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Prof. Wang Lianzhou

Prof. Wang Lianzhou

Chair Professor of Energy Materials (Global STEM Professorship Scheme)

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Research Overview

Our research focuses on the development of semiconductor nanomaterials for applications in renewable energy conversion and storage systems, including nanocatalysts for green hydrogen and valuable chemical production, greenhouse gas reduction, plastic upcycling, eco-friendly low-cost solar cells, and rechargeable batteries.

Research Interests

  • Semiconductor Nanomaterials
  • Renewable Energy Technologies
  • Solar Fuels
  • Greenhouse Gas Conversion
  • Artificial Photosynthesis
  • Eco-friendly Solar Cells
  • Rechargeable Batteries
  • Integrated Energy Conversion and Storage

Education and Academic Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

Professional Qualifications

  • Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
  • Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
  • Fellow: Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials
  • Fellow: Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe)
  • Fellow: Royal Society of Chemistry, UK

Academic and Professional Experience

  • Panel Member (The College of Experts), Australian Research Council (ARC) (2016 - 2018, and 2024 – Present)
  • Co-Editor-in-Chief, EcoEnergy, Wiley Publishing Group (2023 – Present)
  • Chair, National Committee for Materials Science and Engineering, Australian Academy of Science (2022 - 2025)
  • President, Australian Materials Research Society (2022 - 2025)
  • Director, Nanomaterials Centre, The University of Queensland (2012 - 2025)
  • Associate Editor, Microstructures, MIC (2021 - Present)
  • Editorial Board Member, National Science Review, Oxford Academic (2021 - Present)
  • Editorial Board Member, Advanced Materials, Wiley (2020 - Present)
  • Editorial Board Member, eScience, Elsevier (2020 - Present)
  • Executive Editorial Board member, Journal of Physics: Energy, IOP Science (2020 - Present)
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Materials Science and Technology, Elsevier (2014 - Present)
  • Associate Editor-in-Chief / Board member: Science Bulletin, Elsevier (2014 - 2021)
  • Associate Editor: Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Springer (2013 - 2022)
  • Reviewer and/or committee member of multiple research agencies, including European Science Foundation, New Zealand’s MBIE Science Fundings, Australian Synchrotron Beamtime proposals, and others (2012 - Present)

