Materials for Energy

Sam Zhang Shanyong, better known as Sam Zhang, earned a BE in materials in 1982 at Northeastern University (Shenyang, China), a ME in materials in 1984 at Iron & Steel Research Institute (Beijing, China), and a PhD in ceramics in 1991 at The University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA. Since 2006 he has been a tenured full professor at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University. In January 2018 he joined the School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing, China, and became Director of the Centre for Advanced Thin Film Materials and Devices at the university. Professor Zhang is the founding Editor-in-Chief for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters (2008–December 2015) and Principal Editor for Journal of Materials Research (USA) responsible for thin films and coating field (since 2003). Since 2009 he has served as the founding and current president of the world’s first Thin Films Society (www.thinfilms.sg). Professor Zhang has authored or edited 13 books, 12 of which are published by CRC Press/Taylor & Francis.

1. Halide Perovskite Photovoltaics 2. Carbon Nanomaterials for Flexible Energy Storage Devices 3. Triboelectric Materials for Nanoenergy 4. III-N Ultraviolet Light Emitters for Energy-Saving Applications 5. In-situ Growth of Spherical Graphene Films on Cemented Carbide for Spatial Sensor Matrix 6. Membrane Materials for Vanadium Redox Flow Battery 7. Thin-Film Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 8. In-Situ Mechanistic Study of Two-Dimensional Energy Materials by Well-Defined Electrochemical On-Chip Approach 9. Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage 10. Strategies for Performance Improvement of Organic Solar Cells 11. Surface Passivation Materials for High-Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells 12. Organic Solar Cell 13. High-Performance Electrolytes for Batteries