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Solar up-draft tower to enable atmospheric photocatalysis for non-CO2 greenhouse gases removal: an emerging negative emission technology

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Deliverables

Other (5)
Develop project website and open social media accounts and produce dissemination and communication plans (opens in new window)
Organisation of Workshop 4 and Training School 4 (opens in new window)
Organisation of Workshop 2 and Training School 3 (opens in new window)
Organisation and running of Workshop 3 (opens in new window)
Organisation and running of Training School 1 (opens in new window)
Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)
An outdoor photocatalysis rig for sample testing and demonstration (opens in new window)
Documents, reports (2)
Numerical datasets for effectiveness prediction (opens in new window)
Organisation of Workshop 1 and Training School 2. (opens in new window)

Organisation of Workshop 1 and Training School 2

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (45)
A high-performance solar chimney in building integrated with photocatalytic technology for atmospheric methane removal (opens in new window)

Author(s): Aocheng Li, Tingzhen Ming, Hanbing Xiong, Yongjia Wu, Tianhao Shi, Wei Li, Renaud de Richter, Yanhua Chen, Xiaoliang Tang, Yanping Yuan
Published in: Solar Energy, Issue 260, 2025, Page(s) 126-136, ISSN 0038-092X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2023.05.035

Numerical analysis of solar chimney power plant integrated with CH4 photocatalytic reactors for fighting global warming under ambient crosswind (opens in new window)

Author(s): Hanbing Xiong, Tingzhen Ming, Yongjia Wu, Caixia Wang, Qiong Chen, Wei Li, Liwen Mu, Renaud de Richter, Yanping Yuan
Published in: Renewable Energy, Issue 201, 2025, Page(s) 678-690, ISSN 0960-1481
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2022.11.024

Multi-Scale insights into competitive adsorption of CO2-CH4-N2 ternary mixtures on MIL-101(Cr): From molecular behaviour to process simulation (opens in new window)

Author(s): Yimin Shao, Liangliang Huang, Wei Li, Yijun Shi, Shenghong Ju
Published in: Separation and Purification Technology, Issue 365, 2025, Page(s) 132691, ISSN 1383-5866
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2025.132691

Adsorption and Diffusion of CH<sub>4</sub>, N<sub>2</sub>, and Their Mixture in MIL-101(Cr): A Molecular Simulation Study (opens in new window)

Author(s): Yimin Shao, Shanshan Wang, Liangliang Huang, Shenghong Ju, Xianfeng Fan, Wei Li
Published in: Journal of Chemical &amp; Engineering Data, Issue 69, 2024, Page(s) 4466-4482, ISSN 0021-9568
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.4c00233

CFD modeling of traffic tidal flow: Assessment of pollutant dispersion (opens in new window)

Author(s): Zhengtong Li, Tingzhen Ming, Tianhao Shi, Hao Zhang, Chih-Yung Wen, Yongjia Wu, Caixia Wang, Kui Yin, Renaud de Richter, Wei Li
Published in: Urban Climate, Issue 47, 2025, Page(s) 101380, ISSN 2212-0955
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101380

Perspectives on removal of atmospheric methane (opens in new window)

Author(s): Tingzhen Ming, Wei Li, Qingchun Yuan, Philip Davies, Renaud de Richter, Chong Peng, Qihong Deng, Yanping Yuan, Sylvain Caillol, Nan Zhou
Published in: Advances in Applied Energy, 2022, ISSN 2666-7924
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
DOI: 10.1016/j.adapen.2022.100085

Downdraft Devices for Negative Emissions—Quantification Study and Environmental Implication (opens in new window)

Author(s): Xiaokun Yao, Tao Tao, Tingzhen Ming, Renaud de Richter, Wei Li
Published in: Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, 2025, ISSN 2152-3878
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1002/ghg.2392

Simulation of Multi-Physicochemical Methane Photocatalytic Process in the SCPP-HPCR Using Lattice Boltzmann Method (opens in new window)

