Professor Chuan Zhao
Chuan Zhao is a Professor at the School of Chemistry at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), and the head of UNSW Nanoelectrochemistry Lab of ~30 researchers. He is also a Professorial Future Fellowship from Australian Research Council. He currently is the Chair of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) Electrochemistry Division, and elected the Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), Fellow of RACI (FRACI) and Fellow of Royal Society of New South Wales (FRSN). Prof Zhao received his PhD in 2002 with an excellence award from Northwest University, then completed postdoctoral research at University of Oldenburg and Monash University. He started his independent research career as a Lecturer at UNSW in Oct 2010, and was promoted to full Professor in 2017.
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Recent grants include:
鈥淢ulti-angle in-operando mapping of nanoscale electro/photo-redox reactions鈥 2019, Australian Research Council, Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF)
鈥淗ighly efficient and low cost photovoltaic electrolysis (PVE) system to generate hydrogen by harvesting the full spectrum of sunlight鈥, 2018- 2021, Australian Renewable Energy Agency
鈥淟ow-Cost Perovskite/Silicon Semiconductors Integrated with Earth Abundant Catalysts for Efficient Solar Hydrogen Generation鈥, 2018- 2021, Australian Renewable Energy Agency
鈥淐ommercialisation of 3D electrode assembly鈥, 2016鈥,听 UNSW Torch Initiative
鈥淔uel Cells鈥, 2017鈥, UNSW Torch Initiative
鈥淣anoconfined Ionic Liquids for Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide鈥 2018-2021, Australian Research Council, Future Fellowship
鈥淭hree-dimensional, precious-metal-free electrolysis of water鈥 2016-2018, Australian Research Council, Discovery Project
鈥淢iniaturised Ionic Liquid Systems: Design, Electrochemistry and Application鈥 2015-2017, Australian Research Council, Discovery Project
鈥淐onformal Bionics - addressing the challenges in bringing miniaturised implants to the site of therapeutic delivery鈥, 2014-2017, Australian Research Council, Linkage Project
鈥淐hip-Scale Implantable Bionics for Next Generation Therapeutic Neural Prostheses鈥, 2011-2013, Australian Research Council, Linkage Project
"Photochemical and electrochemical control of redox enzyme cascades鈥 2012-2014, Australian Research Council, Discovery Project
鈥淭uning the electrolytes for high efficiency solar splitting of water,鈥 2011-2015, Australian Research Council, Australian Research Fellowship
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Prof Chuan Zhao's research听focuses on听discovering novel electrochemical methods, nanomaterials and ionic liquids and their implications to electrochemical energy storage and conversion, and sensors applications including听hydrogen production from听water splitting, hydrogen fuel cells, CO2 reduction, ammonia synthesis, and batteries.听
Chair Electrochemistry Division Royal Australian Chemical Institute (EDRACI)
Fellow of Royal Society of New South Wales (FRSN)
Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
Chartered Fellow Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI, CChem)
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