Research Interest :
Focusing on the sustainable utilization of unconventional water resources, our research investigates solvation-regulated interfacial transport and reaction mechanisms within membrane-confined environments and develops high-performance membrane materials and processes for water purification, emerging contaminant control, resource recovery, and salinity-gradient energy harvesting.
Featured Publications :
1. Wei, J.; Mei, Y.*; Wang, C.; Yang, Y.; Zhao, Y.; Tang, C. Y.; Ng, H. Y.*, Synergistic non-faradaic and faradaic processes for efficient phosphate recovery and fouling control in capacitive deionization. Water Research 2026, 296. *Corresponding Author
2. Qiu, Y.; Xu, H.; Zhou, Y.; Chen, B.; Wang, Z.; Yang, Y.; Fang, Q.; Mei, Y.*, Crystalline carbon nitride derived self-assembly composite membranes with enhanced self-cleaning performance toward dye/salt separation. Journal of environmental management 2025, 388.
3. Feng, C.; Pan, X.; Lin, X.; Yang, Y.; Fan, F.; Jiang, C.; Mei, Y.*, Capacitive deionization exploiting La-based LDH composite electrode toward energy efficient and selective removal of phosphate. Desalination 2025, 594.
4. Mei, Y.; Huang, Y.; Wang, Q.; Qiu, Y.; Yang, Y.; Shu, W.; Guo, Y.; Wang, X.; Zheng, Y.; Ge, X.; Lin, X., Self-Cleaning Thin Film Polyamide Manganese Dioxide Nanocomposite Membrane via Peroxymonosulfate Activation. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2024, 63, (42), 18108-18119.
5. Yang, Y.; You, X.; Tang, S.; Li, Y.; Liu, M.; Mei, Y.*; Shu, W., Phosphate Uptake over the Innovative La–Fe–CNT Membrane: Structure-Activity Correlation and Mechanism Investigation. ACS ES&T Engineering 2024.
6. Zhou, S.; Mei, Y.*; Yang, W.; Jiang, C.; Guo, H.; Feng, S.-P.; Tang, C. Y.*, Energy harvesting from acid mine drainage using a highly proton/ion-selective thin polyamide film. Water Research 2024, 255.
7. Yang, Y.*; Tang, S.; Lin, H.; Fu, H.*; Mei, Y.*; Long, Y., Catalytic Reaction Intensification by a Novel Cryogenic Auxiliary Synthesized Fe-PAN Membrane. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2023, 62, (48), 20677-20688.
8. Mei, Y.; Yang, Z.; Sun, P.-F.; Zhou, S.; Guo, H.; Peng, L. E.; Yao, Z.; Yang, W.; Tang, C. Y., Polyelectrolyte-assisted interfacial polymerization for polyamide nanofiltration membrane with enhanced separation and anti-biofouling properties in groundwater treatment. Desalination 2023, 555.
9. Mei, Y.; Huang, Y.; Xu, H.; Yang, W.; Lin, X., Thin film composite membrane with self-cleaning properties via a catalytic interlayer for dye wastewater treatment. Journal of Membrane Science 2023, 688.
10. Liu, L.; Lin, X.; Li, W.; Liu, X.; Fan, F.; Yang, Y.; Mei, Y.*, Thin film composite reverse osmosis membranes with metal-organic coordination complexes stabilized CNTs interlayer for enhanced removal of trace organic contaminants. Journal of Membrane Science 2023, 687.
11. Ye, L.; Wang, L.; Wei, Z.; Zhou, S.; Yao, Z.; Fan, F.; Mei, Y.*, Thin film composite nanofiltration membrane with tannic acid-Fe(III) complexes functionalized CNTs interlayer toward energy efficient remediation of groundwater. Desalination 2023, 552.
12. Zhou, G.#; Mei, Y.#; Wang, Y.; Zhou, S.; Bin Mamtaz, M. R.; Tang, C. Y.*; Ciucci, F., Recovery of Salinity Gradient Energy with an Inorganic Sodium Superionic Conductor. ACS Energy Letters 2022, 7, (5), 1806-1813. Co-first author
13. Mei, Y.; Jiang, C.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, L.; Tang, C. Y.*, Electrodialysis membrane technology for industrial wastewater treatment: recent advances. Electrochemical Membrane Technology for Water and Wastewater Treatment Chapter 9, 2022, 265-316.
14. Mei, Y.; Li, X.; Yao, Z.; Qing, W.; Fane, A. G.; Tang, C. Y.*, Simulation of an energy self-sufficient electrodialysis desalination stack for salt removal efficiency and freshwater recovery. Journal of Membrane Science 2020, 598, 1-14.
15. Mei, Y.; Liu, L.; Lu, Y.-C.; Tang, C. Y.*, Reverse Electrodialysis Chemical Cell for Energy Harvesting from Controlled Acid−Base Neutralization. Environmental Science & Technology 2019, 53, (8), 4640–4647.
16. Mei, Y.; Tang, C. Y.*, Recent developments and future perspectives of reverse electrodialysis technology: A review. Desalination 2018, 425, 156-174. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)
17. Mei, Y.; Yao, Z.; Ji, L.; Toy, P. H.; Tang, C. Y.*, Effects of hypochlorite exposure on the structure and electrochemical performance of ion exchange membranes in reverse electrodialysis. Journal of Membrane Science 2018, 549, 295-305.
18. Mei, Y.; Tang, C. Y.*, Co-locating reverse electrodialysis with reverse osmosis desalination: Synergies and implications. Journal of Membrane Science 2017, 539, 305-312.
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