Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Dr. Cheng Zhu obtained his Ms.c in Polymer Science and Engineering (2014) and Ph.D. in Chemistry (2019) from Soochow University. Then he worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Colorado Boulder from 2019 to 2023. In addition, he was appointed as “BASF postdoctoral research scholar” during 2023 to 2023 in collaboration with BASF SE, Germany. In May 2024, he joined GTIIT as an associate professor in the program of Materials Science and Engineering. He has accumulated expertise in Carbon quantum dot, semi-conductor, catalysis and energy conversion, novel corrosion resistance technology, and high-accuracy molecular dynamics simulations. Up to now, he has published 40 papers at renowned journals including PNAS, Advanced Materials, ACS Nano, ACS Catalysis, and Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. His total citation is over 2600 (Google scholar) with an H-index of 31 (as of May 2024).
Prof. Cheng Zhu is now leading a research group at GTIIT, whose goal is to design high-performance nanostructures to accelerate the development of next-generation materials especially in the fields of catalysis and energy conversion, clean energy production, green coatings, and biomimetic nanomaterials. Specifically, with a combination of both experimental and computational simulation methods, he is pursuing innovations in the following research projects: (1) multifunctional carbon-based quantum dots, (2) photocatalysts for clean H2 production and conversion, (3) multifunctional coatings, (4) polymer recycling and conversion, and (5) materials design guided by high-accuracy molecular dynamics simulations.
C. Zhu, S. E. Hoff, H. Heinz*, Prediction of metal-organic interactions and molecular assembly in extreme accuracy and speed. ACS Nano 2023, 17, 11, 9938–9952
C. Zhu, Y. Fu, C. Liu, Y. Liu*, L. Hu, J. Liu, I. Bello, H. Li, N. Liu, S. Guo, H. Huang, Y. Lifshitz*, S.T. Lee*, Z. Kang*, Carbon dots as fillers inducing healing/self-healing and anticorrosion properties in polymers, Adv. Mater., 2017, 29, 1701399.
C. Zhu, C. Liu, Y. Zhou, Y. Fu, S. Guo, H. Li, S. Zhao, H. Huang*, Y. Liu*, Z. Kang*, Carbon dots enhance the stability of CdS for visible-light-driven overall water splitting, Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 2017, 216, 114–121.
C. Zhu, M. Zhu, Y. Sun, Y. Zhou, H. Huang, Y. Lifshitz, S.T. Lee, J. Zhong*, Y. Liu*, Z. Kang*, Defects induced efficient overall water splitting on a carbon-based metal free photocatalyst, Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 2018, 237, 166–174.
C. Zhu,§ C. Liu,§ Y. Fu, J. Gao, H. Huang*, Y. Liu*, Z. Kang*, Construction of CDs/CdS photocatalysts for stable and efficient hydrogen production in water and seawater, Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 2019, 242, 178-185.
C. Zhu, M. Zhu, Y. Sun, Y. Zhou, J. Gao, H. Huang, Y. Liu*, Z. Kang*, Carbon-supported oxygen vacancy-rich Co3O4 for robust photocatalytic H2O2 production via coupled water oxidation and oxygen reduction reaction. ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2019, 12, 8737–8746.
C. Zhu, H. Li, H. Wang, B. Yao, H. Huang*, Y. Liu*, Z. Kang*, Negatively charged carbon dots with bacteria resistance ability for high-performance anti-biofilm and anti-corrosion coating design. Small, 2019, 15, 1900007.
M. Zhu,§ C. Zhu,§ D. Wu, X. Wang, H. Wang, J. Gao, H. Huang*, C. Shi*, Y. Liu* and Z. Kang*, Efficient photocatalytic water splitting through titanium silicalite stabilized CoO nanodots. Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 15984–15990.
L. O. Mark,§ C. Zhu,§ J. W. Medlin, H. Heinz*, Understanding the surface reactivity of ligand-protected metal nanoparticles for biomass upgrading. ACS Catal., 2020, 10, 5462–5474. (Front Cover)
Y. Dou,§ C. Zhu,§ M. Zhu,§ Y. Fu, H. Wang, C. Shi*, H. Huang*, Y. Liu, Z. Kang. Highly mesoporous carbon nitride photocatalysts for efficient and stable overall water splitting. Appl. Surf. Sci., 2020, 509, 144706.
X. Wu,§ C. Zhu,§ L. Wang, S. Guo, Y. Zhang, H. Li, H. Huang*, Y. Liu*, J. Tang*, Z. Kang*, Control strategy on two-/four-electron pathway of water splitting by multi-doped carbon-based catalysts. ACS Catal., 2017, 7, 1637-1645.
S. Akkineni, C. Zhu, J. Chen, M. Song, S. Hoff, J. Bonde, J. Tao*, H. Heinz*, S. Habelitz*, J. De Yoreo*, Amyloid-like amelogenin nanoribbons template mineralization via a low energy interface of ion binding sites. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2022, 119 (19) e2106965119.
X. Shao, C. Zhu, P. Kumar, J. Lu, M. Cha, Y. Lin, Y. Cao, X. Mao, H. Heinz*, N. A. Kotov*, Chiral deformations and photonic effects for ion intercalation of ceramic nanoparticles. Adv. Mater., 2023, 2206956. (Inside Cover)
S. Guo, S. Zhao, X. Wu, H. Li, Y. Zhou, C. Zhu, N. Yang, X. Jiang*, J. Gao, L. Bai, Y. Liu*, Y. Lifshitz*, S.T. Lee, Z. Kang*, A Co3O4-CDots-C3N4 three component electrocatalyst design concept for efficient and tunable CO2 reduction to syngas, Nat. Commun., 2018, 8, 1828.
D. Liu, Y. Liu, P. Huang, C. Zhu, Z. Kang, J. Shu, M. Chen, X. Zhu, J. Guo, L. Zhuge, X. Bu, P. Feng*, T. Wu*, Highly tunable heterojunctions from multi-metallic sulfide nanoparticles and silver nanowires, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 5374–5378.
Y. Fu, C. Liu, M. Zhang, C. Zhu, H. Li, H. Wang, Y. Song, H. Huang*, Y. Liu*, Z. Kang*, Photocatalytic H2O2 and H2 Generation from living chlorella vulgaris and carbon micro particle comodified g-C3N4. Adv. Energy Mater., 2018, 1802525.
N. Liu, M. Han, Y. Sun, C. Zhu, Y. Zhou, Y. Zhang, H. Huang, V. Kremnican, Y. Liu*, Y. Lifshitz*, Z. Kang*, A g-C3N4 based photoelectrochemical cell using O2/H2O redox couples, Energy Environ. Sci., 2018, 11, 1841-1847.
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