Energy Materials
Dr. Zhang is a tenured professor at Tsinghua University. He has received numerous awards and honors, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China's Distinguished Young Scholar Award, the China Youth Science and Technology Award, the Scientific Exploration Award, and the Sustainable Development Young Scientist Award.
From 2017 to 2023, he was consistently recognized as a "Highly Cited Researcher" by Clarivate Analytics for seven consecutive years. Dr. Zhang is deeply passionate about both scientific research and education. Under his guidance, 12 students have been awarded Tsinghua University's top scholarships.
His research focuses on energy chemistry and energy materials, particularly addressing the significant demand for energy storage and utilization. He has made notable contributions to the understanding of lithium-sulfur batteries' principles and crucial energy materials. Dr. Zhang has proposed concepts such as lithium bonding chemistry and ion-solvent composite structures. Moreover, he has developed various high-performance energy materials, including composite lithium metal anodes and carbon-sulfur composite cathodes, to meet the requirements of high-energy batteries. These efforts have led to the fabrication of high-performance battery devices.
Dr. Zhang has authored over 400 papers with an H-index of 162 and has been granted more than 40 patents. He serves as the inaugural advisory editor of Angewandte Chemie and is the associate editor of journals such as the Journal of Energy Chemistry and Energy Storage Materials. Additionally, he is on the editorial boards of several prestigious journals including Matter, Joule, ChemSusChem, and Advanced Energy Materials.
For his outstanding contributions to natural science education, Dr. Zhang has been honored with the first prize of the Natural Science Award by the Ministry of Education.
Lithium bonding drives the high-quality development of secondary battery materials.
References:
[1] Chen, X.; Bai, Y.-K.; Zhao, C.-Z.; Shen, X.; Zhang, Q., Lithium bond in lithium batteries. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 11192–11195.
[2] Hou, T. Z.; Xu, W. T.; Chen, X.; Peng, H. J.; Huang, J. Q.; Zhang, Q., Lithium bond chemistry in lithium-sulfur batteries. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 8178–8182.
[3] Lu, Y.; Zhao, C.-Z.; Zhang, R.; Yuan, H.; Hou, L.-P.; Fu, Z.-H.; Chen, X.; Huang, J.-Q.; Zhang, Q. The carrier transition from Li atoms to Li vacancies in solid-state lithium alloy anodes. Sci. Adv. 2021, 7, eabi5520.
[4] Chen, X.; Chen, X.-R.; Hou, T.-Z.; Li, B.-Q.; Cheng, X.-B.; Zhang, R.; Zhang, Q., Lithiophilicity chemistry of heteroatom-doped carbon to guide uniform lithium nucleation in lithium metal anodes. Sci. Adv. 2019, 5, eaau7728.
[5] Yao, Y.X.; Wan, J.; Liang, N.Y.; Yan, C.; Wen, R.; Zhang, Q. Nucleation and growth mode of solid electrolyte interphase in Li-ion batteries. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 8001
