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Dr. Graham Dawson joined XJTLU in March 2013. Before taking this position he worked at the Suzhou Institute of nanotechnology and Nanobionics (SINANO) as a postdoctoral research assistant then as an associate professor. During this time, Dr. Dawson was principal investigator of several provincial and national level projects.
He completed his PhD studies under Professor Wuzong Zhou at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland and has presented his research at several national and international conferences and published papers in peer reviewed international journals.

All self-funded PhD applications welcome. For potential funded projects see https://www.xjtlu.edu.cn/en/study/phd/chemistry

Qualifications
- Ph.D. , University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, UK. - 2006
- BSc , University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, UK. - 2002
Experience
- 08/2009- 03/2012: Associate Professor, Suzhou Institute of Nanotechnology and Nanobionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China 10/2006- 08/2009: Postdoctoral research assistant in Prof. Chen group. Suzhou Institute of Nanotechnology and Nanobionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China
- 9/2019- present: Associate Professor 03/2013 - 2019: Lecturer. Department of Chemistry, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University, Suzhou, China
Research interests
- My recent research progress has involved the synthesis and modification of novel inorganic nanostructured materials in order to exploit their properties in visible light active photocatalytic systems
- My research interests are in the area of nanomaterial synthesis towards applications in photocatalytic degradation and water splitting.
- Nanomaterial photocatalyis has applications in environmental purification and water splitting towards solar fuels. More energy hits the surface of the Earth in the form of sunlight in the space of one hour than the entire human race uses in a whole year. Photocatalytic water splitting uses a powder and sunlight to produce H2 and O2 from water and can provide a clean, renewable energy source, without producing greenhouse gases or having many adverse effects on the atmosphere.
Articles
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&view_op=list_works&gmla=AJsN-F5vgxdeeo0C6yhpWCVDwdu95BmdI80YaQMJZ3cjkD_lGfUpM8OkxPEPhr1-1et6-6P-7HGwZpVsx0FoFnGAJkknkSUURtCSh39ffWX2G9EugErKyIo&user=g4qbmQcAAAAJ
- X Cheng, X Fu, S Zhao, R Liu, G Dawson*, Applications of surface modification trititanate nanotubes as PEC and hydrogen production device material, Functional Materials Letters, 2023 16 (01), 2350004
- Shiqi Zhao, Xiaorong Cheng, Anthony Centeno, Graham Dawson*,Enhanced photocatalytic activity through anchoring and size effects of Au nanoparticles on niobate nanotubes and nanosheets for water splitting, Optical Materials, 2023, 139, 113753
- Yanan Zhao, Shiqi Zhao, Hailian Huang, Zijie Liu, Xiaorong Cheng, Graham Dawson*, Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production by the formation of TiNT-BN bonds, Applied Surface Science, 2023, 623, 157005
- See my Google Scholar profile:
- Luona Zhang, Shiqi Zhao, Xiaorong Cheng, Zijie Liu, Ruochen Liu and Graham Dawson*, Enhanced photocatalytic activity of brown H4Nb6O17/g-C3N4 composite for visible-light driven H2O2 production, Energy Advances, 2022, DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D1YA00038A
- Zhongwen Li,* Hui Shen, Graham Dawson, Zhengzhong Zhang, Yanzong Wang, Feng Nan, Guang Song, Guannan Li, Yangjiang Wu and Hao Liu*, Uniform arrays of centre-type topological domains in epitaxial ferroelectric thin films, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TC04070G
- Zhiwei Zhao, Kai Dai*, Jinfeng Zhang*, Graham Dawson, In-situ preparation of Mn0.2Cd0.8S-diethylenetriamine/porous g-C3N4 S-scheme heterojunction with enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production, Advanced Sustainable Systems,2022, DOI: 10.1002/adsu.202100498
- Y. Huang, J. Zhang, K. Dai, C. Liang, G. Dawson, Efficient solar-driven CO2 reduction on aminated 2D/2D BiOBr/CdS-diethylenetriamine S-scheme heterojunction, Ceramics International, 2021, 10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.12.050
- M. Liu, Q. Kang, Z. Xie, L. Lu. K. Dai, G. Dawson, Heterostructure nanocomposite with local surface plasmon resonance effect enhanced photocatalytic activity-a critical review, Journal of Physics D, 2022,55, 043002
- Yue Huang, Feifei Mei, Jinfeng Zhang, Kai Dai, Graham Dawson. Construction of 1D/2D W18O49/Porous g-C3N4 S-Scheme Heterojunction with Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Evolution[J].Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin., 0, 0(0): 2108028.
