Du, Yi

Overview

Research interests are in the field of two-dimensional (2D) materials, renewable energy harvesting/conversion/storage, and surface physics and chemistry.

Significant contributions include: (i) design and development of several chemical and physical method to fabricate morphology-controllable nanocrystals and nanostructures which can be used in applications ranged from energy storage to photonics; (2) exploration of 2D functional materials for (electo)photocatalytic applications in hydrogen production and pollution elimination; (3) design and development of 2D quantum matters by using MBE, scanning tunneling microscopy, and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy; and (4) development of smart functional liquid metal for superconducting and microelectronic applications.

Besides these experiences, I have developed instrumental techniques for nanoscale characterizations over the past years. These include low-temperature near-field Raman spectroscopy, in-situ MBE evaporator, SPM feedback controller and high magnetic field STM.

Research Areas

Research Overview

The research program leader in ISEM/AIIM at the University of Wollongong, and manage cutting-edge research in materials science, physics, chemistry, energy and nanotechnology by using high magnetic field STM and four-probe STM systems. In my role, I am fully responsible for research, research collaboration, facility management and supervision of PhD students.

My research work is in the field of materials, physics, chemistry, and nanotechnology. My expertise covers molecular beam epitaxial deposition, scanning tunneling microscopy, atomic force microscopy, tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

Geographic Focus

Brazil Country
China Country
Europe Continent
Japan Country
Singapore Continent
USA Continent

