Lianzhou Wang - Publications#

Lianzhou Wang has made seminal contributions to the design of semiconductor nanomaterials for clean energy conversion and storage applications including new photocatalysts for solar hydrogen conversion, new generation solar cells with world record power conversion efficiency, and rechargeable batteries. As of Jan 2022, Lianzhou has published more than 500 refereed journal articles and contributed to 3 edited books and 12 invited book chapters. His publications have attracted >37,500 citations with an H-index of 106 (Google scholar). Lianzhou frequently publishes high-quality research work in top-ranking journals (e.g., Science Nature Energy. Chem. Rev. Chem. Soc. Rev., Adv. Mater. J. Am. Chem. Soc., Ange. Chem., Nature Commun., and Energy & Environ. Sci).

Lianzhou’s research impact has been clearly reflected by his scholarly impact (measured by relative citation performance) and high productivity (number of publications, > 250 papers in the past five years). Currently 38 of his papers have been listed as ESI Highly Cited papers (top 1% in the field) and he has been listed as the Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in 2019, 2020 and 2021. His research findings have been reported by over 170 media/news outlets around the globe including the BBC, ABC, Science Daily, The Guardian, Times Higher Education, Yahoo News, PV Magazine and many others.

Lianzhou’s research impact has further expanded from academic to building university-industry linkages and translating discoveries into value creating industry practice. He has invented 18 patented semiconductor materials which have been commercialised in diverse fields of solar energy utilisation, energy storage and manufacturing. His earlier patent on titania hollow shells in Japan has been adopted as a UV-block in the Japanese cosmetic industry. In collaboration with Dow Chemicals, Baosteel Company, St Baker Energy Innovation Fund, and Delta Electricity, he developed new types of semiconductor electrodes for high performance batteries. The integrated flexible battery/RFID devices are being commercially used with >100,000 units being ordered since 2021 in the USA and other countries for wearable devices for major sport events and personal health applications.

In collaboration with Pure Battery Technologies and Lithium Australia companies, Lianzhou has improved the battery performance from the mineral refinery process of Nickel/Manganese/Cobalt Oxides and Lithium Iron Phosphate cathode materials, the battery grade nickel/cobalt materials recovery technology with low environmental impact has acquired a commercial-scale processing operation by German CRONIMET Group on its expansion into the European EV market since 2021.

Following is a list of the 10 major publications in the past five years (Career publications > 500, more details about his publications and research impact can be found from the following links; https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1479)

1. X. B. Zhu, T. U, Schulli, X. W. Yang, T. E. Lin, Y. X. Hu, N. Y Cheng, H Fujii, K. Ozawa, B. Cowie, Q. F GU, S. Zhou, Z. X. Cheng, Y. Du, L. Z. Wang, Epitaxial growth of atom-thin layer on a LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathode for stable Li-ion battery, Nature Communications, 2022, online article, 10.1038/s41467-022-28963-9.

2. Z. L. Wang, Y. A. Gu, L. X. Zheng, J. W. Hou, H. J. Zheng, S. J. Sun, L. Z. Wang, Machine Learning Guided Dopant Selection for Metal Oxide-Based Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: The Case Study of Fe2O3 and CuO, Advanced Materials, 2022, 34, article No. 2106776.

3. J. W. Hou, P. Chen, A. Shukla, A. Krajnc, T. S. Wang, X. M. Li, R. Doasa, L. H. G. Tizei, B. Chan, D. N. Johnstone, R. J. Lin, T. U. Schulli, I. Martens, D. Appadoo, M. S. Ari, Z. L. Wang, T. Wei, S. C. Lo, M. Y. Lu, S. C. Li, E. B. Namdas, G. Mali, A. K. Cheetham, S. M. Collins, V. Chen, L. Z. Wang, T. D. Bennett, Liquid-phase sintering of lead halide perovskites and metal-organic framework glasses, Science, 2021, 374, pp. 621 (Reported by over 30 media outlets including ABC news, Science Daily, SciMag, Yahoo News, EurekAlert, Australian provisional patent application)

4. X. L. Qu, Y. C. He, M. H. Qu, T. Y. Ruan, F. H. Chu, Z. L. Zheng, Y. B. Ma, Y. P. Chen, X. N. Ru, X. X. Xu, H. Yan, L. H. Wang, Y. Z. Zhang, X. J. Hao, Z. Hameiri, Z. G. Chen, L. Z. Wang, K. Zheng, Identification of embedded nanotwins at c-Si/a-Si:H interface limiting the performance of high-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells, 2021, Nature Energy, 6, pp. 194-202.

5. M. M. Hao, Y. Bai, S. Zeiske, L. Ren, J. Liu, Y. Yuan, N. Zarrabi, N. Cheng, M. Ghasemi, P. Chen, M. Lyu, D. He, J. H. Yun, Y. Du, Y. Wang, S. Ding, A. Armin, P. Meredith, G. Liu, H. M. Cheng, L. Z. Wang, Ligand-assisted cation-exchange engineering for high-efficiency colloidal Cs1-xFAxPbI3 quantum dot solar cells with reduced phase segregation, Nature Energy, 2020, 5, 79-88. (Highlighted as Front cover, world record solar cell efficiency, ESI Top 0.1% hot paper, international patent application No. PCT/AU2020/050070. Reported by over 150 media including BBC, ABC, The Guardian, Science Daily, PV Maganize, etc. )

6. Y. X. Hu, Y. Y. Pan, Z. L. Wang, T. Lin, B. Luo, H. Hu, F. Q. Fan, G. Liu, L. Z. Wang, Lattice distortion induced internal electric field in TiO2 photoelectrode for efficient charge separation and transfer. Nature Communications 2020, 11, 2129, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15993-4.

7. M. Xiao, L. Zhang, B. Luo, M. Q. Lyu, Z. L. Wang, H. M. Huang, S. C. Wang, A. J. Du, L. Z. Wang, Molten Salt Mediated Synthesis of Atomic Ni Co‐catalyst on TiO2 for Improved Photocatalytic H2 Evolution, Anguine Cherie International Edition, 2020, 59, 7230-7234. (ESI highly cited paper)

8. S. C. Wang, G. Liu, L. Z. Wang, Crystal facet engineering of photoelectrodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting, Chemical Reviews, 2019, 119, 5192-5247. (ESI highly cited paper)

9. Y. X. Hu, D. L. Ye, B. Luo, H. Hu, X. B. Zhu, S. Wang, L. Li, S. Peng and L. Z. Wang, A Binder-Free and Free-Standing Cobalt Sulfide@Carbon Nanotube Cathode Materials for Aluminum-Ion Battery, Advanced Materials, 2018, 30, 1703824. (ESI highly cited paper)

10. S. C. Wang, P Chen, Y Bai, J.H. Yun, G Liu, L. Z. Wang, New BiVO4 Dual Photoanodes with Enriched Oxygen Vacancies for Efficient Solar‐Driven Water Splitting, Advanced Materials, 2018, 30, 1800486. (ESI highly cited paper).