Yunfeng Zhao

Postdoctoral Fellows

Professor

Alumni

Research Interests

My research interests at KAUST include the design and fabrication of hybrid porous materials for catalysis and energy applications (e.g. H2 uptake, greenhouse gas capture, and fule cell applications)​.​

Selected Publications

Y. Zhao, D. Zhang, L. Zhao, G. Wang, Y. Zhu, A. Cairns, J. Sun, X. Zou, Y. Han*, Controlled Synthesis and Structure Solution of the Tri-continuous Mesoporous Material IBN-9 and Its Carbon and Platinum Derivatives, Chem. Mater, 2011, 23, 3775.

Y. Zhao​H. Gao, Y. Fan, T. Zhou, Z. Su, Y. Liu,* Y. Wang*, Thermo-Induced Reversible Phase Transformations Accompanied by the Emission Switches between Different Colors of Two Aromatic-Amine Compounds, Adv. Mater., 2009, 3165.

Y. Zhao, X. Mu, C. Bao, Y. Fan, J. Zhang, Y. Wang*, Alkyl Chain Length Dependent Morphology and Emission Properties of the Organic Micromaterials Based on Fluorinated Quinacridone Derivatives, Langmuir, 2009, 25, 11, 3264.

Y. Zhao, Y. Fan, X. Mu, H. Gao, J. Wang, Y. Liu*, J. Zhang, L. Chi, Y. Wang*, Self-Assembly of Luminescent Twisted Fibers Based on Achiral Quinacridone Derivatives, Nano Research2009, 2, 6, 493.

Y. ZhaoL. Zhao, G. Wang and Y. Han*, Fabrication of the Tri-continuous Mesoporous IBN-9 Structure with Surfactant CTAB, Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 5250

Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  • Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Jilin University, China, 2009
  • B.Sc., Applied Chemistry, Jilin University, China, 2004​

Awards

  1. Global Collaborative Research Collaboration Travel Fund (63656) of KAUST, 25,800 USD, 2010
  2. “Jing-Ying” Cup Academic Achievements Competition of Jilin University, 2009
  3. Three times of Excellent Undergraduate Student Scholarships of Jilin University​

Non-KAUST Affiliations

Tianjin University of Technology
 

Research Interests Keywords

Gas/Water purification Sensors Solar Energy Nanomaterials Separation