Guifu Zou, PhD
Jiangsu Distinguished Professor & National Excellent Scientist
Professor at Soochow University，
Suzhou，Jiangsu，215006，China
Tel: 86-512-65228130, Fax: 86-512-65228130
E-mail: zouguifu@macvns.com
Research interest and accomplishment:
Prof. Zou received his PhD degree in Chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2006. Following a postdoctoral position at Umea University, he was appointed as a Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2007. After working in Los Alamos for 4 years, Dr. Zou joined in Soochow University as a “Jiangsu Specially-Appointed Professorship”. Currently, his research focuses on inorganic thin films and emerging materials (including 2D materials, perovskite, superconducting, etc.) for energy conversion, and potential industrial application in the field of photovoltaics and photoelectronics. Up to now, he has published more than 140 peer-reviewed papers and 12 authorized patents, two of which being transferred to industry.
Education and Professional Experience:
2011-Present: Professor, School of Energy, Soochow University, China
2009-2011: Research Associate, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
2010-2011: Adjunct Faculty, Northern New Mexico College, NM, USA
2007-2009: Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
2006-2007: Postdoctoral Researcher, Umea University, Sweden
2002-2006: Doctor of Philosophy, University of Science and Technology of China, 2006
Selected Publications:
1. Peipei Ma, Yanhui Lou*, Shan Cong, Zheng Lu, Kaiping Zhu, Jie Zhao, Guifu Zou*, Malleability and pliability of silk-derived electrodes for efficient deformable perovskite solar cells, Adv. Energ. Mater., 2020, 10, 1903357.
2. 3D printing of porous nitrogen-doped Ti3C2 MXene scaffolds for high-performance sodium-ion hybrid capacitors. Zhaodi Fan, Chaohui Wei, Lianghao Yu, Zhou Xia, Jingsheng Cai, Zhengnan Tian, Guifu Zou*, Shi Xue Dou, Jingyu Sun*. ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 867.
3. Chao Li, Shan Cong, Zhengnan Tian, Yingze Song, Lianghao Yu, Chen Lu, Yuanlong Shao, Jie Li, Guifu Zou*, Mark H. Rümmeli, Shixue Dou, Jingyu Sun*, Zhongfan Liu*, Flexible perovskite solar cell-driven photo-rechargeable lithium-ion capacitor for self-powered wearable strain sensors. Nano Energy, 2019, 60, 247-256.
4. Cheng Sun, Peipei Wang, Hao Wang, Chuan Xu, Juntong Zhu, Yanxia Liang, Ying Su, Yining Jiang, Wenqi Wu, Engang Fu*, Guifu Zou*, Defect engineering of molybdenum disulfide through ion irradiation to boost hydrogen evolution reaction performance. Nano Research, 2019, 12, 1613-1618.
5. Kaiping Zhu, Zheng Lu, Shan Cong, Guanjian Cheng, Peipei Ma, Yanhui Lou*, Jianning Ding*, Ningyi Yuan*, Mark H. Rümmeli, Guifu Zou*, Ultraflexible and lightweight bamboo-derived transparent electrodes for perovskite solar cells. Small, 2019, 33, 1902878.
6. Juntong Zhu, Hao Xu, Guifu Zou*, Wan Zhang, Ruiqing Chai, Jinho Choi, Jiang Wu*, Huiyun Liu, Guozhen Shen, Hongyou Fan*, MoS2-OH Bilayer Mediated Growth of Inch-Sized Monolayer MoS2 on Arbitrary Substrates, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019,141, 5392.
7. Shan Cong, Guifu Zou*, Yanhui Lou, Hao Yang, Ying Su, Jie Zhao*, Cheng Zhang, Peipei Ma, Zheng Lu, Hongyou Fan*, Zhifeng Huang*, Fabrication of Nickel Oxide Nanopillar Arrays on Flexible Electrodes for Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells, Nano Lett., 2019, 19, 3676.
8. Shen, K; Li, X; Xu, H; Wang, MQ; Dai, X; Guo, J; Zhang, T; Li, SB; Zou, GF; Choy, KL; Parkin, IP; Guo, ZX; Liu, HY; Wu, J, Enhanced performance of ZnO nanoparticle decorated all-inorganic CsPbBr3 quantum dot photodetectors, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 6134.
