He has published 8 invited book chapters, 90 patent applications (including granted 1 China patent, 1 European patent, 3 Singapore patents, and 10 US patents), and over 500 papers. Some of his papers have been published in Nature (1), Science (1), Nat. Mater. (3), Nat. Chem. (5), Nat. Catal. (2), Nat. Rev. Mater. (2), Nat. Rev. Chem. (1), Nat. Commun. (13), Sci. Adv. (2), Nat. Protocols (1), Chem. Rev. (3), Chem. Soc. Rev. (16), Acc. Chem. Res. (4), Acc. Mater. Res. (1), J. Am. Chem. Soc. (29), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (29), Adv. Mater. (74), Energy Environ. Sci (12), Mater. Today (1), Adv. Energy Mater. (9), Chem (3), Natl. Sci. Rev. (4), ACS Nano (33), Nano Lett. (17), Adv. Funct. Mater. (5), Nano Energy (6), Energy Storage Mater. (1), ACS Catal. (1), Small (70), Small Methods (3), Nano-Micro Lett. (1), Mater. Horizons (2), Biomater. (1), Biosens. Bioelectron. (2), J. Mater. Chem. A (4), Matter (2), NPG Asia Mater. (1), J. Hazard. Mater. (1), Nanoscale Horizons (2), Appl. Mater. Today (1), J. Mater. Chem. (9), etc. As at Sept. 2023, the total cited times are over 116,600 with H-index of 171 (Web of Science), and over 136,500 with H-index of 181 (Google Scholar). He has been invited to give more than 300 Plenary, Keynote or Invited Talks in international conferences, universities and institutes. He has organized several tens of international conferences and served as the Conference (Co-)Chair or Symposium Chair.
Dr. Zhang’s research is highly interdisciplinary. His current research interests focus on phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN) and controlled epitaxial growth of heterostructures, including the synthesis of ultrathin two-dimensional nanomaterials (e.g., metal nanosheets, graphene, metal dichalcogenides, metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, etc.), novel metallic and semiconducting nanomaterials, novel amorphous nanomaterials, and their hybrid composites for various applications, such as catalysis, clean energy, (opto-)electronic devices, chemical and biosensors, and water remediation.