Dr W. Zhao (Evan)

Assistant professor - Magnetic Resonance Research Center

Contact

evanwenbo.zhao@ru.nl
024-3652650

Visiting address

Heyendaalseweg 135
6525 AJ NIJMEGEN
Internal postal code: 84

Postal address

Postbus 9010
6500 GL NIJMEGEN

Working days Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Research interest of the NMReChem group is the development and application of operando nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods for studying electrochemistry with a focus on grid-scale energy storage and chemical conversion, which has overarching implications for mitigating climate change.

Research group

NMReChem

Tags: NMR, redox flow battery, electrochemical CO2 reduction, ammonia synthesis

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Key publications

Jing, Y.,# Zhao, E. W.,# Goulet, M. A.,# Bahari, M., Fell, E., Jin, S., Davoodi, A., Jónsson, E., Wu, M., Grey. C. P., Gordon, R., D., Aziz, M. “In situ electrochemical recomposition of decomposed redox-active species in aqueous organic flow batteries” Nature Chemistry 2022, 14, 1103-1109. (#equal contribution) Full text
Zhao, E. W., Shellard, E., Klusener, P. A. A., Grey, C. P. “In situ bulk magnetization measurement reveals the state of charge of redox flow batteries”. ChemComm 2022, 58, 1342-1345. Full text
Zhao, E. W., Jónsson, E., Jethwa, B. J., Hey, D., Lyu, D., Brookfield, A., Klusener, P. A. A., Collison, D., Grey, C. P. “Coupled in situ NMR and EPR studies reveal the electron transfer rate and electrolyte decomposition in redox flow batteries” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 1885-1895. Full text
Zhao, E. W., Liu, T., Jónsson, E., Lee, J., Temprano, I., Jethwa, B. J., Wang, A., Smith, H., Carretero-González, J., Song, Q., Grey, C. P. “In situ NMR metrology reveals reaction mechanisms in redox flow batteries” Nature 2020, 579, 224-228. Full text
Zhao, E. W., Maligal-Ganesh, R., Xiao, C., Goh, T. S., Qi, Z., Pei, Y., Hagelin-Weaver, H. E., Huang, W., and Bowers, C. R. “Silica-encapsulated Pt-Sn intermetallic nanoparticles: a robust catalytic platform for parahydrogen-induced polarization of gases and liquids” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 3925-3929. Full text

Dr W. Zhao (Evan)

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