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	Advances in Bismuth-Based Topological Quantum Materials by Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy Published In Materials Futures
2022	Aqueous Electrolytes with Hydrophobic Organic Cosolvents for Stabilizing Zinc Metal Anodes Published In ACS Nano
2022	Author Correction: Epitaxial growth of an atom-thin layer on a LiNi_0.5Mn_1.5O₄ cathode for stable Li-ion battery cycling. Published In Nature communications
2022	Boosting Light-Driven Photocatalytic Water Splitting of Bi4NbO8Br by Polarization Field Published In Solar RRL
2022	Boosting Light��Driven Photocatalytic Water Splitting of Bi4NbO8Br by Polarization Field Published In Solar RRL
2022	Epitaxial growth of an atom-thin layer on a LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathode for stable Li-ion battery cycling Published In Nature Communications
2022	Epitaxial growth of bilayer Bi(110) on two-dimensional ferromagnetic Fe3GeTe2 Published In Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
2022	Facet-dependent Electronic Quantum Diffusion in the High-Order Topological Insulator Bi4Br4 Published In Physical Review Applied
2022	First-principles study on the electronic structures and diffusion behaviors of intrinsic defects in BiOCl Published In Computational Materials Science
2022	Gallium��based liquid metals for lithium��ion batteries Published In Interdisciplinary Materials
2022	Highly efficient and selective electrocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production on Co-O-C active centers on graphene oxide Published In Communications Chemistry
2022	Liquid-Metal-Mediated Electrocatalyst Support Engineering toward Enhanced Water Oxidation Reaction Published In Nanomaterials
2022	Role of surface wettability in photoelectrocatalytic oxygen evolution reactions Published In Materials Today Energy
2022	Roles of Cocatalysts on BiVO4 Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation: A Minireview Published In ENERGY & FUELS
2022	Superconductivity in Layered van der Waals Hydrogenated Germanene at High Pressure. Published In Journal of the American Chemical Society
2022	Wearable Piezoelectric Nanogenerators Based on Core-Shell Ga-PZT@GaOxNanorod-Enabled P(VDF-TrFE) Composites Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2021	Application of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy in Electrocatalysis and Electrochemistry Published In Electrochemical Energy Reviews
2021	Atomic Structural Evolution of Single-Layer Pt Clusters as Efficient Electrocatalysts Published In Small
2021	Atomically dispersed S-Fe-N4 for fast kinetics sodium-sulfur batteries via a dual function mechanism Published In Cell Reports Physical Science
2021	Electric-Field-Driven Negative Differential Conductance in 2D van der Waals Ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2 Published In Nano Letters
2021	Epitaxial Growth of Quasi-One-Dimensional Bismuth-Halide Chains with Atomically Sharp Topological Non-Trivial Edge States Published In ACS Nano
2021	Functional materials for eco‐catalysis of small molecules Published In EcoMat
2021	Gallium-Indium-Tin Liquid Metal Nanodroplet-Based Anisotropic Conductive Adhesives for Flexible Integrated Electronics Published In ACS Applied Nano Materials
2021	General Programmable Growth of Hybrid Core��Shell Nanostructures with Liquid Metal Nanodroplets Published In Advanced Materials
2021	Germanene Nanosheets: Achieving Superior Sodium-Ion Storage via Pseudointercalation Reactions Published In SMALL STRUCTURES
2021	Germanium Nanosheets with Dirac Characteristics as a Saturable Absorber for Ultrafast Pulse Generation Published In Advanced Materials
2021	Germanium Nanosheets with Dirac Characteristics as a Saturable Absorber for Ultrafast Pulse Generation (Adv. Mater. 32/2021) Published In Advanced Materials
2021	High-strength scalable MXene films through bridging-induced densification Published In Science
2021	Kondo Holes in the Two-Dimensional Itinerant Ising Ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2 Published In Nano Letters
2021	Morphology engineering of atomic layer defect-rich CoSe2nanosheets for highly selective electrosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2021	Nanofabrication: General Programmable Growth of Hybrid Core–Shell Nanostructures with Liquid Metal Nanodroplets (Adv. Mater. 11/2021) Published In Advanced Materials
2021	Pressure Engineering for Extending Spectral Response Range and Enhancing Photoelectric Properties of Iodine Published In Advanced Optical Materials
2021	Progress and perspectives of bismuth oxyhalides in catalytic applications Published In Materials Today Physics
2021	Recent Progress on 2D Kagome Magnets: Binary TmSnn (T = Fe, Co, Mn) Published In Advanced Quantum Technologies
2021	Reconstructing the Surface Structure of NaREF4Upconversion Nanocrystals with a Novel K⁺Treatment Published In Chemistry of Materials
2021	Resolving the intrinsic bandgap and edge effect of BiI3 film epitaxially grown on graphene Published In Materials Today Physics
2021	Theoretical insights into nitrogen oxide activation on halogen defect-rich {001} facets of bismuth oxyhalide Published In Journal of Materials Science and Technology
2021	Thickness-independent scalable high-performance Li-S batteries with high areal sulfur loading via electron-enriched carbon framework Published In Nature Communications
2020	Application of organic-inorganic hybrids in lithium batteries Published In Materials Today Physics
2020	Au-nanoparticle-supported ZnO as highly efficient photocatalyst for H2O2 production Published In Catalysis Communications
2020	BiOBr nanoflakes with strong Kerr nonlinearity towards hybrid integrated photonic devices Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2020	Binary Pd/amorphous-SrRuO3 hybrid film for high stability and fast activity recovery ethanol oxidation electrocatalysis Published In Nano Energy
2020	Boron Nitride Nanotubes for Ammonia Synthesis: Activation by Filling Transition Metals Published In Journal of the American Chemical Society
2020	Capturing the active sites of multimetallic (oxy)hydroxides for the oxygen evolution reaction Published In Energy and Environmental Science
2020	Control of Photocarrier Separation and Recombination at Bismuth Oxyhalide Interface for Nitrogen Fixation Published In Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
2020	Controlled hydrogenation into defective interlayer bismuth oxychloride via vacancy engineering Published In Communications chemistry
2020	Conversion of Intercalated MoO3 to Multi‐Heteroatoms‐Doped MoS2 with High Hydrogen Evolution Activity Published In Advanced Materials
2020	Efficient Ammonia Electrosynthesis from Nitrate on Strained Ruthenium Nanoclusters Published In Journal of the American Chemical Society
2020	Epitaxial growth of metal-semiconductor van der Waals heterostructures NbS2/MoS2 with enhanced performance of transistors and photodetectors Published In Science China Materials
2020	Experimental Realization of Two-Dimensional Buckled Lieb Lattice Published In Nano Letters
2020	High-performance room-temperature sodium-sulfur battery enabled by electrocatalytic sodium polysulfides full conversion Published In Energy and Environmental Science
2020	Hydrogen Terminated Germanene for a Robust Self-Powered Flexible Photoelectrochemical Photodetector Published In Small
2020	Immobilized trimeric metal clusters: A family of the smallest catalysts for selective CO2 reduction toward multi-carbon products Published In Nano Energy
2020	In-situ grafting of N-doped carbon nanotubes with Ni encapsulation onto MOF-derived hierarchical hybrids for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution Published In Carbon
2020	Inverse Nacre-like Epoxy-Graphene Layered Nanocomposites with Integration of High Toughness and Self-Monitoring Published In Matter
2020	Laser-Generated Supranano Liquid Metal as Efficient Electron Mediator in Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells Published In Advanced Materials
2020	Ligand-assisted cation-exchange engineering for high-efficiency colloidal Cs1−xFAxPbI3 quantum dot solar cells with reduced phase segregation Published In Nature Energy
2020	Liquid metals and their hybrids as stimulus–responsive smart materials Published In Materials Today
2020	Nanoscale piezoelectric effect of biodegradable PLA-based composite fibers by piezoresponse force microscopy Published In Nanotechnology
2020	Optimization of photocarrier dynamics and activity in phosphorene with intrinsic defects for nitrogen fixation Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2020	Ordered-vacancy-enabled indium sulphide printed in wafer-scale with enhanced electron mobility Published In Materials Horizons
2020	Promoted Photocharge Separation in 2D Lateral Epitaxial Heterostructure for Visible-Light-Driven CO2 Photoreduction Published In Advanced Materials
2020	Reversible Potassium Intercalation in Blue Phosphorene-Au Network Driven by an Electric Field Published In Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
2020	Supranano Alloys: Laser‐Generated Supranano Liquid Metal as Efficient Electron Mediator in Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells (Adv. Mater. 34/2020) Published In Advanced Materials
2020	The role of oxygen vacancies in the high cycling endurance and quantum conductance in BiVO4-based resistive switching memory Published In InfoMat
2020	Transition-Metal Substitution-Induced Lattice Strain and Electrical Polarity Reversal in Monolayer WS2 Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2019	2D Heterostructures: Monolayer Epitaxial Heterostructures for Selective Visible‐Light‐Driven Photocatalytic NO Oxidation (Adv. Funct. Mater. 15/2019) Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2019	A 2D metal–organic framework/Ni(OH)2 heterostructure for an enhanced oxygen evolution reaction Published In Nanoscale
2019	A Yolk–Shell Structured Silicon Anode with Superior Conductivity and High Tap Density for Full Lithium-Ion Batteries Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2019	A Yolk��Shell Structured Silicon Anode with Superior Conductivity and High Tap Density for Full Lithium��Ion Batteries Published In Angewandte Chemie
2019	A non-enzymatic photoelectrochemical glucose sensor based on BiVO4 electrode under visible light Published In Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical: international journal devoted to research and development of physical and chemical transducers
2019	Amorphous MoO3-:X nanosheets prepared by the reduction of crystalline MoO3 by Mo metal for LSPR and photothermal conversion Published In Chemical Communications
2019	Back Cover: Ultra‐Tough Inverse Artificial Nacre Based on Epoxy‐Graphene by Freeze‐Casting (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 23/2019) Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2019	Boosting NIR-driven photocatalytic water splitting by constructing 2D/3D epitaxial heterostructures Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2019	Boosting Visible-Light-Driven Photo-oxidation of BiOCl by Promoted Charge Separation via Vacancy Engineering Published In ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
2019	Efficient photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production over TiO2 passivated by SnO2 Published In Catalysts
2019	Evidence for the dynamic relaxation behavior of oxygen vacancies in Aurivillius Bi2MoO6 from dielectric spectroscopy during resistance switching Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry C
2019	Finely dispersed Au nanoparticles on graphitic carbon nitride as highly active photocatalyst for hydrogen peroxide production Published In Catalysis Communications
2019	Formation mechanism of rhombohedral L11 phase in CoPt films grown on glass substrate Published In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
2019	General Synthetic Strategy for Pomegranate-like Transition-Metal Phosphides@N-Doped Carbon Nanostructures with High Lithium Storage Capacity Published In ACS Materials Letters
2019	High Pressure Driven Isostructural Electronic Phase Separation in 2D BiOI Published In Physica Status Solidi: Rapid Research Letters
2019	Highly nonlinear BiOBr nanoflakes for hybrid integrated photonics Published In APL Photonics
2019	Metal-ion bridged high conductive RGO-M-MoS2 (M = Fe3+, Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+) composite electrocatalysts for photo-assisted hydrogen evolution Published In Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
2019	Moire-Potential-Induced Band Structure Engineering in Graphene and Silicene Published In Small
2019	Monolayer Epitaxial Heterostructures for Selective Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic NO Oxidation Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2019	Native Surface Oxides Featured Liquid Metals for Printable Self-Powered Photoelectrochemical Device Published In Frontiers In Chemistry
2019	Near-Infrared-Driven Photocatalysts: Design, Construction, and Applications Published In Small
2019	New monatomic layer clusters for advanced catalysis materials Published In Science China Materials
2019	Oligomeric Silica-Wrapped Perovskites Enable Synchronous Defect Passivation and Grain Stabilization for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Photovoltaics Published In ACS Energy Letters
2019	One-pot synthesis of porous 1T-phase MoS2 integrated with single-atom Cu doping for enhancing electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction Published In Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
2019	Ordered platinum-bismuth intermetallic clusters with Pt-skin for a highly efficient electrochemical ethanol oxidation reaction Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2019	Promoting photoreduction properties via synergetic utilization between plasmonic effect and highly active facet of BiOCl Published In Nano Energy
2019	Rational design of two-dimensional hybrid Co/N-doped carbon nanosheet arrays for efficient bi-functional electrocatalysis Published In Sustainable Energy and Fuels
2019	Rayleigh-Instability-Induced Bismuth Nanorod@Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes as A Long Cycling and High Rate Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries Published In Nano Letters: a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology
2019	Realization of Strained Stanene by Interface Engineering Published In Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
2019	Recent Progress on Germanene and Functionalized Germanene: Preparation, Characterizations, Applications, and Challenges Published In Small
2019	Recent Progress on Two-Dimensional Heterostructures for Catalytic, Optoelectronic, and Energy Applications Published In ChemElectroChem
2019	Reversible Oxidation of Blue Phosphorus Monolayer on Au(111) Published In Nano Letters: a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology
2019	Role of Charge Density Wave in Monatomic Assembly in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2019	Room temperature perpendicular exchange bias in CoNi/(Co,Ni)O multilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy directly induced by FM/AFM interface Published In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
2019	R��cktitelbild: Ultra��Tough Inverse Artificial Nacre Based on Epoxy��Graphene by Freeze��Casting (Angew. Chem. 23/2019) Published In Angewandte Chemie
2019	Selective Ferroelectric BiOI/Bi4Ti3O12 Heterostructures for Visible Light-Driven Photocatalysis Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter
2019	Strong bioinspired HPA-rGO nanocomposite films via interfacial interactions for flexible supercapacitors Published In Nano Energy
