Zhongtian Li
Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
45
Citations
369
Est. group size
~2
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
19
Publishing since 2008
This publication record appears to span multiple, largely unrelated engineering and science topics, including silicon solar cell manufacturing, wastewater and sludge treatment processes, phosphorus recovery, magnetic carbon microspheres for water purification, and even biomedical and computer vision topics. Because the works cover such disparate areas with no dominant single focus, the name may represent contributions from more than one researcher or collaborations across very different fields, so prospective students should look closely at the specific venue and topic before assuming a common research direction. The most frequently recurring practical themes involve solar cell metallization/interface engineering and municipal wastewater/sludge treatment process optimization.
Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, starting higher around 2017-2018, dipping to very low levels in 2019-2020, and then gradually recovering to a modest, fairly steady pace of about 2-4 papers per year in recent years.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Plasma-induced interface engineering enables high-efficiency Ag-free silicon heterojunction solar cells with electroplated metallization
Journal of Energy Chemistry · 2026
- Triple shape memory and shrinkage-resistant Eucommia Ulmoides gum/polyethylene smart foam blends
Reactive and Functional Polymers · 2025
- Migrion: a Migrasome-mediated unit for intercellular viral transmission
Science Bulletin · 2025
- Free-Viewpoint Multi-View Face Reconstruction Using Deep Learning Method
2025
- Impacts of Various Hydraulic and Solid Loading Conditions on Process Capability of Sludge Thickening with Thickening Centrifuges
Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation · 2023
- Application of Non-intrusive Sensors and Edge Computing for Condition-based Monitoring of Biogas Compressors
Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation · 2023
- Surface imprinted magnetic carbon nanofibrous microspheres with hierarchical porosity for the highly efficient and selective extraction of Brilliant Blue from food samples
Separation and Purification Technology · 2022
- N-doped magnetic three-dimensional carbon microspheres@TiO2 with a porous architecture for enhanced degradation of tetracycline and methyl orange via adsorption/photocatalysis synergy
Chemical Engineering Journal · 2021
- Sizing Transformer Considering Transformer Thermal Limits and Wind Farm Wake Effect
2021 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia) · 2021
- Analysis of Stray Current Corrosion on Buried Pipeline due to HVDC Grounding Current
2020
- A Baseline Evaluation Method Based on Principal Component Analysis for Software Test Case Design
2019
- Metallization Method for Interdigitated Back-Contact Silicon Solar Cells Employing an Insulating Resin Layer and a Ti/Ag/Cu Metal Stack
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics · 2018
- Full Scale Implementation of AirPrex Phosphorus Recovery and the Development of a Mechanistic Process Model in GPS-X™
Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation · 2018
- Comparison of phosphorus recovery through pre-anaerobic-digestion brushite precipitation and post-anaerobic-digestion struvite crystallization
Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation · 2018
- Direct Copper Plating to IWO for Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells
2018
- Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation×9
- Water Environment Research×2
- Energy Procedia×2
- Chemical Engineering Journal×1
- Procedia CIRP×1
- Yunyu Liu
Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Wolfgang Windl
Engineering · The Ohio State University
- J.K. Rath
Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Young Hyun Cho
Computer Science · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Mohamad B. Zbib
Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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