- Graham Dawson; Xiaorong Cheng; Anthony Centeno; Yulia Pilyugina; Wentian Niu; Ruochen Liu, Excellent Surface Enhanced Raman properties of Titanate nanotube-dopamine-Ag triad through efficient substrate design and LSPR matching" , Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics , 2021, accepted
- Mehreen Z Heerah, Isaac Galobardes, Graham Dawson, Characterisation and control of cementitious mixes with colour pigment admixtures, Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2021, 15, e00571
- X.Cheng, S.Gu, A.Centeno and G.Dawson,"Plasmonic enhanced Cu2O-Au-BFO photocathodes for solar hydrogen production", Nature Scientific Reports 9, 2019, 5140
- Xiaorong Cheng*, Jianming Ding, Yangjiang Wu, Graham Dawson*, The photocathodic properties of a Fe2O3 wrapped CuFeO2 layer on ITO glass for water splitting, Chemical Physics, 2018, 513, 241-245
- Ruochen Liu, Edmund Morris, Xiaorong Cheng, Eric Amigues, Kim Lau, Baekman Kim, Yuanhang Liu, Zhipeng Ke, Sharon E. Ashbrook, Michael Bühl and Graham Dawson*, SERS of trititanate nanotubes: selective enhancement of catechol compounds, ChemistrySelect, 2018, 3, 8338-8343
- Xiaorong Cheng*, Yuhua Lu, Shoulin Gu, Graham Dawson*, MoS2/Au Sensitized TiO2 Nanotube Arrays with Core Shell Nanostructure for Hydrogen Production, Nano, 2017, 12, 1750115.
- Dawson, Graham, Chen, Wei, Lu, Luhua & Dai, Kai 2016 'Morphology dependent adsorption of methylene blue on trititanate nanoplates and nanotubes prepared by the hydrothermal treatment of TiO2', Water Science & Technology, vol. , no. , p.
- Liu, Ruochen, Fu, Xuejian, Wang, Congyi & Dawson, Graham 2016 'Dopamine Surface Modification of Trititanate Nanotubes:', Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 22, no. , p. 6071
- Dai, K., Zhu, G., Liu, Z., Liu, Q. & Chen, Z. 2013 'Mass Production and Reusable Photocatalytic Activity of ZnS Microspheres', Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, vol. 2013, no. , p. 5, 204-208
- Dai, K., Lu, L. & Dawson, G. 2013 'Development of UV-LED/TiO2 Device and Their Application for Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue', Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, vol. 2013, no. 22, p. 22, 1035-1040
- Dawson, Graham, Liu, J., Lu, L. & Chen, W. 2012 'Dopamine-Modified Trititanate Nanotubes with UV- and Visible-Light Photocatalytic Activity: Coordinative Self-Assembly into a Recyclable Absorber', ChemChatChem, vol. 2012, no. , p. 4,1133-1138
- Chen, Z., Liu, J., Qiu, S., Dawson, G. & Chen, W. 2012 'The shape-specific photocatalytic efficiency of quantum size TiO2 nanoparticles', Catalysis Communications, vol. 2012, no. , p. 21, 1-4.
- Dai, K., Dawson, Graham, Yang, S., Chen, Z. & Lu, L. 2012 'Large scale preparing carbon nanotube/zinc oxide hybrid and its application for highly reusable photocatalyst', Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 2012, no. , p. 191, 571-578
- Liu, J., Zhang, T., Wang, Z., Dawson, G. & Chen, W. 2011 'Simple pyrolysis of urea into graphitic carbon nitride with recyclable adsorption and photocatalytic activity', Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 2011, no. , p. 21, 14398-14407
- Dawson, Graham, Zhou, W. & Blackley, R. 2011 'Accelerated electron beam induced breakdown of commercial WO3 into nanorods in the presence of triethylamine', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 2011, no. , p. 13, 20923-20926
- Pan, R., Liu, Y., Chen, W., Dawson, G. & Wang, X. 2011 'The toxicity evaluation of nano-trititanate with bactericidal properties in vitro', Nanotoxicology, vol. , no. , p.
