Chenyu Zhou

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Center for Functional Nanomaterials
Bldg. 735, Room SE12
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

czhou1@bnl.gov

Preferred Gender Pronouns (PGPs): he, him, his

Education | Appointments | Publications | Highlights | Awards

Education

B.Sc.: Peking University, Beijing, China 2016

M.Sc.: Columbia University, New York, NY, USA 2018

Ph.D.: Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA 2022

Professional Appointments

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory 2022-present

Selected Publications

• Zhou C, Mun J, Yao J, et al (2024) Ultrathin Magnesium-Based Coating as An Efficient Oxygen Barrier for Superconducting Circuit Materials. Advanced Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202310280
• Hilbrands AM#, Zhang S#, Zhou C#, et al (2023) Impact of Varying the Photoanode/Catalyst Interfacial Composition on Solar Water Oxidation: The Case of BiVO4(010)/FeOOH Photoanodes. Journal of the American Chemical Society 145:23639–23650. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c07722 (#equally contributed)
• Zhou C, Xi Z, Stacchiola DJ, Liu M (2022) Application of ultrathin TiO2 layers in solar energy conversion devices. Energy Science & Engineering 10:1614–1629. https://doi.org/10.1002/ese3.1142
• Zhou C, Zhang L, Tong X, Liu M (2021) Temperature Effect on Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: A Model Study Based on BiVO4 Photoanodes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13:61227–61236. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c19623
• Lee D#, Wang W#, Zhou C#, et al (2021) The impact of surface composition on the interfacial energetics and photoelectrochemical properties of BiVO4. Nature Energy 6:287–294. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00777-x (#equally contributed)
• Zhou C, Sanders-Bellis Z, Smart TJ, et al (2020) Interstitial Lithium Doping in BiVO4 Thin Film Photoanode for Enhanced Solar Water Splitting Activity. Chemistry of Materials 32:6401–6409. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01481

Research Highlights

Magnesium Protects Tantalum, a Promising Material for Making Qubits

Direct View of Tantalum Oxidation that Impedes Qubit Coherence

High Throughput and Multimodal Materials Identification

Understanding the Tantalizing Benefits of Tantalum for Improved Quantum Processors

More Hydrogen from "Hot" Water Splitting

Tuning Electrode Surfaces to Optimize Solar Fuel Production

Driving Water Splitting to Create Chemical Fuels

Lithium as a Photocatalytic Performance Enhancer

Awards & Recognition

Materials-thrust Best Poster Award, Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage (C²QA) 2022

Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship, Brookhaven National Laboratory 2021