9. Enhanced perovskite solar cell performance via defect passivation with ethylamine alcohol chlorides additive Kaiping Zhu, Shan Cong, Zheng Lu, Yanhui Lou,* Liang He, Jianmin Li, Jianning Ding, Ningyi Yuang, Mark H. Rümmeli, Guifu Zou*, J Power Sources 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.04.056
10. H Xu, X Han, X Dai, W Liu, J Wu*, J Zhu, D Kim, G Zou*, K Sablon, A Sergeev, Z Guo, H Liu, High Detectivity and Transparent Few-layer MoS2/Glassy-Graphene Heterostructure Photodetectors, Adv. Mater., 30(2018)1706561
11. J Huang, Y Sun, Y Zhang, G Zou*, C Yan, S Cong, T Lei, X Dai, J Guo, R Lu*, Yanrong Li, and Jie Xiong*, A New Member of Electrocatalysts Based on Nickel Metaphosphate Nanocrystals for Efficient Water Oxidation, Adv. Mater. 30(2018)1705045.
12. J Zhao, Il Jeon, Q Yi, M Jain, M H Rummeli, P Song, G Zou*, Y Matsuo, An efficient organic solvent-free solution-processing strategy for high-mobility metal chalcogenide film growth, Green Chem., 19(2017)947 (Front Cover)
13. X Dai, J Wu, Z Qian, H Wang, J Jian, Y Cao, M. Rummeli, Q Yi, H Liu, G Zou*, Ultra-**ooth glassy graphene thin films for flexible transparent circuits, Science Adv. 2 (2016) e1601574.
14. J Huang, Y Li, Y Xia, J Zhu, Q Yi, H Wang, J Xiong, Y Sun, G Zou*, Flexible CoP network electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution at all-pH value, Nano Res., 3(2016)1010.
15. Q Yi, J Wu, J Zhao, H Wang, J Hu, X Dai, G Zou*, Tuning Bandgap of p-type Cu2Zn(Sn, Ge)(S, Se)4 Semiconductor Thin Films via Aqueous Polymer-Assisted Deposition, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 9(2017)1602.
16. Y Sun, V Lemaur, J Beltrán, J Cornil, J Huang, J Zhu, Y Wang, R Fröhlich, L Jiang, G Zou*, Neutral Mononuclear Copper(I) Complexes: Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Photophysical Properties, Inorg. Chem., 55 (2016) 5845.
17. G Zou*, J Zhao, H Luo, T McCleskey, A Burrell, Q Jia, ‘Polymer-assisted-deposition: a chemical solution route for a wide range of materials’, Chem. Soc. Rev. 42 (2013) 439 (Back Cover)
18. G Zou*, H Luo, S Baily, Y Zhang, N Haberkorn, J Xiong, E Bauer, TMcCleskey, A Burrell, L Civale, Y Zhu, J Manus-Driscoll, Q Jia*, 'Highly aligned carbon nanotube forests coated by superconducting NbC’, Nature Comm. 2 (2011) 428
19. G Zou*, H Wang, N Mara, H Luo, N Li, Z Di, E Bauer, Y Wang, T McCleskey, A Burrell, X Zhang, M Nastasi, Q Jia*, ‘Chemical solution deposition of epitaxial carbide films’, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132 (2010) 2516
20. G Zou*, H Luo, F Ronning, B Sun*, T McCleskey, A Burrell, E Bauer, Q Jia*, ‘A facile chemical solution deposition to high mobility epitaxial Ge films on Si’, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 49 (2010) 1782
21. H Wang, Y Cao, C Sun, G Zou*, J Huang, X Kuai, J Zhao, L Gao*, ‘Strongly Coupled Molybdenum Carbide@Carbon Sheets as a Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting’, ChemSusChem, 2017, 10, 3540 – 3546.
22. H Yang, S Cong, Y Lou*, L Han, J Zhao, Y Sun, G Zou*, ‘Organic−Inorganic Hybrid Interfacial Layer for High-Performance Planar Perovskite Solar Cells’, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 9 (2017) 31746-31751.
23. Y Wang, W Yang, G Zou*, J Wu, J Coffer, S Sinogeikin, J Zhang, ‘Anomalous Surface Doping Effect in Semiconductor Nanowires’, J. Phys. Chem. C, 121 (2017) 11824-11830.
