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2022

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Overview

Zhonghua Zhu is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has a research focus primarily within the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work spans several specialized subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Inorganic Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their research topics cover a variety of aspects related to materials and energy conversion, with a notable focus on Metal-Organic Frameworks synthesis and applications, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, advancements in solid oxide fuel cells, advanced battery technologies, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, catalytic processes in materials science, and covalent organic framework applications.

Zhu has contributed extensively to scholarly literature and has published numerous research papers. Some recent publications include:

  • Sulfur-Modified Oxygen Vacancies in Iron-Cobalt Oxide Nanosheets: Enabling Extremely High Activity of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction to Achieve the Industrial Water Splitting Benchmark (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Air electrodes and related degradation mechanisms in solid oxide electrolysis and reversible solid oxide cells (2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews)
  • Boosting Ethane/Ethylene Separation by MOFs through the Amino-Functionalization of Pores (2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Composite cathodes for protonic ceramic fuel cells: Rationales and materials (2022, Composites Part B Engineering)
  • Defect engineering and characterization of active sites for efficient electrocatalysis (2021, Nanoscale)

Zhu's publications have appeared frequently in several scientific journals, reflecting the scope of their research interests. Key venues include:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Angewandte Chemie

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including Lei Ge, Yao-Yu Wang, Lei Hou, Hesamoddin Rabiee, and Gang-Ding Wang. These collaborations indicate active participation in a network of researchers working on related topics in materials and energy science.

Best Publications

  • Ultrathin Iron-Cobalt Oxide Nanosheets with Abundant Oxygen Vacancies for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

    Linzhou Zhuang;Lei Ge;Yisu Yang;Mengran Li

  • Removal of dyes from aqueous solution using fly ash and red mud.

    Shaobin Wang;Y. Boyjoo;A. Choueib;Z.H. Zhu

  • Nanoporous Graphitic-C3N4@Carbon Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction

    Yao Zheng;Yan Jiao;Jun Chen;Jian Liu

  • Nitrogen-Doped Graphene for Generation and Evolution of Reactive Radicals by Metal-Free Catalysis

    Xiaoguang Duan;Zhimin Ao;Hongqi Sun;Stacey Indrawirawan

  • Phosphate removal from wastewater using red mud.

    Weiwei Huang;Shaobin Wang;Zhonghua Zhu;Li Li

  • Microstructure and electrochemical double-layer capacitance of carbon electrodes prepared by zinc chloride activation of sugar cane bagasse

    Thomas E. Rufford;Denisa Hulicova-Jurcakova;Kiran Khosla;Zhonghua Zhu

  • Identification of active sites for acidic oxygen reduction on carbon catalysts with and without nitrogen doping

    Yi Jia;Longzhou Zhang;Longzhou Zhang;Linzhou Zhuang;Hongli Liu

  • Hybrid Graphene and Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanocomposite: Gap Opening, Electron–Hole Puddle, Interfacial Charge Transfer, and Enhanced Visible Light Response

    Aijun Du;Stefano Sanvito;Zhen Li;Dawei Wang

  • Nanoporous carbon electrode from waste coffee beans for high performance supercapacitors

    Thomas E. Rufford;Denisa Hulicova-Jurcakova;Zhonghua Zhu;Gao Qing Lu

  • Advanced synthesis of materials for intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells

    Zongping Shao;Wei Zhou;Zhonghua Zhu

  • A Perovskite Electrocatalyst for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction.

    Xiaomin Xu;Yubo Chen;Wei Zhou;Zhonghua Zhu

  • Characterisation and environmental application of an Australian natural zeolite for basic dye removal from aqueous solution

    Shaobin Wang;Z.H. Zhu

  • Metal organic framework based mixed matrix membranes: an overview on filler/polymer interfaces

    Rijia Lin;Byron Villacorta Hernandez;Lei Ge;Zhonghua Zhu

  • The physical and surface chemical characteristics of activated carbons and the adsorption of methylene blue from wastewater.

    Shaobin Wang;Z.H. Zhu;Anthony Coomes;F. Haghseresht

  • Surface controlled generation of reactive radicals from persulfate by carbocatalysis on nanodiamonds

    Xiaoguang Duan;Chao Su;Li Zhou;Hongqi Sun;Hongqi Sun

  • Non precious metal catalysts for the PEM fuel cell cathode

    Rapidah Othman;Andrew L. Dicks;Zhonghua Zhu

  • Uncommon pyrazoyl-carboxyl bifunctional ligand-based microporous lanthanide systems: sorption and luminescent sensing properties

    Gao-Peng Li;Ge Liu;Yong-Zhi Li;Lei Hou

  • Recent Progress on Advanced Materials for Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells Operating Below 500 °C.

    Yuan Zhang;Ruth Knibbe;Jaka Sunarso;Yijun Zhong

  • Effects of acidic treatment of activated carbons on dye adsorption

    Shaobin Wang;Z.H. Zhu

  • Graphdiyne: a versatile nanomaterial for electronics and hydrogen purification

    Yan Jiao;Aijun Du;Marlies Hankel;Zhonghua Zhu

  • Multifunctional porous graphene for nanoelectronics and hydrogen storage : new properties revealed by first principle calculations

    Aijun Du;Zhonghua Zhu;Sean C. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Gao Qing Lu
Gao Qing Lu University of Surrey
Lei Ge
Lei Ge University of Southern Queensland
Aijun Du
Aijun Du Queensland University of Technology
Victor Rudolph
Victor Rudolph University of Queensland
Shaobin Wang
Shaobin Wang University of Adelaide
Sean C. Smith
Sean C. Smith Australian National University
Zongping Shao
Zongping Shao Curtin University
Xiangdong Yao
Xiangdong Yao Sun Yat-sen University
Shaomin Liu
Shaomin Liu Tianjin Polytechnic University
Li Li
Li Li University of Queensland

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