Achievements

  • Australian Research Council (ARC) Industry Laureate Fellowship (2024)
  • Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researcher - Material Science Category (2021 - 2024)
  • ARC Australian Laureate Fellowship (2019)
  • Chemical Engineering Research Excellence Award, IChemE & RACI (2019)
  • Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researcher - Cross-field Category (2019 - 2020)
  • ARC Future Fellowship (2012)
  • Scopus Young Researcher Award (2011)
  • ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship (2006)
  • LZ Wang, K Wang, Z Wang, piezocatalytic plastic recycling, Australian provisional patent, 2024, PAT-02536-AU-01.
  • LZ Wang， DX He, P Chen, Tin-based perovskites, methods for preparation and applications therefor, Australian provisional patent 2024,  AU2024903310.
  • J Hou, V Chen, and LZ Wang, Perovskite-MOF Composite Glass, Australian Provisional Patent, PAT-02398-AU-01, 2021
  • LZ Wang, Y Bai, M Hao, Quantum dots and processes for preparation thereof, US Patent, 2024, 11,905,44.
  • Lu GQ, LZ Wang, Nanosheets with band gap modification agent and method of production thereof. 2009-J73707, WO2009065179-A1.
  • G. Liu, LZ Wang, G.Q. Max Lu, HM. Cheng, Non-metal doped metal oxide nanosheets and method of production thereof, WO2009065180-A1, 2009-J73299
  • Lu, GQ, LZWang, Titanate Photocatalyst, WO2009021292-A1, 2009-F14268.
  • LZ Wang, Ti Sasaki, Y Ebina, K Takada. Fabrication of mesoporous MnO2 pillared with double layers of Al species. Japanese Patent. No. JP2005139051.
  • T. Sasaki, LZ Wang, Y Ebina, K Takada. Fabrication of porous multilayer ultrathin films and hollow shells through the self-assembly of aluminum polyoxocations and titania nanosheets. Japanese Patent. No. JP2005028575-A, JP3772217-B2.
  • T. Sasaki, LZ Wang, Y. Ebina, K. Takada. Fabrication of hollow spheres through the coating an of titania nanosheets on sacrificial polymer sphere templates. Japanese Patent. No. JP2004130429-A.
  • T. Sasaki, LZ Wang, A. Kajiyama, K. Takada, M. Watanabe. Fabrication of cathode materials for lithium rechargeable batteries through the flocculation of exfoliated MnO2 nanosheets with Li ions. Japanese Patent, No. JP2003331844-A, JP3665820-B2.
  • T. Sasaki, LZ Wang, Y Ebina, M. Watanabe. Layer-by-layer self-assembly of multilayer ultrathin films containing MnO2 nanosheets. Japanese Patent, No. JP2003326637-A, JP3697513-B
  1. He, D.; Chen, P.; Steele, J.; Wang, Z.; Xu, H.; Zhang, M.; Ding, S.; Zhang, C.; Lin, T.; Kremer, F.; Xu, H.; Hao, M.; Wang, L. Homogeneous 2D/3D heterostructured tin halide perovskite photovoltaics. Nature Nanotechnology 2025, 20, 779–786. DOI: 10.1038/s41565-025-01905-4
  2. J Steele, P Strohbeen, C Verdi, A Baktash, A Banilenko, Y Chen, JV Dijk, Knudsen, A Leblanc, D Perconte, Wang, L., E Demler, S Sammanri-Rezaie, P Jacobson, Super-conductivity in substitutional Ga-hyperdoped Ge epitaxial thin films, Nature Nanotechnology, 2025, in press.
  3. Li, X.; Wang, Z.; Sasani, A.; Baktash, A.; Wang, K.; Lu, H.; You, J.; Chen, P.; Chen, P.; Bao, Y.; Zhang, S.; Liu, G.; Wang, L. Oxygen vacancy induced defect dipoles in BiVO4 for photoelectrocatalytic partial oxidation of methane. Nature Communications 2024, 15, 9127. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53426-8
  4. Tian, T.; Yang, M.; Fang, Y.; Zhang, S.; Chen, Y.; Wang, L.; Wu, W.-Q. Large-area waterproof and durable perovskite luminescent textiles. Nature Communications 2023, 14, 234. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-35830-8
  5. Zhu, X.; Schülli, T. U.; Yang, X.; Lin, T.; Hu, Y.; Cheng, N.; Fujii, H.; Ozawa, K.; Cowie, B.; Gu, Q.; Zhou, S.; Cheng, Z.; Du, Y.; Wang, L. Epitaxial growth of an atom-thin layer on a LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathode for stable Li-ion battery cycling. Nature Communications 2022, 13, 1565. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28963-9
