Faculty

Zhang Yaoxin

Associate Professor

zhangyaoxin@sjtu.edu.cn

Homepage：https://scholar.google.com.sg/citations?user=mGnTCeAAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN

LCC Full Time Power Engineering
Educational Background

  • 2015.07 – 2019.12 Ph.D，Materials Science and Engineering，National University of Singapore  

  • 2011.09 – 2015.06 B.Eng. Inorganic Non-metallic Materials Engineering, Shandong University

Bio

  • 2023.02 – present Associate Professor, China-UK Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  • 2019.12 – 2023.01 Research Fellow，National University of Singapore Advisor：Prof. John WANG ; Prof. Chaobin HE; Dr. Swee Ching TAN
Research Fields

  • Solid-liquid-vapor interaction and interfacial conversion of mass and energy

  • Photothermal interfacial evaporation and solar desalination

  • Hygroscopic materials and sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting

  • Moisture-responsive materials and multifunctional device design

Publications

  1. As a SJTUer： 

  2. Mao K, Zhang Y*, Tan SC*. Functionalizing solar-driven steam generation towards water and energy sustainability. Nature Water 2025, 3, 144-156.                          https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-024-00363-x
  3. Z Yu, T Xiong, Y Zhang*. Dynamic water gating facilitated the formation of micro-nano water films for rapid solar-driven evaporation. Matter 2024, 7, 3250-3252.
  4. Q Liu, Z Yu, Y Zhang*, K Mao, W Xiang, S Guo, T Xiong, SC Tan. Solar-driven fast and selective extraction of lithium from seawater enabled by unidirectional photothermal conversion and confined crystallization with facile synthesis of nanoarray evaporator.  Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 506, 159990.
  5. Z Mao, Y Han, J Shen, L Zhang, Y Xie, J Liu, H Wu, Z Yu, X Duan, Y Zhang*, J Lu. Simultaneous Salt Rejection and Heat Localization Via Engineering Macrochannels in Morning Glory‐Shaped 3D Evaporator. Advanced Science 2024, 11, 2405639.
  6. S Guo, Y Zhang*, SC Tan. Device design and optimization of sorption-based atmospheric water harvesters. Device 2023, 1, 100099.

  7.  

    Before SJTU:

  8. Zhang Y, Yu Z, Qu H, Guo S, Yang J, Zhang S, Yang L, Wang J*, Tan SC*. Self-sustained programmable hygro-electronic interfaces for humidity-regulated hierarchical information encryption and display. Adv. Mater. 2023, 2208081.
  9. Zhang Y, Tan SC*. Standard practices for solar water production technologies. Nat. Sustain. 2022, 5, 554–556.
  10. Zhang Y, Qu H, Guo S, Yu ZG, Zhang X, Sun W, Yang J, Suresh L, Koh JJ, Tan SC*. An asymmetric hygroscopic structure for moisture-driven hygro-ionic electricity generation and storage. Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2201228.
  11. Zhang Y, Nandakumar DK, Tan SC*. Digestion of Ambient Humidity for Energy Generation. Joule 2020, 4, 2532-2536.
  12. Zhang Y, Xiong T, Suresh L, Qu H, Zhang X, Zhang Q, Tan SC*. Guaranteeing complete salt rejection by channeling saline water through fluidic photothermal structure toward synergistic zero energy clean water production and in situ energy generation. ACS Energy Lett. 2020, 5, 3397-3404.
  13. Zhang Y†; Zhang H†, Xiong T, Qu H, Koh JJ, Nandakumar DK, Wang J, Tan SC*. Manipulating unidirectional fluid transportation to drive sustainable solar water extraction and brine-drenching induced energy generation. Energy Environ. Sci. 2020, 13, 4891-4902. (†: Equal Contribution) (Cover Paper)
  14. Zhang Y, Xiong T, Nandakumar DK, Tan SC*. Structure architecting for salt-rejecting solar interfacial desalination to achieve high-performance evaporation with in situ energy generation. Adv. Sci. 2020, 7, 1903478.
  15. Zhang Y, Ravi SK, Tan SC*. Food-derived carbonaceous materials for solar desalination and thermo-electric power generation. Nano Energy 2019, 65, 104006.
  16. Zhang Y, Ravi SK, Yang L, Vaghasiya JV, Suresh L, Tan I, Tan SC*. Portable trilayer photothermal structure for hybrid energy harvesting and synergic water purification. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11, 38674-38682.
  17. Zhang Y, Ravi SK, Tan SC*. Systematic Study of the Effects of System Geometry and Ambient Conditions on Solar Steam Generation for Evaporation Optimization. Adv. Sustainable Syst. 2019, 3, 1900044.
  18. Zhang Y, Ravi SK, Vaghasiya JV, Tan SC*. A Barbeque-Analog Route to Carbonize Moldy Bread for Efficient Steam Generation. iScience 2018, 3, 31-39.
  19. Bai L†, Zhang Y†, Guo S, Qu H, Yu Z, Yu H, Chen W*, Tan SC*. Hygrothermic Wood Actuated Robotic Hand. Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2211437. (†: Equal Contribution)
  20. Nandakumar DK†, Zhang Y†, Ravi SK, Guo N, Zhang C, Tan SC*. Solar Energy Triggered Clean Water Harvesting from Humid Air Existing above Sea Surface Enabled by a Hydrogel with Ultrahigh Hygroscopicity. Adv. Mater. 2019, 31, 1806730. (†: Equal Contribution)
  21. Guo S†, Zhang Y†, Qu H, Li M, Zhang S, Yang J, Zhang X, Tan SC*. Repurposing face mask waste to construct floating photothermal evaporator for autonomous solar ocean farming. Ecomat. 2022, 4, e12179. (†: Equal Contribution) (Cover Paper)
  22. Yu Z, Li S, Chen Y, Zhang S, Chu J*, Zhang Y*, Tan SC*. Intensifying the co-production of vapor and salts by a one-way brine-flowing structure driven by solar irradiation or waste heat. Desalination 2022, 539, 115942.
  23. Guo S, Zhang Y*, Tan SC*. Device design and optimization of sorption-based atmospheric water harvester. Device 2023, 1, 100099.
Other Professional Activities

Peer-review expert for Nat. Sustain., Nat. Water, Joule, Adv. Mater., Adv. Energy. Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., etc.

Honors and Awards

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  • 2024.09,  Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2024 by Stanford University

  • 2022.12，SusArticle Award from SusMat by Wiley and Sichuan University

  • 2021.03，Contribution Award from UltraDry Pte. Ltd., Singapore

  • 2019.11，Poster Award in Cell Symposia (Cell Press)

  • 2017.10，Programme Certificate of Lean Launchpad Programme