2019	Super Large Sn 1-x Se Single Crystals with Excellent Thermoelectric Performance Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2019	The Dependence of Bi2MoO6 Photocatalytic Water Oxidation Capability on Crystal Facet Engineering Published In Chemphotochem
2019	Two dimensional bismuth-based layered materials for energy-related applications Published In Energy Storage Materials
2019	Ultra-Tough Inverse Artificial Nacre Based on Epoxy-Graphene by Freeze-Casting Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2019	Ultra-thin Ga nanosheets: Analogues of high pressure Ga(iii) Published In Nanoscale
2019	Ultratough nacre-inspired epoxy-graphene composites with shape memory properties Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2019	Ultra‐Tough Inverse Artificial Nacre Based on Epoxy‐Graphene by Freeze‐Casting Published In Angewandte Chemie
2019	Van der Waals integration of silicene and hexagonal boron nitride Published In 2D Materials
2018	A Liquid-Metal-Based Magnetoactive Slurry for Stimuli-Responsive Mechanically Adaptive Electrodes Published In Advanced Materials
2018	Activating Titania for Efficient Electrocatalysis by Vacancy Engineering Published In ACS Catalysis
2018	Band Gap Modulated by Electronic Superlattice in Blue Phosphorene Published In ACS Nano
2018	Band-gap engineering of BiOCl with oxygen vacancies for efficient photooxidation properties under visible-light irradiation Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2018	Boosting Sodium Storage of Double-Shell Sodium Titanate Microspheres Constructed from 2D Ultrathin Nanosheets via Sulfur Doping Published In Advanced Materials
2018	Comprehensive New Insights and Perspectives into Ti-Based Anodes for Next-Generation Alkaline Metal (Na⁺, K⁺) Ion Batteries Published In Advanced Energy Materials
2018	Construction of a Bi2MoO6:Bi2Mo3O12heterojunction for efficient photocatalytic oxygen evolution Published In Chemical Engineering Journal
2018	Defect Sites-Rich Porous Carbon with Pseudocapacitive Behaviors as an Ultrafast and Long-Term Cycling Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2018	Dirac Signature in Germanene on Semiconducting Substrate Published In Advanced Science
2018	Direct cation exchange of surface ligand capped upconversion nanocrystals to produce strong luminescence Published In Chemical Communications
2018	Electronic Band Engineering in Elemental 2D Materials Published In Advanced Materials Interfaces
2018	Fabrication of a Single-Atom Platinum Catalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: A New Protocol by Utilization of HxMoO3-xwith Plasmon Resonance Published In ChemCatChem
2018	Improving the Photo-Oxidative Performance of Bi2MoO6by Harnessing the Synergy between Spatial Charge Separation and Rational Co-Catalyst Deposition Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2018	Magnetoelectric Coupling in Nanoscale 0-1 Connectivity Published In Nanoscale
2018	Microscopic origin of highly enhanced supercurrent in 122 pnictide superconductor Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds
2018	Photocatalytic Reduction on Bismuth-Based p-Block Semiconductors Published In ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
2018	Raman studies on silicene and Germanene Published In Surface Innovations
2018	Realization of flat band with possible nontrivial topology in electronic Kagome lattice Published In Science Advances
2018	Recent Development of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs) Derived Porous Carbon Based Materials as Electrocatalysts Published In Advanced Energy Materials
2018	Recent progress on liquid metals and their applications Published In Advances In Physics-x
2018	Superhydrophobic Shape Memory Polymer Arrays with Switchable Isotropic/Anisotropic Wetting Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2018	s-p orbital hybridization: a strategy for developing efficient photocatalysts with high carrier mobility Published In Chinese Science Bulletin
2017	A Gallium-Based Magnetocaloric Liquid Metal Ferrofluid Published In Nano Letters: a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology
2017	Construction of 2D lateral pseudoheterostructures by strain engineering Published In 2D Materials
2017	Cooperative Electron-Phonon Coupling and Buckled Structure in Germanene on Au(111) Published In ACS Nano
2017	Depth-profiling of Yb3+ sensitizer ions in NaYF4 upconversion nanoparticles Published In Nanoscale
2017	Efficient visible-light photocatalysts by constructing dispersive energy band with anisotropic p and s-p hybridization states Published In Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
2017	Enhanced energy transfer in heterogeneous nanocrystals for near infrared upconversion photocurrent generation Published In Nanoscale
2017	Enhanced photocatalytic activity of Bi24O31Br10: constructing heterojunction with BiOI Published In Journal of Materials Science and Technology
2017	Enhancement of charge separation in ferroelectric heterogeneous photocatalyst Bi4(SiO4)3/Bi2SiO5 nanostructures Published In Dalton Transactions: an international journal of inorganic chemistry
2017	Improving the photo-oxidative capability of BiOBr via crystal facet engineering Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2017	Local probing of magnetoelectric properties of PVDF/Fe3O4 electrospun nanofibers by piezoresponse force microscopy Published In Nanotechnology
2017	Role of Atomic Interaction in Electronic Hybridization in Two-Dimensional Ag2Ge Nanosheets Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter
2017	Silicene: A Promising Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries Published In Advanced Materials
2017	Synthesis of Multilayer Silicene on Si(111)√3 × √3-Ag Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter
2017	The origin of enhanced photocatalytic activities of hydrogenated TiO2 nanoparticles Published In Dalton Transactions: an international journal of inorganic chemistry
2017	The origin of the enhanced photocatalytic activity of carbon nitride nanotubes: a first-principles study Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2017	Two-dimensional metal-organic frameworks with high oxidation states for efficient electrocatalytic urea oxidation Published In Chemical Communications
2016	A ferroelectric photocatalyst Ag10Si4O13 with visible-light photooxidation properties Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2016	Erratum: 3D hierarchical porous graphene aerogel with tunable meso-pores on graphene nanosheets for high-performance energy storage (Scientific Reports (2015) 5 (14229)) DOI: 10.1038/srep14229) Published In Scientific Reports
2016	Fast responsive and controllable liquid transport on a magnetic fluid/nanoarray composite interface Published In ACS Nano
2016	Indirect-direct band transformation of few-layer BiOCl under biaxial strain Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter
2016	Investigating the effect of UV light pre-treatment on the oxygen activation capacity of Au/TiO2 Published In Catalysis Science & Technology
2016	Magnetic field actuated manipulation and transfer of oil droplets on a stable underwater superoleophobic surface Published In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2016	Metal-silicene interaction studied by scanning tunneling microscopy Published In Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
2016	Nanodroplets for stretchable superconducting circuits Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2016	Observation of van Hove Singularities in Twisted Silicene Multilayers Published In ACS Central science
2016	Point defects in epitaxial silicene on Ag(111) surfaces Published In 2D Materials
2016	Quasi-freestanding epitaxial silicene on Ag(111) by oxygen intercalation Published In Science Advances
2016	Quasi-freestanding epitaxial silicene on Ag(111) by oxygen intercalation Published In Scientific Advances
2016	Seed mediated one-pot growth of versatile heterogeneous upconversion nanocrystals for multimodal bioimaging Published In SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. Proceedings
2016	Three-dimensional controlled growth of monodisperse sub-50 nm heterogeneous nanocrystals Published In Nature Communications
2015	3D hierarchical porous graphene aerogel with tunable meso-pores on graphene nanosheets for high-performance energy storage Published In Scientific Reports
2015	Delocalized surface state in epitaxial Si(111) film with spontaneous √3 × √3 superstructure Published In Scientific Reports
2015	Heterovalent-doping-enabled efficient dopant luminescence and controllable electronic impurity via a new strategy of preparing II−VI nanocrystals Published In Advanced Materials
2015	Honeycomb silicon: a review of silicene Published In Science Bulletin
2015	Influential factors for pressure pulse waveform in healthy young adults. Published In Bio-medical materials and engineering
2015	Investigation of electron-phonon coupling in epitaxial silicene by in situ Raman spectroscopy Published In Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
2015	Modulation of photocatalytic properties by strain in 2d BiOBr nanosheets Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2015	Pauli-limited effect in the magnetic phase diagram of FeSexTe1−x thin films Published In Applied Physics Letters
2014	A dye-sensitized visible light photocatalyst-Bi24O31Cl10 Published In Scientific Reports
2014	Bio-inspired multifunctional metallic foams through the fusion of different biological solutions Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2014	Bismuth oxybromide with reasonable photocatalytic reduction activity under visible light Published In ACS Catalysis
2014	Effects of oxygen adsorption on the surface state of epitaxial silicene on ag(111) Published In Scientific Reports
2014	Interface strain-induced multiferroicity in a SmFeO3 film Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2014	Surface Chemistry: Bio‐Inspired Multifunctional Metallic Foams Through the Fusion of Different Biological Solutions (Adv. Funct. Mater. 18/2014) Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2014	Tuning the band gap in silicene by oxidation Published In ACS Nano
2014	Unabridged phase diagram for single-phased FeSexTe1-x thin films Published In Scientific Reports
2013	Anisotropy of crystal growth mechanisms, dielectricity, and magnetism of multiferroic Bi2FeMnO6 thin films Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2013	Fabrication and characterization of textured Bi2Te3 thermoelectric thin films prepared on glass substrates at room temperature using pulsed laser deposition Published In Journal of Crystal Growth
2013	Manipulation of domain wall mobility by oxygen vacancy ordering in multiferroic YMnO3 Published In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2013	Nanostructured magnetic materials Published In Journal of Nanomaterials
2012	"Oxygen-vacancy effect on structural, magnetic, and ferroelectric properties in multiferroic YMnO3 single crystals" Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2012	Fabrication and magneto-transport properties of p-type Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 thin films on glass by pulsed laser deposition Published In Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters
2012	Giant and anisotropic magnetoresistances in p-type Bi-doped Sb 2Te 3 bulk single crystals Published In Europhysics Letters: a letters journal exploring the frontiers of physics
2012	Growth mechanism and magnetic properties of highly crystalline NiO nanocubes and nanorods fabricated by evaporation Published In Crystal Growth and Design
2012	High field (14 T) magneto transport of Sm/PrFeAsO Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2012	Hydrothermal synthesized bismuth ferrites particles: thermodynamic, structural, and magnetic properties Published In Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
2012	Improving the solubility of Mn and suppressing the oxygen vacancy density in Zn0.98Mn0.02O nanocrystals via octylamine treatment Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2012	Iron doped hexagonal ErMnO3: structural, magnetic, and dielectric properties Published In Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
2012	Magnetic properties and microstructures of iron oxide@mesoporous silica core-shell composite for applications in magnetic dye separation Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2012	Magnetostrictive properties of directional solidification Fe82Ga9Al9 alloy Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2012	Room temperature giant and linear magnetoresistance in topological insulator Bi2Te3 nanosheets Published In Physical Review Letters
2012	The magnetic structure of an epitaxial BiMn 0.5Fe 0.5O 3 thin film on SrTiO 3 (001) studied with neutron diffraction Published In Applied Physics Letters
2011	Domain wall conductivity in oxygen deficient multiferroic YMnO3 single crystals Published In Applied Physics Letters
2011	Effects of cu and fe doping on raman spectra and on the structural and magnetic properties of ErMnO3 Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2011	Exchange bias in multiferroic BiFeO3 and YMnO3 multilayers: One more parameter for magnetoelectric manipulation Published In Scripta Materialia
2011	Fabrication, magnetic, and ferroelectric properties of multiferroic BiFeO3 hollow nanoparticles Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2011	Magnetic and ferroelectric properties of multiferroic Bi2NiMnO6 nanoparticles Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2011	Multiferroic double-perovskite Bi2FeMnO6 hollow particles Published In Current Applied Physics
2011	Precise docking control in unmanned aircraft vehicle automated aerial refueling Published In Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2011	Structural, dielectric, antiferromagnetic, and thermal properties of the frustrated hexagonal Ho1-xErxMnO3 manganites Published In Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
2011	Tunable Morphology and Magnetic Properties of Bi2Fe4O9 Nanocrystal Synthesized by Hydrothermal Method Published In Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
2010	A way to enhance the magnetic moment of multiferroic bismuth ferrite Published In Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
2010	Effect of chromium substitution on structure and magnetic properties of Bi2Fe4O9 Published In Materials Letters
2010	Electronic structure and thermoelectric properties of Bi2Te3 crystals and graphene-doped Bi2Te3 Published In Thin Solid Films
2010	Enhanced magnetic moment in ErMnO3 by copper doping and negative magnetocapacitance effect Published In Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
2010	Enhancement of ferromagnetic and dielectric properties in lanthanum doped BiFeO3 by hydrothermal synthesis Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds
2010	Enhancement of magnetization and dielectric properties of chromium-doped BiFeO3 with tunable morphologies Published In Thin Solid Films
2010	Lanthanum doped multiferroic DyFeO3: Structural and magnetic properties Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2010	Magnetic properties of Bi2FeMnO6: a multiferroic material with double-perovskite structure Published In Applied Physics Letters
2010	Structure, magnetic, and thermal properties of Nd1-xLaxCrO3 (0 Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2010	Superconductivity and critical current density in LaFeAsO1-xFx compounds Published In Thin Solid Films
2009	Fabrication and wettability of ZnO nanorod array Published In Journal of Materials Science and Technology
2009	Growth mechanism for ZnO nanorod array in a metastable supersaturation solution Published In Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
2008	Photocatalytic properties of BiOX (X = Cl, Br, and I) Published In Rare Metals

