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Overview

Chao Zhang is affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work encompasses significant subfields including Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Organic Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research topics prominently feature catalytic processes, with particular attention to catalytic processes in materials science, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced photocatalysis techniques, catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies, catalysis for biomass conversion, nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, and extraction and separation processes.

Zhang has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Green Chemistry
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Journal of CO2 Utilization

Some of their recent publications illustrate the diversity and scope of their research:

  • Structural Regulation with Atomic-Level Precision: From Single-Atomic Site to Diatomic and Atomic Interface Catalysis, 2020, Matter
  • Ultrastable MXene@Pt/SWCNTs' Nanocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Hydrodeoxygenation of lignin-derived phenolics - a review on the active sites of supported metal catalysts, 2020, Green Chemistry
  • Graphdiyne-based metal atomic catalysts for synthesizing ammonia, 2020, National Science Review
  • Highly efficient and selective recovery of Au(III) from aqueous solution by bisthiourea immobilized UiO-66-NH2: Performance and mechanisms, 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal

Throughout their career, Zhang has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Fengyu Zhao, Xinchao Wang, Masahiko Arai, Haiyang Cheng, and Zaihui Fu, reflecting a broad network of scholarly partnerships.

Best Publications

  • One-Step Ionic-Liquid-Assisted Electrochemical Synthesis of Ionic-Liquid-Functionalized Graphene Sheets Directly from Graphite

    Na Liu;Fang Luo;Haoxi Wu;Yinghui Liu

  • Superconductivity emerging from a suppressed large magnetoresistant state in tungsten ditelluride

    Defen Kang;Yazhou Zhou;Wei Yi;Chongli Yang

  • Dissolution Mechanism of Cellulose in N,N-Dimethylacetamide/Lithium Chloride: Revisiting through Molecular Interactions

    Chao Zhang;Ruigang Liu;Junfeng Xiang;Hongliang Kang

  • Overall water splitting by graphdiyne-exfoliated and -sandwiched layered double-hydroxide nanosheet arrays.

    Lan Hui;Lan Hui;Yurui Xue;Yurui Xue;Bolong Huang;Huidi Yu

  • SERS activated platform with three-dimensional hot spots and tunable nanometer gap

    Chao Zhang;Chonghui Li;Jing Yu;Shouzhen Jiang

  • Ultrastable MXene@Pt/SWCNTs' Nanocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

    Cong Cui;Cong Cui;Renfei Cheng;Renfei Cheng;Hui Zhang;Hui Zhang;Chao Zhang

  • All-Solid-State Flexible Fiber-Based MXene Supercapacitors

    Minmin Hu;Minmin Hu;Zhaojin Li;Guoxian Li;Tao Hu

  • Hydrodeoxygenation of lignin-derived phenolics – a review on the active sites of supported metal catalysts

    Xinchao Wang;Xinchao Wang;Masahiko Arai;Qifan Wu;Chao Zhang

  • MXene-coated silk-derived carbon cloth toward flexible electrode for supercapacitor application

    Minmin Hu;Minmin Hu;Tao Hu;Renfei Cheng;Renfei Cheng;Jinxing Yang;Jinxing Yang

  • Graphdiyne Interface Engineering: Highly Active and Selective Ammonia Synthesis.

    Yan Fang;Yurui Xue;Yongjun Li;Huidi Yu

  • Preparation of PVDF-based polymer inclusion membrane using ionic liquid plasticizer and Cyphos IL 104 carrier for Cr(VI) transport

    Lin Guo;Yinghui Liu;Chao Zhang;Ji Chen

  • Nitrogen-doped carbon-encapsulation of Fe3O4 for increased reversibility in Li+ storage by the conversion reaction

    Yue Ma;Yue Ma;Chao Zhang;Ge Ji;Jim Yang Lee;Jim Yang Lee

  • SERS detection of R6G based on a novel graphene oxide/silver nanoparticles/silicon pyramid arrays structure.

    C Zhang;S Z Jiang;Y Y Huo;A H Liu

  • Self-assembled Ti3C2Tx MXene film with high gravimetric capacitance

    Minmin Hu;Zhaojin Li;Hui Zhang;Tao Hu

  • Interlayer coupling in two-dimensional titanium carbide MXenes

    Tao Hu;Minmin Hu;Minmin Hu;Zhaojin Li;Hui Zhang

  • Local hot charge density regulation: Vibration-free pyroelectric nanogenerator for effectively enhancing catalysis and in-situ surface enhanced Raman scattering monitoring

    Chonghui Li;Shicai Xu;Jing Yu;Zhen Li

  • Ultrathin Nanosheet of Graphdiyne-Supported Palladium Atom Catalyst for Efficient Hydrogen Production

    Huidi Yu;Yurui Xue;Bolong Huang;Lan Hui

  • Controllable synthesis of ZnO nanocrystals via a surfactant-assisted alcohol thermal process at a low temperature

    Chunlei Wang;Enhong Shen;Enbo Wang;Lei Gao

  • Efficient Hydrogen Production on a 3D Flexible Heterojunction Material.

    Huidi Yu;Yurui Xue;Lan Hui;Chao Zhang

  • Graphdiyne-based metal atomic catalysts for synthesizing ammonia.

    Huidi Yu;Yurui Xue;Yurui Xue;Lan Hui;Chao Zhang

  • 3D silver nanoparticles with multilayer graphene oxide as a spacer for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy analysis.

    Zhen Li;Shouzhen Jiang;Yanyan Huo;Tingyin Ning

Frequent Co-Authors

Fengyu Zhao
Fengyu Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Masahiko Arai
Masahiko Arai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuliang Li
Yuliang Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xi Dai
Xi Dai Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Yong Huang
Yong Huang University of Florida
Jing Liu
Jing Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bolong Huang
Bolong Huang City University of Hong Kong
Yan Li
Yan Li Sun Yat-sen University
Zhi Liu
Zhi Liu ShanghaiTech University
Weiwei Li
Weiwei Li Chinese Academy of Sciences

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