Publications

Yang, K. and Qin, M.* Enhancing Selective Ammonium Transport in Membrane Electrochemical Systems. Water Research, 2024.
Yang, K. and Qin, M.* Understanding Ammonia and Water Transport in Direct Contact Membrane Distillation towards Selective Ammonia Recovery. ACS ES&T Engineering, 2024.
Burns, M., Tang, H., Larson, R. A., & Qin, M.* Bioelectrochemically-Assisted Ammonia Recovery from Dairy Manure. Water Research, 2024, 121243.
Wang, R., Yang, K., Wong, C., Aguirre-Villegas, H., Larson, R., Brushett, F., Qin, M.,* and Jin, S.* Electrochemical ammonia recovery and co-production of chemicals from manure wastewater. Nature Sustainability, 2024.
Wu, Z., Qin, M.,* and Wei, H.* Improved Reliability of Raman Spectroscopic Imaging of Low-Micrometer Microplastic Mixtures in Lake Water by Fractionated Membrane Filtration. ACS ES&T Water, 2023.
Yang, K., Du, H., and Qin, M.* Solar Enhanced Membrane Distillation for Ammonia Recovery. Journal of Membrane Science Letters, 2023, 3.1, 100043.
Burns, M. and Qin, M.* Ammonia Recovery from Organic Nitrogen in Synthetic Dairy Manure with a Microbial Fuel Cell. Chemosphere, 2023.
Wu, Z., Cai, S., Cho, S.W., Wei, H.,* and Qin, M.* Laboratory Filter Membranes May Release Organic Particles that Affect Water Analysis. ACS ES&T Engineering, 2022.
Yang, K. and Qin, M.* The Application of Cation Exchange Membranes in Electrochemical Systems for Ammonia Recovery from Wastewater. Membranes, 2021,7, 494.
Sun, M., Qin, M., Wang, C., Weng, G., Huo, M., Taylor, A., Qu, J., Elimelech, M.* Electrochemical-Osmotic Process for Simultaneous Recovery of Electric Energy, Water, and Metals from Wastewater. Environmental Science & Technology, 2020.
Patel, S. K., Ritt, C., Deshmukh, A., Wang, Z., Qin, M., Epsztein, R., Elimelech, M.* The Relative Insignificance of Advanced Materials in Enhancing the Energy Efficiency of Desalination Technologies. Energy & Environmental Science, 2020, 13, 1694-1710.
Patel, S. K., Qin, M., Walker, W. S., Elimelech, M.* Energy Efficiency of Electro-Driven Brackish Water Desalination: Electrodialysis Significantly Outperforms Membrane Capacitive Deionization. Environmental Science & Technology, 2020, 54 (6), 3663-3677.
Qin, M., Deshmukh, A., Epsztein, R., Patel, S.K., Owoseni, O. M., Walker, W. S., Elimelech, M.* Comparison of Energy Consumption in Desalination by Capacitive Deionization and Reverse Osmosis. Desalination, 2019, 455: 100-114.
Epsztein, R., Shaulsky, E., Qin, M., Elimelech, M.* Activation Behavior for Ion Permeation in Ion-Exchange Membranes: Role of Ion Dehydration in Selective Transport. Journal of Membrane Science, 2019, 580: 316-326.
Zou, S., Qin, M., He, Z. Tackle Reverse Solute Flux in Forward Osmosis towards Sustainable Water Recovery: Reduction and Perspectives. Water Research, 2018, 149: 362-374.
Qin, M., White, C., Zou, S., He, Z.* Passive Separation of Recovered Ammonia from Catholyte for Reduced Energy Consumption in Microbial Electrolysis Cells. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018, 334: 2303-2307.6
Qin, M. and He, Z.* Resource Recovery by Osmotic Bioelectrochemical Systems towards Sustainable Wastewater Treatment. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 2017, 3: 583-592. (Front Cover).
Yang, Y., Qin, M., Yang, X., He, Z.* Sustainable Operation of Osmotic Microbial Fuel Cells through Effective Reproduction of Polyelectrolyte Draw Solutes Facilitated by Cathodic pH Increase. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017, 1: 1143-1149.
Qin, M., Liu, Y., Luo, S., Qiao, R.,* He, Z.* Integrated Experimental and Modeling Evaluation of Energy Consumption for Ammonia Recovery in Bioelectrochemical Systems. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017, 327: 924-931.
Qin, M., Hynes, A., Abu-Reesh, I.M., He, Z.* Ammonium Removal from Synthetic Wastewater Promoted by Current Generation and Water Flux in an Osmotic Microbial Fuel Cell. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017, 149: 856-862.
Zou, S., Qin, M., Moreau, Y., He, Z.* Nutrient-Energy-Water Recovery from Synthetic Sidestream Centrate Using a Microbial Electrolysis Cell-Forward Osmosis Hybrid System. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017,154: 16-25.
Yang, Y., Qin, M., Yang, X., He, Z.* Enhancing Hydrogen Production in Microbial Electrolysis Cells by in situ Hydrogen Oxidation for Self-Buffering pH through Periodic Polarity Reversal. Journal of Power Sources, 2017, 347: 21-28.
Qin, M., Abu-Reesh, I.M., He, Z.* Effects of Current Generation and Electrolyte pH on Reverse Salt Flux across Thin Film Composite Membrane in Osmotic Microbial Fuel Cells. Water Research,2016, 105: 583-590.
Qin, M., Maza, W.A., Stratakes, B.M., Ahrenholtz, S.R., Morris, A.J.,* He, Z.* Nanoparticulate Ni(OH)₂ Films Synthesized from Macrocyclic Nickel (II) Cyclam for Hydrogen Production in Microbial Electrolysis Cells. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2016, 163: F437-F442.
Liu, Y., Qin, M., Luo, S., He, Z.,* Qiao, R.* Understanding Ammonium Transport in Bioelectrochemical Systems towards its Recovery. Scientific Reports, 2016, 6.
Qin, M., Molitor, H., Brazil, B., Novak, J.T., He, Z.* Recovery of Nitrogen and Water from Landfill Leachate by a Microbial Electrolysis Cell–Forward Osmosis System. Bioresource Technology, 2016, 200: 485-492.
Qin, M., Ping, Q., Lu, Y., Abu-Reesh, I.M., He, Z.* Understanding Electricity Generation in Osmotic Microbial Fuel Cells through Integrated Experimental Investigation and Mathematical Modeling. Bioresource Technology, 2015, 195: 194-201.
Lu, Y., Qin, M., Yuan, H., Abu-Reesh, I.M., He, Z.* When Bioelectrochemical Systems Meet Forward Osmosis: Accomplishing Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Through Synergy. Water, 2014, 1: 38-50.
Qin, M. and He, Z.* Self-supplied Ammonium Bicarbonate Draw Solute for Achieving Wastewater Treatment and Recovery in a Microbial Electrolysis Cell-Forward Osmosis-Coupled System. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2014, 1.10: 437-441.
Qin, M., Zhao, H.,* Ren, L., Wang, Z. Study on the Coagulation Efficiency of Covalent Bonded Aluminum-Silicon Hybrid Flocculants. Chinese Journal of Environmental Engineering, 2014, 4: 1262-1266.