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Dr Shujie Zhou

Dr Shujie Zhou

Research Associate

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, 2023

Engineering
School of Chemical Engineering

I am a postdoctoral research associate in the School of Chemical Engineering at UNSW Sydney, affiliated with the Australian Research Council Training Centre for the Global Hydrogen Economy and the Centre of Excellence for Carbon Science and Innovation. My research focuses on solar energy conversion and green chemical production, with an emphasis on developing sustainable processes for value-added product generation through (photo)electrochemical approaches. This includes catalyst design, catalytic mechanism studies, and reactor development to enhance efficiency and scalability.
E-mail
shujie.zhou@unsw.edu.au
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Wang A; Huang J; Cong J; Yuan X; He M; Li J; Yan C; Cui X; Song N; Zhou S; Green MA; Sun K; Hao X, 2024, 'Cd-Free Pure Sulfide Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cell with Over 800 mV Open-Circuit Voltage Enabled by Phase Evolution Intervention', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202307733
    Journal articles | 2023
    He W; Li X; Tang C; Zhou S; Lu X; Li W; Li X; Zeng X; Dong P; Zhang Y; Zhang Q, 2023, 'Materials Design and System Innovation for Direct and Indirect Seawater Electrolysis', ACS Nano, 17, pp. 22227 - 22239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c08450
    Journal articles | 2023
    Liu X; Zheng B; Shi L; Zhou S; Xu J; Liu Z; Yun JS; Choi E; Zhang M; Lv Y; Zhang WH; Huang J; Li C; Sun K; Seidel J; He M; Peng J; Hao X; Green M, 2023, 'Perovskite solar cells based on spiro-OMeTAD stabilized with an alkylthiol additive', Nature Photonics, 17, pp. 96 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41566-022-01111-x
    Journal articles | 2023
    Xue K; Jiang Y; Mofarah SS; Doustkhah E; Zhou S; Zheng X; Huang S; Wang D; Sorrell CC; Koshy P, 2023, 'Composition-driven morphological evolution of BaTiO3 nanowires for efficient piezocatalytic hydrogen production', Chemosphere, 338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139337
    Journal articles | 2023
    Zhang Y; Zhou S; Sun K, 2023, 'Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) for Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction: Efficiency, Selectivity, and Stability', Nanomaterials, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13202762
    Journal articles | 2022
    Jiang L; Pan J; Li Q; Chen H; Zhou S; Yu Z; Jiang S; Yin H; Guan J; Taylor RA; Fisher R; Leslie G; Scott J; Zhao H; Wang DW, 2022, 'A holistic green system coupling hydrogen production with wastewater valorisation', EcoMat, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eom2.12254
    Journal articles | 2022
    Ma Z; Tsounis C; Toe CY; Kumar PV; Subhash B; Xi S; Yang HY; Zhou S; Lin Z; Wu KH; Wong RJ; Thomsen L; Bedford NM; Lu X; Ng YH; Han Z; Amal R, 2022, 'Reconstructing Cu Nanoparticle Supported on Vertical Graphene Surfaces via Electrochemical Treatment to Tune the Selectivity of CO2Reduction toward Valuable Products', ACS Catalysis, 12, pp. 4792 - 4805, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.1c05431
    Journal articles | 2022
    Xie B; Tan TH; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Zheng J; Kumar P; Jiang J; Zhou S; Scott J; Amal R, 2022, 'Promoting low-temperature methanol production over mixed oxide supported Cu catalysts: Coupling ceria-promotion and photo-activation', Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121599
    Journal articles | 2022
    Yuan X; Li J; Huang J; Yan C; Cui X; Sun K; Cong J; He M; Wang A; He G; Mahboubi Soufiani A; Jiang J; Zhou S; Stride JA; Hoex B; Green M; Hao X, 2022, '10.3% Efficient Green Cd-Free Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells Enabled by Liquid-Phase Promoted Grain Growth', Small, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202204392
    Journal articles | 2022
    Zheng Z; Deletic A; Toe CY; Amal R; Zhang X; Pickford R; Zhou S; Zhang K, 2022, 'Photo-electrochemical oxidation herbicides removal in stormwater: Degradation mechanism and pathway investigation', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129239
    Journal articles | 2022
    Zhou S; Sun K; Toe CY; Yin J; Huang J; Zeng Y; Zhang D; Chen W; Mohammed OF; Hao X; Amal R, 2022, 'Engineering a Kesterite-Based Photocathode for Photoelectrochemical Ammonia Synthesis from NOx Reduction', Advanced Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202201670
    Journal articles | 2021
    Tang R; Zhou S; Zhang Z; Zheng R; Huang J, 2021, 'Engineering Nanostructure–Interface of Photoanode Materials Toward Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation', Advanced Materials, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202005389
    Journal articles | 2021
    Toe CY; Zhou S; Gunawan M; Lu X; Ng YH; Amal R, 2021, 'Recent advances and the design criteria of metal sulfide photocathodes and photoanodes for photoelectrocatalysis', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9, pp. 20277 - 20319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ta05407d
    Journal articles | 2021
    Zhou S; Sun K; Huang J; Lu X; Xie B; Zhang D; Hart JN; Toe CY; Hao X; Amal R, 2021, 'Accelerating Electron-Transfer and Tuning Product Selectivity Through Surficial Vacancy Engineering on CZTS/CdS for Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction', Small, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202100496

  • 2025: Photoelectrochemical (PEC) NOx conversion to NH3, $100,000

  • Oral Presentation Award at 24th International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy (IPS-24), Japan
  • Dean’s Award for Outstanding PhD Theses, UNSW Sydney
  • People's Choice Award (poster presentation) at the 4th Energy Future Conference, Australia

I am passionate about developing sustainable energy solutions through solar-driven chemical production. My research focuses on (photo)electrochemical processes for value-added chemical synthesis, integrating catalyst design, mechanistic studies, and reactor development to improve efficiency and scalability.

  •  Development of active catalyst for photoelectrochemical reactions
  •  Mechanism study of the photoelectrochemical reaction process, especially through in-situ characterisations
  •  Design and fabrication of solar fuel devices