Tao Zhang

ORCID: 0000-0003-3218-0571
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Research Areas
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • ZnO doping and properties
  • 2D Materials and Applications

Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology
2020-2025

Chinese Academy of Sciences
2015-2025

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2020-2025

Technische Universität Dresden
2015-2025

Hebei Medical University
2025

Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University
2025

Zhejiang University of Technology
2022-2025

Institute of Oceanology
2023-2025

Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology
2023-2025

Materials Science & Engineering
2025

Molecular sieving membranes with sufficient and uniform nanochannels that break the permeability-selectivity trade-off are desirable for energy-efficient gas separation, arising two-dimensional (2D) materials provide new routes membrane development. However, 2D lamellar membranes, disordered interlayer mass transport usually formed between randomly stacked neighboring nanosheets, which is obstructive highly efficient separation. Therefore, manufacturing ordered nanochannel structures fast...

10.1038/s41467-017-02529-6 article EN cc-by Nature Communications 2018-01-05

Abstract Developing low-cost electrocatalysts to replace precious Ir-based materials is key for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Here, we report atomically dispersed nickel coordinated with nitrogen and sulfur species in porous carbon nanosheets as an electrocatalyst exhibiting excellent activity durability OER a low overpotential of 1.51 V at 10 mA cm −2 small Tafel slope 45 mV dec −1 alkaline media. Such represents the best among all reported transition metal- and/or heteroatom-doped even...

10.1038/s41467-019-09394-5 article EN cc-by Nature Communications 2019-03-27

Atomically dispersed Ni–N<sub>x</sub> species anchored porous carbon matrix with embedded Ni nanoparticles was synthesized for highly efficient hydrogen evolution in alkaline conditions.

10.1039/c8ee01841c article EN Energy & Environmental Science 2018-08-21

Owing to their earth abundance, high atom utilization, and excellent activity, single iron atoms dispersed on nitrogen-doped carbons (Fe-N-C) have emerged as appealing alternatives noble-metal platinum (Pt) for catalyzing the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, ORR activity of current Fe-N-C is seriously limited by low density inferior exposure active Fe-Nx species. Here, a novel zinc-mediated template synthesis strategy demonstrated constructing densely exposed moieties hierarchically...

10.1002/adma.201907399 article EN cc-by Advanced Materials 2020-01-16

Abstract One of the key challenges in two-dimensional (2D) materials is to go beyond graphene, a prototype 2D polymer (2DP), and synthesize its organic analogues with structural control at atomic- or molecular-level. Here we show successful preparation porphyrin-containing monolayer multilayer 2DPs through Schiff-base polycondensation reaction an air–water liquid–liquid interface, respectively. Both have crystalline structures as indicated by selected area electron diffraction. The 2DP has...

10.1038/ncomms13461 article EN cc-by Nature Communications 2016-11-16

Developing highly active electrocatalysts for photoelectrochemical water splitting is critical to bring solar/electrical-to-hydrogen energy conversion processes into reality. Herein, we report a three-dimensional (3D) hybrid electrocatalyst that constructed through in situ anchoring of Co9S8 nanosheets onto the surface Ni3Se2 vertically aligned on an electrochemically exfoliated graphene foil. Benefiting from synergistic effects between and Co9S8, conductive support, large area, novel 3D...

10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b01030 article EN Nano Letters 2017-06-06

Exploring efficient and earth‐abundant electrocatalysts is of great importance for electrocatalytic photoelectrochemical hydrogen production. This study demonstrates a novel ternary electrocatalyst porous cobalt phosphoselenide nanosheets prepared by combined hydrogenation phosphation strategy. Benefiting from the enhanced electric conductivity large surface area, supported on electrochemically exfoliated graphene electrodes exhibit excellent catalytic activity durability toward evolution in...

10.1002/adma.201701589 article EN Advanced Materials 2017-07-17

Novel symmetric sodium-ion batteries based on a bipolar O3-type material, Na<sub>0.8</sub>Ni<sub>0.4</sub>Ti<sub>0.6</sub>O<sub>2</sub>, are well configured, showing good rate capability and capacity retention.

10.1039/c4ee03361b article EN Energy & Environmental Science 2015-01-01

The first synergistic dual-template self-assembly approach is presented for bottom-up construction of 2D mesoporous polypyrrole nanosheets based on different supramolecular assemblies, which feature a double-layered architecture, controlled pore sizes, ultrathin thickness, and large surface area. unique structure rends them with superior reversible discharge capability, rate performance, stable cyclability when serving as the cathode materials Na-ion batteries. As service to our authors...

10.1002/adma.201603036 article EN Advanced Materials 2016-08-08

Abstract Engineering conducting polymer thin films with morphological homogeneity and long-range molecular ordering is intriguing to achieve high-performance organic electronics. Polyaniline (PANI) has attracted considerable interest due its appealing electrical conductivity diverse chemistry. However, the synthesis of large-area PANI film control crystallinity thickness remain challenging because complex intermolecular interactions aniline oligomers. Here we report a facile route combining...

10.1038/s41467-019-11921-3 article EN cc-by Nature Communications 2019-09-23

A novel 3D Co-Nx |P-complex-doped carbon grown on flexible exfoliated graphene foil is designed and constructed for both electrochemical photoelectrochemical water splitting. The coordination of active centers hybridized with that neighboring P atoms enhances the electron transfer optimizes charge distribution surface, which synergistically promotes reaction kinetics by providing more exposed sites.

