Dr
Lianzhou Wang
Senior Lecturer, Queen Elizabeth II Fellow
ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials
School of Engineering, The University of Queensland
St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia
Ph: 61-7-336-54218
Fax: 61-7-334-63973
Email: l.wang@uq.edu.au
Research focus
Design and fabrication of nanostructured materials for sustainable energy conversion applications, including
Efficient photocatalysts for water/air purification, solar cells, self-cleaning coatings and water splitting for H2 production
Wet-chemically self-assembled nanomaterials for photoelectronic devices.
Layered metal oxides as electrodes for lithium ion batteries and supercapacitors Ion-exchange nanocomposite membranes for water purification
Bio
Grad. Cert. Education (Higher Education) Univ of Queensland, 2006
PhD (Materials Science) Shanghai Inst. of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1999
2007- Present, Senior Lecturer/ARC QEII Fellow of School of Engineering and ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, UQ
2004-2007, Research Fellow/ARC QEII Fellow, ARC Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, UQ
2001-2004, Research Fellow, National Institute of Material Science (NIMS), Japan
1999-2001, STA Fellow, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
Current projects
UQ Major Equipment grant: An Integrated Fabrication and Testing Facility for Applications of Solar Energy Materials (2008)
ARC LIEF grant: High magnetic nanomaterial characterisation system (2008)
ARC Discovery Project: New Pillared Nanoporous Materials for Hydrogen Production by Photoinduced Water Splitting, (2007-2009)
CSIRO Water Flagship Cluster Project: Advanced Membrane Technologies for Water Treatment (2007-2009)
ARC Discovery Project: Charge-driven self-assembly of nanocomposites of ionic polymers and oxide nanoparticles (2006-2010)
Collaborations
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Photocatalytic Material Centre, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Xiamen University, China
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Selected publications
Professional associations
Member of American Chemical Society,
Member of IChemE, and
Member of ARC Nanotechnology Network
Current students/projects
Mr. Joshua Watts/PhD student - solar cells
Miss Chalida Klaysom/PhD student - water purification membranes
Mr. Aniruddh Mukherji/PhD student - Photocatalytic H2 production
Miss Xiaoxia Yan/PhD student - nanostructured photocatalysts
Mr. Sean Muir/Undergraduate student - photocatalytic water splitting
Student projects available
Visible light active photocatalysts for solar energy conversion