Yufeng Zhao
Visiting Scholar
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Northwestern University
Room: 1137 Cook Hall
2220 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Tel: 847-491-7794
Email: yufeng.zhao@northwestern.edu
Education
| Nanyang Technological University, Singapore | Ph.D. in Material Science and Engineering | 2003- 2006 |
| Tianjin University， P.R. China | Master in Material Science and Engineering | 2000- 2003 |
| Tianjin University，P.R. China | Bachelor in Material Science and Engineering | 1996- 2000 |
Professional Experiences
| Northwestern University, USA | Visiting Scholar | 2014- 2015 |
| Yanshan University, P.R. China | Associate Professor | 2010- Present |
| Philipps-University Marburg，Germany | Research Fellow | 2008- 2009 |
| Deakin University, Australia | Research fellow | 2006- 2008 |
Current Research Focus
- Design and synthesis of porous materials (i.e. microporous, mesoporous, hierarchical structured materials), and nanomaterials, e.g. carbon/graphene, metal oxides and nanocomposite, etc.
- Application of the synthesized materials in energy field including supercapacitors, SOFC, photocatalysis etc.
Publications (* corresponding author)
- Zhao Y.F.*, Ran W., He J., Huang Y.Z., Liu Z.F., Liu W., Tang Y.F., Gao D.W., Gao F.M., High Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitors Based on Multilayer MnO2 /Graphene Oxide Nanoflakes and Hierarchical Porous Carbon with Enhanced Cycling Stability, Small, 2014, DOI: 10.1002/smll.201401922 (IF:7.514)
- Han J., Liu Z., Guo K.,Zhao Y.F.*, He J. Wang B., Cui T., Li Y., Fabrication of double-walled ZnO/ZnS/AgInS2 heterojunction nanotube arrays for water splitting and solar cells, ACS: Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2014, Accepted (IF: 5.900)
- Guo K., Liu Z.., Zhou C., Han J. , Zhao Y.F.*, Liu Z., Li Y. , Cui T. , Wang B., Zhang J., Fabrication of TiO2 nanobranched arrays/Cu2S composite structure and its photoelectric performance, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2014, 154-155, 27-35 (IF:5.825)
- Zhao Y.F.*, He Y.J., He J., Ren Y.Q., Liu Z.F., Guo W.F., Gao F.M., Hierarchical Porous TiO2 Templated from Natural Artemia Cyst Shells for Photocatalysis Applications, RSC advances, 2014, 4 (39), 20393- 20397 (IF:3.708)
- He J., Zhao Y.F.*, Xiong D.B.; Xu J., Zhang L. Tang Y.F., Gao F.M., Biotemplate Assisted Synthesis of 3D Hierarchical Porous NiO for Supercapatior Application with Excellent Rate Performance, Materials Letters, 2014, 128, 117-120, (IF:2.224)
- Zhao Y.F.*, He Y.J., Fan L.D., Xiong D.B., Gao F.M., Zhu B., Synthesis of Hierarchical Porous LNCZ-oxide and its Electrochemical Performance of Low-temperature Solid Fuel Cells, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2014, 38, 12317-12322 ( IF:2.930)
- Zhao Y.F.*, He Y.J., Xiong D.B.; Ran W., Liu Z.F., Gao F.M., Dual Template Synthesis and Photoelectrochemical Performance of 3-D Hierarchical Porous Zinc Oxide, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2014, 39, 13486-13490 ( IF: 2.930)
- Zhao Y.F.*, Ran W, Xiong D.B., Zhang L., Xu J., Gao F.M., Synthesis of Sn Doped Mn3O4/C Nanocomposites for Supercapacitor Electrodes with Remarkable Capacity Retention, Materials Letters, 2014, 118, 80-83 (IF:2.224)