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Zhongtian Li

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2008Rising activity

Publications

45

Citations

369

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

19

Publishing since 2008

Research summary
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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.

Silicon solar cell fabrication and metallizationWastewater and sludge treatment engineeringPhosphorus and nutrient recoveryMagnetic/porous carbon materials for water purificationMiscellaneous engineering and applied science topics

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.6/year recently
2017: 6 publications6172018: 5 publications182019: 1 publication192020: 1 publication202021: 2 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 3 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation×9
  • Water Environment Research×2
  • Energy Procedia×2
  • Chemical Engineering Journal×1
  • Procedia CIRP×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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