
Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- yeshui.zhang@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 273699
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Engineering
Biography
Yeshui joined in School of Engineering at University of Aberdeen, UK as a Lecturer in Dec 2021. She was a Faraday Institution Research Fellow at University College London, UK since January 2018 .She has completed her BSc. from University of Birmingham in 2012 and MSc. (Engineering) from The University of Sheffield in 2013. She finished her PhD in September 2017 at University of Leeds. Her research interests cover broad area of chemical engineering, including energy storage materials, lithium-ion battery manufacturing, pyrolysis-catalysis of waste, high temperature quartz crystal microbalance, carbon nanotubes synthesis and circular economy of plastics.
Qualifications
- BSc. Environmental Management2012 - University of Birmingham
- MSc.(Engineering) Energy and Environmental Engineering2013 - University of Sheffield
- PhD. Chemical and Process Engineering2017 - University of Leeds
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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- Committee member Industry Academia Seminars-CPM Research Group
- Retention officer School of Engineering Retention Group at the University of Aberdeen
- Lab coordinator Meston lab 155 at the University of Aberdeen
- Committee member REF Steering group at the University of Aberdeen
- External Memberships
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- Member EPSRC Peer Review College
- Associate fellow of Higher Education of Academy PR181319;
- Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Membership No. 550333;
- Associate member of IChemE. Membership No. 100196549;
- Member of the Supergen Bioenergy Hub SHARE network;
- Member of IGEM (Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers); Membership No. 161003;
- Associate editor & social media editor of IChemE Carbon Capture Science & Technology (ISSN: 2772-6568).
- Guest editor for the special issue of Process Safety & Environmental Production & Catalysts about ‘Plastics Recycling’; special issue of ‘Catalysts’ about ‘Catalytic Recycling of Waste’; Special issue of Biomass & Bioenergy about Sustainable Upcycling of Biomass Waste; Special issue of Biomass & Bioenergy about ‘Biomass Waste Management for a Sustainable Future’; Special issue of Frontiers in Catalysis about “Supported Metal Catalysts in Fundamental Research and Industrial Applications”.
- Reviewer of Small, Catalysis Today, Renewable energy, Journal of Analytical & Applied catalysis, Energy Conversion & management, Energy Science & Engineering, Process Safety & Environmental Protection, Waste & Biomass Vaporization, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering.
- Review editor & editorial board of Electrochemical Energy Conversion & Storage (specialty section of Frontiers in Energy Research).
- Reviewer editor of Frontiers in Catalysis (specialty section in Heterogeneous Catalysis).
Latest Publications
Hydrothermal transformation behavior and degradation pathway analysis of waste surgical masks in supercritical water
Process Safety and Environmental Protection, vol. 176, pp. 776-785Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2023.06.048
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Quantitative analysis of carbon dioxide emission reduction pathways: Towards carbon neutrality in China's power sector
Carbon Capture Science & Technology, vol. 7, 100112Contributions to Journals: Review articlesMulti-scale Designed CoxMn3–xO4 Spinels: Smart Pre-Catalysts towards High-Efficiency Pyrolysis-Catalysis Recycling of Waste Plastics
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol. 324, 122271Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.122271
N-doped Ni-Co bimetallic derived hollow nano-framework cubes anchored on 3D reduced graphene aerogel with enhanced sodium ion batteries performance
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, vol. 659, 130796Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.130796
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Quantitative assessment of machine-learning segmentation of battery electrode materials for active material quantification
Journal of Power Sources, vol. 557, 232503Contributions to Journals: Articles
Prizes and Awards
- Emerging Investigator Award from IChemE Carbon Capture Science & Technology 2022;
- Travel Award for the ToScA UK & Europe 2022;
- IAAM Young Scientist Medal 2022 from International Association of Advanced Materials;
- Frontier Lab Young Scientist Award at 22nd International Symposium on Analytical & Applied Pyrolysis-Pyro 2018;
- 1st Poster prize from the Chinese Society of Chemical Science & Technology in the UK & Society of Chemical Industry’s Chinese UK Regional Group (UKCSCST-SCI) (12/09/2020);
- Best paper award on the 21st CCSSTA (09/09/2020);
- Telford Premium Award (Journal Prize for best paper) from Institution of Civil Engineers publishing (05/06/2017).
- 1st Poster presentation prize from Royal Academy of Engineering’s Leeds Region Research day (12/10/2016)
- Research
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Research Overview
My research interests cover broad area of chemical engineering, including energy storage materials, lithium-ion battery manufacturing, pyrolysis-catalysis of waste, high temperature quartz crystal microbalance, carbon nanotubes synthesis and circular economy of plastics.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Engineering.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Engineering
Accepting PhDsResearch Specialisms
- Chemical Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Materials Engineering
- Materials Science
- Ultrasound
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
EG551Y/2L Oil & Gas Chemistry
EG2011/EG20G2 Process Engineering
EG552Q Catalyst and Reactor Design
EG4013, EG4014, EG4513, EG45PA (2021-22) UG Individual Project
EG555N, EG59F1, EG59F2, EG59M2 (2021-22) MSc Individual Project
- Publications
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Hydrothermal transformation behavior and degradation pathway analysis of waste surgical masks in supercritical water
Process Safety and Environmental Protection, vol. 176, pp. 776-785Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2023.06.048
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Quantitative analysis of carbon dioxide emission reduction pathways: Towards carbon neutrality in China's power sector
Carbon Capture Science & Technology, vol. 7, 100112Contributions to Journals: Review articlesMulti-scale Designed CoxMn3–xO4 Spinels: Smart Pre-Catalysts towards High-Efficiency Pyrolysis-Catalysis Recycling of Waste Plastics
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol. 324, 122271Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.122271
N-doped Ni-Co bimetallic derived hollow nano-framework cubes anchored on 3D reduced graphene aerogel with enhanced sodium ion batteries performance
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, vol. 659, 130796Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.130796
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Quantitative assessment of machine-learning segmentation of battery electrode materials for active material quantification
Journal of Power Sources, vol. 557, 232503Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe impact of heating rate on the decomposition kinetics and product distribution of algal waste pyrolysis with in-situ weight measurement
Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 457, 141368Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.141368
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Insights into in-situ catalytic degradation of plastic wastes over zeolite-based catalyst from perspective of three-dimensional pore structure evolution
Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 450, no. 4, 138402Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA perspective of low carbon lithium-ion battery recycling technology
Carbon Capture Science and Technology, vol. 5, 100074Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRoadmap on Li-ion battery manufacturing research
JPhys Energy , vol. 4, no. 4, 042006Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTowards integrated gasification and fuel cell operation with carbon capture: Impact of fuel gas on anode materials
Fuel, vol. 318, 123561Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.123561