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Kan Zhang is affiliated with Nanjing University of Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and materials science, with significant contributions to materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, and mechanics of materials. Additional areas of study include electrical and electronic engineering and biomedical engineering.

Their main topics of research include metal and thin film mechanics, diamond and carbon-based materials research, advanced materials and composites, lubricants and their additives, MXene and MAX phase materials, high entropy alloys studies, and boron and carbon nanomaterials research.

Kan Zhang has published extensively in several scientific journals, notably in:

  • Surface and Coatings Technology
  • Applied Surface Science
  • Acta Materialia
  • Ceramics International
  • Journal of Materials Research and Technology

Notable recent papers authored by Kan Zhang include:

  • A review of linear carbon chains (2020, Chinese Chemical Letters)

Frequent collaborators in Kan Zhang's research network include Xinlei Gu, Mao Wen, Weitao Zheng, and Changfeng Chen. These partnerships have contributed to a varied output in the domains of material mechanics and chemistry.

The scope of Kan Zhang's work often intersects with studies on the mechanical properties of novel materials, carbon nanomaterials, and coatings. This is exemplified by research involvement in multiple areas such as thin film mechanics and additive development for materials with enhanced functional properties.

Best Publications

  • Green Synthesis of Biphasic TiO2–Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites with Highly Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity

    Md. Selim Arif Sher Shah;A Reum Park;Kan Zhang;Jong Hyeok Park

  • Efficient photoelectrochemical hydrogen production from bismuth vanadate-decorated tungsten trioxide helix nanostructures

    Xinjian Shi;Il Yong Choi;Kan Zhang;Jeong Kwon

  • Exploiting Ru-Induced Lattice Strain in CoRu Nanoalloys for Robust Bifunctional Hydrogen Production.

    Weidong Li;Weidong Li;Yunxuan Zhao;Yuan Liu;Mingzi Sun

  • Black phosphorene as a hole extraction layer boosting solar water splitting of oxygen evolution catalysts.

    Kan Zhang;Kan Zhang;Bingjun Jin;Cheolwoo Park;Yoonjun Cho

  • Hierarchical MnCo-layered double hydroxides@Ni(OH)2 core–shell heterostructures as advanced electrodes for supercapacitors

    Shude Liu;Su Chan Lee;Umakant Patil;Iman Shackery

  • Water Splitting Progress in Tandem Devices: Moving Photolysis beyond Electrolysis

    Kan Zhang;Ming Ma;Ping Li;Dong Hwan Wang

  • Boosting Charge Transport in BiVO4 Photoanode for Solar Water Oxidation

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  • An order/disorder/water junction system for highly efficient co-catalyst-free photocatalytic hydrogen generation

    Kan Zhang;Luyang Wang;Jung Kyu Kim;Ming Ma

  • Hydrogen Peroxide Production from Solar Water Oxidation

    Jiali Liu;Yousheng Zou;Bingjun Jin;Kan Zhang

  • Reduced graphene oxide–TiO2 nanocomposite with high photocatalystic activity for the degradation of rhodamine B

    Feng Wang;Kan Zhang

  • Carbon Dots as New Building Blocks for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Electrocatalysis

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  • Near-Complete Suppression of Oxygen Evolution for Photoelectrochemical H2O Oxidative H2O2 Synthesis

    Kan Zhang;Jiali Liu;Luyang Wang;Bingjun Jin

  • Energy Manipulation in Lanthanide-Doped Core-Shell Nanoparticles for Tunable Dual-Mode Luminescence toward Advanced Anti-Counterfeiting.

    Mingye Ding;Bang Dong;Yi Lu;Xiaofei Yang

  • Dual Oxygen and Tungsten Vacancies on a WO3 Photoanode for Enhanced Water Oxidation.

    Ming Ma;Ming Ma;Kan Zhang;Ping Li;Ping Li;Myung Sun Jung

  • Enhanced chemical interaction between TiO2 and graphene oxide for photocatalytic decolorization of methylene blue

    YuLin Min;Kan Zhang;Wei Zhao;FangCai Zheng

  • Single-step solvothermal synthesis of mesoporous Ag–TiO2–reduced graphene oxide ternary composites with enhanced photocatalytic activity

    Selim Arif Sher Shah;Kan Zhang;A. Reum Park;Kwang Su Kim

  • Unassisted photoelectrochemical water splitting exceeding 7% solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency using photon recycling

    Xinjian Shi;Hokyeong Jeong;Seung Jae Oh;Ming Ma

  • Unassisted photoelectrochemical water splitting beyond 5.7% solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency by a wireless monolithic photoanode/dye-sensitised solar cell tandem device

    Xinjian Shi;Kan Zhang;Kahee Shin;Ming Ma

  • Vertically Oriented MoS2 with Spatially Controlled Geometry on Nitrogenous Graphene Sheets for High‐Performance Sodium‐Ion Batteries

    Ping Li;Ping Li;Jong Yeob Jeong;Bingjun Jin;Kan Zhang;Kan Zhang

  • Ultrathin Bismuth Nanosheets for Stable Na-Ion Batteries: Clarification of Structure and Phase Transition by in Situ Observation

    Yaxin Huang;Chongyang Zhu;Shengli Zhang;Xuemin Hu

  • Homogeneous anchoring of TiO2 nanoparticles on graphene sheets for waste water treatment

    Kan Zhang;K. Christian Kemp;Vimlesh Chandra

  • Comparison of catalytic activities for photocatalytic and sonocatalytic degradation of methylene blue in present of anatase TiO2-CNT catalysts.

    Kan Zhang;Feng Jun Zhang;Feng Jun Zhang;Ming Liang Chen;Won Chun Oh

Frequent Co-Authors

Jong Hyeok Park
Jong Hyeok Park Yonsei University
Won-Chun Oh
Won-Chun Oh Hanseo University
Ming Ma
Ming Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
Haibo Zeng
Haibo Zeng Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Shengli Zhang
Shengli Zhang Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Jung Kyu Kim
Jung Kyu Kim Sungkyunkwan University
Xun Hu
Xun Hu University of Jinan
Jong Kyu Kim
Jong Kyu Kim Pohang University of Science and Technology
Gi-Ra Yi
Gi-Ra Yi Pohang University of Science and Technology
Hyunjung Shin
Hyunjung Shin Sungkyunkwan University

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