Author(s): Yongjia Wu, Meilun Du, Qinggang Wang, Hanbing Xiong, Xinyi Yang, Yanhua Chen, Wei Li, Renaud de Richter, Yanping Yuan, Tingzhen Ming
Published in: Journal of Thermal Science, Issue 34, 2025, Page(s) 1341-1357, ISSN 1003-2169
Publisher: Kexue Chubaneshe/Science Press
DOI: 10.1007/s11630-025-2070-0

Removing low-concentration methane via thermo-catalytic oxidation on CuOx/zeolite (opens in new window)

Author(s): Yuyin Wang, Yun Wang, Zihan Liu, Ying Li, Lin Yao, Shibo Shao, Xianfeng Fan, Tingzhen Ming, Xiaohua Lu, Liwen Mu, Wei Li
Published in: Applied Surface Science, Issue 682, 2024, Page(s) 161691, ISSN 0169-4332
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2024.161691

The simulated cooling performance of a thin-film thermoelectric cooler with coupled-thermoelements connected in parallel (opens in new window)

Author(s): Tingzhen Ming, Sen Chen, Yonggao Yan, Tingrui Gong, Jianlong Wan, Yongjia Wu
Published in: Heliyon, Issue 8, 2025, Page(s) e10025, ISSN 2405-8440
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10025

Solar Driven Gas Phase Advanced Oxidation Processes for Methane Removal ‐ Challenges and Perspectives (opens in new window)

Author(s): Jie Zhang, Yuyin Wang, Yun Wang, Yang Bai, Xin Feng, Jiahua Zhu, Xiaohua Lu, Liwen Mu, Tingzhen Ming, Renaud de Richter, Wei Li
Published in: Chemistry – A European Journal, Issue 28, 2025, ISSN 0947-6539
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201984

Methods of Large-Scale Capture and Removal of Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases (opens in new window)

Author(s): Qing Wang, Hanbing Xiong, Tingzhen Ming
Published in: Energies, Issue 15, 2025, Page(s) 6560, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en15186560

Innovative microchannel-structured beads for microscale process intensification: A case study on water treatment for sulfamethoxazole abatement (opens in new window)

Author(s): Jiaojiao Zheng, Zhentao Wu
Published in: Chemical Engineering Journal, Issue 504, 2025, Page(s) 158527, ISSN 1385-8947
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.158527

Highly dispersed CuOx decorated ZnO photocatalyst for low-concentration methane removal (opens in new window)

Author(s): Yun Wang, Sheng Xu, Haiyuan Zhang, Yuyin Wang, Enmao Wang, Zeyu He, Jiahua Zhu, Xiaohua Lu, Lilong Zhang, Yang Bai, Kunfeng Zhao, Qingwei Gao, Jianrong Zeng, Zhiguo Yi, Tingzhen Ming, Wei Li, Liwen Mu
Published in: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Issue 12, 2025, Page(s) 114954, ISSN 2213-3437
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2024.114954

Review on pollutant dispersion in urban areas-part A: Effects of mechanical factors and urban morphology (opens in new window)

Author(s): Zhengtong Li, Tingzhen Ming, Shurong Liu, Chong Peng, Renaud de Richter, Wei Li, Hao Zhang, Chih-Yung Wen
Published in: Building and Environment, 2021, ISSN 0360-1323
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.107534

Experimental and kinetic studies on the photocatalysis of UV–vis light irradiation for low concentrations of the methane (opens in new window)

Author(s): Hanbing Xiong, Tingzhen Ming, Yun Wang, Yongjia Wu, Wei Li, Renaud de Richter, Qian Zhang, Liwen Mu, Chong Peng
Published in: Applied Energy, Issue 377, 2024, Page(s) 124388, ISSN 0306-2619
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124388

A novel green technology: Reducing carbon dioxide and eliminating methane from the atmosphere (opens in new window)

Author(s): Tingzhen Ming, Hanbing Xiong, Tianhao Shi, Yongjia Wu, Caixia Wang, Yuangao Wen, Wei Li, Renaud de Richter, Nan Zhou
Published in: International Journal of Energy Research, Issue 46, 2023, Page(s) 20107-20120, ISSN 0363-907X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/er.8675

