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Bing Deng Assistant Professor School of Environment, Tsinghua University
Dr. Bing Deng is an assistant professor in Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Environment, Tsinghua University. Bing Deng received his B.S. degree (2014) and Ph.D. degree (2019) from College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Peking University, advised by Prof. Hailin Peng and Prof. Zhongfan Liu. He was a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Charles Lieber in Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University (2019 – 2020). Then, he conducted postdoctoral research with Prof. James Tour at Rice University (2020 - 2023). With the consensus of decarbonization and sustainability, Bing’s scientific research interest is focused on the waste management, resource recovery, and advanced nanomaterials for renewable energy and environmental remediation. He developed low-carbon-footprint electrification techniques involving electrothermal and electrochemical processes for critical materials recovery and waste valorization, including the recovery of platinum group metals from electronic wastes, rare earth metals recovery from coal combustion byproducts and bauxite residues, and the remediation of heavy metals and organic pollutants contaminated solid wastes and soils. Bing Deng has published 55 peer-reviewed papers, including 18 papers in top journals such as Nature Sustainability, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Advanced Materials, Communications Engineering, etc. Bing has 12 granted patents and another 12 pending patents. Bing has an h-index of 30 with total citations over 3500. Bing’s research has been reported by tens of science and technology media, including Science, C&EN, Environment News Service, Phys.org, ScienceDaily, Physics World, the Independent, EurekAlert, Chemistry Views, New Atlas, DeepTech, NewsBreak, etc. In 2019, Bing was the receipt of Outstanding Graduates of Peking University and Beijing City; in 2022, Bing was chosen as the inaugural receipt of the Excellence in Postdoctoral Research Award of Rice University. Bing serves as the Editorial Board Member for ChemEngineering, Tungsten, and Progress in Natural Science: Materials International. He is also a reviewer for Nature Communication, ACS Applied Nano Materials, etc.
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Our research group is dedicated to developing electrification methods (including electric heating and electrochemical technologies) for efficient resource utilization and recycling, including: (1) Recycling and separation of critical metals (precious metals, rare earth metals, battery metals); (2) Upcycling of solid waste from renewable energy industries such as wind power and photovoltaics; (3) Upgrading conversion of carbon-rich solid waste into high-value functional carbon materials.