Chapter

Year	Title
2022	10 Technical evolution for the identification of Xenes: from microscopy to spectroscopy Published In Xenes Publisher Elsevier
2022	Chapter 3 Defects in two-dimensional elemental materials beyond graphene Published In Defects in Two-Dimensional Materials Publisher Elsevier
2016	Adsorption of molecules on silicene Published In Silicene Publisher United States
2011	New Multiferroic Materials: Bi2FeMnO6 Published In FERROELECTRICS - MATERIAL ASPECTS Publisher INTECH EUROPE

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2020	Thickness tunable Kerr nonlinearity in BiOBr nanoflakes Published In 2020 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2020 - Proceedings
2019	Strong Kerr nonlinearity in BiOBr nanoflakes Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2019	Strong two photon absorption in BiOBr nanoflakes Published In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
2014	Epitaxial growth mechanism of silicene on Ag(111) Published In Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
2014	Pb thin films on Si(111): Local density of states and defects Published In Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
2007	Large-scale fabrication of ZnO hexagonal rods arrays by a simple chemical solution method Published In HIGH-PERFORMANCE CERAMICS IV, PTS 1-3

Investigator On

Year	Title
2019 - 2023	Functional Two-dimensional Materials for Photocatalysis Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Future Fellowships
2018	Liquid Metal for quench detection sensors and low resistance joints Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2018	National Facility for Nanoscale Characterisation of Luminescent Materials Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2017	Two-dimensional Plasmonic Heterogeneous Nanostructures for Photocatalysis Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2014	Design and exploration of novel p-block materials for visible light photocatalysis Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Liquid metal for applications	Bo, Guyue
Doctor of Philosophy	2D Materials for Photocatalysis of Water Spliting	Xi, Yilian

Research Areas

Research Overview

The research program leader in ISEM/AIIM at the University of Wollongong, and manage cutting-edge research in materials science, physics, chemistry, energy and nanotechnology by using high magnetic field STM and four-probe STM systems. In my role, I am fully responsible for research, research collaboration, facility management and supervision of PhD students.

