Nanomaterials Reinforced composite coatings for marine corrosion resistance/anti-biofouling

2012/12-2015/12: Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Associate Professor; 2015/12-present: Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Professor

(1) Guanting Li, Xianze Meng, Yangmin Wu, Wenjie Zhao*. Constructing Ti3C2Tx@PPy-MoO4 hybrid reinforced epoxy coating for achieving active-passive collaborative anti-corrosion under deep sea environment. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 521,166762. 

(2)Minglong Yan,* Saijun Wu, Yuchen Zhong, Yinghao Wu, Yangmin Wu, Xijian Lan, and Wenjie Zhao*. Constructing self-renewing silicone-hydrogel hybrid coatings with integrated fouling resistant/release/killing mode toward superior biofouling defense. Small, 2025, 21, 2504089; 

(3) Saijun Wu, Minglong Yan*, Yuchen Zhong, Jianjun Cheng, Wenjie Zhao*. COF nanotubes/2D nanosheets heterojunction for superior photocatalytic bactericidal activity even at low concentration and weak light. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2025, 492, 138111; 

(4) Yinghao Wu, Tian-Yu Sun, Tianhao Ge, Wenjie Zhao*, and Liang-Feng Huang*. Eliminating the Galvanic Corrosion Effect of Graphene Coating by an Accurate and Rapid Self-Assembling Defect Healing Approach. Advanced Functional Materials. 2022, 32, 2110264.; 

(5)Yinghao Wu, Wenjie Zhao*, Junfei Ou*. Stable, superfast and self-healing fluid coating with active corrosion resistance. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2021, 295, 102494.

First Prize of Zhejiang Province Technological Progress (2020);
Second Prize of Jiangxi Province Natural Science (2024);
The "Hou Baorong"Engineering Innovation Award of the Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection (2025)