24. H Wang, C Sun, Y Cao, J Zhu, Y Chen, J Guo, J Zhao, Y Sun, G Zou*, ‘Molybdenum carbide nanoparticles embedded in nitrogen-doped porous carbon nanofibers as a dual catalyst for hydrogen evolution and oxygen reduction reactions’, Carbon, 114 (2017) 628-634.
25. J Zhao, I Jeon, Q Yi, M Jain, M Rummeli, P Song, Y Matsuo, G Zou*, ‘An efficient organic solvent-free solution-processing strategy for high-mobility metal chalcogenide film growth’, Green Chem. 19 (2017) 946-951.
26. S Cong, H Yang, Y Lou*, L Han, Q Yi, H Wang, Y Sun, G Zou*, ‘Organic Small Molecule as the Underlayer Toward High Performance Planar Perovskite Solar Cells’, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 9 (2017) 2295-2300.
27. Q Yi, J Wu, J Zhao, H Wang, J Hu, X Dai, G Zou*, ‘Tuning Bandgap of p‑Type Cu2Zn(Sn, Ge)(S, Se)4 Semiconductor Thin Films via Aqueous Polymer-Assisted Deposition’, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 9 (2017) 1602-1608.
28. H Wang, Y Cao, G Zou*, Q Yi, J Guo, L Gao*, ‘High-Performance Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalyst Derived from Ni3C Nanoparticles Embedded in a Porous Carbon Network’, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 9 (2017) 60-64.
29. H Wang, Q Yi, L Gao*, Y Gao, T Liu, Y Jiang, Y Sun, G Zou*, ‘Hierarchically interconnected nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets for an efficient hydrogen evolution reaction’, Nanoscale, 9 (2017) 16342.
30. M Zhou, Y Li, Il Jeon, Q Yi, X Zhu, X Tang, H Wang, L Fei, Y Sun, S Deng, H Luo, Y Matsuo, G Zou*, Enhancement of Low field Magnetoresistance in Self Assembled Epitaxial La0.67Ca0.33MnO3:NiO and La0.67Ca0.33MnO3:Co3O4 Composite Films via Polymer-Assisted Deposition. Sci. Rep., 6（2016）26390.
31. L Yan, X Rui, G Chen, W Xu, G Zou*, H Luo, ‘Recent advances in nanostructured Nb-based oxides for electrochemical energy storage’, Nanoscale, 8 (2016) 8443.
32. Y Sun, V Lemaur, J Beltrán, J Cornil, J Huang, J Zhu, Y Wang, R Fröhlich, L Jiang*, G Zou*, ‘Neutral Mononuclear Copper(I) Complexes: Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Photophysical Properties’, Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55, 5845
33. Yun Wang, Pengfei Sun, Jie Zhao*, Minda Gao, Qinghua Yi, Ying Su, Lijun Gao*, Guifu Zou*, ‘A light-scattering co-adsorbent for performance improvement of dye-sensitized solar cells’ ,Electrochimica Acta, 194 (2016) 67.
34. Lu-Lu Jiang, Shan Cong, Yan-Hui Lou,* Qing-Hua Yi, Jun-Tong Zhu, Heng Ma, G Zou*, ‘Interface engineering toward enhanced efficiency of planar perovskite solar cells’, J. Mater. Chem. A，1 (2016) 217.
