DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED PHYSICS 135 Representative Publications i) Electrode materials • Nature Commun. 2021, 12, 3083 • Energy Storage Mater. 2019, 16, 97 • Nature Commun. 2016, 7, 10308 • Progress Mater. Sci. 2016, 76, 319 • Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 9824 ii) Interface design • ACS Energy Lett. 2023, 8, 274 • Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e2022147 • Adv. Energy Mater. 2022, 12, 2200318 • ACS Nano 2021, 15, 16851 • Adv. Energy. Mater. 2018, 8, 1703496 iii) SEI characterizations • Adv. Mater. 2022, 2205421 • Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 32, 2112399 • Joule 2021, 5, 1860 • Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31, 2102562 • Energy Environ. Sci. 2019, 12, 1550 Email biao.ap.zhang@polyu.edu.hk Qualification PhD (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) Postdoc (College de France) ORCID ID 0000-0001-8687-8946 Dr ZHANG Biao Associate Professor Research Overview Dr Zhang's group is centred on: i) Developing novel anode and cathode materials for Na/K/Zn ion batteries to speed up the practical application of low-cost and high-safety energy storage technology. We have prepared several electrode materials and optimised their performance through microstructure design ii) Designing robust electrode/electrolyte interfaces to improve the lifespan of emerging battery systems. We deviate from nanostructure-derived strategies and turn to regulate the solid electrolyte interphases (SEIs), enabling the stable cycling of commercially available microsized particles iii) Probing the nanostructure and mechanical properties of SEIs to correlate the structure/property relationships. We propose the “maximum elastic deformation energy” that the SEIs can absorb to predict the mechanical stability, which serves as a rapid and effective means to screen proper electrolytes Patent • PCT patent (PCT/EP2016/063775); PCT/EP2016/063770; US patent (10916771) Awards and Achievements • Faculty Award - Outstanding Young Researcher, 2021 • PhD Research Excellence Award, School of Engineering, HKUST, 2014
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