Mitigating air pollution strategies based on solar chimneys (opens in new window)

Author(s): Yang Liu, Tingzhen Ming, Chong Peng, Yongjia Wu, Wei Li, Renaud de Richter, Nan Zhou
Published in: Solar Energy, 2021, ISSN 0038-092X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2021.02.021

Carbon xerogel-enhanced microchannel-structured beads for organic pollutants degradation: A novel catalyst for synergistic microscale process intensification (opens in new window)

Author(s): Jiaojiao Zheng, Francisco R. García–García, Yang Yang, Kang Li, Tony Bridgwater, Haiping Yang, Zhentao Wu
Published in: Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, Issue 366, 2025, Page(s) 125069, ISSN 0926-3373
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.125069

Numerical study of reactive pollutants diffusion in urban street canyons with a viaduct (opens in new window)

Author(s): Tingzhen Ming, Cao Nie, Wenyu Li, Xin Kang, Yongjia Wu, Mengjie Zhang, Chong Peng
Published in: Building Simulation, Issue 15, 2023, Page(s) 1227-1241, ISSN 1996-3599
Publisher: Tsinghua University
DOI: 10.1007/s12273-021-0795-6

Low-concentration methane removal: what can we learn from high-concentration methane conversion? (opens in new window)

Author(s): Yun Wang, Haiyuan Zhang, Jie Zhang, Yijie Fu, Yuyin Wang, Yang Bai, Xin Feng, Jiahua Zhu, Xiaohua Lu, Liwen Mu, Wei Li
Published in: Catalysis Science &amp; Technology, Issue 13, 2024, Page(s) 6392-6408, ISSN 2044-4753
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d3cy00810j

Unraveling humidity's dual effects on trace methane photocatalytic ozonation: Enhanced radical generation versus active site blockade (opens in new window)

Author(s): Junyu Ying, Yun Wang, Haiyuan Zhang, Yang Bai, Jiahua Zhu, Xiaohua Lu, Wei Li, Liwen Mu
Published in: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Issue 13, 2025, Page(s) 120330, ISSN 2213-3437
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2025.120330

A low‐energy approach to processing large‐scale airflow (opens in new window)

Author(s): Yimin Shao, Yang Bai, Yongjia Wu, Tingzhen Ming, Renaud de Richter, Xianfeng Fan, Xiaohua Lu, Wei Li
Published in: Energy Science &amp; Engineering, Issue 11, 2025, Page(s) 606-620, ISSN 2050-0505
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ese3.1348

Boost of trace methane photo-oxidation in the presence of water vapor via the interfacial hydrophobic effect (opens in new window)

Author(s): Yun Wang, Xulong Song, Haiyuan Zhang, Junyu Ying, Zihan Liu, Hanbing Xiong, Tuo Ji, Wei Cao, Yang Bai, Tingzhen Ming, Jiahua Zhu, Xiaohua Lu, Wei Li, Liwen Mu
Published in: Chemical Engineering Science, Issue 321, 2025, Page(s) 122744, ISSN 0009-2509
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2025.122744

Review on pollutant dispersion in urban areas-part B: Local mitigation strategies, optimization framework, and evaluation theory (opens in new window)

Author(s): Zhengtong Li, Tingzhen Ming, Tianhao Shi, Hao Zhang, Chih-Yung Wen, Xuesong Lu, Xu Dong, Yongjia Wu, Renaud de Richter, Wei Li, Chong Pengf
Published in: Building and Environment, 2021, ISSN 0360-1323
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107890

Numerical simulation of the effect of solar chimneys on NOx-O3 photochemical reaction and ventilation in urban street canyon (opens in new window)

Author(s): Hanbing Xiong, Tianhao Shi, Yongjia Wu, Ruiyue Xia, Xitong Yuan, Renaud de Richter, Wei Li, Yueping Fang, Nan Zhou, Wenyu Li, Chong Peng, Tingzhen Ming
Published in: Urban Climate, Issue 61, 2025, Page(s) 102491, ISSN 2212-0955
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102491

