PHD/Master Advisor

PHD/Master Advisor

Positional Title

Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering

Duty

Email

 zhimin.ao@gdut.edu.cn

Research Interests

Personal profile

Education

2003.09 - 2008.06   Ph.D.  Jilin University

Work experience

2016.04--   Professor，

School of Environmental Science and Engineering,

Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control,

Guangdong University of Technology,

Guangzhou 510006, China

2016--    Guest Professor，

The University of Technology, Sydney,

Australia

2013-- 2016  Chancellor，

The University of Technology, Sydney,

Australia

2010-- 2013  Vice-Chancellor，

The University of Technology, Sydney,

Australia

2009.3-- 2010.5  FWO Postdoctoral，

University of Antwerpen,

Belgien

2008.2-- 2008.11  Academic Visitor,

The University of Technology, Sydney,

Australia

Certificates

1. 2014: NCMAS Early Career Researcher award, Australia;

2. 2013:The University of New South Wales Chancellor

3. 2013:The University of New South Wales Goldstar

4. 2010.05: The University of New South Wales Vice-Chancellor

5. 2009.04:FondsvoorWetenschappelijkOnderzoek–Vlaanderen”(FWO) or Research Foundation – Flanders Postdoctoral Fellowship”

Academic part-time

Editorial Board：

Frontierin PhysicalChemistry, AdvancedMaterials Letters, International Journal of Advances in Materials Science andEngineering (IJAMSE), Advances in Materials Science and Engineering: AnInternational Journal (MSEJ), International Journal of Current Research inEngineering Science and Technology

Project Evaluation Expert：

“Pegasus-Short Marie Curie Fellowship” of the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO), ARC Discovery

Publications

Charpters:

1. Z.M. Ao,*Q. Jiang, S. Li,S. Dou, G. Wang, Chapter 16: Effect of external electric field on the multifunctional applications of graphene, in the book “Graphene Science Handbook. Vol. 6–Applications and Industrization”, edited by Mahmood Aliofkhazraei, Nasar Ali, William I. Milne, Cengiz S. Ozkan, Stanislaw Mitura, and Juana L. Gervasoni, CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, USA, 2016, pages 235-254. (*Corresponding author)

2. Z.M. Ao,Q. Jiang, S. Li,Chapter 10: Al-doped graphene for ultra-sensitive gas detections, in the book “Chemical Sensors: Simulation and Modelling. Vol. 2: Conductometric-type sensors”, edited by Dr. GhenadiiKorotcenkov, Momentum Press, New York, USA, 2012, Pages 379-417. (Invited)

3. Z.M. Ao,*S. Li, Chapter 4: Hydrogenation of graphene and hydrogen diffusion behavior on graphene/graphane interface, in the book “Graphene Simulation”, edited by: Dr. Jian Ru Gong, ISBN 978-953-307-556-3 published by INTECH Press, 2011, Pages 53-74. (Invited, *Corresponding author)

4. Z.M. Ao,*J. Yang, S. Li, Chapter 7: Applications of Al modified graphene on gas sensors and hydrogen storage, in the book “Physics and Applications of Graphene-Theory”, edited by: Dr. Sergey Mikhailov, ISBN 978-953-307-996- 7 published by INTECH Press, 2011, Pages 133-174. (Invited, *Corresponding author)

Recent Publications:

1. Meijing Yao, Yuemeng Ji, Honghong Wang, Zhimin Ao, Guiying Li, TaichengAn, The Adsorption Mechanisms of Typical Carbonyl-Containing Volatile Organic Compoundson Anatase TiO2 (001) Surface: A DFT Investigation, J. Phys. Chem. C.(accepted)

2. Shuang Li, Zhimin Ao, Jia-Ji Zhu, Ji-Chang Ren, Jiabao Yi, Guoxiu Wang,Wei Liu, Strain controlled ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic transformation inMn-Doped silicene for information transformation devices, J. Phys. Chem. Lett.(accepted on 17 March 2017) (IF = 8.539)

3. Xuning Li, Zhimin Ao, Jiayi Liu, Hongqi Sun, Alexandre I. Rykov, JunhuWang, Topotactic Transformation of Metal-Organic Frameworks to grapheneencapsulated transition metal nitrides for efficient peroxymonosulfateactivation, ACS Nano 10 (2016) 11532-11540. (IF = 13.334) 

4. Zhemi Xu, Zhimin Ao, Dewei Chu, Sean Li, UV irradiation inducedreversible band gap behaviours of graphene, J. Mater. Chem. C. 4(2016) 8459-8465. (IF=5.066)

5. Yufei Zhao, Jingqiang Zhang, Kefei Li, Zhimin Ao, Chengyin Wang, HaoLiu, Kening Sun, Guoxiu Wang, Electrospun cobalt embedded porous nitrogen dopedcarbon nanofibers as an efficient catalyst for water splitting, J.Mater. Chem. A. 4 (2016)12818-12824. (IF=8.262)

6. Ying Xu,* Guo-Zheng Nie, Dai-Feng Zou,Jing-Wu Tang, Zhimin Ao,*N-My dual-acceptor co-doping in CuCrO2 studied by first-principlescalculations,Phys. Lett. A 380 (2016) 3816-3865. (*Corresponding author, IF= 1.683) 

7. Shuangqiang Chen,†Zhimin Ao,† (†Equalcontribution) Bing Sun, Xiuqiang Xie, Guoxiu Wang, Porous carbon nanocagesencapsulated with tin nanoparticles for high performance sodium-ion batteries, EnergyStorage Mater. 5 (2016) 180-190.

