Name:

Wei-De Zhang

Introduction:

Prof. Wei-De Zhang
Tel.: 86-20-87114099: Fax: 86-20-87112053: E-mail: zhangwd@scut.edu.cn.
1991: Ph. D. in Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
1985: B. S. in Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
2006. 7-8: Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore
2000. 3-2005. 4: Research Scientist, Institute of Material Research and Engineering,
Singapore
1995. 3-1996. 12: Research Assistant, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.
Research Areas:
(1) Controlled growth of carbon nanotubes for nanocomposites, catalyst support, electrodes, and electronics.
(2) Novel nanomaterials, including nanoparticles, nanowires, nanotubes, nano thin films and three dimensional nanostructured materials of metals, alloys and oxides, and mesoporous materials.
(3) Photocatalysis.
(4) Chemical and biological sensors, electroanalysis.
(5) Functional nanocomposites.
(6) Biofuel cell
Current Research Projects:
(1) Fabrication and photoelectrocatalysis of semiconductive oxides modified carbon nanotube arrays, sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
(2) Carbon nanotube-based microbe fuel cell for water pollutant treatment and electric generation, sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology, China.
(3) Photoelectrocatalysis of semiconductive oxides-carbon nanotube nanocomposites, sponsored by the Ministry of Education, China.
Recent Publications:
(1) Wei-De Zhang*, In Yee Phang, Tianxi Liu*. Growth of carbon nanotubes on clay: unique nanostructured filler for high performance polymer nanocomposites. Adv. Mater., 2006, 18:73-77.
(2) Wei-De Zhang*. Growth of ZnO nanowires on modified well-aligned carbon nanotube arrays. Nanotechnology, 2006, 17:1036-1040.
(3) Jian-Shan Ye, Hui-Fang Cui, Xiao Liu, Tit Ming Lim, Wei-De Zhang*, Fwu-Shan Sheu*. Preparation and characterization of aligned carbon nanotubes-ruthenium oxide nanocomposites for supercapacitors. Small, 2005, 1:560-565.
(4) Wen-Hui Zhang, Wei-De Zhang*. Fabrication of SnO2-ZnO nanocomposite sensor for selective sensing of trimethylamine and the freshness of fishes. Sens. Actuat. B, 2008, doi:10.1016/j.snb.2008.05.015.
(5) Jin Chen, Wei-De Zhang*, Jian-Shan Ye. Nonenzymatic electrochemical glucose sensor based on MnO2/MWNTs nanocomposite. Electrochem. Commun., 2008, doi:10.1016/j.elecom.2008.06.022.
(6) Cai-Xia Zhao, Wei-De Zhang*. Preparation of waterborne polyurethane nanocomposites: polymerization from functionalized hydroxyapatite. European Polym. J., 2008, doi:10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.04.029