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Materials Science
Australia
2022

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Materials Science

D-Index
95
Citations
39436
World Ranking
1307
National Ranking
50

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Aijun Du is affiliated with Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, engineering, and energy, with significant contributions to subfields including materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, catalysis, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The scientist's work spans several main topics, notably advanced photocatalysis techniques, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, two-dimensional materials and their applications, MXene and MAX phase materials, advancements in battery materials, and perovskite materials and applications.

Recent published papers illustrate the breadth of research interests and include:

  • In Situ Formation of Oxygen Vacancies Achieving Near-Complete Charge Separation in Planar BiVO4 Photoanodes, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Molten-Salt-Mediated Synthesis of an Atomic Nickel Co-catalyst on TiO2 for Improved Photocatalytic H2 Evolution, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Edge-Rich Fe−N4 Active Sites in Defective Carbon for Oxygen Reduction Catalysis, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • High-Performance Perovskite Composite Electrocatalysts Enabled by Controllable Interface Engineering, 2021, Small
  • Manipulating the Solvation Structure of Nonflammable Electrolyte and Interface to Enable Unprecedented Stability of Graphite Anodes beyond 2 Years for Safe Potassium-Ion Batteries, 2020, Advanced Materials

Aijun Du frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable coauthors including Cheng Tang, Xin Mao, Lei Zhang, Hanqing Yin, and Yun Han.

The scientist has a presence in several prominent publication venues, especially in Small, Advanced Materials, Applied Surface Science, SSRN Electronic Journal, and the Journal of the American Chemical Society, reflecting a broad dissemination of research findings across multiple outlets.

Best Publications

  • Hydrogen evolution by a metal-free electrocatalyst

    Yao Zheng;Yan Jiao;Yihan Zhu;Lu Hua Li

  • Ti3C2 MXene co-catalyst on metal sulfide photo-absorbers for enhanced visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen production

    Jingrun Ran;Guoping Gao;Fa-Tang Li;Tian-Yi Ma

  • Single Atom (Pd/Pt) Supported on Graphitic Carbon Nitride as an Efficient Photocatalyst for Visible-Light Reduction of Carbon Dioxide.

    Guoping Gao;Yan Jiao;Eric R. Waclawik;Aijun Du

  • Defect Graphene as a Trifunctional Catalyst for Electrochemical Reactions

    Yi Jia;Longzhou Zhang;Aijun Du;Guoping Gao

  • 2D MXenes: A New Family of Promising Catalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

    Guoping Gao;Anthony P. O’Mullane;Aijun Du

  • Nanoporous Graphitic-C3N4@Carbon Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction

    Yao Zheng;Yan Jiao;Jun Chen;Jian Liu

  • A Heterostructure Coupling of Exfoliated Ni–Fe Hydroxide Nanosheet and Defective Graphene as a Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting

    Yi Jia;Longzhou Zhang;Guoping Gao;Hua Chen

  • Metal-Free Single Atom Catalyst for N2 Fixation Driven by Visible Light.

    Chongyi Ling;Chongyi Ling;Xianghong Niu;Qiang Li;Aijun Du

  • Graphene Defects Trap Atomic Ni Species for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions

    Longzhou Zhang;Yi Jia;Guoping Gao;Xuecheng Yan

  • Hybrid Graphene and Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanocomposite: Gap Opening, Electron–Hole Puddle, Interfacial Charge Transfer, and Enhanced Visible Light Response

    Aijun Du;Stefano Sanvito;Zhen Li;Dawei Wang

  • Towards lead-free perovskite photovoltaics and optoelectronics by ab-initio simulations

    Roknuzzaman;Kostya Ken Ostrikov;Hongxia Wang;Aijun Du

  • Understanding the enhancement in photoelectrochemical properties of photocatalytically prepared TiO2-reduced graphene oxide composite

    Nicholas J. Bell;Yun Hau Ng;Aijun Du;Hans Coster

  • First-Principles Prediction of a Room-Temperature Ferromagnetic Janus VSSe Monolayer with Piezoelectricity, Ferroelasticity, and Large Valley Polarization

    Chunmei Zhang;Yihan Nie;Stefano Sanvito;Aijun Du

  • Organic-inorganic bismuth (III)-based material: A lead-free, air-stable and solution-processable light-absorber beyond organolead perovskites

    Miaoqiang Lyu;Jung-Ho Yun;Molang Cai;Yalong Jiao

  • A General Two-Step Strategy–Based High-Throughput Screening of Single Atom Catalysts for Nitrogen Fixation

    Chongyi Ling;Chongyi Ling;Yixin Ouyang;Qiang Li;Xiaowan Bai

  • Understanding the Roles of Oxygen Vacancies in Hematite-Based Photoelectrochemical Processes

    Zhiliang Wang;Xin Mao;Peng Chen;Mu Xiao

  • Graphdiyne: a versatile nanomaterial for electronics and hydrogen purification

    Yan Jiao;Aijun Du;Marlies Hankel;Zhonghua Zhu

  • Multifunctional porous graphene for nanoelectronics and hydrogen storage : new properties revealed by first principle calculations

    Aijun Du;Zhonghua Zhu;Sean C. Smith

  • Charge Mediated Semiconducting-to-Metallic Phase Transition in Molybdenum Disulfide Monolayer and Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in New 1T′ Phase

    Guo-Ping Gao;Yan Jiao;Fengxian Ma;Yalong Jiao

  • In Situ Formation of Oxygen Vacancies Achieving Near-Complete Charge Separation in Planar BiVO4 Photoanodes.

    Songcan Wang;Songcan Wang;Tianwei He;Peng Chen;Aijun Du

  • Charge-controlled switchable CO2 capture on boron nitride nanomaterials

    Qiao Sun;Zhen Li;Debra J. Searles;Ying Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Sean C. Smith
Sean C. Smith Australian National University
Gao Qing Lu
Gao Qing Lu University of Surrey
Zhonghua Zhu
Zhonghua Zhu University of Queensland
Liangzhi Kou
Liangzhi Kou Queensland University of Technology
Qiao Sun
Qiao Sun Soochow University
Xiangdong Yao
Xiangdong Yao Sun Yat-sen University
Yan Jiao
Yan Jiao University of Adelaide
Ying Chen
Ying Chen Deakin University
YuanTong Gu
YuanTong Gu Queensland University of Technology
Chenghua Sun
Chenghua Sun Swinburne University of Technology

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