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Jinyu Gao

Publications

PFAS.

First or corresponding author

Comprehensive mechanisms and pathways for PFAS degradation under UV irradiation.

Nature Water, 2026, 4, 1177–1189.

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Graphical abstract showing PFAS degradation pathways under UV irradiation.

Temperature effect on PFAS degradation by UV/sulfite: insights on lamp heat, molecular transformation, and photochemical principles.

Environmental Science & Technology, 2025, 59, 26865–26874.

Graphical abstract of how lamp heat changes PFAS degradation by UV/sulfite.

Photochemical degradation pathways and near-complete defluorination of chlorinated polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Nature Water, 2023, 1, 381–390.

DOI · Free to read

Article figure for the photochemical degradation and near-complete defluorination of chlorinated polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Defluorination of omega-hydroperfluorocarboxylates: distinct reactivities from perfluoro and fluorotelomer carboxylates.

Environmental Science & Technology, 2021, 55, 14146–14155.

Graphical abstract comparing how a terminal hydrogen changes PFAS defluorination.

Co-author

Oxidative transformation of Nafion-related fluorinated ether sulfonates: comparison with legacy PFAS structures and opportunities of acidic persulfate digestion for PFAS precursor analysis.

Environmental Science & Technology, 2024, 58, 6415–6424.

Graphical abstract of oxidative transformation of Nafion-related fluorinated ether sulfonates.

Substantial defluorination of polychlorofluorocarboxylic acids triggered by anaerobic microbial hydrolytic dechlorination.

Nature Water, 2023, 1, 451–461.

Lead figure of microbial dechlorination routes that release fluoride from chlorinated PFAS.

Accelerated degradation of perfluorosulfonates and perfluorocarboxylates by UV/sulfite plus iodide: reaction mechanisms and system efficiencies.

Environmental Science & Technology, 2022, 56, 3699–3709.

Graphical abstract of PFAS degradation by UV/sulfite with iodide.

Near-quantitative defluorination of perfluorinated and fluorotelomer carboxylates and sulfonates with integrated oxidation and reduction.

Environmental Science & Technology, 2021, 55, 7052–7062.

Graphical abstract of near-quantitative PFAS defluorination by combined oxidation and reduction.

Enhanced degradation of perfluorocarboxylic acids by UV/sulfite treatment: reaction mechanisms and system efficiencies at pH 12.

Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2020, 7, 351–357.

Graphical abstract of faster PFAS defluorination by UV/sulfite at pH 12.