Insights into adsorption and diffusion of CO2, CH4 and their mixture in MIL-101(Cr) via molecular simulation (opens in new window)

Author(s): Yimin Shao, Xianfeng Fan, Shanshan Wang, Liangliang Huang, Shenghong Ju, Wei Li
Published in: Chemical Engineering Journal, Issue 480, 2025, Page(s) 148215, ISSN 1385-8947
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2023.148215

Numerical investigation on performance of solar chimney power plant with three wind resistant structures (opens in new window)

Author(s): Hanbing Xiong, Tingzhen Ming, Tianhao Shi, Yongjia Wu, Wei Li, Renaud de Richter, Nan Zhou
Published in: Energy, Issue 297, 2025, Page(s) 131262, ISSN 0360-5442
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.131262

Do Soil Methanotrophs Really Remove About 5% of Atmospheric Methane? (opens in new window)

Author(s): Xiaokun Yao, Tao Tao, Wei Li, Tingzhen Ming, Renaud de Richter
Published in: Land, Issue 14, 2025, Page(s) 1864, ISSN 2073-445X
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/land14091864

Hierarchical bismuth vanadate/reduced graphene oxide composite photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution and bisphenol A degradation (opens in new window)

Author(s): Karthikeyan Sekar, Ahmed Kassam, Yang Bai, Ben Coulson, Wei Li, Richard E. Douthwaite, Keiko Sasaki, Adam F. Lee
Published in: Applied Materials Today, 2021, ISSN 2352-9407
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2021.100963

Feasibility of Solar Updraft Towers as Photocatalytic Reactors for Removal of Atmospheric Methane–The Role of Catalysts and Rate Limiting Steps (opens in new window)

Author(s): Yanfang Huang, Yimin Shao, Yang Bai, Qingchun Yuan, Tingzhen Ming, Philip Davies, Xiaohua Lu, Renaud de Richter, and Wei Li *
Published in: Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021, ISSN 2296-2646
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.745347

Downdraft energy tower for negative emissions: Analysis on methane removal and other co‐benefits (opens in new window)

Author(s): Tao Tao, Yuyin Wang, Tingzhen Ming, Liwen Mu, Renaud de Richter, Wei Li
Published in: Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, Issue 13, 2025, Page(s) 713-720, ISSN 2152-3878
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1002/ghg.2233

Cu–Pd/Zeolite as Efficient Thermo‐Catalyst to Oxidize Low‐Concentration Methane (opens in new window)

Author(s): Yuyin Wang, Yun Wang, Zihan Liu, Ying Li, Lin Yao, Xianfeng Fan, Tingzhen Ming, Xiaohua Lu, Liwen Mu, Wei Li
Published in: ChemCatChem, 2025, ISSN 1867-3880
Publisher: Wiley - VCH Verlag GmbH & CO. KGaA
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202501459

Field synergy analysis of pollutant dispersion in street canyons and its optimization by adding wind catchers (opens in new window)

Author(s): Tingzhen Ming, Huina Han, Zhen Zhao, Renaud de Richter, Yongjia Wu, Wei Li & Nyuk Hien Wong
Published in: Building Simulation, 2021, ISSN 1996-3599
Publisher: Tsinghua University
DOI: 10.1007/s12273-020-0720-4

A carbon nanowire-promoted Cu<sub>2</sub>O/TiO<sub>2</sub> nanocomposite for enhanced photoelectrochemical performance (opens in new window)

Author(s): Kassam Ahmed, Yuyin Wang, Yang Bai, Karthikeyan Sekar, Wei Li
Published in: New Journal of Chemistry, Issue 46, 2024, Page(s) 15495-15503, ISSN 1144-0546
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d2nj03116g

Solar chimney power plant integrated with a photocatalytic reactor to remove atmospheric methane: A numerical analysis (opens in new window)

Author(s): Tingzhen Ming, Haoyu Gui, Tianhao Shi, Hanbing Xiong, Yongjia Wu, Yimin Shao, Wei Li, Xiaohua Lu, Renaud de Richter
Published in: Solar Energy, 2021, ISSN 0038-092X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2021.08.024

