X. S. (George) Zhao, Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry, Professor of School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Director of Institute of Materials for Energy and Environment, Qingdao University. He is also appointed as National Distinguished Professor，Taishan Scholars Professor, and Leader of the Taishan Scholars energy storage materials program of Shandong Province. Professor Zhao received his BSc degree in chemistry from Shandong University in 1987, and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Queensland University in 1999.
Professor Zhao's research focuses on nanoporous materials for energy and environmental applications. His recent innovative research on advanced energy storage materials and electrocatalysis has significant impacts in the fields worldwide. He has co-edited 3 book published by Imperial College Press, Willey and Jenny Stanford Publishing, respectively, as well as 15 book chapters. He is the author of 475 SCI journal papers. His publications have been cited over 48,000 times with an h-index of 102 (Google Scholar). Professor Zhao is a Clarivate Analytics global highly cited researcher from 2016 to 2022 and Elsevier China highly cited researcher from 2019 to 2022. Professor is the president of Asia-Pacific Association of Energy Storage and Conversion and editorial or international advisory board member of several international journals. He is the recipient of 2nd prize of Science and Technology Advancement of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Laureate Fellow and Future Fellow of the Australian Research Council, The University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor’s Research And Teaching Fellow, and Mrozowski Award of the American Carbon Society.
Professor Zhao’s current research interests include:
1. Electrode materials for sodium-ion and lithium-ion batteries
2. Electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide
3. Reactor (electrolyzer) design
4. Zeolite synthesis and catalysis
5. Carbon materials
Representative publications
1. Nanoporous Materials – Science and Engineering; Series on Chemical Engineering, Vol. 4, Eds: Lu GQ and Zhao XS, Imperial College Press, 2004, 900 pages.
2. Functional materials from Colloidal Self-assembly, Eds: Yan Q and Zhao XS, Wiley-VCH, 2022, 552 pages.
3. Handbook of Sodium-Ion Batteries: Materials and Application, Eds: Gaddam RR and Zhao XS, Jenny Stanford Publishing, 2022, published.
4. Rechargeable dual-carbon batteries: a sustainable battery technology. Tebyetekerwa M. and Zhao XS. Advanced Energy Materials 2022, 2202450(1-34).
5. The origin of excellent charge storage properties of defective tin disulfide in magnesium-ion/lithium-ion hybrid batteries. Fan X, Hu Z, Wu Y, Gaddam RR, Tebyetekerwa M and Zhao XS. Nano Mcioro Letters 2022, 14: 177.
6. Rational design and synthesis of nickel niobium oxide with high-rate capability and cycling stability in a wide temperature range. Lv C, Lin C and Zhao XS. Advanced Energy Materials 2022, 12: 2102550(1-10).
7. VPO5: an all-climate lithium-storage material. Ma S, Jiang T, Deng J, Zhang Q, Ou Y, Liu X, Lin C, Wang K and Zhao XS. Energy Storage Materials 2022, 46: 366-373.
8. Improved performance of Na3TiMn(PO4)3 using a non-stoichiometric synthesis strategy. Zhang J, Lin C, Xia Q, Wang C and Zhao XS. ACS Energy Letters 2021, 6: 2081-2089.
9. Hollow rutile cuboid arrays grown on carbon fiber cloth as a flexible electrode for sodium-ion batteries. Wang C, Zhang J, Wang X, Lin C and Zhao XS. Advanced Functional Materials 2020, 30: 2002629.
10. The role of oxygen vacancies of ABO3 perovskite oxides in the oxygen reduction reaction. Ji Q, Bi L, Zhang J, Cao H and Zhao XS. Energy & Environmental Science 2020, 13: 1408-1428.
Contact Information：
Post address： 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, China
E-mail：chezxs@qdu.edu.cn
