1.國家自然科學基金青年項目, “多孔LiV2O5微球負載LiTiO2電容去離子高選擇性鹽湖提锂的機理研究”, 2023-01至2025-12，在研，主持。
2.中國科學技術大學雙創基金, “寶藏廢水-研究廢水中稀土金屬回收的市場潛力”, 2024-01至2024-12，指導老師。
關鍵金屬資源回收
固廢資源化
電容去離子
除鹽及水-能關系
1.國家自然科學基金青年項目, “多孔LiV2O5微球負載LiTiO2電容去離子高選擇性鹽湖提锂的機理研究”, 2023-01至2025-12，在研，主持。
2.中國科學技術大學雙創基金, “寶藏廢水-研究廢水中稀土金屬回收的市場潛力”, 2024-01至2024-12，指導老師。
（一） 論文
1. Guangcai Tan, Han-Qing Yu*, Rethinking biochar: black gold or not? Nature Reviews Materials, 2024, 9, 4-5.
2. Shun Wan, Wu-Jun Liu, Guangcai Tan*, Han-Qing Yu*, Boosted recovery of rare earth elements from mining wastes and discarded NdFeB magnets by tributyl phosphate–grafted ZIF-8, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2025, 122 (9) e2423217122.
3. Guangcai Tan, Shun Wan, Jie-Jie Chen, Han-Qing Yu*, Yan Yu*, Reduced lattice constant in Al-Doped LiMn2O4 nanoparticles for boosted electrochemical lithium extraction, Advanced Materials. 2024, 2310657.
4. Guangcai Tan, Sidan Lu, Nan Xu, Dingxue Gao, Xiuping Zhu*, Pseudocapacitive behaviors of polypyrrole grafted activated carbon and MnO2 electrodes to enable fast and efficient membrane-free capacitive deionization, Environmental Science & Technology, 2020, 54, 9, 5843–5852.
5. Guangcai Tan, Shun Wan, Shu-Chuan Mei, Bo Gong, Chen Qian, Jie-Jie Chen*, Boosted brackish water desalination and water softening by facilely designed MnO2/hierarchical porous carbon as capacitive deionization electrode, Water Research X, 2023, 19, 100182.
6. Guangcai Tan, Nan Xu, Dingxue Gao, Xiuping Zhu*, Facile designed manganese oxide/biochar for efficient salinity gradient energy recovery in concentration flow cells and influences of mono(multi)valent ions, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 17, 19855–19863.
7. Guangcai Tan, Hongna Li, Haihui Zhu, Sidan Lu, Jizhou Fan, Guoqiang Li, Xiuping Zhu*, Concentration flow cells based on chloride-ion extraction and insertion with metal chloride electrodes for efficient salinity gradient energy harvest, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018, 6, 15212–15218.
8. Guangcai Tan, Weiling Sun, Yaru Xu, Hongyuan Wang, Nan Xu*, Sorption of mercury (II) and atrazine by biochar, modified biochars and biochar based activated carbon in aqueous solution, Bioresource Technology, 2016, 211, 727-735.
9. Guangcai Tan, Nan Xu, Dingxue Gao, Xiuping Zhu*, Superabsorbent graphene oxide/carbon nanotube hybrid Poly(acrylic acid-co-acrylamide) hydrogels for efficient salinity gradient energy harvest, Energy, 2022, 258, 124843.
10. Guangcai Tan, Xiuping Zhu*, Polyelectrolyte-coated copper hexacyanoferrate and bismuth oxychloride electrodes for efficient salinity gradient energy recovery in capacitive mixing, Energy Technology, 2020, 8, 1900863.
11. Fang Le, Guangcai Tan, Weiwei Xuan, Jiaming Liang, Liping Li, Shaogang Hu*, Zhenshan Li*, Siqi Tang*, Heat Capacity-Manipulated Balance in Phosphorus Bioavailability Enhancement and Heavy Metal Stabilization during Sewage Sludge Copyrolysis, ACS ES&T Engineering, 2025,
12. Siqi Tang*, Guangcai Tan, Jiaming Liang, Ouyang Li, Weiwei Xuan, Zhenshan Li*, Key element course-tracked copyrolysis of sewage sludge and biomass for resource recovery and pollution control through kinetic and thermodynamic insights, Energy Conversion and Management, 2023, 280, 116830.
13. Nan Xu, Guangcai Tan, Hongyuan Wang*, Xiapu Gai, Effect of biochar additions to soil on nitrogen leaching, microbial biomass and bacterial community structure, European Journal of Soil Biology, 2016, 74, 1-8.
14. Sidan Lu, Baiyun Lu, Guangcai Tan, William Mo, Wangwang Xu, Ying Wang, Defeng Xing, Xiuping Zhu*, Mo2N nanobelt cathodes for efficient hydrogen production in microbial electrolysis cells with shaped biofilm microbiome, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2020, 167, 1, 112491.
15. Sidan Lu, Hongna Li, Guangcai Tan, Fang Wen, Michael Flynn, Xiuping Zhu*, Resource recovery microbial fuel cells for urine-containing wastewater treatment without external energy consumption, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019, 373, 1072–1080.
16. Haihui Zhu, Wangwang Xu, Guangcai Tan, Elizabeth Whiddon, Ying Wang, Christopher G.Arges, Xiuping Zhu*, Carbonized peat moss electrodes for efficient salinity gradient energy recovery in a capacitive concentration flow cell, Electrochimica Acta, 2019, 294, 240–248.
17. Binwei Wang, Zhifen Wang, Yong Jiang, Guangcai Tan, Nan Xu*, Yang Xu, Enhanced power generation and wastewater treatment in sustainable biochar electrodes based bioelectrochemical system. Bioresource Technology, 2017, 241, 841-848.
（二） 論著
1. Alessandro Galia, Guangcai Tan, Massimo Marinoc, Federica Proietto, Onofrio Scialdonea, Sidan Lu, Xiuping Zhu; Special engines, In Salinity Gradients Heat Engines 2022 (pp 265-318), A volume in Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy.
2. Sidan Lu, Guangcai Tan, Xiuping Zhu, H2 evolution catalysts for microbial electrolysis cells. In Novel Catalyst Materials for Bioelectrochemical Systems: Fundamentals and Applications 2020 (pp. 27-43). American Chemical Society.
（三）獎勵
1.2023年 中國科學技術大學師德考核優秀教職工。
2.2021年 中國科學技術大學“墨子傑出青年特資津貼”。
