Griffith University

Senior Lecturer, Griffith School of Environment

ARC Future Fellow

Contact Details for Dr Eddie Zhang

Research Expertise 

• Synthesis of nanostructured materials
• Photoelectrocatalytic system for water quality monitoring, such as COD.
• Photocatalytic degradation and detoxification of organic contaminants, and disinfection of microorganism in water.
• Intelligent online water quality monitoring systems for purified recycled water
• Electrochemical biosensing system for water quality monitoring, such as pesticides and BOD.
• Dye-sensitized solar energy conversion

Professional Affiliations

• American Chemical Society
• Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)
  

Selected Publications

• Zhang S., Li H., Zhao H., A portable photoelectrochemical probe for rapid determination of chemical oxygen demand in wastewaters, Environmental Science and Technology, 2009, 43, 7810?7815. (Impact Factor: 4.458, ARC A* journal)
• Yu H., Zhang S., Zhao H., Zhang H., Photoelectrochemical quantification of electron transport resistance of TiO2 photoanodes for dye-sensitized solar cells, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2010, accepted on 26 Feb. 2010 (IF: 4.06, ARC A* journal).
• Han Y., Zhang S., Zhao H., Wen W., Zhang H., Photoelectrochemical Characterization of a Robust TiO2/BDD Heterojunction Electrode for Sensing Application in Aqueous Solutions, Langmuir, 2009, in press. Accepted on 16 Dec 2009 (IF: 4.097, ARC A* journal)
• Zhang S., Jiang D., Zhao H., Development of chemical oxygen demand on-line monitoring system based on photoelectrochemical degradation principle, Environmental Science and Technology, 2006, 40, 2363-2368. (IF: 4.458, ARC A* journal).
• Jiang D., Zhang S., Zhao H., Photocatalytic degradation characteristics of different organic compounds at TiO2 nanoporous film electrodes with mixed anatase/rutile phases, Environmental Science and Technology,  2007, 41, 303-308. (IF: 4.458, ARC A* journal).
• Zhao H., Jiang D., Zhang S., Catterall K., and John R., Development of a direct photoelectrochemical method for rapid determination of chemical oxygen demand. Analytical Chemistry, 2004, 76(1), 155-160. (IF: 5.712, ARC A* journal)
• Jiang D., Zhao H., Zhang S., John R., Kinetic study of photocatalytic oxidation of adsorbed carboxylic acids at TiO2 porous films by photoelectrolysis, Journal of Catalysis, 2004, 223, 212-220. (IF: 5.167, ARC A* journal)
• Li, W., Teasdale P.R., Zhang S., R John, and Zhao H.,  Application of a poly(4-styrenesulfonate) liquid binding layer for measurement of Cu2+ and Cd2+ with the diffusive gradients in thin-films technique. Analytical Chemistry, 2003, 75(11), 2578-2583. (IF: 5.712, ARC A* journal)
• Zhao H., Jiang, D., Zhang S., Wen, William. Photoelectrocatalytic oxidation of organic compounds at nanoporous TiO2 electrodes in a thin-layer photoelectrochemical cell.    Journal of Catalysis, 2007, 250(1), 102-109. (IF: 5.167, ARC A* journal)
• Yu H., Zhang S., Zhao H., etc High-Performance TiO2 Photoanode with an Efficient Electron Transport Network for dye-sensitized solar cells Journal of physical Chemistry C, 2009,  113(36),  16277-16282. (IF: 3.396, ARC A* journal)