About the Authors

Qing Q. Lv

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Key Laboratory of Hubei Province for Coal Conversion and New Carbon Materials, Wuhan, China, Technology Research and Development Department, Jiangsu Huade Hydrogen Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Zhangjiagang, China

Yong S. Tian

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliations School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Key Laboratory of Hubei Province for Coal Conversion and New Carbon Materials, Wuhan, China

Ping Du

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Iron making and Environment Research Office, Iron and Steel Research Institute of Shasteel, Zhangjiagang, China

Jun L. Zhou

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Iron making and Environment Research Office, Iron and Steel Research Institute of Shasteel, Zhangjiagang, China

Guang H. Wang

Roles Writing – review & editing

wghwang@263.net

Affiliations School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Key Laboratory of Hubei Province for Coal Conversion and New Carbon Materials, Wuhan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Authors YST and GHW are paid employees of The Key Laboratory of Hubei Province for Coal Conversion and New Carbon Materials. PD and JLZ are paid employee of Iron and Steel Research Institute of Shasteel. QQL is an paid employee of Jiangsu Huade Hydrogen Energy Technology Co., Ltd. At the same time, QQL is a doctoral student studying in Wuhan University of science and technology. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.