Photocatalysis Lab.
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Dr. W. Zhang

JSPS Fellow
Photocatalysis Lab.
Eco-Function Materials Group
Ecomaterials Research Center



Education
Ph.D. * Nanjing University, China
M.S. * Jilin University, China
B.S. * Henan University, China


Professional Experience
  2006 -          Professor of Physics Department, Henan University, China
  2004 - 2006     JSPS Fellow, Ecomaterials Center, National Institute for Materials Science
  2003 - 2004     Lab. of Photonic Technique for Information, Henan University, China
  2001 - 2003     Visiting scholar, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
  1998 - 2001     Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Henan University, China
  1993 - 1998     Lecture, Department of Physics, Henan University, China


Research Interests
  * Photocatalytic splitting of water
  * Surface photoelectrochemistry of semiconductors
  * Fabrication and photoelectric physics of thin films and nanomaterials of oxides
  * Ferroelectric and pyroelectric oxide thin films

Publications

  1. Improved photocatalytic activity of Sn4+ doped TiO2 nanoparticulate films prepared by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition
    Y.A. Cao, W.S. Yang, W.F. Zhang, G.Z. Liu, P.L. YueNew
    J. Chem., 28, pp.218-222, 2004.
  2. Electron spin resonance study on spiropyran Langmiur-Blodgett films
    W.F. Zhang, Y.B. Huang, Z.Q. Zhu, Z. Yin, M.S. Zhang
    J. Mater. Sci. Lett. 19, 805 (2000).
  3. Nonlinear response and optical limiting in SrBi2Ta2O2 thin films
    Y.Z. Gu, W.F. Zhang, D.H. Gu, F.X. Gan
    Optics Letters 26, 1788 (2001).
  4. Optical properties in ferroelectric (Pb,La)(Ti,Zr)TiO3 thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition
    W.F. Zhang, Y.B. Huang, M.S. Zhang
    Appl. Surf. Scicence 158, 185 (2000).
  5. Raman scattering study on anatase TiO2 nanocrystals
    W.F. Zhang, Y.L. He, M.S. Zhang, Z. Yin, Q. Chen
    J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 33, 912 (2000).
  6. Roles of defects and grain sizes in photoluminescence of nanocrystalline SrTiO3
    W.F. Zhang, Z. Yin, M.S. Zhang, Z.L. Du, W.C. Chen
    J. Phys.:Conden. Matter 11, 5655 (1999)
  7. Photoluminescence in anatase titanium dioxide nanocrystals
    W.F. Zhang, Z. Yin, M.S. Zhang, Q. Chen,
    Appl. Phys. B 70, 261 (2000).
  8. Nonlinear optical absorption in undoped and cerium-doped BaTiO3 thin films using Z-scan technique
    W.F. Zhang, Y.B. Huang, M.S. Zhang, Z.G. Liu
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 1003 (2000).
  9. Large third-order optical nonlinearity in SrBi2Ta2O9 thin films by pulsed laser deposition
    W.F. Zhang, M.S. Zhang, Z. Yin, Y.Z. Gu, Z.L. Du, B.L. Yu
    Appl. Phys. Letts 75, 902 (1999).


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