PolyU Scholars Hub
ZHANG Baoping 張寶萍 (Dr)
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization: Nature-inspired materials and interfaces; Membranes; Water harvesting/solar desalination; Energy harvesting and storage; Heat and mass transfer; Interfacial fluid dynamics
- FG640
- 2766-6667
- baoping.zhang@polyu.edu.hk
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PhD (Fudan University)
Short Description
Dr. Baoping Zhang received her Ph.D. degree in Materials Science from Fudan University in Jan 2019. Afterwards, she worked as a postdoctoral fellow at City University of Hong Kong and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She was promoted to Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in June 2024.
Dr. Zhang's research interest has been broadly centered on nature-inspired materials and interfaces for sustainable water-energy nexus. Her research aims to explore nature's wisdoms and translate nature's principles into the development advanced materials and functional surfaces that can inspire innovative water-energy applications, ranging from water harvesting to energy harvesting and thermal management.
Dr. Zhang has a track record with peer-reviewed publications in the field of Engineering/Materials/Energy, including Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering, Nature Communications, Science Advances, ACS Nano, Chemical Engineering Journal, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, etc.
Dr. Zhang's research interest has been broadly centered on nature-inspired materials and interfaces for sustainable water-energy nexus. Her research aims to explore nature's wisdoms and translate nature's principles into the development advanced materials and functional surfaces that can inspire innovative water-energy applications, ranging from water harvesting to energy harvesting and thermal management.
Dr. Zhang has a track record with peer-reviewed publications in the field of Engineering/Materials/Energy, including Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering, Nature Communications, Science Advances, ACS Nano, Chemical Engineering Journal, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, etc.
Selected Publications
- Baoping Zhang†, Wanghuai Xu†, Liang Peng, Yuchao Li, Wei Zhang, Zuankai Wang*. Nature-inspired interfacial engineering for energy harvesting. Nature Reveiws Electrical Engineering 1, 218 (2024).
- Baoping Zhang, Pak Wai Wong, Jiaxin Guo, Yongsen Zhou, Yang Wang, Jiawei Sun, Mengnan Jiang, Zuankai Wang*, Alicia Kyoungjin An*. Transforming Ti3C2Tx MXene’s intrinsic hydrophilicity into superhydrophobicity for efficient photothermal membrane desalination. Nature Communacaitons 13, 3315 (2022).
- Wanghuai Xu, Yuankai Jin, Wanbo Li, Yuxin Song, Shouwei Gao, Baoping Zhang, Lili Wang, Miaomiao Cui, Xiantong Yan, Zuankai Wang*. Triboelectric wetting for continuous droplet transport. Science Advances 8, eade2085 (2022).
- Yang Wang, Shouwei Gao, Hongmei Zhong, Baoping Zhang, Miaomiao Cui, Mengnan Jiang, Steven Wang, Zuankai Wang*. Heterogeneous wettability and radiative cooling for efficient deliquescent sorbents-based atmospheric water harvesting. Cell Reports Physical Science 3, 5 (2022).
- Baoping Zhang, Pak Wai Wong, Alicia Kyoungjin An*. Photothermally enabled MXene hydrogel membrane with integrated solar-driven evaporation and photodegradation for efficient water purification. Chemical Engineering Journal, 430, 133054 (2022).
- Baoping Zhang, Qinfen Gu, Cheng Wang, Qili Gao, Jiaxin Guo, Pak Wai Wong, Chain Tsuan Liu, Alicia Kyoungjin An*. Self-Assembled Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Porphyrin-Ti3C2Tx MXene Janus Membrane for Dual-Functional Enabled Photothermal Desalination. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13, 3762 (2021).
- Yongsen Zhou, Chao Zhang, Shouwei Gao, Baoping Zhang, Jing Sun, Ji-jung Kai, Bin Wang, Zuankai Wang*. Instant and strong underwater adhesion by coupling hygroscopicity and in situ photocuring. Chemistry of Materials 33, 8822 (2021).
- Baoping Zhang, Qinfen Gu, Hongyu Zhang, Xuebin Yu*. Graphene confined intermetallic magnesium silicide nanocrystals with highly exposed (2 2 0) facets for anisotropic lithium storage. Chemical Engineering Journal, 419, 129660 (2021).
- Baoping Zhang†, Yinsong Si†, Qinfen Gu, Min Chen, Xuebin Yu*. Hydrangea-Shaped 3D Hierarchical Porous Magnesium Hydride–Carbon Framework with High Rate Performance for Lithium Storage. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11, 28987 (2019).
- Baoping Zhang, Guanglin Xia, Wei Chen, Qinfen Gu*, Dalin Sun, Xuebin Yu*. Controlled-Size Hollow Magnesium Sulfide Nanocrystals Anchored on Graphene for Advanced Lithium Storage. ACS Nano 12, 12741 (2018).
- Baoping Zhang†, Guanglin Xia†, Dalin Sun, Fang Fang, Xuebin Yu*. Magnesium hydride nanoparticles self-assembled on graphene as anode material for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. ACS Nano 12, 3816 (2018).
- Guanglin Xia†, Baoping Zhang†, Xiaowei Chen, Dalin Sun, Zaiping Guo, Fuxin Liang, Weidong Zou, Zhenzhong Yang, Xuebin Yu*. Molecular-Scale Functionality on Graphene To Unlock the Energy Capabilities of Metal Hydrides for High-Capacity Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS Nano 12, 8177 (2018).
