Zhi Gong (he/him)

Preferred Name: Daniel Gong 
Position: Visiting Scholar
Office: 47 Gilman
Email: zhigong@berkeley.edu / zhigong2005@qq.com
Hobbies: Cooking, hiking and music.

Education and Training 

Applied Chemistry (2021~2025)
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Undergraduate

Research Interests

Exploration of New Reaction Mechanisms and Their Thermodynamic Characteristics via Q-Chem: Forecasts Regarding Intermediates and the Interaction between Metals and Organic Ligands.

Selected Publications

Several contributions are currently at various stages within the journal’s publication process. For a full, up-to-date list, visit my Google Scholar page.

First Author

Green synthesis of luminescent La-MOF nanoparticle from waste poly(ethylene terephthalate) for high performance in Fe(III) detection.
Zhi Gong, Zhikui Dai, Zhiyue Dong, Qiuxuan Liu, Valentin A. Milichko, Huajian Liu, Jie Liu*, Ran Niu*, Jiang Gong*, Rare Metals, In Press

Contributing Author

Mass production of biodegradable porous foam for simultaneous solar evaporation and thermoelectricity generation,
Zhipeng Liu, Zhi Gong, Xiaolong Li, Jiaxin Ren, Jiang Gong*, Jinping Qu*, Ran Niu*.
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 26784-26793. DOI: 10.1039/D3TA06133G.

Functional upcycling of waste polyester into Cr-MOF towards synergistic interfacial solar evaporation and organic pollutant degradation.
B. Chen, L. Liu, Y. Song, H. Liu, Z. Gong, Y. She, J. Liu, R. Niu*, J. Gong*
Materials Today Sustainability, 24, 2023, 100561. DOI:10.1016/J.MTSUST.2023.100561

Sustainable upcycling of waste polyethylene terephthalate into hierarchically porous carbon nanosheet for interfacial solar steam and hydroelectricity generation.
Qiuxuan Liu, Huiyue Wang, Xueying Wen, Guixin Hu, Huajian Liu, Zhi Gong, Sizheng Bi, Qianyu Wei, Ran Niu*, Jiang Gong*, Sustainable Materials and Technologies. Submitted