CHEN Tao
Research Assistant Professor
Research Assistant Professor
Education:
- PhD, Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2010
- MS, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 2007
- BE, Department of Chemical Engineering, Auhui University of Science and Technology, 2003
Position:
- Research Assistant Professor (10/2011-present), Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow (08/2010-10/2011), Division of Bioengineering, Nanyang Technological University
Research Interests:
- Energy materials
- Organic/inorganic hybrid solar cells
Honour and Award:
- Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Studying Abroad (2008)
Selected Recent Publications:
- T. Chen, G.H. Guai, C. Gong, W.H. Hu, J.X. Zhu, H.B. Yang, Q.Y. Yan and C.M. Li, "Thermoelectric Bi2Te3-Improved Charge Collection for High-Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells", Energy & Environ. Sci. (accepted), 2011, DOI:10.1039/C1EE02385C.
- C.X. Guo, M. Wang, T. Chen, X.W. Lou and C.M. Li, "Hierarchically nanostructured composite of MnO2/conjugated polymer/graphene for high-performance lithium ion batteries", Adv. Energy Mater. 1, 736-741, 2011.
- Y. Wang, J.H. Liu, C.X. Guo, T. Chen, H.B. Yang and C.M. Li, "CeO2 nanoparticles deposited on three-dimensional graphene as supercapacitors with high power density", Dalton Trans. 40, 6388-6391, 2011.
- T. Chen, C.L. Du, L.H. Tan, Z.X. Shen and H.Y. Chen, "Site-selective localization of analytes on gold nanorod surfaces for investigating field enhancement distribution in surface-enhanced Raman scattering", Nanoscale 3 (4), 1575-1581, 2011.
- T. Chen, H. Wang, G. Chen, Y. Wang, Y.H. Feng, T.S. Teo, T. Wu and H.Y. Chen, "Hotspot-induced transformation of surface-enhanced Raman scattering fingerprints", ACS Nano 4, 3087-3094, 2010.
- T. Chen, G. Chen, S.X. Xing, T. Wu and H.Y. Chen, "Scalable route to Janus Au-SiO2 and ternary Ag-Au-SiO2 nanoparticles", Chem. Mater. 22, 3826-3828, 2010.
- J. Xu, H. Wang, C.C. Liu, Y.M. Yang, T. Chen, Y.W. Wang, F. Wang, X.G. Liu, B.G. Xing and H.Y. Chen, "Mechanical nano-springs: induced coiling and uncoiling of ultrathin Au nanowires", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 11920-11922, 2010.
- H. Wang, J. Xu, J.H. Wang, T. Chen, Y. Wang, Y.W. Tan, H.B. Su, K.L. Chan and H.Y. Chen, "Probing the kinetics of drug release from nanocarriers to nanoacceptors", Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 49, 8426-8430, 2010.
- S.X. Xing, Y.H. Feng, Y.Y. Tay, T. Chen, J. Xu, M. Pan, J.T. He, H.H. Hng, Q.Y. Yan and H.Y. Chen, "Reducing the symmetry of bimetallic Au@Ag nanoparticles by exploiting eccentric polymer shells", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 9537-9539, 2010.
- T. Chen, M.X. Yang, X.J. Wang, L.H. Tan and H.Y. Chen, "Controlled assembly of eccentrically encapsulated gold nanoparticles", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 11858-11859, 2008.
- T. Chen, G.Z. Xing, Z. Zhang, H.Y. Chen and T. Wu, "Tailoring photoluminescence in ZnO nanowires using Au nanoparticles", Nanotechnology 19, 435711, 2008.
- X.J. Wang, G.P. Li, T. Chen, M.X. Yang, Z. Zhang, T. Wu and H.Y. Chen, "Polymer-encapsulated gold-nanoparticle dimers: facile preparation and catalytical application in guided growth of dimeric ZnO-nanowires", Nano Lett. 8, 2643-2647, 2008.
- T. Chen and K.B. Tang, "γ-Ga2O3 quantum dots with visible blue-green light emission property", Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 053104, 2007.
| Office: | Room 104, 1/F Science Centre North Block |
| Phone: | (852) 39436278 |
| E-mail: | taochen@phy.cuhk.edu.hk |