Qi Hua Fan

Qi Hua Fan

Qi Hua Fan

Associate Professor, Joint Faculty in CHEMS and ECE

Biography

Biography/Research Expertise: Plasma Sources, Plasma-Material Interactions, Thin Film Solar Cells, Supercapacitors, Optical Thin Films, Functional Coatings, Electronic Materials and Semiconductor Devices

Research Area
Awards
Cannon Intellectual Property Commercialization Award, SDSU (2012–2013)
Distinguished Researcher Award, College of Engineering, SDSU (2013–2014)
Best Paper Award, IEEE EIT International Conference, Rapid City, SD (2013)
Grantswinship Award, College of Engineering, SDSU (2012, 2013, 2015)
Excellence in Research Award, EECS Department, SDSU (2015)
Education
Ph.D, Applied Physics, University of Aveiro, 1999
Publications
Bocong Zheng, Yangyang Fu, Keliang Wang, Thanh Tran, Thomas Schuelke, and Qi Hua Fan, “Electron dynamics in radio frequency magnetron sputtering argon discharges with a dielectric target”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30, 035019 (2021).
Nina Baule, Young Suk Kim, André Till Zeuner, Lars Haubold, Robert Kühne, Osman Levent Eryilmaz, Ali Erdemir, Zhong Hu, Martina Zimmermann, Thomas Schuelke, Qi Hua Fan, “Boride-carbon hybrid technology for ultra-wear and corrosive conditions”, Coatings (2021).
Y. Fu, B. Zheng, D.Q. Wen, P. Zhang, Q. H. Fan, J. P Verboncoeur, “Similarity law and frequency scaling in low-pressure capacitive radio frequency plasmas”, Appl Phys Lett 117, 204101 (2020).
Al-Ahsan Talukder, Qi Hua Fan, “Temperature Sensing Using Zinc Oxide Thin Films”, Book Chapter in “ZnO Thin Films: Properties, Performance and Applications”, ISBN 978-1-53616-086-4, NOVA Publisher (2019).
Keliang Wang, Bocong Zheng, Madeline Mackinder, Nina Baule, Hui Qiao, Hong Jin, Thomas Schuelke, Qi Hua Fan, “Graphene wrapped MXene via plasma exfoliation for all-solid-state flexible supercapacitors”, Energy Storage Materials 20,299-306 (2019).
Bocong Zheng, Keliang Wang, Maheshwar Shrestha, Thomas Schuelke, and Qi Hua Fan, “Understanding the chemical reactions in cathodic plasma electrolysis”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 28 (2019) 085016.
Keliang Wang, Bocong Zheng, Maheshwar Shrestha, Thomas Schuelke, Qi Hua Fan, “Magnetically enhanced plasma exfoliation of polyaniline-modified graphene for flexible solid-state supercapacitors”, Energy Storage Materials 14, 230–237 (2018).
Bocong Zheng, Thomas Schuelke and Qi Hua Fan, “Acoustic standing wave modulation of capacitively coupled plasmas”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 51 285201 (2018).
Keliang Wang, Ming Xu, Yan Gu, Zhengrong Gu, Jun Liu, Fan, Qi Hua, "Low-temperature plasma exfoliated N-doped graphene for symmetrical electrode supercapacitors", Nano Energy 486-494 (2017).
Nezam Uddin, Maheshwar Shrestha, Bocong Zheng, Hyeun-Joong Yoon, Xiuqing Wang, Fan, Qi Hua, "Liquid Sensors Based on Enhanced Fabry-Perot Etalons ". IEEE Sensors Journal, 7348-7354 (2017).