Biography

• Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (2007-present)

• Visiting Researcher, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, UK (2004-2006)

• Visiting Researcher, University of Tsukuba, Japan (2002-2004)

• JSPS Fellow, Nagoya University, Japan (2001-2002)

• Postdoc Research Fellow, Peking University (1996-1998)

• Ph.D.Peking University (1996)

• M.S. Beijing Normal University (1991)

Research Interests

Research in our group focuses on the following areas：

1. High yield synthesis, isolation and purification of single (double) walled carbon nanotubes, endohedral fullerenes and metallofullerenes;

2. Chemical decoration and functionalization of carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, endohedral fullerenes and metallofullerenes;

3. Filling of carbon nanotubes, peapods and chemistry in the nano-space of S(D)WNTs;

4. Production of graphenes and single walled carbon nanohorns and their application on catalysis, batteries, biology, etc.

Teaching

• General Chemistry B

• Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory

Selected Publications

1. Hu, Z.Q.; Dong, B.W.; Liu, Z.; Liu, J.J.; Su, J.; Yu, C.C.; Xiong, J.; Shi, D.E.; Wang, Y.Y.; Wang, B.W.; Ardayan, A.; Shi, Z.J.; Jiang, S.D.; Gao, S., Endohedral Metallofullerene as Molecular High Spin Qubit: Diverse Rabi Cycles in Gd-2@C79N, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 1123-1130.

2. Wu, X.H.; Liu, Z.L.; Zheng, J.; Li, X.G.; Shi, Z.J., Arc-discharge synthesis of dual-carbonaceous-layer-coated tin nanoparticles with tunable structures and high reversible lithium storage capacity, J. Mater. Chem. A 2017, 5, 13769-13775.

3. Wu, X.H.; Cui, L.B.; Tang, P.; Hu, Z.Q.; Ma, D.; Shi, Z.J., Synthesis and catalytic activity of heteroatom doped metal-free single-wall carbon nanohorns, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 5391-5393.

4. Hu, Z.Q.; Hao, Y.J.; Slanina, Z.; Gu, Z.G.; Shi, Z.J.; Uhlik, F.; Zhao, Y.F.; Feng, L., Popular C-82 Fullerene Cage Encapsulating a Divalent Metal Ion Sm2+: Structure and Electrochemistry, Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 2103-2108.

5. Xu, W.; Wang, Z.Y.; Guo, Z.D.; Liu, Y.; Zhou, N.Z.; Niu, B.; Shi, Z.J.; Zhang, H., Nanoporous anatase TiO2/single-wall carbon nanohorns composite as superior anode for lithium ion batteries. J. Power Sources. 2013, 232, 193-198.

6. Xu, W.; Feng, L.; Calvaresi, M.; Liu, J.; Liu, Y.; Niu, B.; Shi, Z.J.; Lian, Y.F.; Zerbetto, F., An experimentally observed trimetallofullerene Sm3@Ih-C80: encapsulation of three metal atoms in a cage without a nonmetallic mediator, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 4187-4190.

7. Wang, Z.Y.; Li, H.; Liu, Z.; Shi, Z.J.; Lu, J.; Suenaga, K.; Joung, S.K.; Okazaki, T.; Gu, Z.N.; Zhou, J.; Gao, Z.X.; Li, G.P.; Sanvito, S.; Wang, E.G.; Iijima, S., Mixed low-dimensional nanomaterial: 2D ultranarrow MoS2 inorganic nanoribbons encapsulated in quasi-1D carbon nanotubes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 13840-13847.