8. C. H. Yang,* P. Wu, Q. F. Li, Z. M. Ao,*Coulomb screening effects on the optoelectronic far-infrared properties ofspatially separated few-layer graphene, Physica E,84 (2016) 324-329. (*Correspondingauthor, IF= 1.904) 

9. C. H. Yang, G. Z. Shen, Z. M. Ao, Y.W. Xu, The dependence of the tunnelling characteristic on the electronic energybands and the carrie’s states in graphene superlattice structures, MaterialsResearch Express. 3 (2016) 095005. (IF=0.968)

10. Q. G. Jiang, W. C. Wu, J. F. Zhang,* Z.M. Ao,* Y. P. Wu, H. J. Huang, Defections induced hydrogenation ofsilicene: a density functional theory calculation study, RSC Advances. 6 (2016)69861. (*Corresponding author, IF= 3.289)

11. M. X. Xiao*, H. Y. Song, Z. M. Ao*,T. H. Xu, L. L. Wang, Electric field modulated half-metallicity of semichlorinatedGaN nanosheets, Solid State Commun. 245 (2016) 5-10. (*Corresponding author, IF=1.458)

12. Duang, Hongqi Sun,* Zhimin Ao,*Li Zhou, Guoxiu Wang, Shaobin Wang,* Unveiling the active sites of graphene-catalyzedperoxymonosulfate activation, Carbon 107 (2016) 371-378.(*Corresponding author, IF=6.196)

13. Yuxian Wang, Zhimin Ao, Hongqi Sun,Xiaoguang Duan, Shaobin Wang, Activation of Peroxymonosulfate by Carbonaceous OxygenGroups: Experimental and Density Functional Theory Calculations, AppliedCatalysis B: Environmental 198 (2016) 295-302. (IF=8.328)

14. Lin Liu, Hongying Lv, Chengyin Wang,* ZhiminAo*, Guoxiu Wang, Fabrication of the protonated graphitic carbon nitridenanosheets as enhanced electrochemical sensing platforms for hydrogen peroxideand paracetamol detection, Electrochimica Acta206 (2016)259-269. (*Correspondingauthor, IF= 4.803)

15. Meixia Xiao, Zhimin Ao, Tianhan Xu,Cheng He, Haiyang Song, Lei Wang, Strain modulating half-metallicity ofsemifluorinated GaN nanosheets, Chem. Phys. Lett. 653 (2016) 42-46. (IF=1.860)

16. Xiaoguang Duang,†Zhimin Ao,†(†Equal contribution) Degang Li, Hongqi Sun, Li Zhou, AlexandraSuvorova, Martin Saunders, Guoxiu Wang, Shaobin Wang, Surface-TailoredNanodiamonds as Excellent Metal-Free Catalysts for Organic Oxidation, Carbon103 (2016) 404-411. (IF=6.196)

17. Xiaoguang Duang, Zhimin Ao, Li Zhou,Hongqi Sun, Guoxiu Wang, Shaobin Wang, Occurrence of radical and nonradicalpathways from carbocatalysts for aqueous and nonaqueous catalytic oxidation, AppliedCatalysis B: Environmental 188 (2016) 98-105. (IF=8.328)

18. CuihongYang,* Yun-yunChen, J.J Jiang, and Zhimin Ao,*Theoptical conductivity in double and three layer Graphene systems, Solid State Communications 227(2016) 23-27 (*Corresponding author, IF=1.458)

19. Zhimin Ao,* Quanguo Jiang, Shuang Li, Hao Liu, F. M. Peeters,Sean Li, Guoxiu Wang,* Enhancement of Stability of Fluorine Atom on DefectiveGraphene and at Graphene/ fluorographene Interface, ACS Appl. Mater. Interface,7 (2015) 19659-19665. (*Corresponding author, IF=7.145).

20. Xiaoguang Duan, Zhimin Ao, HongqiSun, Li Zhou, Guoxiu Wang, Shaobin Wang, Insights into N-doping insingle-walled carbon nanotubes for enhanced activation of superoxides: amechanistic study, Chem. Comm. 51 (2015) 15249-15252 (IF=6.567).

Research Project

1. 2015: ZhiminAo, UTS-Shanghai University Visiting Fellowship (CNY16,000), Program leader;

2. 2015: ZhiminAo, Faculty of Science, UTS conference travel grant ($1,500), Program leader;

3. 2015.01-12: NCMAS grant, Australia (438,000SU computing time on NCI Raijin)，Program leader;

4. 2013.06-2016.06: ZhiminAo, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) Chancellor’s Research Fellowship, Program leader;

5. 2013.1-12，The University of New South Wales2012.1-12，The University of New South Wales：“Synthesis, characterization and applications of three-dimensional graphene materials for high capacity hydrogen storage”，Program leader

6. 2011.1-12，The University of New South Wales：“Development of graphene-based materials for hydrogen storage application”，Program leader

7. 2010.5-2013.5，The University of New South Wales：Development of Graphene-Based Materials for Hydrogen Storage Applications，Program leader

8. 2009.4-2010.5，“FondsvoorWetenschappelijkOnderzoek–Vlaanderen” (FWO) or Research Foundation –Flanders Postdoctoral Fellowship”Program leader

Patents