Zhang Chi
Basic information：Distinguished Chair Professor, Department of Inorganic Materials
E-Mail: chizhang@ouc.edu.cn
Research Interests:
Nonlinear Optical, Optoelectronic and Photo/Electro-Catalysis Materials of Transition-Metal Supermolecules/Clusters, Organic-Inorganic Conjugated Nanohybrids, and Nano Heterojunctions.
1. Deep-ultraviolet, ultraviolet and mid-infrared second-order nonlinear optical functions of p-conjugated borate, nitrate, carbonate, non-p-conjugated phosphate, sulfate, and lone-pair electron iodate, selenite, tellurite, etc.;
2. Third-order nonlinear optical functions of transition heterothiometallic clusters, supermolecules, porphyrins-functionalized graphenes/carbon nanotubes, and nano-heterojunctions as the molecular precursors for functional materials;
3. Developing low-cost nanostructures for highly efficient photo/electro-catalysis, including water electrolysis, photoelectrolysis and energy storage;
4. Photoluminescence properties of organic-inorganic functional molecules and clusters;
5. Rational design and molecular architecture of functionalized chalcogenide clusters, supermolecules, porphyrins-functionalized graphenes/carbon nanotubes, and nanoparticles/nano-heterojunctions towards optical devices.
Biography :
Awards and Honors
1. Elected Member of German National Academy of Science and Engineering
2. Elected Member of Academia Europaea
3. First Prize of Technical Invention of the Chinese Society of Optical Engineering
4. Research Achievement Award of Natural Science, Ministry of Education, China
5. Innovation Research Award 2016/Innovation Research Team Award 2012/Innovation Talent Award 2010, All-China Federation of Returned Overseas, China
6. Awardee for The Thousand Talent Program (the Recruitment Program of Global Experts), Chinese Central Government
7. Distinguished Young Scholar Award, National Natural Science Foundation, China
8. Chief Professor of Changjiang Innovative Research Team, Ministry of Education, China
9. Chief Professor of Key-Field Innovative Research Team of Innovative Talent Promotion Plan, Ministry of Science and Technology, China
10. Chief Scientist of Key Research Base for Introducing Foreign Talents of Discipline to Chinese Universities, Ministry of Education & State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, China
11. Awardee for the Hundred Talent Program, Chinese Academy of Science, China
12. National Expert of the Government Special Allowance, Chinese Central Government
13. Awardee of the New Century Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Talents Project, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, China
14. Elected Academician of Asia Pacific Academy of Materials, APAM
15. Fellow of International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE USA
16. Fellow of Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, IMMM UK
17. Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC UK
18. Fellow of Institute of Physics, IOP UK
19. JSPS Research Fellow, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan
20. Humboldt Research Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
Research output :
530 peer-reviewed international SCI journal articles, 72 granted patents, with 10 representative articles being listed as follows:
1. H.J. Zhang, X.X. Jiang, K.N. Duanmu, C. Wu*, Z.S. Lin, J.H. Yang, Z.P. Huang, M.G. Humphrey, C. Zhang*, “Toward Strong UV-Vis-NIR Second-Harmonic Generation by Dimensionality Engineering of Zinc Thiocyanates”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146(41), 28329-28338.
2. L. Qi, X.X.Jiang, K.N.Duanmu, C.Wu*, Z.S. Lin, Z.P. Huang, M.G. Humphrey, C. Zhang*, “Record Second-Harmonic Generation and Birefringence in an Ultraviolet Antimonate by Bond Engineering”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146(14), 9975-9983.
3. B.Y. Li, H. Li, C. Wu, L.L. Fu, D.W. Boukhvalov, M. G Humphrey, C. Zhang*, Z.P. Huang*, “Unlocking Giant Third-Order Optical Nonlinearity in (MA)2CuX4 through Introducing Jahn-Teller Distortion”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63(38), e202406941.
4. T.H. Wu, X.X. Jiang, K.N. Duanmu, C. Wu*, Z.S. Lin, Z.P. Huang, M.G. Humphrey, C. Zhang*, “Secondary-Bond-Driven Construction of a Polar Material Exhibiting Strong Broad-Spectrum Second-Harmonic Generation and Large Birefringence”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,2024, 63(10), e202318107.
5. L. Chen, T. He, K.X. Liao, H. Lu, J. Ma, Y.T. Feng, S. Meng, C. Zhang*, J.H. Yang*, “A Ternary (P, Se, S) Covalent Inorganic Framework as a Shuttle Effect-Free Cathode for Li–S Batteries”, Adv. Mater., 2024, 36(4), 2308587.
6. C. Wu, C.B. Jiang, G.F. Wei, X.X. Jiang, Z.J. Wang, Z.S. Lin, Z.P. Huang, M.G. Humphrey, C. Zhang*, “Towards Large Second-Harmonic Generation and Deep-UV Transparency in Strongly Electropositive d0-Transition Metal Sulfates”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145(5), 3040-3046.
7. C.C. Jin, X.X. Jiang, C. Wu, C.B. Jiang, Z.S. Lin, Z.P. Huang,M.G. Humphrey, C. Zhang*, “Giant Mid-Infrared Second-Harmonic Generation Response in a Densely-Stacked Van Der Waals Transition-Metal Oxychloride”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62(42), e202310835.
8. C.B. Jiang, X.X. Jiang, C. Wu, Z.P. Huang, Z.S. Lin, M.G. Humphrey, C. Zhang*, “Isoreticular Design of KTiOPO4-like Deep-Ultraviolet Transparent Materials Exhibiting Strong Second-Harmonic Generation”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144(44), 20394-20399.
9. B.J. Chen, L. Chen, L.H. Zu, Y.T. Feng, Q.M. Su, C. Zhang*, J.H. Yang*, “Zero-Strain High-Capacity Silicon/Carbon Anode Enabled by a MOF-Derived Space-Confined Single-Atom Catalytic Strategy for Lithium-Ion Batteries”, Adv. Mater., 2022, 34(21), 2200894.
10. C. Wu, T.H. Wu, X.X. Jiang, Z.J. Wang, H.Y. Sha, L. Lin, Z.S. Lin, Z.P. Huang, X.F. Long, M.G. Humphrey, C. Zhang*, “Large Second-Harmonic Response and Giant Birefringence of CeF2(SO4) Induced by Highly Polarizable Polyhedra”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143(11), 4138-4142.
