Introduction:

Name:Dafeng Zheng

Title: Professor

E-mail: zhengdf@scut.edu.cn

Personal homepage:

Supervisor: Master’s ＆ PhD Supervisor

Area: 

Chemical Engineering

Education:

Graduated with a Bachelor's degree from the Department of Chemistry， Fudan University.Obtained a Doctoral degree from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering， South China University of Technology.Served as a visiting scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison， USA， from December 2017 to January 2019.

Research interests:

Research interests focus on the construction and application of fully biomass-based aerogels. Addressing key issues such as low mechanical properties， easy deformation， and insufficient application performance of biomass aerogels， lignin is selected as a multifunctional regulator to highlight the regulatory role and influence mechanism of lignin molecules in biomass aerogels. In recent years， in-depth research has been conducted on high-strength lignin-based biomass aerogels for oil-water separation and seawater desalination.

Representative publications :

（1）Shilin Chen， Dafeng Zheng*， Qiulan Cen， Chang Geun Yoo， Lei Zhong， Dongjie Yang， Xueqing Qiu*. Multifunctional Super-Hydrophilic MXene/Biomass Composite Aerogel Evaporator for Efficient Solar-Driven Desalination and Wastewater Treatment. Small， 2024， 20(35): 202400603. 

（2）Qizhao Shao， Yiting Li， Zhicheng Liang， Zhao Chen， Anqi Xu， Xueqing Qiu*， Dafeng Zheng*.  Lignin: A multifunctional and sustainable photothermal material for solar-driven thermoelectric generation and desalination. Composites Part B， 2024， 284:  111694.

（3）Zhenrong， Tan，  ChangGeun Yoo， Dongjie Yang， Weifeng Liu*， Xueqing Qiu， Dafeng Zheng*. “Rigid-Flexible“ Anisotropic Biomass-Derived Aerogels with Superior Mechanical Properties for Oil Recovery and Thermal Insulation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces， 2023， 15(35): 42080-42093.

（4）Qiulan Cen， Shilin Chen， Dongjie Yang， Dafeng Zheng*， and Xueqing Qiu*. Full Bio-Based Aerogel Incorporating Lignin for Excellent Flame Retardancy， Mechanical Resistance， and Thermal Insulation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering， 2023， 11(11): 4473-4484.

（5）Qizhao Shao， Yu Luo， Meifang Cao， Xueqing Qiu*， Dafeng Zheng*. Lignin with enhanced photothermal performance for the preparation of a sustainable solar-driven double-layer biomass evaporator. Chemical Engineering Journal， 2023， 476: 146678.