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Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering (Universtiy of Tsukuba)
Dr Zhang is currently a Research Officer in the Central Analytical Research Facility, and a Research Fellow in the School of Chemistry and Physics, in the field of in situ Transmission Electron Microscopy. With more than 10 years of research experience in electron microscopy, Dr Zhang has a wide expertise in characterising diverse materials and devices. He obtained a Bachelor׳s degree in Optoelectronics (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), a Master׳s degree in Applied Physics, and a Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering (completed in 2017 from University of Tsukuba). Dr Zhang has achieved strong international impact in the field of in situ TEM for analysing functional materials with more than 60 peer-reviewed articles. Overall, 90% of these papers have been published in top 10% journals, including 6 Nano Letters and 6 Advanced Materials. To date, Dr Zhang’s papers have been cited more than 3200 times with an h-index of 28. Dr Zhang is an active member of The Australian Microscopy & Microanalysis Society, The International Federation of Societies for Microscopy, and The Australian Nanotechnology Network. Dr Zhang is serving as an Editorial Board Member of Advances in Materials, an Editor of Crystals, and an assessor for ARC Linkage, DP, DE and FF.
Research interest
- Photodetectors and photovoltaics
- Flexible electronics and optoelectronics
- Strain sensors
- Rechargable batteries
- Properties and mechanisms of nanostructures by in situ TEM
- Electron Microscopy
- Nanomanipulation and Nanoprobing
Projects
Additional information
- Zhang C, Faershteyn K, Fernando J, Thanaweera Achchige D, von Triefeldt J, Golberg D, (2020) Recent progress of in situ transmission electron microscopy for energy materials, Advanced Materials, 32 (18).
- Zhang C, Kvashnin D, Bourgeois L, Fernando J, Faershteyn K, Sorokin P, Fukata N, Golberg D, (2018) Mechanical, electrical and crystallographic property dynamics of bent and strained Ge/Si core-shell nanowires as revealed by in situ transmission electron microscopy, Nano Letters, 18 (11), pp. 7238-7246.
- Zhang C, Wang X, Liang Q, Liu X, Weng Q, Liu J, Yang Y, Dai Z, Ding K, Bando Y, Tang J, Golberg D, (2016) Amorphous phosphorus/nitrogen-doped graphene paper for ultrastable sodium-ion batteries, Nano Letters, 16 (3), pp. 2054-2060.
- Zhang C, Cretu O, Kvashnin D, Kawamoto N, Mitome M, Wang X, Bando Y, Sorokin P, Golberg D, (2016) Statistically analyzed photoresponse of elastically bent CdS nanowires probed by light-compatible in situ high-resolution TEM, Nano Letters, 16 (10), pp. 6008-6013.
- Golberg D, Zhang C, Xu Z, (2014) Cubic lattice nanosheets: Thickness-driven light emission, ACS Nano, 8 (7), pp. 6516-6519.
- Zhang C, Tian W, Xu Z, Wang X, Liu J, Li S, Tang D, Liu D, Liao M, Bando Y, Golberg D, (2014) Photosensing performance of branched CdS/ZnO heterostructures as revealed by in situ TEM and photodetector tests, Nanoscale, 6 (14), pp. 8084-8090.
- Zhang C, Xu Z, Kvashnin D, Tang D, Xue Y, Bando Y, Sorokin P, Golberg D, (2015) Opto-mechano-electrical tripling in ZnO nanowires probed by photocurrent spectroscopy in a high-resolution transmission electron microscope, Applied Physics Letters, 107 (9), pp. 1-4.
- Tian W, Zhang C, Zhai T, Li S, Wang X, Liu J, Jie X, Liu D, Liao M, Koide Y, Golberg D, Bando Y, (2014) Flexible ultraviolet photodetectors with broad photoresponse based on branched ZnS-ZnO heterostructure nanofilms, Advanced Materials, 26 (19), pp. 3088-3093.
- Zhang C, Xu Z, Tian W, Tang D, Wang X, Bando Y, Fukata N, Golberg D, (2015) In situ fabrication and optoelectronic analysis of axial CdS/p-Si nanowire heterojunctions in a high-resolution transmission electron microscope, Nanotechnology, 26 (15), pp. 1-8.
- Dong J, Xue Y, Zhang C, Weng Q, Dai P, Yang Y, Zhou M, Li C, Cui Q, Kang X, Tang C, Bando Y, Golberg D, Wang X, (2017) Improved Li+ storage through homogeneous N-doping within highly branched tubular graphitic foam, Advanced Materials, 29 (6), pp. 1-8.
- Title
- High Performance Monolithic Perovskite Photocapacitors
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP210102580
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
- Title
- In Situ Electron Microscopy Toward New Materials and Applications
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- FL160100089
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords