Xiaohong Zhu (Professor, Doctoral Supervisor)

Tel: +86-(0)28-85412415

Email: xhzhu@scu.edu.cn

Research Interests: Graphene-based electrode materials and solid-state electrolytes for energy storage applications (supercapacitors and lithium-ion batteries); Piezoelectric and ferroelectric ceramics; Multifunctional oxide thin films for related electronic devices

Selected Publication List:

(1) Deyang Chen#, Christopher T. Nelson#, Xiaohong Zhu# (co-first author), Claudy R. Serrao, James D. Clarkson, Zhe Wang, Ya Gao, Shang-Lin Hsu, Liv R. Dedon, Zuhuang Chen, Di Yi, Heng-Jui Liu, Dechang Zeng, Ying-Hao Chu, Jian Liu, Darrell G. Schlom, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, A Strain-Driven Antiferroelectric-to-Ferroelectric Phase Transition in La-Doped BiFeO₃ Thin Films on Si, Nano Letters, 2017, 17(9): 5823-5829.

(2) Na Li, Xiaohong Zhu*, Caiyun Zhang, Liuqin Lai, Rong Jiang, Jiliang Zhu, Controllable Synthesis of Different Microstructured MnO₂ by a Facile Hydrothermal Method for Supercapacitors, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2017, 692: 26-33.

(3) Yue Jiang, Xiaohong Zhu*, Shiying Qin, Ming'en Ling, Jiliang Zhu, Investigation of Mg²⁺, Sc³⁺ and Zn²⁺ Doping Effects on Densification and Ionic Conductivity of Low-Temperature Sintered Li₇La₃Zr₂O₁₂ Garnets, Solid State Ionics, 2017, 300: 73-77.

(4) Liuqin Lai, Yunhui Xu, Yinjuan Ren, Haobin Gao, Xu Wang, Jiliang Zhu, Yusheng He, Xiaohong Zhu*, Low Loss and Highly Tunable (Ba,Sr)(Ti,Mn)O₃/(Ba,Sr)TiO₃ Bilayered Films for Electrically Tunable Microwave Device Applications, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2017, 28(8): 5718-5724.

(5) Caiyun Zhang, Xiaohong Zhu*, Min Cao, Menglin Li, Na Li, Liuqin Lai, Jiliang Zhu, Dacheng Wei*, Hierarchical Porous Carbon Materials Derived from Sheep Manure for High-Capacity Supercapacitors, ChemSusChem, 2016, 9: 932-937.

(6) Mingen Ling, Xiaohong Zhu*, Yue Jiang, Jiliang Zhu, Comparative Study of Solid-State Reaction and Sol-Gel Process for Synthesis of Zr-Doped Li_0.5La_0.5TiO₃ Solid Electrolytes, Ionics, 2016, 22(11): 2151-2156.

(7) Yu Zhang, Xiaohong Zhu*, Jiliang Zhu, Xiangming Zeng, Xiaodong Feng, Jianzhong Liao, Composition Design, Phase Transitions and Electrical Properties of Sr²⁺-Substituted xPZN-0.1PNN-(0.9-x)PZT Piezoelectric Ceramics, Ceramics International, 2016, 42(3): 4080-4089.

(8) Xiaohong Zhu^*, Gwenaël Le Rhun, Brahim Dkhil, Yinjuan Ren, Jiliang Zhu, Marc Aïd, Emmanuel Defaÿ^*, Tailoring the Room Temperature Ferroelectric/Paraelectric State in Polycrystalline (Ba_0.70Sr_0.30)TiO₃ Thin Films for Silicon Compatible Integration, Ceramics International, 2015, 41(10): 14412-14418.

(9) Yinjuan Ren, Xiaohong Zhu*, Caiyun Zhang, Jiliang Zhu, Jianguo Zhu, Dingquan Xiao, Saturated Hysteresis Loops and Conduction Mechanisms in Mn-Doped BiFeO₃ Thin Films Derived from Sol–Gel Process, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2015, 26(3): 1719-1726.

