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  • 2017 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Kai A. I. Zhang was affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Germany. Their research spanned several areas within materials science and energy, with a particular emphasis on advanced photocatalysis techniques and covalent organic frameworks.

The main fields of study covered by their work included Materials Science, Energy, and Engineering. More specifically, their subfields of interest included Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Organic Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist contributed to several main topics of research:

  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Caching and Content Delivery
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials

Among their notable published papers were:

  • "Covalent Organic Frameworks Enabling Site Isolation of Viologen-Derived Electron-Transfer Mediators for Stable Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution" (2021), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Covalent Triazine Frameworks as Emerging Heterogeneous Photocatalysts" (2021), published in Chemistry of Materials
  • "Metal-Free Multi-Heteroatom-Doped Carbon Bifunctional Electrocatalysts Derived from a Covalent Triazine Polymer" (2020), published in Small
  • "Heterogeneous photoredox flow chemistry for the scalable organosynthesis of fine chemicals" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "Ultrasound-Triggered Assembly of Covalent Triazine Framework for Synthesizing Heteroatom-Doped Carbon Nanoflowers Boosting Metal-Free Bifunctional Electrocatalysis" (2021), published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Their frequent co-authors included:

  • Katharina Landfester
  • Wenxin Wei
  • Calum T. J. Ferguson
  • Niklas Huber
  • Yan Zhao

Kai A. I. Zhang published regularly in several venues, among which the most frequent were:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Chemical Communications
  • ACS Catalysis

In 2017, the scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).

Best Publications

  • Reducing the Exciton Binding Energy of Donor-Acceptor-Based Conjugated Polymers to Promote Charge-Induced Reactions.

    Zhian Lan;Guigang Zhang;Xiong Chen;Yongfan Zhang

  • Conjugated porous polymers for energy applications

    Filipe Vilela;Kai Zhang;Markus Antonietti

  • Molecular Engineering of Conjugated Polybenzothiadiazoles for Enhanced Hydrogen Production by Photosynthesis

    Can Yang;Beatriz Chiyin Ma;Linzhu Zhang;Sen Lin

  • Surface Area Control and Photocatalytic Activity of Conjugated Microporous Poly(benzothiadiazole) Networks

    Kai Zhang;Daniel Kopetzki;Peter H. Seeberger;Markus Antonietti

  • Visible-Light-Promoted Selective Oxidation of Alcohols Using a Covalent Triazine Framework

    Wei Huang;Beatriz Chiyin Ma;Hao Lu;Run Li

  • Molecular Structural Design of Conjugated Microporous Poly(Benzooxadiazole) Networks for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity with Visible Light

    Zi Jun Wang;Saman Ghasimi;Katharina Landfester;Kai A. I. Zhang

  • Covalent Organic Frameworks Enabling Site Isolation of Viologen‐Derived Electron‐Transfer Mediators for Stable Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

    Zhen Mi;Ting Zhou;Weijun Weng;Junjuda Unruangsri

  • Electrochemical Route to Fabricate Film-Like Conjugated Microporous Polymers and Application for Organic Electronics

    Cheng Gu;Youchun Chen;Zhongbo Zhang;Shanfeng Xue

  • Asymmetric Covalent Triazine Framework for Enhanced Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis via Energy Transfer Cascade

    Wei Huang;Jeehye Byun;Irina Rörich;Charusheela Ramanan

  • Covalent Triazine Frameworks as Emerging Heterogeneous Photocatalysts

    Zhuangfei Qian;Zi Jun Wang;Kai A. I. Zhang

  • Conjugated microporous polymer nanoparticles with enhanced dispersibility and water compatibility for photocatalytic applications

    Beatriz Chiyin Ma;Saman Ghasimi;Katharina Landfester;Filipe Vilela

  • Conjugated polymers containing diketopyrrolopyrrole units in the main chain

    Bernd Tieke;A Raman Rabindranath;Kai Zhang;Yu Zhu

  • Designing conjugated porous polymers for visible light-driven photocatalytic chemical transformations

    Jeehye Byun;Jeehye Byun;Kai A. I. Zhang;Kai A. I. Zhang

  • Photocatalytic Suzuki Coupling Reaction Using Conjugated Microporous Polymer with Immobilized Palladium Nanoparticles under Visible Light

    Zi Jun Wang;Saman Ghasimi;Katharina Landfester;Kai A. I. Zhang

  • Metal-Free Multi-Heteroatom-Doped Carbon Bifunctional Electrocatalysts Derived from a Covalent Triazine Polymer.

    Yong Zheng;Hui Song;Shan Chen;Xiaohui Yu

  • Photocatalytic Selective Bromination of Electron-Rich Aromatic Compounds Using Microporous Organic Polymers with Visible Light

    Run Li;Zi Jun Wang;Lei Wang;Beatriz Chiyin Ma

  • Highly porous conjugated polymers for selective oxidation of organic sulfides under visible light

    Zi Jun Wang;Saman Ghasimi;Katharina Landfester;Kai A. I. Zhang

  • Poly(benzothiadiazoles) and Their Derivatives as Heterogeneous Photocatalysts for Visible-Light-Driven Chemical Transformations

    Run Li;Jeehye Byun;Wei Huang;Cyrine Ayed

  • Hollow nanoporous covalent triazine frameworks via acid vapor-assisted solid phase synthesis for enhanced visible light photoactivity

    Wei Huang;Zi Jun Wang;Beatriz Chiyin Ma;Saman Ghasimi

  • Modification of conjugated microporous poly-benzothiadiazole for photosensitized singlet oxygen generation in water

    Hiromitsu Urakami;Kai Zhang;Filipe Vilela

  • Functional Conjugated Polymers for CO2 Reduction Using Visible Light

    Can Yang;Wei Huang;Lucas Caire da Silva;Kai A. I. Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Katharina Landfester
Katharina Landfester Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Tianxi Liu
Tianxi Liu Jiangnan University
Paul W. M. Blom
Paul W. M. Blom Max Planck Society
Di Wang
Di Wang Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Peter J. Skabara
Peter J. Skabara University of Glasgow
Hao Liu
Hao Liu University of Technology Sydney
Shuai Dong
Shuai Dong Southeast University
Markus Antonietti
Markus Antonietti Max Planck Society
Frederik R. Wurm
Frederik R. Wurm University of Twente
Jixin Zhu
Jixin Zhu University of Science and Technology of China

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