Associate professor

Address: School of Materials and Chemistry,

China University of Geosciences (Wuhan),

68 Jincheng Street, Wuhan East Lake,

New Technology Development Zone,

Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China

Email: zhengzhi890913@126.com

Education and Research Experience

●  2019.09-to now: Associate Professor, School of Materials and Chemistry, China          University of Geosciences (Wuhan)

●  2017.09-2019.06: Postdoctoral Research, Optical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Collaboration Supervisor: Prof. Yihua Gao)

●  2013.09-2017.06: PhD Candidate, Materials Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Collaboration Supervisor: Prof. Tianyou Zhai)

●  2012.09-2013.06: Master student, Materials Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Collaboration Supervisor: Prof. Xianping Xia)

●  2008.09-2012.06: Bachelor, Inorganic Nonmetallic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology

Awards and Honours

●  Excellent Graduates of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (PhD, 2017)

●  Second Doctoral Forum of School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Wuhan), Second Prize (2015)

●  Title of Excellent Graduate Cadre of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2014)

●  Third Prize of School English Competition, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology (2010)

l  “Advanced Workers”, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology (2009)

Research Topics

●  Controllable synthesis of novel 1D or 2D inorganic nanomaterials

●  Applications of optoelectronics or biosensors

Research Projects

●  The 12th batch Special Funds of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

●  The Youth Project of the National Natural Science Foundation

●  The 62nd batch of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

Selected Journal Publications

17 SCI-index papers, 9 first author papers and 7 T1 category papers. IF>10: 5 papers (Adv. Mater. (1), Adv. Funct. Mater. (2), Adv. Sci. (1), Small (1).) Selected papers are as follows：

1. Z. Zheng^#, Q. S. Hu^#, H. Z. Zhou^#, A. M. Nie, H. M. Zhu, L. Gan, F. W. Zhuge, Y. Ma, H. Q. Li, H. S. Song, T. Y. Zhai*, Submillimeter and Lead-free Cs₃Sb₂Br₉ Perovskite Nanoflakes: Inverse Temperature Crystallization Growth and Application for Ultrasensitive Photodetectors, Nanosclae Horiz. 2019, DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00426B. (T1, IF=9.06)

2. Qingsong Hu^#, Guangda Niu^#, Zhi Zheng^#, Shunran Li, Yanan Zhang, Haisheng Song,* Tianyou Zhai,* and Jiang Tang*, Tunable Color Temperatures and Efficient White Emission from Cs₂Ag_1−xNa_xIn_1−yBiyCl₆ Double Perovskite Nanocrystals, Small 2019, accepted. (T1, IF=10.86)

3. K. Q. Liu^*#, S. Gao^#, Z. Zheng^#, X. L. Deng, S. Mukherjee, S. S. Wang, H. Xu, J. Q. Wang, J. F. Liu, T. Y. Zhai^*, Y. Fang^*, Spatially Confined Growth of Fullerene to Super-long Crystalline Fibers in Supramolecular Gels for High-performance Photodetector, Adv. Mater. 2019, 31,1808254. (T1, IF=21.95)

4. Z. Zheng, F. W. Zhuge, Y. G. Wang, J. B. Zhang, L. Gan, X. Zhou, H. Q. Li, T. Y. Zhai^*, Decorating Perovskite Quantum Dots in TiO₂ Nanotubes Array for Broadband Response Photodetector, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2017, 27, 1703115. (T1, IF=13.33, Highlighted by Wiley Materials Views China).

5. Z. Zheng^#, L. Gan^#, H. Q. Li, Y. Ma, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, T. Y. Zhai^*, A Fully Transparent and Flexible Ultraviolet-Visible Photodetector Based on Controlled Electrospun ZnO-CdO Heterojunction Nanofiber Arrays, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2015, 25, 5885. (T1, IF=13.33, Cover paper)

6. Z. Zheng, L. Gan, J. B. Zhang, T. Y. Zhai^*, An Enhanced UV–Vis–NIR and Flexible Photodetector Based on Electrospun ZnO Nanowire Array/PbS Quantum Dots Film Heterostructure, Adv. Sci. 2017, 4, 1600316. (T1, IF=12.44, Highlighted by Wiley Materials Views China).

7. Z. Zheng, X. X. Wang, Y. W. Shen, L. G. Li, Y. Ma, H. Q. Li, A. L. Pan, T. Y. Zhai^*, Space-Confined Synthesis of 2D All-Inorganic CsPbI₃ Perovskite Nanosheets for Multi-Photon Pumped Lasing, Adv. Opt. Mater. 2018, 6, 1800879. (T1, IF=7.43, Highlighted by Wiley Materials Views China).

8. Z. Zheng, L. Gan, T. Y. Zhai^*, Electrospun Nanowire Arrays for Electroncis and Optoelectroncs, Sci. China Mater. 2016, 59, 200. (T2, IF=4.32, Cover paper)

9. Z. Kang^#, Z. Zheng^#, H. L. Wei, Z. Zhang, X. Y. Tan^*, L. Xiong, T. Y. Zhai, Y. H. Gao^*, Controlled Growth of Mo₂C Decorated Graphene as Electrode in Self-Powered Two-Sided Mo₂C-Graphene/Sb₂S_0.42Se_2.58/TiO₂ Photodetectors, Sensors 2019, 19, 1099. (T2, IF=2.48)

10. F. W. Zhuge, Z. Zheng, P. Luo, L. Lv, Y. Huang, H. Q. Li, T. Y. Zhai^*, Nanostructured materials and architectures for advanced infrared photodetection, Adv. Mater. Technol. 2017, 2, 1700005. (T2, IF=4.62)

11. Z. Kang, Y. F. Cheng, Z. Zheng, F. Cheng, Z. Y. Chen, L. Y. Li, X. Y. Tan*,·L. Xiong, T. Y. Zhai, Y. H. Gao*. MoS₂-based photodetector driven by an asymmetric contact structure with a large work function difference, Nano-Micro Lett. 2019, 11, 34. (T2, IF=7.38)

12. Y. Q. Wei, J. He, R. H. Qin, Z. Zheng, T. Y. Zhai, H. Q. Li^*, Morphology processing by encapsulating GeP₅ nanoparticles into nanofibers toward enhanced thermo/electrochemical stability, ACS Appl. Mater. Inter. 2018, 10, 32162. (T2, IF=8.10)

13. S. S. Zheng^#, X. Xiong^#, Z. Zheng, T. Xu, L. Zhang, T. Y. Zhai^*, X. Lu^*, Solution-grown large-area C₆₀ single-crystal arrays as organic photodetectors, Carbon 2018, 1, 299. (T1, IF=7.08)

14. Y. Xia, G. M. Zhai, Z. Zheng, L. Y. Lian, H. Liu, D. L. Zhang, J. B. Gao, T. Y. Zhai^*, J. B. Zhang^*, Solution-processed solar-blind deep ultraviolet photodetectors based on strongly quantum confined ZnS quantum dots, J. Mater. Chem. C 2018, 6, 11266. (T1, IF=5.98)

15. Z. Kang^#, Y. N. Ma^#, X. Y. Tan^#, M. Zhu, Z. Zheng, N. S. Liu, L. Y. Li, Z. G. Zou, X. L. Jiang, T. Y. Zhai^*, Y. H. Gao^*, MXene-Silicon van der Waals Heterostructures for high speed self-driven photodetectors, Adv. Electron. Mater. 2017, 3, 1700165. (T2, IF=5.47)

16. R. H. Qin, G. Q. Shao, J. X. Hou, Z. Zheng, T. Y. Zhai, H. Q. Li^*, One-pot synthesis of Li₃VO₄@