Professor Z. Xiao Guo
Materials and Inorganic Chemistry
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Address:
Room 339, Department of Chemistry, UCL
Phone No:
+44 (0)20 7679 7527
Extension:
27527
Email:
z.x.guo@ucl.ac.uk
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Research areas of interest include:
- Materials synthesis
- Multiscale modelling
- Nanostructures and catalysts
- H2/CO2 storage and separation
- Biofuel/biosolar processes and biointerfaces Clean energy technologies
Summary
Our research focuses on multiscale syntheses and simulations of nanostructures and materials for energy/hydrogen generation, storage, energy catalysis, biofuel cells and biointerfaces. Fundamental theories are coupled with ab initio, molecular dynamics, cellular automata and finite element simulations for materials design and discovery, while selected materials are synthesised by mechanochemical alloying, self-assembly, deposition and precipitation methods. Materials systems cover clusters, metals, hydrides, oxides, metal-doped carbon nanostructures, and functional hybrid systems that show desirable properties for clean energy and biomedical applications.
Research Profile
Selected Publications
- Y. Lei, Z.X. Guo, W. Zhu, S. Meng, and Z. Zhang (2007) , “Initial interactions between water molecules and Ti-adsorbed carbon nanotubes” , Applied Physics Letters , 91,161906.
- Kondo-Francois Aguey-Zinsou, Jinhan Yao, and Z. Xiao Guo (2007), “Reaction paths between LiNH 2 and LiH with effects of nitrides”, Journal of Physical Che mistry B , 2007, 111 (43), 12531 -12536.
- S.A. Shevlin and Z.X. Guo (2007), “Hydrogen storage in defective hexagonal boron nitride sheets and boron nitride nanotubes, Physical Review B, 76, 024104.
- Y.Song and Z.X. Guo (2006), “Electronic structure, stability and bonding of the Li-N-H hydrogen storage system ”, Physical Review B, 74, 195120.
- Y.Song and Z.X. Guo (2006), “Metastable MgH 2 Phase Predicted by First-Principles Simulations”, Applied Physics Letters, 89, 111911 .
