Shengbai Zhang
Constellation
Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Shengbai Zhang have studied numerous defects, especially those in photovoltaic semiconductors. I pioneered first-principles theory of unconventional coordination chemistry of molecular hydrogen on open metal sites as a possible means to store hydrogen on board. I also have a longtime exposure to the physics and chemistry of semiconductor nanostructures and surfaces. In recent years, I study water splitting, ultrafast phase change memory, topological insulators, Weyl semimetals, nano-catalysis, two-dimensional materials, chalcogenide perovskites, monolayer-thick high-temperature superconductor films, and real-time carrier dynamics.
Research Interest
defective materials, topological matters, catalysis
Publications
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S. Lei, H. Wang, L. Huang, Y.-Y. Sun, and S. Zhang, “Stacking Fault Enriching the Electronic and Transport Properties of Few-Layer Phosphorenes and Black Phosphorusâ€, Nano Lett. 16, 1317 (2016).
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H. Wang, J. Bang, Y. Sun, L. Liang, D. West, V. Meunier, and S. Zhang, “The role of collective motion in the ultrafast charge transfer in van der Waals heterostructuresâ€, Nature Comm. 7, 11504 (2016).