Experimental study of the preparation and modification of Ba(OH)2·8H2O high-performance composite phase change materials (opens in new window)

Author(s): Sitong Zhao, Suying Yan, Tingzhen Ming, Ci Ao, Long Zhao, Xiaoyan Zhao
Published in: Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Issue 147, 2022, Page(s) 13239-13252, ISSN 1388-6150
Publisher: Akademiai Kiado
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-022-11685-x

Catalytic micro-structured ceramic beads and efficacy evaluation through SMX degradation in PMS-activated systems (opens in new window)

Author(s): Jiaojiao Zheng, Hongqi Sun, Kang Li, Zhentao Wu
Published in: Separation and Purification Technology, Issue 354, 2024, Page(s) 129060, ISSN 1383-5866
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2024.129060

Atmospheric removal of methane by enhancing the natural hydroxyl radical sink (opens in new window)

Author(s): Yuyin Wang, Tingzhen Ming, Wei Li, Qingchun Yuan, Renaud de Richter, Philip Davies, Sylvain Caillol
Published in: Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, Issue 12, 2025, Page(s) 784-795, ISSN 2152-3878
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1002/ghg.2191

Cubic Cu2O nanoparticles decorated on TiO2 nanofiber heterostructure as an excellent synergistic photocatalyst for H2 production and sulfamethoxazole degradation (opens in new window)

Author(s): Karthikeyan Sekar, Chitiphon Chuaicham, Balakumar Vellaichamy, Wei Li, Wei Zhuang, Xiaohua Lu, Bunsho Ohtani, Keiko Sasaki
Published in: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Issue 294, 2025, Page(s) 120221, ISSN 0926-3373
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120221

Solar Chimney Power Plant plus Solar Pond to Remove Atmospheric Methane: A Novel Concept (opens in new window)

Author(s): Hanbing Xiong, Chong Peng, Tingzhen Ming, Renaud de Richter, Wei Li, Qingchun Yuan, Yanping Yuan, Nan Zhou
Published in: Journal of Thermal Science, Issue 34, 2025, Page(s) 2196-2203, ISSN 1003-2169
Publisher: Kexue Chubaneshe/Science Press
DOI: 10.1007/s11630-025-2192-4

A new approach for methane oxidation: photocatalytic ozonation over noble metal decorated zinc oxide nanocatalysts (opens in new window)

Author(s): Haiyuan Zhang, Yun Wang, Jiahua Zhu, Xiaohua Lu, Yang Bai, Wei Li, Liwen Mu
Published in: Chemical Synthesis, Issue 4, 2024, ISSN 2769-5247
Publisher: OAE Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.20517/cs.2024.116

Jump in Tropospheric Methane Concentrations in 2020–2021 and Slowdown in 2022–2024: New Hypotheses on Causation (opens in new window)

Author(s): Tingzhen Ming, Renaud de Richter, Benjamin S. Felzer, Wei Li
Published in: Atmosphere, Issue 16, 2025, Page(s) 406, ISSN 2073-4433
Publisher: Rotoweb Cantelli
DOI: 10.3390/atmos16040406

Removal of Atmospheric Methane by Increasing Hydroxyl Radicals via a Water Vapor Enhancement Strategy (opens in new window)

Author(s): Yang Liu, Xiaokun Yao, Li Zhou, Tingzhen Ming, Wei Li, Renaud de Richter
Published in: Atmosphere, Issue 15, 2025, Page(s) 1046, ISSN 2073-4433
Publisher: Rotoweb Cantelli
DOI: 10.3390/atmos15091046

Numerical analysis of a negative emission technology of methane to mitigate climate change (opens in new window)

Author(s): Hanbing Xiong, Tingzhen Ming, Yongjia Wu, Wei Li, Liwen Mu, Renaud de Richter, Suying Yan, Yanping Yuan, Chong Peng
Published in: Solar Energy, Issue 255, 2025, Page(s) 416-424, ISSN 0038-092X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2023.02.048

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