My research work is in the field of materials, physics, chemistry, and nanotechnology. My expertise covers molecular beam epitaxial deposition, scanning tunneling microscopy, atomic force microscopy, tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

Geographic Focus

Brazil Country
China Country
Europe Continent
Japan Country
Singapore Continent
USA Continent

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	Advances in Bismuth-Based Topological Quantum Materials by Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy Published In Materials Futures
2022	Aqueous Electrolytes with Hydrophobic Organic Cosolvents for Stabilizing Zinc Metal Anodes Published In ACS Nano
2022	Author Correction: Epitaxial growth of an atom-thin layer on a LiNi_0.5Mn_1.5O₄ cathode for stable Li-ion battery cycling. Published In Nature communications
2022	Boosting Light-Driven Photocatalytic Water Splitting of Bi4NbO8Br by Polarization Field Published In Solar RRL
2022	Boosting Light��Driven Photocatalytic Water Splitting of Bi4NbO8Br by Polarization Field Published In Solar RRL
2022	Epitaxial growth of an atom-thin layer on a LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathode for stable Li-ion battery cycling Published In Nature Communications
2022	Epitaxial growth of bilayer Bi(110) on two-dimensional ferromagnetic Fe3GeTe2 Published In Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
2022	Facet-dependent Electronic Quantum Diffusion in the High-Order Topological Insulator Bi4Br4 Published In Physical Review Applied
2022	First-principles study on the electronic structures and diffusion behaviors of intrinsic defects in BiOCl Published In Computational Materials Science
2022	Gallium��based liquid metals for lithium��ion batteries Published In Interdisciplinary Materials
2022	Highly efficient and selective electrocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production on Co-O-C active centers on graphene oxide Published In Communications Chemistry
2022	Liquid-Metal-Mediated Electrocatalyst Support Engineering toward Enhanced Water Oxidation Reaction Published In Nanomaterials
2022	Role of surface wettability in photoelectrocatalytic oxygen evolution reactions Published In Materials Today Energy
2022	Roles of Cocatalysts on BiVO4 Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation: A Minireview Published In ENERGY & FUELS
2022	Superconductivity in Layered van der Waals Hydrogenated Germanene at High Pressure. Published In Journal of the American Chemical Society
2022	Wearable Piezoelectric Nanogenerators Based on Core-Shell Ga-PZT@GaOxNanorod-Enabled P(VDF-TrFE) Composites Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2021	Application of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy in Electrocatalysis and Electrochemistry Published In Electrochemical Energy Reviews
2021	Atomic Structural Evolution of Single-Layer Pt Clusters as Efficient Electrocatalysts Published In Small
2021	Atomically dispersed S-Fe-N4 for fast kinetics sodium-sulfur batteries via a dual function mechanism Published In Cell Reports Physical Science
2021	Electric-Field-Driven Negative Differential Conductance in 2D van der Waals Ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2 Published In Nano Letters
2021	Epitaxial Growth of Quasi-One-Dimensional Bismuth-Halide Chains with Atomically Sharp Topological Non-Trivial Edge States Published In ACS Nano
2021	Functional materials for eco‐catalysis of small molecules Published In EcoMat
2021	Gallium-Indium-Tin Liquid Metal Nanodroplet-Based Anisotropic Conductive Adhesives for Flexible Integrated Electronics Published In ACS Applied Nano Materials
2021	General Programmable Growth of Hybrid Core��Shell Nanostructures with Liquid Metal Nanodroplets Published In Advanced Materials
2021	Germanene Nanosheets: Achieving Superior Sodium-Ion Storage via Pseudointercalation Reactions Published In SMALL STRUCTURES
2021	Germanium Nanosheets with Dirac Characteristics as a Saturable Absorber for Ultrafast Pulse Generation Published In Advanced Materials
2021	Germanium Nanosheets with Dirac Characteristics as a Saturable Absorber for Ultrafast Pulse Generation (Adv. Mater. 32/2021) Published In Advanced Materials
2021	High-strength scalable MXene films through bridging-induced densification Published In Science
2021	Kondo Holes in the Two-Dimensional Itinerant Ising Ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2 Published In Nano Letters
2021	Morphology engineering of atomic layer defect-rich CoSe2nanosheets for highly selective electrosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2021	Nanofabrication: General Programmable Growth of Hybrid Core–Shell Nanostructures with Liquid Metal Nanodroplets (Adv. Mater. 11/2021) Published In Advanced Materials
2021	Pressure Engineering for Extending Spectral Response Range and Enhancing Photoelectric Properties of Iodine Published In Advanced Optical Materials
2021	Progress and perspectives of bismuth oxyhalides in catalytic applications Published In Materials Today Physics
2021	Recent Progress on 2D Kagome Magnets: Binary TmSnn (T = Fe, Co, Mn) Published In Advanced Quantum Technologies
2021	Reconstructing the Surface Structure of NaREF4Upconversion Nanocrystals with a Novel K⁺Treatment Published In Chemistry of Materials
2021	Resolving the intrinsic bandgap and edge effect of BiI3 film epitaxially grown on graphene Published In Materials Today Physics
2021	Theoretical insights into nitrogen oxide activation on halogen defect-rich {001} facets of bismuth oxyhalide Published In Journal of Materials Science and Technology
2021	Thickness-independent scalable high-performance Li-S batteries with high areal sulfur loading via electron-enriched carbon framework Published In Nature Communications
2020	Application of organic-inorganic hybrids in lithium batteries Published In Materials Today Physics
2020	Au-nanoparticle-supported ZnO as highly efficient photocatalyst for H2O2 production Published In Catalysis Communications
2020	BiOBr nanoflakes with strong Kerr nonlinearity towards hybrid integrated photonic devices Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2020	Binary Pd/amorphous-SrRuO3 hybrid film for high stability and fast activity recovery ethanol oxidation electrocatalysis Published In Nano Energy
2020	Boron Nitride Nanotubes for Ammonia Synthesis: Activation by Filling Transition Metals Published In Journal of the American Chemical Society
2020	Capturing the active sites of multimetallic (oxy)hydroxides for the oxygen evolution reaction Published In Energy and Environmental Science
2020	Control of Photocarrier Separation and Recombination at Bismuth Oxyhalide Interface for Nitrogen Fixation Published In Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
2020	Controlled hydrogenation into defective interlayer bismuth oxychloride via vacancy engineering Published In Communications chemistry
2020	Conversion of Intercalated MoO3 to Multi‐Heteroatoms‐Doped MoS2 with High Hydrogen Evolution Activity Published In Advanced Materials
2020	Efficient Ammonia Electrosynthesis from Nitrate on Strained Ruthenium Nanoclusters Published In Journal of the American Chemical Society
2020	Epitaxial growth of metal-semiconductor van der Waals heterostructures NbS2/MoS2 with enhanced performance of transistors and photodetectors Published In Science China Materials
2020	Experimental Realization of Two-Dimensional Buckled Lieb Lattice Published In Nano Letters
2020	High-performance room-temperature sodium-sulfur battery enabled by electrocatalytic sodium polysulfides full conversion Published In Energy and Environmental Science
2020	Hydrogen Terminated Germanene for a Robust Self-Powered Flexible Photoelectrochemical Photodetector Published In Small
2020	Immobilized trimeric metal clusters: A family of the smallest catalysts for selective CO2 reduction toward multi-carbon products Published In Nano Energy
2020	In-situ grafting of N-doped carbon nanotubes with Ni encapsulation onto MOF-derived hierarchical hybrids for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution Published In Carbon
2020	Inverse Nacre-like Epoxy-Graphene Layered Nanocomposites with Integration of High Toughness and Self-Monitoring Published In Matter
2020	Laser-Generated Supranano Liquid Metal as Efficient Electron Mediator in Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells Published In Advanced Materials
2020	Ligand-assisted cation-exchange engineering for high-efficiency colloidal Cs1−xFAxPbI3 quantum dot solar cells with reduced phase segregation Published In Nature Energy
2020	Liquid metals and their hybrids as stimulus–responsive smart materials Published In Materials Today
2020	Nanoscale piezoelectric effect of biodegradable PLA-based composite fibers by piezoresponse force microscopy Published In Nanotechnology
2020	Optimization of photocarrier dynamics and activity in phosphorene with intrinsic defects for nitrogen fixation Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2020	Ordered-vacancy-enabled indium sulphide printed in wafer-scale with enhanced electron mobility Published In Materials Horizons
2020	Promoted Photocharge Separation in 2D Lateral Epitaxial Heterostructure for Visible-Light-Driven CO2 Photoreduction Published In Advanced Materials
2020	Reversible Potassium Intercalation in Blue Phosphorene-Au Network Driven by an Electric Field Published In Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
2020	Supranano Alloys: Laser‐Generated Supranano Liquid Metal as Efficient Electron Mediator in Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells (Adv. Mater. 34/2020) Published In Advanced Materials
2020	The role of oxygen vacancies in the high cycling endurance and quantum conductance in BiVO4-based resistive switching memory Published In InfoMat
2020	Transition-Metal Substitution-Induced Lattice Strain and Electrical Polarity Reversal in Monolayer WS2 Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2019	2D Heterostructures: Monolayer Epitaxial Heterostructures for Selective Visible‐Light‐Driven Photocatalytic NO Oxidation (Adv. Funct. Mater. 15/2019) Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2019	A 2D metal–organic framework/Ni(OH)2 heterostructure for an enhanced oxygen evolution reaction Published In Nanoscale
2019	A Yolk–Shell Structured Silicon Anode with Superior Conductivity and High Tap Density for Full Lithium-Ion Batteries Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2019	A Yolk��Shell Structured Silicon Anode with Superior Conductivity and High Tap Density for Full Lithium��Ion Batteries Published In Angewandte Chemie
