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Zhongchao Tan
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Research
Latest papers
Cluster level entropy enhancement in neutral acetate electrolytes enables economical and durable zinc air batteries.
Nature communications · 2026
Synergistic Layered Design of Aerogel Nanocomposite of Graphene Nanoribbon/MXene with Tunable Absorption Dominated Electromagnetic Interference Shielding.
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2024
Stabilized Cuδ+-OH species on in situ reconstructed Cu nanoparticles for CO2-to-C2H4 conversion in neutral media.
Nature communications · 2024
Latest funding
- $105,478
Filtration of airborne nanoparticles using nanofibers
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $1,650,000
NSERC CREATE in Integrated Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities (IISC)
NSERC · 2018 · Co-investigator
- $25,000
Graphene sponge used as volatile organic compounds absorbent for air purification
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
17 publications.
Cluster level entropy enhancement in neutral acetate electrolytes enables economical and durable zinc air batteries.
Zhao W, Wang Y, Mashhadimoslem H, Zhu N, Karimi P, Wang Z, Elkamel A, Tan Z, Yu A, Chen Z
Synergistic Layered Design of Aerogel Nanocomposite of Graphene Nanoribbon/MXene with Tunable Absorption Dominated Electromagnetic Interference Shielding.
Habibpour S, Rahimi-Darestani Y, Salari M, Zarshenas K, Taromsari SM, Tan Z, Hamidinejad M, Park CB, Yu A
Stabilized Cuδ+-OH species on in situ reconstructed Cu nanoparticles for CO2-to-C2H4 conversion in neutral media.
Wang L, Chen Z, Xiao Y, Huang L, Wang X, Fruehwald H, Akhmetzyanov D, Hanson M, Chen Z, Chen N, Billinghurst B, Smith RDL, Singh CV, Tan Z, Wu YA
Development of Adjustable High- to Low-Adhesive Superhydrophobicity Using Aligned Electrospun Fibers.
Zhang Y, Li Y, Tan Z
Cascade electrocatalysis via AgCu single-atom alloy and Ag nanoparticles in CO2 electroreduction toward multicarbon products.
Du C, Mills JP, Yohannes AG, Wei W, Wang L, Lu S, Lian JX, Wang M, Guo T, Wang X, Zhou H, Sun CJ, Wen JZ, Kendall B, Couillard M, Guo H, Tan Z, Siahrostami S, Wu YA
Microwave-Assisted Rapid Substitution of Ti for Zr to Produce Bimetallic (Zr/Ti)UiO-66-NH2 with Congenetic "Shell-Core" Structure for Enhancing Photocatalytic Removal of Nitric Oxide.
Liu J, Huang X, Jia L, Liu L, Nie Q, Tan Z, Yu H
Top-down synthesis and enhancing device adaptability of graphene quantum dots.
Sun F, Ghosh H, Tan Z, Sivoththaman S
Multi-step forecast of PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations using convolutional neural network integrated with spatial-temporal attention and residual learning.
Zhang K, Yang X, Cao H, Thé J, Tan Z, Yu H
A review of enrichment methods for circulating tumor cells: from single modality to hybrid modality.
Zhang Y, Li Y, Tan Z
In Situ Measurement of Airborne Particle Concentration in a Real Dental Office: Implications for Disease Transmission.
Razavi M, Butt ZA, Chen H, Tan Z
Filtration of airborne nanoparticles using nanofibers
Principal investigators: Tan, Zhongchao
Keywords: Airborne nanoparticle; Clean air technology; Electrospinning; Electrospinning device design; Energy and Environment; Filtration; Nanoaerosol; Nanofiber; Separations; Transient nanoparticle
NSERC CREATE in Integrated Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities (IISC)
Principal investigators: Kattan, Lina LK
Keywords: disruptice forces; energy and power management; future transportation technologies; integrated infrastructure; life cycle analysis; optimization and modelling; policy and regulations; sustainable communities; urban form/construction; waste management; water and air
Graphene sponge used as volatile organic compounds absorbent for air purification
Principal investigators: Tan, Zhongchao
Filtration and Measurement of Nanoaerosol Particles
Principal investigators: Tan, Zhongchao
Development of nanofiber based diesel soot filtration technology
Principal investigators: Tan, Zhongchao
Portable real-time PM2.5 monitoring device
Principal investigators: Tan, Zhongchao
Ionic liquid emissions abatement technology to reduce Maritime sulphur emissions
Principal investigators: Tan, Zhongchao
Ultrafine particle filtration and measurement
Principal investigators: Tan, Zhongchao
Simultaneous absorption of NOX and SO2 using hexamminecobalt (II) iodide solution
Principal investigators: Tan, Zhongchao
Degassing liquid sulfur of H2S using spray and micron bubbles
Principal investigators: Tan, Zhongchao
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Aiping Yu and Zhongwei Chen: 59 shared papers
- Ali Elkamel and Aiping Yu: 2 shared papers
- Aiping Yu and Ning Zhu: 2 shared papers
- Aiping Yu and Zhongchao Tan: 2 shared papers
- Aiping Yu and Mahdi Hamidinejad: 2 shared papers
- Zhongwei Chen and Ning Zhu: 2 shared papers
- Ali Elkamel and Zhongwei Chen: 1 shared paper
- Ali Elkamel and Ning Zhu: 1 shared paper
- Ali Elkamel and Zhongchao Tan: 1 shared paper
- Zhongwei Chen and Zhongchao Tan: 1 shared paper
- Eric Croiset and Zhongchao Tan: 1 shared paper
- Ning Zhu and Zhongchao Tan: 1 shared paper
- Zhongchao Tan and Siva Sivoththaman: 1 shared paper
- Zhongchao Tan and Mahdi Hamidinejad: 1 shared paper
- Chemical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Chemical Engineering - University of Waterloo
Co-authors at University of Waterloo, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Aiping Yu
Department of Chemical Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Siva Sivoththaman
Electrical & Computer Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Mahdi Hamidinejad
Mechanical Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Ali Elkamel
Chemical Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Zhongwei Chen
Chemical Engineering - University of Waterloo
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Eric Croiset
Chemical Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Ning Zhu
Chemical and Biological Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2026
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