Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology

Dr Xueqin Zhang

Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Resear
Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology
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Fundamental understanding and application of the metabolic pathway for VFA/electricity production through Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane (AOM)
Australian Research Council
 2018–2021
Fugitive greenhouse gas emissions from urban water systems
Australian Research Council
 2009–2017
An innovative nitrogen removal process by coupling anammox and methane-dependent denitrification
Australian Research Council
 2009
Production of valuable chemicals from gaseous waste
Australian Research Council
 2022–2024

Publications

Journal Articles (17)
Thesis (1)

Journal Articles

Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Ge, Lei, Zhao, Jing, Zhang, Xueqin, Li, Mengran, Hu, Shihu, Smart, Simon, Rufford, Thomas E., Zhu, Zhonghua, Wang, Hao and Yuan, Zhiguo (2022). Regulating the reaction zone of electrochemical CO2 reduction on gas-diffusion electrodes by distinctive hydrophilic-hydrophobic catalyst layers. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 310 121362, 121362. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121362
Zhang, Xueqin, Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Ni, Gaofeng, Frank, Joshua, Zhao, Jing, Cai, Chen, Virdis, Bernardino, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2022). Bio-reduced graphene oxide on hollow fibers as gas-diffusible anodes for enhancing bioelectrochemical methane oxidation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 440 135811, 135811. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.135811
Zhang, Xueqin, McIlroy, Simon J., Vassilev, Igor, Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Plan, Manuel, Cai, Chen, Virdis, Bernardino, Tyson, Gene W., Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2022). Polyhydroxyalkanoate-driven current generation via acetate by an anaerobic methanotrophic consortium. Water Research, 221 118743, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118743
Cai, Chen, Ni, Gaofeng, Xia, Jun, Zhang, Xueqin, Zheng, Yue, He, Bingqing, Marcellin, Esteban, Li, Weiwei, Pu, Jiaoyang, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2022). Response of the anaerobic methanotrophic archaeon candidatus “methanoperedens nitroreducens” to the long-term ferrihydrite amendment. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13 799859, 799859. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.799859
Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Ge, Lei, Zhang, Xueqin, Hu, Shihu, Li, Mengran, Smart, Simon, Zhu, Zhonghua, Wang, Hao and Yuan, Zhiguo (2021). Stand-alone asymmetric hollow fiber gas-diffusion electrodes with distinguished bronze phases for high-efficiency CO2 electrochemical reduction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 298 120538, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120538
Zhang, Xueqin, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2021). Anaerobic oxidation of methane mediated by microbial extracellular respiration. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 13 (6), 1-15. doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.13008
Cai, Chen, Zhang, Xueqin, Wu, Mengxiong, Liu, Tao, Lai, Chun-Yu, Frank, Joshua, He, Bingqing, Marcellin, Esteban, Guo, Jianhua, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2021). Roles and opportunities for microbial anaerobic oxidation of methane in natural and engineered systems. Energy and Environmental Science, 14 (9), 4803-4830. doi: 10.1039/d1ee00708d
Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Ge, Lei, Zhang, Xueqin, Hu, Shihu, Li, Mengran, Smart, Simon, Zhu, Zhonghua and Yuan, Zhiguo (2021). Shape-tuned electrodeposition of bismuth-based nanosheets on flow-through hollow fiber gas diffusion electrode for high-efficiency CO2 reduction to formate. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 286 119945, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.119945
Li, Weiwei, Cai, Chen, Song, Yarong, Ni, Gaofeng, Zhang, Xueqin and Lu, Peili (2021). The role of crystalline iron oxides in methane mitigation through anaerobic oxidation of methane. ACS ES&T Water, 1 (5), 1153-1160. doi: 10.1021/acsestwater.0c00199
Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Ge, Lei, Zhang, Xueqin, Hu, Shihu, Li, Mengran and Yuan, Zhiguo (2021). Gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs) for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and dinitrogen to value-added products: a review. Energy and Environmental Science, 14 (4), 1959-2008. doi: 10.1039/d0ee03756g
Zhang, Xueqin, Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Frank, Joshua, Cai, Chen, Stark, Terra, Virdis, Bernardino, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2020). Enhancing methane oxidation in a bioelectrochemical membrane reactor using a soluble electron mediator. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 13 (1) 173, 173. doi: 10.1186/s13068-020-01808-7
Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Zhang, Xueqin, Ge, Lei, Hu, Shihu, Li, Mengran, Smart, Simon, Zhu, Zhonghua and Yuan, Zhiguo (2020). Tuning the product selectivity of Cu hollow fiber gas diffusion electrode for efficient CO2 reduction to formate by controlled surface Sn electrodeposition. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12 (19) acsami.0c03681, 21670-21681. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c03681
Xu, Yingfeng, Ge, Zhipeng, Zhang, Xueqin, Feng, Huajun, Ying, Xianbin, Huang, Baocheng, Shen, Dongsheng, Wang, Meizhen, Zhou, Yuyang, Wang, Yanfeng and Yu, Hanqing (2019). Validation of effective roles of non-electroactive microbes on recalcitrant contaminant degradation in bioelectrochemical systems. Environmental Pollution, 249, 794-800. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.03.036
Zhang, Xueqin, Xia, Jun, Pu, Jiaoyang, Cai, Chen, Tyson, Gene W., Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2019). Biochar-mediated anaerobic oxidation of methane. Environmental Science and Technology, 53 (12) acs.est.9b01345, 6660-6668. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b01345
Feng, Huajun, Ge, Zhipeng, Chen, Wei, Wang, Jing, Shen, Dongsheng, Jia, Yufeng, Qiao, Hua, Ying, Xianbin, Zhang, Xueqin and Wang, Meizhen (2018). Carbonized cow dung as a high performance and low cost anode material for bioelectrochemical systems. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9 (NOV) 2760, 2760. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02760
Zhang, Xueqin, Guo, Kun, Shen, Dongsheng, Feng, Huajun, Wang, Meizhen, Zhou, Yuyang, Jia, Yufeng, Liang, Yuxiang and Zhou, Mengjiao (2017). Carbon black as an alternative cathode material for electrical energy recovery and transfer in a microbial battery. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 6981, 6981. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07174-z
Huang, Lijie, Zhang, Xueqing, Shen, Dongsheng, Li, Na, Ge, Zhipeng, Zhou, Yuyang, Zhou, Mengjiao, Feng, Huajun and Guo, Kun (2017). Effect of heat-treatment atmosphere on the current generation of TiO2 nanotube array electrodes in microbial fuel cells. Electrochimica Acta, 257, 203-209. doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.10.068

Thesis

Zhang, Xueqin (2021). Understanding extracellular respiration of anaerobic methanotrophic archaea and application for bioelectrochemical oxidation of methane. PhD Thesis, Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/46b036d