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Wei Zhou is affiliated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with particular concentration in Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry as well as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Organic Chemistry.

Their scholarly contributions primarily explore topics related to Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, Covalent Organic Framework Applications, and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography. Other research interests include Crystallization and Solubility Studies, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, and developments in Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies.

Wei Zhou has authored or coauthored multiple papers with notable frequency in certain scientific venues. Key publication venues for their work include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent collaborators in Wei Zhou's research output include Hui Wu, Banglin Chen, Rui-Biao Lin, Wei Deng, and Craig M. Brown.

Selected recent publications exemplifying their research focus include:

  • "Mixed Metal-Organic Framework with Multiple Binding Sites for Efficient C2H2/CO2 Separation" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks with Cobalt(II)-Phthalocyanine Sites for Efficient Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction" (2021), Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "An Ultramicroporous Metal-Organic Framework for High Sieving Separation of Propylene from Propane" (2020), Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Immobilization of Lewis Basic Sites into a Stable Ethane-Selective MOF Enabling One-Step Separation of Ethylene from a Ternary Mixture" (2022), Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Optimization of the Pore Structures of MOFs for Record High Hydrogen Volumetric Working Capacity" (2020), Advanced Materials

Best Publications

  • Methane storage in metal–organic frameworks

    Yabing He;Wei Zhou;Wei Zhou;Guodong Qian;Banglin Chen

  • Metal–Organic Frameworks as Platforms for Functional Materials

    Yuanjing Cui;Bin Li;Huajun He;Wei Zhou

  • Nanotube Networks in Polymer Nanocomposites: Rheology and Electrical Conductivity

    Fangming Du;Robert C. Scogna;Wei Zhou;Stijn Brand

  • Emerging Multifunctional Metal-Organic Framework Materials.

    Bin Li;Hui Min Wen;Yuanjing Cui;Wei Zhou

  • Unusual and Highly Tunable Missing-Linker Defects in Zirconium Metal–Organic Framework UiO-66 and Their Important Effects on Gas Adsorption

    Hui Wu;Hui Wu;Yong Shen Chua;Yong Shen Chua;Vaiva Krungleviciute;Vaiva Krungleviciute;Madhusudan Tyagi;Madhusudan Tyagi

  • Pore chemistry and size control in hybrid porous materials for acetylene capture from ethylene

    Xili Cui;Kaijie Chen;Huabin Xing;Qiwei Yang

  • Multifunctional porous hydrogen-bonded organic framework materials.

    Rui-Biao Lin;Yabing He;Peng Li;Hailong Wang

  • Nanostructured carbon for energy storage and conversion

    Stephanie L. Candelaria;Yuyan Shao;Wei Zhou;Xiaolin Li

  • Macroscopic, Neat, Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Fibers

    Lars M. Ericson;Hua Fan;Haiqing Peng;Virginia A. Davis

  • Ethane/ethylene separation in a metal-organic framework with iron-peroxo sites.

    Libo Li;Libo Li;Rui-Biao Lin;Rajamani Krishna;Hao Li;Hao Li

  • Microporous metal-organic framework with potential for carbon dioxide capture at ambient conditions

    Shengchang Xiang;Shengchang Xiang;Yabing He;Zhangjing Zhang;Zhangjing Zhang;Hui Wu;Hui Wu

  • Porous metal-organic frameworks for gas storage and separation: Status and challenges

    Hao Li;Hao Li;Libo Li;Libo Li;Rui-Biao Lin;Wei Zhou

  • Microporous Metal-Organic Framework Materials for Gas Separation

    Rui-Biao Lin;Shengchang Xiang;Wei Zhou;Banglin Chen

  • Molecular sieving of ethylene from ethane using a rigid metal-organic framework.

    Rui-Biao Lin;Libo Li;Libo Li;Hao-Long Zhou;Hui Wu

  • A flexible metal–organic framework with a high density of sulfonic acid sites for proton conduction

    Fan Yang;Gang Xu;Yibo Dou;Bin Wang

  • Exploration of porous metal–organic frameworks for gas separation and purification

    Rui Biao Lin;Shengchang Xiang;Huabin Xing;Wei Zhou

  • High-Capacity Methane Storage in Metal−Organic Frameworks M2(dhtp): The Important Role of Open Metal Sites

    Hui Wu;Wei Zhou;Taner Yildirim

  • Porous Metal–Organic Frameworks for Gas Storage and Separation: What, How, and Why?

    Bin Li;Hui Min Wen;Wei Zhou;Banglin Chen

  • Enhanced H2 adsorption in isostructural metal-organic frameworks with open metal sites: strong dependence of the binding strength on metal ions.

    Wei Zhou;Hui Wu;Taner Yildirim

  • True solutions of single-walled carbon nanotubes for assembly into macroscopic materials

    Virginia A. Davis;A. Nicholas G. Parra-Vasquez;Micah J. Green;Micah J. Green;Pradeep K. Rai

  • Hydrogen and Methane Adsorption in Metal−Organic Frameworks: A High-Pressure Volumetric Study

    Wei Zhou;Hui Wu;Michael R. Hartman,†,‖ and;Taner Yildirim

  • UTSA-74: A MOF-74 Isomer with Two Accessible Binding Sites per Metal Center for Highly Selective Gas Separation

    Feng Luo;Changsheng Yan;Lilong Dang;Rajamani Krishna

Frequent Co-Authors

Hui Wu
Hui Wu National Institute of Standards and Technology
Taner Yildirim
Taner Yildirim National Institute of Standards and Technology
Banglin Chen
Banglin Chen Fujian Normal University
Rajamani Krishna
Rajamani Krishna University of Amsterdam
Shengchang Xiang
Shengchang Xiang Fujian Normal University
Rui-Biao Lin
Rui-Biao Lin Sun Yat-sen University
Libo Li
Libo Li Taiyuan University of Technology
Vitalie Stavila
Vitalie Stavila Sandia National Laboratories
Guodong Qian
Guodong Qian Zhejiang University
John E. Fischer
John E. Fischer University of Pennsylvania

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