Professor Haijun Zhang

BEng MEng PhD

Professor in Materials Science and Engineering

Tel: +86 (027) 68862829 Fax: +86 (027) 68862829

Email: zhanghaijun@wust.edu.cn

Address: The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China

2011.05--now WUST, Professor

2007.07--2011.04 Tokyo University of Science, Research Fellow

2001.04--2004.10 Zhengzhou University, Associate Professor, Professor

1999.03--2001.03 Tongji University, Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Research interests

Prof. Zhang's research interests are mainly focus on the Metallic Nanoparticles/Clusters, Catalytic Hydrogen Generation, High Temperature Ceramics, Non-Oxide Refractories from fundemental science understanding to industrial applications.

Professional recognition

1. Member of the Editorial board of the China’s Refractories;

2. Member of the Editorial board of the Interceram: Refractories;

3. Council member of The Chinese Society for Metallurgical physics and Chemistry;

4.Council member of The Chinese Society for Engineering Ceramics

Group students

1. PDRA: position opening

2. PhD candidate: J. Wang (catalytic growth of carbon nanotubes), L. Han (xxxx), H. Wang (xxx), Y. Bi (xxxx)

3. MSc candidate: xxx, xxx

4. Project students: xxx, xxx

Funding and grant

1. Preparation and high-temperature mechanical/thermal properties of whiskers self-reinforced mullite lightweight insulation refractories by foam-gelcasting/catalytic method, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 51672194, 2017-2020.
2. In-situ catalyzed preparation and high-temperature properties of carbon nanotube containing low carbon MgO-C composite refractory, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 51472184，2015-2018.
3. In-situ preparation of ZrB₂-SiC powders by microwave carbothermal reaction and its application for low-carbon refractories, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 51272188, 2013-2016.
4. Novel preparation method and high-temperature service properties of functional refractories, Key Program of Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province, China, Contract No. 2017CFA004, 2017.08-2020.08.
5. Preparation of non-oxide based refractories, Program for Innovative Teams of Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Researchers in the Higher Education Institutions of Hubei Province, T201602, 2016.01-2019.12
6. Low-temperature catalytic preparation, microstructure and high-temperature properties of Si₃N₄ (whiskers) bonded SiC refractory, Key Program of Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province, China, 2013CFA086, 2014-2016.

Selected recent publications

Haijun Zhang, Tatsuya Watanabe, Mitsutaka Okumura, Masatake Haruta, Naoki Toshima, Catalytically Highly Active Top Gold Atom on Palladium Nanocluster, Nature Materials, 2012, 11, 49-52.
Haijun Zhang*, Lilin Lu, Keisuke Kawashima, Mitsutaka Okumura, Masatake Haruta, Naoki Toshima, Catalytic Activity of Crown Jewel-structured (IrPd)/Au Trimetallic Nanoclusters, Advanced Materials, 2015, 27(8): 1383-1388.
Lilin Lu, Haijun Zhang*, Shaowei Zhang*, Faliang Li, A New Family of High-Efficiency Hydrogen Generation Catalysts Based on Ammonium, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54(32): 9328-9332.
Liang Tian, Junyi Li, Feng Liang*, Junkai Wang, Saisai Li, Haijun Zhang*, Shaowei Zhang, Molten salt synthesis of tetragonal carbon nitride hollow tubes and their application for removal of pollutants from wastewater, Applied Catalysis B, 2018, 225: 307-313.
Haijun Zhang*, Keisuke Kawashima, Mitsutaka Okumurac, Naoki Toshima, Colloidal Au single-atom catalysts embedded on Pd Nanoclusters, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014, 2(33): 13498-13508.