Wuhan University of Technology,School of Materials Science and Engineering,B.S.
Wuhan Univeristy of Technology,School of Materials Science and Engineering,Ph.D.
Research Interest
Electrochemical Energy Storage Device
In situ characterization with high temporal and spatial resolution
New metastable materials
Work Experience
2019.03-2020.04,Shanghai University, College of Science, Assistant Professor
2020.05-2024.02,école Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Postdoc
2024.03-present,Great Bay University, Assistant Professor
Main Achievements
In recent years, he focus on key materials and in-situ characterization of electrochemical energy storage devices, and has achieved a series of original research results.
He has published more than 100 SCI papers, with a total citation count of more than 10,000 times. Among them, more than 40 SCI papers as (co-)first author/corresponding author are published in internationally renowned journals such as J. Am. Chem. Soc., Adv. Mat., Angew. Chem., Energy Environ. Sci., Adv. Energy Mat., ACS Nano, etc. Many of his articles have been selected as the top 1% of ESI highly cited papers, with an H-index of 60, and 8 authorized Chinese patent inventions;
He obtained funding from the Youth Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and participated as a key member in important scientific projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Key R&D Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the European Research Council Starting Grant.
Selected Publications
Liu, C., Xu, W., Zhang, L., Zhang, D., Xu, W., Liao, X., ... & Zhao, K.* Electrochemical Hydrophobic Tri-layer Interface Rendered Mechanically Graded Solid Electrolyte Interface for Stable Zinc Metal Anode. Angewandte Chemie International Edition , 2024, 63(9), e202318063.
Zhao, K., Lee, W. C., Rezaei, M., Chi, H. Y., Li, S., Villalobos, L. F., ... & Agrawal, K. V. * Tuning Pore Size in Graphene in the Angstrom Regime for Highly Selective Ion–Ion Separation. ACS Nano , 2024, 18, 7, 5571–5580.
Ma, H., Yu, R., Xu, W., Zhang, L., Chen, J., Zhang, B., ... & Zhao, K. * Dynamic Behavior of Spatially Confined Sn Clusters and Its Application in Highly Efficient Sodium Storage with High Initial Coulombic Efficiency. Advanced Materials , 2024, 2307151.
Qi, S., Guan, Y., Wang, J., Xia, R., Zhang, L., Li, J., ... & Zhao, K. * A Pre-fatigue Training Strategy to Stabilize LiCoO2 at High Voltage. Energy & Environmental Science , 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D3EE03884J.
Xu, W., Zhao, K.*, Liao, X., Sun, C., He, K., Yuan, Y., ... & Lu, J.* Proton storage in metallic H1.75MoO3 nanobelts through the Grotthuss mechanism. Journal of the American Chemical Society , 2022, 144(38), 17407-17415.