Name: Xiaohong Zhao

Gender: Female

Job title: Associate Professor

Email Address: Xhzhao@ncu.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience ：

Associate Professor 12/2021-Present, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University

Assistant Professor 10/2014-12/2021, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University

Guest Researcher  10/2013-9/2014, Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany                

5/2012-8/2013, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

 Ph. D. and M. S. 9/2006-01/2012, School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology

Teaching：Quantum Chemistry; General Chemistry

Research fields: Theoretical Chemistry; Organic Semiconductors; Organic Solar Cells

Research projects：Three projects have been granted by National  Natural  Science  Foundation  of  China  and  Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province in China.

Awards and Honors：

Representative papers and patents：

1）Xiaohong Zhao* et al., Silicon Naphthalocyanine Tetraimides: Cathode Interlayer Materials for Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells，Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021，60, 19053-19057.

2）Xiaohong Zhao* et al., Solution-processable silicon naphthalocyanine tetraimides as near infrared electron acceptors in organic solar cells, Dyes and Pigments 2022, 197, 109846.

3) Xiaohong Zhao* et al., Layer-by-Layer Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells with Perylene Diimides as Acceptors, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 29876-29884.

4) Xiaohong Zhao* et al., 1,2,4-Triazoline-3,5-dione substituted perylene diimides as near infrared acceptors for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells, Dyes and Pigments 2021, 187, 109108.

5)  Xiaohong Zhao* et al., Highly effiffifficient extraction of uranium from strong HNO3 media achieved on phosphine oxide functionalized superparamagnetic composite polymer microspheres, J. Mater. Chem. A 2021, 9, 18393-18405.

6) Xiaohong Zhao* et al., Halogen－Free Donor Polymers Based on Dicyanobenzotriazole with Low Energy Loss and High Efficiency in Organic Solar Cells, Small 2023, 2206607.

7) Xiaohong Zhao* et al., Fused Perylene Diimide-Based Polymeric Acceptors for All-Polymer Solar Cells with High Open-Circuit Voltage, J. Mater. Chem. C 2023, 11, 2977-2983.

8) Xiaohong Zhao* et al., Halogen-free donor polymers based on dicyanobenzotriazole for additive-free organic solar cells, Chemical Engineering Journal 2022, 442: 136068.

9) Xiaohong Zhao* et al., Highly efficient extraction of uranium from aqueous solution using imidazole functionalized core－shell sunflower-like superparamagnetic polymer microspheres: understanding adsorption and binding mechanisms, J. Mater. Chem. A 2022, 10(23): 12656-12668.

10) Xiaohong Zhao* et al., Ultrafast elimination of uranium from aqueous solution by convenient synthesis of phosphonic acid functionalized mesoporous carbon: A combined experimental and density functional theory study, Separation and Purification Technology 2023, 315, 123582

11) Xiaohong Zhao* et al., Synthesis of core–shell magnetic nanocomposite bearing phosphonic acid ligand for uranium extraction from strong HNO3 solution, Chemical Engineering Journal 2023, 468,143398