Xiaoyuan Zhou (Executive Director)

Email: xiaoyuan2013@cqu.edu.cn

Homepage: http://phys.cqu.edu.cn/info/1034/1307.htm

Academic Background

• 2004.11-2008.1, Ph. D in Applied Physics,The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• 2001.09-2004.06, Mater in Materials Science, Hubei University

• 1997.09-2001.06, Bachelor, Hubei University

Work Experience

• 2019-Presnt, Associate Director of Center forQuantumMaterials andDevices, Chongqing University

• 2018-Present, Chongqing University, Professor, Ph. D Supervisor

• 2015-Present, Director of Analytical and Test Center of Chongqing University

• 2013-2018, Chongqing University, Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Ph. D Supervisor

• 2010-2013, University of Michigan, Postdoc Fellow

• 2008-2010, University of Washington, Postdoc Fellow

Fundings

• 国家自然科学基金面上项目，11674040，2017.1-2020.12

• 国家自然科学基金面上项目，51472036，2015.1-2018.12

• 国家自然科学基金青年项目，11404044，2015.1-2017.12

• 国家自然科学基金主任基金项目，11344010，2014.1-2014.12

• 教育部留学回国人员科研启动基金项目，2014.2-2016.2

Research Interests

• Thermoelectrics, Catalysis

Honors & Awards

• Distinguished Editorial Committee Member of Rare Metals,2019

• YoungInvestigator Award of International Themoelectric Society, 2018

• Distinguished Young Investigator for Special ceramics of China Silicate Association, 2018

• Hundred-Thousand-Ten Talent Project of Chongqing, 2017

• Cutting Edge Technology Figure of China, 2016

Selective Publications

• [1] Xingchen Shen, Yi Xia, Chun-Chuen Yang, Zhao Zhang, Shulong Li, Yung-Hsiang Tung, Allen Benton, Xiao Zhang, Xu Lu, Guoyu Wang,* Jian He,* and Xiaoyuan Zhou*,High Thermoelectric Performance in Sulfide-Type Argyrodites Compound Ag8Sn(S1−xSex)6 Enabled by Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity and Extended Cubic Phase Regime,Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020, 2000526.

• [2] Wang. C.; Li. A.; Li. C.; Zhang. S. B.(*); Li. H.;Zhou, X. Y.(*); Hu. L. M.; Feng. Y. B.; Wang. K. W.; Zhu. Z.; Saho. R. W.; Chen. Y. H.; Gao. P.; Mao. S. C.; Huang. J.; Zhang. Z.; Han. X. D(*).; Ultrahigh Photocatalytic Rate at a Single-Metal-Atom-Oxide.Adv. Mater., 2019, 31(52), 1903491.

• [3] Zhou, X. Y. (*); Yan, Y. C; Lu, X.; Zhu, H. T.; Han, X. D.; Chen, G.; Ren, Z. F.(*), Routes for High Performance Thermoelectric Materials, Material Today, 2018, 21(9) 974~988.

• [4] Wu, H.; Lu, X.; Wang, G. Y.; Peng, K. L.; Chi, H.; Zhang, B.; Chen, Y. J.; Li, C. J.; Yan, Y. C; Guo, L. J.; Uher, C.;Zhou, X. Y.(*); Han, X. D.(*), Na-doped SnS Single Crystal: A non-toxic Earth-abundant Material with High Thermoelectric Performance, Adv. Energy Mater, 2018, 1800087.

• [5] Peng, K. L.; Zhang, B.; Wu, H.; Cao, X. L.; Li, A.; Yang, D. F.; Lu, X.; Wang,G. Y.; Han, X. D.; Uher, C.;Zhou, X. Y.(*), Ultra-High Average Figure of Merit in Synergistic Band Engineered Sn_xNa_1-xSe_0.9S_0.1Single Crystals, Material today, 2018, 21(5):501~507.

• [6] Zhang, A. J.; Zhang, B.; Lu, W.; Xie, D. D.; Ou, H. X.; Han, X. D.; Dai, J. Y.; Lu, X.; Han, G.(*); Wang, G. Y.(*);Zhou, X. Y.(*), Twin Engineering in Solution-Synthesized Nonstoichiometric Cu₅FeS₄Icosahedral Nanoparticles for Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1705117.

• [7] Zhang, X.; Zhang, B.; Peng, K. L.; Shen, X. C.; Wu, G. T.; Yan, Y. C.; Luo, S. J.; Lu, X.; Wang, G. Y.; Gu, H. S.(*);Zhou, X. Y.(*), Spontaneously promoted carrier mobility and strengthened phonon scattering in p-type YbZn₂Sb₂via a nanocompositing approach, Nano Energy, 2018, 43: 159~167.

• [8] Yang, D. F.; Yao, W.; Yan, Y. C.; Qiu, W. J.; Guo, L. J.; Lu, X.; Uher, C.; Han, X. D.; Wang, G. Y.(*); Yang, T.(*);Zhou, X. Y.(*), Intrinsically low thermal conductivity from a quasi-one-dimensional crystal structure and enhanced electrical conductivity network via Pb doping in SbCrSe₃, NPG Asia Materials, 2017, 9, e387.

• [9] Yang, D. F.; Yao, W.; Chen, Q. F.; Peng, K. L.; Jiang, P. F.; Lu, X.; Uher, C.; Yang, T.(*); Wang, G. Y.(*);Zhou, X. Y.(*), Cr₂Ge₂Te₆: High Thermoelectric Performance from Layered Structure with High Symmetry, Chem. Mater., 2016, 28(6): 1611~1615.

• [10] Peng, K. L.; Lu, X.; Zhan, H.; Hui, S.; Tang, X. D.; Wang, G. W.; Dai, J. Y.; Uher, C.; Wang, G. Y.(*);Zhou, X. Y.(*), Broad temperature plateau for high ZTs in heavily doped p-type SnSe single crystals, Energy Environ. Sci., 2016, 9(2): 454~460.