(10) Dayun Liang, Xiaohong Zhu*, Yu Zhang, Wei Shi, Jiliang Zhu, Large Piezoelectric Effect in (1-x)Ba(Zr_0.15Ti_0.85)O₃-x(Ba_0.8Sr_0.2)TiO₃ Lead-Free Ceramics, Ceramics International, 2015, 41(6): 8261-8266.

(11) Caiyun Zhang, Xiaohong Zhu*, Zhongxing Wang, Ping Sun, Yinjuan Ren, Jiliang Zhu, Jianguo Zhu, Dingquan Xiao, Facile Synthesis and Strongly Microstructure-Dependent Electrochemical Properties of Graphene/Manganese Dioxide Composites for Supercapacitors, Nanoscale Research Letters, 2014, 9: 490 (1-8).

(12) Haobin Gao, Wei Peng*, Xiaohong Zhu*, Tao Hu, Xiaoming Xie, Jiliang Zhu, Epitaxial Growth and Transport Properties of BaTiO₃/LaAlO₃/SrTiO₃ Heterostructures, Ceramics International, 2014, 40(8): 13763-13769.

(13) Qiang Zhang, Xiaohong Zhu*, Yunhui Xu, Haobin Gao, Yunjun Xiao, Dayun Liang, Jiliang Zhu, Jianguo Zhu, Dingquan Xiao, Effect of La³⁺ Substitution on the Phase Transitions, Microstructure and Electrical Properties of Bi_1-xLa_xFeO₃ Ceramics, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2013, 546: 57-62.

(14) Xiaohong Zhu*, Emmanuel Defaÿ, Marc Aïd, Yinjuan Ren, Caiyun Zhang, Jiliang Zhu, Jianguo Zhu, Dingquan Xiao, Preferential Growth and Enhanced Dielectric Properties of Ba_0.7Sr_0.3TiO₃ Thin Films with Preannealed Pt Bottom Electrode, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2013, 46(10): 105301.

(15) Xiaohong Zhu*, Emmanuel Defay*, Gwenael Le Rhun, Marc Aid, Yunhui Xu, Qiang Zhang, Yunjun Xiao, Haobin Gao, Dayun Liang, Jiliang Zhu, Jianguo Zhu, Dingquan Xiao, High Permittivity 0.9Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-0.1PbTiO₃ Relaxor Thin Films for High-Value, Wide-Temperature Capacitor Applications, Journal of Applied Physics, 2012, 112(5): 054105.

(16) Mingsong Wang, Jiliang Zhu*, Wenliang Zhu, Bo Zhu, Jing Liu, Xiaohong Zhu, Yunti Pu, Ping Sun, Zifan Zeng, Xuhai Li, Daqing Yuan, Shengyun Zhu, Giuseppe Pezzotti*, The Formation of Percolative Composites with a High Dielectric Constant and High Conductivity, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51(36): 9123-9127.

(17) Na Li, Xu Wang, Fengjin Xia, Jia Wang, Yunhui Xu, Liang Sun, Beiyi Zhu, Xiaohong Zhu*, Yusheng He*, High Tunable Ba_0.05Sr_0.95TiO₃ Thin Films for Microwave Applications at Cryogenic Temperature, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, 2012, 22(11): 583-585.

(18) Yunti Pu, Jiliang Zhu*, Xiaohong Zhu*, Yuansheng Luo, Mingsong Wang, Xuhai Li, Jing Liu, Jianguo Zhu, Dingquan Xiao, Double Hysteresis Loop Induced by Defect Dipoles in Ferroelectric Pb(Zr_0.8Ti_0.2)O₃ Thin Films, Journal of Applied Physics, 2011, 109(4): 044102.

(19) X. H. Zhu^*, E. Defaÿ*, Y. Lee, B. Andre, M. Aïd, J. L. Zhu, D. Q. Xiao, J. G. Zhu, High Permittivity Bi₂₄Fe₂O₃₉ Thin Films Prepared by a Low Temperature Process, Applied Physics Letters, 2010, 97(23): 232903.

(20) X. H. Zhu*, E. Defaÿ*, A. Suhm, E. Fribourg-Blanc, M. Aïd, Ultralow Dielectric Losses in Pyrochlore Films of the PbO-MgO-Nb₂O₅-TiO₂ System, Applied Physics Letters, 2009, 94(94):122906.

