Ping-Group Theoretical and Computational Materials Research

Zachary Sanders-Bellis

EDUCATION & RESEARCH

2018-2020
Undergraduate Researcher, Ping Group, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-Santa Cruz

2015-2019
B.S. Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-Santa Cruz

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Defects in transition metal oxides
  • PEC’s
  • Electronic structure

AWARDS

Second place – Butte County Science Fair – Melting Point Effects of Household Ionic Compounds in Aqueous Solution.

PUBLICATIONS

Chenyu Zhou, Zachary Sanders-Bellis, Tyler J. Smart, Wenrui Zhang, Lihua Zhang, Yuan Ping,  and Mingzhao Liu, “Interstitial Lithium Doping in BiVO4 Thin Film Photoanode for Enhanced Solar Water Splitting Activity”, Chemistry of Materials 32, 6401-6409 (2020).