Ying Zhu
Beihang University, China
Biography
Zhu’s research efforts were devoted to fabricate multi-scale and multi-functionalized conducting polymer nanostructures (e.g. polyaniline) self-assembled by template-free method, and exploit their potential applications in electrochemical energy conversion and storage. She developed a simple, universal and controllable method for constructing the hierarchical and multi-functionalized 3D-microstructures self-assembled from 1D-nanostructures by a cooperation effect between the micelle soft-templates and self-assemble driving forces. She found that the aligned polyaniline or polypyrrole nanowires or PEDOT nanostrutures can be acted as electrodes for enhancing the oxygen reduction reaction, electron transfer of bacteria, and improving electrochemical performance of supercapacitors. These findings expend the application of conducting polymer nanostructures in electrochemical energy conversion and storage.
Abstract
Abstract : Hierarchical conducting polymers micro/nanostructures and their electrochemical energy conversion