Prof. Wang Lianzhou
Chair Professor of Global STEM
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- +852 3400 8847
- lianzhou.wang@polyu.edu.hk
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Professor Lianzhou Wang's research focuses on the synthesis and application of semiconductor nanomaterials for use in renewable energy conversion/storage systems including the design of new nanocatalytsts for solar hydrogen and valuable chemical production, electrode materials for high-performance long-life rechargeable batteries, and ecofriendly low-cost and high-efficiency solar cells.
Research Interests
Achievements
- Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA, 澳大利亞科学院院士)
- Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE, 澳大利亞工程院院士)
- Fellow: Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials
- Fellow: Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe)
- Fellow: Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
- Australian Research Council (ARC) Industry Laureate Fellowship (8 awardees each year, all the disciplines in Australia, 2024)
- Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researcher, (2021-24, Materials Science)
- Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researcher, (2019-20, Cross-field)
- ARC Australian Laureate Fellowship (~15 awardees each year, all the disciplines in Australia, 2019)
- Chemical Engineering Research Excellence Award, IchemE, RACI, and Engineers Australia (2019)
- World-record efficiency of 16.6% in quantum dot solar cells, US’s NREL’s Best Research-Cell Efficiencies chart (2018)
- Research Supervision Award, UQ (2018)
- ARC Future Fellowship (2012)
- 2011: Scopus Young Researcher Award, Australian Universities and Elsevier
- DX He, P Chen, J A Steele, ZL Wang, Hy Xu, M Zhang, SS Ding, CX Zhang, T Lin, F Kremer, HZ Xu, MM Hao, LZ Wang, Homogeneous 2D-3D heterostructured tin halide perovskite photovoltaics, Nature Nanotechnology, 2025, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-025-01905-4
- XL Li, ZL Wang, A Sasani, A Baktash, K Wang, HJ Lu, JK You, P Chen, P Chen, YF Bao, SJ Zhang, G Liu, LZ Wang, Oxygen vacancy induced defect dipoles in BiVO4 for photoelectrocatalytic partial oxidation of methance, Nature Communications, 2024, www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53426-8
- T Tian, MF Yang, YX Fang, S Zhang, YX Chen, LZ Wang, WQ Wu, Large-area waterproof and durable perovskite luminescent textiles, Nature communications, 2023, www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-35830-8
- X. Zhu, T. U. Schulli, X. Yang, T. Lin, Y. Hu, N. Cheng, H. Fujii, K. Ozawa, B. Cowie, Q. Gu, S. Zhou, Z. Cheng, Y. Du, LZ Wang, Epitaxial growth of an atom-thin layer on a LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathode for stable Li-ion battery cycling, Nature communications, 2022, 13, 1565.
- J Hou, P. Chen, A Shukla, A Krajn, TS Wang, XM Li, R Doasa, LHG Tizei, B Chan, DN Johnstone, RJ Lin, TU Schulli, I Martens, D. Appadoo, MS Ari, ZL Wang, T Wei, SC Lo, MY Lu, SC Li, EN Namdas, G Mali, AK Cheetham, SM Collins, V Chen, LZ Wang, T Bennett, Liquid-phase sintering of lead halide perovskites and metal-organic framework glasses. Science, 2021, 374, 621-625.
- MM Hao, Y Bai, P. Meredith, et al, and LZ Wang, 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.
- M Xiao, L Zhang, B Luo, MQ Lyu, ZL Wang, HM Huang, SC Wang, A Du, LZ Wang, Molten Salt Mediated Synthesis of Atomic Ni Co‐catalyst on TiO2 for Improved Photocatalytic H2 Evolution, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202001148.
- YX Hu, YY Pan, ZL Wang, T Lin, B Luo, H Hu, F Fan, G Liu, LZ Wang, Lattice distortion induced internal electric field in TiO2 photoelectrode for efficient charge separation and transfer. Nature Commun 11, 2129 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15993-4.
- Z. Wang, X. Mao, P. Chen, M. Xiao, S. A. Monny, S. Wang, M. Konarova, A. Du, LZ Wang, Understanding the roles of oxygen vacancies in hematite-based photoelectrochemical processes, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 1030-1034.
- S. Wang, P. Chen, Y. Bai, J. Yun, G. Liu, L. Wang, Highly Active and Stable BiVO4 Dual Photoanodes for Efficient Solar-driven Water Splitting, Advanced Materials, 2018, doi:10.1002/adma.201800486