(21) B. Guigues*, X. H. Zhu, J. Sobotka, N. Guiblin, E. Defaÿ, B. Dkhil , Self-Organized (Ba_0.7,Sr_0.3)TiO₃ Nanocomposite with Improved Figure of Merit, Applied Physics Letters, 2009, 95(3): 032902.

(22) X. H. Zhu*, H. Béa, M. Bibes*, S. Fusil, K. Bouzehouane, E. Jacquet, A. Barthélémy, D. Lebeugle, M.Viret, D. Colson, Thickness-Dependent Structural and Electrical Properties of Multiferroic Mn-Doped BiFeO₃ Thin Films Grown Epitaxially by Pulsed Laser Deposition, Applied Physics Letters, 2008, 93(8): 082902.

(23) H. Béa, M. Bibes, F. Ott, B. Dupé, X.-H. Zhu, S. Petit, S. Fusil, C. Deranlot, K. Bouzehouane, A. Barthélémy*, Mechanisms of Exchange Bias with Multiferroic BiFeO₃ Epitaxial Thin Films, Physical Review Letters, 2008, 100(1): 017204.

(24) H. Béa*, M. Bibes, X.-H. Zhu, S. Fusil, K. Bouzehouane, S. Petit, J. Kreisel, A. Barthélémy, Crystallographic, Magnetic, and Ferroelectric Structures of Bulklike BiFeO₃ Thin Films, Applied Physics Letters, 2008, 93(7): 072901.

(25) X. H. Zhu*, J. Li, D. N. Zheng, Frequency and Temperature Dependence of Tunable Dielectric Properties of Ba(Zr_0.2Ti_0.8)O₃ Thin Films Grown on (001) MgO, Applied Physics Letters, 2007, 90(14): 142913.

(26) H. F. Tian, H. C. Yu, X. H. Zhu, Y. G. Wang, D. N. Zheng, H. X. Yang, *J. Q. Li, Off-Axis Electron Holography and Microstructure of Ba_0.5Sr_0.5TiO₃ Thin Films on LaAlO₃, Physical Review B, 2005, 71(11): 115419.

Scientific books:

(1) Xiaohong Zhu, Emmanuel Defaÿ, Chapter 9: Low Temperature Fabrication of High-K and Ferroelectric Thin Films for Capacitive Applications, in book “Ferroelectrics: New Research”, edited by Xui Li Huang and Su Lyn Ma, Nova Science Publishers, pp 261-276, USA, 2012.

(2) Xiaohong Zhu, Chapter 12: Integration of Multiferroic BiFeO₃ Thin Films into Modern Microelectronics, in book “Ferroelectric Dielectrics Integrated on Silicon”, edited by Emmanuel Defay, Wiley-ISTE, pp 403-441, UK, 2011.

Internationally awarded patents:

(1) Xiaohong ZHU, Emmanuel DEFAY, Eric FRIBOURG-BLANC, Process for Forming a Ceramic Oxide Material with a Pyrochlore Structure Having a High Dielectric Constant and Implementation of This Process for Applications in Microelectronics, 2016.08.02, United States Patent, US9406439.

(2) Xiaohong ZHU, Emmanuel DEFAY, Eric FRIBOURG-BLANC, PROCEDE DE PREPARATION D'UN MATERIAU OXYDE CERAMIQUE A STRUCTURE PYROCHLORE PRESENTANT UNE CONSTANTE DIELECTRIQUE ELEVEE ET MISE EN OEUVRE DE CE PROCEDE POUR DES APPLICATIONS DE MICROELECTRONIQUE, 2017.10.11, European Patent, EP2166547.

(3) Xiaohong ZHU, Emmanuel DEFAY, Eric FRIBOURG-BLANC, PROCEDE DE PREPARATION D'UN MATERIAU OXYDE CERAMIQUE A STRUCTURE PYROCHLORE PRESENTANT UNE CONSTANTE DIELECTRIQUE ELEVEE ET MISE EN OEUVRE DE CE PROCEDE POUR DES APPLICATIONS DE MICROELECTRONIQUE, 2010.11.05, French Patent, FR2936242.