Dr. Nan Zhang

• Position: Assistant Professor
• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• Office Location: Building 4, Room 140
• nzhang@uwf.edu
• Campus: 850.857.6039
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Biography

Nan Zhang holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from West Virginia University with research focused on materials for energy conversion and storage devices. Meanwhile pursuing her Ph.D., she worked for the National Energy Technology Laboratory studying the microwave catalysis approaches to produce hydrogen under low temperature and pressure. After Ph.D., She joined Saint-Gobain, driving the low carbon footprint of business units including abrasives, coated solutions, refractories. Her research interests revolve solid oxide fuel/electrolysis cells, performance ceramics & refractories, plasma, heterogeneous catalysis. She is motivated by research contributions to the materials, gas, and oil industry especially in lowering the carbon footprint.

Degrees & Institutions

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, West Virginia University
• M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology

Publications

Zhang, N., Li, W., Berry, D., Surdoval, W., Shekhawat, D., & Liu, X. (2017). A New Insight into the Oxygen Reduction Reaction on High-Performance Cation-Ordered PBCO Perovskite as IT-SOFC Cathode. ECS Transactions, 78(1), 643.

Zeng, Z., Li, W., Chen, X., Zhang, N., Qi, H., & Liu, X. (2020). Nanosized FeS2 Particles Caged in the Hollow Carbon Shell as a Robust Polysulfide Adsorbent and Redox Mediator. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 8(8), 3261-3272.

Hu, S., Finklea, H., Li, W., Li, W., Qi, H., Zhang, N., & Liu, X. (2020). Alternating Current Electrophoretic Deposition of Gadolinium Doped Ceria onto Yttrium Stabilized Zirconia: A Study of the Mechanism. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(9), 11126-11134.