Zhengrong Li

Instructor
 

B.S., Inorganic/Material Chemistry,

University of Science and Technology of China, 1989

M.S., Inorganic/Physical Chemistry,

New Mexico Highlands University, 1998

Ph.D., Inorganic/Organometallic Chemistry,

Texas Tech University, 2002

 

Awards and Honors:

 

Outstanding General Chemistry Teaching Assistant,

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry ,

Texas Tech University, Fall Semester 2002

Who’s Who among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1996-1997

 

Phone: (806) 742-3085

Fax: (806) 742-1289

Instructor -- CHEM 1301, Spring 2005

The objective of my research reflects my interests in organometallic chemistry, material chemistry using ultrasonic approach. I plan to utilize ultrasound to create a simple preparation route for nanostructured functional inorganic materials. One objective is to synthesize nano-scale semiconductors, a special group that has novel physical properties remarkably different from those of the bulk solids. The aim of our study is to lower the processing temperature, avoid complex side reactions, minimize expensive, toxic precursors and develop milder reaction condition.

Another objective is to prepare the catalytic metals, metal alloys and supported metal catalysts which have great potential application in fuel cell process, and Fischer-Tropsch reactions. Irradiated under high-intensity ultrasound, the metal nanoparticles may provide more active sites for the reactions so that enhances catalytic activities.

A third interest of my research is to probe the metal intercalation of layered materials using ultrasound. The initial target includes potassium intercalated boron nitride (BN). Boron nitride has a similar but more rigid layer structure to graphite whose alkali-metal intercalated compounds, C8M (M = Li, Na, K) have been reported as a potential massive hydrogen storage material.

 
Selected Publications

  • “Methanol electrochemical oxidation at nanometer-scale PtRu materials”, Korzeniewski, C.; Basnayake, R; Vijayaraghavan, G.; Li, Z.; Xu, S.; Casadonte, Jr., D.J.  Surface Science 2004, in press.

  • “Partial oxidation of methane to formaldehyde -- the research on MoO3/SiO2 and its doped system”, Cao, R.; Chen, Y.; Li, Z.; Li, W.  The fourth national youth symposium on catalysis, (Dalian) 1993.

  •  “Crystal structure of (Ca0.9Sr0.1)CuO2 and (Ca0.89Sr0.11)CuO3",  Cheng, T.; Li, Z.; Lu, J.  Chinese Journal of Low Temperature Physics 1990, 12, 272-276.

  • “The structural characteristics of high Tc superconducting oxides”, Zhou, G.; Chen, Z.; Li, Z.; Qian, Y. Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics 1989, 2, 100-105.

Patents

  • Cai, Jiaqiang; Li, Zhengrong; Yu, Junxue; Yuan, Xiaohua; Shi, Zuowu; Lu, Shiwei and Guo, Hefu “ Cyanohydrin process for preparing cyanomethyl tetramethylcyclo-propanecarboxylate derivative”,  Zhongguo Zuanli Gongbao CN 1062438, 1993 (CA 118:p147447g).

  • Cai, Jiaqiang; Yu, Junxue; Yuan, Xiaohua; Shi, Zuowu; Li, Zhengrong; Lu, Shiwei and Guo, Hefu “Process of preparing 2,2,3,3-tetremethylcyclopropancarboxylic acid”, Zhongguo Zuanli Gongbao CN 1062345, 1993 (CA 118:p38501g).

CHEM 1301-002 Course

 

 

 

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