Research

Innovative Experimental Research

In the early stages of my research, I focused on pioneering experimental approaches to biomass and waste valorization. This involved thermodynamic and kinetic analyses of pyrolysis, bench-scale experimentation, catalytic upgrading, and the co-pyrolysis of diverse waste materials.

Environmental and Economic Impact Assessment

Towards the later phase of my Ph.D. at KTH, I began leveraging my experimental data for process simulations, creating inventory data for comprehensive environmental and economic assessments. My work has spanned biofuels, bio-hydrogen, bio-graphite, and waste-derived jet fuel. Currently, I am applying GIS-based logistics analysis to tackle one of the most complex challenges in practical biomass and waste utilization: detailed feasibility assessments.

Data-Driven Research and Machine Learning Integration

In the final year of my Ph.D. at KTH, I introduced machine learning as a core data-processing tool. My role at Nanjing Forestry University expanded this approach, utilizing domain knowledge for feature extraction from literature to strengthen model robustness and performance. I believe that integrating domain-specific knowledge with AI is essential for addressing complex interdisciplinary challenges across natural, engineering, and social sciences.

Peer-reviewed publications (* Corresponding author, 1 contributing equally author)

2026

Danna Xie, Yan Shi, Jing Wang, Aldo Joao Cárdenas-Oscanoa, Shule Wang*, Caoxing Huang*, The state-of-the-art applications of machine learning technologies in liquid biofuel biorefineries, Biomass and Bioenergy, Volume 205, 2026, 108510

2025

Jia Wang, Zedong Zhang*, Yan Zhang, Dongxian Li, Zechao Zhuang, Wei Liao, Tong Han, Lin Dong, Shule Wang*, Dingsheng Wang*, and Jianchun Jiang*. Breaking the Yield-Selectivity Trade-Off in Polystyrene Upcycling to Toluene via Thermodynamic Decoupling with Dilute Ru Catalysis. Nature Nanotechnology, (2025)
Haolin Liu, Wei Liao, Shule Wang, Xianzhi Meng, Lingming Xiong, Yanghao Jin, Jia Wang, Jianchun Jiang, Tailoring microwave-responsive carbon from lignin for efficient syngas generation, Bioresource Technology, Volume 441, 2026, 133658
Jia Wang#, Zedong Zhang#, Shule Wang#, Wenhui Zhong, Yiyun Zhang, Dongxian Li, Wenjun Zhong, Shiyao Li, Daniel L. Sanchez, Dingsheng Wang*, Jianchun Jiang*, and Yadong Li*, Ambient-pressure plastic waste valorization to jet-fuel cycloalkanes. Nature Energy, under 6th round review
Zihao Jiang, Lin Cong, Xinrui Zhou, Shengchun Hu, Yuying Zhao, Qixin Yuan, Yuhan Wu, Kang Sun, Shule Wang*, Jianchun Jiang, Mengmeng Fan*. Data-Guided Exploration of Process Control in Carbon-Based Catalyst Design for Two-Electron Oxygen Reduction. Langmuir, 2025 41 (32), 21337-21348
Haolin Liu, Wei Liao, Mengyuan Wen, Jurong Ren, Shule Wang, Xianzhi Meng, Lingming Xiong, Yanghao Jin, Jia Wang*, Jianchun Jiang. Enhancing methane cracking through variable-frequency microwave heating: Improved energy efficiency and carbon nanotube formation. Energy, Volume 334, 2025, 137634
Qin, Senqiang, Chenghao Yu, Yanghao Jin, Gaoyue Zhang, Wei Xu, Ao Wang, Mengmeng Fan, Kang Sun, and Shule Wang*. Assessing the Techno-Economic Feasibility of Bamboo Residue-Derived Hard Carbon. Applied Sciences, 15, no. 13: 7113, 2025
Jiawei He, Zijun Shen, Shengchun Hu, Yuying Zhao, Qixin Yuan, Yuhan Wu, Kang Sun, Shule Wang*, Jianchun Jiang, Mengmeng Fan*. Carbon Electrocatalysts for H2O2 Synthesis and Near-Neutral Zn–Air Batteries with Preliminary Machine Learning Guidance. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2025 17 (16), 23937-23947
Junxiao Li, Yanghao Jin, Kang Sun*, Ao Wang, Gaoyue Zhang, Limin Zhou, Weihong Yang, Mengmeng Fan, Jianchun Jiang, Yuming Wen, Shule Wang*. Unveiling the Role of Lignin in Biomass-Derived Hard Carbon Anodes via Machine Learning. Journal of Power Source, Volume 631, 2025, 236323

