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| Name: |
Assoc. Prof. Huai Yong Zhu |
| Position: |
Associate Professor |
| Qualifications: |
PhD |
| Organisational Area: |
School of Physical & Chemical Sciences |
| Teaching Discipline: |
Chemistry |
| Research Program: |
Inorganic Materials |
| Phone: |
+61 7 3138 1581 |
| Fax: |
+61 7 3138 1804 |
| Email: |
hy.zhu@qut.edu.au |
| Postal Address: |
School of Physical & Chemical Sciences, QUT, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane Qld 4001 |
Teaching Areas
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Areas of Expertise
- Inorganic nanomaterials
- Ceramic membranes
- Photocatalysts
- Adsorption
- Environment technology
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Professional Associations
- RACI
- Clay Society
- Society for Microscopy and Microanalysis
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Current Grants
- ARC DP0559724 Meshes of Oxide Nanofibres for Next-Generation Ceramic Membranes.
- ARC DP0557945 Reactions of Nanoparticles of Metal Oxides and Hydrous Oxides and their Applications in Photocatalysts and Electrode Materials.
- ARC Linkage International LX0454455 Nanostructures of Titanium Dioxide and Titanates by Wet-chemistry.
- ARC Linkage LP0562076 Solar Nano-photocatalytic Disinfection and Mineralization of Treated Wastewater from Sewage Treatment Plants.
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Selected Research Projects
- Nanofibres and nanotubes of metal oxides and metallates
- Efficient photocatalysts of one-dimensional TiO2
- Ceramic membranes with nanomesh of metal oxides
- Catalysts and adsorbents from layere clays
- High performance adsorbents for environmental applications
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Selected Publications
- Huaiyong Zhu, Zhanfeng Zheng, Xueping Gao, Yining Huang, Zhimin Yan, Jin Zou, Hongming Ying, Qingdi Zou, Scott H. Kable, Jincai Zhao,Yunfei Xi, Wayde N. Martens, Ray L. Frost. Structural Evolution in a Hydrothermal Reaction between Nb2O5 and NaOH Solution: From Nb2O5 Grains to Microporous Na2Nb2O6•2/3 H2O Fibers and NaNbO3 Cubes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 2373-2384, 2006.
- Xue Bin Ke, Huai Yong Zhu, Xue Ping Gao, Jiang Wen Liu, Zhan Feng Zheng, High-Performance Ceramic Membranes with a Separation Layer of Metal Oxide Nanofibers. Adv. Mater. in press, accepted on 30th Oct., 2006.
- H. Y. Zhu, Y. Lan, X. P. Gao, S. P. Ringer, Z. F. Zheng, D. Y. Song, J. C. Zhao, Phase Transition between Nanostructures of Titanate and Titanium Dioxides via Simple Wet-Chemical Reactions J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 6730-6736, 2005.
- Ying Lan, Xueping Gao, Huaiyong Zhu, Zhanfeng Zheng, Feng Wu, Simon P Ringer, Deying Song, Titanate Nanotubes and Nanorods Prepared from Rutile Powder, Adv. Funct. Mater. 15(8), 1310-1318, 2005
- Huaiyong Zhu, Xueping Gao, Ying Lan, Deying Song, Yingxin Xi, Jincai Zhao, Hydrogen Titanate Nanofibers Covered with Anatase Nanocrystals: A Delicate Structure Achieved by the Wet Chemistry Reaction of the Titanate Nanofibers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 8380-8381, 2004.
[Additional Publications]
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Current Postgraduate Students
| Name |
Project |
| Xi Chen |
Photoctalysts for carbon dioxide reduction |
| Erming Liu |
Nanofibres of metal oxides |
| Blain Paul |
Adsorbents for removal of radioactive substances |
| Zhanfeng Zheng |
Functional 1D nanostructures of metal oxides |
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