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2026
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Materials Science
Australia
2022

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Materials Science

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283
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15

Chemistry

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64470
World Ranking
243
National Ranking
8

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  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Huijun Zhao is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and has a research focus primarily in engineering, with a substantial emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Advancements in Battery Materials

Frequent publication venues for Huijun Zhao include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Advanced Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

The researcher has contributed to various collaborative efforts, frequently working with coauthors such as:

  • Haimin Zhang
  • Porun Liu
  • Huajie Yin
  • Guozhong Wang
  • Yunxia Zhang

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Huijun Zhao include:

  • "Coexisting Single-Atomic Fe and Ni Sites on Hierarchically Ordered Porous Carbon as a Highly Efficient ORR Electrocatalyst," 2020, Advanced Materials
  • "Hydrogen Spillover-Bridged Volmer/Tafel Processes Enabling Ampere-Level Current Density Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction under Low Overpotential," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Stable Seamless Interfaces and Rapid Ionic Conductivity of Ca-CeO2/LiTFSI/PEO Composite Electrolyte for High-Rate and High-Voltage All-Solid-State Battery," 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • "Dual-atom Pt heterogeneous catalyst with excellent catalytic performances for the selective hydrogenation and epoxidation," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Approaching the activity limit of CoSe2 for oxygen evolution via Fe doping and Co vacancy," 2020, Nature Communications

Huijun Zhao's research output is characterized by a strong focus on energy conversion technologies, catalytic processes, and materials designed to enhance performance in energy storage and conversion systems. The scientist's publication record indicates engagement with both experimental and applied aspects of materials chemistry and engineering disciplines related to sustainable energy solutions.

Best Publications

  • Ultrathin metal–organic framework nanosheets for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution

    Shenlong Zhao;Shenlong Zhao;Yun Wang;Juncai Dong;Chun-Ting He

  • Metal–organic frameworks as selectivity regulators for hydrogenation reactions

    Meiting Zhao;Kuo Yuan;Kuo Yuan;Yun Wang;Guodong Li

  • Ultrathin platinum nanowires grown on single-layered nickel hydroxide with high hydrogen evolution activity

    Huajie Yin;Shenlong Zhao;Kun Zhao;Abdul Muqsit

  • A Hierarchical Z‑Scheme α-Fe2O3/g-C3N4 Hybrid for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

    Zhifeng Jiang;Zhifeng Jiang;Weiming Wan;Huaming Li;Shouqi Yuan

  • α-Fe2O3 multi-shelled hollow microspheres for lithium ion battery anodes with superior capacity and charge retention

    Simeng Xu;Colin M. Hessel;Hao Ren;Ranbo Yu

  • Accurate Control of Multishelled Co3O4 Hollow Microspheres as High-Performance Anode Materials in Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Jiangyan Wang;Nailiang Yang;Hongjie Tang;Zhenghong Dong

  • Growth of Polypyrrole Ultrathin Films on MoS2 Monolayers as High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes

    Hongjie Tang;Jiangyan Wang;Huajie Yin;Huijun Zhao

  • Core-shell palladium nanoparticle@metal-organic frameworks as multifunctional catalysts for cascade reactions.

    Meiting Zhao;Ke Deng;Liangcan He;Yong Liu

  • Cross-Linked g-C3N4/rGO Nanocomposites with Tunable Band Structure and Enhanced Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity

    Yibing Li;Haimin Zhang;Porun Liu;Dan Wang

  • Multi-shelled hollow micro-/nanostructures

    Jian Qi;Xiaoyong Lai;Jiangyan Wang;Hongjie Tang

  • Few-layer graphdiyne doped with sp-hybridized nitrogen atoms at acetylenic sites for oxygen reduction electrocatalysis.

    Yasong Zhao;Yasong Zhao;Jiawei Wan;Huiying Yao;Lijuan Zhang

  • Potassium Ion Assisted Regeneration of Active Cyano Groups in Carbon Nitride Nanoribbons: Visible Light Driven Photocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction

    Weikang Wang;Weikang Wang;Haimin Zhang;Shengbo Zhang;Shengbo Zhang;Yanyan Liu;Yanyan Liu

  • Coexisting Single-Atomic Fe and Ni Sites on Hierarchically Ordered Porous Carbon as a Highly Efficient ORR Electrocatalyst

    Zhengju Zhu;Zhengju Zhu;Huajie Yin;Yun Wang;Cheng-Hao Chuang

  • Three‐Dimensional Graphene/Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Hybrids for High‐Performance Capacitive Deionization of Saline Water

    Huajie Yin;Shenlong Zhao;Jiawei Wan;Hongjie Tang

  • Carbonized nanoscale metal-organic frameworks as high performance electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction.

    Shenlong Zhao;Huajie Yin;Lei Du;Liangcan He

  • Functionalization of perovskite thin films with moisture-tolerant molecules

    Shuang Yang;Yun Wang;Porun Liu;Yi Bing Cheng

  • Photocatalytic Properties of Graphdiyne and Graphene Modified TiO2: From Theory to Experiment

    Nailiang Yang;Yuanyuan Liu;Hao Wen;Zhiyong Tang

  • Cobalt Covalent Doping in MoS2 to Induce Bifunctionality of Overall Water Splitting

    Qizhong Xiong;Qizhong Xiong;Yun Wang;Peng-Fei Liu;Li-Rong Zheng

  • Co3O4 Hexagonal Platelets with Controllable Facets Enabling Highly Efficient Visible‐Light Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2

    Chao Gao;Chao Gao;Qiangqiang Meng;Kun Zhao;Huajie Yin

  • Multishelled TiO2 hollow microspheres as anodes with superior reversible capacity for lithium ion batteries.

    Hao Ren;Ranbo Yu;Jiangyan Wang;Quan Jin

Frequent Co-Authors

Haimin Zhang
Haimin Zhang Griffith University
Guozhong Wang
Guozhong Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Porun Liu
Porun Liu Griffith University
Shanqing Zhang
Shanqing Zhang Griffith University
Hua Gui Yang
Hua Gui Yang East China University of Science and Technology
Yun Wang
Yun Wang Griffith University
Taicheng An
Taicheng An Guangdong University of Technology
Guiying Li
Guiying Li Guangdong University of Technology
Po Keung Wong
Po Keung Wong Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dan Wang
Dan Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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