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Zhaofu Fei is affiliated with École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland and has a robust publication record in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work is primarily concentrated in several subfields, including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Polymers and Plastics, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research covers a range of topics with particular attention to Perovskite Materials and Applications, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Catalysis for Biomass Conversion, Carbon Dioxide Utilization in Catalysis, Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques.

Fei's frequent coauthors include:

  • Paul J. Dyson
  • Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
  • Bin Ding
  • Farzaneh Fadaei-Tirani
  • Lu Chen

Their work has appeared repeatedly in several notable publication venues:

  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Small
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Advanced Materials

Some of Zhaofu Fei's recent papers include:

  • Dopant-additive synergism enhances perovskite solar modules, 2024, Nature
  • An Efficient Approach to Fabricate Air-Stable Perovskite Solar Cells via Addition of a Self-Polymerizing Ionic Liquid, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Nitrogen-Incorporated Cobalt Sulfide/Graphene Hybrid Catalysts for Overall Water Splitting, 2020, ChemSusChem
  • Carbonized wood impregnated with bimetallic nanoparticles as a monolithic continuous-flow microreactor for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol, 2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Influence of Polypyrrole Incorporated Electrospun Poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) Nanofibrous Composite Membrane Electrolyte on the Photovoltaic Performance of Dye Sensitized Solar Cell, 2020, Engineered Science

Best Publications

  • Targeted delivery and controlled release of doxorubicin to cancer cells using modified single wall carbon nanotubes

    Xiaoke Zhang;Lingjie Meng;Qinghua Lu;Zhaofu Fei

  • From dysfunction to bis-function: on the design and applications of functionalised ionic liquids

    Zhaofu Fei;Tilmann J. Geldbach;Dongbin Zhao;Paul J. Dyson

  • Nitrile-functionalized pyridinium ionic liquids: Synthesis, characterization, and their application in carbon-carbon coupling reactions

    Dongbin Zhao;Zhaofu Fei;Tilmann J. Geldbach;Rosario Scopelliti

  • MnO2 nanosheets as an artificial enzyme to mimic oxidase for rapid and sensitive detection of glutathione

    Jing Liu;Lingjie Meng;Zhaofu Fei;Paul J. Dyson

  • Single walled carbon nanotubes as drug delivery vehicles: targeting doxorubicin to tumors.

    Lingjie Meng;Xiaoke Zhang;Qinghua Lu;Zhaofu Fei

  • Brønsted Acidic Ionic Liquids and Their Zwitterions: Synthesis, Characterization and pKa Determination

    Zhaofu Fei;Dongbin Zhao;Tilmann J. Geldbach;Rosario Scopelliti

  • Synthesis and characterization of ionic liquids incorporating the nitrile functionality

    Dongbin Zhao;Zhaofu Fei;Rosario Scopelliti;Paul J. Dyson

  • A novel platinum nanocatalyst for the oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural into 2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid under mild conditions

    Sviatlana Siankevich;Georgios Savoglidis;Zhaofu Fei;Gabor Laurenczy

  • Dopant-additive synergism enhances perovskite solar modules

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  • Cycloaddition of CO2 to epoxides catalyzed by imidazolium-based polymeric ionic liquids

    Saeideh Ghazali-Esfahani;Saeideh Ghazali-Esfahani;Hongbing Song;Emilia Păunescu;Félix D. Bobbink

  • Cytotoxicity of ionic liquids and precursor compounds towards human cell line HeLa

    Xuefeng Wang;C. André Ohlin;Qinghua Lu;Zhaofu Fei

  • Single crystals of the disubstituted anthracene 9,10-(Ph2P=S)2C14H8 selectively and reversibly detect toluene by solid-state fluorescence emission.

    Zhaofu Fei;Nikolaus Kocher;Christian J. Mohrschladt;Heiko Ihmels

  • Development of nitrile-functionalized ionic liquids for C-C coupling reactions: implication of carbene and nanoparticle catalysts

    Zhaofu Fei;Dongbin Zhao;Daniela Pieraccini;Wee Han Ang

  • A Synthetic Zwitterionic Water Channel: Characterization in the Solid State by X‐ray Crystallography and NMR Spectroscopy

    Zhaofu Fei;Dongbin Zhao;Tilmann J. Geldbach;Rosario Scopelliti

  • Palladium Nanoparticles Stabilized by an Ionic Polymer and Ionic Liquid: A Versatile System for C−C Cross-Coupling Reactions

    Xue Yang;Zhaofu Fei;Dongbin Zhao;Wee Han Ang

  • Influence of ionic liquids bearing functional groups in dye-sensitized solar cells.

    Fellicien Mazille;Zhaofu Fei;Daibin Kuang;Dongbin Zhao

  • How Strong Is Hydrogen Bonding in Ionic Liquids? Combined X-ray Crystallographic, Infrared/Raman Spectroscopic, and Density Functional Theory Study

    Sergey A. Katsyuba;Mikhail V. Vener;ElenaE. Zvereva;Zhaofu Fei

  • A Supercooled Imidazolium Iodide Ionic Liquid as a Low-Viscosity Electrolyte for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    Zhaofu Fei;Daibin Kuang;Dongbin Zhao;Cedric Klein

  • A Strategy to Produce High Efficiency, High Stability Perovskite Solar Cells Using Functionalized Ionic Liquid-Dopants.

    Yi Zhang;Yi Zhang;Zhaofu Fei;Peng Gao;Yonghui Lee

  • Revisiting Ether-Derivatized Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids

    Zhaofu Fei;Wee Han Ang;Dongbin Zhao;Rosario Scopelliti

  • Remarkable Anion and Cation Effects on Stille Reactions in Functionalised Ionic Liquids

    Cinzia Chiappe;Daniela Pieraccini;Dongbin Zhao;Zhaofu Fei

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Dyson
Paul J. Dyson École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Rosario Scopelliti
Rosario Scopelliti École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Ning Yan
Ning Yan National University of Singapore
Wee Han Ang
Wee Han Ang National University of Singapore
Lingjie Meng
Lingjie Meng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Gábor Laurenczy
Gábor Laurenczy École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Frank T. Edelmann
Frank T. Edelmann Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Yongdan Li
Yongdan Li Aalto University
Peter G. Jones
Peter G. Jones Technische Universität Braunschweig

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