for the Adsorption of Various Gases on a Caesium Exchanged Trapdoor Chabazite”, Computational Materials Science 2016, 122, 307.
91. He, Y., Shang, J.,* Zhao, Q., Gu, Q., Xie, K., Li, G., Singh, R.K., Xiao, P., Webley, P.A. “A Comparative Study on Conversion of Porous and Non-porous Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) into Carbon-based Composites for Carbon Dioxide Capture”, Polyhedron 2016, 120, 30-35.
92. Abid, H., Rada, Z.H., Shang, J.,* Wang, “Synthesis, Characterization, and CO₂ Adsorption Study of three Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs): MIL-53, MIL-96, and Amino-MIL-53”, Polyhedron 2016, 120, 103-111.
93. Xu, D., Sun, L., Li, G., Shang, J., Yang, R., Deng, W.* “Methyllithium-Doped Naphthyl-Containing Conjugated Microporous Polymer with Enhanced Hydrogen Storage Performance”, Chemistry - A European Journal 2016, 22, 7944.
94. Physick, A., Wales, D., Owens, S., Shang, J., Webley, P.A., Mays, T., Ting, V.P.* “Novel low energy hydrogen-deuterium isotope breakthrough separation using a trapdoor zeolite”, Chemical Engineering Journal 2016, 288, 161.
95. Rada, Z.H., Abid, H., Shang, J., Sun, H., He, Y., Webley, P.A., Liu, S., Wang, S.* “Functionalised UiO-66 by single and binary (OH)₂ and NO₂ groups for uptake of CO₂ and CH₄”, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2016, 55 (29), 7924.
96. Shang, J.,* Li, G., Li, J., Li, L., Webley, P.A., Liu, J.Z.* “Density Functional Theory Computational Study of Alkali Cation-Exchanged sod-ZMOF for CO₂, N₂, and CH₄ Adsorption”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2015, 119, 27449.
97. He, Y., Shang, J.,* Gu, Q., Li, G., Li, J., Singh, R.K., Xiao, P., Webley, P.A. “Converting 3D Rigid Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) to 2D Flexible Networks via Linker Exchange for Enhanced CO₂/N₂ and CH₄/N₂ Separation”, Chemical Communications 2015, 51 (79), 14716. Journal inside back cover
98. Wang, C.,^# Shang, J.,^# Lan, Y., Tian, , Wang, H., Chen, X., Gu, J., Liu, J.Z., Wan, L., Zhu, W., Li, G.* “Metal-Organic Polyhedra Cages Immobilized on a Plasmonic Substrate for Sensitive Detection of Trace Explosives”, Advanced Functional Materials 2015, 25 (37), 6009. ^#co-first authors
99. Rada, Z., Abid, H., Shang, J., He, Y., Webley, P.A., Liu, S., Sun, H., Wang, S.* “Effect of amino functionality on uptake of CO₂, CH₄ and selectivity of CO₂/CH₄ on titanium based MOFs”, Fuel 2015, 160, 318.
100. Chandrakumara, G., Shang, J., Qiu, L., Fang, X., Antolasic, F., Li, D., Alan, T., Liu, J.Z.* “Tuning the oxygen functional groups in reduced graphene oxide papers to enhance the electromechanical actuation”, RSC Advances 2015, 5, 68052.
101. Shang, J., Li, G., Gu, Q., Singh, R., Xiao, P., Liu, J.Z., Webley, P.A.* “Temperature Controlled Invertible Selectivity of Adsorption of N₂ and CH₄ by Molecular Trapdoor Chabazites”, Chemical Communications 2014, 50 (35), 4544-4546. Journal front cover
102. Shang, J., Li, G., Singh, R., Xiao, P., Danaci, D., Liu, J.Z., Webley, P.A.* “Adsorption of CO₂, N₂, and CH₄ in Cs-exchanged chabazite: A combination of van der Waals density functional theory calculations and experiment study”, The Journal of Chemical Physics 2014, 140, 084705.
103. Remy, T., Gobechiya, E., Danaci, D., Peter, S., Xiao, P., Tendeloo, L., Couck, S., Shang, J., Kirschhock, C., Singh, R., Martens, J., Baron, G., Webley, P.A., Denayer, J.F.M.* “Biogas upgrading through kinetic separation of carbon dioxide and methane over Rb- and Cs-ZK-5 zeolites”, RSC Advances 2014, 4, 62511.
104. Chang, Z., Yan, W., Shang, J., Liu, J.Z.* “Piezoelectric properties of graphene oxide: a first-principles computational study”, Applied Physics Letters 2014, 105, 023103.
105. Shang, J., Li, G., Singh, R., Xiao, P., Liu, J.Z., Webley, P.A.* “Determination of Composition Range for Molecular Trapdoor Effect in Chabazite Zeolite”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2013, 117, 12841-12847.
106. Li, L., Yao, J., Xiao, P., Shang, J., Feng, Y., Webley, P.A., Wang, H.* “One-step fabrication of ZIF-8/polymer composite spheres by a phase inversion method for gas adsorption”, Colloid and Polymer Science 2013, 291, 2711-2717.
107. Abid, H., Shang, J., Ang, H., Wang, S.* “Amino-Functionalised Zr-MOF Nanoparticle for Adsorption of CO₂ and CH₄”, International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials 2013, 4, 72-82.
108. Shang, J., Li, , Singh, R., Gu, Q., Nairn, K., Bastow, T., Medhekar, N., Doherty, C., Hill, A., Liu, J.Z., Webley, P.A.* “Discriminative Separation of Gases by a “Molecular Trapdoor” Mechanism in Chabazite Zeolites”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2012, 134, 19246-19253. Spotlight Article (featured in Nature Chemistry and 2000+ media outlets)
109. Shang, J., Li, G., Singh, R., Xiao, P., Liu, J.Z., Webley, P.A.* “Potassium Chabazite – A Nano-Container for Gas Encapsulation”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2010, 114, 22025-22031.

Patents

• An, A., Shang, J., Guo, J., Sun, J., Sun, M., Wong, W., “Method for fabricating Reusable Visible-light Driven Anti-virus Photocatalytic ZIF-8 Loaded Fabric for Air Cleaning​” US Patent Filing NO. 63/495,737, April 12, 2023.
• Shang, , Sun, M., and Wang, T., “Self-cleaning fabric and article” US Patent Filing NO. 17/843,143, June 17, 2022.
• Shang, , Sun, M., and Wang, T., “A carbon nanowire, a fabric, a manufacturing method therefor, and an additive for a fabric” US Patent Filing NO. 17/835,392, June 8, 2022.
• Shang, , Sun, M., and Wang, T., “便攜式一氧化氮發生器及其使用方法和其在吸入一氧化氮治療中的應用” Chinese Patent Filing NO. 202210563060.9, May 23, 2022.
• Shang, and Tao, Z., “一種吸附劑及其製備方法與應用” Chinese Patent Filing NO. 202210484970.8, May 6, 2022.
• Shang, , Sun, M., and Wang, T., “一種選擇性捕集CO₂的吸附劑及其製備與應用(An adsorbent for CO₂ capture from N₂ or CH₄)” Chinese Patent Filing NO. 202111352460.7, November 16, 2021.
• Shang, , Li, G., Wang, T., and Gu, Q., “一種氦氣純化的方法及其裝置(A method for helium purification)” Chinese Patent Filing No. 201910433137.9, May 03, 2019.
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• Hu, X., Dong, Y., Li, L., Jiang, B., Fu, Z., Ye, S., Zhu, M., and Shang, J. “A Technique of Preparing Bio-Flocculants” Chinese Patent No. CN 101327975, December 14, 2008.