35. Wang, H; Chen, K; Cao, YJ; Zhu, JT; Jiang, YN; Feng, L; Dai, X; Zou, GF*, High-performance oxygen reduction catalyst derived from porous, nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets, 2016, Nanotechnology, 27, 405401
36. Yi QH; Wang H; Cong S; Cao YJ ; Wang Y; Sun YH; Lou YH; Zhao J; Wu J; Zou, GF*, Self-Cleaning Glass of Photocatalytic Anatase TiO2@Carbon Nanotubes Thin Film by Polymer-Assisted Approach, 2016, Nanoscale Res. Lett., 11, 27
37. Xiao Dai, Hao Wang, Zhicheng Qian, Qinghua Yi, Yun Wang, Shan Cong, Jie Zhao, Yinghui Sun, Jianwen Huang, Jie Xiong, Hongmei Luo, Guifu Zou*，Emission switching in carbon dots coated CdTe quantum dots driving by pH dependent hetero-interactions，APPLIED PHYSICAL LETTERS，2015，107，203108
38. 2、Minda Gao, YWang, Q Yi, Y Su, P Sun, W Wang, Jie Zhao*, Guifu Zou*，A novel solid-state electrolyte based on crown ether lithiumsalt complexJournal of Materials Chemistry A，2015，3, 20541-20546
39. Yun Wang, P Sun, S Cong, Jie Zhao*, Guifu Zou*，Carbon nanotubes embedding organic ionic plastic crystals electrolytes for high performance solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells，Carbon，2015，92, 262-270
40. Shan Cong, Q Yi, Y Wang, Jie Zhao*, Y Sun, G Zou*, High viscous light-scattering crystal growth inhibitors for solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells，Journal of Power Sources，2015，280, 90-96
41. Wang, Yun; Wang, Hao; Guo, Jun; Wu, Jiang; Gao, Li J; Sun, Ying H; Zhao, J; Zou, Gui F*，Water-Soluble Silicon Quantum Dots with Quasi-Blue Emission.Nanoscale research letters，2015，1012
42. Yi, QH; Zhai, PF; Sun, YH ; Lou, YH ; Zhao, J ; Sun, BQ; Patterson, B ; Luo, HM ; Zhang, WR ; Jiao, L; Wang, HY; Zou, GF*，Aqueous Solution-Deposited Molybdenum Oxide Films as an Anode Interfacial Layer for Organic Solar Cells，ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES，2015，18218-18224
43. Wang, H; Gao, P; Wang, Y; Guo, J; Zhang, KQ; Du, DZ; Dai, X; Zou, GF*，Fluorescently tuned nitrogen-doped carbon dots from carbon source with different content of carboxyl groups，APL MATERIALS，2015，3，86102
44. Yan, LT; Xu, Y; Zhou, M; Chen, G; Deng, SG; Smirnov, S; Luo, HM; Zou, GF*，Porous TiO2 Conformal Coating on Carbon Nanotubes as Energy Storage Materials，ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA，2015，169，73-81
45. Cao, FF; Wang, H; Xia, ZH; Dai, X; Cong, S; Dong, C; Sun, BQ; Lou, YH; Sun, YH; Zhao, J; Zou, GF*，An alternative route towards monodisperse CdS quantum dots for hybrid solar cells，MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS，2015, 149，124-128
46. Wang, H; Wang, Y; Guo, J; Su, Y; Sun, C; Zhao, J; Luo, HM; Dai, X; Zou, GF*，A new chemosensor for Ga3+ detection by fluorescent nitrogen-doped graphitic carbon dots，RSC ADVANCES，2015，5，13036-13041
47. S Cong, QYi, M Gao, H Wang, Y Su, J Zhao*,Y Sun, Y Lou, G Zou*，Three-armed imidazolium phenoxy ionic liquid as a novel crystal growth inhibitor for solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells，Materials Letters，2015，160, 135-138.
48. Q Yi, P Zhai, Y Sun, Y Lou, J Zhao, B Sun, B Patterson, H Luo, W Zhang, L Jiao, H Wang, G Zou*, Aqueous Solution-Deposited Molybdenum Oxide Films as anAnode Interfacial Layer for Organic Solar Cells, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, DOI: 10.1021/am506367g
49. Z Dai, X Su*, M Shen, J Zhang, L Zhang, X He, W Chen, G Zou*, ‘Enlarging photovoltaic effect: combination of classic photoelectric and ferroelectric photovoltaic effects’, Scientific Reports, 3 (2013) 2109
50. P Zhai, Q Yi, J Jian, H Wang, P Song, C Dong, X Lu, Y Sun, J Zhao, X Dai, Y Lou, H Yang, G Zou*, Transparent p-Type Epitaxial Thin Films of Nickel Oxide, Chem. Comm. 50 (2014) 1854
51. S Cong, Q Yi, Y Wang, J Zhao*, Y Sun, G Zou*，High viscous light-scattering crystal growth inhibitors for solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells, J. Power Sources, 280(2015)90
