Education
M.S. Georgia Institute of Technology, OMSCS, USA, Computer Science, Dec. 2022 (EST.)
Ph.D. University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA, Materials Science and Engineering, May 2017
B.E. China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China, Mechanical Engineering, Jul. 2012
Work Experience
Sep. 2018- Present, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemcial and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
Jun. 2017- Aug. 2018, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Chemcial Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Jun. 2017- Aug. 2018, Postdoctoral Scholar, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, USA
Sep. 2012- May 2017, Research Assistant, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
Sep. 2012- Dec. 2013, Teaching Assistant, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
Awards
Raupe Travel Grant, University of North Texas, 2017
Graduate Fellowship, Advanced Materials Manufacturing Processes Institute, 2015
Publications
Book Chapter
Zhenghang Zhao, Lipeng Zhang, Chun-Yu Lin, Zhenhai Xia, Chapter 1: Design principles for heteroatom-doped carbon materials as metal-free catalysts. Carbon‐Based Metal‐Free Catalysts: Design and Applications 1 (2018): 1-33.
Peer-reviewed Journals
1. Zhenghang Zhao, Philomena Schlexer Lamoureux, Ambarish Kulkarni, Michal Bajdich: Trends in Oxygen Electrocatalysis of 3d-Layered (Oxy)(Hydro)Oxides. ChemCatChem. 2019, 11 3423 DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201900846
2. Zhenghang Zhao, Jason D’Souza, Fuyi, Chen, Zhenhai Xia: Rational Design of Efficient Metallic Core-Shell Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions. RSC Advances. 2019, 9(1) 536. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09122f
3. (Co-first) J. Tyler Mefford, Zhenghang Zhao, Michal Bajdich, William C. Chueh: Rationalizing the Reactivity of Cobalt (Oxy)hydroxide Surfaces for Oxygen Evolution through Combined Thermodynamic and Kinetic Approaches. Environmental & Energy Science. (Under peer review)
4. WeiWei Zhao, Pallavi Bothra, Zhiyi Lu, Yanbin Li, Li-Pin Mei, Kai Liu, Zhenghang Zhao, et al: Improved Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity of Nanostructured CoS2 through Electrochemical Tuning. ACS Applied Energy Materials. (Just Accepted)
5. Lipeng Zhang, Chun‐Yu Lin, Detao Zhang, Lele Gong, Yonghao Zhu, Zhenghang Zhao, Quan Xu, Hejun Li, Zhenhai Xia: Guiding Principles for Designing Highly Efficient Metal‐Free Carbon Catalysts. Advanced Materials. 2019, 31(13) 1805252. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201805252
6. Zhenghang Zhao, Chun-Yu Lin, Jinlong Tang, Zhenhai Xia: Catalytic mechanism and design principles for heteroatom-doped graphene catalysts in dye-sensitized solar cells. Nano Energy. 2018, 49 193. DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.04.053
7. (Co-first) Chun-Yu Lin, Detao Zhang, Zhenghang Zhao, Zhenhai Xia: Covalent Organic Framework Electrocatalysts for Clean Energy Conversion. Advanced Materials. 2018, 30(5) 1703646. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201703646
8. Seoin Back, Martin H. Hansen, Jose A Garrido Torres, Zhenghang Zhao, Jens K. Nørskov, Samira Siahrostami, Michal Bajdich: Prediction of stable active oxyhydroxide nanoislands on transition metal supports. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2018, 11(2) 2006 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b15428
9. Zhenghang Zhao, Zhenhai Xia: Rational Design of Novel Carbon Catalysts for Clean Energy Conversion and Storage. Proceedings of the Nano-Micro Conference 2017, 1(1) 01034. DOI: 10.11605/cp.nmc2017.01034
10. Chun-Yu Lin, Lipeng Zhang, Zhenghang Zhao, Zhenhai Xia: Design Principles for Covalent Organic Frameworks as Efficient Electrocatalysts in Clean Energy Conversion and Green Oxidizer Production. Advanced Materials. 2017, 29(17) 1606635. DOI:10.1002/adma.201606635
1. (Co-first) Zhijuan Liu, Zhenghang Zhao, Yanyong Wang, Shuo Dou, Dafeng Yan, Dongdong Liu, Zhenhai Xia, Shuangyin Wang: In Situ Exfoliated, Edge-Rich, Oxygen-Functionalized Graphene from Carbon Fibers for Oxygen Electrocatalysis. Advanced Materials. 2017, 29(18) 1606207. DOI:10.1002/adma.201606207 (Highly cited paper)
12. Chun-Yu Lin, Zhenghang Zhao, Jianbing Niu, Zhenhai Xia: Synthesis, Properties and applications of 3D Carbon Nanotube-Graphene Junctions. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 2016, 49(44) 443001. DOI:49.44 (2016): 443001
13. Zhenghang Zhao, Zhenhai Xia: Design Principles for Dual-Element-Doped Carbon Nanomaterials as Efficient Bifunctional Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions. ACS Catalysis. 2016, 6(3) 1553-1558. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.5b02731
14. Zhenghang Zhao, Zhenhai Xia: Interactions between Dopants in Dual-Doped Graphene Nanoribbons as Metal-Free Bifunctional Catalysts for Fuel Cell and Metal-Air Batteries. MRS Advances. 2016, 1(6) 421. DOI:10.1557/adv.2016.32
15. Zhenghang Zhao, Lipeng Zhang, Zhenhai Xia: Electron Transfer and Catalytic Mechanism of Organic Molecule-Adsorbed Graphene Nanoribbons as Efficient Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2016, 120(4) 2166. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09611
16. Zhenghang Zhao, Mingtao Li, Lipeng Zhang, Liming Dai, Zhenhai Xia: Design Principles for Heteroatom-Doped Carbon Nanomaterials as Highly Efficient Catalysts for Fuel Cells and Metal-Air Batteries. Advanced Materials. 2015, 27(43) 6834. DOI:10.1002/adma.201503211 (Highly cited paper)
17. Jintao Zhang, Zhenghang Zhao, Zhenhai Xia, Liming Dai: A metal-free bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions. Nature Nanotechnology, 2015, 10(5) 444. DOI:10.1038/nnano.2015.48 (Most cited paper in 2015, Featured in phy.org)
18. Reza A. Mirshams, Zhenghang Zhao, Zhiqiang Wang, Experimental Analysis and Computational Modeling of Pile-Up formation in Nanoindentation. Mex. J. Mat. Sci. Eng. 1 (2014) 1-11.