2024

Hanmin Yang, Ilman Nuran Zaini, Ruming Pan, Yanghao Jin, Yazhe Wang, Lengwan Li, José Juan Bolívar Caballero, Ziyi Shi, Yaprak Subasi, Anissa Nurdiawati, Shule Wang, Yazhou Shen, Tianxiang Wang, Yue Wang, Linda Sandström, Pär G. Jönsson, Weihong Yang & Tong Han. Distributed electrified heating for efficient hydrogen production. Nature Communications 15, 3868 (2024).
Yifeng Chen, Lei Wang, Shule Wang, Gangqiang Yu, Kang Sun, Jianchun Jiang, Xiaohua Lu, and Xiaoyan Ji. Novel Index to Screen and Evaluate Ionic Liquids for CO2/CH4 Separation, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2024 63 (33), 14801-14810
Samina Gulshan, Hoda Shafaghat, Shule Wang, Leilei Dai, Chuchu Tang, Wenming Fu, Yuming Wen, Chi-Hwa Wang, Panagiotis Evangelopoulos, Weihong Yang. Kinetic investigation on the catalytic pyrolysis of plastic fractions of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE): A mathematical deconvolution approach, Waste Management, Volume 187, 2024, Pages 156-166
Yanghao Jin, Sirui Liu, Ziyi Shi, Shule Wang, Yuming Wen, Ilman Nuran Zaini, Chuchu Tang, Mikael S. Hedenqvist, Xincheng Lu, Sibudjing Kawi, Chi-Hwa Wang, Jianchun Jiang, Pär Göran Jönsson, Weihong Yang. A novel three-stage ex-situ catalytic pyrolysis process for improved bio-oil yield and quality from lignocellulosic biomass, Energy, Volume 295, 2024, 131029
Yuming Wen, Shule Wang, Libo Wu, Emmerson Hondo, Chuchu Tang, Jianchun Jiang, Ghim W. Ho, Sibudjing Kawi, Chi-Hwa Wang, Exploring the role of process control and catalyst design in methane catalytic decomposition: A machine learning perspective, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 72, 2024, Pages 601-613

2023

Shule Wang#, Yiying Wang#, Ziyi Shi#, Kang Sun#, Lukasz Niedzwiecki, Ruming Pan, Yongdong Xu, Ilman Zaini, Katarzyna Jagodzińska, Christian Briceno, Chuchu Tang, Thossaporn Onsree, Nakorn Tippayawong, Halina Kruczek, Pär Jönsson, Weihong Yang, Jianchun Jiang, Sibudjing Kawi, Chi-Hwa Wang. Ascension of van Krevelen diagrams based on machine learning: Insights into feedstock-product relationships in thermal conversion processes. Communications Chemistry, 6, 273 (2023)
Zedong Zhang, Jia Wang, Xiaohu Ge, Shule Wang, Ang Li, Runze Li, Ji Shen, Xiao Liang, Tao Gan, Xiaodong Han, Xusheng Zheng, Xuezhi Duan, Dingsheng Wang, Jianchun Jiang, and Yadong Li; Mixed Plastics Wastes Upcycling with High-Stability Single-Atom Ru Catalyst. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023, 145, 41, 22836–22844
Ziyi Shi, Sirui Liu, Shule Wang*, Lukasz Niedzwiecki, Marcin Baranowski, Michał Czerep, Chuchu Tang, Sibudjing Kawi, Chi-Hwa Wang, Jianchun Jiang, Mikael S. Hedenqvist, Halina Pawlak-Kruczek, Wangzhong Mu, Yuming Wen, Pär Göran Jönsson, Weihong Yang, Hydrothermal Carbonization Coupled with Pyrolysis: An Innovative Approach to Digestate Management, Green Energy and Resources, 2023, 100034
Hanmin Yang, Anissa Nurdiawati, Ritambhara Gond, Shiwei Chen, Shule Wang, Bin Tang, Yanghao Jin, Ilman Nuran Zaini, Ziyi Shi, Wujun Wang, Andrew Martin, Reza Younesi, Linda Sandström, Pär G. Jönsson, Weihong Yang, Tong Han. Carbon-negative valorization of biomass waste into affordable green hydrogen and battery anodes. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023, In Press
Ziyi Shi#, Shule Wang#, Yanghao Jin, Lingfeng Zhao, Shiwei Chen, Hanmin Yang, Yuxiao Cui, Rikard Svanberg, Chuchu Tang, Jianchun Jiang, Weihong Yang, Pär G. Jönsson, Tong Han. Establishment of green graphite industry: Graphite from biomass and its various applications. SusMat 2023; 3: 402– 415

