Publications
Journal Articles
Liu, Weidi, Shi, Xiaolei, Hong, Min, Yang, Lei, Moshwan, Raza, Chen, Zhi-Gang and Zou, Jin (2018). Ag doping induced abnormal lattice thermal conductivity in Cu2Se. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 6 (48), 13225-13231. doi: 10.1039/c8tc04129f
Huang, Zhong-Yue, Zhang, He, Yang, Lei, Zhu, Bin, Zheng, Kun, Hong, Min, Yu, Yuan, Zu, Fang-Qiu, Zou, Jin and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2018). Achieving high thermoelectric performance of Ni/Cu modified Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 composites by a facile electroless plating. Materials Today Energy, 9, 383-390. doi: 10.1016/j.mtener.2018.06.011
Zhou, Tian, Wang, Lijun, Zheng, Shuqi, Hong, Min, Fang, Teng, Bai, Peng-Peng, Chang, Siyi, Cui, Wenlin, Shi, Xiaolei, Zhao, Huaizhou and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2018). Self-assembled 3D flower-like hierarchical Ti-doped Cu3SbSe4 microspheres with ultralow thermal conductivity and high zT. Nano Energy, 49, 221-229. doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.04.035
Zou, Yi-Chao, Chen, Zhi-Gang, Liu, Shijian, Aso, Kohei, Zhang, Chenxi, Kong, Fantai, Hong, Min, Matsumura, Syo, Cho, Kyeongjae and Zou, Jin (2018). Atomic insights into phase evolution in ternary transition-metal dichalcogenides nanostructures. Small, 14 (22) 1800780, e1800780. doi: 10.1002/smll.201800780
Shi, Xiaolei, Chen, Zhi-Gang, Liu, Weidi, Yang, Lei, Hong, Min, Moshwan, Raza, Huang, Liqing and Zou, Jin (2018). Achieving high Figure of Merit in p-type polycrystalline Sn0.98Se via self-doping and anisotropy-strengthening. Energy Storage Materials, 10, 130-138. doi: 10.1016/j.ensm.2017.08.014
Hong, Min, Chen, Zhi-Gang, Yang, Lei, Chasapis, Thomas C., Kang, Stephen Dongmin, Zou, Yichao, Auchterlonie, Graeme John, Kanatzidis, Mercouri G., Snyder, G. Jeffrey and Zou, Jin (2017). Enhancing the thermoelectric performance of SnSe1-xTex nanoplates through band engineering. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5 (21), 10713-10721. doi: 10.1039/c7ta02677c
Jia, Yi, Zhang, Longzhou, Gao, Guoping, Chen, Hua, Wang, Bei, Zhou, Jizhi, Soo, Mun Teng, Hong, Min, Yan, Xuecheng, Qian, Guangren, Zou, Jin, Du, Aijun and Yao, Xiangdong (2017). A heterostructure coupling of exfoliated Ni-Fe hydroxide nanosheet and defective graphene as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting. Advanced Materials, 29 (17) 1700017. doi: 10.1002/adma.201700017
Yang, Lei, Chen, Zhi-Gang, Hong, Min, Wang, Lihua, Kong, Deli, Huang, Liqing, Han, Guang, Zou, Yichao, Dargusch, Matthew and Zou, Jin (2017). N-type Bi-doped PbTe nanocubes with enhanced thermoelectric performance. Nano Energy, 31, 105-112. doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.11.027
Hong, Min, Chen, Zhi-Gang, Pei, Yanzhong, Yang, Lei and Zou, Jin (2016). Limit of zT enhancement in rocksalt structured chalcogenides by band convergence. Physical Review B, 94 (16) 161201. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.94.161201
Yang, Lei, Chen, Zhi-Gang, Han, Guang, Hong, Min and Zou, Jin (2016). Impacts of Cu deficiency on the thermoelectric properties of Cu2-XSe nanoplates. Acta Materialia, 113, 140-146. doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2016.04.050
Yang, Lei, Chen, Zhi-Gang, Han, Guang, Hong, Min, Huang, Liqing and Zou, Jin (2016). Te-doped Cu2Se nanoplates with a high average thermoelectric figure of merit. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4 (23), 9213-9219. doi: 10.1039/c6ta02998a
Hong, Min, Chen, Zhi-Gang, Yang, Lei and Zou, Jin (2016). Enhancing thermoelectric performance of Bi2Te3-based nanostructures through rational structure design. Nanoscale, 8 (16), 8681-8686. doi: 10.1039/c6nr00719h
Hong, Min, Chasapis, Thomas C., Chen, Zhi-Gang, Yang, Lei, Kanatzidis, Mercouri G., Snyder, G. Jeffrey and Zou, Jin (2016). n-Type Bi2Te3-xSex nanoplates with enhanced thermoelectric efficiency driven by wide-frequency phonon scatterings and synergistic carrier scatterings. ACS Nano, 10 (4), 4719-4727. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.6b01156
Hong, Min, Chen, Zhi G., Yang, Lei and Zou, Jin (2016). BixSb2-xTe3 nanoplates with enhanced thermoelectric performance due to sufficiently decoupled electronic transport properties and strong wide-frequency phonon scatterings. Nano Energy, 20, 144-155. doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.12.009
Yang, Lei, Chen, Zhi-Gang, Nie, Tianxiao, Han, Guang, Zhang, Zhi, Hong, Min, Wang, Kang L. and Zou, Jin (2016). Co-doped Sb2Te3 paramagnetic nanoplates. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 4 (3), 521-525. doi: 10.1039/c5tc03767k
Yang, Lei, Chen, Zhi-Gang, Hong, Min, Han, Guang and Zou, Jin (2015). Enhanced thermoelectric performance of nanostructured Bi2Te3 through significant phonon scattering. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7 (42), 23694-23699. doi: 10.1021/acsami.5b07596
Chen, Zhi-Gang, Zhang, Cheng, Zou, Yichao, Zhang, Enze, Yang, Lei, Hong, Min, Xiu, Faxian and Zou, Jin (2015). Scalable Growth of High Mobility Dirac Semimetal Cd3 As2 Microbelts. Nano Letters, 15 (9), 5830-5834. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01885
Yang, Lei, Chen, Zhi-Gang, Han, Guang, Hong, Min, Zou, Yichao and Zou, Jin (2015). High-performance thermoelectric Cu2 Se nanoplates through nanostructure engineering. Nano Energy, 16 (27), 367-374. doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.07.012
Hong, Min, Chen, Zhi-Gang, Yang, Lei, Han, Guang and Zou, Jin (2015). Enhanced thermoelectric performance of ultrathin Bi2Se3 nanosheets through thickness control. Advanced Electronic Materials, 1 (6) 1500025, 1500025-1-1500025-9. doi: 10.1002/aelm.201500025
Han, Guang, Chen, Zhi-gang, Yang, Lei, Hong, Min, Drennan, John and Zou, Jin (2015). Rational design of Bi2Te3 polycrystalline whiskers for thermoelectric applications. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7 (1), 989-995. doi: 10.1021/am5078528