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Biography

Zha Quanxing, male, Han nationality, is a native of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. He was born in 1925 and graduated from Wuhan University.

Zha spent his career as a professor at Wuhan University. Early in his career, his research was focused on
electrode absorption of anionic, cationic and non-ionic surfactants and the influence of these surfactants on the kinetics of electrode reactions. The basic principles derived from his study have been successfully applied in the selection of electroplating additives and corrosion inhibitors for batteries.

In the 1970s, he studied the polarization of gas-diffusing electrode, gas electrodes for fuel cell and "weeping" of the gas-diffusing electrode. He was able to make long life gas electrode used for his 200w ammonia-air fuel cell system which has found application in microwave relay stations. Since the 1980s, he has been primarily engaged in the study of photoelectrochemical catalysis, high energy density lithium batteries and enzyme electrodes.

He was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.