2019	A non-enzymatic photoelectrochemical glucose sensor based on BiVO4 electrode under visible light Published In Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical: international journal devoted to research and development of physical and chemical transducers
2019	Amorphous MoO3-:X nanosheets prepared by the reduction of crystalline MoO3 by Mo metal for LSPR and photothermal conversion Published In Chemical Communications
2019	Back Cover: Ultra‐Tough Inverse Artificial Nacre Based on Epoxy‐Graphene by Freeze‐Casting (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 23/2019) Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2019	Boosting NIR-driven photocatalytic water splitting by constructing 2D/3D epitaxial heterostructures Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2019	Boosting Visible-Light-Driven Photo-oxidation of BiOCl by Promoted Charge Separation via Vacancy Engineering Published In ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
2019	Efficient photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production over TiO2 passivated by SnO2 Published In Catalysts
2019	Evidence for the dynamic relaxation behavior of oxygen vacancies in Aurivillius Bi2MoO6 from dielectric spectroscopy during resistance switching Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry C
2019	Finely dispersed Au nanoparticles on graphitic carbon nitride as highly active photocatalyst for hydrogen peroxide production Published In Catalysis Communications
2019	Formation mechanism of rhombohedral L11 phase in CoPt films grown on glass substrate Published In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
2019	General Synthetic Strategy for Pomegranate-like Transition-Metal Phosphides@N-Doped Carbon Nanostructures with High Lithium Storage Capacity Published In ACS Materials Letters
2019	High Pressure Driven Isostructural Electronic Phase Separation in 2D BiOI Published In Physica Status Solidi: Rapid Research Letters
2019	Highly nonlinear BiOBr nanoflakes for hybrid integrated photonics Published In APL Photonics
2019	Metal-ion bridged high conductive RGO-M-MoS2 (M = Fe3+, Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+) composite electrocatalysts for photo-assisted hydrogen evolution Published In Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
2019	Moire-Potential-Induced Band Structure Engineering in Graphene and Silicene Published In Small
2019	Monolayer Epitaxial Heterostructures for Selective Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic NO Oxidation Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2019	Native Surface Oxides Featured Liquid Metals for Printable Self-Powered Photoelectrochemical Device Published In Frontiers In Chemistry
2019	Near-Infrared-Driven Photocatalysts: Design, Construction, and Applications Published In Small
2019	New monatomic layer clusters for advanced catalysis materials Published In Science China Materials
2019	Oligomeric Silica-Wrapped Perovskites Enable Synchronous Defect Passivation and Grain Stabilization for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Photovoltaics Published In ACS Energy Letters
2019	One-pot synthesis of porous 1T-phase MoS2 integrated with single-atom Cu doping for enhancing electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction Published In Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
2019	Ordered platinum-bismuth intermetallic clusters with Pt-skin for a highly efficient electrochemical ethanol oxidation reaction Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2019	Promoting photoreduction properties via synergetic utilization between plasmonic effect and highly active facet of BiOCl Published In Nano Energy
2019	Rational design of two-dimensional hybrid Co/N-doped carbon nanosheet arrays for efficient bi-functional electrocatalysis Published In Sustainable Energy and Fuels
2019	Rayleigh-Instability-Induced Bismuth Nanorod@Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes as A Long Cycling and High Rate Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries Published In Nano Letters: a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology
2019	Realization of Strained Stanene by Interface Engineering Published In Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
2019	Recent Progress on Germanene and Functionalized Germanene: Preparation, Characterizations, Applications, and Challenges Published In Small
2019	Recent Progress on Two-Dimensional Heterostructures for Catalytic, Optoelectronic, and Energy Applications Published In ChemElectroChem
2019	Reversible Oxidation of Blue Phosphorus Monolayer on Au(111) Published In Nano Letters: a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology
2019	Role of Charge Density Wave in Monatomic Assembly in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2019	Room temperature perpendicular exchange bias in CoNi/(Co,Ni)O multilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy directly induced by FM/AFM interface Published In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
2019	R��cktitelbild: Ultra��Tough Inverse Artificial Nacre Based on Epoxy��Graphene by Freeze��Casting (Angew. Chem. 23/2019) Published In Angewandte Chemie
2019	Selective Ferroelectric BiOI/Bi4Ti3O12 Heterostructures for Visible Light-Driven Photocatalysis Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter
2019	Strong bioinspired HPA-rGO nanocomposite films via interfacial interactions for flexible supercapacitors Published In Nano Energy
2019	Super Large Sn 1-x Se Single Crystals with Excellent Thermoelectric Performance Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2019	The Dependence of Bi2MoO6 Photocatalytic Water Oxidation Capability on Crystal Facet Engineering Published In Chemphotochem
2019	Two dimensional bismuth-based layered materials for energy-related applications Published In Energy Storage Materials
2019	Ultra-Tough Inverse Artificial Nacre Based on Epoxy-Graphene by Freeze-Casting Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2019	Ultra-thin Ga nanosheets: Analogues of high pressure Ga(iii) Published In Nanoscale
2019	Ultratough nacre-inspired epoxy-graphene composites with shape memory properties Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2019	Ultra‐Tough Inverse Artificial Nacre Based on Epoxy‐Graphene by Freeze‐Casting Published In Angewandte Chemie
2019	Van der Waals integration of silicene and hexagonal boron nitride Published In 2D Materials
2018	A Liquid-Metal-Based Magnetoactive Slurry for Stimuli-Responsive Mechanically Adaptive Electrodes Published In Advanced Materials
2018	Activating Titania for Efficient Electrocatalysis by Vacancy Engineering Published In ACS Catalysis
2018	Band Gap Modulated by Electronic Superlattice in Blue Phosphorene Published In ACS Nano
2018	Band-gap engineering of BiOCl with oxygen vacancies for efficient photooxidation properties under visible-light irradiation Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2018	Boosting Sodium Storage of Double-Shell Sodium Titanate Microspheres Constructed from 2D Ultrathin Nanosheets via Sulfur Doping Published In Advanced Materials
2018	Comprehensive New Insights and Perspectives into Ti-Based Anodes for Next-Generation Alkaline Metal (Na⁺, K⁺) Ion Batteries Published In Advanced Energy Materials
2018	Construction of a Bi2MoO6:Bi2Mo3O12heterojunction for efficient photocatalytic oxygen evolution Published In Chemical Engineering Journal
2018	Defect Sites-Rich Porous Carbon with Pseudocapacitive Behaviors as an Ultrafast and Long-Term Cycling Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2018	Dirac Signature in Germanene on Semiconducting Substrate Published In Advanced Science
2018	Direct cation exchange of surface ligand capped upconversion nanocrystals to produce strong luminescence Published In Chemical Communications
2018	Electronic Band Engineering in Elemental 2D Materials Published In Advanced Materials Interfaces
2018	Fabrication of a Single-Atom Platinum Catalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: A New Protocol by Utilization of HxMoO3-xwith Plasmon Resonance Published In ChemCatChem
2018	Improving the Photo-Oxidative Performance of Bi2MoO6by Harnessing the Synergy between Spatial Charge Separation and Rational Co-Catalyst Deposition Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2018	Magnetoelectric Coupling in Nanoscale 0-1 Connectivity Published In Nanoscale
2018	Microscopic origin of highly enhanced supercurrent in 122 pnictide superconductor Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds
2018	Photocatalytic Reduction on Bismuth-Based p-Block Semiconductors Published In ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
2018	Raman studies on silicene and Germanene Published In Surface Innovations
2018	Realization of flat band with possible nontrivial topology in electronic Kagome lattice Published In Science Advances
2018	Recent Development of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs) Derived Porous Carbon Based Materials as Electrocatalysts Published In Advanced Energy Materials
2018	Recent progress on liquid metals and their applications Published In Advances In Physics-x
2018	Superhydrophobic Shape Memory Polymer Arrays with Switchable Isotropic/Anisotropic Wetting Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2018	s-p orbital hybridization: a strategy for developing efficient photocatalysts with high carrier mobility Published In Chinese Science Bulletin
2017	A Gallium-Based Magnetocaloric Liquid Metal Ferrofluid Published In Nano Letters: a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology
2017	Construction of 2D lateral pseudoheterostructures by strain engineering Published In 2D Materials
2017	Cooperative Electron-Phonon Coupling and Buckled Structure in Germanene on Au(111) Published In ACS Nano
2017	Depth-profiling of Yb3+ sensitizer ions in NaYF4 upconversion nanoparticles Published In Nanoscale
2017	Efficient visible-light photocatalysts by constructing dispersive energy band with anisotropic p and s-p hybridization states Published In Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
2017	Enhanced energy transfer in heterogeneous nanocrystals for near infrared upconversion photocurrent generation Published In Nanoscale
2017	Enhanced photocatalytic activity of Bi24O31Br10: constructing heterojunction with BiOI Published In Journal of Materials Science and Technology
2017	Enhancement of charge separation in ferroelectric heterogeneous photocatalyst Bi4(SiO4)3/Bi2SiO5 nanostructures Published In Dalton Transactions: an international journal of inorganic chemistry