  6. Qu, X.; He, Y.; Qu, M.; Ruan, T.; Chu, F.; Zheng, Z.; Ma, Y.; Chen, Y.; Ru, X.; Xu, X.; Yan, H.; Wang, L.; Zhang, Y.; Hao, X.; Hameiri, Z.; Chen, Z.-G.; Wang, L.; Zheng, K. Identification of embedded nanotwins at c-Si/a-Si:H interface limiting the performance of high-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells. Nature Energy 2021, 6, 1–9. DOI: 10.1038/s41560-020-00768-4
  7. Hou, J.; Chen, P.; Shukla, A.; Krajnc, A.; Wang, T.; Li, X.; Doasa, R.; Tizei, L. H. G.; Chan, B.; Johnstone, D. N.; Lin, R.; Schülli, T. U.; Martens, I.; Appadoo, D.; Ari, M. S.; Wang, Z.; Wei, T.; Lo, S.-C.; Lu, M.; Li, S.; Namdas, E. B.; Mali, G.; Cheetham, A. K.; Collins, S. M.; Chen, V.; Wang, L.; Bennett, T. D. Liquid-phase sintering of lead halide perovskites and metal-organic framework glasses. Science 2021, 374, 621–625. DOI: 10.1126/science.abf4460
  8. Hu, Y.; Pan, Y.; Wang, Z.; Lin, T.; Gao, Y.; Luo, B.; Hu, H.; Fan, F.; Liu, G.; Wang, L. Lattice distortion induced internal electric field in TiO2 photoelectrode for efficient charge separation and transfer. Nature Communications 2020, 11, 2129. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15993-4
  9. Hao, M.; Bai, Y.; Zeiske, S.; Ren, L.; Liu, J.; Yuan, Y.; Zarrabi, N.; Cheng, N.; Ghasemi, M.; Chen, P.; Lyu, M.; He, D.; Yun, J.-H.; Du, Y.; Wang, Y.; Ding, S.; Armin, A.; Meredith, P.; Liu, G.; Cheng, H.-M.; Wang, L. Ligand-assisted cation-exchange engineering for high-efficiency colloidal Cs1−xFAxPbI3 quantum dot solar cells with reduced phase segregation. Nature Energy 2020, 5, 79–88. DOI: 10.1038/s41560-019-0535-7
  10. Wang, S.; Chen, P.; Bai, Y.; Yun, J.-H.; Liu, G.; Wang, L. New BiVO4 Dual Photoanodes with Enriched Oxygen Vacancies for Efficient Solar-Driven Water Splitting. Advanced Materials 2018, 30, 1800486. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201800486
  • Book: Semiconductors and Semimetals: Semiconductors for Photocatalysis, Edited by ZT Mi, LZ Wang, C Jagadish, Elsevier, Kidlington, Oxford, UK, June, 2017.
  • Book: Ceramics for Environmental Systems, in Ceramic Transactions, Volume 257, Edited by LZ Wang, N Imanaka, W M Kriven, M Fukushima, G. Kale, Wiley, 2016. 
  • Book: Titanium oxides: from fundamental understanding to application, in 2015 MRS Spring Meeting Proceeding, Volume 1806, Edited by LZ Wang, G Liu, A Selloni, YD Yin, Cambridge, 2015.
  • Chapter: X Peng, LZ Wang, B Luo, 2022. Materials and Technologies for Al-ion Batteries, in Handbook of Energy Material. Singapore, Springer Nature Singapore, pages 1–34.
  • Chapter: Z Wang LZ Wang, 2020, Bridging Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Systems, in Carbon Dioxide Electrochemistry: Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis, 2020, Edited by M Robert, C Costentin, K Daasbjerg, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry, Chapter 7, pages 287-316.
  • Chapter: H. Han, S. Wang, LZ Wang, 2018, Functionalization of chemically derived graphene for photocatalysis, in Chemically Derived Graphene, Cambridge, United Kingdom: Royal Society of Chemistry, pages 128-154
  • Chapter: LZ Wang, Y. Zhu, F. Tang, G.Q. Lu, 2010, Exfoliated two-dimensional nanosheets for self-assembly of new nanostructures, in Bio-inspired Materials Synthesis, Research Signpost, pages 99-122.
  • Chapter: LZ Wang, Y. Ebina, K. Takada, and T. Sasaki, 2005, Fabrication of Multilayer Ultrathin Films through Layer-By-Layer Assembly of Delaminated MnO2 Nanosheets and Polyelectrolytes, in Nano-Architectured and Nanostructured Materials: Fabrication, Control and Properties, eds Y. Champion and H.-J. Fecht, Wiley-VCH. KGaA, Weinheim,  Chapter 18

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