SHENG HU

 

Education:

 

• B.Eng. in Polymer Processing Engg., Sichuan University, China, 2009

• M.S. in Chemical Engg., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2013

• Ph.D. in Chemical Engg., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2015

 

Research interest:

 

• Tandem LASiS-GRRS based synthesis of nanoparticles with engineered functionalities for 

 electrochemical/photoelectrochemical applications.

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Publications:

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• S. Hu, G. Goenaga, C. Melton, T. A. Zawodzinski, D. Mukherjee, (2016) “PtCo/CoOx nanocomposites: Bifunctional electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions synthesized via tandem laser ablation synthesis in solution-galvanic replacement reactions,” Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 182, 286.

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• S. Hu, M. Tian, E. L. Ribeiro, G. Duscher, D. Mukherjee, (2016) “Tandem Laser Ablation Synthesis in  Solution-Galvanic Replacement Reaction (LASiS-GRR) for the production of PtCo nanoalloys as oxygen reduction electrocatalysts,” Journal of Power Sources, 306, 413.

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• Sheng Hu, Chad Melton, Dibyendu Mukherjee, (2014) A facile route for the synthesis of nanostructured oxides and hydroxides of cobalt using laser ablation synthesis in solution (LASIS). Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 16, 24034.

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• Sheng Hu, Ondrej Dyck, Huipeng Chen, Yu-Che Hsiao, Bin Hu, Gerd Duscher, Mark Dadmun, Bamin Khomami. (2014) The Impact of Selective Solvents on the Evolution of Structure and Function in Solvent Annealed Organic Photovoltaics. RSC Advances, 4, 27931-27938

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• Huipeng Chen, Sheng Hu, Huidong Zang, Bin Hu and Mark Dadmun, (2013) Precise Structural Development and its Correlation to Function in Conjugated Polymer: Fullerene Thin Films by Controlled Solvent Annealing. Advanced Functional Material, 23, 1701-1710.

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• Huipeng Chen, Jeff Peet, Sheng Hu, Jason Azoulay, Guillermo Bazan and Mark Dadmun. (2013) The Role of Fullerene Mixing Behavior in the Performance of Organic Photovoltaics: PCBM in Low-Band gap Polymers. Advanced Functional Material, 24, 140-150.