2017	Improving the photo-oxidative capability of BiOBr via crystal facet engineering Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2017	Local probing of magnetoelectric properties of PVDF/Fe3O4 electrospun nanofibers by piezoresponse force microscopy Published In Nanotechnology
2017	Role of Atomic Interaction in Electronic Hybridization in Two-Dimensional Ag2Ge Nanosheets Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter
2017	Silicene: A Promising Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries Published In Advanced Materials
2017	Synthesis of Multilayer Silicene on Si(111)√3 × √3-Ag Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter
2017	The origin of enhanced photocatalytic activities of hydrogenated TiO2 nanoparticles Published In Dalton Transactions: an international journal of inorganic chemistry
2017	The origin of the enhanced photocatalytic activity of carbon nitride nanotubes: a first-principles study Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2017	Two-dimensional metal-organic frameworks with high oxidation states for efficient electrocatalytic urea oxidation Published In Chemical Communications
2016	A ferroelectric photocatalyst Ag10Si4O13 with visible-light photooxidation properties Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2016	Erratum: 3D hierarchical porous graphene aerogel with tunable meso-pores on graphene nanosheets for high-performance energy storage (Scientific Reports (2015) 5 (14229)) DOI: 10.1038/srep14229) Published In Scientific Reports
2016	Fast responsive and controllable liquid transport on a magnetic fluid/nanoarray composite interface Published In ACS Nano
2016	Indirect-direct band transformation of few-layer BiOCl under biaxial strain Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter
2016	Investigating the effect of UV light pre-treatment on the oxygen activation capacity of Au/TiO2 Published In Catalysis Science & Technology
2016	Magnetic field actuated manipulation and transfer of oil droplets on a stable underwater superoleophobic surface Published In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2016	Metal-silicene interaction studied by scanning tunneling microscopy Published In Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
2016	Nanodroplets for stretchable superconducting circuits Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2016	Observation of van Hove Singularities in Twisted Silicene Multilayers Published In ACS Central science
2016	Point defects in epitaxial silicene on Ag(111) surfaces Published In 2D Materials
2016	Quasi-freestanding epitaxial silicene on Ag(111) by oxygen intercalation Published In Science Advances
2016	Quasi-freestanding epitaxial silicene on Ag(111) by oxygen intercalation Published In Scientific Advances
2016	Seed mediated one-pot growth of versatile heterogeneous upconversion nanocrystals for multimodal bioimaging Published In SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. Proceedings
2016	Three-dimensional controlled growth of monodisperse sub-50 nm heterogeneous nanocrystals Published In Nature Communications
2015	3D hierarchical porous graphene aerogel with tunable meso-pores on graphene nanosheets for high-performance energy storage Published In Scientific Reports
2015	Delocalized surface state in epitaxial Si(111) film with spontaneous √3 × √3 superstructure Published In Scientific Reports
2015	Heterovalent-doping-enabled efficient dopant luminescence and controllable electronic impurity via a new strategy of preparing II−VI nanocrystals Published In Advanced Materials
2015	Honeycomb silicon: a review of silicene Published In Science Bulletin
2015	Influential factors for pressure pulse waveform in healthy young adults. Published In Bio-medical materials and engineering
2015	Investigation of electron-phonon coupling in epitaxial silicene by in situ Raman spectroscopy Published In Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
2015	Modulation of photocatalytic properties by strain in 2d BiOBr nanosheets Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2015	Pauli-limited effect in the magnetic phase diagram of FeSexTe1−x thin films Published In Applied Physics Letters
2014	A dye-sensitized visible light photocatalyst-Bi24O31Cl10 Published In Scientific Reports
2014	Bio-inspired multifunctional metallic foams through the fusion of different biological solutions Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2014	Bismuth oxybromide with reasonable photocatalytic reduction activity under visible light Published In ACS Catalysis
2014	Effects of oxygen adsorption on the surface state of epitaxial silicene on ag(111) Published In Scientific Reports
2014	Interface strain-induced multiferroicity in a SmFeO3 film Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2014	Surface Chemistry: Bio‐Inspired Multifunctional Metallic Foams Through the Fusion of Different Biological Solutions (Adv. Funct. Mater. 18/2014) Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2014	Tuning the band gap in silicene by oxidation Published In ACS Nano
2014	Unabridged phase diagram for single-phased FeSexTe1-x thin films Published In Scientific Reports
2013	Anisotropy of crystal growth mechanisms, dielectricity, and magnetism of multiferroic Bi2FeMnO6 thin films Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2013	Fabrication and characterization of textured Bi2Te3 thermoelectric thin films prepared on glass substrates at room temperature using pulsed laser deposition Published In Journal of Crystal Growth
2013	Manipulation of domain wall mobility by oxygen vacancy ordering in multiferroic YMnO3 Published In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2013	Nanostructured magnetic materials Published In Journal of Nanomaterials
2012	"Oxygen-vacancy effect on structural, magnetic, and ferroelectric properties in multiferroic YMnO3 single crystals" Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2012	Fabrication and magneto-transport properties of p-type Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 thin films on glass by pulsed laser deposition Published In Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters
2012	Giant and anisotropic magnetoresistances in p-type Bi-doped Sb 2Te 3 bulk single crystals Published In Europhysics Letters: a letters journal exploring the frontiers of physics
2012	Growth mechanism and magnetic properties of highly crystalline NiO nanocubes and nanorods fabricated by evaporation Published In Crystal Growth and Design
2012	High field (14 T) magneto transport of Sm/PrFeAsO Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2012	Hydrothermal synthesized bismuth ferrites particles: thermodynamic, structural, and magnetic properties Published In Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
2012	Improving the solubility of Mn and suppressing the oxygen vacancy density in Zn0.98Mn0.02O nanocrystals via octylamine treatment Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2012	Iron doped hexagonal ErMnO3: structural, magnetic, and dielectric properties Published In Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
2012	Magnetic properties and microstructures of iron oxide@mesoporous silica core-shell composite for applications in magnetic dye separation Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2012	Magnetostrictive properties of directional solidification Fe82Ga9Al9 alloy Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2012	Room temperature giant and linear magnetoresistance in topological insulator Bi2Te3 nanosheets Published In Physical Review Letters
2012	The magnetic structure of an epitaxial BiMn 0.5Fe 0.5O 3 thin film on SrTiO 3 (001) studied with neutron diffraction Published In Applied Physics Letters
2011	Domain wall conductivity in oxygen deficient multiferroic YMnO3 single crystals Published In Applied Physics Letters
2011	Effects of cu and fe doping on raman spectra and on the structural and magnetic properties of ErMnO3 Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2011	Exchange bias in multiferroic BiFeO3 and YMnO3 multilayers: One more parameter for magnetoelectric manipulation Published In Scripta Materialia
2011	Fabrication, magnetic, and ferroelectric properties of multiferroic BiFeO3 hollow nanoparticles Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2011	Magnetic and ferroelectric properties of multiferroic Bi2NiMnO6 nanoparticles Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2011	Multiferroic double-perovskite Bi2FeMnO6 hollow particles Published In Current Applied Physics
2011	Precise docking control in unmanned aircraft vehicle automated aerial refueling Published In Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2011	Structural, dielectric, antiferromagnetic, and thermal properties of the frustrated hexagonal Ho1-xErxMnO3 manganites Published In Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
2011	Tunable Morphology and Magnetic Properties of Bi2Fe4O9 Nanocrystal Synthesized by Hydrothermal Method Published In Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
2010	A way to enhance the magnetic moment of multiferroic bismuth ferrite Published In Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
2010	Effect of chromium substitution on structure and magnetic properties of Bi2Fe4O9 Published In Materials Letters
2010	Electronic structure and thermoelectric properties of Bi2Te3 crystals and graphene-doped Bi2Te3 Published In Thin Solid Films
2010	Enhanced magnetic moment in ErMnO3 by copper doping and negative magnetocapacitance effect Published In Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
2010	Enhancement of ferromagnetic and dielectric properties in lanthanum doped BiFeO3 by hydrothermal synthesis Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds
2010	Enhancement of magnetization and dielectric properties of chromium-doped BiFeO3 with tunable morphologies Published In Thin Solid Films
2010	Lanthanum doped multiferroic DyFeO3: Structural and magnetic properties Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2010	Magnetic properties of Bi2FeMnO6: a multiferroic material with double-perovskite structure Published In Applied Physics Letters
2010	Structure, magnetic, and thermal properties of Nd1-xLaxCrO3 (0 Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2010	Superconductivity and critical current density in LaFeAsO1-xFx compounds Published In Thin Solid Films
2009	Fabrication and wettability of ZnO nanorod array Published In Journal of Materials Science and Technology
2009	Growth mechanism for ZnO nanorod array in a metastable supersaturation solution Published In Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
2008	Photocatalytic properties of BiOX (X = Cl, Br, and I) Published In Rare Metals

