Publications

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Qiuying Yi, Wenjie Lv, Xuejing Yang, Lea R. Winter, Li Wang*, and Zhiwei Wang*. “Single-atom cobalt-modified catalytic membrane for pollutant degradation with high tolerance of environmental interferences.“ ACS ES&T Engineering (2023) 3 (11): 2016–2026.

Yong-Uk Shin, Weiyi Pan, Sohum K. Patel, Jihun Lim, Lea R. Winter, Wen Ma, Seungkwan Hong, Menachem Elimelech*. “Electrochemical chromium removal using nanodiamond enhanced flow-through electrosorption.“ Chemical Engineering Journal (2023) 474: 145756.

Lea R. Winter*, Jingguang G. Chen. “Challenges and opportunities in plasma-activated reactions of CO₂ with light alkanes.“ Journal of Energy Chemistry (2023) 84: 424–427.

Claire Butler ^a, Yingzheng Fan ^a, Saachi Grewal ^a, Lea R. Winter*. “At-field and on-demand nitrogenous fertilizer synthesis.“ ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2023) 11 (15): 5803–5818.

Xiaoxiong Wang, Xuanhao Wu, Wen Ma, Xuechen Zhou, Shuo Zhang, Dahong Huang, Lea R. Winter*, Jae-Hong Kim*, Menachem Elimelech*. “Free-standing membrane incorporating single-atom catalysts for ultrafast electro-reduction of low-concentration nitrate.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023) 120 (11): e2217703120.

Akash N. Biswas ^a, Lea R. Winter ^a, Zhenhua Xie ^a, and Jingguang G. Chen*. “Utilizing CO₂ as a reactant for C₃ oxygenate production via tandem reactions.” Journal of the American Chemical Society Au (2023) 3 (2): 293–305.

Xiaoxiong Wang, Tong Wang, Tianyuan Zhang*, Lea R. Winter, Jinghan Di, Qingshi Tu, Hongying Hu, Edgar Hertwich, Julie B. Zimmerman, and Menachem Elimelech*. “Microalgae commercialization using renewable lignocellulose is economically and environmentally viable.” Environmental Science & Technology (2023) 57 (2): 1144–1156.

Ming-Zhi Wei, Jin-Wei Liu, Qin-Zheng Yang, An Xue, Hao Wu, Jin-Ren Ni, Lea R. Winter, Menachem Elimelech*, and Hua-Zhang Zhao*. “Denitrification mechanism in oxygen-rich aquatic environments through long-distance electron transfer.” NPJ Clean Water (2022) 5: 1-9.

Boreum Lee, Lea R. Winter, Hyunjun Lee, Dongjun Lim, Menachem Elimelech*, Hankwon Lim*. “Pathways to a green ammonia future.” ACS Energy Letters (2022) 7: 3032–3038.

_{Among most read articles in ACS Energy Letters (August and September 2022).}

Lea R. Winter ^a,*, Nathanial J. Cooper ^a, Boreum Lee, Sohum K. Patel, Li Wang, Menachem Elimelech. “Mining nontraditional water sources for a distributed hydrogen economy.” Environ. Sci. & Technol. (2022) 56 (15): 10577–10585.

_{In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric (Score 66); reported in 7 news outlets.}

_{Research Highlight: Yanhua Chen. “Mining wastewater for hydrogen.” Nature Reviews Earth & Environment (2022) 3: 551.}

Zhengyang Huo, Lea R. Winter, Xiaoxiong Wang*, Ye Du, Yinhu Wu, Uwe Hübner, Hong-Ying Hu, Menachem Elimelech. “Synergistic nanowire-enhanced electroporation and electro-chlorination for highly efficient water disinfection.” Environ. Sci. & Technol. (2022) 56 (15): 10925–10934.

Ying-Jie Zhang^a, Gui-Xiang Huang ^a, Lea R. Winter, Jie-Jie Chen, Lili Tian, Shu-Chuan Mei, Ze Zhang, Fei Chen, Zhi-Yan Guo, Rong Ji, Ye-Zi You, Wen-Wei Li, Han-Qing Yu*, Menachem Elimelech*. “Simultaneous nanocatalytic surface activation of pollutants and oxidants for highly efficient water decontamination.” Nature Communications (2022) 13: 1–13.

_{99th percentile (ranked 1st) of the tracked articles of a similar age in Nature Communications.}

_{Chosen for Editors’ Highlights in Nature Communications.}

Yumeng Zhao*, Meng Sun*, Lea R. Winter, Shihong Lin, Zhiwei Wang, John C. Crittenden, and Jun Ma. “Emerging challenges and opportunities for electrified membranes to enhance water treatment.” Environ. Sci. & Technol. (2022) 56: 3832–3835.

Akash Neal Biswas^a, Lea R. Winter^a,*, Björn Loenders^a, Zhenhua Xie, Annemie Bogaerts*, Jingguang G. Chen*. “Oxygenate production from plasma-activated reaction of CO₂ and ethane.” ACS Energy Letters (2022) 7: 236–241.

Ji-Soo Jang^a, Lea R. Winter^a, Changwoo Kim, John D. Fortner*, Menachem Elimelech*. “High precision separation membranes for selective environmental gas sensors.” Trends in Chemistry (2021) 3: 547–560.

Meng Sun ^a, Xiaoxiong Wang ^a, Lea R. Winter, Yumeng Zhao, Wen Ma, Tayler Hedtke, Jae-Hong Kim, Menachem Elimelech*. “Electrified membranes for water treatment applications.” ACS ES&T Engineering (2021) 1: 725–752.

Lea R. Winter, Jingguang G. Chen*. “N₂ fixation by plasma-activated processes.” Joule (2021) 5: 300–315.

Lea R. Winter, Bryony Ashford, Jungmi Hong, Anthony B. Murphy*, Jingguang G. Chen*. “Identifying surface reaction intermediates in plasma catalytic ammonia synthesis.” ACS Catalysis (2020) 10: 14763–14774.

Lea R. Winter, Rui Chen, Xin Chen, Kuan Chang, Zongyuan Liu, Sanjaya D. Senanayake, Amani Ebrahim, Jingguang G. Chen*. “Elucidating the roles of metallic Ni and oxygen vacancies in CO₂ hydrogenation over Ni/CeO₂ using isotope exchange and in situ measurements.” Appl. Catal. B Environ. (2019) 245: 360–366.

Lea R. Winter, Elaine Gomez, Binhang Yan, Siyu Yao, Jingguang G. Chen*. “Tuning Ni-catalyzed CO₂ hydrogenation selectivity via Ni-ceria support interactions and Ni-Fe bimetallic formation.” Appl. Catal. B Environ. (2018) 224: 442–450.

Bradley Da Silva, Mengxue Zhang, Guillaume Schelcher, Lea Winter, Cedric Guyon, Patrick Tabeling, Daniel Bonn, Michael Tatoulian*. “Study of the stability and hydrophilicity of plasma-modified microfluidic materials.” Plasma Process. Polym. (2017) 14: 1600034–1600034.
Dustin W. Fickel*, Kaiwalya D. Sabnis, Luanyi Li, Neeta Kulkarni, Lea R. Winter, Binhang Yan, Jingguang G. Chen. “Chloromethane to olefins over H-SAPO-34: Probing the hydrocarbon pool mechanism.” Appl. Catal. A Gen. (2016) 527: 146–151.

Alon Grinberg Dana, Gal Tvil, Lea Winter, Gennady E. Shter, Gideon S. Grader*. “Pressure effect on combustion of aqueous urea ammonium nitrate alternative fuel.” Fuel (2015) 159: 500–507.