Recently, the team of Environmental Functional Materials and Pollution Control from the School of Biology and Environmental Engineering (including the Interdisciplinary Research Academy) of our university published a research paper titled “MnOx@CeSnOx with core-shell structure and electronic interaction boosting sulfur tolerance in simultaneous removal of NOx and chlorobenzene” (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.125868) in the top international journal Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy (Impact Factor IF = 21.1, Chinese Academy of Sciences Category 1, TOP). Professor Pan Hua, the team leader, served as the corresponding author. Dr. Zhang Xixiong, a team member, was the first author. Ling Xin, a jointly trained postgraduate student, and Associate Professor Xue Qingquan, a team member, were co-first authors. Professor Chen Jun from our university and Professor He Chi from the collaborating institution Xi’an Jiaotong University were co-corresponding authors. Our university is the first affiliation and corresponding institution for this paper, with Xi’an Jiaotong University as the co-corresponding institution. This marks the team’s second research paper published in this journal this year, signifying a series of important advancements for our university in the field of environmental catalysis.

This research was supported by program funds, including the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Program No. LGF22B070005) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Program Nos. 22276145, 22476157), and received full support from our university’s Development Initiative of the Master’s Program in Resources and Environment. In recent years, our university has consistently focused on building research teams through the Development Initiative of the Master’s Program in Resources and Environment, dedicated to creating a high-quality research environment for faculty and students, and actively promoting in-depth cooperation and academic exchanges among teams. The publication of this research achievement will further enhance the awareness and influence of our university’s environmental and related disciplines in the international academic community.