Chapter

Year	Title
2022	10 Technical evolution for the identification of Xenes: from microscopy to spectroscopy Published In Xenes Publisher Elsevier
2022	Chapter 3 Defects in two-dimensional elemental materials beyond graphene Published In Defects in Two-Dimensional Materials Publisher Elsevier
2016	Adsorption of molecules on silicene Published In Silicene Publisher United States
2011	New Multiferroic Materials: Bi2FeMnO6 Published In FERROELECTRICS - MATERIAL ASPECTS Publisher INTECH EUROPE

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2020	Thickness tunable Kerr nonlinearity in BiOBr nanoflakes Published In 2020 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2020 - Proceedings
2019	Strong Kerr nonlinearity in BiOBr nanoflakes Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2019	Strong two photon absorption in BiOBr nanoflakes Published In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
2014	Epitaxial growth mechanism of silicene on Ag(111) Published In Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
2014	Pb thin films on Si(111): Local density of states and defects Published In Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
2007	Large-scale fabrication of ZnO hexagonal rods arrays by a simple chemical solution method Published In HIGH-PERFORMANCE CERAMICS IV, PTS 1-3

Investigator On

Year	Title
2019 - 2023	Functional Two-dimensional Materials for Photocatalysis Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Future Fellowships
2018	Liquid Metal for quench detection sensors and low resistance joints Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2018	National Facility for Nanoscale Characterisation of Luminescent Materials Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2017	Two-dimensional Plasmonic Heterogeneous Nanostructures for Photocatalysis Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2014	Design and exploration of novel p-block materials for visible light photocatalysis Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Liquid metal for applications	Bo, Guyue
Doctor of Philosophy	2D Materials for Photocatalysis of Water Spliting	Xi, Yilian

Du, Yi Dr. A/Prof.

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