2022

Yuming Wen, Shule Wang*, Ziyi Shi, et al. Pyrolysis of engineered beach-cast seaweed: performances and life cycle assessment. Water Research, Volume 222, 2022, 118875
Shule Wang, Ziyi Shi, Yanghao Jin, Ilman Nuran Zaini, Yan Li, Chuchu Tang, Wangzhong Mu, Yuming Wen, Jianchun Jiang, Pär Jönsson, Weihong Yang. A machine learning model to predict the pyrolytic kinetics of different types of feedstocks. Energy Conversion & Management, Volume 260, 2022, 115613
Shule Wang, Hanmin Yang, Ziyi Shi, Ilman Nuran Zaini, Yuming Wen*, Jianchun Jiang, Pär Jönsson, Weihong Yang. Renewable hydrogen production from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste through a novel carbon-negative process concept. Energy, Volume 252, 2022, 124056
Yuming Wen, Shule Wang*, Ziyi Shi, Ilman Nuran Zaini, Lukasz Niedzwiecki, Christian Aragon-Briceno, Chuchu Tang, Halina Pawlak-Kruczek, Pär Göran Jönsson, Weihong Yang. H2-rich syngas production from pyrolysis of agricultural waste digestate coupled with the hydrothermal carbonization process. Energy Conversion & Management, Volume 269, 2022, 116101
Shule Wang, Yuming Wen, Ziyi Shi, Lukasz Niedzwiecki, Marcin Baranowski, Michał Czerep, Wangzhong Mu, Halina Pawlak-Kruczekb, Pär Göran Jönsson, Weihong Yang. Effect of hydrothermal carbonization on digestate: a view on kinetics and thermodynamics. Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 431, Part 1, 2022, 133881
Shule Wang*, Yuming Wen, Ziyi Shi,Ilman Nuran Zaini, Pär Jönsson, Weihong Yang. Novel carbon-negative methane production via integrating anaerobic digestion and pyrolysis of organic fraction of municipal solid waste. Energy Conversion & Management, Volume 252, 2022, 115042
Christian Aragon-Briceño, Artur Pożarlik, Eddy Bramer, Gerrit Brem, Shule Wang, Yuming Wen, Weihong Yang, Halina Pawlak-Kruczek, Łukasz Niedźwiecki, Agnieszka Urbanowska, Krzysztof Mościcki, Michał Płoszczyca. Integration of hydrothermal carbonization treatment for water and energy recovery from organic fraction of municipal solid waste digestate. Renewable Energy, Volume 184, 2022, Pages 577-591

2021

Shule Wang*, Yuming Wen, Henry Hammarström, Pär Jönsson, Weihong Yang. Pyrolysis behaviour, kinetics and thermodynamic data of hydrothermal carbonization–Treated pulp and paper mill sludge. Renewable Energy, Volume 177, 2021, Pages 1282-1292
Yuming Wen, Ilman Nuran Zaini, Shule Wang*, Wangzhong Mu, Pär Jönsson, Weihong Yang. Synergistic effect of the co-pyrolysis of cardboard and polyethylene: A kinetic and thermodynamic study. Energy, Volume 229, 2021, 120693
Shule Wang*, Per Mandfloen, Pär Jönsson, Weihong Yang. Synergistic effects in the copyrolysis of municipal sewage sludge digestate and salix: Reaction mechanism, product characterization and char stability. Applied Energy, Volume 289, 2021, 116687
Yuming Wen, Ziyi Shi, Shule Wang, Wangzhong Mu, Pär Jönsson, Weihong Yang. Pyrolysis of raw and anaerobically digested organic fractions of municipal solid waste: kinetics, thermodynamics, and product characterization. Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 415, 2021, 129064
Yuming Wen, Zhaoran Zheng, Shule Wang, Tong Han, Pär Jönsson, Weihong Yang. Magnetic bio-activated carbons production using different process parameters for phosphorus removal from artificially prepared phosphorus-rich and domestic wastewater. Chemosphere, Volume 271, 2021, 129561

2020

Yuming Wen, Shule Wang*, Wangzhong Mu, Pär Jönsson, Weihong Yang. Pyrolysis performance of peat moss: A simultaneous in-situ thermal analysis and bench-scale experimental study. Fuel, Volume 277, 2020, 118173
Shule Wang*, Henry Hammarström, Pär Jönsson, Weihong Yang. Pyrolysis study of hydrothermal carbonization-treated digested sewage sludge using a Py-GC/MS and a bench-scale pyrolyzer. Fuel, Volume 262, 2020, 116335

2019

Henry Hammarström, Isa Duman, Shule Wang, L. J. Pettersson, Weihong Yang. Catalytic pyrolysis over transition metal-modified zeolites: A comparative study between catalyst activity and deactivation. Journal of analytical and applied pyrolysis, Volume 138, 2019, Pages 54-61

2018

Shule Wang*, Henry Hammarström, Pär Jönsson, Weihong Yang. Effect of H2 as pyrolytic agent on the product distribution during catalytic fast pyrolysis of biomass using zeolites. Energy & Fuels, 2018 32 (8), 8530-8536

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