个人简历

教育经历
2008.09 - 2013.12 中南大学，粉末冶金研究院，材料学，博士（硕博连读）
2004.09 - 2008.06 中南大学，粉末冶金研究院，粉体材料科学与工程，本科
工作经历
2019.09 – 至今 中南大学，粉末冶金研究院，教授
2018.06 – 2019.12 英国巴斯大学(University of Bath, UK)机械工程学院，研究员
2016.06 – 2018.06 英国巴斯大学(University of Bath, UK)机械工程学院，欧盟-玛丽居里研究员(Marie Curie Fellow)
2014.06 – 2016.06 湖南大学，现代工程训练中心，实验师(讲师)

研究领域

压电，热释电，铁电材料的研发与设计
传感器，驱动器，能量采集器与电解水等应用
新型多孔结构及其复合材料设计

近期论文

Yan Zhang, Christopher Ellingford, Runan Zhang, James Roscow, Margaret Hopkins, Patrick Keogh, Tony McNally, Chris Bowen, Chaoying Wan. Electrical and mechanical self-healing in high performance dielectric elastomer actuator materials. Advanced Functional Materials. 2019, 1808431. (IF=13.325)
Yan Zhang, Chris Bowen, Sujoy Ghosh, Dipankar Mandal, Hamideh Khanbareh, Mustafa Arafa, Chaoying Wan. Ferroelectret materials and devices for energy harvesting applications. Nano Energy. 2019, 57: 118-140. (IF=13.120)
Yan Zhang, Santosh Kumar, Frank Marken, Marcin Krasny, Eleanor Roake, Salvador Eslava, Steve Dunn, Enrico Da Como, Chris Bowen. Pyro-electro-catalytic water splitting for hydrogen generation. Nano Energy. 2019, 58: 183-191. (IF=13.120)
Yan Zhang, James Roscow, Rhodri Lewis, Hamideh Khanbareh, Vitaly Yu. Topolov, Chris Bowen, et al. Understanding the effect of porosity on the polarisation-field response of ferroelectric materials. Acta Materialia. 2018, 154: 100-112. (IF=5.301)
Yan Zhang, Chris Bowen, Sylvain Deville. Ice-templated poly(vinylidene fluoride) ferroelectrets. Soft Matter. 2019, 15: 825-832. (IF=3.709) (本期封面文章)
Yan Zhang, Vana Adamaki, Hamideh Khanbareh, Chris Bowen, et al. Control of electro-chemical processes using energy harvesting materials and devices. Chemical Society Reviews. 2017, 46: 7757-7786. (IF=40.182) (本期封底文章)
Sundaram Chandrasekaran*, Lei Yao, Libo Deng, Chris Bowen*, Yan Zhang*, Sanming Chen, Zhiqun Lin, Feng Peng and Peixin Zhang*. Recent advances in metal sulfides: from controlled fabrication to electrocatalytic, photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting and beyond. Chemical Society Reviews, 2019, 48, 4178-4280. (IF=40.182)
Yan Zhang, James Roscow, Chris Bowen, et al. Dielectric and piezoelectric properties of porous lead-free 0.5Ba(Ca0.8Zr0.2)O3-0.5(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 ceramics. Materials Research Bulletin. 2019, 112: 426-431. (Invited paper, IF=2.446)
Sundaram Chandrasekarana, Chris Bowen, James Roscow, Yan Zhang*, Dinh Khoi Dang, Eui Jung Kim, RDK Misra, Libo Deng, Jin Suk Chung, Seung Hyun Hur. Micro-scale to Nano-scale Generators for Energy Harvesting: Self Powered Piezoelectric, Triboelectric and Hybrid Devices. Physics Reports. 2019, 792: 1-33. (IF=20.099)
Yan Zhang, James Roscow, Chris Bowen, et al. High piezoelectric sensitivity and hydrostatic figures of merit in unidirectional porous ferroelectric ceramics fabricated by freeze casting. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 2018, 38(12): 4203-4211. (IF=4.259)
James Roscow, Yan Zhang*, Marcin Kraśny, Rhodri Lewis, John Taylor, Chris Bowen. Freeze cast porous barium titanate for enhanced piezoelectric energy harvesting. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 2018, 51(22): 225301 (1-18). (IF=2.588)
M. Xie, Yan Zhang*, Marcin J. Kraśny, Andrew Rhead, Chris Bowen and Mustafa Arafa. Energy harvesting from coupled bending-twisting oscillations in carbon-fibre reinforced polymer laminates. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 2018, 107: 429-438. (IF=4.116)
Chris Bowen, Vitaly Yu. Topolov, Yan Zhang*, and Alexander A. Panich. 1-3 Type composites based on ferroelectrics: electromechanical coupling, figures of merit and piezotechnical energy-harvesting applications. Energy Technology. 2018, 6: 1-17. (Invited paper, IF=2.789) (本期封面文章)
Yan Zhang, James Roscow, Kechao Zhou, Yinxiang Bao, Dou Zhang, Chris Bowen, et al. Enhanced pyroelectric and piezoelectric properties of PZT with aligned porosity for energy harvesting applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5(14): 6569-6580. (IF=10.733)
Chao Chen, Yan Zhang*, Jing Zeng, Fuqiang Zhang, Chris Bowen, Dou Zhang. Aligned macroporous TiO2/chitosan/reduced graphene oxide (rGO) composites for photocatalytic applications. Applied Surface Science, 2017, 424(170-176). (IF=3.387)