QiChun Zhang, Ph.D.,

Post-Doc, Northwestern University
Kanatzidis Group, Thermoelectics
Phone: x 7-6135
E-Mail: q-zhang@northwestern.edu
Office: K254

B.S., Chemistry
Nanjing University 1992
Nanjing, P.R. China

M.S., Organic Chemistry
University of California, Los angeles, 2003

Ph. D., Inorganic Chemistry
University of California, Riverside, 2007

Research

I joined Professor Kanatzidis' group as a postdoctoral research associate on Oct 2007. I am currently working on synthesis and characterization of new thermoelectric materials and their practical applications. I am also using metal-zintl anion as starting materials to produce crystalline chalcogenide-based materials for non-linear optic (NLO), photovoltaics, and thermoelectric applications.

During Ph.D. studies at University of California, Riverside, I worked on the synthesis and assembly of semiconducting nanoclusters (Cd₈S(SPh)₁₆^2-, Cd₁₇S₄(SPh)₂₈^2- , Cd₃₂S₁₄(SPh)₄₀^4-, Cd₅₄S₃₂(Ph)₄₈(H₂O)₄₄^-) into frameworks under the supervision of Professor Pingyun Feng.