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2017-07-03 Ningxu's solar steam-generation devices work is highlighted by advanced science news!
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About Us

  • We are the research group of Jia Zhu, Professor of College of Engineering and Applied Science at Nanjing University. Our interdisciplinary research bridges nanoscience, materials science, applied physics and engineering. We are probing fundamental electrical, optical and thermal phenomenon at nanoscale, and developing novel nanomaterials and devices for mainly energy applications including next generation solar, thermal and electrical related energy conversion and storage devices.

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We seek highly motivated research scientists, graduate students and undergraduate students to join the group. They will have the opportunity to work closely with the principal investigator on one of the following directions:

1. Energy Conversion

2. Nanoscale Heat Transfer

3. Nanophotonics

4. Energy Storage

5. Water Treatment

Latest publications

Ning Xu, Haoran Zhang, Zhenhui Lin, Jinlei Li, Guoliang Liu, Xiuqiang Li, Wei Zhao, Xinzhe Min, Pengcheng Yao, Lin Zhou, Yan Song, Bin Zhu, Shining Zhu and Jia Zhu* "A scalable fish-school inspired self-assembled particles system for solar-powered water-solute seperation". Natl. Sci. Rev.,nwab065(2021)
Jian Su, Ning Xu, Ryuichi Murase, Zhi-Mei Yang, Deanna M. D'Alessandro, Jing-Lin Zuo,* and Jia Zhu* "Persistent Radical Tetrathiafulvalene-Based 2D Metal-Organic Frameworks and Their Application in Efficient Photothermal Conversion". Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,60,4789-4795(2021)
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