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Gaixia Zhang is affiliated with the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Energy, with a particular focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering as well as Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment. Additional subfields include Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Their work revolves around several major topics within these fields, including:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication

Gaixia Zhang has contributed extensively to scholarly journals, with frequent publications appearing in venues such as:

  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Nano-Micro Letters
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Small Methods
  • SusMat

Among their recent papers are:

  • Single-Atom Catalysts for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives (2020), published in Nano-Micro Letters
  • Atomically Dispersed Transition Metal-Nitrogen-Carbon Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysts for Zinc-Air Batteries: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives (2021), published in Nano-Micro Letters
  • Polymer gel electrolytes for flexible supercapacitors: Recent progress, challenges, and perspectives (2020), published in Energy Storage Materials
  • Well-Defined Nanostructures for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage (2020), published in Advanced Energy Materials
  • Self-Reconstruction of Co/Co₂P Heterojunctions Confined in N-Doped Carbon Nanotubes for Zinc-Air Flow Batteries (2021), published in ACS Energy Letters

The scientist frequently collaborates with several colleagues, including Shuhui Sun, Zhangsen Chen, Mingjie Wu, Zonghua Pu, and Ning Chen, with Shuhui Sun being the most frequent coauthor in their collaborations.

Best Publications

  • Single-atom Catalysis Using Pt/Graphene Achieved through Atomic Layer Deposition

    Shuhui Sun;Shuhui Sun;Gaixia Zhang;Gaixia Zhang;Nicolas Gauquelin;Ning Chen

  • The surface analytical characterization of carbon fibers functionalized by H2SO4/HNO3 treatment

    Gaixia Zhang;Shuhui Sun;Dequan Yang;Jean-Pol Dodelet

  • High-Performance Reversible Aqueous Zn-Ion Battery Based on Porous MnOx Nanorods Coated by MOF-Derived N-Doped Carbon

    Yanqing Fu;Qiliang Wei;Gaixia Zhang;Xiaomin Wang

  • A Highly Durable Platinum Nanocatalyst for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: Multiarmed Starlike Nanowire Single Crystal

    Shuhui Sun;Gaixia Zhang;Dongsheng Geng;Yougui Chen

  • A specific demetalation of Fe–N4 catalytic sites in the micropores of NC_Ar + NH3 is at the origin of the initial activity loss of the highly active Fe/N/C catalyst used for the reduction of oxygen in PEM fuel cells

    Régis Chenitz;Ulrike I. Kramm;Michel Lefèvre;Vassili Glibin

  • Atomically Dispersed Transition Metal-Nitrogen-Carbon Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysts for Zinc-Air Batteries: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

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  • Raman scattering study of rutile SnO2 nanobelts synthesized by thermal evaporation of Sn powders

    S.H Sun;G.W Meng;G.W Meng;G.X Zhang;T Gao

  • Template- and Surfactant-free Room Temperature Synthesis of Self-Assembled 3D Pt Nanoflowers from Single-Crystal Nanowires

    Shuhui Sun;Dequan Yang;Dominique Villers;Gaixia Zhang

  • Is iron involved in the lack of stability of Fe/N/C electrocatalysts used to reduce oxygen at the cathode of PEM fuel cells?

    Gaixia Zhang;Régis Chenitz;Michel Lefèvre;Shuhui Sun

  • Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotube and Graphene Materials for Oxygen Reduction Reactions

    Qiliang Wei;Xin Tong;Gaixia Zhang;Jinli Qiao

  • Single-Atom Catalysts for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

    Zonghua Pu;Ibrahim Saana Amiinu;Ruilin Cheng;Pengyan Wang

  • Advanced Phosphorus-Based Materials for Lithium/Sodium-Ion Batteries: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives

    Yanqing Fu;Qiliang Wei;Gaixia Zhang;Shuhui Sun

  • Effects of Deposition Conditions on the Morphology of Zinc Deposits from Alkaline Zincate Solutions

    R. Y. Wang;D. W. Kirk;G. X. Zhang

  • Interface Engineering of NixSy@MnOxHy Nanorods to Efficiently Enhance Overall-Water-Splitting Activity and Stability

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  • Rational design of multifunctional air electrodes for rechargeable Zn–Air batteries: Recent progress and future perspectives

    Mingjie Wu;Gaixia Zhang;Minghao Wu;Jai Prakash

  • Polymer gel electrolytes for flexible supercapacitors: Recent progress, challenges, and perspectives

    Hongliu Dai;Gaixia Zhang;Diane Rawach;Chaoying Fu

  • Metal-organic framework derived carbon materials for electrocatalytic oxygen reactions: Recent progress and future perspectives

    Lei Du;Lei Du;Lixin Xing;Lixin Xing;Gaixia Zhang;Shuhui Sun

  • Well‐Defined Nanostructures for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage

    Rui Xu;Lei Du;David Adekoya;Gaixia Zhang

  • Activity, Performance, and Durability for the Reduction of Oxygen in PEM Fuel Cells, of Fe/N/C Electrocatalysts Obtained from the Pyrolysis of Metal-Organic-Framework and Iron Porphyrin Precursors

    Lijun Yang;Nicholas Larouche;Régis Chenitz;Gaixia Zhang

  • Oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide on Fe3O4 nanoparticles supported on Printex carbon and Graphene

    Willyam R.P. Barros;Willyam R.P. Barros;Qiliang Wei;Gaixia Zhang;Shuhui Sun

  • Self-Reconstruction of Co/Co2P Heterojunctions Confined in N-Doped Carbon Nanotubes for Zinc–Air Flow Batteries

    Mingjie Wu;Gaixia Zhang;Ning Chen;Yongfeng Hu

  • Recent Developments of Planar Micro-Supercapacitors: Fabrication, Properties, and Applications

    Jihai Zhang;Gaixia Zhang;Tao Zhou;Shuhui Sun

  • Chemical Structure of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene with Single Platinum Atoms and Atomic Clusters as a Platform for the PEMFC Electrode

    Samantha Stambula;Nicolas Gauquelin;Matthieu Bugnet;Sandeep Gorantla

  • Direct growth of single-crystal Pt nanowires on Sn@CNT Nanocable: 3D electrodes for highly active electrocatalysts.

    Shuhui Sun;Gaixia Zhang;Dongsheng Geng;Yougui Chen

  • Ultra-long life rechargeable zinc-air battery based on high-performance trimetallic nitride and NCNT hybrid bifunctional electrocatalysts

    Mingjie Wu;Gaixia Zhang;Jinli Qiao;Ning Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuhui Sun
Shuhui Sun Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Xueliang Sun
Xueliang Sun University of Western Ontario
Ruying Li
Ruying Li University of Western Ontario
Jean-Pol Dodelet
Jean-Pol Dodelet Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Mei Cai
Mei Cai General Motors (United States)
Edward Sacher
Edward Sacher Polytechnique Montréal
Jai Prakash
Jai Prakash National Institute of Technology Hamirpur
Marc Dubois
Marc Dubois University of Clermont Auvergne
Dongsheng Geng
Dongsheng Geng University of Science and Technology Beijing
Zonghua Pu
Zonghua Pu Wuhan University of Technology

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