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Jun Lou is a researcher affiliated with Rice University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with extensive contributions to subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The central themes of their research focus on advanced materials and their applications, covering topics such as 2D Materials and Applications, Graphene research and applications, Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Covalent Organic Framework Applications, and MXene and MAX Phase Materials.

Jun Lou has published numerous papers in several prominent scientific journals. Frequent venues for their publications include Nature Communications, SSRN Electronic Journal, Materials Today, ACS Nano, and Nano Letters.

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Intrinsic toughening and stable crack propagation in hexagonal boron nitride, 2021, Nature
  • Selective membranes in water and wastewater treatment: Role of advanced materials, 2021, Materials Today
  • 3D-printed silica with nanoscale resolution, 2021, Nature Materials
  • Electrified water treatment: fundamentals and roles of electrode materials, 2023, Nature Reviews Materials
  • Conversion of non-van der Waals solids to 2D transition-metal chalcogenides, 2020, Nature

Jun Lou frequently collaborates with several researchers, with notable co-authors including Qing Ai, Qiyi Fang, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Tianshu Zhai, and Yifan Zhu. The number of collaborations with these colleagues ranges from 19 to 38 published works.

Best Publications

  • High-efficiency two-dimensional Ruddlesden–Popper perovskite solar cells

    Hsinhan Tsai;Hsinhan Tsai;Wanyi Nie;Jean Christophe Blancon;Constantinos C. Stoumpos

  • Large Scale Growth and Characterization of Atomic Hexagonal Boron Nitride Layers

    Li Song;Lijie Ci;Hao Lu;Pavel B. Sorokin

  • Vertical and in-plane heterostructures from WS2/MoS2 monolayers.

    Yongji Gong;Junhao Lin;Xingli Wang;Gang Shi

  • Intrinsic Structural Defects in Monolayer Molybdenum Disulfide

    Wu Zhou;Xiaolong Zou;Sina Najmaei;Zheng Liu

  • Large-area vapor-phase growth and characterization of MoS(2) atomic layers on a SiO(2) substrate.

    Yongjie Zhan;Zheng Liu;Sina Najmaei;Pulickel M. Ajayan

  • Vapour phase growth and grain boundary structure of molybdenum disulphide atomic layers

    Sina Najmaei;Zheng Liu;Wu Zhou;Wu Zhou;Xiaolong Zou

  • Vapor Phase Growth and Grain Boundary Structure of Molybdenum Disulfide Atomic Layers

    Sina Najmaei;Zheng Liu;Wu Zhou;Xiaolong Zou

  • Janus Monolayer Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides

    Jing Zhang;Shuai Jia;Iskandar Kholmanov;Liang Dong

  • Black Phosphorus–Monolayer MoS2 van der Waals Heterojunction p–n Diode

    Yexin Deng;Zhe Luo;Nathan J. Conrad;Han Liu

  • In-plane heterostructures of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride with controlled domain sizes

    Zheng Liu;Lulu Ma;Gang Shi;Wu Zhou;Wu Zhou

  • Composites with carbon nanotubes and graphene: An outlook

    Ian A. Kinloch;Jonghwan Suhr;Jun Lou;Robert J. Young

  • Chemical vapor deposition growth of crystalline monolayer MoSe2.

    Xingli Wang;Yongji Gong;Gang Shi;Wai Leong Chow

  • Fracture toughness of graphene

    Peng Zhang;Lulu Ma;Feifei Fan;Zhi Zeng

  • Large In-Plane and Vertical Piezoelectricity in Janus Transition Metal Dichalchogenides

    Liang Dong;Jun Lou;Vivek B. Shenoy

  • High Efficiency Photocatalytic Water Splitting Using 2D α-Fe2O3/g-C3N4 Z-Scheme Catalysts

    Xiaojie She;Jingjie Wu;Hui Xu;Hui Xu;Jun Zhong

  • Ultrathin high-temperature oxidation-resistant coatings of hexagonal boron nitride.

    Zheng Liu;Yongji Gong;Wu Zhou;Wu Zhou;Lulu Ma

  • Second harmonic microscopy of monolayer MoS 2

    Nardeep Kumar;Sina Najmaei;Qiannan Cui;Frank Ceballos

  • Achieving Highly Efficient, Selective, and Stable CO2 Reduction on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes.

    Jingjie Wu;Ram Manohar Yadav;Mingjie Liu;Pranav P Sharma

  • Evolution of the Electronic Band Structure and Efficient Photo-Detection in Atomic Layers of InSe

    Sidong Lei;Liehui Ge;Sina Najmaei;Antony George

  • A metal-free electrocatalyst for carbon dioxide reduction to multi-carbon hydrocarbons and oxygenates

    Jingjie Wu;Sichao Ma;Jing Sun;Jake I. Gold

  • Large Area Vapor Phase Growth and Characterization of MoS2 Atomic Layers on SiO2 Substrate

    Yongjie Zhan;Zheng Liu;Sina Najmaei;Pulickel M. Ajayan

  • Janus Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

    Jing Zhang;Shuai Jia;Kholmanov Iskandar;Liang Dong

Frequent Co-Authors

Pulickel M. Ajayan
Pulickel M. Ajayan Rice University
Robert Vajtai
Robert Vajtai Rice University
Sina Najmaei
Sina Najmaei United States Army Research Laboratory
Zheng Liu
Zheng Liu Nanyang Technological University
Chandra Sekhar Tiwary
Chandra Sekhar Tiwary Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Jun Yuan
Jun Yuan University of York
Boris I. Yakobson
Boris I. Yakobson Rice University
Lijie Ci
Lijie Ci Harbin Institute of Technology
Jingjie Wu
Jingjie Wu University of Cincinnati
Yang Lu
Yang Lu University of Hong Kong

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