- Dai, K., Zhu, G., Lu, L. & Dawson, Graham 2011 'Easy and Large Scale Synthesis Silver Nanodendrites: Highly Effective Filler for Isotropic Conductive Adhesives', Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, vol. , no. , p.
- Chen, Z., Dawson, G., Liu, J. & Dai, K. 2011 'Anatase nanocrystals with {103} and {112} facets by hydrothermal transformation of titanate nanotubes', Micro & Nano Letters, vol. 2011, no. , p. 6, 675-677
- Dawson, Graham, Chen, W., Zhang, T., Chen, Z. & Cheng, X. 2010 'A study on the effect of starting material phase on the production of trititanate nanotubes', Solid State Sciences, vol. 2010, no. , p. 12, 2170-2186
- Aitken, R. A., Dawson, G., Keddie, N. S., Krauss, H. & Slawin, A. M. Z. 2009 'Thermal rearrangement of thiocarbonyl-stabilised triphenylphosphonium ylides leading to (Z)-1-diphenylphosphino-2-phenylsulfenylalkenes', Chem. Commn., vol. 2009, no. , p. 7381
- Aitken, R. A., Al-Awadi, N. A., Dawson, G., El-Dusouqi, O. & Kaul, K. 2007 'Kinetic and mechanistic study on the thermal reactivity of stabilized phosphorus ylides, part 3: [(Acetyl)(arylcarbamoyl)methylene]triphenylphosphoranes and [(alkoxycarbonyl)(arylcarbamoyl)methylene]triphenylphosphoranes and their thiocarbamoyl analogues', Int. J. Chem. Kinet., vol. 2007, no. , p. 39, 6–16.
- Aitken, R. A., Al-Awadi, N. A., Dawson, G., El-Dusouqi, O. M. E. & Farrell, D. M. M. 2005 'Synthesis, thermal reactivity and kinetics of substituted [(benzoyl)(phenylcarbamoyl)methylene] triphenylphosphoranes', Tetrahedron, vol. 2005, no. , p. 61, 129.
- Zhang, S., Peng, L. M., Chen, Q., Du, G. H. & Dawson, G. 2003 'Formation Mechanism of H2Ti3O7 Nanotubes', Physical Review Letters, vol. 2003, no. , p. 91, 25, 256103.
Conference presentations
- 2005-2006, Younger European Chemists' Conference / The Synthesis and Investigation of some Novel Crystalline Inorganic Nanotubes", Poster Presentation
- 2009-2010, International Conference on Nanoscience & Technology / A Comparison of Adsorption Properties Of Trititanate Plates and Tubes Prepared By The Hydrothermal Treatment of TiO2
- 2011-2012, International Conference on Clean Energy Science / Carbon-based layered nanostructures as an advanced photocatalyst for solar fuels and environmental cleaning
Grants
- Dawson, Graham 2016, Principal Investigator, NSFC International Young Scientist Fund, 341000.0000,
- Dawson, Graham 2011, Principal Investigator, CAS Research Fellowship for International Young Researchers,, 100000.0000,
- Dawson, Graham 2011, Principal Investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China International Cooperation and Exchange Program, 200000.0000,
- Dawson, Graham 2010, Principal Investigator, Jiangsu province fund, 150000.0000,
- Dawson, Graham 2010, Principal Investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China International Cooperation and Exchange Program ,, 200000.0000,
- Dawson, Graham 2009, Principal Investigator, SINANO, CAS, 50000.0000,
- Dawson, Graham 2007, Principal Investigator, CAS Research Fellowship for International Young Researchers:100,000元 12.2007- 12.2008, 100000.0000,

电话
+86 (0)51288161439
Email
Graham.Dawson@xjtlu.edu.cn
地址
SA340(SIP Campus-Science Building)
Suzhou Dushu Lake Science and Education Innovation District
Suzhou Industrial Park
Suzhou
P.R.China
215123

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