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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

Yang Wang, Jianyu Yu, Yi-Fei Mao, Ji Chen, Suo Wang, Hua-Zhou Chen, Yi Zhang, Si-Yi Wang, Xinjie Chen, Tao Li, Lin Zhou*, Ren-Min Ma*, Shining Zhu*, Wenshan Cai* & Jia Zhu* "Stable, high-performance sodium-based plasmonic devices in the near infrared". Nature,581,401(2020)
Jinlei Li, Xueyang Wang, Zhenhui Lin, Ning Xu, Xiuqiang Li, Jie Liang, Wei Zhao, Renxing Lin, Bin Zhu, Guoliang Liu, Lin Zhou, Shining Zhu and Jia Zhu* "Over 10 kg m-2 h−1 Evaporation Rate Enabled by a 3D Interconnected Porous Carbon Foam". Joule,4,1–10(2020)
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