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Zhanfeng Zheng is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science, Energy, and Engineering. Their research focuses predominantly on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Organic Chemistry, and Catalysis.

Their work covers a variety of topics with significant attention to advanced catalytic and photocatalytic processes. Key topics in their research include:

  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming
  • TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications

Zheng's publications have appeared frequently in journals such as Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Catalysis Science & Technology, Journal of Catalysis, ACS Catalysis, and the Chemical Engineering Journal.

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Photocatalysis of water into hydrogen peroxide over an atomic Ga-N5 site" (2023, Nature Synthesis)
  • "Piperidinium functionalized aryl ether-free polyaromatics as anion exchange membrane for water electrolysers: Performance and durability" (2020, Journal of Membrane Science)
  • "Oxygen vacancies confined in conjugated polyimide for promoted visible-light photocatalytic oxidative coupling of amines" (2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental)
  • "Electric field-assisted synthesis of Pt, carbon quantum dots-coloaded graphene hybrid for hydrogen evolution reaction" (2020, Journal of Power Sources)
  • "Unveiling the origin of alkali metal promotion in CO2 methanation over Ru/ZrO2" (2022, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental)

Frequent coauthors in Zheng's research collaborations include Ruiyi Wang, Xianmo Gu, Yunwei Wang, Mengting Gao, and Meixian Liu. These partnerships reflect ongoing work in catalytic sciences and materials development.

Best Publications

  • An Efficient Photocatalyst Structure: TiO2(B) Nanofibers with a Shell of Anatase Nanocrystals

    Dongjiang Yang;Hongwei Liu;Zhanfeng Zheng;Yong Yuan

  • Phase Transition between Nanostructures of Titanate and Titanium Dioxides via Simple Wet-Chemical Reactions

    Huai Yong Zhu;Ying Lan;Xueping Gao;Simon P. Ringer

  • Visible-Light-Driven Oxidation of Organic Contaminants in Air with Gold Nanoparticle Catalysts on Oxide Supports

    Xi Chen;Huai-Yong Zhu;Jin-Cai Zhao;Zhan-Feng Zheng

  • Titanate Nanotubes and Nanorods Prepared from Rutile Powder

    Ying Lan;Xueping Gao;Huaiyong Zhu;Zhanfeng Zheng

  • Supported silver nanoparticles as photocatalysts under ultraviolet and visible light irradiation

    Xi Chen;Zhanfeng Zheng;Xuebin Ke;Esa Jaatinen

  • Porous TiO 2 Nanotubes with Spatially Separated Platinum and CoO x Cocatalysts Produced by Atomic Layer Deposition for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

    Jiankang Zhang;Zhuobin Yu;Zhe Gao;Huibin Ge

  • Heterojunctions in g-C3N4/TiO2(B) nanofibres with exposed (001) plane and enhanced visible-light photoactivity

    Lin Zhang;Dengwei Jing;Xilin She;Hongwei Liu

  • Titanate nanofibers as intelligent absorbents for the removal of radioactive ions from water.

    Dong Jiang Yang;Zhan Feng Zheng;Huai Yong Zhu;Hong Wei Liu

  • Viable Photocatalysts under Solar-Spectrum Irradiation: Nonplasmonic Metal Nanoparticles

    Sarina Sarina;Huai Yong Zhu;Qi Xiao;Esa Jaatinen

  • Capture of Radioactive Cesium and Iodide Ions from Water by Using Titanate Nanofibers and Nanotubes

    Dongjiang Yang;Sarina Sarina;Huaiyong Zhu;Hongwei Liu

  • Structural evolution in a hydrothermal reaction between Nb2O5 and NaOH solution: from Nb2O5 grains to microporous Na2Nb2O6.2/3H2O fibers and NaNbO3 cubes.

    Huaiyong Zhu;Zhanfeng Zheng;Xueping Gao;Yining Huang

  • Mechanism of supported gold nanoparticles as photocatalysts under ultraviolet and visible light irradiation

    Huaiyong Zhu;Xi Chen;Zhanfeng Zheng;Xuebin Ke

  • Alloying Gold with Copper Makes for a Highly Selective Visible-Light Photocatalyst for the Reduction of Nitroaromatics to Anilines

    Qi Xiao;Sarina Sarina;Eric R. Waclawik;Jianfeng Jia

  • Layered Titanate Nanofibers as Efficient Adsorbents for Removal of Toxic Radioactive and Heavy Metal Ions from Water

    Dongjang Yang;Zhanfeng Zheng;Hongwei Liu;Huai Zhu

  • The BiOCl/diatomite composites for rapid photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin: Efficiency, toxicity evaluation, mechanisms and pathways

    Zehui Jia;Zehui Jia;Tan Li;Zhanfeng Zheng;Jiandong Zhang

  • Graphene oxide/core–shell structured metal–organic framework nano-sandwiches and their derived cobalt/N-doped carbon nanosheets for oxygen reduction reactions

    Jing Wei;Jing Wei;Yaoxin Hu;Yan Liang;Biao Kong

  • High‐Performance Ceramic Membranes with a Separation Layer of Metal Oxide Nanofibers

    Xue Bin Ke;Huai Yong Zhu;Xue Ping Gao;Jiang Wen Liu

  • Titanate-based adsorbents for radioactive ions entrapment from water

    Dongjiang Yang;Hongwei Liu;Zhanfeng Zheng;Sarina Sarina

  • Removal of radioactive iodine from water using Ag2O grafted titanate nanolamina as efficient adsorbent.

    Arixin Bo;Sarina Sarina;Zhanfeng Zheng;Dongjiang Yang

  • Correlation of the catalytic activity for oxidation taking place on various TiO2 surfaces with surface OH groups and surface oxygen vacancies.

    Zhanfeng Zheng;Jaclyn Teo;Xi Chen;Hongwei Liu

  • Structure and contribution to photocatalytic activity of the interfaces in nanofibers with mixed anatase and TiO2(B) phases

    Zhanfeng Zheng;Hongwei Liu;Jianping Ye;Jincai Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Huaiyong Zhu
Huaiyong Zhu Queensland University of Technology
Hongwei Liu
Hongwei Liu Xidian University
Dongjiang Yang
Dongjiang Yang Qingdao University
Eric R. Waclawik
Eric R. Waclawik Queensland University of Technology
Jincai Zhao
Jincai Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jie Wang
Jie Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ray L. Frost
Ray L. Frost Queensland University of Technology
Steven E. Bottle
Steven E. Bottle Queensland University of Technology
Xi Chen
Xi Chen Nanjing University
Hongjie Zhang
Hongjie Zhang Tsinghua University

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