10.1002/adma.201604480 article EN Advanced Materials 2016-11-18

Abstract One important goal of the current electrocatalysis is to develop integrated electrodes from atomic level design multilevel structural engineering in simple ways and low prices. Here, a series oxygen micro‐alloyed high‐entropy alloys (O‐HEAs) developed via metallurgy approach. A (CrFeCoNi) 97 O 3 bulk O‐HEA shows exceptional electrocatalytic performance for evolution reaction (OER), reaching an overpotential as 196 mV Tafel slope 29 dec −1 , with stability longer than 120 h 1 m KOH...

10.1002/adma.202101845 article EN Advanced Materials 2021-07-11

Abstract Under the premise of ensuring favorable bulk heterojunction morphology in organic solar cells (OSCs), conjugated polymer donors with deep‐lying highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) levels are highly important to improve power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) by reducing photovoltage loss. However, development such materials has lagged. Herein, a thiadiazole‐based polymer, PB2F is reported, which very deep HOMO level −5.64 eV, and high electroluminescence quantum efficiency 3.9 ×...

10.1002/aenm.202101705 article EN Advanced Energy Materials 2021-07-21

Despite the recent progress in synthesis of crystalline boronate ester covalent organic frameworks (BECOFs) powder and thin-film through solvothermal method on-solid-surface synthesis, respectively, their applications electronics, remain less explored due to challenges processability device integration associated with control film thickness, layer orientation, stability crystallinity. Moreover, although domain sizes samples can reach micrometer scale (up ≈1.5 μm), reported have so far rather...

10.1002/anie.201916595 article EN cc-by Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020-02-10

Vinylene/olefin-linked two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (v-2D-COFs) have emerged as advanced semiconducting materials with excellent in-plane conjugation, high chemical stabilities, and precisely tunable electronic structures. Exploring new linkage chemistry for the reticular construction of v-2D-COFs remains in infancy challenging. Herein, we present a solid-state benzobisoxazole-mediated aldol polycondensation reaction two novel isomeric benzobisoxazole-bridged (v-2D-COF-NO1...

10.1021/jacs.2c06042 article EN Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022-07-25

Two-dimensional (2D) nanofluidic ion transporting membranes show great promise in harvesting the "blue" osmotic energy between river water and sea water. Black phosphorus (BP), an emerging layered material, has recently been explored for a wide range of ambient applications. However, little attention paid to extraction worldwide energy, despite its large potential as conversion membrane. Here, we report experimental investigation BP membrane reveal how oxidation influences power generation....

10.1073/pnas.2003898117 article EN Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2020-06-08

Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) plays a key role in many renewable energy technologies such as water splitting and metal-air batteries. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are appealing to design efficient OER electrocatalysts, however, their intrinsic poor conductivity strongly hinders the activity. Here, we show strategy boost activity of poor-conductive MOFs by confining them between graphene multilayers. The resultant NiFe-MOF//G gives record-low overpotential 106 mV reach 10 mA cm-2 retains...

10.1038/s41467-022-33847-z article EN cc-by Nature Communications 2022-10-18

Sp2-carbon-conjugated covalent organic frameworks (sp2c-COFs) have emerged as promising platforms for phototo–chemical energy conversion due to their tailorable optoelectronic properties, in-plane π-conjugations, and robust structures. However, the development of sp2c-COFs in photocatalysis is still highly hindered by limited linkage chemistry. Herein, we report a novel thiadiazole-bridged sp2c-COF (sp2c-COF-ST) synthesized thiadiazole-mediated aldol-type polycondensation. The resultant...

10.1021/jacs.3c08755 article EN Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024-01-05

sp2 carbon-conjugated covalent organic frameworks (sp2c-COFs) with superb in-plane π-conjugations, high chemical stability, and robust framework structure are expected to be ideal films/membranes for a wide range of applications including energy-related devices optoelectronics. However, so far, sp2c-COFs have been mainly limited microcrystalline powders, this consequently hampered their performances in devices. Herein, we report simple methodology fabricate large-area, free-standing,...

10.1021/jacs.2c12186 article EN Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023-02-13

Vinylene/olefin-linked two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (v-2D-COFs), featured with vinylene-linked in-plane conjugations, high chemical stabilities, and designable structures, are promising for optoelectronic/photocatalytic applications. Developing v-2D-COFs superior π-conjugation optoelectronic properties is meaningful but remains challenging. In this work, we present the crystalline benzobisthiazole-bridged unsubstituted v-2D-COF (v-2D-COF-NS1 v-2D-COF-NS2) synthesized via a...

10.1021/acscatal.2c05023 article EN ACS Catalysis 2023-01-03

Amyloid-β (Aβ) is considered a primary therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, just eliminating Aβ in patients with AD has exhibited restricted clinical efficacy, possibly failing to address the metabolic abnormalities caused by AD, such as insulin resistance. To this concern, our research employed two types of macrocyclic amphiphiles, guanidinium-modified calixarene and cyclodextrin coassembly (GCD), delivery systems insulin. This approach aimed tackle dysregulation...

10.1021/acsnano.4c05693 article EN ACS Nano 2024-11-05

Electronic structure optimization of two-dimensional metal phthalocyanine through confined atomic Ru species eliminates electrocatalytic kinetic differences for all-pH hydrogen evolution.

10.1039/d3ee03896c article EN Energy & Environmental Science 2024-01-01
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