52. X Dai, H. Wang, F Cao, Q Yi, C Dong*, S Cong, Y Wang, P Song, P Zhai, G Zou*, Low Temperature Route Synthesis of SiC-Al2O3 Hetero-structural Nanofibers, Nanotechnology, 25 (2014) 014017 (invited)
53. Y Jiang, G Chen, X Xu, X Chen, S Deng, S Smirnov, H Luo*, Guifu Zou*，Direct growth of mesoporous anatase TiO2 onnickel foam by soft template method as binder-freeanode for lithium-ion batteries，RSC Adv., 4 (2014) 48938
54. S Cong, Y Wang, Q Yi, J Zhao*, Y Sun, M Shen, G Zou*, Design and synthesis of functional ionic liquids based on pyrrolidiniumcations bearing alkyl nitrilemoieties，J. Mater. Chem. A，2 (2014) 20147
55. Y Xu, M Dunwell, L Fei, E Fu, Q Lin, B Patterson, B Yuan, S Deng, P Andersen, H Luo, G Zou*, Two-Dimensional V2O5 Sheet Network as Electrode for Lithium-IonBatteries，ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces，6 (2014) 20408
56. Q Yi, X Dai, J Zhao, Y Sun, Y Lou, X Su*, Q Li, B Sun, H Zheng, M Shen, Q Wang, G Zou*, ‘Enhanced Mechanical Strength and Electrical Conductivity of Carbon-Nanotube/TiC Hybrid Fibers’, Nanoscale, 5 (2013) 6923
57. G Zou*, H Luo, S Baily, TMcCleskey, A Burrell, L Civale, Y Zhu, J Manus-Driscoll, Q Jia*, 'Highly aligned carbon nanotube forests coated by superconducting NbC’, Nature Comm. 2 (2011) 428
58. G Zou*, H Wang, N Mara, H Luo, N Li, Z Di, E Bauer, Y Wang, T McCleskey, A Burrell, X Zhang, M Nastasi, Q Jia*, ‘Chemical solution deposition of epitaxial carbide films’, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132 (2010) 2516
59. G Zou*, H Luo, F Ronning, B Sun*, T McCleskey, A Burrell, E Bauer, Q Jia*, ‘A facile chemical solution deposition to high mobility epitaxial Ge films on Si’, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 49 (2010) 1782
60. G Zou*, M Jain, H Yang, Y Zhang, D Williams, Q Jia, ‘Recyclable and electrically conducting carbon nanotube composite films’, Nanoscale, 2 (2010) 418
61. Y Zhang, C Sheehan, J Zhai, G Zou, H Luo, J Xiong, Y Zhu, Q Jia, ‘Polymer-embedded carbon nanotube ribbons for stretchable conductor’, Adv. Mater.,22 (2010) 3027
62. H Luo, H Wang, G Zou, E Bauer, T McCleskey, A Burrell, Q Jia, A review of epitaxial metal-nitride films by polymer-assisted deposition, Trans. Electr. Electron. Mater., 11 (2010) 54
63. G Zou*, H Luo, Y Zhang, J Xiong, Q Wei, M Zhuo, J Zhai, H Yang, D Williams, N Li, E Bauer, X Zhang, T McCleskey, Y Li, A Burrell, Q Jia, ‘A chemical solution approach for superconducting and hard epitaxial NbC film’, Chem. Comm., 46 (2010) 7837
Honors and Awards:
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (2019)
2. Jiangsu “333” high-level talent Project (2018)
3. National Natural Science Foundation of China (2017)
4. 973 Program-the National Basic Research Program of China Special Funds for the Chief Young Scientist (2015)
5. Suzhou Ten Outstanding Youth (2015)
6. the Excellent Young Scholar Fund from National Natural Science Foundation of China (2014)
7. Jiangsu Fund for Distinguished Young Scientist (2014)
8. Jiangsu Scientific and Technological Innovation Team (2013)
9. Six talent peaks project in Jiangsu Province (2013)
10. Jiangsu Provincial Plan for the high-level innovative talents (2012)
11. Jiangsu Specially-Appointed Professorship, Jiangsu Government (2011)
12. Discovery Early-Career Researcher Award, Australian Research Council, Australia (2011)
13. Award of Excellence, MPA-STC, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA (2009)
14. Director’s Post-doctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA (2007)
15. the President Award of CAS, Chinese Academy of Science (2006)
16. Qiushi Graduate Fellowship, Hong Kong Qiushi Foundation, Hongkong (2005)
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